Sports merchandize brand PUMA has today unveiled the first-ever Manchester City esports jersey for the 2020/21 season to be worn by Manchester City’s esports team. The bespoke new jersey has been specially developed exclusively for the esports team and features a stunning paisley pattern inspired by Manchester’s City’s Third kit.
Esports is a global phenomenon gaining immense popularity as a sport with spectators and players all over the world. PUMA is excited to continue its global esports strategy with the signing of some of the best esports organizations in the world.
PUMA and Manchester City look to push the boundaries of football and gaming by creating a bespoke jersey exclusively for the Manchester City esports team to celebrate culture on the pitch and off the pitch. PUMA will continue this trend with more products dropping throughout the 2020/21 season.
First Ever Manchester City Esports Jersey
The Manchester City esports jersey celebrates the rich music and fashion culture of the city. The jersey features a unique paisley pattern created for Manchester City featuring the details of the club’s crest. The pattern is synonymous with artists from the ‘Mod’ and the ‘Brit Pop’ eras of the 1990’s and was a staple of youth fashion in the 1960’s, influencing fashion and music culture in Manchester for generations.
The new Manchester City esports jersey will be available from September 24th at PUMA.com, ManCity.com and at select retailers worldwide.
Part of the Just Vote program, this collaboration specifically aims to reach young American gamers and esports fans and encourages them to check their registration status, as it relates to the upcoming November 2020 election and beyond. This non-partisan campaign will run across Enthusiast Gaming’s key media properties and YouTube channels, through October 5, with participants engaging in the campaign by using the hashtags #JustVote and #GamersVote.
Enthusiast Gaming is the largest platform of communities for gamers and esports fans and collectively, its communities provide an exclusive opportunity for Global Citizen to interact with loyal gamers directly, helping them reach their goal of engaging 1 million young voters and getting 50,000 young people registered for the first time or re-registered ahead of the 2020 elections.
Just Vote, a get-out-the-vote campaign which launched earlier this month, mobilizes support from artists, influencers, media and corporations to give young Americans the tools to use their voice in the 2020 U.S. elections, and rewards them with exclusive experiences, performances, and memorabilia, which can only be unlocked through checking their registration status.
Already aligned with the Just Vote Campaign are artists and entertainers including: Alanis Morissette, Billie Eilish, Billy Porter, Bob Weir, Dave Matthews, DJ Khaled, Donna Karan, Dove Cameron, FINNEAS, Gavin Rossdale, Jack Johnson, Julianne Hough, Kaia Gerber, Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, Lenny Kravitz, Loren Gray, Madison Beer, Meghan Trainor, Nicky Jam, Prince Royce, Quavo, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift and Usher.
Adrian Montgomery, CEO of Enthusiast Gaming commented, “We have a unique opportunity to work with one of the most influential and grassroots movements, to engage our platform of communities for gamers and esports fans to help change the world. Our platform has the largest gaming audience in North America and reaches over 300 million gamers monthly worldwide, of which 70% are Gen Z and MILLENNIAL. It’s brands like Global Citizen and HeadCount who recognize the value of these groups and their power to affect change. We are honored to work with Global Citizen and HeadCount to help build awareness and promote the Just Vote movement and feel proud that they have partnered with us on this initiative.”
In this iteration, Global Citizen and HeadCount will look to Enthusiast Gaming, which has the largest gaming audience in North America, to promote the importance of voter awareness and registration among its monthly audience of over 65 million gamers in the U.S., which is heavily skewed to Gen Z and Millennials.
Enthusiast Gaming’s reward incentives include a Fortnite gaming experience with Luminosity Gaming’s esports celebrity influencer, Muselk (10M+ followers on YouTube and Twitter), a signed jersey from celebrity brand ambassador and shareholder, NFL star Richard Sherman, team Luminosity swag, signed jerseys from the Vancouver Titans of the Overwatch League and Seattle Surge of the Call of Duty League, and Pokémon merchandise signed by gaming YouTube influencers Mystic7 and JTGily. This collaboration signifies that gaming is a dominant social media platform, and that Enthusiast Gaming’s roster of celebrity influencers, YouTube stars and digital advertising inventory, provide more touchpoints to reach the Gen Z and Millennial audience than any other such company.
Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Citizen said, “We are excited to partner with Enthusiast Gaming to engage with their significant platform of young gamers to reinforce the importance of voter registration and empower them to get out and vote.”
