100 Thieves have announced the signing of Kelden “Boostio” Pupello to their Valorant roster. The former Valorant world champion joins the 100T roster as the fifth and final addition to the team.
After the VCT 2023 season, the American organization dropped two players before signing Daniel ‘eeiu’ Vucenovic and new head coach Tony ‘Zikz’ Gray.
On January 8, 2024, via a Twitter announcement, 100 Thieves officially confirmed the addition of Boostio as the final player to solidify their Valorant roster. The attached video features Boostio’s former coach letting him out of jail before announcing his departure from Evil Geniuses.
The release of Counter-Strike 2 has brought with it a new ‘subtick’ system that has completely changed the way smokes and other utilities are thrown in CS2. Not only does this change spare you from needing to have jump binds by streamlining jump throws in the game, but it has also made throwing nades much easier and more intuitive.
However, as a result of the aforementioned change, most smoke lineups for jump throws in CS2 have also changed. One of the most prominent examples of this is the Mirage Window smoke in CS2.
Smoking the Mirage window from the T-side has always been a pretty difficult task in Counter-Strike history. Previously, players had to rely on jump binds to be able to consistently land a Mirage Window smoke. However, with the release of CS2, the lineups for the smoke has changed, and players no longer need to have a jump throw bind to do it.
In this article, we’ll show you the best ways to smoke off Mirage Window from T-Spawn. Following this guide, you’ll be able to consistently smoke off Window within only a few seconds of the start of a round and safely cross mid without needing to worry about AWPers.
CS Mirage Window Smoke Lineups
YouTuber ‘austincs’ has showcased an extremely easy method of smoking Mirage Window from T-Base in a video. To execute this lineup, players will have to stand next to the trash can in the T-Spawn, look towards the roof, hold ‘D’ (or the ‘strafe right’ key), and jump throw the smoke.
While this smoke can be done without using a jump throw bind, it’s still recommended for players to have a dedicated jump throw key to be able to do this smoke more consistently.
Another way of smoking Mirage Window just as easily involves players going to the front of the trash can, aiming towards the right side of the railing, holding ‘D’, and jump throwing. This smoke is more effective than the last one as it prevents the CTs from being able to jump on the Window bench and getting a clearer view of mid.
By learning these quick Mirage Window Smokes for the T-side in CS2, players should be able to take mid-control more effectively and safely execute a push into B-Short, Connector, or jump into Window.
It’s strongly recommended that players practice these smokes in a custom server beforehand, as they are quite complicated and may be challenging to execute without practice.
Popular content creator Arab has managed to terrify iShowSpeed with his elaborate prank that involves gang members grouping the American, leading him to believe that he was being kidnapped on his visit to Brazil.
Brazil is not exactly the safest country in the world and getting grouped by gang members is not a very uncommon occurrence there especially with a foreigner. iShowSpeed is known to explore cities on his visit with a vlogging camera which is a dead giveaway that he is a tourist that might attract the attention of the anti-socials.
During one of his live streams, walking through the streets with his camera on, Speed got surrounded by what seemed to be the members of some criminal organization that ended up terrifying him before Arab came out to reveal that it was all a part of the elaborate prank.
Following the prank, Arab revealed that he wanted it to be more genuine by involving guns but given that the stream would go live on YouTube, it wouldn’t align with their policies and would be taken down.
“Because it was a YouTube and not a Kick stream, they would have allowed that, we told them to do it with no weapons, just baseball bats and stuff,” he said.
“As for the gang members, I believe it’s a sign that when you come in and show respect and you approve these people can be humane, a lot of the time their fights are with each other,” he explained. “Don’t get me wrong, these guys can do bad things, it’s part of being somewhere lawless, but people need to stop being afraid of these places.”
The prank was too elaborate and scared the living hell out of Speed. The involvement of guns would have taken it too far but as things stand, the prank was super convincing and no one could have guessed that Speed was being played until Arab revealed himself.
