Warzone Season 2 is finally here and brings a wide array of changes along with it, though many players find the update to amazing, FaZe Clan’s NICKMERCS was very critical of the update.
Cold War’s Season 2 update dropped on 25th February with changes in the multiplayer besides Warzone. Verdansk specifically had a few interesting changes. Players are more vulnerable to gas than ever before and on top of that zombie, spawns are significantly increased in number.
Despite these changes meeting the expectations of many, NICKMERCS couldn’t help but criticize the update. Few hours into the new update, Nick was tilted and burned out, “Guys, I’m fine, just this update f**king sucks,” Nick said. “Like, the game is worse today than it was just yesterday. How is that possible? It is, it totally is. The Gulag sucks! It’s f**king horrible. The ship is loud and pointless.” he said.
Later, he took his frustration to Twitter, where he compared the overall update to that of other games like Fortnite. A handful of people resonated with him but the lion’s share of his fans were fond of the update.
Earlier today, the Nordic Organization parted ways with two of their core-players Johannes “b0RUP” Borup and Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen as the latter duo were not up to their mark in the team’s recent showings. According to HLTV.org, they averaged with ratings of 0.9 and 1.03 respectively where Heroic was shown the door in the early stages of the ongoing IEM Katowice 2021 and at BLAST Premier Fall Finals. Despite some overwhelming results in 2020 including the departure of Patrick ‘es3tag’ Hansen from the roster along with the championship at ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe, Heroic was poised to inculcate some changes within the team ahead of the 2021 Pro Circuit.
The duo of refrezh and sjuush has been announced by Team Heroic as the replacements amidst their current roster changes. Previously having played for MAD Lions, these two, now former members steered the Danish side to a runner-up finish at the fifth iteration of Nine To Five tournament followed by a playoff exit from FLASHPOINT Season 2 where they were dismantled by a MIBR ‘s revamped squad in the Lower Bracket round 2.
On account of his move, refrezh stated,
Very hard to describe my feelings right now, I’m just extremely happy and excited to join Heroic. Working with these players and the org is a dream come true, and I can’t wait to get started! #BeHeroic
The Fate of MAD Lions?
Prior to today’s roster changes, Mousesports had acquired Frederik ‘acoR’ Gyldstrand from MAD Lions who went on to replace Chris ‘chrisJ’ de Jong. In a month’s time, the Spanish Organization lost the majority of its core, which might be a sign of yet another revamp or a probable exit from the scene. The latter decision seems near to impossible but we advise you all to stay tuned with us here at TalkEsport.
Heroic will debut with their lineup at the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 13, to be held from March 8th onwards.
Humble Bundle titles usually get revealed during the week the new bundle goes live, but this time the March 2021 bundle has been unveiled ahead of time. The lineup almost always consists of titles that are collectively priced $150 and above.
The Humble March Bundle will be available on 2nd March at 10 AM PT / 6 PM GST and features an impressive list of games which are as follows:
Control
XCOM: Chimera Squad
ELEX
Kingdom Two Crowns
WWE 2K Battlegrounds
Hotshot Racing
Peaky Blinders: Mastermind
Cyber Hook
Pesterquest
Wildfire
Boreal Blade
Ageless
Humble Premium and Classic subscribers will have access to all 12 games and if you’re wondering whether you’ll be receiving a Steam or EGS version of Control, we have an answer for that too. Humble Support has confirmed that you will be able to choose between Steam and EGS keys.
You can subscribe to March’s monthly bundle for $12 a month.
The PUBG Mobile Esports team has disqualified over 50 teams from the ongoing PMCO: Spring Split 2021 for various reasons. All of these teams have violated Tencent’s code of conduct in various ways and hence, they have been removed from this tournament.
Initially, a total of seven teams were removed from the tournament for a similar reason and that action was just a start of a massive ban wave. After banning these teams, Tencent went on to disclose many other teams belonging to the South Asian region. The banned teams were as follows:
After these initial actions, the PUBG Mobile Esports team has published a competitive ruling which includes a total of 44 teams banned from various regions. PMCO Spring Split 2021 has almost reached its final stages for many regions and hence, banning the violators was crucial. The list of teams disqualified from various regions and the affiliated reasons are given below:
Tencent has taken a favorable stand for the PUBG Mobile community by being transparent about their actions and revealing the violators publicly after a long time. Such actions could be expected in the future as well.
As earlier reported by George Geddes from Daily Esports, Jamppi has transitioned his career to Team Liquid’s Valorant division. The 19-year-old prodigy has replaced Adam “ec1s” Eccles on the starting five after the latter was benched earlier today.
