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Valorant’s new map Icebox announced; details inside

Pranav Nalawade
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Valorant’s new map Icebox announced; details inside

Valorant have revealed the real picture behind the teaser that hinted at a new introduction for Act III. The developers have revealed Icebox as a new map, thus making it the fifth map of the entire Valorant pool.

Based in a cold environment, the reveal talks about taking on the Tundra, which is apt since the word ‘Tundra’ refers to a land mass where tree growth is severely hindered due to low temperatures. The hints given to us earlier were in Russian and that also ties in well with the entire reveal, since the word ‘Tundra’ has its origins in the Russian language.

Some people have already drawn early comparisons between Icebox and csgo map Subzero. A similar thing happened when Ascent was released, with users comparing it with the popular csgo map Cache.

With Act III set to bring in changes to competitive, it will be interesting to see how users take to the Icebox.

CSGO Servers Are Down In The US as ‘Connecting to CSGO Network’ error hits Steam

Pranav Nalawade
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CSGO Servers Are Down In The US as ‘Connecting to CSGO Network’ error hits Steam

Counter-Strike Global Offensive, otherwise known as CSGO is experiencing server problems this morning.

The Independent website DownDetector.com has received a massive surge of reports related to the game in the last few minutes.

Update: CSGO Servers Are Down In The US [Dec 2]

Down Detector is an independent website that tracks outages across the globe by monitoring social mentions around specific topics.

On October 6, CSGO players across the United States reported outages of the game servers. It’s still unclear what caused the outage, but it could be due to a number of reasons.

The first and a common cause of server outages is a new update. When a new update is shipped to the game, the servers can go down for a short while. However, in case of an update, the servers can be up quite quickly.

Another reason behind server outages may be a technical fault in Valve’s servers. This is very unlikely to happen but has happened on more than one occasion in the past.

In case you’re finding yourself unable to launch CSGO or join a game, you can check for yourself if CSGO servers are down.

There are a number of websites to check server statuses of popular games like CSGO or DOTA 2, and even the server status of Steam itself. One of the most reliable websites to check server issues is steamstat.us; it shows detailed stats on the statuses of game coordinators of Dota 2, Artifact, CSGO, TF 2 along with reports of server outages.

Also Read: Here are the patch notes for CS:GO’s OCT. 6 update

Here are the patch notes for CS:GO’s OCT. 6 update

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Here are the patch notes for CS:GO’s OCT. 6 update

A new update has been rolled out by the csgo developers on October 6, containing additions to grenade statistics and translations.
Around 15 MB in size, update version 1.37.3.9 contains added match statistics for grenades and translations.

The following languages have been added:

BulgarianCzech
DanishDutch
FinnishGreek
KoreanSpanish – Latin America
PolishPortuguese
Spanish – SpainSwedish
Traditional ChineseThai
Ukrainian Vietnamese

The users though, are waiting for a fix for the stutter and freeze bug wherein the game completely freezes for a second or two. It has been reported by thousands on Reddit and by users with different brands of chipsets, ruling out a compatibility issu.

Counter-Strike:Global Offensive update for 6 October 2020 Patch Notes –

The following changelog has been automatically generated from GameTracking data.

General

  • Updated localization files for Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Korean, Spanish – Latin America, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish – Spain, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese

CHANGED FILES IN THIS CSGO UPDATE

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta Common

  •  Modified file – csgo/pak01_087.vpk (-10.43 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/pak01_dir.vpk
  •  Modified file – csgo/panorama/code.pbin (+167 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_bulgarian.txt (-6 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_czech.txt
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_danish.txt (+5.96 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_dutch.txt (+22.92 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_finnish.txt (-20 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_greek.txt (+28 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_korean.txt (-4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_koreana.txt (-4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_latam.txt (+38.08 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_polish.txt (+18 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_portuguese.txt (+4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_spanish.txt (+4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_swedish.txt (+620 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_tchinese.txt (+49.35 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_thai.txt (+4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_ukrainian.txt (+10 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_vietnamese.txt (+9.58 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/steam.inf
  •  Manifest ID changed – 6915807551126414883 › 840632050118898178 