Unity Software has recently announced a significant workforce reduction, marking its largest-ever layoff. The company is set to lay off approximately 25% of its employees, which translates to around 1,800 jobs being cut. This major decision was disclosed in a regulatory filing by Unity Software.
The underlying reason for this drastic move is Unity Software’s strategic pivot towards restructuring and refocusing on its core business. This decision is part of a broader effort by the company to position itself for long-term success and profitability.
Amid a challenging and tumultuous year, Unity Software aims to streamline its operations and align its workforce with its future business objectives.
This layoff is significant not only for Unity Software but also within the larger context of the tech industry. It represents one of the first major tech industry layoffs in the year 2024.
Unity’s decision to reduce its workforce by such a substantial margin underscores the ongoing shifts and challenges faced by tech companies, particularly in the gaming sector.
As Unity Software embarks on this company reset, the implications of this workforce reduction are likely to be felt both within the company and across the broader tech industry.
The move signifies a significant change in strategy for Unity, emphasizing a refocus on key areas of its business to ensure long-term stability and growth.
Every FC 24 lover is now excited as EA Sports gears up for the release of the EA FC 24 Team of the Year (TOTY). This year’s edition is set to be historic, as it marks the first time two separate TOTY squads – one for men and one for women – will be introduced in the game.
The EA FC 24 TOTY event has already started, with the voting process for these squads now open, allowing players to have a say in who makes it into these elite teams.
In a grand display of inclusivity and recognition, a total of 147 nominees are up for selection in the EA FC 24 TOTY vote. However, only 11 men and 11 women will make it to the final cut, being part of the TOTY Ultimate XIs. These chosen players will be awarded the iconic blue and gold player items, a hallmark of the TOTY tradition.
With such a diverse pool of talent, the anticipation for the final team selections is at an all-time high.
When Will Team of the Year (TOTY) Be Released in EA FC 24?
The closing of the TOTY vote is scheduled for January 15, with the official TOTY roster reveal set for January 19. This timeline places the TOTY release right in the middle of January, aligning with earlier predictions.
However, the exact details regarding the release sequence of the men’s and women’s TOTY squads remain under wraps. Adding to the excitement, a 12th TOTY player for both squads is expected to be unveiled on January 26, keeping players on the edge of their seats.
Ahead of the official release, some early leaks have surfaced, offering glimpses into the TOTY card designs. These include three different designs – TOTY, TOTY Honourable Mentions, and TOTY Icons.
This revelation confirms that the TOTY Icons, a fan-favorite feature, will once again be part of the promo, adding an extra layer of excitement and speculation among the gaming community.
As the new year unfolds, excitement buzzes through the EA SPORTS FC community, heralding the arrival of the Ultimate Team’s most anticipated promo: the Team of the Year (TOTY). This year, EA SPORTS FC 24 invites fans to partake in this thrilling tradition, allowing them to honor the past year’s standout performers by casting their votes for the highest-rated cards in the game.
The voting for Team of the Year in EA SPORTS FC 24 will commence on Monday, January 8. While the exact time is not confirmed, EA SPORTS usually makes such announcements around 6 pm. Fans should keep an eye out for updates as this date approaches.
How to Vote for Team of the Year in EA FC 24?
To make your voice heard in the TOTY selection, follow these simple steps:
Visit the TOTY section on the EA SPORTS FC website.
Choose your top 11 players, with options for different formations.
Save and confirm your selection.
Await the announcement of the final Team of the Year.
