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Rainbow 6: Siege amongst other games announced under BYOC/BYOD at Dreamhack Delhi 2019

Prateek Sahoo
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Rainbow 6: Siege amongst other games announced under BYOC/BYOD at Dreamhack Delhi 2019

Dreamhack India recently announced the games that will be played under the BYOC/BYOD section of the event. The event is being held from December 6-8 at the NSIC Exhibition Ground, OKHLA.

BYOC Stands for Bring your own Computer while BYOD stands for Bring your own DEVICE (new section owing to surge in mobile gaming).

One of the newest entrants to the PC pro gaming scene in India is Rainbow Six: Siege, which was played at the recently concluded Rainbow Six Siege India series which saw 4 teams battle out at a LAN event in Hyderabad for a prize pool of INR 2,00,000.

Dreamhack has now announced that Rainbow Six Siege will be part of the BYOC section of the event.

Tournament date:

7th December – 1st Tournament
8th December – 2nd Tournament

1st Place: ₹20,000
2nd Place: ₹10,000

Format: 5v5, BO1 Single Elimination& Finals BO3

Apart from Rainbow Six Siege, the other games announced under the BYOC section are:

  • Counter Strike: Global Offensive
  • Counter Strike 1.6
  • League of Legends
  • DOTA 2
  • Dota Underlords
  • Rocket League

For the first time in India, Dreamhack Delhi introduces BYOD (Bring Your Own Devices). Just like BYOC, the gamers can come in with their mobile phones and consoles and play their hearts out for three days.

The games announced under BYOD are:

  • Mobile Legends Bang Bang
  • FIFA 20
  • Clash Royale
  • Dota Underlords
  • Brawl Stars
  • Rocket League

The rules and prize money for all the game can be found on the Dreamhack website.

Tickets for Dreamhack Delhi can be purchased at http://bit.ly/DHDelhi_Tickets.

An AI built by a CS:GO Player caught more than 14,500 cheaters

Aditya Singhal
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An AI built by a CS:GO Player caught more than 14,500 cheaters

A CS:GO player and a hacker, 2eggs, has created an AI called HestiaNet that identifies cheaters in a much faster way than before and moreover it has already caught more than 14,000 already.

2eggs is a young but experienced programmer and has created FACEIT ban logs and Minerva ban logs before for FACEIT and has also been awarded with $12,000 for helping Valve identify bugs and security risks.

HestiaNet uses his steam ID to review the cases of overwatch. It’s system watches the footage, reviews it and gives verdict itself for the same, stores the alleged cheater’s SteamID and occasionally review it to check if it is banned or not. If Valve bans the player who was found guilty, HestiaNet takes note of it which increases overall accuracy.

14,515 of 14,782 cases which the AI reviewed and found guilty have been banned by Valve.

Man spends £1m on game character, friend accidentally sells it for £400

Varun Parashar
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Man spends £1m on game character, friend accidentally sells it for £400

A man in China spent more than £1 million on a video game character just to find out that his friend sold it for less than £500. He ended up suing his friend and the case was taken up in court.

Lou Mou spent about £1 million (approx 9,00,00,000 INR) developing a character in the newly released MMORPG title, Justice Online according to court documents reported by Chinese news site Abacus. Mr Mou’s friend Li Mouscheng, accidentally listed the customized character on the in-game marketplace for just 3,888 yuan.

Mr. Mouscheng explained that he made the error due to being “dizzy from excessive gaming” and that he was meaning to return the character to his friend after being given it to play. The matter was taken up in court and a Judge at the Hongya County Court of Sichuan Province ruled that the character must be returned to the original owner and that damages of 90,000 yuan must be warded to the player who bought the character for the discounted price. The court also warned people about the harmful effects of uncontrolled gaming.

China is a country that struggles with severe video game addiction and this incident comes after China announced strict curfew measures on gamers as well as actions against young players. Children under the age of 18 are banned from playing more than 90 minutes of games per day on a week day, and no more than three hours per day on weekends and holidays. They even have systematic technology in place like face recognition and parental control to help curb this issue.

