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Valorant Champions Tour Masters Reykjavik Teams Lineup

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The list of 10 teams to attend Stage 2 Masters of the Valorant Champions Tour has been determined and they will be traveling to Reykjavik, Iceland for the game’s first-ever LAN event. The tournament will run from May 24 – 30.

These teams represent regions from across various regions, those who were included in VCT’s Pro Circuit. 

According to the regional team qualification process set by Riot, there will be 2 teams each from Brazil, EMEA (which includes Europe, CIS, and Turkey), United States of America, and 1 each from Latin America, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan. 

Valorant Champions Tour Masters Reykjavik Teams

  • Crazy Raccoon (Japan): Medusa, neth, rion, Tonbo, zepher
  • Fnatic (EMEA): Boaster, Doma, Mistic, Derke
  • Team Liquid (EMEA): soulcas, Kryptix, L1NK, ScreaM, Jamppi
  • KRU Esports (Latin America): Klaus, Mazino, NagZ, bnj, delz1k
  • NUTURN Gaming (South Korea): peri, allow, Suggest, lakia, solo
  • Sentinels (North America): ShahZaM, SicK, zombs, dapr, TenZ
  • Version1 (North America): vanity, effys, penny, Zellsis, wippie
  • Team Vikings (Brazil): gtnziN, Sacy, frz, sutecas, Saadhak
  • Sharks Esports (Brazil): DeNaro, fra, prozin, gaabxx, lightX10 Esports (Thailand): foxz, sushiboys, sScary, Crws, Patiphan

Valorant Champions Tour Masters Reykjavík is the second major event of the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour. At each Masters event, teams will earn points that will help them qualify for the end-of-year Champions event.

  • Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Venue: Laugardalshöll
  • Dates: May 24th-30th

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PlayStation Studios now have a Steam page, hints at upcoming PC games

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Horizon Zero Dawn was one of the first triple-A Sony titles to release on PC which was a massive success on the platform and reinforced Sony’s decision to bring more games to its users as a way to entice them to switch to the PlayStation 5 for the upcoming sequel. This also led to the announcement of Days Gone on PC and with it, Sony Mobile Entertainment have established themselves as a publisher on Steam which leads to the creation of their own curator page as a result.

The curator store page gives us a few hints about their upcoming titles on PC. Their ‘featured’ page shows that there are a total of three games under the ‘New Releases’ tab –  Helldivers, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Predator: Hunting Grounds, along with 21 DLCs for both Helldivers and Predator: Hunting Grounds in total, while their ‘Upcoming Releases’ tab shows Days Gone which is scheduled to release on May 18, 2021.

However, heading to their curator page’s ‘About’ section reveals that there are currently 41 games, out of which 17 are hidden from users. It’s fairly obvious that neither Days Gone nor Horizon Zero Dawn has any DLCs, as all previously released downloadable content is included in the base release for PC, while Helldivers already has all DLC content listed and probably won’t be getting anything new, and that leaves us with Predator: Hunting Grounds which might get a handful of content but it still wouldn’t explain the remaining hidden ‘games’.

At least one of these unlisted games might be another first-party game, according to rumors after Days Gone, we might see one of these titles in the future; Bloodborne, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, The Last of Us, or the Uncharted collection.

It’s safe to say with E3 on the horizon, we won’t have to wait long for another announcement.

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Genshin Impact Eula Banner Release Date & Skills

The highly anticipated Genshin Impact patch 1.6 is nearly here, and it’s set to bring a plethora of new content to the open-world RPG by miHoYo. While the update is expected to hit the live servers in early June, a lot of fans seem to be more excited about the upcoming Eula banner that’s set to arrive much earlier than that.

Let’s take a look at the expected release date of the Eula Banner in Genshin Impact alongside her skills.

Genshin Impact Eula Banner Release Date

The release date of the Eula Banner hasn’t been confirmed by miHoYo as of yet. However, we can still get a pretty good idea about the time of its arrival.

Fans can hopefully expect to see the Eula Banner in action in the next few days. There’s also a high possibility of it arriving around Tuesday, May 18th, since the title has a history of releasing new characters on Tuesdays.

Genshin Impact Eula Skills

The skills of Eula in Genshin Impact have already been confirmed by miHoYo. Eula is set to be a Cryo character, but lighter than any other Cryo character in the game

Her basic attack performs up to five consecutive strikes, with her charged attack draining stamina over time to perform continuous slashes.