The Nominees: Men’s and Women’s Players
This year’s TOTY nominees list is more inclusive than ever, featuring both men’s and women’s players. The list includes:
Men’s Goalkeepers
Alisson – Liverpool
Ederson – Manchester City
Brice Samba – RC Lens
Gregor Kobel – Borussia Dortmund
Wojciech Szczesny – Juventus
Mike Maignan – AC Milan
Jan Oblak – Atletico Madrid
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen – FC Barcelona
Women’s Goalkeepers
Christiane Endler – Olympique Lyonnais
Mary Earps – Manchester United
Merle Frohms – VfL Wolfsburg
Chiamaka Nnadozie – Paris FC
Jane Campbell – Houston Dash
Men’s Defenders
William Saliba – Arsenal
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
Ruben Dias – Manchester City
John Stones – Manchester City
Dante – OGC Nice
Marquinhos – Paris Saint-Germain
Kim Min Jae – Bayern Munich
Mats Hummels – Borussia Dortmund
Lucas Martinez Quarta – Fiorentina
Alessandro Bastoni – Inter Milan
Bremer – Juventus
Theo Hernandez – AC Milan
Giovanni Di Lorenzo – Napoli
Nicolas Otamendi – Benfica
Jules Kounde – FC Barcelona
Jesus Navas – Sevilla
Gaya – Valencia
Women’s Defenders
Wendie Renard – Olympique Lyonnais
Mapi Leon – FC Barcelona
Irene Paredes – FC Barcelona
Sakina Karchaoui – Paris Saint-Germain
Fridolina Rolfo – FC Barcelona
Katie McCabe – Arsenal
Millie Bright – Chelsea
Selma Bacha – Olypmique Lyonnais
Ona Batlle – FC Barcelona
Amanda Ilestedt – Arsenal
Ellie Carpenter – Olympique Lyonnais
Glodis Perla Viggosdottir – Bayern Munich
Niamh Charles – Chelsea
Naomi Girma – San Diego Wave FC
Olga Carmona – Real Madrid
Jenna Nighswonger – NJ/NY Gotham FC
Men’s Midfielders
Martin Odegaard – Arsenal
Declan Rice – Arsenal
Kaoru Mitoma – Brighton and Hove Albion
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
Rodri – Manchester City
Bruno Guimaraes – Newcastle United
Jarrod Bowen – West Ham United
Alexandr Golovin – AS Monaco
Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen
Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen
Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich
Leroy Sane – Bayern Munich
Julian Brandt – Borussia Dortmund
Vincenzo Grifo – SC Frieburg
Nicolo Barella – Inter Milan
Federico Chiesa – Juventus
Adrien Rabiot – Juventus
Riyad Mahrez – Al Ahli
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – Al Hilal
Pedri – FC Barcelona
Ilkay Gundogan – FC Barcelona
Aleix Garcia – Girona FC
Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid
Toni Kroos – Real Madrid
Luka Modric – Real Madrid
Aurelien Tchouameni – Real Madrid
Federico Valverde – Real Madrid
Women’s Midfielders
Alexia Putellas – FC Barcelona
Aitana Bonmati – FC Barcelona
Patri Guijarro – FC Barcelona
Debinha – Kansas City Current
Lena Oberdorf – VfL Wolfsburg
Grace Geyoro – Paris Saint-Germain
Keira Walsh – FC Barcelona
Clara Mateo – Paris FC
Caroline Weir – Real Madrid
Georgia Stanway – Bayern Munich
Leicy Santos – Atletico Madrid
Frida Maanum – Arsenal
Gaetane Thiney – Paris FC
Janima Minge – SC Frieburg
Kerolin Nicoli – North Carolina Courgage
Estafania Banini – Atletico Madrid
Barbara Dunst – Eintracht Frankfurt
Sam Coffey – Portland Thorns
Men’s Attackers
Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
Jack Grealish – Manchester City
Erling Haaland – Manchester City
Heung Min Son – Tottenham Hotspur
Jonathan Clauss – Olympique de Marseille
Ousmane Dembele – Paris Saint-Germain
Lee Kang In – Paris Saint-Germain
Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain
Randal Kolo Muani – Paris Saint-Germain
Jeremie Frimpong – Bayer Leverkusen
Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen
Harry Kane – Bayern Munich
Lois Openda – RB Leipzig
Serhou Guirassy – VfB Stuttgart
Federico Dimarco – Inter Milan
Lautaro Martinez – Inter Milan
Rafael Leao – AC Milan
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – Napoli
Victor Osimhen – Napoli
Domenico Berardi – Sassuolo
Mehdi Taremi – FC Porto
