The PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will be the biggest esports competition in the historical journey of Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, and Intel will lead the charge as the overall backer of the occasion.
Tuesday, June 26th: PUBG Corporation declare that driving PC gaming innovation organization Intel has been named as the authority overall backer for the biggest Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) esports event ever; The PUBG Global Invitational 2018.
Being named the authority overall supporter of the PGI 2018, Intel will control the majority of the competition’s PCs with the eighth Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8700k processors. The hardware will facilitate driving gameplay and competition execution for every one of the expert groups that will contend at the occasion.
PUBG Global Invitational 2018
“We’re delighted to join forces with Intel for PGI 2018. The first global PUBG esports tournament hosted directly by PUBG Corp.,” said Richard Kwon, CMO, PUBG Corp. “We believe the commitment Intel is making to the event will help us in further unlocking the potential of PUBG esports. We continue to expand our efforts to audiences around the world.”
With the great innovation of Intel driving the occasion, PUBG Corp. is hoping to make a sprinkle in the industry. PUBG’s PGI 2018 aims to change the spectrum of the esports tournaments.
PUBG’s prize pool for PGI 2018 is larger than Valve’s Major
The PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will see 20 of the very best teams on earth. They will travel to the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany. The teams vie for an offer of the $2,000,000 prize pool from July 25th to the 29th. The teams will punch their ticket to the competition through anchoring triumph in qualifiers facilitated in their separate districts.
E-sports is officially recognized as a sport in Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports . This is reported on the website of the Committee on Sports and Physical Education of the ISS RK.
It is noted that the republican public association Qazaq Cybersport Federation, created last year by the e-sports enthusiasts, received support and recognition from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
“To date, a comprehensive targeted program for the development of e-sports has been developed and work has been carried out to join the international profile organizations.The officially recognized and accredited federation can now officially represent the country on international sites.
The Internet site of the federation is www.qcf.kz , – the report says. Chairman of the Board of JSC Kazakhtelecom, president of Qazaq Cybersport Federation Kuanyshbek Yesekeyev in Facebook noted that the federation will soon be able to tell about the first victories.
“The Ministry of Culture and Sports, on the basis of the application of our federation, officially recognized e-sports as a sport on June 25. I wanted to congratulate all e-sports fans on this,” he wrote. In October 2017, the International Olympic Committee took up the issue of recognizing e-sports as an Olympic sport.
According to reports of experts, in 2017 the turnover of the international eSports market amounted to $ 655 million, and, according to forecasts, by 2021 its turnover will exceed $ 1.6 billion.
Invictus completed a comeback of gargantuan proportions. Down 1 map and 4-12 in Nuke, the Hyderabadi stack not only took nuke, but ran over Entity on the decider, winning Inferno by a scoreline of 16-8 to grab the ESL INDIA Premiership Summer LAN Finale trophy.
Entity started their map pick on the CT side. Despite a lack of defuse kits in the pistol round, a quickfire 2k from Amaterasu ensured the round for the Blues. Excali though, responded with a 2k of his own – a snappy effort from the deagle – to successfully defend the bomb planted on the A site.
Invictus then decided to hit the B bombsite and secured the round, with Ribbi converting a 1v1 to push the score to 3-1 in favour of the Hyderabadi stack. Falken then responded with a 1v1 clutch of his own before Hellranger pulled off a brilliant 3k in defence of the B bombsite to level the scores at 3-3.
A team ace saw Entity take the lead. But, Hellranger, unfortunately, decided to reposition himself in a more passive position outside the B bombsite with the Auto Sniper just as Invictus were about to enter the site, which saw the T side grab the round.
Entity thwarted consecutive attempts from Invictus to hit the A bombsite through long to run away to a 6-4 lead before Marzil shut down a Mid-to-B take with a 3k to extend the lead.
Invictus finally found success at A long and subsequently won another round to close the gap to just 1 round. But, Falken pulled through with a 3k, with Entity grabbing the next round to end the half at 9-6.
Entity seemed to have broken through the B defence on pistol round before Pashasahil did the unthinkable, with a 4k on the B retake to secure the round for Invictus. Entity got their first round on the board on the back of a B rush, before securing two more rounds to push the lead to 12-8.
