We are proud to have an all Indian roster and are looking to grow our local talent instead of outsourcing that job. We may change our minds in the future but currently, we want to concentrate our resources on providing everything we can to our fresh lineup to succeed not online in India but on a global scale.
Dr. Rushindra Sinha, Founder & CEO, Global Esports
With the release of Star Wars: Battlefront players were left wanting for more as the game only offered barebone experience of would be the best-selling game. Soon to remedy this EA launched Star Wars: Battlefront 2, but that game objectively being better than Battlefront 1 had some glaring issues. The game was notoriously known for its aggressive pay-2-win tactics where players could pay to unlock characters or depend on RNG Lootboxes to have chance to get the character they wanted. For Battlefront 2 EA generated huge amounts of a backlash among fans and press, with many even asking Disney for revoking the license of EA to produce more Star Wars game as people feared EA will offer a water-downed experience in Star Wars shell with loads of microtransactions to monetise game at every point. But, with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order EA is trying to earn back the confidence of player and this time they are making some huge changes to game.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a third person action game with Jedi as the playable character. Unlike the Star Wars Battlefront series, this game won’t be a shooter and will be action game with main focus on Lightsabre combat. The game will feature a full-length story mode and won’t have a multiplayer option. The story is set to take place after “Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith” and before “Episode 4- A New Hope”. The game will follow “a young Padawan’s journey” who is one of the last remaining Jedi from Order 66. The Order 66 was destroyed and only a few Jedi were able to survive the purge and are being actively hunted on, with us trying to stand out as little as possible (maybe stealth involved?). According to sources, Disney will be presenting more information about the game during a panel at the Star Wars celebration in Chicago.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is EA’s attempt to redeem themselves and for this EA have faith in one of their best studios: Respawn Entertainment. Respawn Entertainment is one of the best studios under EA right now. Some may know them for Apex Legends, most popular battle royale game in the market right now or Titanfall series which is till date is considered best in the multiplayer genre. But their history goes way back to Call of Duty era. Respawn Entertainment was made by ex-employees of Infinity Ward, the studio that gave us best campaigns in FPS games ( mainly COD: MW) till date. So, with the experience on their side, Respawn was objectively the best choice EA had after Bioware failed 2 times in a row with Mass effect Andromeda and Anthem.
But that’s not all, EA has also made some shocking promises. With the game coming out in “holiday 2019”, EA made promises that the game won’t feature any kind of Lootboxes or microtransactions, and also promised that EA won’t be adding them later on. With this announcement alone many players sceptical about EA’s monetisation menace can rest at ease.
No microtransactions. No loot boxes. And no, we won't be adding them. A single-player Star Wars story for those of you who are ready to become a Jedi. https://t.co/kTheWVBjJc
According to sources, the game isn’t on EA’s Frostbite Engine rather it is made on Unreal Engine. Frostbite may be able to produce some very beautiful landscapes but at the same time, the engine is difficult to work with and is missing basic functionality ( as reported by Anthem developers). So, with them working on Unreal Engine ( known for its variety of included functions and being well documented) Respawn will be able to focus more on actual gameplay and mechanics.
With more information about the game to be detailed soon, we only hope to see a great Star Wars game which Jedi: Fallen Order might offer.
Seattle, WA – April 16, 2019 –Make.TV, has joined forces with Microsoft’s interactive livestreaming service, Mixer, to bring Mixer Matchups to Microsoft Stores across the U.S.
Mixer launched in 2017 and boasts over 20 million monthly active users. Mixer was the first streaming platform with sub-second latency, dubbed Faster Than Light streaming, on Windows 10 PC, Xbox One, iOS and Android. Mixer hosts weekly esports tournaments at participating Microsoft Stores, which are broadcast live on Mixer.
The tournaments are a huge hit, with fans regularly joined by high profile NFL stars. Mixer will now use Make.TV’s Live Video Cloud to bring competing players and remote talent together into a single stream for the first time ever. Make.TV’s Live Video Cloud enables the tournament producers to effortlessly collect, curate and distribute live streams from multiple sources into a single Mixer broadcast, allowing fans to watch events unfold with more players involved than ever before.
