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How to enable DLSS in Red Dead Redemption 2?

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How to enable DLSS in Red Dead Redemption 2?

Red Dead Redemption 2’s title update 1.27 a.k.a Blood Money brings new missions, clothing items, and challenges to Red Dead Online but PC players are in for a treat as 1.27 has enabled DLSS support for the platform. Deep Learning Super-Sampling or DLSS for short, offers better performance and sharper visual images in supported titles for RTX 2000 and 3000 series graphics cards. The technology uses NVIDIA’s A.I. algorithm to upscale games rendered at a lower resolution to the display’s native resolution. 

How to enable DLSS in Red Dead Redemption 2 PC?

  • DLSS Requires an RTX card in order to be enabled, make sure you own at least an RTX 2060.
  • Open your settings from the main menu by pressing the Z key on your keyboard or LS on your controller.
  • Head to the graphics section in the settings, and scroll down to the NVIDIA DLSS option.
  • You have 4 options to choose from Quality, Balanced, Performance & Ultra Performance.
  • For visual clarity, set it to Quality. If you prefer higher frame rates, set it to Performance or Ultra Performance. You can also change it to Balanced if you’re willing to settle for a modest performance boost with passable image quality.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Blood Money Update patch notes

Gameplay Improvements

  • Nominated Series now allows players to ‘Nominate’ specific modes and maps, and join a Series made up of ones nominated by other players in that Series.
  • Red Dead Online will no longer be supported on Windows 7. Red Dead Online will still run on Windows 7 in the same manner that it does now, and new updates will be downloadable, but any new Windows 7 specific bugs that are discovered will not be addressed.
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online will now offer Nvidia DLSS to all Windows users with NVIDIA graphics cards. Please note that this only applies to graphics cards capable of performing DLSS.

Blood Money

Red Dead Online expands with Blood Money, including new missions called Crimes and Opportunities. To get started, visit Guido Martelli in Saint-Denis.

Today’s update also includes Pamphlets and clothing items available for purchase, the Nominated Series, new Daily Challenges and Awards, improvements to the Free Roam Mission Giver menu, and more.

The Quick Draw Club is a series of four distinct rapid-fire passes in consecutive installments as part of the Blood Money update. The Quick Draw Club No. 1 is available to purchase for 25 Gold Bars today through August 9th. In addition, there are numerous free rewards as part of everyone’s automatic membership to the Wheeler, Rawson, and Co. Club.

Crimes are new missions in Free Roam. Visit Anthony Foreman, James Langton, Sean Maguire, or Joe in Free Roam to play Crimes. Today’s update features a range of crimes including three multi-part Crime Contracts:

  • The Railroad Contract
  • The Jeb Phelps Contract
  • The Bluewater Contract

Several new awards have been added to Red Dead Online along with several existing Awards receiving updates.

Several new Daily Challenges have been added to Red Dead Online along with several existing Daily Challenges receiving updates.

Several new clothing items have been added for male and female characters to Red Dead Online:

  • The Haraway Outfit
  • The Rebellion Poncho
  • The Torras Poncho (new tint)
  • The Pacific Union Cap (unlocked after completing the Covington Emerald Opportunity on the Ruthless difficulty)
  • The Hired Gun Kit (available from the Fence)

Two new Emotes have been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No. 1:

  • Asking for Trouble
  • Cock a Snook

One new variant of the Cattleman Revolver has been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No. 1.

Two new Patterned Gun Wraps have been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No. 1.

Two new Leather Gun Wrap Color Variants have been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No. 1.

One new Camp Flag has been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No. 1.

One new Photo Studio Backdrop has been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No. 1.

One new Photo Studio Pose has been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through the Quick Draw Club No.1.

Two new Horse Manes have been added to Red Dead Online and can be unlocked through Season Rewards & the Quick Draw Club No. 1.