Global Citizen and HeadCount realize that young people are more powerful than ever with more than a third of eligible voters classifying as Gen Z or Millennials. More importantly, 83% of people ages 18-29, believe they have the power to change the country and the world, but only 60% are planning to vote.
The partnership between Enthusiast Gaming and Global Citizen on the Just Vote campaign has an opportunity to empower these demographics to register to vote and increase involvement this election year.
Starting today, customers in the U.S. can request early access to Amazon Luna, a new cloud gaming service designed for instant play. With Luna and the incredible scale and capability of Amazon Web Services (AWS), it’s easy to stream high-quality, immersive games. Players can enjoy Luna games on their favorite devices without lengthy downloads or updates, expensive hardware or complicated configuration. They can even start playing on one screen and seamlessly pick up and continue on another. At launch, Luna will be available on Fire TV, PC, and Mac as well as on web apps for iPhone and iPad, with Android coming soon.
Players can subscribe to the Luna+ game channel, which offers a growing library of games to play on Fire TV, PC, and Mac, or through web apps on iOS, with Android coming soon. During early access, Luna+ will include action games like Resident Evil 7, Control, and Panzer Dragoon; adventure games like A Plague Tale: Innocence and The Surge 2; platformers like Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair and Iconoclasts; and fan favorites like GRID, ABZU and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Luna+ will be offered at an introductory price of $5.99/month during the early access period, with more titles to be added over time. Additionally, Luna+ subscribers can play on two devices simultaneously and get resolutions of 4K/60fps for select titles.
Amazon also announced a new gaming channel with leading global video game publisher Ubisoft, available directly through Luna. Players who subscribe to this channel will have access to their favorite Ubisoft titles in up to 4K resolution, mobile gameplay, and access to new titles when the channel launches like Assassins Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, and Immortals Fenyx Rising the same day they release. This is the first of multiple Luna game channels in development, where customers can play games from their favorite publishers and genres.
UI of Amazon Luna – Photo: Amazon
“We created Luna to make it easy to play great games on the devices customers already own and love,” said Marc Whitten, Vice President of Amazon Entertainment Devices and Services, in a statement.
Last year, Google introduced Stadia, which allows players to stream console-quality games to streaming devices, smartphones and tablets.
We are in the seventh month of this unprecedented threat to our existence and there is still no hope of a resolution. Although the recovery rate is explicable, there are still no way to limit the death numbers in case of a critical turnaround.
I am sure people are doing their best to social distance and maintain their hygiene, but it is not enough for the global situation. We ourselves at TalkEsport had been contributing, collaborating with international relief groups to extend our support, and we need your support.
Bankrate is an american based personal finance company that guides people through steps of their financial journey, and moreover they’ve published a guide on how to use your unused credit card rewards to fight the COVID-19 crisis.
If you’re from the United States, this guide will take you through the process of identifying the card you’re holding and then allowing you to make a generous contribution towards one of your preferred charitable organization. Otherwise, should you wish to donate your money to the NGOs working at the behest of World Health Organization, you can follow the link and do your share.
This article is a part of our COVID-19 series which is irrespective of the industry and topic we usually cover.
Among Us is a game of deception and stealth, where being able to identify other players at the faintest glimpse can be the key to winning. But what if there was a way for you to make your name invisible to the other players in the game?
Among Us features upto ten players who are spawned in a spaceship. Out of them, there are some impostors who the crewmates have to find out and kick from the ship before they manage to kill everyone. Crewmates have to use their wits to deduce who the impostor is while simultaneously doing tasks scattered across the ship to win.
Each player in the game has to start with a name that, along with their color, is generally used to identify them as a potential suspect or crewmate. That is the reason why the game prohibits you to leave your name empty. However, some players have found a way for you to bypass this and make your name completely invisible to others, and here’s how it’s done.
All you need to do is to set your name as a certain character which although exists, is invisible to everyone. The “Hangul Filler” is a Korean character which can be entered as your name in Among Us and join a game with an invisible name
Click on the “Hangul Filler” character inside these parentheses and copy it (ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ);
Launch Among Us
Click on ‘Online’
Click on the box which allows you to add your name
Paste what you copied
Join a game
That’s all you need to do to make your name invisible to others in Among Us. Be warned though, others can still use your color to identify you, but it’ll surely make life a bit more difficult for whoever it is you’re playing with.