“We’re excited to be working with Mixer to help bring new gaming experiences to players and fans alike. Microsoft’s production team can capture content from multiple locations, curating and distributing it to fans in a groundbreaking show. Bringing people together from multiple locations to enjoy shared experiences is fundamental to the future of esports broadcasting, and this can now be achieved on an unprecedented scale,” saidAndreas Jacobi, CEO and co-founder at Make.TV.
Make.TV’s Live Video Cloud opens pathways for video to be shared between content creators, producers, programmers and advertisers with scale, speed and relevance previously not possible. It makes it easy to acquire content quickly, handle remote production and deliver content across broadcast, online and social media networks.
Apple, one of the biggest and richest tech company in the world is all set to try their hands on another venture. This time it being the gaming industry. Apple will launch a new premium service known as Apple Arcade, which will feature at least 100 “new and exclusive” games. Apple Arcade is set to launch this Fall with pricing details yet to be announced. Apple arcade will work on both iOS and Mac devices and the games will be accessible offline and stored permanently on devices. Apple Arcade games will be ad-free and feature no in-app purchases.
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In a recent report from Financial Times, sources claimed that Apple will be investing “Half a Billion $” into the Arcade service. Apple’s choice to spend nearly “half a billion $” into gaming may come as a surprise to many, but Apple isn’t the only major tech company interested in gaming. Google announced Stadia and Amazon announced that they are also working on new games and streaming service. With gaming industry posting a revenue more than movie and music industries combined every year, more companies are willing to spend huge amounts of money to have a presence in the market and get a slice of that revenue pie.
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The gaming market will get crowded soon and to stand out Apple is trying to make exclusive games for their store. Just like Epic Games Store, Apple will be offering certain perks to developers to launch a temporary exclusive game on Apple Arcade. This will keep titles off Android store or in some cases off the console stores for a certain time period and push more people onto the platform. Apple promises to add new games to the service on a regular basis. Confirmed Apple Arcade publishers include Annapurna Interactive, Bossa Studios, Cartoon Network, Finji, Giant Squid, Klei Entertainment, Konami, LEGO, Mistwalker Corporation, SEGA, Snowman, ustwo games and dozens more.
Global Esports have announced that they have benched Sabyasachi “Antidote” Bose, just a month after being signed from 2ez.
The report comes just days after dropping the Polish duo of Adrian “Zorineq” Kołodziejski and Kamil “kamil” Kamiński. This means that a majority of their initial squad has been released.
In a statement, Rushindra Sinha, CEO and founder of Global Esports said:
Antidote is not only a brilliant player but also a great human being. This decision comes with a heavy heart but also a decisive plan as what will be coming next. Please follow us as there are many changes and updates coming soon.
The mighty Astralis asserted their superiority over Natus Vincere in clinical fashion when they met at BLAST Pro Series Miami on Friday night. Astralis have sat atop the world rankings for the past 70 weeks and they have enjoyed a total stranglehold on the pro CS:GO scene. They have won back-to-back Majors, ESL Pro League titles and ECS season finals and nobody has come close to threatening their dominance. But Na’Vi are now up to second in the HLTV rankings and an impressive victory at StarSeries i-league season 7 in Shanghai suggested they might cause the Danes problems in Miami.
However, Astralis brushed aside any such notions in utterly contemptuous fashion, romping to a 16-7 victory. They found themselves 4-1 down after some industrious work from s1mple and flamie, but then they took complete control of the contest. A magnificent 1v2 clutch from Xyp9X put the Danes ahead and they raced into a 9-4 lead. Xyp9x then took down three to enable the double for gla1ve. Na’Vi found themselves 14-4 down before they finally responded with a sensational quad kill hold from flamie, but Astralis then cruised to victory on a force buy.
It left Astralis 2-0 in the group stage, following a 16-10 win over Cloud9 earlier that day, and it highlighted the sheer gulf in class between them and the chasing pack. Na’Vi may be second in HLTV’s world rankings, but Astralis have almost twice as many points as their closest rivals. They showed just why with another composed performance to swat Na’Vi aside, and the Ukrainian team have a lot to work on before they can think of toppling the dominant Danes.
