While Battlefield 2042 is set to launch on November 19, players can experience bits of the game before its release on October 8 until October 9, while players who have pre-ordered the game can access the beta from October 6th.
Battlefield 2042’s Beta will show off the popular Conquest game mode which features a large map (Orbital) where up to 128 players (PC, Xbox Series & PlayStation 5) will be battling for various checkpoints scattered throughout the map. Orbital is a completely dynamic map featuring a rocket launch and weather storms which offer a unique experience in every session.
Battlefield 2042 Beta Specialists:
During the Beta, players will be able to choose from 4 Specialists belonging to Assault, Support, Recon, and Engineer classes each. These specialists will have unique perks and gadgets, suitable for various playstyles.
Webster Mackay – Assault
Maria Falck – Support
Pyotr “Boris” Guskovsky – Engineer
Wikus “Casper” Van Daele – Recon
Battlefield 2042 Beta PC System Requirements
MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor
(AMD): AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor
(Intel): Core i5 6600K
Memory: 8GB
Video Memory: 4GB
Graphics card
(NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
(AMD): AMD Radeon RX 560
DirectX: 12
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard-drive space: 100GB
RECOMMENDED PC REQUIREMENTS
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor
(AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
(Intel): Intel Core i7 4790
Memory: 16GB
Video Memory: 8GB
Graphics card
(NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
(AMD): AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
DirectX: 12
Online Connection Requirements: 512 KBPS or faster Internet connection
Hard-drive space: 100GB SSD
Battlefield 2042’s beta will be playable on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One & Series S|X ( & Xbox Game Pass), PC (Origin, Steam, and Xbox Game Pass PC.) Everyone can preload the Beta from October 5.
Sony has officially announced the Fortnite PlayStation Cup only for PS4 and PS5 gamers. These two Fortnite cups are going to start from October 2 with a whopping $113,400 prize pool for each one of them.
Locking in that Victory Royale gets sweeter. Compete for a piece of the $110,000 global prize pool when the Fortnite PlayStation Cup arrives on October 2: https://t.co/7RrmYUwIWFpic.twitter.com/MLEWoCTvCC
According to Sony, this cup will have Solo Fortnite competitions’ format instead of any special mode. All the competitors will dive into the battle royale map to compete against each other.
There are indeed a few rules that you should definitely know about. All the players will start with zero points. In the first round, they will play a total of 10 games. In the end, player placement will depend on the point and a player gets a point for each elimination.
PlayStation players get ready! We’re bringing two PlayStation only cups to Fortnite with a $113,400 prize pool for each cup, and it starts on October 2. More info below.
The top 100 players of every region will qualify for the 2nd round. A total of six games will determine the seven players who will be awarded as the region champions. However, in the 2nd round, each elimination will be rewarded with double points. Players from 1st to 64th place will receive a part of the prize pool.
How to participate in Fortnite PlayStation Cup?
Literally, any PS4 and PS5 player can participate in this tournament. You just have to go to the Compete tab in Fortnite.
Note: A few requirements are there such as enabling 2FA or reaching level 30.
After its latest acquisition of gaming IPs and talents of OML Entertainment, Nodwin Gaming is back again with another big and exciting announcement. This time the company has managed to partner with ChessBase India and Samay Raina to launch India’s first-ever online chess league called the Chess Super League.
CSL will be India’s first-ever live-casted chess league that will feature some of the top grandmasters and international masters from India and the world battling it out to claim the Champion title and win a whopping INR 40 Lakhs in prize money.
The first season of the CSL will be from 11th October to 17th October and feature 6 teams of 6 players each including 6 top Grandmasters from across the globe among Men and Women – 6 top men and women players from India and 6 top Indian junior boys and girls. A whopping INR 40 Lakhs prize pool will be distributed among the winner of Season 1 of CSL.
The 6 teams will be spearheaded by franchise owners who will support and represent their squad throughout the Chess Super League. The franchise owners of the debut edition include the likes of Tanmay Bhat, Raftaar (Kalamkaar), Zakir Khan, MortaL (S8ul), Biswa Kalyan Rath, and Shreyas Srinivasan (CEO, PayTM Insider). These franchise owners will act as ambassadors and will be the torchbearers for their teams for the entirety of the league.
