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Epic accidentally announces GTA 5 Free on Twitter

Maël Valentin
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Epic accidentally announces GTA 5 Free on Twitter

Besides the rumors since yesterday, Epic Games have added fuel to the fire by an ‘accidental’ tweet. The post is now obviously deleted, but it has already been preserved by users. One such Twitter user @Wario64 has re-tweeted it, which appears to be a teaser announcement of the game.

First revealed by the folks over at GamePressure.com, Epic Games is on a spree to offer free games in this ongoing lockdown. In the video teaser, it appears that the game will be available to keep FOREVER!

Although Epic Games Stores and Rockstar Games have yet not spit the beans themselves, and we’ll still wait for an official announcement.

Grand Theft Auto 5 by Rockstar Games is currently available for purchase at roughly $39.99, and Epic Games giving it for free has a lot of value to it. It is also imperative to note that Grand Theft Auto 6 is also in the works as per multiple sources, and it might come around in the year 2022 for an official release, which is why GTA 5 for Free could be a marketing technique by both Rockstar Games & Epic Stores.

Riot Games to host $600k League of Legends Mid-Season Cup

Pranav Nalawade
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Riot Games to host $600k League of Legends Mid-Season Cup

Riot Game has announced that it will host an online tournament on May 28 titled League of Legends Mid-Season Cup, featuring a $600K USD prize pool and eight teams from LPL (China) and LCK (Korea).

Beginning Thursday, May 28, the top four teams from the LPL (China) Spring Split will line up against the best four from the LCK (South Korea) Spring Split in a special League of Legends Mid-Season Cup. In this star-studded showcase of League of Legends talent, the best teams from each league’s 2020 Spring Splits will face off in a series of epic matches to see which team is truly the greatest!

While the current environment has made it difficult to host international events, the close proximity of the LCK and LPL allow for the opportunity to create a meaningful inter-league competition that fans all over the world are eager to see.

The tournament will be held online with LCK teams competing from LoL Park in Seoul and LPL teams from the Shanghai LPL Arena. The Mid-Season Cup will adhere to the local health regulations of both cities and will feature no live audiences.

Teams Attending:

The four teams representing the LPL will be JD Gaming (LPL 2020 Spring Split Champions), Top Esports, FunPlus Phoenix and Invictus Gaming.

Representing LPL (China):

  • JD Gaming
  • Top Esports
  • FunPlus Phoenix
  • Invictus Gaming

Representing LCK (South Korea):

  • T1 Entertainment & Sports
  • Gen.G Esports
  • DragonX
  • DAMWON Gaming

To get an idea about where the teams individually stand on the race to the top, this tracker features League of Legends World Championship Odds. There has been lot’s of movement this past few months, with teams competing on a weekly basis. Two consistent teams to watch out for are DragonX and Gen.G.

While the LCK has earned seven international global event titles (League of Legends World Championship from 2013-2017; Mid-Season Invitationals 2016, 2017), the LPL has dominated the most recent global events, taking home Worlds in 2018 and 2019 in addition to their 2015 and 2018 MSI titles.

While the LCK has earned seven international global event titles (League of Legends World Championship from 2013-2017; Mid-Season Invitationals 2016, 2017), the LPL has dominated the most recent global events, taking home Worlds in 2018 and 2019 in addition to their 2015 and 2018 MSI titles.

In order to ensure the integrity of the competition, Riot Games said that they artificially standardize the ping level to 30-40m/s through the use of third-party tools. While the current environment has made it difficult to host international events, the close proximity of the LCK and LPL allows for the opportunity to create a meaningful inter-league competition that fans all over the world are eager to see.

Fans can watch the live Broadcast here.

Abed is the first Dota 2 player to reach 11,000 MMR

Varun Gavankar
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Abed is the first Dota 2 player to reach 11,000 MMR

Abed Azel ’Abed’ L. Yusop currently playing for Evil Geniuses becomes the first player in the history of Dota to achieve the 11,000 MMR milestone.