Before making the switch, Jamppi was proclaimed as an up and coming talent while he competed in Counter Strike : Global Offensive. But his plans were hammered down by an infamous VAC (Valve Anti-cheat) Ban which further started to thwart the finnish player’s opportunities at the expense of his slot at OG’s CS:GO project. A lawsuit was also filed in a bid to revoke the ban by Jamppi but failed to yield fair results.
The lawsuit then suggested that the petitioner had purchased a second copy of CS:GO in 2015 for his friend to play alongside at a LAN party. However, then 14-year-old Elias sold that account to a friend and later, it was VAC-banned.
The lawsuit further revealed that the game developers have allegedly conveyed to the petitioner that his ban shall remain intact and the latter will not be allowed to participate at Valve sponsored events.
At some point in time, the petitioner’s queries were not answered or rather ignored by Valve Corporation.
Jamppi represented ENCE from April 2020 – December 2020 until he was benched at the end of the year. Earlier in January, he started to reconsider his options in CS:GO which later culminated in shifting to Riot’s First person tactical shooter.
He is expected to take up the duelist role as Jett along with the same as a sniper. On their journey towards the VCT Masters, Team Liquid have one last shot in making it to the main event, i.e through the Challengers 3 event.
FaZe Clan’s Fortnite star Nate Hill becomes the latest victim of swatting, making him the 3rd personality in recent times to get harassed by the emergency services for no apparent reason.
For readers unaware of “swatting”, it is an outlawed act of calling the emergency services to harass an individual, where armed forces and policemen race down to the individual’s house as a response to information indicating greater threats such as bomb hoaxes. The authorities waste their time acting on misleading information and in return the locality gets harassed for nothing.
In the middle of his Fortnite stream, his roommate called him out, informing him about the arrival of the authorities. Hill had no option but to cut his stream short and quickly leave to dissolve the issue. Right from the get-go, he knew what exactly happened and left saying “just got swatted guys..gotta go back”.
He later confirmed via Twitter that the issue has been resolved and everything is fine. “Anybody who was watching the stream don’t worry everything’s fine. A lot of sick fucks out there, be careful” he confirmed.
Anybody who was watching the stream don’t worry everything’s fine. A lot of sick fucks out there, be careful
Swatting is an outright criminal offense, especially when it involves the federal authorities and in most cases, it leads to imprisonment. Misleading such authorities puts the safety and security of a nation at risk thus anyone should know better than to use the helplines for a prank.
Rahul “Curry” Nemani is the fifth piece of T1’s Valorant Division, the North American-Korean organization announced on Twitter, filling in one of the two spots left by Brax and AZK.
“My goal in Valorant is to become the best and I want my team to be the best and I think we have the roster to compete with the best”, Curry said in the announcement video.
Previously reported by TalkEsport and egamersworld.com, it’s now official that the ex-Triumph prodigy will be joining the ranks of T1’s professional Valorant after standing in for a couple of weeks.
After T1 parted ways with Braxton “Brax” Pierce and Keven “AZK” Larivière, Curry had been on the team’s list of priorities as their next piece of the puzzle. Since their exit from the First Strike and VCT’s Qualifier #1, the former decided to overhaul their roster with the signings of former CSGO Professional Timothy “Autimatic” Ta and ex-Cloud9 Team Psychologist David Dennis as their head coach.
Formerly of Triumph, Curry joined the Alan “Shakezullah” Hardeman led the side in April 2020 as a replacement for Peter ‘Asuna’ Mazuryk. During his time at the same, Triumph was able to topple TeamOne in the finals of ESEA Season 33: Premier Division – North America followed by the championship at the Mythic League FPL Cup #1. After spending just four months with the roster, Curry decided to step down to pursue his college before he decided to make the switch.
PUBG Corporation and Krafton has officially announced their new mobile game under the PUBG franchise known as ‘PUBG: New State’. This game is a futuristic model of the existing PUBG Mobile and will feature several new elements alongside the original core of PUBG. Players can pre-register for PUBG New State and here is how you enroll in it.
The trailer of PUBG: New State gave a first look of the game to the audience and the realistic look of the game is enhanced a lot. The game looks much more like its PC counter part with several technically advanced equipment and other elements matching the same theme.
How to pre register for PUBG New State?
The pre-registration process for PUBG New State has already begun and it is very easy to enroll in it. There are some conditions that may stop you from registering but for players from eligible regions, it is fairly simple to do so.
