For anyone looking to enjoy some great multiplayer games with friends and while running low on budget, fret not as we are here to help you in choosing some great Free-2-Play games. While most of these games are total Free-2-Play, each game is well-refined and will offer enjoyable experiences akin to that of AAA releases.
Apex Legends
One of the finest and equally enjoyable battle royale game. From Respawn Entertainment, Apex Legends stands out from the already crowded BR genre with its unique ever-growing roster of legendary characters. Each character comes with unique powerful abilities that can change the tide of the battle in an instant.
The game is strategic at its core and allows players to combine their unique skills together with other players to form the ultimate ability. The game has won Steam’s “Best game you suck at award” in 2020.
Apex Legends is available for free on Steam here and Origin here.
Destiny 2
Another game to enjoy with friends. While Destiny 2 is Free-2-Play, only the base game with previously released DLCs before Forsaken DLC is available for players to enjoy for free. Destiny 2 is one of the most unique games in the Looter Shooter genre. The game is an Open World action MMO with a single evolving world. The game offers different game modes like PVP, PVPVE, and PVE.
While the latest DLC will cost you money, the game offers enough content to new players to thoroughly enjoy the game and make their choice. Also, Destiny 2 offers cross-platform support with features such as cross-play and cross-save available for free.
Genshin Impact is the latest launched game on the list. Released in September last year, the game is still fresh and new. While no doubt Genshin Impact is just 3 months old, developer miHoYo has added enough content to make games with years worth of content blush.
Genshin Impact is a free-to-play action role-playing game that features a fantasy open-world environment and action-based battle system using elemental magic. The game is available on PC, Android, and iOS. The game will easily enthrall you with its fluid combat and beautiful cartoonish style world.
One of the oldest Free-2-Play title on the list. Released in 2015, Rocket League has steadily made its way into mainstream gaming with its unique gameplay. If you ever wonderland what would happen if you play Football with your car then look no further than this game.
Rocket League provides players the opportunity the quirky Car-Football gameplay. Matches are fast-paced and highly intense. The game is easy to drop in and try out, but the skill ceiling is very high and it will take continuous effort to improve your gameplay for higher ranks. The game also supports cross-platform gameplay and is regularly updated.
For the fans of Overwatch or those that wanna try overwatch kinda game, then Paladins is the perfect fit for you. Paladins is a free-2-play fantasy team-based shooter game. Players get to choose from a wide variety of Legendary Champion of the Realm. Each Champion comes with a unique set of abilities and new Champions are regularly added to the game, keeping the game exciting.
Players also have the ability to fine-tune their champions further with Paladins’ deckbuilding system. Players can become an iron sights sniper, a grenade-slinging explosives expert, or a track star with an assault rifle — all on the same champion.
After the disastrous pre-order event on 12th January, Sony has decided to not offer anymore pre-orders in India before the official launch on 2nd February. Sony has retracted their previous statement where they asked fans to “stay in touch with retailers for the next round of pre-orders”.
Sony released a new statement via Digit today informing about their decision to not offer pre-orders anymore. The Statement reads, “We are not planning pre-order for PS5 before 2nd February. Please stay in touch with retailers for future pre-order updates.”
Looks like our previous assumptions of lower than expected stock allotment for India and some partner stores accidentally taking excess order has caused Sony a headache and the brand finally decided to flip the switch and wait for the launch day.
It is believed that Sony had only allotted 4000-5000 units for sale in India and further the brand is having trouble to ship in more units in India before the official launch.
Currently, Sony is facing unprecedented demand for the new console and is having trouble to fulfil orders worldwide. We believe Sony’s decision to finally come out with a statement informing fans to wait for launch day to grab their shiny new console is better than the disappointment fans will meet daily after refreshing partner sites daily in hopes to Pre-order the console.
Commitment is the key factor when it comes to playing ranked along with your friends or if queued solo. It’s always a nightmare for a team when they are forced to play 4v5, be it an unrated or a ranked match.
Unlike other first person shooters, Valorant features a total of 25 rounds in both of the modes, Unrated and Ranked as well. The side first to 13 rounds wins the match. Every game typically lasts between 30-75 minutes depending upon the factors which involve the match-ups and the number of rounds a team concedes Versus the rounds won by them.
The total playtime too depends on an Overtime factor. Unrated matches do have just one Overtime round (Sudden death format) whereas in the ranked mode, players can engage in an endless number of rounds.
After the first Overtime, both sides are made to vote, whether they would wish to continue the game or end it as a Tie.