Photo via DreamHack

Abed’s Dota scene kicked off in 2016 when he crossed the 8000 MMR barrier and came under the spotlight. His grind never stopped, fast-forwarding to next year, in 2017, Abed achieved 9000 MMR and later that year he was the first player to hit five-digit MMR, 10,000. Ahead to 2019, when a new Medal System was introduced in-game and your profile had two different MMR’s, Solo and Party (now it’s only single MMR), Abed was once again the first player to reach 10,000 MMR solo in June and now although it’s 2020, looks like nothing has changed, EG’s star mid-laner who is only 19-year-old is the first one to reach 11,000 MMR.

10,000 MMR club was getting crowded lately with ample of players achieving the milestone. With the on-going pandemic it’s been a while since Abed played any competitive Dota with Evil Geniuses as the star player is stuck in his hometown. This certainly led the player to have time to grind in pubs and achieve the milestone.

The screenshot that Abed shared in his announcement tweet also shows an impressive win rate of 73.3% on Meepo off the 525 games played alongside highest win streak of consecutive 16 games on Invoker and Templar Assassin.

As the current season seems to have lasted close to eight months instead of resetting every 6 months, it is highly likely the rank system to reset with the upcoming Battle Pass update which Valve has promised. With the update being closer, fellow other players from 10K MMR club are on a ticking clock to climb the 11K ladder.

Unreal Engine 5 Unveiled with PS5 Demo Graphics

Anuj Rautela
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Unreal Engine 5 Unveiled with PS5 Demo Graphics

The Unreal Engine 5 was showcased by Epic Games today which featured a real-time PlayStation 5 tech demo titled “Lumens in the Land of Nanite” which is not even any sort of a game in development but is still pretty much playable. Epic Games CTO, Kim Libreri said, “It is not a real game!”, but Sweeney interjected with a surprising twist by saying that, “It is playing 100% in real-time on the PS5 and you do have full control over the character.”

It turned out that game is not in development and has no plans for future release; it just functions on its own.

Libreri confirmed by saying that, “It is totally playable.” “In fact, if GDC happened we would have let people play through the thing”, he further added.

This means that Epic Games did not create a fully playable game for the PlayStation5; however, they did build a working & playable demo running with the help of PS5 dev kit. In an interview, Libreri told IGN that, “I think a lot of people [will ask], ‘Oh is [the demo] real?’ But you know that demo was grabbed from the back of a PlayStation 5 development kit. An HDMI cable went into a disc recorder and played out real-time — no editing, no tricks, that’s what comes off the box.”

This means that you won’t be able to play Lumens in the Land of Nanite when the PS5 is released. Tim Sweeney stated,
“The technologies that we’re showing today [are] going to enable entirely new types of games that we can’t even envision yet. And that’s the exciting part. We can’t even imagine yet what this is going to enable the industry to do.”

CS:GO – BLAST is considering rule to allow substitutes during half-time

Sonu Banerjee
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CS:GO – BLAST is considering rule to allow substitutes during half-time

BLAST is a renowned name in the professional CSGO scene and is one of the biggest tournament organizers in CSGO. Recently, they have also announced entering into the Dota 2 scene with a new Bounty Hunt tournament which is set to revolutionize the viewer experience. According to a DBLTAP report, BLAST might be contemplating a rule change that may allow teams to switch players after half-time.

Previously, teams were able to make player substitutions only after a map ended. BLAST Premiere’s current rules allow teams to carry two extra players on top of the usual five-man roster and substitute players between matches; but with the new rule, teams will be able to make those changes even after half-time of a game. Although, interestingly no team had previously used their substitutions between maps even though the rules allowed them to. This new rule might just change that.

This was after Astralis had signed themselves a seven-player roster. Earlier, we had reported the possibility of Astralis signing Patrick ‘es3tag’ Hansen which happened soon afterwards. Recently, Astralis have also signed Jakob “JUGi” Hansen to complete their seven-man roster. The new potential change in the rulebook of BLAST Premiere is certain to be a welcome one for Astralis as it’ll make the extra members in their roster even more relevant.

