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Valve bans CSGO Pro Coaches for life following ESIC investigation

Maël Valentin
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Valve bans CSGO Pro Coaches for life following ESIC investigation

In an unprecedented move this morning, Valve announced their further conviction to ban CSGO pro coaches which exploited the spectator’s bug. In an announcement made, Valve mentioned their stringent approach in following the investigative conclusion done by ESIC.

The report published by ESIC mentions several CSGO pro coaches who continued to use unfair means. The report ranks the coaches based on their intensity to exploit the bug. Although Valve had earlier announced their intent to ban 37 coaches, their follow-up action against this incident is severe.

In a story curated by Dexerto, evidently 8 coaches appear to have been banned permanently and can no longer participate in Valve powered Major events:

Permanently banned pro CSGO coaches

  • Alessandro ‘Apoka’ Marcucci
  • Morgan ‘B1GGY’ Madour
  • Bruno ‘bruno’ Ono
  • Ivan ‘F_1N’ Kochugov
  • Arthur ‘prd’ Resende
  • Allan ‘Rejin’ Petersen
  • Slaava ‘Twista’ Räsänen
  • Aleksandr ‘zoneR’ Bogatyrev

It is pertinent to note that the CSGO pro coaches in question, didn’t use third-party software to gain an unfair advantage. Not that we are endorsing the use of bugs, but Valve banning these people for life, ending their careers unprecedently also raises questions on the developer themselves.

CSGO is ridden with bugs and is due for major mechanism changes for a very long time. Valve should have done a better job in fixing ages-old bugs and broken codes, which is repeatedly been pointed out by the users from the r/GlobalOffensive Reddit community.

EG reveals first of its kind mixed-gender Valorant roster

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EG reveals first of its kind mixed-gender Valorant roster

North America’s oldest esports organization Evil Geniuses has revealed the first-ever mixed-gender Valorant roster. The company calls this a ‘game-changer’ ahead of the Valorant Champions Tour Debut this week.

Riot Games’ new FPS game Valorant has already seen the surge of competitive scene amid the ongoing pandemic in 2020. While all of the teams have been following the status quo by building an all-male and/or all-female roster, EG has taken a bold step.

“This team is not like the others. We’re building a Valorant squad, and doing things our way, If you’ve got a hot take, spare us. This isn’t a gimmick. It’s a game-changer,” the organization stated in its announcement.

Evil Geniuses Valorant Roster

  • Ronan ‘Osias’ Jeremiah Javelona
  • Christine ‘Potter’ Chi
  • Claudia ‘Clawdia’ Che
  • Aleksandar ‘Aleksandar’ Hinojosa
  • Nolan ‘Temperature’ Pepper

The team will make their first appearance at Valorant Champions Tour later this week which will be a test of their innovative attempt. After all, the skill set of the players will eventually matter and not the gender configuration.

Tencent picks up a minority stake in French game developer DONTNOD for €40 million

Lauren Rasmussen
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Tencent picks up a minority stake in French game developer DONTNOD for €40 million

DONTNOD Entertainment (‘DONTNOD’ or the ‘Company’), an independent French video games studio today announced the launch of a capital increase. The raise is without preferential subscription rights for the benefit of a category of persons and intended exclusively for qualified investors, as defined in Article 2(1)(e) of EU Regulation 2017/1129 of June 14, 2017, through an accelerated book-building process, for an expected amount of €40 million (the ‘Offering‘).

The new shares will be admitted to trading on the Euronext Growth market in Paris.

On the basis of the maximum authorized size of the Offering of €50 million, the maximum number of shares to be issued would be 3,125,000 new shares.

In connection with the Offering, Tencent Holdings Limited (‘Tencent’), a leading internet services provider, has undertaken to invest €30 million to support the studio’s development through its subsidiary Proxima Beta Europe BV. As part of this investment, Tencent has an option to propose the appointment of a representative on the Board of Directors.

The funds raised will mainly be used to finance the ramp-up of DONTNOD’s strategy to develop new self-published intellectual properties worldwide on PC, consoles, and mobile platforms, and thereby take full advantage of positive trends within the industry for creators of internationally renowned and original games, such as DONTNOD.

DONTNOD is also proud to announce the concurrent signing of a business cooperation agreement with Tencent.

Oskar Guilbert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DONTNOD, said: “We are delighted to welcome Tencent as a DONTNOD investor. This is a real expression of trust from a key online game leader, which is behind a number of success stories and has invested in several leading companies in the video game industry. Through this partnership, DONTNOD is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the various growth drivers in the video game industry, in particular in China and on mobile platforms, in cooperation with an industry leader. The capital increase announced today will enable us to step up and boost the roll-out of our development plan, which aims to capture more value from our original creations by self-publishing more games. ”

PUBG Mobile return doubtful, to be permanently banned in India

Bhavya Shah
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PUBG Mobile return doubtful, to be permanently banned in India

The multiplayer battle royale game, PUBG Mobile that sensationalized the whole nation was expected to come back, but alas, that’s not the case anymore. PUBG Mobile ban is here to stay, according to a report by IGN India. 

