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PUBG Mobile 1.4 update APK download link for Android

Tencent has released the most anticipated update of PUBG Mobile global version. This new update is termed as PUBG Mobile 1.4 update and features the new ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ Mode and users can use the link given below to directly download this new update. Alongside this new mode, several other changes have been made to the game. .

PUBG Mobile releases seasonal updates with several tweaks and new content to entertain their player base with unique gameplay each season. The developers announced a unique collaboration in March where Tencent partnered with the action film Godzilla vs Kong on the occasion of the game’s third anniversary.

This collaboration promised a new in-game mode especially dedicated around the theme of the movie. This mode is termed as ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ mode and the two mighty creatures will make an appearance in the matches.

These monsters are being referred to as Titans in the new update patch notes. Players can read about the entire patch notes by clicking here. This update will have certain new features like titan crystals, apex camps and much more. Other balance changes have been mentioned in it as well.

PUBG Mobile 1.4 Godzilla vs Kong Update Download Link

Players can simply click on the link given below to download this new update. This application will work on Android devices and those who have any difficulty while accessing the game from Google Play store can use this link to download the game directly. This new update is around 1GB in size and features all the new content.

PUBG Mobile 1.4 Update APKClick Here

After downloading the game, simply go through the normal installation process and PUBG Mobile will be updated to the latest 1.4 version. Remember to enable the “Install from other sources” toggles from your phone settings to install the game smoothly.

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Kaplan Singapore and Murdoch University support youth development in esports

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Kaplan in Singapore and its university partner, Murdoch University, announce their joint support for Campus Legends, an esports platform that sees the development of young gaming talents in Singapore.

Organized by the Singapore Cybersports & Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) for the third year, this is the first time a PEI is supporting the event. Students from Kaplan and Murdoch University will compete in Campus Legends, an opportunity to help aspiring youth in the gaming industry level up in terms of skill sets.

To be held from 12 June to 8 August 2021, Campus Legends is an inter-school tournament featuring two of the most popular esports titles in Singapore — Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and League of Legends.

Through the partnership, Kaplan and Murdoch University aim to actively support aspiring gaming and esports talent in Singapore by raising awareness on avenues to acquire the skills needed to work in both the international gaming industry and information technology industry. The partnership also offers a valuable experience for the students to showcase their talent in competitive gaming.

Four teams (two for each esports title), comprising five players each, will represent Kaplan and Murdoch University to compete in the tournament.


Kaplan and Murdoch University recognise the fast-growing gaming industry in Singapore. They provide relevant Diploma and Degree programmes for students to gain a competitive edge in areas, such as games development, software design and production, mobile application design, as well as marketing and events management, developing ready talent to contribute to the sector.

Mr Joe Keen Poon, President at Kaplan in Singapore said: “As Singapore ramps up plans to anchor its position as the region’s esports hub, building the capabilities of our human capital will be a critical success factor. Kaplan and our university partner, Murdoch University are thrilled to partner with SCOGA this year, allowing our students the opportunity to participate in this meaningful youth-driven esports event in Singapore. Asia, the driving force for esports growth worldwide, will continue to see the potential for the esports industry’s eco-system flourish at an exponential rate.

“Through relevant courses in areas such as games development, events management, marketing and communications, we are committed to doing our part to help local talent level up in terms of in-demand skill sets and stand out among the competition as they pursue their passions in this area.”

Professor Peter Waring, Pro Vice Chancellor of Transnational Education and Singapore Dean at Murdoch University added: “Murdoch University is very excited to be a key sponsor of Campus Legends this year and we thank SCOGA for this opportunity. Murdoch is a serious player in esports through our programmes in Games Software Design and Production and our esports student association. We see a very bright future for the esports industry in Singapore and are very proud to be playing a role in its continued success”.

Kaplan and Murdoch University students in Singapore can register to participate in Campus Legends. The registration closes on 14 May 2021.