Several pamphlets can now be bought from the Fence. These include:

  • Cook Multiple Meats
  • Fast Travel from Wilderness Camp
  • Ammo Capacity: Shotgun
  • Ammo Capacity: Rifles
  • Ammo Capacity: Pistol
  • Ammo Capacity: Varmint Rifle
  • Ammo Capacity: Repeater
  • Ammo Capacity: Revolver
  • Ammo Capacity: Bow

Red Dead Redemption 2 is available on PC – Steam, EGS, Stadia, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

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Team Besties Banned From Riot-Sanctioned Events Following ‘Ringing’ Accusations

Sonu Banerjee
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Team Besties Banned From Riot-Sanctioned Events Following ‘Ringing’ Accusations

Members of the VCT Game Changers competitor Team Besties have received an 18-month long ban from any Riot-sanctioned events for violating Riot’s ToS during an official game. 

The suspension follows an investigation that revealed Team Besties using unregistered players during VALORANT Game Changers to gain an unfair competitive advantage. The ban was confirmed in a recent competitive ruling released by Riot on 12th July.

According to the ruling, Team Besties has been suspended for 12 months for the ‘ringing’ accusations, and another 6 months for not cooperating with the investigation. 

The (now banned) players that were initially registered under Team Besties for the NA VCT Game Changers Qualifiers include:

  • Jenna “koi” Tang,
  • Katie “kateuuu” Tran,
  • Mia “kei” Leong,
  • Jasmine “memrice” Huynh
  • Jennifer “wetboosy” Li
  • Bella “soju” Rierad (coach)

During the tournament, the officials were made aware of a suspicion involving a Team Besties player. 

Kei had played Sova in all of Team Besties’ first five games of Game Changers and accumulated a -39 kill/death differential with a stable ping of 52ms. However, in the next three games against Team Invicta and 100emoji, kei played Jett and Reyna with a stable ping of 68 ms, accumulating a kill/death differential of +44.

Furthermore, the Tournament Officials also caught an account named “arentikawaii” in the pre-game lobby against 100emoji, to whom the team tried to pass off as an alternate account for one of the players. Voice communication recordings of Team Besties also picked up the phrase, “what is the password?” from a player. 

“We worked with Tournament Officials to confirm that kei’s account had multiple log-ins from across North America during Game Changers,” Riot said in a statement. “Accordingly, Tournament Officials disqualified Team Besties from Game Changers.”

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How To Fix COD Black Ops Cold War “Disconnected From Server” Error?

Sonu Banerjee
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How To Fix COD Black Ops Cold War “Disconnected From Server” Error?

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is undoubtedly one of the most popular modern-day first-person shooters developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. Originally released in November 2020, the title gained rapid popularity not only because of its campaign but also because of its multiplayer mode. 

As more and more COD players are tuning in to the multiplayer mode of COD Black Ops Cold War, reports of players encountering the infamous ‘disconnected from server’ error are also surfacing on the internet. Today, we’re gonna take a look at what causes this ‘disconnected from server’ error in COD Black Ops Cold War and what you can do to fix it. 

Disconnected from Server error Fix

While this error is primarily caused by the servers being down for maintenance or other reasons, it might also be triggered by other reasons like a bad internet connection. Let’s check out what you can do to fix the problem and prevent it from happening again.

  • Check if the servers are down: One of the most common reasons behind the ‘disconnected from server’ error is the COD servers being down due to maintenance or other reasons. You can check the status of the servers from the official Activision page. If the servers are down, try to check after a few hours since the servers aren’t usually down for long durations. 
  • Check for updates: Remember to keep updating your game regularly as you’ll be unable to join a game otherwise. The issue may be solved by simply updating the game and joining again. 
  • Restart the game: You’ll be surprised to find out how often a simple restart can solve this error. You can also try rebooting your PC or the console that you’re playing the game in.
  • Check your internet connection: There’s a high chance that the ‘disconnected from server’ error is caused by your internet connection. If you have a poor internet connection or are experiencing constant packet losses, you might find yourself encountering this problem. In this case, your best bet would be to restart your router, wait till your connection improves, or get better internet. 
  • Reinstall the game: If everything else fails, and your internet connection isn’t at fault, then you may try reinstalling your game entirely. First, uninstall your game and download a fresh copy of COD Black Ops Cold War then install it again. There’s a good chance that a clean reinstall will make your game functional again. 

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Fortnite Glitch is making players lose their gold bars

Kanishka Thakur
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Fortnite Glitch is making players lose their gold bars

Epic Games have always been known for giving out surprises in their updates including various famous crossovers of celebrities as well as sports stars. Although, this time their popular battle royale game Fortnite is facing a glitch that is causing players to lose their gold bars.