Best Player of 2018
HLTV named s1mple the best player in the world for 2018, ahead of Astralis’ device in second, but the Danish team also had dupreeh at number five, Magisk at number seven, gla1ve at number eight and Xyp9x at 13th place, and it is their collective brilliance that has left their rivals trailing in their wake. Former pro Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill summed it up nicely when he said: “It really feels like the level of most teams is on the way up right now. Obviously the bar has been set so ridiculously high by Astralis, so you need to take them out of the equation, but for the first time in a long time the top 15 feels super competitive.”
The rest of the teams are simply competing to be named the second best in the world. The Danes are such heavy favourites in every tournament they play in that many fans avoid the straight up win markets (such as those seen here) and instead bet on the spread for a more tempting set of odds.
CS:GO needs someone to step up and challenge Astralis in order to reignite interest among fans, as many are becoming frustrated by their dominance. Even if they skip a tournament, victory feels hollow for whoever lifts the trophy, as everyone assumes Astralis would have seized glory if they had of participated.
Their dominance is unparalleled in any other esport, and a lack of competition could derail CS:GO’s momentum. New titles are being released all the time and everyone wants to seize market share within the burgeoning esports sector, so CS:GO needs to remain exciting and dynamic to hold onto its position as one of the world’s most popular competitive games, and it is hard to do that when one team looms so large over the scene. You could argue that Team Liquid are best placed to close the gap on Astralis, or perhaps ENCE, but Na’Vi have the talents of s1mple at their disposal, they are ranked second in the world and they are full of ambition.
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s1mple has long been waxing lyrical about Na’Vi’s ambitions of breaking Astralis’ stranglehold on the CS:GO scene and creating a new era of domination. They have enjoyed some modest successes in this department, but the balance of power firmly sits with the Danes. Na’Vi have now turned to former Gambit coach B1ad3 in a bid to close the gap on the world’s top ranked team. He has been tasked with overhauling their training sessions, completing transfers to bolster their overall quality and preparing them for stern challenges ahead. The Ukrainians are trying to mimic Astralis by becoming more professional, working with dieticians and psychologists in order to turn the team into a fine-tuned machine.
B1ad3 has to inject a more scientific approach to Na’Vi’s training sessions and devise a better strategy for the team if they are to improve. Astralis outsmart every team they play and they get their tactics spot on, because they study the demos of all their rivals to the nth degree. Na’Vi must copy this. Astralis also boast a rock-solid system, in which every player has a clearly defined role. Their decision-making is precise and devastatingly effective, underpinned by gla1ve’s exemplary in-game leadership and the phenomenal chemistry in the team.
Astralis cannot hope to contain s1mple, but they typically overwhelm Na’Vi via superb teamwork, discipline, patience, consistency and tactical nous. B1ad3 must work with his troops to create a more effective system and fix the numerous small mistakes Na’Vi make. They can only hope to topple Astralis if they cut out these errors. They can also learn a lot from the Danes’ grenade use, which is a major contributing factor behind their success.
s1mple says he is sick of simply being named the world’s best player and winning MVP awards while his team cannot enjoy collective glory. Yet there is so much resting on his shoulders due to the weaknesses of some of his teammates. There is a case to be made for axing Edward and Zeus and bringing in a couple of new stars to play alongside s1mple, electronic and flamie. If the overall quality was better, s1mple could become a more effective team player. All five members of Astralis can frag and they have a great spread of skills across their positions. You cannot say that about Na’Vi, so the line-up is in need of surgery before they can hope to challenge for the title of the world’s best team.
Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a The Weeknd the famous R&B artist and Grammy award winner joins the list of celebrities investing into Esports. The Weeknd invested in Overactive Media, the parent company of Splyce organisation and Overwatch League’s Toronto Defiant and joined as a member of the ownership group.
The Weeknd is known for his Grammy award winning song Starboy and Earned It. He is a Toronto native and an avid gamer. With this latest round of investment talks, he will become the official Global brand ambassador for both the teams Toronto Defiant and Splyce. In a statement he released, he said :
As a big esports fan, I am really excited to be involved in this project. I am looking forward to collaborating with OverActive Media in unique and innovative ways.
Overactive Media will be collaborating with Weeknd to create new content both in social and personal. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it would appear that The Weeknd will also contribute towards marketing efforts and brand awareness around both Splyce and Toronto Defiant.
