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Valve is inviting proposals from cities to host Dota 2 The International 2021

Varun Parashar
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Valve is inviting proposals from cities to host Dota 2 The International 2021

The International is often regarded as the holy grail of esports events thanks to its massive prize pool and magnitude of the event itself. Team OG made history in 2019 by winning The International back to back in 2 successive years, becoming the first team to do so. This year’s edition of this mammoth-sized tournament is all set to take place in Stockholm, Sweden and Valve has already started accepting proposals for next year’s Ti venue as well.

Valve announced it via a press release and here are certain factors which they are looking for:

  • A modern indoor arena or stadium with a capacity between 15,000 and 80,000 (which must be available for at least a 10-day period in August 2021)
  • Additional space for ancillary events (e.g., vendor villages, fan zones, after parties)
  • Fiber network connectivity from a local service provider
  • Ample hotel space for upwards of 30,000 individuals
  • Proximity to an International Airport
  • A strong local transportation system

Apart from this, Valve is even taking into consideration the safety aspects of the offered places alongside immigration and travel support aspects.

The deadline to send in entries is on 31st March and the final selection will be completed by June 15 and an official announcement of 2021’s The International venue will be done at this year’s iteration of the event.

Source: Shacknews

Coronavirus: Attendees will be screened at IEM Katowice for unusual temperature

Bharat Kotwani
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Coronavirus: Attendees will be screened at IEM Katowice for unusual temperature

ESL have now updated their criterion pattern regarding the Coronavirus’s outburst and have posted about it on their website about the safety measures which are being implemented in the ongoing Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland.

The Guidelines about tackling the situation caused due to the ongoing outburst of Coronavirus have been updated by ESL on their website as well on their twitter. With the group stage on the verge of being winded up and with all eyes set on the Stage show which will bring us the ultimate showdown between the top 8 teams, ESL has updated it’s health and safety guidelines and have made arrangements with the local Polish government and the health authorities to provide some additional precautions for the crowd who will be attending the same. These arrangements will highlight health screening for all attendees where they will have to pass a temperature check at the entryways followed by incorporated stations who will be aiming to provide sanitizations.

If you’re attending the event, there’s nothing to worry about the outburst as ESL has made sure that every fan attending the event will be entering a sanitized zone. They have also stated that additional medical professionals will also be present during the entire event to double up the check for maintaining a hygienic and an immunized atmosphere.

Coronavirus: Nintendo sales drop 85%

Aathityaa Swaminathan
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Coronavirus: Nintendo sales drop 85%

In a report shared by NintendoLife, the impact of Coronavirus is hitting really bad for the Japanese electronics manufacturer.

Approximately 10,850 units were sold from Feb. 17 to 23, according to the data shared by Nintendo Life. The drop in sales is over 85% since the number of consoles sold during this time period is usually closer to 70,000.

Thereafter, indicating a major reduction in production and distribution. Several major titles, such as Animal Crossing, are coming to the Switch soon and the lack of consoles could result in a huge loss for Nintendo.

The Nintendo Switch isn’t the only console affected by the coronavirus. The production of Valve’s Index VR system has been limited because of the virus.

KennyS disappointed with new CSGO Update

Abhishek Dave
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KennyS disappointed with new CSGO Update

Valve has pushed a new update for its FPS game, Counter Strike Global Offensive. According to the new changes in game, Snipers were the one who were affected.

Minor update to the speed of the movement post-a-shot has been pushed too along with the mega update. Prior to the update, the speed of the model moving just after taking an AWP shot was quicker, which has now been reduced.

However, as anticipated, pros don’t seem to have liked this new update. First to share his disappointment from the professional scene was the Frenchman Kenny ‘KennyS’ Schrub, who currently plays for G2 Esports.

KennyS said “they just want to make it slower all the time, crouching movement was a pretty usual thing to do for an AWPer, definitely a big change.”

Coldzera, ZywOo, s1mple are others in line who’d most likely share their experience with the new meta.