Players are usually seen collecting these gold bars by completing different which includes opening safes and defeating opponents. The gold bars help them to hire NPCs as allies, purchase exotic weapons or upgrade weaponry. Everyone tries to keep it as safe as they can from their opponents.

However, a recent glitch in the game has caused a sudden disappearance of the gold bars of the players and everyone is clueless on why this is happening. 

People have started writing posts on Reddit saying all of their gold bars are suddenly gone and they can’t buy anything in the game.

Bars completely gone?
by u/DivByTwo in FortNiteBR

After seeing massive reports on the missing gold bars, Fortnite tweeted that the development team is investigating an issue where players may start a game with 0 bars. 

Later on, Fortnite updated saying that the issues have now been resolved and the players can now see their bar counts. The gold bars collected in a match will carry over to the next game. 

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Velocity Gaming wins VCC India Qualifier 1

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Velocity Gaming wins VCC India Qualifier 1

The finals of the most awaited Valorant Conqueror Championship India Qualifiers #1 ended with Velocity Gaming defeating Global Esports. Team VLT won the first India qualifiers with 3-1. Now VLT has become the first team to enter the playoffs of the Valorant Conquerors Championships from India. Although, Global Esports also got seeded to VCC Wildcard qualifiers for finishing 2nd in the India Qualifiers #1.

VALORANT Conquerors Championship a qualifying tournament for South Asian players. The teams would qualify for the APAC Last Chance Qualifiers as part of the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour. According to the official press release, teams will compete in multiple sub-regional qualifiers from which the winning team will make their way to the APAC Last Chance Qualifier.

India Qualifiers #1: Map Selection

  • Ban – Haven (Global Esports)
  • Pick – Icebox (Velocity Gaming)
  • Pick – Bind (Global Esports)
  • Pick – Ascent (Velocity Gaming)
  • Pick – Breeze (Global Esports)
  • Decider – Split

MAP 1 – ICEBOX

Global Esports started as the attackers in the first map of the finals. Team VLT took the lead in the first four rounds, but the first half ended with 7-4 against Global Esports. VLT again got the lead with 4 wins in the second half whereas Team GE managed 5 rounds win but were not enough to get the win over Velocity Gaming. 

Final Score: 13-10 (VLT wins)

MAP 2 – BIND

Getting the win in their first game, boosted the confidence of the team. Global Esports could get their first win in the fourth round. GE used this win as their comeback and ended the first half with 8-4 in their favor. But the second half completely got turned by Team Velocity. The team didn’t gave any chance to Team GE and took the win at the end of the game.

Final Score: 13-10 (VLT wins)

MAP 3 – ASCENT

This was a must-win game for Global Esports to keep their hopes high to get the champions title. Team GE completely dominated the game and finished the first half with 9-3. Getting over to the second half with a six-round lead helped the team to win the third game.

Final Score: 13-6 (GE wins)

MAP 4 – BREEZE

Velocity Gaming needed just one game to become the VCC India Qualifiers #1 champions. On the other hand, Global Esports had do or die situation. The first half ended with 6-6, not favoring any team. The second half went into overtime (OT) with Velocity Gaming taking the game.

Final Score: 14- 12 (VLT wins)

Nepal and Bhutan Qualifiers are next in line. With the registrations already going on, teams could join the event till 15th July 2021. 

FaZe eliminate Heroic 2-1 from IEM Cologne 2021

Mohd Laraib
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FaZe eliminate Heroic 2-1 from IEM Cologne 2021

FaZe beat Heroic 2-1 at IEM Cologne 2021, sending the Danish team back home. FaZe beat them 16-10 on Mirage, conceived defeat 11-16 on Nuke. The Group B Lower Bracket finals had a conclusive story with FaZe winning the game 16-10 in Ancient map.

Heroic now joins NiP, Vitality, Liquid to return home from IEM Cologne 2021 without getting on to the playoffs.

The newest iteration of Faze Clan, after a series of poor results, knocks the EPL S13 champions out of Cologne through to the playoffs.