She also has a plunging attack that deals AoE damage upon impact and can be executed while falling from mid-air.

Eula’s elemental skill is named ‘Icetide Vortex’ and it includes the following:

Press:

Slashes swiftly and deals Cryo DMG.

Eula gains a stack of Grimheart that stacks up to two times after hitting opponents. These stacks can only be gained once every 0.3 seconds.

Grimheart:

Increase’s Eula’s resistance to Interruption and DEF.

Hold:

Eula slashes forward dealing AoE Cryo DMG to opponents in front of her, consuming all the stacks of Grimheart that Eula possesses.

Each stack of Grimheart gets converted into an Icewhirl Brand that deals Cryo DMG to nearby opponents, decreasing their Physical RES and Cryo RES.

Her elemental burst has been named ‘Glacial Illumination’.

Using the skill, she can deal Cryo DMG with her sword and creates a Lightfall Sword that follows her for a set duration.

All of Eula’s basic attacks, elemental skills and bursts charge the Lightfall Sword.

Passive Talents

Aristocratic Introspection:

When Eula crafts Character Talent Materials, she has a 10% chance to receive double the product.

Roiling Rime:

If two stacks of Grimheart are consumed upon using Icetide VOrtex hold mode, a Lightfall Sword Remnant will be created and explode immediately, dealing 50% of the basic Physical DMG dealt by a Lightfall Sword created by Glacial illumination.

Wellspring of War-Lust:

When Eula’s Normal Attacks score CRIT hits, Icetide Vortex’s CD will be decreased by 0.3s. This effect can occur once every 0.1s.

Constellations:

Illusion of Light Tide:

After consuming Grimheart from the Ice Tide Vortex’s effect, Eula’s physical DMG is increased by 30% for 6s.

Each Grimheart consumed will extend the duration of this buff by 6s. With a limit of 18s.

The Girl of Sea Foam:

The CD time for the hold version of Eula’s E (10s) is reduced to the same CD amount as the tap version (4s).

Lawrence Pedigree:

Increases the level of Glacial illumination by 3

Max level is 15

The Obstinacy of One’s Inferiors:

Lightfall Swords deal 25% more DMG against enemies with less than 50% HP.

Chivalric Quality:

Increases the level of Icetide Vortex by 3.

Max level is 15.

Noble Obligation:  

Lightfall Swords created by Glacial Illumination start with 5 stacks of energy.

Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills, and Elemental Bursts have a 50% chance to grant the Lightfall Sword an additional stack of energy.

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PUBG Mobile Season 19 APK Download Link without VPN

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PUBG Corporation has finally released the most anticipated PUBG Mobile Season 19 update on the global servers. The season 19 update brings in various new premium outfits, emotes, weapon skins, and the latest Season 19 Traverse Royale Pass.

The ranks of all the players will be reset and after downloading a small Season 19 in-game patch update, players can start grinding their ranks to unlock various tier rewards.

PUBG Mobile Season 19 Update Download without VPN

Unlike the previous updates, the season 19 update isn’t available on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store yet. Players on android can simply download the update by following the steps below to side-load the app. 

APK Download Link: https://bit.ly/2STS4Wh

PUBG Mobile Season 19 Update Download

  1. First and foremost, download the APK linked in the post.
  2. After completing the download, open file manager and navigate to the download APK file of the game.
  3. Tap on the APK file and install the game. Remember to not open the game after installing the APK.
  4. After installing the APK.
  5. Now launch the game and there will be a small-sized in-game update on the loading screen of the game.
  6. The update will start downloading automatically and will take a few seconds.
  7. Once the download completes, reboot the game.
  8. Log in with your account and the RP section of the game will get unlocked. 
  9. Enjoy the latest Season 19 update.

Ninja earned $5 million in a month only from his Fortnite Creator Code

5 million dollars is a big amount, even for top content creators except for the likes of Tyler Blevins aka Ninja. According to the Twitch streamer, his monthly earning from the Fortnite Creator Code alone racks up to $5 million

For those not aware of the Fortnite Creator Code, it is a program that permits Fortnite content creators to procure 5% of benefits from in-game transactions. This works by players placing in special codes will they buy things from the game and these codes are unique to every streamer.

