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Hrithik Roshan joins Free Fire as a new character

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Hrithik Roshan joins Free Fire as a new character

A new agent named Jai is revealed by Garena Free Fire which has striking similarities with Bollywood star Hritik Roshan. Some earlier leaks pointed towards some sort of a collaboration between Hritik Roshan and Free Fire which has been officially confirmed.

Free Fire recently posted a few teaser images about launching something exciting soon. The teaser points towards a new agent with “Be the Hero” tagline.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWrCY5Jniw/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_mid=3FDC275C-1C1A-4065-A261-D597B1D1701C

Finally on 29th August, all the leaks and rumours are verified as Free Fire officially introduces the new character ‘Jai’. The character is a SWAT agent trained to operate in the high risk situations who belongs to New Delhi, India.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEefdoWgz_0/?igshid=91xhk4cekcod

Jai will be an excellent agent for close combat battles and is perfect for players who like to hotdrop into blazing fires and challenge their opponents. Hritik Roshan, who is seen in action in many of his films, will enter the Free Fire battle arena with the same characteristics.

The agent will have a special ability named Furious Reload which will allow players to instantly reload their weapons, ranging from long range snipers to assault rifles and pistols. This quality will enable players to confidently enter the battlefields with no fear of running out of ammo.

Call of Duty streamer accidentally reveals cheats during live stream, channel gets deleted

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Call of Duty streamer accidentally reveals cheats during live stream, channel gets deleted

The cheater problem in Call of Duty: Warzone keeps getting worse as more and more cheaters are infesting the game, bypassing its anti-cheat system. However, the problem escalates further when these types of cheaters take it to streaming platforms like Twitch in attempts to raise their viewership by a display of “skills”.

Twitch streamer MrGolds found himself amid serious controversies when he was caught red-handed by his viewers while using cheats for Warzone.

Twitter user ERA7E captured the incident and shared it through a tweet, demanding for MrGolds to be banned for cheating. The clip shows MrGolds trying to defend himself after viewers suspected him of cheating.

“I play, and I look at the chat, and it’s like, what’s going on? You know what I’m saying? What’s going on, guys? Have you ever seen anyone play like me?” MrGolds says during the clip.

However, his viewers could see an EngineOwning tab running on his computer, which proved the fact that he was cheating. EngineOwning is a service that provides cheats for various games including Call of Duty.

Twitch was swift to take action on this matter, as the Twitch channel of MrGolds was deleted shortly after. The guidelines of Twitch strictly prohibit cheating in any form or in any game, which MrGolds had to learn the hard way.

GeT_RiGhT says he gets “death threats” from the community

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GeT_RiGhT says he gets “death threats” from the community

Christopher ‘GeT_RiGhT’ Alesund is a veteran in the professional CS:GO circuit. Currently playing for Dignitas, the player reveals that he “still gets death threats” from the community.

GeT_RiGhT is recognised as one of the best CSGO players in the world but the status hasn’t been stable recently. After getting signed by Dignitas, the player has been receiving hateful comments and death threats, as he reveals in an interview.

GeT_RiGhT and his team recently returned from vacation to return back to their practice regimen. The official Dignitas interview was supposed to reveal the insights about team’s future performance but the player’s comments about death threats caught an eye of the CS:GO community.

When the interviewer asked GeT_RiGhT to respond on people marking them as “the team that got together to have a comfortable way of retiring”, the player makes some shocking revelation.

GeT_RiGhT states that he does not feel offended by people saying such things but there are other bigger issues. He says, “The worst thing is that I still get death threats, I get people calling my mother out and other stupid shit that I should die.”

He further mentions that its okay for people to have their opinions but the entire thing is taking a toll on him and everyone gets “a bit angry” after hearing such comments.

GeT_RiGhT aslo says that when the team was formed, they knew it was going to be a struggle and “it was going to be a long and tough run”. According to him, the team was not formed “just take a paycheck” but their ultimate goal is “to improve, become better and have an opportunity to play in a big tournament, perform well and win it.”

Although the player believes in contrast of opinions, the hateful messages still take a toll on him. GeT_RiGhT ends the interview on a good note thanking the fans for being supportive and saying “we’re not here to just have fun. We are here to compete and show the fans that we still got it!”

The team will be practicing in teir one and teir two tournaments as the squad wants to change their mindset and play more official tournaments rather than major qualifiers and other big events like BLAST events and Dreamhack.