After dropping out of the top 30 at the start of June, things looked as bad as they had ever been for the International roster, with Karrigan’s second stint not working out as expected. But they managed to get through the play-ins and continue their fairytale run with a huge upset versus Heroic to finally have a chance at a top 6 finish in an A-tier tournament in some time.

MAP VETO

  • FaZe removed Vertigo
  • Heroic removed Dust2
  • FaZe picked Mirage
  • Heroic picked Nuke
  • FaZe removed Overpass
  • Heroic removed Inferno
  • Ancient was left over

FaZe immediately left out their permaban map, that is Vertigo, a map that is almost like a second home map for the Danes, and picked into their reliable map of Mirage, which lets them play a slightly looser style of CS. Heroic chose their home map, Nuke, a long-time favorite of many a Danish team.

The last map of the series was Ancient. This would be the first series at IEM Cologne 2021 where a series would be decided on the newest map in the map pool.

MAP 1: Mirage

(Picked by: Faze Clan, Won by: Faze Clan, Final Score: 16:10)

The international roster had a troubling start to things and it took them a while to find their footing, finding their first after a streak of 6 by Heroic, with in-game leader Finn ‘karrigan‘ Andersen especially having a rough go of things.

The Faze boys did manage a respectable T side with 5 rounds, ending the half at 10:5, but it was in no way sustainable. Or so we though, as what was to come was nothing short of perfection. Faze Clan answered back with 11 CT rounds on the trot! Not giving the danish side even a second to breathe. 28 frags combined and only 2 deaths from young guns Helvijs ‘broky‘ Saukants and  Russel ‘Twistzz‘ Van Dulken saw them close out the map 16:10 with ease.

MAP 2: NUKE

(Picked by : Heroic, Won by: Heroic, Final Score 16:11)

Faze looked decent on their opponent’s map pick and looked to give them a run for their money on the CT side, racking up 8 rounds to finish the half at 8:7. A competitive scoreline soon turned to a blowout as the Danes showed why they are so feared on this map, as they took a lead early on and maintained it until the end thanks to René ‘TeSeS‘ Madsen and his heroics.

The map finished 16:11, with Faze only managing 3 T rounds.

MAP 3: ANCIENT

(Decider, Won by: Faze Clan, Final Score 16:10)

A thriller was at hand, with both teams winning their picks to find themselves on the grounds of Ancient to battle it out. Another tough start saw Faze down 6-1 on the CT side, but a brilliant showing from IGL Finn ‘karrigan‘ Andersen again, saw them win out the CT half 9:6, winning 8/8 rounds towards the end. Karrigan’s prowess showed again, as aggressive calling and his fragging power on the T side helped them secure a miraculous upset versus the Danish side, ending the map and series 16:10.

AFTERMATH

Faze move on to the playoffs to play Gambit in the quarter-finals, after the CIS team lost to G2 earlier today. Heroic go home for the player break-in 7-8th position alongside BIG as only 6 teams remain.

Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Switch OLED: All you need to know

Mohammed Sadiq
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Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Switch OLED: All you need to know

Released in 2016, the Switch is Nintendo’s best-selling console to date, having sold 85+ million units as of 2021, and has outsold the Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, and Sony’s PlayStation Portable. Powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra X1 Mariko GPU, the Switch can handle most AAA titles on the go, which makes it even more impressive considering the fact that the Tegra X1 launched in 2014.

Nintendo Released a budget-friendly variant of the Switch called Switch Lite which was priced at $200. The console is shipped with built-in buttons and joysticks instead of detachable JoyCons and cannot be docked. It launched with 3 color variants – Grey, Turquoise, and Yellow, while 2 more colors, Coral and Blue, were introduced in the later years.

An enhanced version of the Switch was recently announced and is officially called the Nintendo Switch OLED which features a slightly larger, 7-inch screen, increased storage, and an improved adjustable stand along with more new features and improvements. But are these changes enough to justify ‘upgrading’ to one?

Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Switch OLED: Specs, Price and more

Both versions are almost identical due to their similar weight and dimensions, however, the biggest change here is the inclusion of a 7-inch OLED screen as opposed to the Switch’s 6.2 inch LCD display and has smaller bezels. OLED screens tend to have better colors, black levels, and contrast levels in general. Both consoles are capable of rendering games at 720p in handheld mode and 1080p in docked mode.