The changed ruleset can be implemented from BLAST Premier Spring Showdown which is scheduled to start from May 31 and will be split into two divisions for North America and Europe respectively.

Photo via BLAST.

GTA V reportedly going free on Epic Games Store

Prateek Jain
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GTA V reportedly going free on Epic Games Store

According to some rumors, Epic Games Store may giveaway GTA 5 for free to its users starting tomorrow (May 14th) till May 21st. EGS will giveaway the “Premium Online Edition” which will include the base game as well as Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack.

Similar as before, users will need to login on the EGS app with two-factor authentication enabled. After that, adding the game to the library during the promotion will add a permanent license to the account.

To this date, the game is selling very well and since its launch, it has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide. GTA V is the best selling game in the series as well as one of the best selling video game ever.

Since the Coronavirus crisis, GTA V has always remained in the top 10 most played games on Steam, and Rockstar is still adding content to the game regularly. The recent Casino update was also very well received and players loved the new quest.

PUBG Mobile Royale Pass Season 13 – All you need to know

Anuj Rautela
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PUBG Mobile Royale Pass Season 13 – All you need to know

A new season of PUBG Mobile means a brand new Royale Pass with tons of weapons skins, dance emotes, clothes, bag pack & helmet skins and much more. Let’s have a closer look at season 13’s Royale Pass.

Photo: Tech2

This season’s theme revolves around toys and is somewhat similar to that of “Power Rangers” with three different costumes to choose from. Also, this season players will be able to pick between AG UC and normal UC from the Royale Pass. There will be an event by the name of “Toy Mastery” in which players can unlock three different forms of “Puppet Agent Set” by completing certain in-game missions.

These are the rewards in Season 13’s Royale Pass:

  • Level 1- Puppet Agent Set (basic) and Rock ‘n’ Roll Aug Skin
  • Level 5- Puppet Agent Mask (basic)
  • Level 10- Smoke Grenade Skin
  • Level 15- Royale Pass Avatar (season 13)
  • Level 20- Hotdogmobile Motorcycle Skin
  • Level 25- Pineapple Prince Ornament
  • Level 30- Rock n Roll set
  • Level 35- Dynamic Wave Dance
  • Level 40- Rock n Roll Helmet Skin
  • Level 45- Royale Pass Frame
  • Level 50- Fire Ranger Set
  • Level 55- Draw Bow MVP Emote
  • Level 60- 8-bit Fort Finish (Aeroplane Skin)
  • Level 65- Ultra Defender Avatar (Season 13)
  • Level 70- Puppet Agent Set (Advanced)
  • Level 75- Puppet Agent Mask (Intermediate)
  • Level 80- Bag Lunch Backpack
  • Level 85- Ultra Defender Crate
  • Level 90- Toy Alliance (Vector Skin)
  • Level 95- Nebula Hero Emote
  • Level 100- Nebula Hero Set + Headgear

This season’s Royale Pass surely looks amazing.

FlyToMoon replaces Natus Vincere at OGA Dota Pit Online

Varun Gavankar
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FlyToMoon replaces Natus Vincere at OGA Dota Pit Online

The OGA Dota Pit Online Europe + CIS Edition is ready to commence tomorrow onwards, 13th of May, Wednesday. Although just a day before to the event, Na’Vi was one of the ten teams alongside powerhouses like OG, Secret that were invited to the event, and now Na’Vi has withdrawn from the OGA Dota Pit Online.

Na’Vi had an unfortunate end to their run at the WePlay! Pushka League. Na’Vi dropped straight 4 games in the hands of Secret and Alliance in B03 series each and the very last game that Na’Vi lost against Alliance was because of a regrettable mistake by mid-laner of Na’Vi, Idan “MagicaL” Vardanian, who got caught off-guard alone having Divine Rapier on Medusa while going to take a Bounty Rune on his own. This resulted in the Rapier to go in-hands of NikoBaby on Shadow Fiend and led Alliance to a massive comeback win in a game that was already almost won by Na’Vi.

