Tencent has rolled out the global update for PUBG Mobile to patch version 1.3. This version is introducing a lot of different things with this update and is celebrating its third anniversary. A new gun and a vehicle is added to game and many events surrounding this anniversary celebration will be introduced throughout the season.
PUBG Mobile is the most beloved mobile battle-royale game and the developers always add some interesting features to the game to improve the immersive experience offered in PUBG Mobile. As this game is based on PUBG PC, some core elements of that game are often seen in PUBG Mobile.
The rumors suggested that Karakin, a map from PUBG PC, will be added to the game but this update will not feature this map and its allied features. Instead, PUBG Mobile will have a new in-game mode within Erangel map. This mode is known as Hundred Rhythms Mode and will go live from 9th March
HOW TO DOWNLOAD PUBG MOBILE 1.3 Update
It is very easy to download PUBG Mobile 1.3. You just need to click on the links given below and install the application and replace the game files to enjoy the new content.
Make sure that you have enabled the ‘Install from other sources’ toggle from your phone settings for a smooth installation process. This version will only work for android devices only.
Interesting storylines, shocking results, momentous comebacks, unprecedented scorelines – ESPL Valorant PowerUp India had it all. The Qualifiers pit the best teams in India against each other to find the top sixteen and the subsequent cream of the crop battled it out for the mega prize of 400,000 INR. Global Esports did come out on top, with a 3-1 series win over Team Mahi, ending their dominant streak of tournament wins. But, there was much more to take away from the entire event. Let us take a look at some of them.
Find of the Tournament (Team) – Tempest
Not much was known about Team Tempest before ESPL. Their owner and CEO was very vocal of the promise the roster held. And at ESPL, the players just burst through their previous ceiling, producing some exhilarating plays for the viewers.
Notching up a top four finish and a 75,000 INR purse at ESPL was by all means a victory for Tempest, who showed they have the mantle to take on the very best the Indian scene has to offer. Their win over Reckoning Esports was as much a shock for the RGE players as it was for the audience.
However, what baffled us was the versatility each player showed during their semi-final run. Tempest continued to mix and master different combinations on different maps, with players even exchanging roles among themselves with some unnerving and unsettling ease. The variance in terms of agent picks and roles though, matched success as well, which is something even the best teams in India currently, Global Esports and Team Mahi, would struggle to achieve.
The statistics make their semi-final run look even more astonishing, with the team not even in the top 10 in terms of the average of the Average Combat Score achieved by the team at ESPL. This proves Tempest is a collective and does not rely on individual firepower, although they seem to have it in abundance and at their beck-and-call. Onwards and upwards, we guess, for the roster and it will be intriguing to see if they can match their level of performances once the Indian region moves towards a LAN environment.
Find of the Tournament (Player) – Kohliii (Team Fangs)
Fangs may have bowed out of the ESPL Valorant PowerUp India event in the Group Stage itself. But, Kohliii managed to make his mark in that short burst. Not only did he end up having the 3rd best Rating at the event as per The Spike, but he did so while mostly playing as a Sentinel with Killjoy. There were other notable surprises like Drixot from Tempest and Pixelzz from INGLU.XFT, who aided their team’s performances brilliantly on an individual level.
Player of the Tournament – SkRossi (Global Esports)
There is no looking past the mercurial Jett that arrived like a BL4ZE and has been leaving trails of his glory in Valorant ever since. Individually, SkRossi deservedly is right up there with the best of the best Duelists in the South Asian region. But, the fact that Global Esports tactfully enable him propels him further into the limelight as an undeniable presence on the servers. A
veraging an ACS of 289 throughout ESPL Valorant PowerUp India is no small feat but to do that in the Grand Finals as well, against a formidable Team Mahi is worthy of praise. Just to highlight his performance in the Grand Finals, SkRossi averaged an ACS of 318 and ended the Grand Finals with a positive K/D of 38, with 83 kills to his name.