Invictus gave Entity a taste of their own medicine, shutting down the A long take attempt. Entity then chose to execute a Mid-B split, which saw Falken open up the Invictus defence with a 2k as Entity won the round.
Falken then opened up the A site to push Entity closer to the map win. But, Invictus showed they are no pushovers with a win on the quasi buy, shutting down Entity’s attempt to take control of the A site.
Entity though, did not let it make a huge fuss, securing the two rounds needed to take their own map pick with a scoreline of 16-10.
Invictus did not look comfortable starting on the CT side of their own map pick, Nuke, as Entity not only secured the pistol round but got seven rounds in a row without response. Invictus finally got a round on Board, shutting down Entity’s attempt to move to the lower bombsite through connector.
Invictus won another round before Entity hit back with a successful hit at the lower bombsite, with Hellranger having a blinder of a half. Entity extended the lead to 2-11, with Hellranger hitting the 20 frag mark already.
Invictus then showed their presence on the map, with a Team ace, before ending the half with another round win.
With the scoreline heavily tilted in favour of Entity, they started off well on the CT side, looking to secure a quick 2-0 win over Invictus. They executed a successful retake of the A bombsite to secure the pistol round.
Entity though, fumbled on the following round, losing the round to Invictus, who broke back on a quasi to pull one round back. Amaterasu though, broke back with a 2k, to push Entity closer to the map and series win.
5-13 and staring a 2-0 loss in the finals, it was the Invictus IGL who took matters into his own hands. A 1v1 clutch from Huntr paved the way for the start of a comeback at 13-6. Invictus then managed to string together 7 more rounds to level the scores at 13-13.
Invictus mixed it up in the rounds after it to push themselves on to a map point. But, Hellranger, who was having a blinder already, refused to sit back down and responded with a 3k of his own.
But, just as it looked that the game would be heading towards an Overtime, Huntr opened up the A site and pushed Invictus to take their own map pick 16-14.
With Invictus on a high after a brilliant comeback on Nuke, Inferno almost served the trophy on a platter for the Hyderabadi stack. Entity though, looked bright, securing the pistol round on the T side.
But, Entity hit the B site again. This time, Invictus defended with more guile and conviction, winning the round, despite a 3k from Amaterasu. A retake on B site saw Invictus get another round on the board.
With the score at 1-3, Psy unleashed his inner beast, with a 1v3 – 4 kills in total – on the B site, with some insane shots to pull a round back for Entity.
Invictus thwarted consecutive Entity attempts to capture the A site. The scoreline read 6-2 in favour of Invictus and it could have been 7-2, with Excali pushing at the opportune moment through Mid. But, his tick on his own Molotov gave away his position and Marzil eliminated him, which ultimately cost Invictus the round.
Confidence though, was running high in the veins of the Invictus players. And it showed on the server – Huntr with a 3k and then Manan came up huge on the B bombsite with an ace in the Anti-Eco round to push the lead to 9-3.
One of the absolute legends of the Counter-Strike scene, Ribbi then showcased why experience matters on the server, with a brilliant 4k as Invictus executed a successful retake of the B bombsite. A 4k from Huntr saw Invictus close out the half 12-3.
The comeback trail showed no signs of letting up, with Invictus winning the pistol round and the subsequent rounds to move to 15-3.
With Entity facing 12 series points, Psy came up huge again, with a 3k to deny the inevitable. But, Entity slowly began eating into the Invictus advantage, putting up 7 rounds on the board. And as Marzil hit two through the smoke and the coffin at B, there were echoes of a potential turnaround.
But, Invictus remained patient and used the experience to whittle down the Entity defence. A miscall or misread of the situation saw Entity draw players towards the B site. Invictus capitalized and took control of the A bombsite. Psy tried his best to complete another ridiculous 1vX situation, but only managed to kill two of them before falling down.
What seemed impossible at 5-13 was made inevitable by Invictus and their players. The Hyderabadi stack lay their hands on the ESL INDIA Summer trophy and the crown of the best Indian team, at least for the Summer season.