Among Us has completely taken over the gaming industry. The game looks very simple without any quirky graphics but is standing out due to its fun playstyle. Among Us has reached new highs in terms of popularity with the acclaimed faces of streaming are choosing this game to entertain their viewers.
The streamers playing Among Us took the gameplay to a new level with their ability to entertain the viewers. Here is the list of who we think are the top five streamers you should check out to enjoy the game to the fullest.
Ninja
Photo: Hollywood Reporter
Ninja kickstarts this list and is easily one of the best Among Us streamers. He has returned on Twitch when Mixer was merged with Facebook Gaming. With this comeback, Ninja has started to slowly regain his status as the biggest streamer on the planet. He plays Among Us alongside other games but remains true to his competitive spirit in every game.
Ninja can be seen playing Among Us with a fully focused mindset and his hunger to win in every game no matter what is evident on his streamers. Although he is focused, the gameplay has its own entertaining tint alongside its competitive shade.
Shroud
The man known for his insane aiming skills in tactical shooter games also makes an appearance on this list. Similar to Ninja, Shroud brings his strategic mind to play this game. Although the game seems pretty simple, it can be made competitive enough if tactical masters like Shroud apply their brains.
Shroud plays this game by creating scenarios that will favor him when he is an Imposter and plays with his opponent’s minds so that they won’t doubt him. Here is a perfect example of how Shroud can absolutely make a fool of you if he wants to.
TimTheTatman
Tim is one of the biggest streamers in the world who brings thousands of viewers pulled on his stream whenever he goes live. Although he streams a variety of games, this list would have been incomplete without him. This man is an excellent entertainer and makes his audience stick around for a long time.
Tim brings his group to play Among Us and the viewers are guaranteed to enter into bouts of laughter whenever he gets killed, gets wrongly accused, or fails to achieve his targets as an imposter. Tim was laughed at when he could not grab a win in Fall Guys and is known for his silly failures in such games. Whether he wins or fails, he makes sure that his viewers are entertained throughout the stream.
xQc
This former Overwatch professional player has turned in a big streamer with his great entertaining skills. xQc is a perfect mix of enough competitive nature and quirky play style that makes him either a genius at this game or absolutely batters him. Alike Ninja, he tries to approach this game with a winning point of view and tries crazy plans to help him win.
Whether he wins or loses the game, one this is certain that he will not disappoint any viewer who has tuned in to watch his streams. Without a doubt, xQC makes Among Us viewing experience as an absolute treat for his audience.
Disguised Toast
Disguised Toast has insanely gained traction and popularity and is known as one of the best players in the game. He is gaining a large number of views ranging in millions in all of his recent streams on Facebook Gaming and successfully collaborated with famous streamers around the world like PewDiePie and Ninja.
Disguised Toast stands out of the pack because of his game style and streaming methods. Using both the audio and video to interact with his fellow streamers, Toast creates a mini suspense thriller on screen for every match. His devious methods to trick his opponents enter new heights whenever he becomes an Imposter. With his crazy skills and on-point predictions, he baffles his opponents as well as his own crewmates. He is probably the biggest streamer that will provide the best Among Us experience from this list.
Tuscan is one of the most iconic maps in Counter-Strike history. If you’re an avid fan of the series, there’s not a chance that you’re unfamiliar with de_tuscan. The map had made its place alongside great maps like Inferno, Aztec, and the legendary Dust 2.
While Tuscan was discontinued from the series from the days of Source and was absent from CSGO, fan-made versions of the map still continued to rock the Steam workshop.
However, it looks like Tuscan is about to make its return to CSGO. It didn’t come as a surprise, though, considering the fact that Don Haci had said last year that a rework of the map was in progress.
Since the current map-pool discussions are a hot topic right now, a while ago credible sources told me that de_Tuscan was being reworked on by mapmakers and once completed the first looks of the map might be out in as short as the next couple of months.
Tuscan was one of the most loved maps back in CS 1.6 days. The spawns gave CT an advantage while holding middle and the sites simultaneously, but good utility usage and map awareness could easily enable Ts to control crucial areas of the map. The amount of room for counterplay from both sides gave the bomb defusal map its historic status among the other legendary maps in the game.
On September 23rd, Norse confirmed on Twitter that two map creators “Brute” and “catfood” are working on the official version of de_tuscan with permission from the original map creator. He also stated that the map is still in its early stages, and asked for professional players to playtest it. He attached a screenshot of the new Tuscan which you can take a look at below.