Switch OLED boasts 64GB of internal storage, unlike the base model Switch’s 32GB storage so you can store more games on your device. The rear stand on the Switch OLED is now wider and sturdier as compared to the small stand on the previous Switch. Nintendo has also revised the Switch Dock, which now includes an Ethernet port for better internet connectivity, though the dock no longer has a USB Type-A port. The dock can be purchased separately from Nintendo’s online store and is compatible with the old Switch.

The revised Switch also comes with improved ‘onboard’ speakers, though Nintendo has yet to elaborate further, we can assume that the speakers are simply louder than before. Both consoles feature the same chipset and RAM, and as a result, the OLED Switch is just the same as the old Switch under the hood.

Switch OLED sounds like a perfect option for first-time buyers, but not for current owners of the Switch, unless you own a Switch Lite. Nintendo Switch OLED model is priced at $349.99 and is set to release on October 8.

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Team Vitality knocked out of IEM Cologne 2021, FaZe advances 2-0

Maël Valentin
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Team Vitality knocked out of IEM Cologne 2021, FaZe advances 2-0

Vitality, the all french representation at IEM Cologne 2021 have found themselves out of the tournament before the playoffs, thanks to their European rivals, FaZe.

FaZe Clan beat Vitality 2-0 in the lower brackets where the latter did show some hopes of evening up the scorelines. FaZe beat Vitality 16-11 in Mirage and just a marginal distant of 16-14 in Dust2.

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Velocity Gaming to acquire DeathMaker from GodLike Esports

Pranav Nalawade
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Velocity Gaming to acquire DeathMaker from GodLike Esports

Velocity Gaming is making yet another big move to strengthen their presence in Indian Valorant circuit by acquiring Debanjan ‘DeathMaker’ Das in a planned buyout for an undisclosed amount. Multiple sources close to TalkEsport have confirmed that this buyout is already set in motion and the amount is paid by VLT to GodLike Esports.

DeathMaker currently plays for GodLike Esports and has proved to be a valuable asset for the team. He transitioned from CS:GO to Valorant when the new FPS title started to rise in popularity in the country. The addition of DeathMaker will make him seventh player on the VLT roster.

Velocity Gaming underwent some massive changes in the past few months. One of their key assets, Karan ‘Excali’ Mhaswadkar, joined Samurai Esports and his gap was quickly filled by the addition of Agneya ‘Marzil’ Koushik to the roster.

Sabyasachi ‘Antidote’ Bose also left the roster very soon to join GodLike Esports and VLT made a surprising addition to their team by bringing Mohit ‘mw1’ Wakle onboard before the start of Valorant Conquerors Championship 2021.

The new roster of Velocity Gaming looks formidable and the inclusion of Deathmaker on this powerful team will make them unstoppable. As mentioned earlier, the buyout is already set in motion and an announcement is expected to follow very soon.

As Velocity Gaming will become a seven-man roster, it will be interesting to see how these players are shuffled in the upcoming tournaments. DeathMaker will certainly increase the raw firepower of this roster with his versatile gameplay.

Jake Paul reveals custom $100k Conor McGregor chain ‘Sleepy McGregor’

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Jake Paul reveals custom $100k Conor McGregor chain ‘Sleepy McGregor’

Following the horrific defeat of McGregor at the hands of Dustin Poirier, Jake Paul mocks the former by launching a chain worth $100,000.

Boxing among YouTubers has ventured out to real fights against MMA/Boxing professionals with Jake Paul is among the group who enjoy it the most. His recent back and forth with McGregor hinted at an imminent fight between the pair in the future, but for now, the latter’s loss means that Jake Paul getting the last laugh.

Jake Paul has stepped on the claims of him being an “attention seeker” and has called out the Irish fighter on multiple occasions only to get ignored in several instances. Following his loss today, the former Viner revealed that a commissioned custom watch chain is on his way.

The fight between Poirier and McGregor was one of the biggest, if not the biggest fight of the year, and Jake Paul poking in it looks like a classic move to skim some publicity off it. Had the fight gone the other way, the chains would have gone to waste.

The “Sleepy McGregor Chain” is a major dig at the Irishman and if ever the pair meet within a ring, we can only imagine how the former UFC champion would react to something like this.

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