Free Fire Redeem Code for today: 12th May 2021

Garena revealed a new redeem code for Free Fire players belonging to the Indonesian region. Players can use this code to get a FAMAS Moonwalk Weapon Loot Crate. You can simply follow the steps given below to redeem the code and get rewards for free. This item is region specific and hence, will not work for other players.

Most of the items in Free Fire could be unlocked through diamonds but the only way to get them is by purchasing them with real money. Those who do not wish to spend their money on skins or other items can simply use such redeem codes to try and get these items for free.

Free Fire reveals such redeem codes on some special occasions and they are distributed via their social media handles. These codes have a short validity and hence, players need to be quick while redeeming such codes.

HOW TO REDEEM FREE FIRE REWARDS

If you don’t know how to redeem codes in Free Fire, follow these simple steps to recieve the rewards:

  • Visit the Reward Redemption center of Garena Free Fire. Click here to visit.
  • Log in with your Free Fire account. One must have either Facebook or Google ID signed in as a Guest account does not work.
  • Enter the code FF8M82QK7C2M in the box to unlock the rewards.
  • You will receive the items in your in-game mailbox.

This code is only valid for a single day so make sure to get the items before time runs out. Remember that it is only redeemable for players belonging to the ID server and hence, others may get a pop-up error if they try to redeem this code.

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Can you play Valorant on Mac?

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As you know, MacOS has always been depriving of a lot of games since starting. Even though League of Legends is available on Mac, Riot hasn’t launched a Mac version of their popular FPS title Valorant. Recently we covered that Valorant is coming to Mobile devices and Consoles. Can we get Valorant on Mac soon? Keep reading this article to be aware of all the speculations.

Is it possible to play Valorant on MacOS?

Till now, you can’t play Valorant on your Macbook or iMac. However, is Riot planning to bring Valorant on Mac? Apparently, the answer is no. The game is non-translatable to Mac because of the Valorant’s anti-cheat software Vanguard.

According to a Riot Engineer,

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but there are no current plans for Valorant to support Mac OSX. For now, to play Valorant you’ll just have to bite the bullet and free up space for bootcamp or build a Windows PC.

I do feel for you here though. I worked on porting LoL to Mac native all those years ago and have seen firsthand the development time it takes to port to / maintain Mac. As much as we’d like to reach every platform and player we have to look at where our development time is most effective for the entire player base.

Are you wondering what is Bootcamp? It is basically a multi-boot utility tool that lets you install Windows OS on your Mac.

After installing Windows on your Mac, you can install Valorant and play the game. However, you may not get good performance. Keep that in mind.

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How to get the Beast Boy Skin in Fortnite?

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Epic Games have recently announced that Teen Titans superhero Beast Boy is coming to Fortnite Season 6. The game has seen a lot of crossovers recently including Rebirth Raven which debuted in the Season 6 Battle Pass.

HOW TO GET THE BEAST BOY FORTNITE SKIN?

The news got out as soon as Epic Games tweeted the arrival of Beast Boy with a series of comic book stills with Raven as she reunited with the Teen Titans superhero. The Beast boy comes with a Garfield Logan-style outfit, as well as a built-in Go Ape emote that transforms him into a Gorilla Form. 

BEAST BOY FORTNITE SKIN RELEASE DATE

It has been confirmed that the skin and matching cosmetics will arrive in the Item Shop on May 13, 2021, at 5 PM PT | 8 PM ET. The skin will most likely cost around 1,500 V-Bucks, while a bundle would be somewhere between 2,000 to 2,500 V-Bucks.

FORTNITE TEEN TITANS CUP 

The tournament was announced by Epic Games and will be taking place in Fortnite on May 12, 2021, to celebrate Beast Boy’s arrival on The Island.

All the participants of this tournament will be getting the new Beast Boy & Raven Spray just for competing; also those who earn at least eight points will get a new Loading Screen featuring both Beast Boy and Raven.

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Valorant Servers will be down today for 2.09 Patch Maintenance

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Valorant servers will go offline for a scheduled maintenance from 14:00 PDT on May 11 as Riot looks forward to ship the brand new 2.09 update. This patch will see a new game mode called “Escalation” being introduced to the Valorant community which will reportedly let players on each team lock in on the same agent.

