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Valorant Update 2.06 Patch Notes: Full List of Changes

ValorantValorant Update 2.06 full list of Patch Notes | Photo by Riot GamesThe Valorant Update 2.06 patch notes arrived Wednesday and there is a lot to discuss. The new update brings some of the biggest changes to the game in some time. Riot Games has delivered on some long-awaited promises in this update with a pair of Agent buffs meant to balance out the tier lists. Other features of the new update include a series of nerfs to perhaps the best shotgun in the game and additions to Escalation mode.

Mediaplanet and Gaming Icon Felicia Day Advocate for Diversity in…

75 percent of Americans say they have at least one video game player in their household. The evolution of gaming has been one of the most rapid shifts in any entertainment art form. NEW YORK (PRWEB) March 26, 2021 Mediaplanet today announces the launch of its cross-platform campaign “Gamin in America.” This campaign breaks down the stereotypes of underserved minorities in the gaming community and shows the incredible achievements this industry has made in entertainment and technology. It also highlights the organizations who are moving the industry forward, creating opportunities

POTM: Mitr0 | Returning to the pantheon

In 2013, Dmitri Van de Vrie was 11 years old uploading Call of Duty: Black Ops III montages to YouTube. It was still years out from the birth of the battle royale and from the rise of two of the most successful multiplayer titles in existence—PUBG and Fortnite—years out from his own rise in one of the world’s youngest, hardest, and strangest esports. [embedded content]On their own, the montages are just drops in an ocean of semi-anonymous FPS highlights. But with context, looking back at the nascent FPS skill, the

ESL Pro League launches player council

ESL announced on Thursday the creation of the ESL Pro League Player Council, an advisory group that has been designed to give players a say when it comes to important decisions concerning the league. The council is made up of a mix of active players and coaches from each of the 12 teams that signed the Louvre Agreement (100 Thieves, originally a member, withdrew from Counter-Strike in October). With the creation of this group, which will meet at least four times each year, players will "have the opportunity to learn

Two networking techniques will create a level playing field for online gaming

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Imagine this: You and your buddy just joined a Battle Royale Minecraft server for a quick battle. You’ve got time for one more game today. In the end, you know it’s probably going to come down to him and you — 1-on-1. In the meantime, you’re teaming up. First, you hit the airfield in the southernmost part of the map, because that’s where the loot is. But everyone else

The time for esports’ professionalization is now

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now With traditional sports and entertainment evaporating overnight amid the COVID-19 outbreak last spring, esports became the solution for stakeholders across many industries to ensure the show did indeed go on. This resulted in the injection of professional gaming into the social mainstream, providing hours of entertainment for content-starved audiences while playerbases skyrocketed as a means of staying connected during a time when many were apart. While the surge of

aizy, MSL placed on transfer list as North recall Kristou, trial kreaz

North have announced that Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup and Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen have been removed from the starting lineup with immediate effect and placed on the transfer list. Taking the duo's places are Kristoffer "⁠Kristou⁠" Aamand, who has been recalled from his loan spell with AGF, and Rasmus "⁠kreaz⁠" Johansson, who joins the team on trial. The announcement is described by North as the second stage of its talent development plan, which was launched in September with the goal of providing "a healthier path into the professional scene" to Scandinavian players.

The BOT Major finals showed us what great casting is all about

It seems Richard Lewis’ crazy concoction that was the BOT Major might actually end up getting Sadokist back in the casting fold, and his performance in the final of the brilliantly stupid competition gave us a glimpse both of what we’ve been missing by his absence and the many disparate elements that go into top tier casting even when the gameplay is just window-dressing.Beep boop, out of the loopIt’s been said that a good actor can make reading the phone book sound like Hamlet to their audience, and casting a

cogu: “The pressure is on Astralis; we are doing the most we can with the time we have”

MIBR will return to action from a two-month break this afternoon with a mammoth task to shoulder as they will face the No.2-ranked team in the world in a double-elimination group that also contains fellow Brazilian side FURIA and a G2 team reinvigorated by the signing of Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač. MIBR travelled to Serbia in hope rather than expectation after they picked up three stand-ins to complete their roster for the final stretch of the year. The clash against Astralis will mark the debut of Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira and Vinicius