Karim Benzema – Al Ittihad
Cristiano Ronaldo – Al Nassr
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid
Alvaro Morata – Atletico Madrid
Robert Lewandowski – FC Barcelona
Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
Takefusa Kubo – Real Sociedead
Gerard Moreno – Villarreal
Lionel Messi – Inter Miami
Women’s Attackers
Sam Kerr – Chelsea
Caroline Graham Hansen – FC Barcelona
Kadidiatou Diani – Olympique Lyonnais
Guro Reiten – Chelsea
Alexandra Popp – VfL Wolfsburg
Sophia Smith – Portland Thorns
Ewa Pajor – VfL Wolfsburg
Lauren Hemp – Manchester City
Lea Schuller – Bayern Munich
Salma Paralluelo – FC Barcelona
Racheal Kundananji – Real Madrid
Lynn Williams – NJ/NY Gotham FC
Rachel Daly – Aston Villa
Khadija Shaw – Manchester City
Chloe Kelly – Manchester City
Eugenie Le Sommer – Olympique Lyonnais
Trinity Rodman – Washington Spirit
Bethany England – Tottenham Hotspur
Alba Redondo – Levante UD
Tabitha Chawinga – Paris Saint-Germain
Melissa Kossler – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Linda Caicedo – Real Madrid
Don’t miss your chance to shape the ultimate dream team of the year.
TeamXSpark, founded by the renowned Indian esports player Tanmay “Scout” Singh, recently announced its Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) roster for the 2024 season. The lineup retains its three core members Sarangajyoti “Sarang” Deka, Tushar “DreamS” Jain, and Harsh “SPRAYGOD” Malik, and welcomes the much-celebrated Shubham “NinjaJOD” Sahoo.
NinjaJOD Explains Why He Chose TeamXSpark
For TeamXSpark’s fans, the addition of NinjaJOD to the roster has been nothing but delightful. The seasoned player, well-known in the BGMI community, recently went online for the first time following the roster announcement. During this livestream, he shared insights into his decision to join the prominent organization .
NinjaJOD expressed his unexpected journey to TeamXSpark. He acknowledged that he had multiple options to join a team, but he chose TeamXSpark. He attributed his decision to the unique family-like atmosphere in the organization and the presence of Scout. Notably, NinjaJOD has mentioned at multiple instances that he looks up to Scout.
“Even I didn’t expect it,” NinjaJOD confessed during his live stream. “I had a lot of options, but I chose TeamXSpark because there is this family vibe here, and of course, Scout is here.”
NinjaJOD further elaborated on his existing synergy with Sarang and DreamS, emphasizing the ease of building synergy with teammates he has been playing alongside for a long time. However, he acknowledged the need to build synergy with SPRAYGOD, with whom he had been a friend for a long time.
“I have played with Sarang and DreamS for a long time, and SPRAYGOD has been a friend for a long time,” he stated. “I won’t struggle to build synergy with Sarang and DreamS as I have been playing with them for a long time. However, I will have to build synergy with SPRAYGOD. So there are not many issues here. Give us a little time, we will dominate.”
As confirmed in an earlier notification sent out by Microsoft, the company will soon start deleting old Xbox Captures that have been saved to the Xbox network. The first deletions are set to start in January 2024, and captures will only be deleted if they’re more than 90 days old.
Fortunately, this change will not be affecting recent captures. However, players may only have a short amount of time left to save their captures before they’re permanently deleted from the Xbox network.
While the precise start date for the deletions remains uncertain at the time of writing, multiple sources suggest that the removal process is scheduled to be initiated on January 9, 2024.
While this date hasn’t been confirmed by Microsoft yet, players should start uploading their Xbox Captures to Onedrive or any storage device at the earliest to prevent any risk of the files getting deleted.
