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Valorant Champions Tour Stage 3: Masters Berlin Primer

ValorantFrom Sept. 10 to Sept. 19, 15 qualified teams will compete for the Masters Berlin trophy and a direct invitation to Valorant Champions. / Photo courtesy of Riot GamesThe third and final Masters event of the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is set to unfold at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, where 15 of the 16 teams who qualified via Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs will compete for VCT Points, the trophy and a direct invitation to the end-of-year Champions tournament.Over the course of 10 days, Masters Berlin will consist

Valorant Champions Set to Take Place in Berlin

ValorantValorant Champions, the culmination of each year of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT), will take place in Berlin in December 2021. / Photo courtesy of Riot GamesValorant Champions will take place in Berlin in December 2021, Riot Games announced Friday.The in-person event will invite sixteen representatives, 12 who will qualify through their performance during the regular season and four through the Last Chance Qualifiers taking place in October, in an end-of-year competition where the winner is convincingly given the title of the best Valorant team in the world.#VALORANTChampions is heading

Infinite will see the relaunch of Halo esports with 9 partnered teams

A new era of Halo esports is coming. Microsoft has revealed nine partnered teams for the launch of Halo Infinite, coming later this year.  The nine teams that are included in the relaunch of the Halo Championship Series are Cloud9, Envy, eUnited, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, Sentinels, and Spacestation Gaming. Halo Infinite is set to release on Dec. 8 with the single-player campaign and multiplayer modes available. Halo has been a big esports title in the past, but it began to struggle for viewers around the release

Zygnus Esports wins the LATAM playoffs in the CoD: Mobile World Championship 2021

Zygnus Esports, Skade, and FullHouse Gaming from the Latin America (LATAM) region have qualified for the 2021 Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship Finals after placing in the top three in the regional playoffs yesterday. Zygnus Esports won the online playoffs and took home $15,000 of the $50,000 prize pool. It wasn’t an easy ride for the team, however, as they fell into the losers bracket in the semifinals after losing to FullHouse Gaming 3-2 in an intense match. The team didn’t falter though, winning their next two matches 3-1

Here are the notes and updates for League of Legends Patch 11.17

With Worlds 2021 quickly approaching, Riot is tiptoeing around the meta and making sure to be “extra careful” with champion changes in League of Legends Patch 11.17. That being said, the devs are continuing to make adjustments ahead of the game’s biggest event of the year. The devs are shifting some of Lucian’s power from the mid to bot lane, tweaking Akshan, and updating Amumu in the upcoming patch. They’re also “investigating” lots of other champions and items but are being cautious while doing it. Here are the full notes

Regional price changes to be implemented in Wild Rift in September

League of Legends: Wild Rift‘s regional prices and global bonus currency will be adjusted on Sept. 8, Riot Games announced earlier today. While Europe will see decreased prices, Brazil, Latin America, and Russia will have increased prices “due to exchange rates and tax changes,” it wrote. To compensate for this increase, the players from all regions will receive double bonus for all purchases made between Aug. 23 and Sept. 8. So if players want to buy some Wild Cores to purchase skins and other items, this will be one of

Regional price changes hitting VALORANT starting in September

Riot Games is making changes to its VALORANT regional pricing. The company outlined its plans today to raise costs in nine countries while cutting them in one. Due to “currency fluctuations, taxation, and regional discrepancies,” Riot has decided to evaluate its global pricing and make specific adjustments starting Sept. 8. To compensate for the price hike, the company will double the bonus currency offered to players who purchase VP bundles for a limited time only. Image via Riot Games Brazil, Latin America, Russia, and Turkey will each see their average

Microsoft Flight Simulator Chicago Midway & Mexico City Airports Announced; F-16, Beaver, & Nanki-Shirahama Get New WIP Screenshots

The weekend doesn’t matter in Microsoft Flight Simulator, as third-party developers never stop providing news and releases of add-ons for the popular sim. We start with Drzewiecki Design, who announced Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) with a series of images. While the airport’s name was not explicitly mentioned, the tower and the cityscape are pretty much unmistakable. Incidentally, Drzewiecki Design also released a package for the city itself, so expanding to one of its airports certainly makes sense. You can find the new images below. Next is FlyMex, which is

Evo 2021 Showcase will bring top Evo 2021 Online finishers to compete live in Las Vegas

Building off of the more than 120 online tournaments being run as part of Evo 2021 Online, the new Evo 2021 Showcase will bring together the best fighting game players from around the world to compete in-person at an Evo event for the first time since Evo 2019.  The Evo 2021 Showcase Tournament of Champions will run on Nov. 27 and 28 in Las Vegas at the UFC APEX sports complex, featuring the top players from each regional tournament run during Evo 2021 Online and $125,000 in total prizing.  Since

Konami to allow sanctioned physical Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG events to return on July 15 in the United States

After postponing physical Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG events through June, Konami is finally lifting some of its restrictions on what sanctioned in-person events Official Tournament Stores in the United States can run starting on July 15.  This will be the first return to sanctioned physical play since Konami initially suspended in-person events last March due to COVID-19 concerns. Every OTS store owner will be able to run physical events at their own discretion and where allowed by local regulation, without further input from Konami barring a future reversal of this decision.  “We