Majority of titles be it Pc or Console/Mobile, earn a heavy share of their revenue from in game purchases. Although the skins and extra downloadable content and the touch of cosmetics adds a sense of personalization to the game, the players must always remember certain limits. If the people don’t start exercising some self control then authorities might need to step in to intervene just how new laws in China prevent children under 16 years old from spending more than 200 yuan per month on in-game items.

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

CSGO: Fnatic to pull out from upcoming EPICENTER 2019

Aditya Singhal
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CSGO: Fnatic to pull out from upcoming EPICENTER 2019

FNATIC CSGO division has taken a decision to not play the upcoming EPICENTER 2019 and thus ECS Season 8 and ESL Pro League will be the last tournaments for this season for the organisation.

The organisation stated that this year has been too hectic for them and thus they want to give their players a long break before the Major to make sure that they are in good shape and health to compete for their 4th Major.

The organisation apologised to their fans for this disappointment they must have who were hoping to see them there but have also put forward their player’s health first.

Entity Gaming announces ASUS ROG as their title sponsor for mobile division

Varun Parashar
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Entity Gaming announces ASUS ROG as their title sponsor for mobile division

Entity proudly announces that ASUS ROG is the title sponsor of their mobile division. Their unwavering vision for the mobile gaming community is to become a platform for new talent looking to enter the competitive scene with the right support in terms of hardware and infrastructure.

Entity Gaming’s PUBG Mobile team continues to shatter records with their par breaking performance on national as well as international grounds. Entity won PMCO 2019’s South Asia regional finals and reserved a spot for the Global Finals set to take place in Malaysia. Their influencers and content creators have been making waves throughout the community by delivering top quality content. ASUS ROG understands that for the players and influencers to meet their own expectations and ambitions, they deserve a phone that can not only meet them but exceed them too.

Dinesh Sharma, Head, Mobile Business, ASUS India, said:

Republic of Gamers is more than a gaming device brand, it’s a strong community of gamers. ROG Phones are designed to provide the most cutting edge technology for smartphone gaming and are most apt for a competitive and demanding esport environment. The feedback from top gamers are key inputs fed in to the design of Asus ROG Phones. It’s a strong symbiotic relationship. Partnering with Entity Gaming, we bring the most powerful gaming smartphone to a top Indian mobile esports team to compete more effectively and win at the national and international level. We want to leverage this partnership to identify and support budding esports talent in India with best in class smartphone gaming technology and training, creating new Indian esports stars in the process. Working with Entity, we aim to get direct feedback from the leading mobile esports players for future Asus ROG Phones design and development and add more made for India aspects to future Asus ROG Phones.

Varun Bhavnani, Director of Entity Gaming adds:

We realised that mobile esports will be game-changing early last year. We started scouting, training and investing in this space. Achievements followed. Today, they have manifested at greater heights. We are proud to announce that we are the first mobile esports team in India to be partnered with a smartphone brand which is also gamer first. ASUS ROG is a brand every gamer resonates with. They are pioneers in promoting and facilitating gaming and now competitive gaming. This strong partnership enables both brands to unlock a horizon of opportunities for this ever-growing mobile gaming community.

With Indian teams performing dominantly in mobile esport titles, this partnership comes through at the perfect time. With high quality equipment and raw talented players, Indian mobile esports can reach new heights ensuring that mobile gaming is a serious business now and no longer a debatable scenario.

We wish Entity Gaming the very best of luck for all their future endeavors as they continue to make India proud.

Stay tuned for more exciting news and updates!

Call of Duty: Mobile Season 2 is now live

Varun Parashar
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Call of Duty: Mobile Season 2 is now live

Call of Duty’s 2nd season is now up and running and introduces brand new content in game. It comes with a free as well as paid battle pass with Alaska themed grenades and gun skins to win with progressing tiers. The update also brings a new winter themed map called as ‘Summit’ which is available for play in ranked as well as casual multiplayer mode.