There are changes in the offing though. Marzil is set to be part of a historic Optic-INDIA venture. And, according to reports, Entity are set to bring in Excali from Invictus to replace the Optic-bound hybrid support player.
With Ribbi hinting towards a potential retirement, it will be interesting to see if Invictus return for the next season for the ESL INDIA Premiership with a new-look roster.
For now, Invictus reign supreme over the Indian CSGO scene.
Brutality and Entity met each other in the first of the semi-finals, with Dust2, Cache, and Overpass the maps emerging from the veto. The match turned out to be a battle of the better T side halves.
Dust2 started with Entity on the CT side and it looked like the Blues will bag the pistol round, before a hurried entry into the B site from Marzil saw Brutality overcome a 2v3 scenario. Marzil
though, more than redeemed himself for the error, with a snappy 2k from the Deagle to answer back as Brutality failed to get the bomb down in time.
Entity did string together two more rounds before Brutality hit back with a mid control and a subsequent B hit to make the score 3-2 in Entity’s favour. Venom & co. then added three more rounds to bring the score to 3-5 as Marzil was unable to capitalise on a KQLY-styled awp shot to convert the 1v2 at the A Bombsite.
Entity hit back by cleaning the A short take from Brutals before breaking the T side’s economy at 5 all. The crowd then witnessed a whole lot of shebang as Psy hit two noscopes on the B defence – a total of 3 kills. But, Brutality recovered from the Psy-strikes to take the round on a quasi buy.
Entity hit back to level the score at 6-6 before Marzil channeled his inner Fer to push B right upto the T base with the CT side moneymaker to make it 7-6. With the score at 8-6 and Brutality facing
a daunting defence of the plant at A site, Astarr took it upon himself with a 3k, ending the half at 8-7 in Entity’s favour, with the highlight of the round being his successful stab on Psy.
The stab seemed to have ignited fire under Psy’s belly as he had consecutive multikill rounds tobring the score to 10-7 before Amaterasu chipped in with a 3k to push the lead to 11-7.
Entity ran to a 14-7 lead courtesy of a 1v2 from Psy, with Brutality not having enough time to defuse the bomb. The Brutals responded with their first round on the CT site on the back of a 2k
from Venom but were powerless to resist Entity, who took Brutality’s map pick with a scoreline of 16-8.
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Brutality had to pull up their socks in Cache and that is exactly what they did starting on the T side, with captain Venom leading from the front. Entity lost the pistol round thanks to a quick 3k by f0xy on the defence of the A plant from Brutality.
Brutality did not falter on the anti-eco rounds and executed a fast paced A execute perfectly on the first buy round. The score soon read 0-5 for Entity, before Psy rose to the occasion with a 3k to get Entity on the board.
Astarr though, was determined to not let Entity in the game and returned Psy’s effort with a 3k of his own to break Entity’s economy at 1-6. Brutality put up four more rounds to push the lead to 10-2.
Entity somehow, woke up on the back of a nervy 3v2 retake on the B bombsite and got 2 rounds on the board before Venom hit back with a 3k to bring the score to 3-11. The half ended 12-3 in Brutality’s favour on the back of a brilliant effort from their captain Venom, who had 20 frags in the first half.
Entity chose to take Mid control in the second half pistol round before hitting the A site, a strategy that yielded them the round. The Blues then brought the deficit down to 6 rounds before it looked like Brutality had finally got Entity’s number on the back of Rix’s aggressive play at squeaky.
Marzil though, came up huge with a 1v3 – 4 kills in total – to continue Entity’s attempt to claw back into the match.
Entity raced to 8 rounds before a 3k from f0xy saw Brutality put up their first round on the defence. The Brutals then raced to map point, which they converted in the first try itself, thanks to a 4k from Venom to close out the map with the scoreline of 16-8.
The decider though, was complete domination from Entity on the back of some impressive shotcalling from Amaterasu, the new designated IGL, with Hellranger assuming the Lurker role recently.