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta Win Bin

  • Modified file – bin/engine.dll
  •  Modified file – csgo.signatures
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/client.dll (+2.00 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/matchmaking.dll
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/server.dll (+2.00 KiB)
  •  Manifest ID changed – 6339418103158595209 › 2289097364273683062 

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta Mac Bin

  •  Modified file – bin/osx64/engine.dylib
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/osx64/client.dylib (+4.01 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/osx64/server.dylib (+4.02 KiB)
  •  Manifest ID changed – 790822691608305096 › 5924761811598956592 

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Linux Bin

  • Modified file – bin/engine.so
  •  Modified file – bin/linux64/engine_client.so
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/linux64/client_client.so (+4.00 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/linux64/server_client.so (+4.00 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/server.so (+20.97 KiB)
  •  Manifest ID changed – 4766676316200225595 › 4924413562526002231 

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When will Valorant Act 2 end?

Sonu Banerjee
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When will Valorant Act 2 end?

The Act 2 of Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant was released on August 4th, and it brought heaps of new changes to the FPS title. The new additions to the game in the second Act included the German agent Killjoy, a new battle pass, the free-for-all Deathmatch mode, and a new skins’ collection.

Riot had previously confirmed that there would be four Acts per Episode of Valorant. Players will have separate ‘Act Ranks’ assigned to their accounts after the conclusion of every Act. The Act rank of a player in any Act is determined by their peak performance throughout that Act.

It goes without saying that after the end of Act 2, your rank will expire and you’ll need to play a few matchmaking games to be placed in a skill group again. You can use the time period before the arrival of Act 3 to secure a better Act Rank, which will be displayed in your profile page in-game.

So when is Act 2 ending?

Act 2 will conclude at the time of introduction of Act 3. Riot has confirmed on multiple occasions that the Act 3 will officially launch on October 13th, which means that Act 2 will end at the same date.

Besides a revamp of the competitive system, the Act 3 is expected to introduce a bunch of new changes to Valorant. A new agent and a snow-themed map may also be on the horizon.

Asian CSGO scene rocked by Overwatch bans to spielz, Geniuss

Abhishek Bajaj
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Asian CSGO scene rocked by Overwatch bans to spielz, Geniuss

Recently, renowned members of the Asian CSGO scene were handed Overwatch bans in the game, which has led to quite a bit of nuisance and drama.

HZ star Nigel ‘spielz’ Aw received an Overwatch ban on his main account and two other alternate accounts as evidenced on his Twitter. The 24-year-old has since been unable to participate in official tournaments, with HZ disqualified from the Funspark CSGO event as a result of the ban.

For Kritthee ‘Geniuss’ Sawatmuang, the game ban has been converted into a VAC ban, rendering him ineligible to continue his professional career in CSGO, not just in BTRG but at all.

Both the professionals have pleaded their innocence, with Geniuss citing the example of former Lucid Dream star Teerapat ‘Akino’ Jinyong, who received a VAC ban earlier only to be overturned in a month’s time.

Apart from spielz and Geniuss, popular Chinese streamer Kun ‘ChrisMaQ’ Liu has also received a ban he claims to be false. The Douyu streamer has written a heartfelt message in an attempt to get Valve to notice and examine his account to clear him of any wrongdoing.

The only common thing with all bans seems to be the fact that they all played on the Faceit-like Chinese platform 5E. Whether there is any correlation between the two remains to be seen. These bans have come as a jolt to the Asian scene and it will be intriguing to see if Valve does anything about these cases.

What’s there in the latest CSGO Update

Abhishek Bajaj
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What’s there in the latest CSGO Update

A new CSGO update has been rolled out by the developers on October 6, containing additions to grenade statistics and translations.
Around 15 MB in size, CSGO update version 1.37.3.9 contains added match statistics for grenades and translations.

The following languages have been added:

BulgarianCzech
DanishDutch
FinnishGreek
KoreanSpanish – Latin America
PolishPortuguese
Spanish – SpainSwedish
Traditional ChineseThai
Ukrainian Vietnamese

The users though, are waiting for a fix for the stutter and freeze bug wherein the game completely freezes for a second or two. It has been reported by thousands on Reddit and by users with different brands of chipsets, ruling out a compatibility issu.

