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Sources: VALORANT EMEA Game Changers event rules prevent certain marginalized genders, including non-binary persons, from competing

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa VALORANT Game Changers tournament will exclude certain marginalized genders, including those who identify as non-binary, from competing in the events, sources familiar with the tournament’s organization told Dot Esports. Transgender women will be allowed to compete throughout the event, but the rules are a break from the event’s North American counterpart, which includes “marginalized genders,” including non-binary persons. At the beginning of the year, Riot released its plans to hold the Game Changers tournament series that would supplement the VALORANT Champions Tour and work

Galaxy Racer, Team Nigma announce merger, form Nigma Galaxy esports division

Galaxy Racer and Team Nigma, two specialist esports organizations are merging together, combining Galaxy Racer’s large esports, content, and lifestyle brand with the competitive expertise of Nigma.  With this move, Nigma will rebrand to Nigma Galaxy and head up the esports division of Galaxy Racer from its headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Image via Nigma Galaxy Overall, Nigma Galaxy will go from having a focus on its top-level Dota 2 roster to carrying rosters across multiple major esports titles, like League of Legends, VALORANT, CS:GO, Free Fire, and PUBG MOBILE, featuring

How to complete Showdown Yedder SBC in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

EA Sports added a Showdown 95-rated version of Wissam Ben Yedder from Monaco to FIFA 21 today. It’s obtainable through FIFA 21 Ultimate Team’s squad-building challenges (SBC) menu. EA also added a 95-rated version of Mattéo Guendouzi from Olympique de Marseille. These players will play against each other on the real-life pitch on Saturday, Sept. 11, and the winner will receive a +2 overall in-game upgrade. You have until that match happens to complete this SBC. EA generally increased all of Yedder’s skills, including his Physical (+18), Passing (+15), Shooting (+13), Pace (+13), Dribbling (+12),

PUBG Mobile unveils collaborations with Alan Walker, Jujutsu Kaisen, Zaha Hadid Architects

PUBG Mobile announced collaborations with Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, Japanese manga series Jujutsu Kaisen, and British architecture and design firm Zaha Hadid Architects during the Team Up Challenge 2021 yesterday.  This isn’t the first time the battle royale game is tying-up with Alan Walker. In 2019, the DJ released two new singles, namely “On My Way” and “Live Fast,” in a collaboration with PUBG Mobile. Tencent teased that a new partnership is coming with him soon. The other major collaboration is with the Japanese manga series Jujutsu Kaisen. It’s one

How to complete July 11’s 81+ Player Pick SBC in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

EA Sports introduced an 81+ Player Pick squad-building challenge (SBC) today that will reward players who complete it with an option to choose one out of four 81-rated or higher cards in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team. There are 14 special cards available in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team packs at the moment, which were added on Friday, July 9 as part of the second Summer Stars squad. This promo features some incredible cards such as the 99-rated version of Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain and the 99-rated version of Romelu Lukaku from Internazionale. Although

How to complete new Throwback Marquee Matchups SBC in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

EA Sports added a new set of Throwback Marquee Matchups to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team today that you can complete by accessing the squad-building challenge (SBC) menu. The Marquee Matchups are weekly challenges themed around real soccer’s key matchups. EA selects some matches and creates SBCs that reward players with some tradeable FUT packs. For the Throwback version, EA selected four matchups featuring nations from international matchups that already took place. The company didn’t specify what tournament these matches are from nor when the games happened. You’ll have until next Wednesday, July

Garena to host Free Fire All Stars international tournament in July

Garena revealed today that the Free Fire All Stars (FFAS) tournament will return this July. The international online event will gather players and influencers from three regions: Americas, Asia, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).  Following the same format as the Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS) 2020, each region will have its own tournament but now on different dates, which means Free Fire fans from all over the world can follow all events separately. Related: TSM FTX reportedly acquiring Free Fire roster The regional tournaments will happen over three

PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) Fall Split registrations to begin on June 21

The Fall Split of the $2 million PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO) 2021 is here. Teams from around the world will be able to register for the open-for-all competition from June 21 to July 5, Tencent announced today. In 2021, the PMCO has been significantly expanded to cover 23 countries and regions around the world. Top teams from this event will make their way to the Pro Leagues (PMPL), where they’ll have a shot at qualifying for the PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2021. A major change in the fall

Viego, Gwen enabled next week during the debut of 2021 LEC Summer Split

Maximillian Peter Schmidt, the head of esports for League of Legends in Europe & MENA at Riot Games, announced today that Gwen and Viego will both be available for their debuts in the 2021 LEC Summer Split. Gwen is League‘s most recent champion release and was disabled from competitive play since most regions were in playoffs. Meanwhile, Viego has been released for six months and couldn’t make his competitive debut due to various game-breaking bugs. #LEC Update:League’s newest addition Gwen will be enabled and is expected to be a serious

Riot confirms the LEC will be back to online play for the Summer Split

Riot Games confirmed to Dot Esports that the LEC Summer Split will once again be held online, at least for now. Even though bringing back play to the studio is “Riot’s priority,” the arrangement is due to the COVID-19 health situation currently affecting Germany, “To guarantee the safety of everyone involved in creating the show (staff and teams), we are going back to online play for the Summer Split,” Maximilian Peter Schmidt, the head of esports for League of Europe & MENA, told Dot Esports. “While we do want to