Lara Croft in Rainbow Six Siege with Operation Void Edge

Prateek Jain
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Lara Croft in Rainbow Six Siege with Operation Void Edge

To everyone’s surprise, Ubisoft announced a collaboration with Square Enix to release Rainbow Six’s first 3rd party collaboration Elite operator skin. With the upcoming Operation Void Edge, year-1 operator Ash will be getting a Lara Croft Tomb Raider themed Elite skin.

Ash will be the first operator to get a special 3rd Elite skin. First, she got Sidewinder Elite skin and later she got Black Viper Elite which was given free to every player during the Outbreak event in 2018.

The elite skin will include a Tomb Raider uniform, headgear, victory animation, a charm, a breaching rounds gadget skin and weapon skins for Ash’s two assault rifles and two pistols (G36C, R4-C, M45 MEUSOC, and 5.7 USG).

Although no pricing details were revealed yet, if Ubisoft follows old pricing then the Lara Croft Ash Elite skin will cost 1800 R6 Credits. However, if you’ve got the Year 5 Pass then price will be reduced to 1,620 R6 Credits.

Steam search options just got better

Arundhati Dutta
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Steam search options just got better

Steam searches now let you set the greatest cost on results, or channel to just show games that are marked down. You can likewise now explicitly bar certain labels from your outcomes, so in the event that you need to search for outside the box titles and prohibit loathsomeness and Early Access games, you can do as such.

The ‘relevance’ sort has been refreshed to weigh your label decisions and present to you the games you’re well on the way to like.

You can likewise rapidly shroud games that you’ve just purchased, wishlisted, or picked to overlook. There’s likewise now an all-inclusive alternative to reject VR-just games from the rundown, so you don’t need to be annoyed by whatever requires a headset.

Search pages presently include endless parchment, so you can hold descending through a limitless rundown of games – or you can change back to the old framework under your store inclinations, on the off chance that you lean toward pagination.

The Steam search update was initially expected for the most part to modify the positioning calculations, as Valve clarifies in the discharge declaration, however, client input pushed it to be a more extensive revamp of the inquiry work. Look at a heap of free Steam games in the event that you need something to scan for next time you’re on Valve’s store.

An overview of PUBG Mobile’s esports program for 2020

Varun Parashar
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An overview of PUBG Mobile’s esports program for 2020

There has been a lot of confusion lately surrounding the multiple tournaments and series going on simultaneously in every part of the world and this is due to the newly developed esports program by Tencent. In the previous years, a very simplistic approach was followed by having two split tournaments in a year but this time, things have been revamped.

Tencent developed a newer, better and bigger structure to conduct esports events throughout the year with a total prize pool of $5 million.

via Tencent

There will be two splits, the Spring and the Fall and they will have their own Club Open tournaments which will feature open qualifiers followed by the group stage, the semi-finals and then the regional finals. Teams that perform the best and are able to reach top table positions will advance to either a Pro League for a wider region or their own respective regional finals depending on the size of the region. For example, the upcoming Pro League for South Asia will feature both, the top Indian Teams as well as the qualifying teams from South Asian Club Opens. In a similar way, the Pro League of Americas will compromise of the top PMCO teams, 5 from North America, top 3 from Latam and top 3 from Brazil joined by the invitees of PMCO 2019.

After the Pro League, the qualifying teams will move on to the Global Finals aka, The World League where basically, the top PUBG Mobile squads around the world who have grinded through this format will faceoff to compete for a share of the prize pool as well as the title of World Champions. This same format will be followed for the Spring as well as Fall Split.

Due to a large number of teams, Tencent divided the slots into East and West categories and here are the number of slots available as per each region:

via Tencent

It has not been made clear yet whether there will be two separate World Leagues for the East and West or will it be conjoined with all 32 Teams competing in a singular event, the latter being the more sensible approach. Every new stage of the structure will see a complete refresh of the points table. It means that even the team which placed on the top in the region’s PMCO event might fail to qualify for the World League by falling in the PMPL stage.

This new format has received mixed reviews across social media with certain players appreciating the bigger magnitude of PUBG Mobile esports and certain ones pointing out the problem of biases for certain regions getting as low as a single slot in the World League.

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

DotA 2 is the Highest-Paid Esports Game in the World

Satendra Krishna
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DotA 2 is the Highest-Paid Esports Game in the World

Despite being overshadowed by the new titles in the recent past, DotA 2 still remains the highest-paid esports game title in the world.