Source: Dignitas Interview

Ubisoft China launches coffee cup with handle on the inside, apologizes later

Sonu Banerjee
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Ubisoft China launches coffee cup with handle on the inside, apologizes later

Partnering up with the Chinese clothing company Sheepedia, Ubisoft China recently launched a coffee mug which looked rather unusual. The handle on the cup was located on the inside of the cup rather than the outside like a regular cup.

Soon after the release of the cup, it was termed as a manufacturing defect and was pulled off from the market.

Twitter personality Danial Ahmad said through a tweet that the company issued an apology claiming there was a “bug” in the production process.

However, the possibility that the incident was a clever marketing strategy rather than a “bug” can’t be eliminated. Danial mentioned this in a follow-up tweet which included pictures from the previous announcements of the collab between the two companies.

This “bug” seems to have received an overwhelming response from the audience, who wanted to buy the mug which was pulled off from the market. Sheepedia is reportedly working with Ubisoft China and the French Headquarters to see if they can sell the cups or give them away.

If this was indeed a manufacturing defect, it turned out to be hilarious; and if this was a marketing plan all along, then it was truly a clever one.

Indonesia announces Esports as an official sport

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Indonesia announces Esports as an official sport

Indonesian government has officially recognised esports as a sports discipline. The Indonesia Ministry of Youth and Esports and National Sports Committee (KONI) have given their nod of approval to esports during the 2020 National Conference of Central KONI.

As per the reports of VPEsports, The Indonesian government has also appointed Indonesia Esports Managing Committee (PB ESI) as “the only institution that can cover esports in Indonesia under KONI.”

Indonesia becomes the third country after Phillipines and Malaysia to recognise esports at the same level as traditional sports among the Southeast Asian countries.

PB Esports Indonesia (PBESI), is formed with a goal “to encourage the growth of esports in Indonesia by making Indonesia the most active and attractive esports center of Asia”, says their official website.

Recognising Esports as an equivalent to normal sports brings in a huge pool of opportunities for the industry. The most important change could be implementation of esports tournaments in the national sports events like National Sports Week(PON). The PON or Pekan Olahraga Nasional is a multi-sport event held every four years in Indonesia.

“Esports deserves to be recognized as an official sport as it implies skills, agility and strategy, some of the most important tools of any sports athlete”, says Daily Chairman of PB ESI during the same conference.

Esports has already been included into international multi-sports tournaments like 2018 Asain Games where League of Legends, StarCraft II and Clash Royale was played as demonstration sports. Later in 2019, SEA Games included esports in the medal events for the first time.

Post Malone now owns Esports team Envy

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Post Malone now owns Esports team Envy

Days after NBA legend and professional basketball player Ben Simmons joined FaZe clan as an investor and member, it’s Post Malone who is joining the list of celebrities who have invested in esports organizations.

The American rapper and singer has acquired an “undisclosed equity stake” in Team Envy, making him the co-owner of the esports organization based in Dallas, Texas. The star announced the news through a tweet on August 28th.

“I grew up in Texas and I’ve been gaming my whole life, so this just really felt right,” Post Malone said in a press release. “I have always wanted to be a part of bringing gaming into the professional sports world so to be involved with what Envy is doing in my hometown feels like such a perfect fit.”

Team Envy is a huge name in the world of esports. It has been in the scene since 2007 and has prominent competitive rosters in games like Counter-Strike, FIFA, Fortnite, Halo, League of Legends, Overwatch, PUBG, and Rocket League.

PUBG Mobile Anti-Cheat: 2.2 Million accounts banned for hacking

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PUBG Mobile Anti-Cheat: 2.2 Million accounts banned for hacking

PUBG Mobile revealed a big progress in their anti-cheat program. The officials have revealed that they have banned over 2.2 million accounts in the period of seven days. The massive banwave includes over 1.4 million devices getting banned for cheating.

PUBG Mobile made the anti-cheating announcement on several social media platforms and the numbers are huge for the timeframe of seven days. From 20th August to 27th August, PUBG Mobile has banned a total of 2,273,152 accounts and 1,424,854 devices for cheating with various methods.