Counter-Strike:Global Offensive update for 6 October 2020 Patch Notes –

The following changelog has been automatically generated from GameTracking data.

Recommended: CSGO Servers Are Down In The US as ‘Connecting to CSGO Network’ error hits Steam

General

  • Updated localization files for Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Korean, Spanish – Latin America, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish – Spain, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese

CHANGED FILES IN THIS UPDATE

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta Common

  •  Modified file – csgo/pak01_087.vpk (-10.43 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/pak01_dir.vpk
  •  Modified file – csgo/panorama/code.pbin (+167 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_bulgarian.txt (-6 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_czech.txt
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_danish.txt (+5.96 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_dutch.txt (+22.92 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_finnish.txt (-20 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_greek.txt (+28 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_korean.txt (-4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_koreana.txt (-4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_latam.txt (+38.08 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_polish.txt (+18 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_portuguese.txt (+4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_spanish.txt (+4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_swedish.txt (+620 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_tchinese.txt (+49.35 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_thai.txt (+4 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_ukrainian.txt (+10 B)
  •  Modified file – csgo/resource/csgo_vietnamese.txt (+9.58 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/steam.inf
  •  Manifest ID changed – 6915807551126414883 › 840632050118898178 

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta Win Bin

  • Modified file – bin/engine.dll
  •  Modified file – csgo.signatures
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/client.dll (+2.00 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/matchmaking.dll
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/server.dll (+2.00 KiB)
  •  Manifest ID changed – 6339418103158595209 › 2289097364273683062 

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Beta Mac Bin

  •  Modified file – bin/osx64/engine.dylib
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/osx64/client.dylib (+4.01 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/osx64/server.dylib (+4.02 KiB)
  •  Manifest ID changed – 790822691608305096 › 5924761811598956592 

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta Linux Bin

  • Modified file – bin/engine.so
  •  Modified file – bin/linux64/engine_client.so
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/linux64/client_client.so (+4.00 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/linux64/server_client.so (+4.00 KiB)
  •  Modified file – csgo/bin/server.so (+20.97 KiB)
  •  Manifest ID changed – 4766676316200225595 › 4924413562526002231 

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Valorant Act 3 Competitive Changes; details inside

Pranav Nalawade
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Valorant Act 3 Competitive Changes; details inside

The hype for the upcoming Act 3 of Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant is increasing as its release date draws near. The new Act, which is scheduled to arrive on October 13th, will bring a number of new changes to the competitive atmosphere of the game, as confirmed by the devs in an episode of ‘Dev Diaries’.

The prime change that the competitive mode in the shooter will undergo is the restriction of ranked queue from six ranks to only three. For instance, if you’re ranked Diamond 3 in the game, you’ll only be matched against people whose ranks range from Platinum 3 to Immortal 3.

Also Read | Valorant Indian Servers: Release Date

This can be a problem if you’re planning to play with your friends with a high rank difference, and Riot has promised that they’re developing a workaround for this.

Another new aspect of Act 3 will be the freedom of players to choose servers. Before queuing for a match, players will be given the ability to choose their preferred server. However, Riot couldn’t guarantee that players would always be matched at their preferred servers if there’s a low count of players queuing for that server at a given time.

Also Read | How to change region in Valorant

Besides these changes, Riot has also left a number of hints over the past few weeks to indicate the possibility of a new agent and even a new map being added to Valorant in Act 3. While no official confirmation has been made by Riot as of yet, fans are eager to find out who this new agent might be.

Free Fire suspends a player named “Daddy Calling” with “Highest Level in Indian Server” status

Divyesh Moghe
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Free Fire suspends a player named “Daddy Calling” with “Highest Level in Indian Server” status

A player called “Daddy Calling” has accused Free Fire of suspending his account which was claimed to be at “Highest Level in India Server.” This ban has caused a lot of turmoil in the Indian and South Asian Free Fire community as lots of supporters are taking a stand against this action and calling out Garena, the developers of Free Fire, for their unjustified actions.

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“Daddy Calling” was the nickname of a player whose in-game ID was level 85. This is said to be the highest level attained for any player in India and quite hard to achieve. The player expressed his grief via Instagram stories and accused Free Fire of imposing ban on his account without any reason.