The new game mode has been inspired from League of Legends’ “One for all” mode, a title also by Riot. This will be followed by an agent nerf alongside minor changes on the recently launched map, “Breeze”.

The upcoming game mode, named ‘Replication’, was teased by Riot Games in a Tweet today. The attached video shows the initial looks at the new game mode.

Please note: For users in India, Valorant will be unavailable to play on May 12 from 2:30 AM IST. 

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New Valorant Tethered Realms Skin Bundle Leaked

We’re only hours away from the release of the highly anticipated Valorant Patch 2.09 and the upcoming ‘Replication Mode’, and a new bundle of entirely new weapon skins have already been leaked on the internet.

This new bundle, named ‘Tethered Realms’, has gotten Valorant fans across the world hyped due to its unique skin design and the dual-knives. (Yes, you read that right)

The ability to wield dual-knives is undoubtedly the feature that most fans are looking forward to seeing in-game. You can take a look at it here:

Sword Valorant

In a recent Valorant dev talk released by ‘aSmoogl’, the developers showcase the skins of the Tethered Realms bundle and point out their unique characteristics that make them stand out from the other skins released in the game till now. You can take a look at the showcase here.

The Tethered Realms bundle will feature skins for the following weapons:

  • Melee
  • Ghost
  • Guardian
  • Vandal
  • Operator

The Melee weapon can be upgraded to level 2 to be able to dual-wield it with a sword.

No specific release date or price of this skin bundle has been revealed by Riot as of yet.

Valorant 2.09 Patch Notes, Replication mode introduce

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Riot will finally be shipping the most awaited game mode “Replication” in Valorant through the 2.09 Patch update. This brand new game mode will see players from both sides compete in a ‘best of 9 rounds’ format where each team would have the same set of agents. The latter has been inspired by League Of Legends’ ‘One for all’ game mode, a title also by Riot.

Replication will go on to replace the game mode ‘Escalation’ and will be available on the playlist for a 2 week period until Riot comes up with a new idea. Alongside Escalation, Viper too will be getting a nerf which reduces her Passive Toxin i.e. the Instant decay damage from 50 to 30.

Also, the two-week-old map Breeze would be hit with minor changes. Timeouts have finally arrived and would be made available in the custom games played in the Tournament mode.

On Escalation, Valorant’s production manager Lisa Ohanian stated,

We definitely took inspiration from League’s One-For-All mode, but there’s so much that’s different between our games – for example, our roster is a fraction of the size of theirs – that we needed to make a lot of decisions differently too.

Valorant 2.09 Patch Notes

Agent Updates

Viper

Toxin (Passive)

  • The instant decay inflicted when entering Viper’s smoke or crossing her wall, reduced 50 >>> 30

New Game Mode added

Replication comes to Valorant in patch 2.09 and replaces Escalation.

Map Updates

Breeze

  • Blocked vision of the gaps above Mid-Wood Doors and A Metal Doors
  • Smoothed player collision in various locations

Game System Updates

  • Added tactical timeouts to Tournament Mode Custom Games
  • 2 tactical timeouts can be called per game, per team.
  • Tactical timeouts last 60 seconds.
  • Tactical timeouts freeze all player movements for the duration of the timeout.
  • For technical pauses, the standard Pause Match Timer option is still available.
  • Improved the visual synchronization of bullet tracers and impact effects for Observers
  • This should fix most cases where it looks like a player is killed before a bullet reaches them in our esports viewing experience.
  • Adjusted color of placeable utility on the minimap to match team color for Observers
  • Adjusted color of names in player loadout HUD to match team color
  • Spaced the End Game Phase and Pause Match Timer options in Custom Games to prevent misclicks
  • Improved feel on rope ascenders in high latency situations
  • Minor performance optimizations to UI in matches