Zombie mode has also been added and is available to players above level 5 and it comes with great rewards as well. There are 3 sub game modes available in Zombies- Raid, Hardcore Raid and Survival. The map is the classic Shi No Numa map from Call of Duty: World at War but has been tweaked a little bit. The survival mode is an endless conquest between zombies and you and the Raid mode is an 8 wave zombie killing challenge where you can purchase several weapons, buffs as well as revival boosts.

Controller support is officially a part of Call of Duty:Mobile. Players can make use of Sony DualShock4 as well as Xbox One Controllers to play matches but they will be queued only against other players using controllers. If you’re playing in a party and if even a single players makes use of a controller, then the entire party will be matched up against players using controllers.

Two new login methods have also been added which are Google Play and Gamecenter. When using a Guest account you will now have the option to link that guest account to your Google Play or Game Center account. That will allow you to save, protect, and sync your data to those accounts. However, unlike Facebook or Line this does not pull any information over, like your profile picture. Players will not be able to switch from a previous account to one of these new login options without losing your player data, but all players may now utilize these options to initially setup and link your account.

After trying this update hands-on, we can only conclude by saying that the game looks much smoother, lag free and more fun to play and with newer modes coming a rapid place, players might just never get bored of this title.

Click here for complete patch notes

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

PMCO 2019 Prelims comes to an end confirming Global Final teams

Varun Parashar
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PMCO 2019 Prelims comes to an end confirming Global Final teams

With the conclusion of PMCO Preliminary round, the final list of teams heading to Kuala Lumpur to compete in the Global Finals is now complete. The Putra World Trade centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will be hosting the world’s top 16 PUBG Mobile squads from November 29th to December 1st. The winners will walk away with a giant share from the 500,000$ prize pool.

The final standings of the preliminary round showed Mega esports, Bigetron and Orange Esports ranking up 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively and making their way onto the global finals. Mega esports bagged a total of 4 chicken dinners in 18 matches, the same as Bigetron. Although Mega led the kill score board with a total of 148 kills as Bigetron was not far behind with 125 kills. Orange esports got Chicken dinner twice although managed to get only 59 kills but they played smart and tactical which helped them rank 3rd beating teams with higher kill counts. The standings after the final game were as follows:

position 1-8


position 9-16

If we look at Indian teams’ performances, Team IND ranked 8th on the final leaderboard and Synerge ranked 10th. Team IND performed admirably with 2 chicken dinners and a total of 59 kills. Synerge had a dream start to the tournament ranking up 3rd after the first three games but things went wrong for them as more matches came. IND on the other hand lagged behind during the initial stages but made a strong comeback on day 2 and 3. Team INS finished 13th with 38 kills. India will be represented by Entity Gaming and Team Soul who ripped apart their competitors in South Asia regional finals.

The gameplay was at a never before seen level and we no longer know what to expect from the Global finals. With the skill cap getting higher and higher with each event we can hope to see some carnage filled battles and close point differences when the final day comes and a PUBG Mobile King is crowned

Stay tuned for more news and updates!

Team Secret announce entry into CSGO scene with m1x pickup

Abhishek Bajaj
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Team Secret announce entry into CSGO scene with m1x pickup

Team Secret has entered the Counter Strike Global Offensive scene with a high-potential but largely promiscuous roster. The organisation has picked up the m1x lineup that made waves in recent times, especially for their performances in ECS.

The lineup features promising Albanian star Flatron ‘juanflatroo’ Halimi, who had joined PHOENIX on trial.

Team Secret are in the playoffs stage of the Qi Banja Luka Europe closed qualifier, topping their group and will be seen representing the organisation in the playoffs of the qualifiers.

“CSGO is a title we’ve been exploring for the past 6 months, and we’re happy to announce an extremely promising young roster to end the year and kick off 2020, While only having spent a very short time together, this squad has shown the potential to become one of the greats on the scene, and we look forward to putting all of our organization’s resources around them in their development” Team Secret CEO John Yao said in his statement.

Indeed, the roster is promising based on recent results and it will be interesting to see just how good they can be with the backing of an organisation like Team Secret.