World Chess Grandmasters like Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Hou Yifan (the strongest female player in the world), Muzychuk sisters, Nana Dzagnidze, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Vidit Gujrathi, Sasikiran Krishnan, Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, Tania Sachdev and young grandmasters like Gukesh, Raunak Sadhwani, Savitha Shri and others will be competing against each other in the first season of CSL.
“I have enjoyed streaming chess with Sagar and have been incredibly lucky to have some of the best players in the world play chess on my channel and the best fans in the world watching us have fun week after week. The logical next step is to launch a league that will feature some of the best talents from India and around the world and I can’t be happier than to be able to do it now. Fans will love the competitive intensity of what we have planned and as always will enjoy the thrill of watching high-quality chess with us,” said Samay Raina.
All the league matches will be broadcasted live on Samay’s YouTube channel and will feature the duo of Sagar Shah (CEO, ChessBase India) and Samay as the official hosts and commentators. The extremely entertaining yet highly informative streams of the duo have garnered over 650 million views to date.
Indian chess is on the rise and experts all across the world have dubbed India as the next powerhouse in the world of chess. We have many strong players, we have many young talents. This online league will give more exposure and opportunity to Indian players, especially the youngsters. Right since its inception, ChessBase India has tried its best to power chess in India and this online league is a step in the right direction
Sagar Shah, Founder, Chessbase India
Chess Super League is the first property that we are announcing after the acquisition of the gaming business of OML and is a testimony to the fact that gaming, eSports, and comedy have significant synergies and shall come together in a big way. It is a sampling of many such collaborations between the different forms of gaming entertainment that the world will see
The government of the Southern State of India — Karnataka, Home to India’s Silicon Valley aka Banglore, has proposed a law to ban online games and gaming activities involving elements of wagering and gambling in an effort to curb the increasing gambling addiction among the rural youth population.
The Karnataka government has moved a bill proposing an amendment to the “Karnataka Police Act” to include online games, seeking to ban “any act of risking money, or otherwise on the unknown result of an event including on a game of skill,” according to the bill seen by Reuters.
The bill was proposed for the sole purpose of “safeguarding” the rural youngsters from becoming “habitual gamblers.” As per the government officials, the youth population from the rural areas of the state are left idle due to coronavirus pandemic induced lockdowns and staying at home most days. While the bill looks surprising at first, Karnataka isn’t the only state in India to ban online games involving prize money and gambling elements. It is the 4th state after Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh to introduce such a bill.
It is important to note that the bill will directly affect India’s leading fantasy gaming platforms – Dream11 and Mobile Premier League (MPL), which offer fantasy cricket and football games with the prospect of money to be won. Some industry sources spoke with Reuters and said:
Business of MPL, Dream11, and everyone in the sector will suffer. These states are important – they roughly account for 20% of (the total) business for such companies.
Due to the covid induced lockdowns across the country, the online gaming industry in India has grown significantly to the point of foreign investors showing great interest in gaming startups and investing funds. As per a report by All India Gaming Federation, India currently has more than 400 online gaming startups and will have 550 million online gamers by 2022, a staggering growth from the 360 million online gamers in 2020. The gaming industry is expected to be worth more than $2 billion by 2023 making it the fourth-biggest gaming market after China, the USA, and the European Union (EU).
While The Dream11 and MPL platforms have grown considerably during the past few years, legislation like these will directly hurt their business model and make it incredibly difficult for them to turn a profit. Dream11 is also seeking a U.S. listing by early next year which will become harder after losing 20% of its total business due to the said gambling bills.
Sandeep Chilana, a New Delhi-based lawyer, spoke with Reuters and said that these laws have a weak legal standing given the Supreme Court has repeatedly said skill-based games – like fantasy cricket – are not like gambling which remains largely prohibited across India.
“Indian states are overreaching and will face legal challenges by banning such skill games,” said Chilana.