However, when it comes to naming pure carries in Valorant, DeathMaker reserves a special mention, especially at ESPL Valorant PowerUp India. While SkRossi managed an ACS of 289 throughout the event, DeathMaker was the only one to breach the 300 mark in terms of average ACS during the event, with the pride of the Northeast boasting an average ACS of 306.
Duelists aren’t the only catalysts for teams though, which makes the mention of LightningFast that much important. Another player from the Northeast, the Sentinel came in clutch in important rounds and was consistently influential for Global Esports, with his precise aim and reads.
Moment of the Tournament – Team Mahi winning Bind after losing 13-0 on Haven in the Grand Finals
People in esports and sports, in general, always talk about mentality and how winners are built different. Team Mahi may have ended up on the losing side of things. But, their comeback in the Grand Finals showed that they are mentality monsters.
It is difficult to pick yourselves up after an excruciating loss. But, to lose 13-0 to your archrivals in the first map of the Grand Finals in what is supposed to be your revenge arc for the defeats handed to them at the TEC Invitational, is potentially damage beyond repair.
Not for Team Mahi though. The break offered them a reset and they grabbed it with both hands, brushing their memories of the 13-0 aside, with the result only lighting a fire under their belly that saw them breathe fire on a dusty Bind. Although, they ended up losing the series 3-1, their win on Bind proves Team Mahi is capable of bouncing back and chances are they will, stronger than before.
ESPL Valorant PowerUp India drew curtains with Global Esports winning the event and a 400,000 purse. But, the success of the event tells us there is lots more in store for us in the near future. If you think you have what it takes to taste glory at ESPL, you can register in their tournaments here.
PUBG Mobile’s parent company Krafton, which pledged $100mn investment to develop a sustainable esports ecosystem in India has made their move. The South Korean company announced its $22mn (INR 164 crore) investment into Nazara owned NODWIN Gaming, an esports event organizing company.
Nodwin, being the most prominent esports event organizer in India is expected to steer Krafton in gaining lost control of the Mobile Gaming market. The market which was predominantly belonged to PUBG Mobile gamers.
Appeared first on AFKGaming’s pre-recorded video, which also has common board members, the investment will focus on ‘growing esports’ in general.
“Krafton is excited to partner with Nodwin Gaming to help foster the promising esports ecosystem and engage with our fans and players in India,” said Changhan Kim, chief executive of Krafton in a statement to TechCrunch.
Indian authorities levied a ban on PUBG Mobile operations in India citing national security concerns, since then, the South Korean publisher has been eyeing to restructure their executions to gain re-entry.
It has been over an hour since the official Steam page of CSGO got deleted by Valve, and the community continues to panic due to lack of communication from Valve’s side.
While the reasons behind this sudden deletion of the Steam community page of the #1 game on the platform still remains a mystery, many are starting to suspect that a major update might be on the horizon.
The possible major update may require a complete revamp of the Steam page of CSGO, which could explain why the page was shut down for hours.
Is it possible that CSGO is finally getting its much-anticipated Source 2 upgrade?
While it can’t be said for certain, the possibility can’t be dismissed either. If a major update is indeed coming, it may very well be the Source 2 update that the fans have been requesting for years.
Considering the fact that CSGO has been facing quite the competition from Riot’s shooter Valorant in terms of player base and esports tournaments, now would be an ideal time for the developers to give fans what they want – the Source 2 engine upgrade.
Besides, we have had plenty of leaks in the past that hinted towards the possibility of Source 2 arriving to CSGO. In case you’re curious about what the Source 2 upgrade will mean for the game itself, you can read everything about it here.
In a rather bizarre incident, CSGO’s Steam page is returning a 404 error. Yes, the official ‘730’ app page of Steam is deleted. Not just the page, as SteamDBInfo tracks the movements of the Steam client, the information about the game including its store, names, achievements, and other game files were also reportedly deleted.