Prior to the start of every round, Riot has added a 30 second preparation phase allowing the players to plan out their strategies and getting the desired weapons. Players are also able to surrender the match with the /surrender command if someone quits or abandons the match.
Players from the CS:GO scene won’t find this unusual to commit nearly an hour for a specific game as back there, the games might last for even upto 90 minutes.
Everything fell apart for Nathan when he found his Twitch followers disappear overnight. Before the fiasco, the Minecraft streamer boasted over 21000 followers, and two years of his hardwork went in vain.
The 16 year old did not share what exactly caused this debacle, however the community swiftly got behind to support him. Nathan claims that he grinded for over two years to reach where he was before losing his followers, and all of it disappearing overnight puts a massive dent on his mental health.
The follower loss left him heartbroken but the community response was overwhelming as they helped to remedy the situation to some extent.
“I’ve lost everything,” “My Twitch lost all of its followers. Every single person who has followed me the last 26 months are gone. I’m just at a loss for words.” he said upon losing his followers. Not just the Minecraft community, rather entire twitch userbase got behind him to help take his channel back to where it was. Nathan regained 16,000 followers, thanks to the community raiding his channel.
The support he is getting is something unprecedented, having gained 10,000 followers in just 2 hours is something unheard of. There is no clear explanation as to why this happened so Twitch are likely to take a closer look at the situation given the attention it is getting.
It has only been a few days since the Valorant Episode 2 has hit the live servers, and players are already reporting a bunch of game-breaking bugs including this Omen bug in the competitive shooter.
A bug that has been recently brought to light through a Reddit post by u/Flamerzx has garnered the attention of thousands of Valorant fans and can potentially cause a temporary removal of Omen from the servers till Riot manages to find a fix for it.
The bug involves Omen using his Shadow Walk after his signature Dark Cover to gain temporary invulnerability and the ability to move through walls. The mechanics of Omen’s movement after the exploit is executed is similar to the game’s ‘ghost mode’ or noclip.
It’s unclear how consistently can this exploit be recreated. Regardless, fans are hoping for Riot to ship a patch to fix this game-breaking bug at the earliest to prevent abusers from gaining MMR using it.
Valve’s competitive shooter CSGO has encountered a lot of bugs over the years, but not one of them has come even remotely close to annoying the players as much as this error did. Yes, I’m talking about the infamous which has been haunting players for a very long time.
The ‘VAC was unable to verify your game session‘ error is perhaps the most annoying error in CSGO which prevents the player from joining any matches, be it casual, competitive, or even community servers. Restarting your game rarely fixes the VAC issue, and you’re left wondering what you can do to get rid of this monster.
If you’re reading this, chances are that you’ve probably already tried everything in your mind and the nasty bug still won’t succumb to your valiant efforts. Don’t worry, we have you covered. Here are some tips which you can use right now to make the bug disappear and rank up in peace.
Restart Steam Client: You may have already restarted your CSGO, but this error won’t leave you that easily. To fix it, you need to restart your entire Steam client. To do so, first, exit CSGO. Click on steam, then on the top left go to Steam, and exit (or log out). Relaunch the Steam client, then launch CSGO. Your problem is magically fixed. But on the off chance, it isn’t, read on.
Restart Your PC: If restarting Steam didn’t fix the issue, restarting your PC might. You probably know how to do that, so let’s not waste time by stating here.
Verify Game Files: There’s a chance that something might be corrupted in your game files. To find the problem, go to your steam library, right-click on CSGO, then go to verify local files. Once done verifying, your game will automatically re-download corrupted files and restore the game to its original state.
Reinstall CSGO: Your absolute last resort. Reinstalling the game is almost certain to fix your problem. First, uninstall the game from the control panel or from Steam. Then go to the Steam store and download your fresh copy of CSGO.
Once fixed, you’ll be able to run CSGO smoothly like before and join servers at will. However, it’s not rare for this bug to return in the future. In case that happens, you can just try these steps once again and it’ll be fixed in no time.
The Ukrainian Esports Federation (UESF) has launched the first ever Ukrainian Esports Cup in partnership with electronics company Eldorado, which will see players from all over the country battle it out in a five-stage championship.
The launch of the first nationwide Ukrainian Esports Cup follows the Ukrainian state’s recent recognition of esports as an official sport. The competition will be held between the 18th January to 28th March 2021 to correspond with the CS:GO season. Participants can enter the championship alone or in a team of up to five players, and the 12 teams which qualify for the final Super League stages will compete for a prize pool of UAH 250,000 ($9,000 USD).