The potential ban of one of India’s biggest sponsors of esports tournaments will also hurt professional players, said Esports Players Welfare Association, a non-profit for online gamers.
“Games and esports are areas where skill can be developed as a result of which it is not a sin activity,” the group said.
The companies affected by such bills will likely form a group and move to the Supreme Court of India in the hope for the court to strike down these laws and give a legal shielding for the companies from such bills in the future.
If you want to earn some extra XP for the Battle Pass, Fortnite Season 8‘s new NPC Grim Fable got your back with new quests. Once you complete the mission of Corny Crop, Pleasant Park, Harpoon Gun, you will have to find out and hunt a wolf.
The wolves generally roam all around the battle royale map. However, if you go too close they will attack you. You can kill the wolf with your weapon. However, you can also tame a wolf by giving it a piece of meat. To collect the meat you need to kill a wolf. Players can also eat the meat to increase HP.
Where to find the Wolves?
You will only face the wolves after the sunset, keep that in mind. After the sunset, once the outside becomes dark, visit the following locations:
CLUTCH: India’s first Esports Web Series is a work focused on the esports scene and the rising interest of today’s youth in gaming, and game streaming. Popular Youtube channel, Dice Media, known for its work on Web series like Adulting, Little Things, Operation MBBS, and What The Folks, recently released the first trailer of the series “Clutch”.
The trailer featured prominent actors such as Kota Factory star Ahsaas Channa and Vishal Vashishtha famous for his role of ‘Baldev Singh’, Content creator Saurabh Ghadge, Prateik Pachori, and Tirth Joshier. The trailer also accompanied a short synopsis of the show, which somewhat gives us an idea of what the show is all about.
Clutch is an Esports drama that follows the lives of Arun, Adil, Prachi, Raunak, and Jeetu as they navigate the world of gaming in India. Will this squad of misfits succumb to the pressures gamers face or will they rise above all odds?
The show mainly revolves around the story of an underdog team of 4 friends and one coach coming together to challenge in major esports tournaments across India and their journey as they rise through the ranks.
Alongside the A+ cast, the show will have a short feature of some of the biggest esports stars of the country including streamers Ghatak and 8Bit Mamba. The show is sponsored by Loco and Lenovo Legion and the first episode will premier on October 1, 2021, on Dice’s YouTube channel.
Amazon’s MMO, New World just launched on Steam, after numerous delays. New World is Amazon’s second shot at video games after the downfall of Crucible, a free-to-play PvP shooter with PvE elements that was canceled last year.
With over 200,000+ participants in the game’s closed and open beta, which was also known for killing high-end graphics cards, it is no surprise that New World has gained a lot of popularity recently. The game requires a one-time purchase unlike a monthly as seen in WoW or Final Fantasy XIV Online and has taken a sandbox approach to the MMO genre as it focuses on exploration, settlement building, and resource collection.
⚠️no more alphas ⚠️no more betas ⚠️no more character wipes
⏰ it's time to make your mark on Aeternum PERMANENTLY!!
With New World’s NA, EU, and Australian servers being live, the game has over 710,000+ players on Steam, breaking Valheim’s record of 498,478 all-time peak concurrent players, making New World this year’s biggest release on Steam, which is also affecting player experience by throwing new players into long queues while the ones in-game are facing server issues.
“We understand that some players are experiencing lengthy queue times and we are working hard on a few things to help address these issues. We are continuing to stand up additional servers and will expand the capacity of our existing servers once we have properly tested these changes,” Amazon Games stated in their blog post in an effort to control the overwhelming player queue. “Our sole focus right now is to get everyone logging in and playing quickly. To ensure everyone can find an open world now, while also finding a home in Aeternum with their community long-term, we’ll offer an opportunity in the next two weeks for all players to relocate their characters to a new server of their choice at no cost. We appreciate your patience as the New World community grows and encourage you to solidify your long-term server plans for you and your Company.”