We could only hope if this was in error or someone had unauthorized access to the store management at Steam. But it looks weird. Check out the screenshot below which paints the picture of what all has been removed from the Store page.
The expunge is not just limited to store name, achievements, and release date. It further expands to the removal of all the screenshots and movies which was previously available on the game’s main page on Steam. This deletion is still unclear and at the writing of this article, no reports from Valve or CSGO surfaced on any social media platform.
The complete log is available on the SteamDB page. Thanks to @gabefollower on Twitter for the headsup.
Free Fire is a popular battle royale game and has a flourishing esports scene in the Asian region. Garena organizes several events in many regions to increase the participation in competitive side of Free Fire. Free Fire Pro League Pakistan is one of these events and is a major tournament for Pakistani Free Fire Esports.
Free Fire Pro League Pakistan: Season One is a new tournament incorporated with a different format. The tournament had several stages and finally, we can witness the best-of-the-best in action in the grand finals next week. The winner of FFPL gets a seeding slot at Free Fire World Series, which is the pinnacle of Free Fire Esports.
The group stages of FFPL Pakistan ended recently and top twelve teams in this stage qualified for the grand finals. The grand finals of this tournament will be hosted on 14th March 2021 at 7PM. The teams qualified for this event are as follows:
House of Blood
Team TG
Team Hotshot
Team EG
Make you cry
Infinity PK
Revengers
Demons Pride
No Chance ES
Spyware
WG Ghazi
Eagle Gang
FFPL Pakistan Grand Finals has a total prize pool of RS 21,55,000 PKR. The prize pool of this tournament will be distributed in a descending manner with the winners taking a lion’s share of 12,00,000 PKR. The finals will be hosted in a single day.
There is a small treat for viewers as well. Players can watch this tournament and gain rewards in the process. Garena will give certain rewards after reaching a viewership milestone. You can earn the following rewards:
Diamond Royale Voucher at 5K Viewership. Redeemable 5,000 times.
AK47 Digital Assault skin at 10K Viewership. Redeemable 10,000 times.
AK47 Digital Assault skin at 15K Viewership. Redeemable 15,000 times.
These are the details about Free Fire Pro League Pakistan Grand Finals. Make sure to catch the action on 14th March and get freebies for watching this tournament. It will be hosted on their official YouTube channel.
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global eSports and games streaming industry will be worth $3.5 billion by 2025; rising from $2.1 billion in 2021.
This represents a growth of 70% over the next four years. eSports is the live streaming of games, often featuring professional gamers, and games streaming include the streaming of gameplay content to audiences in a casual environment.
However, it urges stakeholders to invest in other revenue-generating areas, including broadcasting rights and live event ticket sales, and establish high-value sponsorship deals to maximize the market value of eSports in the future.
Esports Requires Global Strategies
The research anticipates that there will be over 1 billion eSports and games viewers by 2025; growing from 800 million viewers by the end of 2021. This represents 1 in 9 of the global population. Whilst it forecasts that the Asia Pacific region will represent over 50% of these viewers by 2025, it identifies Latin America as a key region set for growth over the next four years.
By 2025, the research predicts that there will be over 130 million eSports and games streaming viewers in the region. In turn, report co-author Saidat Giwa-Osagie remarked: ‘Successful streaming platforms will be those that can cater for the differences in geographical regions, by including locally popular streamers and games titles into eSports events.’
Rising viewership will create greater levels of competition between content streaming platforms, including Twitch and YouTube. In turn, these streaming platform providers must promote their content to new audiences. Aligning eSports events with other industries, such as the entertainment industry, will provide these streaming platforms with opportunities to attract new users.
If you’ve been following the competitive CSGO scene for a while, there’s not a chance that you’re unfamiliar with Kenny ‘kennyS’ Schrub. The legendary CSGO player has proven his AWPing skills repeatedly in various major tournaments while winning the hearts of his millions of fans worldwide.