Entity started on the T side and Falken did the honours this time around, with a 3k to win them the pistol round. Psy clutched a 1v2 on the first buy round as Entity raced to a 4-0 lead.
Brutality almost got a round back on the quasi buy, with Venom killing four. But, Entity held on to push the lead to 5-0. Rix though, made sure his effort was not in vain as he yielded the Big green
gun on the A defence and ensured Brutality’s first round on Overpass with a 3k.
Chaos ensued on the A site again as Marzil did break through the Brutal defence with a 3k but Entity failed to get the bomb down on time, gifting Brutality their second round of Overpass.
Entity then executed a slow B take to hit back with a round of their own, before pushing the lead to 9-2 on the T side before Marzil made sure Entity hit double figures on the offence with a 3k.
Falken then converted a low HP 1v3 situation at the A bombsite to extend the lead to 11-2. It looked like Entity will run away with the rest of the rounds but Brutality managed to win the last round of the half by thwarting a fast-paced B take from Entity.
Psy showed up big again, with a 3k propelling Entity to 13-3. Entity then raced to 15-3 before a 2k from f0xy saw Brutality delay the inevitable.
The match was then closed out by the star of the series, with Psy ensuring a 16-4 scoreline for Entity with a 3k on the B defence with a cheeky position beside the sandbags around the smoke.
In Bleh’s words,
it was the battle of the ‘Tity’s, with Entity coming out on top.
The second semi-finals saw Invictus being pitted against 2ez. 2ez went for Mirage as their choice of the map, with Invictus going with Train. Inferno emerged as the decider.
Mirage is considered 2ez’s homeground as far as the Indian scene is considered. But, Invictus schooled them in front of the Mumbai crowd, starting off with the pistol win to register a 2 advantage.
Rexy then brought one back with a 2k before Manan responded with a 2k of his own, this time from the connector with the Scout to thwart 2ez’s attempt to secure the A bombsite.
Invictus then devoured 2ez’s consecutive attempts at fast-paced B plays before a 3k from Pashasahil saw the legendary organisation race to a 6-1 lead. Invictus extended the lead to 9-1 before Huntr recorded a 3k of his own to push the lead to 10-1.
2ez did not seem to be getting any easy breaks anytime soon, with Pashasahil converting a 1v2 and Excali with a 3k on an A retake to push the score to 12-1. The half ended 14-1, with 2ez unable to unlock the Invictus defence.
And the Hyderabadi stack showed no signs of letting up, with Pashasahil opening up the B bombsite and ending up with a 4k. Pashasahil was the hero again as Invictus overturned a 2v4 situation to close the map 16-1 on the back of a 1v2 from Pashasahil.
In Archi’s words,
it was perhaps 2ez for Invictus on Mirage.
The start of Train set a similar precedence, with a successful A take before racing to a 7-0 lead. Recoilmaster though, made sure 2ez opened their account on the CT side with a 1v1 clutch on the A site.
2ez managed to string together 3 more rounds before Invictus hit back with 2 rounds of their own. Rexy then locked down the A defence with a 4k to record 2ez’s 5th round on the board. The half ended 10-5 as Tito was unsuccessful in his attempt to defuse in the smoke in a 1v2 situation.
Invictus looked intent on finishing things off quickly as they shut down 2ez’s attempt at B in the pistol round. Huntr then hit a 3k of his own to push Invictus to 13-5 and closer to the win.
But, this is where the real 2ez showed signs of waking up as Rexy clutched a 1v2 to record their first round on the T side of Train. Things looked dire though, as Invictus raced up to 15-6, with nine map and series points to their name.
Recoilmaster seemed to be delaying the inevitable with a 1v3 on the A site. But, the scoreline soon read 15-9 and as Poki opened up the B site with a sumptuous 2k, the crowd and the casters saw hope of another classic 2ez comeback.
Rexy did his best Poki impression on the B bombsite, opening up the Invictus defence with a 2k of his own to push the score to 15-12. in fact, the 2ez entry rifler was the reason for most of the rounds they managed to put on the board.