The bans are distributed into several categories as follows:

  • X-Ray Vision – Cheaters who used stuff like wall-hack or any other cheat that allows them to spot enemies from a long distance. 32% were banned for using this.
  • Auto-Aim Hacks – The name says it all. The infamous hack was used by 27% of total banned players.
  • Speed Hacks – If you have ever spotted a Flash in-game, they were one of the speedhackers. 12% were banned for using this hack.
  • Modification of Parameters: Area Damage modifications led to 4% bans and modified character models led to 3% of bans.
  • Others – Exploiting the game in any other way possible. 22% were banned for using this.
PUBG Mobile Anti-Cheat
credits: PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile has been striving to create a better platform of fair-play since a long time and introduced several programme since the last year. The game is set to launch their big update on 8th September which is going to be a New Era for them. Along with various enhancements and new additions like Erangel 2.0, the anti-cheating measures are picking up the pace as well.

PUBG Mobile recently upgraded their anti-cheat system by introducing a “peer-review mechanism” that enhanced their ability to stop hackers from exploiting the spectator system. The game is also going to include a “Safety Observation Period” to further reduce the hacking cases.

Unknown 9: Awakening – Upcoming AAA Game Set in Kolkata, India

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Unknown 9: Awakening – Upcoming AAA Game Set in Kolkata, India

Friday’s Gamescom Opening Night Live saw game developers Reflector Entertainment revealing the first looks on their upcoming AAA title, Unknown 9: Awakening. The third-person narrative-driven action-adventure game will revolve around a girl named Harona who struggled all her childhood in the streets of Kolkata, India.

Unknown 9 is a “storyworld” by Reflector Entertainment which will include novels, books, podcasts, and games set in the real world but focusing on “ancient mysteries, secret societes, and deadly rivalries.”

The teaser trailer for Unknown 9: Awakening shows a girl who is presumably Haroona hiding something behind a wall when she gets attacked by a group of children. She falls to the ground and just when one of the children is about to hit her with a stick, she seems to phase out of the real world while emitting a strange shockwave. After moving out of the line of the attack, she appears back. Towards the end of the trailer, we could see two hands removing the brick from the wall behind which the girl had hidden the object.

An official summary given by Reflector Entertainment regarding the game says, “Raised on the streets of Kolkata, India and haunted by visions of her own death, Haroona struggles to understand her mysterious innate abilities to manipulate the unseen. A mentor soon helps Haroona hone her gifts, teaches her to access the mysterious hidden dimension known as the Fold and propels her on a journey to unlock the mysteries of this new realm.”

Here’s the first teaser trailer of Awakening:

https://youtu.be/KwYt4QE2MjM

Only a few months ago, another AAA game set in ancient India was announced. Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game that is set to be released in November 2020. The story of the game will revolve around Raji, a young girl who finds herself in the middle of a war when she’s chosen by the gods to defend the human race in a battle against the demon king Mahabalasura.

PUBG Mobile esports director: “We want to compete with League of Legends and CS:GO”

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PUBG Mobile esports director: “We want to compete with League of Legends and CS:GO”

PUBG Mobile is a flourishing esports title which is flying high since the very start. In their three year journey, the game has gained millions of fans worldwide and established a well-developed esports scene around this incredible battle-royale game. During an interview with Ginx Esports, the PUBG Mobile Esports director James Yang clarified their plans to compete with the leading esports titles like League of Legends and CSGO and even aim to become not only the best mobile esports title, but the number one esports title in the world.

How big is PUBG Mobile Esports?

PUBG Mobile Esports scene can be underestimated if you are not familiar with the mobile esports genre but looking at the numbers generated, the picture becomes very clear. PUBG Mobile has been steadily rising their prize pool bar. Esports scene for this game started with PMSC 2018 where $600,000 were up for grab and climbing steadily, they announced their biggest tournament named PMGC 2020 with a whopping $2,000,000 prize pool.

The most recent PUBG Mobile World League broke all the records, bringing in a landmark viewership of 1.1 million concurrent viewers and 40 million total hours watched. Tencent, the parent company, even built a state-of-the-art studio in Katowice,Poland for future LAN tournaments.

PUBG Mobile and mostly any other mobile esports is predominantly based in Asian region, with countries like China, Indonesia and India leading in the competition. As compared to the eastern countries, the European and North American region has not completely accepted the developing mobile esports culture.