Follow the simple steps given below to register for PUBG: New State. Currently, the process is only available for android devices and the support for iOS devices will be added in the future.
Click here to visit the official website of PUBG: New State
Go to the Pre-Order Section and click on “Pre-Order on Google Play”
You will be redirected to Google Play Store. Simply click on “Pre-register” and you will be enrolled for it.
The registration process has begun today and the final date for completion of this process has not been stated. It is also mentioned that players who register between this indefinite time period will get a free limited-edition vehicle skin for free as a reward so make sure to register as soon as possible to get some freebies.
PUBG New State looks very promising and if the game lives up to the hype created by the trailer and the depicted gameplay, it could be the next popular battle-royale title in mobile gaming.
Krafton Inc. has officially announced the launch of a new PUBG title for the mobile devices under the name of “PUBG: New State”. The leaks already suggested that an official trailer along with some announcement would be released this week and finally, we have a first look of the game as well as pre-registration details.
PUBG New State is the second mobile title developed by Krafton. This game was rumoured to be under development for a long time and also later confirmed by the Executive Producer of the company in an interview. PUBG Mobile has gained tremendous fame since the game was launched and now, a potential successor is announced by Krafton.
A new website for PUBG: New State is live and features information about the pre-registration process and the official trailer of this game. Social media handles of this emerging titles are also highlighted on the website. The information about PUBG: New State provided on the Google Play Store is as follows:
“The Original Battle Royale
※ Drop into PUBG: NEW STATE, the newest title by PUBG Studio, the creators of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS. Using diverse weapons and tactics, 100 survivors will face off until only one player or team remains standing. With an ever-shrinking Blue Zone, players must find weapons, vehicles, and consumables to gain the upper hand. Only the strongest will emerge as the “”Lone Survivor”” in this epic showdown.
▶Ultra-Realistic Graphics that Push the Limits of Mobile Gaming Graphics that surpass the standard of mobile gaming with Global Illumination technology. Drop into massive open worlds that feature the most realistic graphics available for mobile gaming. With next-generation mobile graphics, PUBG: NEW STATE delivers the full battle royale experience straight into players’ hands.
▶Realistic and Dynamic Gunplay Enjoy realistic gunplay optimized for mobile gaming. Master different weapons and make each of them your own with weapon customization.
▶ Next Generation Survival Enjoy a variety of tools and features, including drones, combat rolls, and more. Explore massive 8×8 km open worlds with a variety of vehicles. Utilize a variety of weapons in order to swing the battle in your favor for a more immersive battle royale experience.
▶ Expanding the PUBG Universe Set in the near future, years have passed since the original game. In 2051, anarchy rules as numerous factions battle each other. The competition has evolved into a new battleground featuring state-of-the-art technology that requires survivors to adopt new tactics to survive.”
As mentioned above, the game is set into future and the first look depicts a similar story. Although some of the guns and equipment look similar, the intricacies have been changed a lot.
The normal holographic sight now has a technically advanced look. The vehicles have been upgraded to match this futuristic theme. The map looks slightly different but some famous buildings and areas from Erangel have been shown as well. Some new equipment like UAV and Shield Walls are also added to the game.
The pre-registration has already begun and those who enroll within a certain time period will get a permanent vehicle skin for free. The registration process is not available in India and has only started for few countries. Overall, this game looks promising and could gain popularity as a more advanced version of PUBG Mobile.
Respawn Entertainment has come through once again with a ban wave, taking down 652 cheaters from ruining the competitive integrity of Apex Legends with promises of an improved anti-cheat on the way.
Every multiplayer game out there has been infested with cheaters who look to bring down the competitive integrity of the game for their personal gain. Apex Legends being one of the most popular Battle Royales out there today which makes it a prime target for cheaters. The game houses some of the most notorious cheaters out there and now some of them are ripped away by Respawn’s best efforts.
652 cheaters manually/individually banned today. Am tired. Love you all 🔨♥️
“652 cheaters manually/individually banned today. Am tired. Love you all” Respawn Head of Security Conor Ford aka Hideout has confirmed on Twitter. The tweet also specified that the process of banning was done manually and individually that speaks to their concern for the community and integrity.
Besides banning cheaters he promised scanning the Japanese player base specifically given the alarming rise in the number of cheaters on their servers. Japan serves as one of the biggest markets for Respawn which explains their exclusive attention towards them but Hideout also mentioned “plans in place, that will be announced relatively soon, to help better this problem.”, it can be assumed that the said plans will be beneficial to all the players across the globe.