Earlier this week, several sources confirmed that 59 applications including TikTok, WeChat and UC Browser that were banned by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India in June 2020 were unlikely to be retracted and those applications will remain permanently banned in India. PUBG Mobile is also on the verge of facing a similar fate.

Also Read |India permanently bans 59 Chinese Apps; Will PUBG Mobile be Next?

The 59 apps were permanently banned after the government was not satisfied with software companies’ response to several questions raised by the former concerning data privacy. 

Following a deadly clash along the India-China border in June 2020, the Indian government has banned about 200 Chinese applications calling them “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”.

“The authorities aren’t stupid, even if publishing duties have changed hands, the development of the game is still based in China,” a source asserted. “The entire exercise seems like putting lipstick on a pig.” 

The first source is quite pessimistic about PUBG Mobile being unbanned soon, however, other sources hope that the ban would be lifted by March-April 2021.

Sources that envision a beam of light at the end of the tunnel said, “They don’t have the right team in place just yet to talk to the government.” “Hopefully discussions begin by March-April so Indian esports teams can participate by the second half of the year in international tournaments,” he further added.

Succeeding the ban, PUBG Corp. teased a comeback just around Diwali in November. The community initially speculated that the game would be unbanned on November 13. 

The goalpost was further shifted and prominent influencers expected the authorises to lift the ban by November 20, 2020. Around the same time, PUBG pledged to invest $100 million into the Indian gaming industry.

In the meanwhile, the user data was being transferred from PUBG Mobile servers to PUBG Mobile India servers hosted by Microsoft. The developer was also working on its Indian website. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India had approved the registration of PUBG India Pvt. Ltd. as a privately held company on November 24.

The publishing rights of PUBG Mobile were transferred from China’s Tencent Gaming back to the South Korean holding firm – Krafton Inc. in a bid to improve their odds of being unbanned.

Until recently, PUBG Mobile India has been on a recruitment spree. Krafton is swiftly adding former Tencent India employees while they have also set up a regional office that will facilitate over 100 employees.

While PUBG Mobile’s future remains ambiguous, Fearless and United – Guards (FAU-G) was recently launched on India’s Republic Day (i.e. January 26). The indigenous game clocked a million downloads on the first day itself. Developed by nCore Games, the story of FAU-G revolves around a deadly skirmish between the Indian and the Chinese soldiers along the Galwan Valley on June 15, 2020. 

Dota 2 is getting Overwatch update

Mohammed Sadiq
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Dota 2 is getting Overwatch update

Valve just released a new update for Dota 2 which now includes a system similar to CSGO Overwatch where experienced players who are in good standing and can investigate reports of disruptive actions in matches.

Players will be shown a replay of pre-recorded parts of a match where they can observe a suspected player and their overall behavior after which they can give their verdict on whether the suspect is guilty or not or if the evidence simply isn’t enough. Depending on their accuracy, they will be presented with more reviews while players whose verdicts are inaccurate and false will be barred from taking part in Overwatch.

Overwatch bans usually range from 30 days and can even result in a permanent ban on repeated reports and suspected players risk losing their in-game inventory forever, the ban cannot be overturned or appealed against either.

Valve has stated that for now, the pool of players who are eligible for the Dota 2 Overwatch is fairly small, however, more players will be eligible over time.

The overwatch system has been somewhat successful in the past in CSGO.

The update is live and playable effective immediately. 

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Red Bull Valorant Home Ground Tournament: Teams, Schedule, and more info

Mohammed Sadiq
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Red Bull Valorant Home Ground Tournament: Teams, Schedule, and more info

Redbull announced their Home Ground eSport tournament which will start with a Valorant Invitational tournament. The quarter-finals will begin starting January 28 until 31st where the teams will be competing for a prize pool of $29,000.

To make things interesting, teams will be able to choose the maps they prefer which will be featured permanently throughout the event. Red Bull refers to this concept as ‘home ground’.  Europe’s best Valorant teams have been invited to partake in this tournament and winners from the Open Qualifier will be joining them in the final event.

Red Bull announced two new surprise teams that will be joining the six teams who are already set to play in the tournament. FrenzyGoKill and Monkey Business will be joining Ninjas in Pyjamas, Futbolist, G2 Esports, Team Liquid, Guild eSports, and SUMN FC.

Final bracket for the Home Ground Invitational, courtesy of Red Bull.