“I think the most I’ve ever made in a month off the Creator Code was like five mil, I’m not joking. It was funny, man. I actually talked sh** to someone the other day in a stream who was roasting my League of Legends gameplay, and I told him that I could buy his family tree. It was hilarious.” said Ninja.

Fortnite developers are always pushing new skins and guns that are keeping the player base engaged. Given how fancy the new skins are, everyone wants to grab a piece for themselves which explains the incredible number of micro-transactions taking place.

Ninja boasts a huge following and his fans never shy away from using his creator code therefore the 5 million won’t seem much and it shouldn’t come as a surprise to the number go up in the near future.

THESPIKE.GG CEO Allegedly Owe Staff Members Over $40,000 for Unpaid Work

CEO of popular Valorant coverage website THESPIKE Arur “m1nac” Minacov is under fire after staff members have raised allegations against him of owing more than $40,000 to current and former contractors for months of unpaid work.

In a recent statement made on Twitter, Mostafa Hossam has alleged that he hasn’t received any payment for several months of work he has done for the site.

“In my own case, I had 4 months of pay overdue that I chased for over 30 days in February 2021 just to receive half of it,” Hossain said in a Twitlonger. “Fast forward to now, after the half was paid, I have 7 months of unpaid work due to be paid.”

He further alleged that the CEO owes over $40,000 in unpaid work to current and former contractors. “At the moment of writing, there is easily more than $40K overdue payments to current and former employees.”

“Whenever we asked for payment, we used to get a lot of pep talk; soldiers, brothers, and all that nice talk. Then followed by promises of other projects succeeding to eventually fund THESPIKE. Anything and everything you can imagine.”

You can read the full Twitlonger here.

Another writer in THESPIKE, Shawn “Germanicus” Heerema claimed that Minacov owes him around $2,500 CAD in unpaid work.

“Problems didn’t arise for myself until February of this year, I know others had issues come up earlier. Since then, I’ve been without pay,” Heerema said. “I’m owed around 2500 CAD”

He further claimed that only one employee, whose name he has kept private, makes up for over half of the unpaid $40,000.

Both Hossain and Heerema have confirmed that the staff has issued an ultimatum that they would not be doing any further coverage for Masters Reykjavik until the payments are cleared.

How to get Decrypted Data in Destiny 2?

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Decrypted Data is the latest seasonal currency in Season of the Splicer and is primarily used for upgrading the Splicer Gauntlet through the Splicer Servitor located in H.E.L.M. Upgrading the Gauntlet unlocks various perks and bonuses that make it easier for players to acquire and spend Ether (charges for the Splicer Gauntlet which lets you open chests in the seasonal activity, Override). 

Here’s how you can get more Decrypted Data in Destiny 2.

Level up your Season Pass

Owners of Beyond Light Deluxe edition and Players who have purchased Season of the Splicer separately will have the benefit of receiving Decrypted Data after reaching certain levels in the season pass.

Levels 2, 12 and 32 will grant players 100 Decrypted Data each.

Path of the Splicer Quests

Similar to Challenger’s Proving questline in the previous season, players will get a new quest ‘Path of the Splicer’ which is related to the seasonal story. These quests will show up every week and will reward players with Decrypted Data upon completion.

Players can access the quest in H.E.L.M. by speaking to the Splicer Servitor.

Seasonal Challenges

Each week, players will get 10 Seasonal challenges that grant massive amounts of XP, Bright Dust, Weapons, and more. These challenges have different objectives which require defeating certain enemies or equipping a certain weapon.

However, finishing Hello, World, and Maximum Override in Week 1 will net you 150 Decrypted Data each, adding to a total of 300. It’s a possibility that recurring challenges will provide similar rewards every week and will expire at the end of the season, so you’ll have plenty of time to complete them.

Conflux Chests

Opening the Conflux (blue) chest in Override, the activity for this season will grant you 35 Decrypted Data. Opening a Conflux chest requires a Key Code which can be created in the Splicer Gauntlet using 50 Ether which can be farmed by completing playlist activities such as Crucible, Strikes, and Gambit. The Conflux Chests also grants mods as well as other goodies such as weapons, armor, etc.