Free Fire esports is currently at its peak in India with huge tournaments rising the bar of competition. ESPL 2021 was one of the biggest Free Fire tournaments organized in India till date. The production, marketing, participation and everything else went to a whole new level in this tournament and as a result, ESPL 2021 gathered over 100 million video views in its first edition.
Esports Premier League 2021 was an open-for-all Free Fire tournament and the community responded overwhelmingly. The registrations crossed 1 million mark and as a result, the competition was very fierce.
The organizers spiced up this event once it reached the group stages. ESPL became the first tournament in the world to implement the IPL-styled franchise format for Free Fire. Eight top teams represented eight cities in India and after a healthy but cut-throat competition, Mumbai Marshalls emerged victorious.
This tournament also brought in a blend of traditional sports and esports as Sports Ministers of various cities endorsed this event by revealing the logo and jerseys for their respective city. Delhi Deputy CM Mr. Manish Sisodiya was also invited as a guest at the awards ceremony and gave inspiring insights on the future of esports in India.
Bollywood star Tiger Shroff was the face of this tournament as he represented as a brand ambassador. Multiple feats made ESPL 2021 a successful event in its first season. The result was incredible as well because the overall video view count crossed 100 million in its first ever season. This is a testament to the success of ESPL in India.
TSM FTX represented Team Mumbai and walked away after winning the massive ₹12 Lakh monetary prize and bragging rights to be the Champions of ESPL 2021.
Fortnite is probably the most popular battle royale game in the world and the developers always try to keep the Fortnite players fascinated by providing regular updates. Epic Games have finally released Fortnite 18.10 Update.
Staying on top of the IO 24/7 takes A LOT of energy… which is why the new Chug Splash flavor couldn’t have come at a better time.
The Chug Splash people just dropped Chili Chug Splash, Chug Splash with a kick. It restores Health and Shield like you’d expect, but it also gives you such an energy boost it’ll give you a speed boost too. Think of eating a Spicy Fish or a Pepper. (Or don’t think of it. The Chili Chug Splash tastes just like them…) And hey, since it’s a Chug Splash, you can share the kick with others too. Get your squads’ feet and nose running.
Chili Chug Splashes are Exotic. Exchange Bars with The Brat for some or find some in Loot Llamas.
Splash the OG Chug Splash and Wear the Hunter’s Cloak
Alongside the debut of Chili Chug Splash, the original Chug Splash has been re-released. It may not have that kick, but the Health and Shield nutritional value is all the same. (It’s also much easier on the taste buds.) Being the Chug Splash the Island knows and loves, you can pick some up as normal loot.
It’s really difficult to sneak around when a wolf is thinking I’m their food. That shouldn’t be an issue anymore, though, because — speaking of things returning — the Island has collectively remembered how to make a Hunter’s Cloak. Craft a Hunter’s Cloak by combining Meat. (It’s honestly kind of gross, but it does take less Meat than it did before.)
Super Level Styles and XP Improvements
The Cubes have corrupted even the Battle Pass! (But in a good way.) Bonus Styles for Chapter 2 Season 8 Outfits have been available for players who progress past Level 100. But now: this Season’s Super Level Styles have been added! Progress past Level 140 this Season and start unlocking new runic Styles for Charlotte, Kor, Fabio Sparklemane, J.B. Chimpanski, and Torin.
To help you get there, we’ve made improvements to XP earned through Battle Royale:
XP earned from your Daily Punchcard missions has been greatly increased.
We’ve added XP to all Shared Quests. (They still reward Bars too.)
All new and future Character Punchcards have substantially increased XP rewards.
Weekly Punchcard XP has been slightly reduced. This was done to lessen the setback of not completing them.
Toona Fish Canvas: New Styles to Unlock!
New Toona Fish Quest Styles have been added! Ink up your Toona Fish with new Styles inspired by even more of your favorite Fortnite characters. Complete themed Quests to copy Mancake’s drip, resemble regular Fishstick, and more. With 20 new styles to collect immediately (and one we can’t talk about just yet), there’s a ton more options to color Toona Fish your way!
Balance Changes
Slipstreams will disable at the final Storm circle in core playlists.