There’s no official word yet about Na’Vi pulling out of the tournament, neither by Natus Vincere themselves nor by the organiser of the event. However, the news is confirmed on the event page on Liquipedia and it also states that FlyToMoon is going to replace Na’Vi.

FlyToMoon, a team which was a dark horse who prevailed against OG and Virtus Pro at the EPICENTRE XL in 2018, till date has the same mid-laner Bogdan “Iceberg” Vasilenko and once again is going to brawl together with OG and Virtus Pro at the OGA Dota PIT Online. However, a lot of things have changed in the past years from former players, patches, new neutral items, and whatnot. Against all odds, will FlyToMoon once again is going overpower others? Time will only tell.

Source: Cybersport.RU

Riot bans 8,500 Valorant cheaters in a day

Anuj Rautela
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Riot bans 8,500 Valorant cheaters in a day

Riot launched their tactical FPS “Valorant” just a month ago and the game has already caught the attention of fans and players all around the world. When it comes to players using unfair means to get ahead in the game, Riot Games is sparing none.

However, the tech behind Riot’s anti-cheat detection system has been a topic of controversy since the release of the game. The system was designed to stop several malicious attacks and to enhance the overall protection, but instead it led to driver problems, frequent disconnects and frame drops at times that led to an outrage among the fans and players.

Despite the criticism, it was revealed that the system is doing its job well. The system makes use of Fog of War and server authoritative movement netcode along with machine learning research and player reports & data analysis to identify the cheaters and ban them from the game. As per Riot’s K3o, this is just the beginning.

8873 Cheaters banned from Valorant
by u/OWPD in VALORANT

Also Read- New Regions Added in Valorant’s closed beta

Riot is looking to release the game in other regions as well. The full game is expected to release somewhere around the summer of 2020.

Valorant new patch set to change ability prices and weapon mechanics

Sonu Banerjee
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Valorant new patch set to change ability prices and weapon mechanics

Through a Tweet recently, Riot has announced about an upcoming “Beefy new patch” for VALORANT.

From hero fixes to weapon changes, patch 0.50 brings a variety of changes to the game which can potentially change the current meta of the competitive shooter. The full details of the upcoming patch are mentioned in the blog post by Riot on VALORANT’s official website.

The weapon accuracies for guns have been changed massively. After numerous complaints by the community about the recoil-reset times of the guns which made tapping or bursting terribly inefficient, Riot has decided to fix the issue. Not only did they improve accuracy of guns when coming to a stop from running, they also improved the recovery times on all rifles to make tapping and burst-firing more viable. Besides this, they reduced the accuracy of the rifles while walking. Another notable change is the reduction in price of the machine gun Ares from 1700 to 1600.

The next change is what VALORANT fans probably already saw coming – a major Sage nerf. The blog post wrote, “We all know Sage is OP.  We’ve decided to try to reduce some of her stopping power while still allowing her to fulfill her role as the premier staller in VALORANT.”

Sage’s Slow Orb duration was reduced by two seconds – from 9 to 7 seconds, while also simultaneously decreasing the slow amount from 65% to 50%. The price of Sage’s barrier Orb was also changed from 300 to 400 credits.

Cypher also received nerfs to his Cypher Cage, which will no longer slow down enemies caught in it. The cooldown on his Spy Cam was also increased from 30 to 45 seconds when destroyed by an enemy. 

On the other hand, Omen and Viper received  some minor buffs and Brimstone, Phoenix and Viper can now damage bunny-hoppers through their skills. Some ability costs for agents were also updated.

Another important change is the change on the credit cap for a play, which has been reduced from 12000 to 9000 credits, “We’re noticing that players/teams who manage to bank a high amount of credits are maintaining a rich economic state for too long, and it becomes a monumental challenge for the opposing team to dethrone their economy.”

There were also several other changes surrounding all the maps in the game along with bug fixes, quality of life changes, HUD/UI changes and some fixes to the game client which can be read in details on the official blog post by Riot.

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