The reason behind this mass deletion hasn’t been disclosed by Microsoft, and users are certainly not very happy about this change. Several people have expressed their disappointment at this change on social media forums, and the community’s discontent is palpable.
The anticipation surrounding the release of a new CS2 Operation is palpable, with numerous leaks fueling speculation about the Operation’s potential launch date. Yet, unraveling the mystery behind the first CS2 Operation to date is anything but straightforward.
The launch of Valve’s competitive shooter Counter-Strike 2 has been far from ideal. At the time of the game’s release, CS2 was riddled with game-breaking bugs and issues involving the new sub-tick system and other aspects of the title. While the developers have been pretty swift to patch out most of these underlying problems, some of the bugs continue to haunt the player base to this day.
Given that a significant portion of the developers’ time is currently dedicated to addressing issues within the game, the prospect of simultaneously working on a new CS2 Operation seems rather improbable. However, we’ve seen plenty of leaks about the next CS2 Operation surface on the internet recently, which might suggest otherwise.
New CS2 Operation Leaks
When the closed beta for Counter-Strike 2 was first released, dataminers were able to find lines of codes that pointed to a new Operation. A Tweet by prominent dataminer Gabe Follower leaked 3 new weapon collections – Counter-Strike, Pop Comic, Myth & Monsters – alongside a new form of cosmetics called ‘pets’. Fans suspect that these new cosmetics and skin collections are part of the upcoming CS2 operation, which is highly likely since Operations generally introduce a bunch of new collections to the game at once.
Huh? @CounterStrike beta just came out and devs already working on a new operation? Cause there's a lot of stuff related to OP12. Things like 3 new weapon collections: Counter-Strike, Pop Comic, Myth & Monsters. New pins (were teased in official CS2 video). New cosmetic item… pic.twitter.com/FBXrbOthmO
We also know that map developers are actively working on remaking some of the iconic CS:GO maps like Santorini, Cache, and Train in the Source 2 engine. These maps are also highly likely to be added to CS2 alongside a new Operation.
CS2 Operation 12: Release Date
As previously mentioned, the precise release date of the next CS2 Operation remains uncertain at the time of writing. Fans may anticipate the new Operation to debut around May 2024, closely aligning with the release pattern of CS2 in September 2023.
Surfing is an advanced movement that takes a lot of practice and acquired skills to use at a level where it is beneficial to you in actual matches. For the longest time, players have used surfing as a medium to fast-track their movements to reach a spot ahead of the opponent but to do it at an elite level takes a lot of practice.
With the release of CS2, the question on everyone’s mind is that if the same can be accomplished with the latest iteration of Counter-Strike. And the answer is yes. Surfing can only be done in specific areas of the game, namely the flat angular surfaces where you can climb to an extent. An understanding of the in-game physics is fundamental to acquire the skill of surfing.
Surfing might seem very satisfying and easy to accomplish but it’s just as difficult. If you are used to surfing in CSGO, surfing should not be a problem for you, however, if you are new to the game, read through to understand how the movement is accomplished in the game and how to practice it.
How to Surf in CS2?
In CS2, surfing involves gliding sideways along inclined surfaces on a map. The primary concept is to head towards the ramp, press the forward key (“W”), and solely utilize the sideways keys (“A” and “D”) along with mouse movement to maneuver along the ramp.
To start surfing, approach the ramp and press the sideways key corresponding to the ramp’s direction (“A” for a rightward ramp, “D” for a leftward one). It’s crucial to smoothly move the mouse in the same direction as the ramp. Additionally, avoid pressing “W” or “S” while on the ramp to ensure proper mechanics and success.
To access a surf server in CS2, follow the steps below:
Open CS2.
Click on “PLAY” at the top.
Click on the Globe icon.
In the community server browser, type “surf” in the search bar.
Select any map from the list and start surfing.
Surfing may seem very difficult to accomplish at first but it is one of the most satisfying things that you can do when mastered.