Dignitas in talks with Xizt, friberg and f0rest to build new roster

Abhishek Bajaj
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Dignitas in talks with Xizt, friberg and f0rest to build new roster

Dignitas are one of the many organisations that had announced their plans to return into the fold in Counter Strike Global Offensive scene after the Starladder Berlin Major 2019.

Interestingly, no reports had emerged over the ensuing weeks of any impending roster pickups by the North American organisation.

According to Jarek ‘DeKay’ Lewis though, Dignitas are looking to make headlines with their new roster. The organisation is in talks with three of current/former Ninjas in Pyjamas players in an attempt to reunite them under their banner.

The players in question are Adam ‘friberg’ Friberg, Richard ‘Xizt’ Landstorm and Patrik ‘f0rest’ Lundberg.

Photo via Turtle Entertainment

While Xizt is on the bench at Fnatic, f0rest is currently an active and the last standing member of the OG Ninjas in Pyjamas roster.

Friberg on the other hand, is a free agent, having left Heroic towards the end of August, 2019.

The Swedes are not the only ones named, with the report stating that Dignitas have gone ahead and acquired Hakon ‘hallzerk’ Fjaerli from Nordavind, with the Norwegian youngster likely to take up the role of the primary AWPer for the North American organization.

A fifth is yet to be named but considering the names mentioned, Dignitas are likely to target a player that can speak in the same language as the players already in talks/ acquired.

The aim of Dignitas could be to put together a team with high reputation and good potential, especially with rumours of a franchised super league doing the rounds.

Christopher ‘GeT_RighT’ Alesund is no more a part of Ninjas in Pyjamas and could be another star that Dignitas end up targeting, should they aim at bringing the legendary Swedish brand back together.

Exciting times ahead for the OG NiP fans if this roster indeed takes shape in the coming weeks, albeit under the banner of Dignitas.

CSGO leak reveals Missions and Operation for the next three weeks of Operation Shattered Web

Sarjyo Mukherjee
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CSGO leak reveals Missions and Operation for the next three weeks of Operation Shattered Web

CSGO surprised its player base by dropping an Operation after almost 2 years. The Operation got the community hyped and players unprecedentedly came forward to help each other out to complete the operations. Operations consitst of a set of missions rounded off by a Co-Operation which you must complete with another player, and upon completion of missions players are awarded stars which grant them in-game items like Skins, Boxes and most recent addition to the game Player Model Agents.

CSGO Operation Shattered Web Week 1-4 Missions and Rewards (Data Mined) from r/GlobalOffensive

A Reddit user who goes by the name jalalinator leaked the set of missions players are to face for the coming three weeks till week 4.

Below are the missions players should expect to see over the coming weeks.

Week 2 Operation Shattered Web missions

MissionReward
Apply five graffiti in enemy territory in Casual: NukeOne star
Get five arms race leader kills in Arms RaceOne star
Get 15 MP5-SD kills in Guardian: NukeTwo stars
Get 10 round wins in Competitive: NukeTwo stars
Get 4 pistol round wins in Wingman: NukeThree stars
Get 40 M4A1-S kills in a single Deathmatch: Defusal Group Delta matchThree stars

Week 3 Operation Shattered Web missions

MissionReward
Get 10 kills in Flying ScoutsmanOne star
Spend 5000 cash in a single Danger Zone matchOne star
Get 30 kills in Guardian: OfficeTwo stars
Get 10 rounds wins in Competitive: OfficeTwo stars
Get 16 round wins in Wingman: VertigoThree stars
Get five hostage rescues, or kill five hostage rescuers in Casual: Hostage GroupThree stars

Week 4 Operation Shattered Web missions

MissionReward
Get 10 kills with the AWP in Casual: Defusal Group SigmaOne star
Get five kills while you are airborne in Flying ScoutsmanOne star
Get 10 round wins in Competitive: TrainTwo stars
Get 20 SSG 08 or MAG-7 kills in Guardian: CobblestoneTwo stars
Get 25 SSG 08 kills in a single Deathmatch: Defusal Group Delta matchThree stars
Get five SSG 08 kills in Danger ZoneThree stars

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