For a player to reach level 85, it requires a lot of hard grind and money, according to the player and his supporters. While his efforts are evident, the support “Daddy Gaming” has been receiving is immense. After he posted an Instagram story announcing the ban news and other details, the Free Fire community instantly responded with supportive messages and posts. Several gaming YouTuber active in Free Fire took a stance and reached out to their audience for a hand of support for the player.

Screengrab via CRP Gaming YT

In a post, “Daddy Calling” mentions that his Free Fire ID which was highest ranked as per the level in India has been suspended. Free Fire did not mention any reason for the ban and hence the player has been accusing them of unjust actions. He is also calling out some unnamed YouTubers who gained fame on his name and do not stand by his side when he needs the support.

While Free Fire is yet to comment on this issue, banning such a high profile player without any reason, as claimed, is quite absurd. One can expect an explanation on the game’s decision to ban one of the faces of Free Fire India community.

How to Get Free CP in Call of Duty Mobile?

Pranav Nalawade
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How to Get Free CP in Call of Duty Mobile?

How to get free CP in call of duty mobile? Here is the answer to all your queries.Call of Duty Mobile is a shootout game that originated from the US, Singapore, and was published by Activision and Garena. Call of Duty mobile was divulged or rather released on October 1, 2019, for both IOS and Android users for free.

Since then, Call of Duty has bagged the position of the most played game across the world, bringing its net worth to US$327 Million till now. To know how to get free CP in call of duty mobile read the article below.

How to Get Free CP in Call of Duty?

Call of Duty Mobile has an in-game currency named CP, which enables players to avail of various in-game items. Players can buy bundles, crates, and much more using CP, and also the battle pass of the game.

Users can participate in various events or battles organized by the COD and avail rewards against such games. Throughout the Battle Pass progression, you get the opportunity to earn various rewards and choose to spend this CP on items available in-store or save them for next season’s Royale Pass.

Apart from this, users can certainly visit various websites like swagbucks, google opinion rewards to avail free CP for Call of Duty Mobile. Here is a small list of apps that may help you to earn some free CP in COD Mobile –

Google Opinion Rewards

The most trusted way to actually earn some free CP is by filling the surveys on Google Opinion Rewards. What this app basically does is allots various surveys to the users on several occasions and pays you when you fill it. The surveys available depend upon many variables and hence earning money from this method may take some time.

The money that is earned through a survey can be used to recharge in-game in Google Play Store. So when you have enough money to buy some diamonds, go ahead and purchase them with the money you have collected by filling out surveys.

GPT APPS

GPT apps are basically the apps that pay you in points. There are several tasks to be completed and once it is done, the app rewards you with some points. Although all the apps have their own payment and reward system, the core remains the same. Once you gather enough points, you can exchange them to get Google Play Vouchers, Steam Codes, and other such things. GPT apps are mostly third-party apps or sometimes even available on App Stores.

One example of such apps is Poll Pay and Easy Rewards that are available on Google Play Store. Users can use such apps to redeem the rewards after completing several tasks present and then use them to redeem gift codes. Once you get gift codes, purchase CP from COD Mobile using them.

This is another simple method using which, you can earn a CP for free.

The apps mentioned are not tested by TalkEsport and readers are advised to check the policies of the third-party apps before opting for any survey or tasks that may expose their private data.

New VALORANT agent Stealth leaked by Data miners

Pranav Nalawade
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New VALORANT agent Stealth leaked by Data miners

Previously, Riot Games had revealed that they were planning to add about six new agents to the game every year. Judging by that number, the game should be getting a new Valorant agent once every two months, and it looks like it’s about time the competitive shooter gets a new agent.

Update: Valorant New Agent ‘Skye’ and Act 3 roadmap revealed

New Valorant Agent and Act 3 roadmap revealed

Recently, data miners have dug out strings suggesting a possible new agent being added to the game in near future. The agent is codenamed ‘Stealth’ in the game files of Valorant.

No further information is currently available about the new agent other than its codename. However, players are guessing that this new agent will rely on, you guessed it, stealth to mark his or her presence on the battlefield.

Riot hasn’t made any official announcements confirming this leak as of yet. Be sure to follow TalkEsport to keep yourself updated on the status of this new mysterious Valorant agent.

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