Abel’s standing in the music industry will provide our Toronto Defiant and Splyce brands the opportunity to reach more fans and engage new audiences,
OAM CEO and president Chris Overholt.
The release also mentions that Toronto Defiant fans will see “unique joint efforts” with The Weeknd throughout the 2019 Overwatch League seasons.
The Weeknd isn’t the only celebrity to invest in Esports. Recently rapper Drake and NBA player Meyers Leonard also made investment round in Esports teams. With the rise in popularity of Esports more and more celebs are looking to get into Esports and we may soon see more people being added to this list of ever-growing celeb names.
Entity have been paired with BOOT-d[S], Alpha Red and Lucid Dream in the ESL Pro League Season 9 Asia, which runs from April 12-May 23.
They will play their first match against BOOT on the 16th of April at 1:30 PM IST in a Best of 3 Round Robin format, with their matches against Lucid Dream and Alpha Red being on 17th and 18th April respectively.
Via: HLTV
The top 2 from their group will join the top 2 from the China Group, with the 4 vying for a single spot at the Pro League Finals in a BO3 Round Robin format. The other spot will be taken by the AUS/NZ region whose teams are divided in the other 2 groups in Round 1.
With a fresh lineup and high expectations, Entity will hope to spring a surprise and qualify for Round 2, while also looking to exact revenge on BOOT-d[S], who knocked them out of the IEM Sydney closed qualifiers.
Borderlands 2 the good old looter shooter and the best in class of this genre just received an uplift with Gearbox offering free 4k texture packs and also announcing the sequel to the series named Borderland 3. All this news and update hyped the crowd and long-time players to reboot the title once again and relive the story again before the sequel.
According to a report, the game peaked just shy of 60k players last week as highlighted in steam charts where the game hit 59,333 concurrent players. All this boils down to the hype that the recent announcements made and the heavy discounts the game received this week.
But that doesn’t make the game mediocre. In fact, Borderlands 2 offers a wide variety of story-driven campaign and co-op looter shooter experience at its core followed by loads of customization options. The game has a “very positive” review on steam since its launch in 2012 and has remained the same since then. Even after loads of negative reviews, it received after the announcement of Borderlands 3 being 6-months exclusive to Epic Game Stores set to release on September 13th,2019.
The Borderland series have been fan favourite since long and borderland 2 was the best among them. Many reviewers said that the game was ahead of its time and offered a very new and fun approach to game mechanics, that other games were missing or failed to implement properly. With developers still remaining active and giving out updates occasionally, the game may even hit 80k concurrent players in the coming weeks as the release for the sequel comes closer.
On Thursday the Nepal Telecommunication Authority directed all internet service providers and mobile service providers to ban PlayerUnknown’s Battleground Mobile game immediately after having concerns over its addictive nature and district court hearing coming in favour of the ban.
This comes as no surprise as parents and school were already protesting against the game saying that it is affecting children’s studies and is too addictive for their minds, so much so that they are hooked to the game for hours. The Metropolitan Crime Division had filed a Public Interest Litigation at the Kathmandu District Court on Wednesday, seeking permission to ban PUBG after receiving complaints from parents, schools and school associations. The district court held the hearing on the same day and directed the Nepal Telecommunication Authority to ban the game immediately.
In a press release, the Senior Superintendent of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh, chief of the Metropolitan Crime Division said:
We received a number of complaints from parents, schools and school associations regarding the effect of the game on children. We also held discussions with psychiatrists before requesting the Kathmandu District Court for permission to ban the game. There have been many shocking incidents due to the game in other countries. We have decided to ban the game before anything unfortunate occurs in Nepal.
He later on went and said that anyone found playing the game will be arrested and the internet or mobile service provider will also face action if they fail to implement the ban.
The decision to ban the game however, has not gone down well with many students and adults as they are reaching out to authorities about the ban and asking them to reverse the decision. Many people believe that banning the game isn’t the solution for the problem as there are many games that are similar to PUBG available to play. But rather the government authority should direct and teach parents to keep an eye out on their kids.
Nepal isn’t the only country to ban the game, with many countries such as China, India (limited ban) and more already banning the game. Even after the reports of Tencent (creators of PUBG Mobile) implementing a time limiting feature to game the bans continue to happen. Tencent has yet to comment officially on the matter.