The statistics show Dota 2 reached $221.6 million in overall prize money from 1307 tournaments so far. The International 2019, which took place in Shanghai in August 2019, ranked as the highest-paid eSports tournament in the world, with a total prize pool worth $34.33 million.

In 2019 only, nearly 1300 players competed in Dota 2 tournaments. With $6.8 million in total prize money, Danish gamer Johan “N0tail” Sundstein ranked as the most successful Dota 2 player in the world.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ranked as the second-highest-paid esports game. A tactical first-person shooter game developed by Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment reached $92.3 million in overall prize money, or 2.5 times less compared to Dota 2.

Over the last nine years, more than 12,600 players competed in 4,782 CS:GO tournaments. Danish gamer Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth ranked as the most successful among them with $1.7 million worth prize money so far.

Valve release changes to VAC in a new CSGO Update

Aathityaa Swaminathan
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Valve release changes to VAC in a new CSGO Update

CSGO has acquired 02/25/2020 Replace. Now you can obtain this patch on PC (Steam). You will see that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 02/25/2020 Replace has miscellaneous fixes; and fixes to UI and Hazard Zone.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive (or just CSGO) is a first-person shooter motion online game. The fourth installment of the Valve saga, CSGO repeats the standard method: two groups, terrorists and anti-terrorists, preventing one another to satisfy aims corresponding to planting / deactivating a bomb.

It’s the most well-liked multiplayer FPS amongst eSports and has devoted servers in addition to customized video games the place you may get pleasure from many sport modes.

CSGO Update

Beneath you will discover some key patch notes concerning CSGO 02/25/2020 Replace.

  • Anti-Cheat: Customers can now report gamers from their very own not too long ago performed matches supplied the demo is seen from the Watch Tab.
  • Anti-Cheat: Matchmaking has been adjusted to extend the load of Belief Issue. Customers with Excessive Belief who expertise dishonest of their matches going ahead ought to report these experiences to [email protected] with the topic “Dishonest in Excessive Belief Matches.” Please embrace a hyperlink to your steam group profile, approximate time of your match and which sport mode you had been enjoying in CSGO.
  • Anti-Cheat: Overwatch customers ought to expertise considerably fewer apparent spinbot circumstances.
  • Misc: Adjusted texture UV structure for Desert Eagle world mannequin to repair look in the purchase menu and on the earth.
  • Misc: Speculative repair for an excessive backlog of panorama occasions on sure CPU configurations (e.g. Intel 7740x).

Read the complete patch notes of CSGO 02/25/2020.

Fnatic’s ScoutOP runs charity stream for Unicef

Varun Parashar
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Fnatic’s ScoutOP runs charity stream for Unicef

Gaming is a wonderful platform for doing good for society and this statement has been validated several times by the actions of gamers for ages. Fnatic partnered with Unicef on 23rd January to promote positivity in gaming as well as raise funds for Unicef run programs around the globe. Their ultimate goal is to create a safer, happier a better world for every child

This great initiative kicked off with “Tekkz”, Fnatic’s Fifa veteran streaming alongside Manchester United’s center-forward Marcus Rashford. It has been carried forward by India’s PUBG Mobile star, Tanmay “ScoutOP” Singh as he recently streamed to contribute to the cause.

Tanmay began by playing every child’s box full of memories, Contra via an emulated website service and later switched to an infamous game that has been doing the rounds lately, Getting Over It by Bennet Foddy. The stream lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes and viewers were constantly donating through super chats. Fnatic’s PUBG Mobile coach Pratik “Aurum” Mehta alongside Harpreet “Ronak” Singh joined along. It was a thoroughly entertaining stream with Aurum challenging Scout to complete the game.

The exact amount raised by the stream is still unknown although the program overall has raised over £5,300 in a total of the £250,000 goal. This is a big initiative coming from Fnatic’s side as they are not only helping in getting financial aid but are also making more and more people aware as the stream had over 240,000 viewers.

If you wish to contribute to Unicef’s #GotYourBack initiative, you can visit this website.

We congratulate Fnatic for this great initiative.

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

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