Bugs

Agents

  • Added team colors for placed Agent abilities, for observers
  • Fixed issue where Astra’s Nebula was slightly offset once fully formed
  • Fixed bullet impacts on Sova’s Owl Drone wings appearing in the wrong locations
  • Fixed issues across multiple Agents with incorrect damage icons for abilities showing up in the killfeed
  • Fixed issue where Killjoy’s Nanoswarm audio would cut off if it was destroyed right after activation
  • Fixed an issue where Skye’s Seekers did not show how many enemies were affected in the combat report
  • Omen can no longer drop the Spike or weapons while casting From the Shadows
  • Fixed an issue where Killjoy’s Alarmbot would display flashed visual effects while invisible

Game Systems

  • Fixed an issue where weapons could be instantly reloaded after spamming orb pick-ups
  • Fixed an issue where the sound was lowered by 5dB


Weapons

  • Fixed 1P snow impacts that occurred rarely in gun fights


Breeze Map

  • Fixed a number of exploits around the map
  • Fixed an issue where players could sandwich themselves in between Sage’s wall and the Mechanical Doors on Breeze (or Ascent)


Competitive

  • Fixed a bug that was causing a player’s leaderboard rank to not show up on their Act Rank badge
  • Fixed a bug that was showing the ranked rating threshold on the leaderboard for previous Acts
  • Only the current Act should show a ranked rating threshold bar from now on

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Valorant Replication Mode will let Players Lock in on the Same Agents

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Only a few days ago Riot Games has revealed an upcoming game mode called ‘Replication’. The highly anticipated game mode will reportedly let players on each team lock in on the same agent.

The Replication mode that’s set to temporarily replace Escalation will feature similar mechanics like the ‘One for All mode’ in Riot’s popular MOBA League of Legends. Players on the same team will be able to vote for an agent to lock in on. The agent receiving the maximum votes will be automatically picked by the entire team.

Needless to say, this mode can potentially have an overwhelming room for creativity. Players can easily turn the tides of a battle with five Sage ultimates or smoke out entire bombsites with a chain of Brimstone smokes.

“With Replication, we are looking to create exciting and novel moments by widening the player theory-crafting space while highlighting Agent abilities,” Game Designer Kyle Powell said. “Quintupling down on Agents that were balanced around normal Agent restrictions, we’ve created lots of hilarious near game-breaking plays for players to discover.”

Players will receive the same amount of XP in this upcoming game mode as they do in unrated.

The release date of the Replication game mode hasn’t been revealed by Riot as of yet, but it’s expected to land alongside Patch 2.09 which’s likely to be released tomorrow. 

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How to pre-register for Valorant Mobile on TapTap?

Taptap has already started the pre-registration process for the mobile version of Valorant which is yet to be announced officially. there have been various rumors and reports about Valorant Mobile being under development by Riot Games but the developers have not confirmed it anywhere. Here is how you can pre-register for Valorant Mobile.

Valorant is a multiplayer tactical shooter game that gained traction instantly due to its unique approach of inculcating abilities and characters in the game. The popularity of this game is apparently rising regularly and the developers may try to capitalize on this success by tapping into the mobile gaming industry.

Mobile gaming has been a trendy market in recent times. Popular games like PUBG were ported into a mobile game and it caught mobile gamers by storm. PUBG Mobile and COD Mobile became some of the best mobile games and similarly, Riot Games came up with their own title, LOL: Wild Rift.

Wild Rift has also been a success story so far and the developers might try to experiment with their other titles as well. Valorant mobile might be truly under development and an announcement could be made very soon. As per recent reports, the game might be announced by E3 2021 or by mid-June.

HOW TO PRE-REGISTER FOR VALORANT MOBILE?

TapTap has acted very quickly and already started the pre-registration before the game is even announced. Players who are eager to try this game as soon as it is released can pre-register on TapTap. It is very easy to do so and players can simply follow the steps given below:

  1. Click here to visit the Valorant Mobile pre-registration page.
  2. Select the mode of registration via Android or iOS device.
  3. Login to the website and you will be pre-registered successfully.

You might get notifications regarding any future updates once you successfully register for Valorant Mobile. The official announcement is awaited by the fan base and it is expected to been announced in the upcoming months.

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