Fans can watch the tournament live on Twitch where Red Bull will be streaming the evening at 11:30 GMT (03:30 PT)

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Twitch Streamer Ninja Says He Won’t Stream With Women to Prevent “Rumours” and “Accusations”

Sonu Banerjee
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Twitch Streamer Ninja Says He Won’t Stream With Women to Prevent “Rumours” and “Accusations”

Popular Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has once again stated in an interview that he won’t stream with women to prevent feeding rumours. The 29-year old came under fire back in 2018 when he publicly stated the same.

“Accusations are what made me say that about female gamers,” the Twitch star said in a New York Times Magazine interview. “I was like, I’m going to do anything in my power to make sure that no one can even start a rumor or make YouTube clickbait videos: ‘Ninja is playing with this person a lot lately. They’re flirting. Here’s a clip.’ You know how to make that never happen? You don’t let it happen.”

“I still stand by not having a lot of alone time with a woman, in general, if you are a married man,” Ninja continued. “I mean they could be your best friend, that’s totally cool. But if I randomly start playing with a woman no one knows, people are going to start talking. So if I am going to play with female gamers, I do it with a big group so it’s not that one-on-one interaction.”

For the unaware, Ninja has currently ranked the #1 streamer on Twitch with a follower count of a whopping 16.7 million. While he primarily rose to fame playing the battle royale Fortnite, Ninja has been streaming a lot of Valorant as of late.

Yakuza: Remastered Collection PC Specifications Revealed

Mohammed Sadiq
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Yakuza: Remastered Collection PC Specifications Revealed

Back in December, Sega announced Yakuza: Remastered Collection and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life for Steam (PC) and Microsoft’s Xbox. The series was known for being exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation platform but with the release of Yakuza 0 on PC in 2018, Sega slowly shifted their focus to making Yakuza a multiplatform series.

Yakuza: Remastered collection is only a day away from releasing on PC and Xbox. The collection includes Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5. Oddly enough, the collection does not have a Steam page at the moment, considering the previous games, Yakuza 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2, and Like a Dragon were available for pre-ordering ahead of time.

However the PC requirements have been updated on Microsoft Store for PC which are as follows:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 

OSWindows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
CPU
MEMORY
GRAPHICS		Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-4350
4 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770, 1 GB

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS

OSWindows 10 version 18362.0 or higher
CPU
MEMORY

GRAPHICS		Intel Core i7-3770 | AMD FX-8350
4 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 570, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 6950, 2 GB

Yakuza: Remastered Collection will also be available on the Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is expected to release on 25 March.

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Corpse Husband’s chronic illness is getting worse

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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Corpse Husband’s chronic illness is getting worse

Corpse Husband has shared an ugly update on his chronic illness that has broken the heart of millions of his fans around the world.

During the 2nd January stream, Corpse revealed that his chronic illness might soon leave him incapable of streaming. “Sitting on my computer, only being able to play certain games. I don’t think I’ll be physically capable pretty soon” he said.

The physical toll on his body is increasing at an alarming rate that has forced such a statement out of him. Corpse was forced to end streaming in the earlier week after his nose started bleeding and his arms were going numb. Given how rapidly his condition is declining, his streaming days will be cut short pretty soon.

“I did my needle EMG for my nerve conduction study and got some results that are not good, I don’t really know how to process it or cope with it. I still want to participate in everything coming up. If I seem off in any upcoming things, that’s why. I don’t really know what to do.” he Tweeted.

No matter how many career choices might lie in front of him, we hope his illness doesn’t the better of him and he can enjoy a healthy streaming career. Given how his channel has matured over 2020, 2021 has assured success waiting for him, and it will certainly be disappointing for his fans if doesn’t get to see it.

S1mple Surpasses Personal Record Number of Viewers on Twitch

Sonu Banerjee
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S1mple Surpasses Personal Record Number of Viewers on Twitch

Counter-Strike legend and Natus Vincere star Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has found himself in the headlines recently after he was named the MVP of BLAST Premier: Global Final 2020.

The 23-year-old returned to Twitch yesterday following a break from 16th January, and a record number of viewers tuned in to watch his CSGO stream on 26th January.

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S1mple’s previous personal record of peak concurrent viewership was set at almost 50,000 viewers in December, 2020. On his January 26th stream, the Ukranian managed to surpass the number by a considerable margin, hitting a peak concurrent viewer count of 59,697.

S1mple is renowned across the world as one of the finest CSGO players and one of the best AWPers in the professional CSGO scene. His recent popularity comes as no surprise considering the terrific form he has been in lately alongside his ability to keep his viewers entertained throughout a stream.

Also Read | CSGO pro ‘s1mple’ logs into VAC banned Steam account

S1mple’s CSGO streams are also quite educational, to say the least. Needless to say, watching the #2 CSGO player of 2020 in action is certain to help you become a better player overall.

S1mple CSGO

Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev was born on October 2nd, 1997 and is currently playing for Natus Vincere as an AWPer.

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