But, with the score reading 15-13, Invictus managed to lock down their defence on the A site, finally finishing the map and series. Huntr was undoubtedly the star with 37 frags on Train and was the highest fragger in the entire series.
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With the 2-0 win over 2ez, Invictus set up their date in the final of the ESL INDIA Premiership Summer LAN Finals with Entity, who overcame Brutality in the first of the semi-finals. Make sure to watch the final of the Summer LAN Finals exclusively on Hotstar.
The Summer phase of ESL India Premiership is all set to move to its final stage at the Dublin Square inside Pheonix Market City, Mumbai. The event would be held from June 23-24 which would feature three titles namely Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DotA 2 and Clash Royale with a massive prize-pool of ₹22,00,000. Counter-Strike would feature single-elimination best-of-three format amongst four popular teams – Team Brutality, Entity Gaming, 2EZ Gaming and Team Invictus.
The event would feature HyperX and OMEN booths while the formar would feature a flash sale on HyperX Stinger Core, HyperX Cloud Alpha, HyperX PulseFire and HyperX Alloy FPS Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. Apart from several brands, popular personalities including Abish Mathew, Gaurav Kapoor, Chanpreet Singh Bhui, Mohnish Nikam and Aarish Ansari will be attending the prominent event.
Map pool
Match-ups & schedule for June 23:
4:30 PM IST – Entity Gaming vs Team Brutality
7:00 PM IST – 2EZ Gaming vs Team Invictus
All the matches will be streamed live on Hotstar. Additional information regarding participants could be found in the previous article.
Team EnVyUs has co-operated with all the players of the primary and academy team for CS: GO. Founder, Mike “Hastr0” Rupheil said that the team will not abandon discipline and collect a new roster that will compete in North America.
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Earlier, Flickshot reported about the closure of the teams, referring to their own sources. According to their representatives, the following Team EnVyUs for CS:GO will not be completely be French.
A message from @hastr0 about the release of our current CS:GO roster and opportunities in NA. Look forward to more info about future Envy teams, coming soon! pic.twitter.com/6IFe9MtYCD
Team EnVyUs signed their first-ever Counter-Strike roster in February 2015. The different compositions of EnVyUs won the Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca 2015 major, WESG 2016, as well as several Gfinity and DreamHack series tournaments.
One day past the prestigious game’s nineteenth birthday, Valve has finally rolled out beta update for Panorama UI. Valve is six months short the due date since Panorama UI was expected to be released in 2017. This update has further smoothened the game and there’s hardly any fluctuation in the FPS count. As of now, there are no official servers in beta mode and the UI can either be experienced with bots or with friends by launching a private server. The size of the beta version is about 468MB.
Valve described this update as a ‘most substantial change to the look and feel of CS:GO since it’s inception’. Alongside Panorama UI, this update also brings a change in the animation of CZ-75 pistol. Valve is further working on Panorama UI but the biggest pieces were already ready for the community to experience it and provide constructive feedback.
Ninjas in Pyjamas player William “draken” Sundin has replaced Maikil “Golden” Selim in the Fnatic roster. The organization had earlier reported this on their official website.
William will take the position of primary sniper. In early June, Captain of Fnatic, Richard “Xizt” Landström reported in an interview with HLTV.org that Jesper “JW” Wecksell doesn’t want to permanently act with AWP, but play more universally. The first LAN-tournament for the renewed Fnatic lineup will be ESL One Cologne 2018, which will be held from July 3-8 in Germany. The prize fund of the championship will be $300,000 USD.
Golden has been playing for Fnatic since August 2017 and he has served as a captain. He became the team’s entry fragger at the end of May 2018 with the arrival of Landsström. With Fnatic, Selim won the IEM Season XII – World Championship and WESG 2017, top 4 finish at ECS Season 4 and ESL Pro League Season 6 and also got into top 8 at the ELEAGUE Major 2018.