Slipstreams will disable at phase 5 of the Storm in competitive playlists.
Chug Cannons are no longer available from Loot Llamas. In the Chug Cannons’ place are the spicy Chili Chug Splashes.
In competitive playlists, Sideways Anomalies will despawn earlier than they did previously.
The Rail Gun has been removed from competitive playlists.
Major Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue involving vehicles taking heavy damage when colliding with Mothership wreckage pieces.
Fixed an issue involving Donation Boards displaying items in English even when another language was selected.
Fixed an issue involving voice chat on Nintendo Switch not connecting to party chat after the player left and rejoined the party.
Competitive notes:
Arena Hype has been reset for each player.
The Hunter’s Cloak is not included in competitive playlists.
Battle Royale Items
Keep your aim true as the new Sideways Battle Royale weapons make their way into Creative! The following Battle Royale Items are now available:
The updated Elimination Manager brings support for Fiends, Wildlife, and Sentries, as well as randomization and elimination penalties. Here are the details:
New Team and Class options that allow for the exclusion of a single class or team.
New option for randomly selecting which items the device drops from its inventory.
New option that allows Creators to set a random chance for item(s) to drop from the device.
New options for Target Type. This allows creators to set what type of target triggers the elimination manager. This can be players, Sentries, any variety of Fiend, or animals from the Wildlife Spawner.
A new set of options to configure penalties that trigger when a player is eliminated. For penalty options to work, the Eliminated Player’s Items setting in My Island > Settings must be set to Keep.
Penalty Item determines what is affected by the penalty; Gold, Materials, Score or All
Penalty Amount determines what percentage of the specified items will be affected from 1% – 100%
Penalty Effect determines what is done with the items; Remove: just removes them from the Eliminated player’s inventory. Drop: drops the items into the world for other players to pick up. Grant to Eliminator: gives the items to the player who Eliminated the other.
Prefab & Gallery Updates
Fixed a texture issue with the snow on the Gray Cliff Snow Gallery.
Fixed an issue where items could not be picked up on placeable grass patches.
Fixed an issue with some rooftops in Spooky Mansion Gallery giving the wrong resource material.
Fixed an issue with the mausoleum props in Spooky Prop Gallery B not being broken by building, not providing harvesting hit points, or showing health.
Fixed an issue where Background City Gallery was not placed within the preview volume.
Fixed an issue with the unlit gothic lamp from Spooky Prop Gallery B not being destroyed by pickaxe and gunfire damage.
Fixed an issue with searchable paintings in the Spooky Mansion prefab.
Fixed a thumbnail issue with the basic corner asset from the Spooky Mansion prefab.
Island Updates
Fixed a texture issue with the snow on the Arctic Island.
Gameplay Updates
Added Use Team Score option to My Island UI settings.
If set to YES, this will cause teams to keep all score gained, regardless of whether players subsequently leave the team.
If set to NO, team scores will be a dynamically calculated sum of the scores of the players currently on the team (current behavior).
Device Updates
We’ve converted the following device models to sprite art to help reduce memory costs.
Skydome device
VFX device
Added the Quadcrasher Spawner.
The Quadcrasher is now back in Creative, fully compatible with the new physics system.
Added Allowed Team and Allowed Class support to the Item Spawner device.
The option to turn item visibility OFF for disallowed players will be added in a future release.
Added new versions of collectibles to the Collectibles Gallery.
Golden Music Note
3 New Coins
Small Bronze Coin
Normal Silver Coin
Large Gold Coin
Added Spooky Ghosts effect to the VFX device.
Added new options to the Customizable Light Device
Dimming Amount
Dimming Time
Dim Light When Receiving From
Undim Light When Receiving From
Added new options to the Map Marker, Capture Area and Objective Devices to display a directional pulse similar to the one used by Keycards.
Added new options to the Item Granter:
Grant On Timer – causes the device to grant items at the specified interval.
Grant While Offline – if a player leaves the game and then returns later if this option is set to YES the device will calculate how many times it would have granted the items in the player’s absence and then grants them at game start.