All Super League participants will receive a bonus from the UESF as well as their own bespoke logo, uniform and social media designs. The first round of the Super League will feature round-robin style matches with a bo2 format, with the top six teams going on to the finals to compete in a single-elimination system with a bo3 match format.
Together with its partners, UESF will promote a number of exciting competitions and giveaways. First off strategic partners Parimatch, one of the leading betting operators in the esports market, and ExpertPC, the well-known Ukrainian gaming PC manufacturer, will offer two people the chance to win a powerful gaming PC.
Ivan Danishevsky commented: “The first Ukrainian Esports Cup is a thrilling moment for esports in this country, representing a major step towards Ukraine becoming an esports hub of the future. We can’t wait for the inaugural tournament, which will deliver both pulsating entertainment and a chance for esports talent to breakthrough. We are confident that this is the beginning of what will become the pinnacle of the Ukrainian sporting calendar in the years to come.”
Bucharest, January 14, 2021 – PGL will host the next CSGO Major, which will occur between October 23rd and November 7th of 2021, if all safety conditions to hold live competitive events are met by that time.
This year, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is coming home, where it all began in November 2013, when the first-ever CS:GO Major took place in Sweden. PGL MAJOR STOCKHOLM 2021 will be the third Major taking place in Sweden and the first one in Stockholm.
The main event of the 16th CS:GO Major will take place at Ericsson Globe in front of a live audience, from November 4-7. The qualified teams will fight for a massive $2 million prize pool, the biggest in the CS:GO history.
First of all, my colleagues and I are passionate fans of CS. We grew up and watched this game getting bigger and bigger, just at the same pace as our development as a company. We have timeless memories with our past Counter-Strike shows, and, honestly, we owe a lot to this game, as players and as a company. We believe that this community deserves the best product this franchise has ever seen. Our goal is to celebrate the game in the best way possible, and we will work hard for this.
SILVIU STROIE, CEO PGL
PGL MAJOR STOCKHOLM 2021 will be the third CS:GO Major in which PGL will be involved, after Cluj-Napoca 2015 and Kraków 2017. PGL has innovated the CS:GO viewing experience in 2017 when the fans enjoyed the first 1080p 60 fps stream.
It’s 2021, and it’s time for another world premiere: the first CS:GO Major to be broadcast in a 4K 60 fps quality. PGL is also preparing many new surprises like innovative Augmented Reality elements, brand new custom HUD and other brand new features.
More information about the format, tickets, talent line-up, and much more will be available later on, closer to the event.
Free Fire is continuously striving to become better than its competitors and to encourage the players who have influence in the community, they have introduced a partnership program. Under this program, a player gets officially recognised and recieves huge perks than any normal player.
Free Fire is launching the partnership program to very limited regions for now, and once full scale, other regions can also expect the same with almost similar perks and rewards. Not only those who get signed, but their influence in the community will get recognised as well. Starting with a few in-game rewards, the game has also promised to provide other facilities to help boost their career.
Free Fire Partner program is currently running only for Indonesia region and it can be expected to go to other regions soon. influencers like streamers, content creators, casters, analysts or any personnel with good Free Fire content on any media platform can opt for this program.
Those who opt to become recognised as an official partner recieve gifts as their sign up bonus. This ranges from diamonds, official jackets and game set-ups, depending upon numbers that the player brings on the table.
Giveaway
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Not only the partner, but its viewers and supporters also gain from this collaboration. The player can set various giveaways in form of redeem codes for their subscribers.
Official Promotion
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Partners get promoted on the official social media handles and various channels of Free Fire to further boost their careers.
Content Partnership
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Players will recieve information about various events before they even take place. This also provides an early access to some big events and some special reservations in live events as well.
Streaming equipment
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Free Fire promises to aid its partners with various equipments to boost their streaming career. This will help them create more quality content. More perks are set to come along the way.
How to become an official Free Fire partner:
Here is a list of necessary requirements to become recognised as one of the partners:
Participant needs to be either influencer or content creator on streaming and media platforms.
80% of the content on YouTube channel should be based on Free Fire.
Must have atleast 10,000 subscribers.
Players eligible can opt and then a finals assessment will be done by Free Fire team before the confirmation.
This program offers the influencers to create a stabilized career out of Free Fire. If you are from Indonesia, opt for this program if you fit the eligibility criterion. For others, wait for some time before the officials launch this program for your region.