June 10, 2018 proved to be a day of triumph for teams, Team Signify and 2EZ Gaming as they emerged victorious against teams Embrance Gaming and Entity Gaming respectively in their Dota 2 & CS: GO finals in the Mumbai Finale of Cobx Masters 2018: Phase I. The tournament, the first of its kind in Indian esports tournament, saw the winners taking home trophies and a cheque of Rs. 30,000/- each, along with Cobx merchandise. The runners-up were rewarded with Rs. 20,000/- each. The finale was hosted at Virtual Lounge in Bandra and saw an enthusiastic participation from both, players and gaming enthusiasts.
After competing through online stage and winning the semi-finals, Team Signify and Team Embrance Gaming of Dota 2 and Team 2EZ Gaming and Team Entity Gaming of CS: GO qualified for the Phase I Mumbai Finale, a day, the city’s gamers were keenly looking forward to as it’s one of the top tournaments in the country. The thrilling finale started at 3 PM, and amidst immense excitement, saw Team Signify rising to the champion position in the Dota 2 finale, while Team 2EZ Gaming took the conquering position in the CS: GO finale. Teams Embrance Gaming and Team Entity Gaming took the runners-up positions. The victorious teams now qualify for Phase II.
Sharing his thoughts, Jeet ‘Swifty’ Kundra of Team Signify, Dota 2 said, “We have been a part of various tournaments across the globe but playing in our hometown is like defending our territory, and we were confident that we’ll crush the opponents. With another win in the bag for Signify, we’ve qualified for the second phase of India’s biggest gaming tournament, which is an international tournament in India. With our eyes set on making a mark in the international professional circuit, we want to give our best and bring the trophy home, making our country proud. Right now, winning the coveted Cobx Masters title is one of our top priorities.”
While Rahul ‘t1to’ Sridhar of 2EZ Gaming, CS:GO said, “Today’s victory over our opponents has been massive for us. It was not an easy task, but with the dedication and effort put in by the entire team, we made it possible. A huge shout-out to Cobx Gaming for organising this tournament in an orderly and structured manner, and the outstanding hospitality provided to the teams, the levels of which are unheard of in the Indian esports scene. We have been playing CS:GO for a while now and have participated in various tournaments as well, but with the level of professionalism in Cobx Masters, we are driven to pursue it as a career, like thousands of gamers around the world. This win has fuelled our spirit to push ourselves further to win the tournament title.”
With the successful conclusion of Phase I in Mumbai, the expectations and excitement among the gaming enthusiasts have skyrocketed. All eyes are now on the remaining part of Phase I, which is sure to up the level of the games by several notches, with the best teams in contention. Cobx promises its community several more of these exciting days that will give India a taste of world-class gaming tournaments.
In an exclusive word with Gamasutra, EA creative officer Patrick Söderlund told the outlet the reaction has not been alright, and that it doesn’t anticipate changing its position, and in all honesty, isn’t keen on reaction over attempting to broaden.
“We stand up for the cause, because I think those people who don’t understand it, well, you have two choices: either accept it or don’t buy the game,” said Söderlund. “I’m fine with either or.”
The executive added:
“We felt like in today’s world—I have a 13-year-old daughter that when the trailer came out and she saw all the flak, she asked me, ‘Dad, why’s this happening?’
“She plays Fortnite, and says, ‘I can be a girl in Fortnite. Why are people so upset about this?’ She looked at me and she couldn’t understand it. And I’m like, ok, as a parent, how the hell am I gonna respond to this, and I just said, ‘You know what? You’re right. This is not okay.'”
“These are people who are uneducated—they don’t understand that this is a plausible scenario, and listen: this is a game,” he added. “And today gaming is gender-diverse, like it hasn’t been before. There are a lot of female people who want to play, and male players who want to play as a badass [woman].”
Many of those who used the #NotMyBattlefield hashtag complained that the inclusion of women was “historically inaccurate,” despite women playing a variety of roles during WWII as everything from fighter pilots to snipers. Söderlund found the response to be both ignorant and beside the point. ”These are people who are uneducated — they don’t understand that this is a plausible scenario, and listen: this is a game,” he says
EA is shipping the game it wants to ship, and it might sell less as a result, but I have to applaud them for staying their course.
Battlefield V is poised to release on October 19, 2018 via the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Backlash or no backlash, it will be one of the biggest releases this year, there’s no doubting that.