However, it seems like the time of CSGO fans applauding the AWP shots of kennyS might be cut short as recent leaks are suggesting that the 25-year-old is considering a switch to Riot’s tactical shooter Valorant.
The French star cemented his place in CSGO history through extraordinary plays during his time with Team Envy between 2015 and 2017 before eventually moving to G2 Esports in 2017.
Earlier today, kennyS was benched by the G2 CSGO roster, and this may have led to him considering his options in Valorant.
According to a Tweet by Arran “Halo” Spake, leaks are suggesting that kennyS might be having a trial with team Alliance.
Valorant: According to sources former G2 CSGO player Kenny "KennyS" Schrub, has been having a trial with Alliance. As it seemed on an earlier accidental leak.
Sources also believe that KennyS hasn't fully committed on a switch to Valorant yet with options in CSGO.
Valheim is an early-access survival game that quickly became critically and commercially successful after its launch back in February this year and set up a record for all-time concurrent players on Steam and sold 5 million copies in just two weeks.
For a game that emphasizes building and crafting, Valheim has lured all kinds of creative players who have built amazing castles and structures inspired by pop culture or simply, their own imagination. Let’s take a look at some of the craziest builds we have seen in Valheim so far:
Eye of Sauron – Barad-dûr
Built on the Plains biome, it’s impossible to top this impressive rendition of the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of The Rings series.
This stone-made structure was created by Rynborg and can be downloaded from NexusMods.
Minas Tirith
Speaking of LOTR, here’s another castle created by Reddit user u/mega_rad_man that was inspired by Minas Tirith.
Mountain Castle
Built by YouTuber Geekism, this castle was created in the Mountain Biome and reminds us of Skyrim’s High Hrothgar.
Stormwind Harbor
World of Warcraft offers players a wide variety of playable areas, Stormwind City happens to be one of them where Stormwind Harbor is located.
The Millenium Falcon
Perhaps this one’s not really a tower nor a castle but rather, a spaceship inspired by Star Wars’ Han Solo’s ship made by Reddit user u/Colonel-James-Parker.
This awesome building seems to be inspired by the Sengoku Era by YouTuber 小智ZHI and frankly reminds us of Sekiro.
The Trollbridge House
This one’s a bit hilarious, perhaps too hilarious as the specialty here is not the castle itself but rather a trapped, helpless Troll looking to find its next victim while user u/LobsterKris watches.
Wizard Tower
Created by u/Khrynn, this watch tower surrounded by the ocean is truly a sight to behold.
“Cozy” Castle
Sometimes, bigger isn’t always better. This small and functional castle was created by YouTuber smskcntr.
Port Castle with a Portal (Yes, pun intended)
Another “simple” build by YouTuber The Pilgrimz Project. However, this one’s located at the waterfront and has a nifty portal room inside.
You can always go into “creative” mode and build similar structures yourself.
The most popular female streamer of 2020, Rachel ‘Valkyrae’ Hofstetter is set to join GTA RP server NoPixel that houses some of the biggest names in RP streaming.
With the dying hype of Among Us, streamers like Sykkuno and Valkyrae are turning towards other games to maintain their standing. The obvious choice for them is GTA RP and NoPixel is the ideal server to hop into. Though Sykkuno was hesitating to enter into the world of RP as none of his friends would switch and now that Valkyrae has confirmed her entry, many more streamers are to follow suit.
“It was fun, you should play,” “I’m for sure playing, Friday,” conversed Sykkuno and Rae. “I figured I would try it Friday. I was inspired by Sykkuno,” she added.
Valkyrae’s confirmation to play GTA from Friday immediately prompted Sykkuno to cook up plans where they rob a bank and eventually build a criminal empire along with his friends who are expected to jump ship from Among Us.
With many big streamers already leading a life in NoPixel, Valkyare will add to the excitement and hype surrounding the server. Join in on 13th March see it all unfold for yourself on her YouTube channel.