This will be your primary source for farming Decrypted Data as the Seasonal Challenges will reset on a weekly basis and opening the Conflux Chests is a much faster method.

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Shroud calls Valorant Ranked Mode “Hot Garbage”

Micheal Grzesiek aka Shroud has some heavy criticism for the matchmaking system imposed by Riot in Valorant, calling it “hot garbage” before asking Riot to fix it.

The ranked mode in Valorant has been subjected to harsh criticism from streamers, pro players, and the player base in general. The limitation placed on the number of players in a lobby in higher ranks was far from appreciated despite the overall popularity of the game.

The forced solo/duo queue in higher ranked games often harms the experience for many. Ever since its beginning in early 2021, players have called for a remedy that is nowhere near. Solo/duo often lands you in a lobby with teammates who are often less willing to give up their comfort zone thus forcing a major luck factor when queuing.

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“Literally, ranked is hot garbage because of this duo queue bulls**t. It’s such a bad dynamic,” the streamer said, expressing his full distaste with the mode’s restrictions and how being forced to play with strangers negatively impacts the experience.

“It’s not fun when you’re playing with randoms, [and] it’s also awkward that it’s duo queue because you have a duo pair, another duo pair, and then you have a solo.”

Most of the players resonate with Shroud, given in ranked games above Diamond 2 will make them play with randoms who often find it uncomfortable and are less willing to communicate and coordinate.

Despite the criticism, Riot has only shown efforts to improve the queueing that will tighten the skill gap and improve the experience for the whole player base in general. Riot has some fair points backing their choice but they are not enough to convince most players of their methods.

PUBG Mobile Season 19 update download link for android users

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PUBG Corporation has finally released the most anticipated PUBG Mobile Season 19 update on the global servers. The season 19 update brings in various new premium outfits, emotes, weapon skins, and the latest Season 19 Traverse Royale Pass.

The ranks of all the players will be reset and after downloading a small Season 19 in-game patch update, players can start grinding their ranks to unlock various tier rewards.

PUBG Mobile Season 19 Update Download

Unlike the previous updates, the season 19 update isn’t available on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store yet. Players on android can simply download the update by following the steps below to side-load the app. 

APK Download Link: https://bit.ly/3o3hQTu 

OBB Download Link: https://bit.ly/3eBPGvN

PUBG Mobile Season 19 Update Download

  1. First and foremost, download the APK and OBB (data) linked in the post.
  2. After completing the download, open file manager and navigate to the download APK file of the game.
  3. Tap on the APK file and install the game. Remember to not open the game after installing the APK.
  4. After installing the APK, move the OBB file to Android > OBB > com.pubg.mobile.
  5. Now launch the game and there will be a small-sized in-game update on the loading screen of the game.
  6. The update will start downloading automatically and will take a few seconds.
  7. Once the download completes, reboot the game.
  8. Log in with your account and the RP section of the game will get unlocked. 
  9. Enjoy the latest Season 19 update.

PUBG Mobile Season 19 KR Version APK OBB Download Link

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PUBG Corporation has finally released the most anticipated PUBG Mobile Season 19 update on the global servers. The season 19 update brings in various new premium outfits, emotes, weapon skins, and the latest Season 19 Traverse Royale Pass.

The ranks of all the players will be reset and after downloading a small Season 19 in-game patch update, players can start grinding their ranks to unlock various tier rewards.

PUBG Mobile Season 19 Update Download

Unlike the previous updates, the season 19 update isn’t available on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store yet. Players on android can simply download the update by following the steps below to side-load the app. 

APK Download Link: https://bit.ly/3o3hQTu 

OBB Download Link: https://bit.ly/3eBPGvN

How to download PUBG Mobile Korean (KR) Season 19 Update?

  1. First and foremost, download the APK and OBB (data) linked in the post.
  2. After completing the download, open file manager and navigate to the download APK file of the game.
  3. Tap on the APK file and install the game. Remember to not open the game after installing the APK.
  4. After installing the APK, move the OBB file to Android > OBB > com.pubg.mobile.
  5. Now launch the game and there will be a small-sized in-game update on the loading screen of the game.
  6. The update will start downloading automatically and will take a few seconds.
  7. Once the download completes, reboot the game.
  8. Log in with your account and the RP section of the game will get unlocked. 
  9. Enjoy the latest Season 19 update.