Ever since the release of Riot’s competitive shooter, it has been riddled with a variety of bugs. You might remember the days of Omen killing everyone in the game without taking a hint of damage, but the kind of bugs that annoy players more are the ones that don’t even let you launch Valorant. The ‘connection error’ bug in Valorant has been prevalent for a while in Riot’s new title. The error, much like the ‘error code 0’, prevents you from launching the game or joining a match.
In case you’re having similar problems with the game, you’ll be pleased to know that the solution to this issue is quite simple. Here are some of the steps you can try to fix the problem:
Restarting Router/Modem
In case you haven’t already, this is something you must try before moving on to the next step. If the root of the problem lies in your internet connection, restarting your modem or router might just be enough to fix your ‘connection error’, but on the off chance it doesn’t, read on.
Relaunching Vanguard
The ‘connection error’ mostly occurs due to a problem caused by Vanguard, Riot’s anti-cheat engine which aims to keep cheaters at bay. Relaunching Vanguard may solve this problem. To do so, first, you’ll need to restart your computer. Vanguard will launch automatically at your next boot. Try launching Valorant again, if the problem persists, proceed to the next step.
Reinstalling Vanguard
If relaunching Vanguard doesn’t fix it, reinstalling it is your next step. A fresh install of the anti-cheat engine has a high chance of fixing your issue once and for all. To uninstall Vanguard, right-click on the Vanguard icon at the bottom-right of your taskbar and click on uninstall. Once done, relaunch Valorant and Vanguard will automatically install itself once again. After a reboot, you should be good to go.
Reinstalling Valorant
This is your last resort if the problem keeps on repeating itself despite your most valiant efforts. Uninstall Valorant from the control panel, make sure Vanguard is uninstalled too, then download your new copy of Valorant from the official website.
We hope you found these tips helpful for fixing your ‘connection error’ in Valorant. Keep following TalkEsport for more tips, tricks, and news involving Riot’s FPS title Valorant.
ESL is coming up with a Valorant tournament for the SEA region. The tournament will be hosted this fall with a total prize pool of $10,000.
We are excited to announce the ESL Community Clash – Valorant, presented by Intel.
4️⃣ Qualifiers -> 2️⃣ Monthly Finals -> Grand Finals With a total prize pool of US$10,000, the ESL Community Clash is open to all teams in Southeast Asia! Find out more:
The ESL Community Clash- Valorant begins on October 10. Three stages will be included in this series, starting with the Open Qualifiers where teams will compete in a single-elimination bracket. The top 4 teams from each of the Open Qualifiers will qualify for the Monthly Finals. The top 4 teams emerging victorious from the two Monthly Qualifiers (October & November) will advance to the Grand Finals, where they will compete for a grand prize pool of $10,000 USD.
ESL Community Clash – Valorant Schedule:
October Open Qualifier #1 – 10 Oct
October Open Qualifier #2 – 17 Oct
October Monthly Finals – 24 & 25 Oct
November Open Qualifier #1- 7 Nov
November Open Qualifier #1- 14 Nov
November Monthly Finals – 21 & 22 Nov
Grand Finals – 27, 28 & 29 Nov
ESL Community Clash-Valorant Prize money distribution:
Valorant became famous right from the start with flourishing competitive esports of this game. This game gave birth to dominating line-ups like G2 Esports in Europe and ultimate rivalries like Sentinels vs TSM in North America.
This tournament is a chance for upcoming Valorant professional teams in the Asian region to mark their dominance in this circuit and showcase their talent to the entire world.
Following several leaks from the community, Riot Games has finally decided to release the heavily anticipated Smite collection to their store, and the skins look gorgeous!
The skins feature a blue and cyan theme with stripes between them in the shape of lightning bolts, giving each skin a very unique look. The collection features skins for the knife, Phantom, Odin, Judge and Classic.
While it can’t be said that the Smite collection is the best one in the game, the price tag on it more than makes up for the fact. The entire Smite collection is available for a low price of 3,500 Valorant points, which costs just under $40.
The skins can also be purchased individually from the store if a player chooses not to get the entire bundle. Each skin separately costs 875 Valorant Points while the knife costs 1750 Points.
The release should come as no surprise to players considering the fact that every single one of the skins were already leaked by dataminers about a week ago.
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