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Unlike CSGO, Valorant won’t have any Character skins

Prateek Jain
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Unlike CSGO, Valorant won’t have any Character skins

This week Riot Games finally revealed their upcoming free-2-play competitive FPS game, Valorant. With the reveal of the game Riot also shared various information about the game and how the alpha version is progressing towards soon-to-release Public Beta.

Valorant is the company’s first FPS game and also a shift from the regular MOBA genre for which Riot Games is best known for. According to gameplay videos, Valorant will be a mix between CS:GO and Overwatch but will lean more towards Counter-Strike style of gameplay. 

With the game being so similar to CS:GO and Overwatch you might also ask ”Are there any skins in the game or lootboxes?”

Well for once the development team at Riot Games confirmed that the game will only launch with the weapon skins, i.e. Cosmetics that will change the looks guns. According to devs, there won’t be any pay-2-win element in the game and no skin will change stats or provide an unfair advantage.

Also, there will be no character skins in the game, nor are there any specific plans to add them. Although the development team said that they’re a possibility in the future, but for now, the microtransactions only include gun skins.

Valorant will be Free To Play

Lauren Rasmussen
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Valorant will be Free To Play

Riot Game’s ambitious Project A: Valorant, much like their own League of Legends Valve’s Counter Strike: Global Offensive will be Free To Play.

The developers will offer in-game micro-transactions to customize the ‘looks’ of the game which will not be effecting the gameplay. CS:GO players will resemble some of the features of Valorant as it’ll also feature graffiti stickers, weapon skins and character skins.

These cosmetics can be bought through from the in-game store or won through battle-passes and missions, much like CSGO.

Valorant already looks much successful in terms of grabbing the attention of the FPS community by releasing system requirements which could run even on a decade old PC, swiftly.

Recently, Ubisoft also revealed their interest in making Rainbow Six Siege free to play, which encourages and appeals to the mass gamers to try their game.

Unlike CSGO, No Loot boxes for Valorant players

Abhishek Dave
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Unlike CSGO, No Loot boxes for Valorant players

Riot Game’s new FPS game Valorant to not have Loot boxes, the developer has confirmed. The news comes in after the game was being compared to Valve’s CS:GO.

Counter Strike Global Offensive, Valve’s most successful and world’s best FPS game makes most of its money through Loot boxes and skins in game. Except, Riot Games, who have confirmed in an interview to Polygon about a different setup.

The game will however, have, micro-transactions, skins and sprays which in some way or the other, resembles the CS:GO mode of operations.

“I think [character skins] would have to be in a way that there’s absolutely nothing to impact the gameplay, it’ll be narrow. I think there’s a way to do that. And those are things that we’re interested in exploring” speaking to Polygon, Valorant‘s executive producer Anna Donlon said.

Vitality sign Misutaaa to replace ALEX

Bharat Kotwani
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Vitality sign Misutaaa to replace ALEX

French side team Vitality have confirmed the signing of Kévin “Misutaaa” Rabier to complete their roster and will now be filling in the shoes of ALEX.

The organization of the French side Team Vitality have brought in Kévin “Misutaaa” Rabier who will be filling in the void that ALEX had created earlier this week after the later started to suffer from fatigues caused due to the travel patterns and schedules of competitions. As the second half of this year has a plethora of tournaments lined up in the store, the 24-Year-old English man decided to leave the team as he found the travel part to be stressful.

Mistuaaa previously used to play under the banners of Make Your Destiny and Viva Algeria where he helped the later team to qualify for WESG 2019. Kevin will now be looking forward to featuring for Team Vitality in the upcoming brand new ESL Pro League Season 11 scheduled to start on 16th of March. Also, he will be travelling to Brazil in May with the team to play his first-ever Major where Vitality will be competing in the New legends stage as they had secured a playoff spot at the StarLadder Major where they were sent packing by Dzhami “Jame” Ali and his men who now represent Virtus Pro.

With the captain role left vacant on the roster, Team Vitality will now be reconsidering their options regarding whom they will be handing over the IGL role to. With this addition, Vitality will field these 5 players in it’s starting roster:

  • Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
  • Cédric “RpK” Guipouy
  • Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
  • Richard “shox” Papillon
  • Kévin “Misutaaa” Rabier
  • Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (Head coach)

Report: U Mumba eSports close in on Psy, Ace, Pashasahil

Bhavya Shah
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Report: U Mumba eSports close in on Psy, Ace, Pashasahil

According to sources, U Mumba eSports is probable to sign former Entity Gaming’s star players – Simar “Psy” Sethi and Tejas “Ace” Sawant alongside Sahil “Pashasahil” Pasha. Rahul “t1to” Sridhar earlier today revealed that Pashasahil has parted ways with Phoenix Esports to ‘pursue his goals elsewhere’. The Facebook post also confirmed an earlier report by TalkEsport proposing the addition of Chinmay “PoKI” Mehta to Pheonix Esports.

The newly arriving trio will join together with Ishpreet “HuNtR” Singh and Vishal “haiVaan” Sharma. Most of them have played alongside one another in Orgless5ive or in various mix lineups. TalkEsport had reached out to U Mumba eSports’ Amar Ratnam for a comment. “We’re are in talk’s with many players at the moment. Nothing confirmed as of now,” said the manager. However, our sources are quite certain about the development.