Clear Save Data For Player When Receiving From – clears any persisted data to prevent the device from granting items to a player when they return to the game.
Gameplay Fixes
Fixed an issue where Round results were showing the wrong player as the winner of the Round.
Fixed an issue with the Join in Progress island setting to allow more than 16 teams.
Fixed an issue with the Only Allow Respawn If Spawn Pads Found island setting.
Device Fixes
Fixed some issues with the Timer device.
Now supports non-English character text.
Fixed an issue that caused the timer to start at 100 minutes rather than 60.
Fixed an issue where the Skydome Device did not turn back on after re-entering island limits
Fixed an issue with the Save Point Device increasing saved score when triggering multiple times.
Fixed an issue with the Round Settings device to make On Round Start Transmit On work correctly with 1 round.
Fixed an issue with the Customizable Light device which caused square boxes to appear around the device after aiming at it.
UI Updates
Added a preview (beside the device description) of all filter tags applied to a device when selected in the Device Gallery.
Gallery Fixes
Fixed various lights from the Ambient Gallery and Ambient Gallery Large not being customizable when they should be.
Fixed the Team Color option for Customizable Light Gallery to support more than 16 teams.
I SEE JONSEE-BOT ENTERING THE EVENT STORE ON OCTOBER 2 (8 PM ET)
Standard Perk: Ow. My eye!
Increase Headshot damage up to 50% based on the percentage of your missing Health.
Commander Perk: Ow. My eye!+
Increase Headshot damage up to 50% based on the percentage of your missing Health. In addition, Headshot eliminations have a 50% chance to conjure a Phantasm which seeks out nearby foes and explodes, dealing 62 base energy damage in a small radius.
The Grave Digger Makes Its Impactful Return on October 9 (8 PM ET)!
Don’t let that smiling jack-o-lantern face on it fool you; the Grave Digger is a powerful assault rifle that will treat the husk to nothing but destruction! Grave Digger fires medium ammo, gaining damage and impact at the cost of accuracy and fire rate.
The Fortnite Lars Pack
Lead guitarist of the legendary rock band Steel Wool (and renowned Storm Scientist) is ready to strum up some Husks!
The Lars Pack brings a new Hero and Outfit, the Lars Storm Strummer Backbling, Lars Prop Chop Pickaxe, the Lars Challenges, and access to Save the World. These exclusive Save the World challenges will earn you 1,000 V-Bucks and 1,000 X-Ray Tickets.
The Cosmetic items of this Pack will be shared through Battle Royale, Save the World, and Creative game modes. This new Pack series will have no impact on existing Founder daily login rewards or their V-Bucks earned, which is exclusive to early access Founders. These outfits may appear in the item shop in the future.
India Today Gaming announced the top 8 cities teams in the ongoing Esports Premier League 2021 where teams will compete against rivals to represent eight cities across the country, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Bangalore. The level 3 stage will be played in Clash Squad mode.
Kolkata Kaijus is owned by famous YouTuber and Streamer Gyan Gaming. Sujan Mistri who goes by Gyan Gaming is a content creator on YouTube from Kolkata, West Bengal. His YouTube channel name is Gyan Gaming with more than 11 million subscribers.
Sujan is the owner of the franchise team, Kolkata Kaijus in the ESPL 2021. Kolkata Kaijus franchise team is represented by Team Badger 99 and the team lineup for the ESPL Free Fire event is:
B99 Kingsman
B99 Aj.exe
B99 Yoga
B99 FreeQ
B99 Prahast
ESPL 2021 is powered by the Infinix Note 10 Series Smartphone along with PTC Punjabi and has Sunfeast Yippee! Noodles is its official snacking partner. India Today Gaming has also signed Indian actor and Bollywood star, Tiger Shroff as their brand ambassador.
Watch the matches live in six languages including Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Bengali. The live stream broadcasts will be available on the Official YouTube and Facebook channels of India Today Gaming along with Disney+Hotstar and the Gaming Tak Youtube channel. Below are the links to the official channels.