The GINX Esports Interview:

Talking about the mobile esports developments in western countries, James Yang said, “We want to make this ecosystem pyramid in other countries with our learning from eastern countries. That’s something we want to do but we also know it takes time”

Specifying the team’s long term goals about building the mobile esports ecosystem in western countries, he adds “Europe, North America… they still, I think, need time to get used to mobile esports or even PUBG Mobile. So we’ll continue to push, we’ll continue to invest to make our own ecosystem in their countries. That’s absolutely an important mission for long term.”

PUBG Mobile Esports Director unveils their goal of becoming the number one esports game and talks about the possible pathway that will help them reach the milestone. “This year our teams has had some discussions of our long-term goals. We make plans for three, five years and we decided to become a tier 1 esport. Not just the number one mobile esport, but already we want to escape from the limitations as a mobile esport.”

He adds, “That is quite challenging but that’s what we’re trying to be. We’re aiming to be not only number mobile esport, but we want to be even maybe number one esports game in the world.”

The team also plans to work to compete with games like League of Legends and CS:GO and “go shoulder-to-shoulder with them or become even bigger” title.

TalkEsport Verdict:

The plans of PUBG Mobile Esports team are very ambitious but to actually compete on the scale of League of Legends is entirely different thing. League has a well established esports history of 10 years and their LOL World Championship brings in fierce competition with millions of dollars of prize pool. The tournaments are even hosted into most prestigious stadiums of the host country and the teams are touring across the country during groups. Teams like T1 and Faker have been the face of LOL Esports for the entire esports industry for a long time.

Similarly, CS:GO carries the legacy of CS 1.6 and Source and has their own well settled esports majors. With various teams securing the top spot over the course of seven years, CS:GO is the most popular First Person Shooter game and there are lots of teams and players who took the competition to utmost pinnacle of CS:GO and emerged out as legends in this game.

If PUBG Mobile is to be compared with these games right now, it is too soon for them to compete to become the best game in esports industry. While they are making steady progress in their Esports scenario, the game is close to become the best mobile esports. This game is known for its bugs and while they are being improved, another thing that stands in their way are cheaters.

There are a fair share of hackers in every game but in this case, the hackers are not only troubling casual players but they are nuisance in the esports industry as well. Recently 20 teams were banned from PMCO South Asian edition for hacking and it was a big disaster for PUBG Mobile Esports with a series of tournament pauses.

Considering all of these factors, PUBG Mobile can certainly become a top contender in the race to become the best mobile esports game but will need a considerable amount of time, atleast for now, to come into the race of becoming the best esports game in the world.

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PUBG Mobile: Erangel 2.0 to be released on 8th September

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PUBG Mobile: Erangel 2.0 to be released on 8th September

Erangel 2.0 is one of the most awaited map update in PUBG Mobile. PUBG Mobile recently made its biggest announcement that ushered the start of a “New Era” and finally the revamped Erangel map will make an appearance with the big update after getting developed for one year.

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PUBG Mobile announced that Erangel 2.0 will appear in-game with the big update on 8th September. Apple App Store made this announcement with an exclusive article in which they explore the new bits of this map with the applied enhanced graphics that will come in version 1.0 update.

About Erangel 2.0:

First disclosed in August 2019, Erangel 2.0 brought in a new experience to the game. With highly altered terrain to enhanced buildings, everything was meant to become more upgraded and realistic. The officials did not disclose any information about this topic until earlier this year, where they launched Erangel 2.0 in version 1.0 beta update.

Erangel 2.0 Features:

Revamped Locations:

Various locations on the map are changed. Right from Mansion to Sosnovka Military Base, the basic framework of this map has been revamped to add in more terrain details along with newly introduced broken tanks that will provide more cover and allow players to play around the open fields in more strategic way.

Georgopol and Prison had warehouses scattered all across and these warehouses are completely changed in look, right from the spacing of boxes within to the roof and floor details. Apart from that, Georgopol will look like a more realistic dock after adding seven more warehouses along with previously existing ones. Buildings and houses around the map are changed structurally and basements are added to them.

Dazzling graphics:

With the newly added graphics, the realistic feel of the game is bound to rise. The new era annoucement showcased beautiful stills from the map. Everything in Erangel 2.0 will have a touch of reality to it, right from the new smoke, explosions, and particle effects, to the shading and animations given to player characters and natural beauty around them.

The old Erangel map which has been in the game from the very start is getting replaced by the new Erangel 2.0 on 8th September 2020. Players can enjoy the old map till then to grab some wins and treasure their memories on the battlefield before moving on to adapting a better version of this classic map.

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