Varun “Mast3r” Menon and Rohit “BondF” Latke shall depart the organisation upon fruition while Ritesh “RiTz” Shah will move towards a managerial role within the organisation. U Mumba eSports’ overhauled Counter-Strike roster for upcoming events will be:

  • Vishal “haiVaan” Sharma
  • Ishpreet “HuNtR” Singh
  • Simar “Psy” Sethi
  • Tejas “Ace” Sawant
  • Sahil “Pashasahil” Pasha

PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia 2020 Groups Revealed

Varun Parashar
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PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia 2020 Groups Revealed

With merely a week left for the kick-off of PMPL South Asia 2020, the participating teams have been divided into 5 exciting groups for the initial stage for the tournament.

Each group is a combination of 1 direct qualified team paired alongside 3 teams who have earned their spots by the Indian or either South Asian PMPL Regional Finals. The groups are as follows:

Group A

  • TSM – Entity
  • Marcos Gaming
  • Team Hype
  • Soltisquad

Group B

  • Soul
  • Team Tamilas
  • Jyanmarra
  • Celtz

Group C

  • SynerGE
  • Megastars
  • Deadeyes Guys
  • VSG Crawlers

Group D

  • Team IND
  • Orange Rock
  • Team Extreme
  • UMumba RXN

Group E

  • Powerhouse
  • Godlike
  • Elementrix
  • Fnatic

PMPL South Asia Season 1 begins 12th March at 5:30 Pm and you can catch all the action live at Pubg Mobile India’s Official youtube channel.

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

TSM-Entity Gaming partnership revealed in an unorthodox way

Varun Parashar
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TSM-Entity Gaming partnership revealed in an unorthodox way

Usually, when there is a massive collaboration or change in ownership of organizations, the news comes out in the form of a widespread announcement via either of the involved parties. Something bizarre has happened as without any official word from either Team Solo Mid or Entity Gaming, PUBG Mobile has somewhat revealed a partnership between the two giants.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XFZuypfO2/?utm_source=ig_embed

Through an official post via Instagram, PUBG Mobile fulfilled the task of revealing the groups for the upcoming PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia 2020 for which Entity Gaming is a directly qualified squad. TSM’s and Entity’s logo can be seen side by side although it does not exactly reveal the nature of the deal. It also under wraps whether it is a full-fledged organization based deal or a mere stint for their mobile esports division. This mere speculation of Team Solo Mid wanting to step into the Indian PUBG Mobile scenario has been around for long and finally, we know little about it

We are awaiting complete details of this agreement via an official post by either Entity Gaming or Team Solo Mid

Global Esports to bench Antidote, sign Amaterasu – Report

Bhavya Shah
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Global Esports to bench Antidote, sign Amaterasu – Report

Global Esports is about to undergo yet another roster move. The Mumbai based organisation is set to bench its star-player Sabyasachi “Antidote” Bose according to sources close to the player and the organisation. 23-year-old reunited with his former JMD Gaming teammates when he joined Global Esports in November 2019.

Sabyasachi will depart the roster after a little over 3 months. During his tenure at Global Esports, the lineup qualified for WESG 2019 APAC LAN Qualifier and InGame Esports South Asia Cup 2020 while secured 3rd-4th position at ESL India Premiership 2019-20 Winter LAN Finale and Conquerors Insignia 2019.

The sources further informed that Global Esports will sign Entity Gaming’s former captain Anuj “Amaterasu” Sharma. 28-year-old was bid farewell in February earlier this year after his prolonged journey with Entity Gaming since December 2017. The roster change is likely to materialize after InGame Esports South Asia Cup 2020 which is scheduled for March 27 – March 29 later this month.

Global Esports’ revamped Counter-Strike lineup will be:

  • Bhavin “HellrangeR” Kotwani
  • Norbu “Karam1L” Tsering
  • Sagnik “HellfightRtR” Roy
  • Sunny “DeathMakeR” Das
  • Anuj “Amaterasu” Sharma

MotoGP Esport Championship picks Oakley as sponsor for 2020 season

Abhishek Dave
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MotoGP Esport Championship picks Oakley as sponsor for 2020 season

As per reports from EsportsInsider, MotoGP eSport Championship has gotten American brand Oakley as an accomplice for the 2020 season.

Online capability for the 2020 season starts on March fifth, with players contending in various online difficulties to make sure about a spot in the draft.

The 2020 title starts on May 31st at the Italian Grand Prix where the first of four rounds will occur. From that point, the title moves to Austria, back to Italy and comes full circle at the last round of the MotoGP season in Valencia.

Valorant System Requirements: Do you need a hardware upgrade?

Maël Valentin
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Valorant System Requirements: Do you need a hardware upgrade?

Riot Game’s new tactical FPS game Valorant, has already garnered enough attention before launch. Just as it was announced two days ago, there has been millions of fans waiting for the game’s official launch. What are the system requirements for Valorant? Will you need an upgrade?

Though Riot Games have been stringent on letting the masses play the game, thus, keeping the PC System Requirements to a bare minimum for Valorant.

Valorant System Requirements

HardwareOptimumRecommendedBest
Frames Per Second30 FPS60 FPS144 FPS
ProcessorIntel i3 370MIntel i3 4150Intel i5 4460 3.2Ghz
RAM4 GB6 GB8 GB
Graphics CardIntel HD 3000GeFore GTX 730GeForece GTX 1050 Ti
Operating SystemWin 8 64 bitWin 10 64 bitWin 10 64 bit
Disk Space35 GBs35 GBs35 GBs
DirectX11.011.012.0

As you observe, even the best settings for the game doesn’t make a hole in your pocket. Riot Games will also release a system checker to recommend you the best settings when it comes out.

So, do you need an upgrade to run Valorant?

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