Intel Core i9-11900K, Core i5-11600K, and Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero Review

Intel's 'Rocket Lake' 11th Gen Core i9-11900K and Core i5-11600K are targeted at gamers and enthusiasts, but will this interesting new architecture be able to take on AMD's many-core Ryzen family, or has the company actually taken a step backwards?

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PUBG Mobile and Free Fire might reportedly get banned in Bangladesh:

According to a report by Bangladesh-based publication, Daily Manab Zamin, PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire are planned to be suspended due to the increase in gaming addiction among the youth in the country. The decision was reportedly made by several government bodies including the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Education. 

A report from AFK Gaming states that the subject has also been discussed with the Bangladesh Mobile Phone Users Association and the Parliamentary Standing Committee in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications calling for immediate steps to restrict the addictive nature of Free Fire and PUBG Mobile.

It's important to note that Garena has announced exclusive Free Fire servers for Bangladesh. Garena has already kicked off pre-registrations for the new server and the Bangladesh servers are scheduled to go live on June 8. 

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has recognized the gaming addiction among young adults and teenagers. The government has stated that it will take mandatory steps to prohibit the games in a healthy manner to avoid extreme reactions. Government authorities are also informed of the matter that players can use a VPN after these games get banned as players from India have been playing PUBG Mobile since the ban using methods like VPN. The Bangladesh government hasn't made a statement as to how they will stop players from using VPN.

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Nintendo wins piracy lawsuit against RomUniverse

Nintendo filed a lawsuit against RomUniverse.com, a website involved in hosting pirated versions of Nintendo games, in September of 2019. Nintendo claimed that the site facilitated the infringement of its intellectual property. Its initial complaint said that the site reportedly offers memberships of up to $ 30 a year, allowing subscribers to download games faster than non-subscribers. This was seen as an act of profiting from Nintendo's copyrighted works, and it sought $15 Million in potential damages.

Matthew Storman, the site’s operator, did not take down the site until last summer, even after repeated DMCA takedown notices. He decided to defend himself in the court of law without an attorney and claimed that he did not upload pirated games. He asked the court to dismiss the case. However, Nintendo picked his defence apart and found itself in the court’s favour.

After winning a lawsuit against RomUniverse, Storman was charged with copyright and trademark infringement and was ordered to pay over $2 Million in damages to Nintendo. 

Storman was penalised $35,000 in statutory damages for each of the 49 copyright violations. He was also punished $400,000 in statutory damages for each of the 29 trademark violations to Nintendo, amounting to the $2.1 million figure.

Nintendo is well known for suing those that infringe its intellectual proper and has previously won similar cases in US and UK courts, including a $ 12.2 million settlement with illegal ROM distributors. There are several ongoing lawsuits against the creators and distributors of Nintendo Switch hackers. 

Litigation is not limited to civil litigation. In 2020, two hackers, one of them named Gary Bowser, were arrested and charged with 11 felonies. Nintendo also filed a lawsuit against Bowser this year, accusing him of creating and selling Switch hacks similar to copyright infringement.

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Dream admits he might have accidentally cheated on his Minecraft speedrun record

The popular Minecraft youtuber Dream who claimed to have the world record on speedrunning Minecraft, has been allegedly cheating his speedrun streams, and here’s how:

The Java Speedrunning team issued a bulky analysis paper accusing Dream of having cheated on his speed runs. Dream claims to have been “accidentally” doing his speedrunning streams while having some illegal mods on. Dream apologizes for being unaware of the mods being active, and takes it to clarify the situation from his perspective.

Given the odds of getting the substantially greater drops rates he had in those speedruns is quite meagre, let alone at such streaks; we are talking about very (veryyyyy) rare here, and it’s just too hard to justify it with sheer luck *shrug*.  Although he had been denying cheating allegations since December, last year, but now, nearly five months later, Dream posted his full perspective of the incident and what he thinks went wrong after digging into it further. It appears he has had enough of the hassle, and finally came forward with admitting that he might have “unintentionally” used mods during the speedrun, as a reply to the lengthy analysis paper by the Java speedrunning team.

“As much as I was confident that I didn’t cheat, I had never explored the option that I possibly did,” Dream said. “Due to the way I reacted to the mods and perceived everything going on I was convinced that they were out to get me. I tunnel visioned and was paranoid and didn’t think straight. I had plenty of valid reasons to believe that they weren’t impartial, and had the mod team and I been completely friendly from the beginning I believe it never would have gotten to the point that it did.”

According to him, these were mods used for making videos that were being developed by someone he hired alongside fellow content creator GeorgeNotFound. He claims to have apparently ignored any potential problems because the mods, at the time, weren’t affecting gameplay and he thought they were disabled or only impacted server-side gameplay. 

“When I realized this, I felt an extreme sense of guilt and I took down my response video not believing in what I said in the video at all anymore,” Dream said. “This was a couple months ago at this point I believe. When the drama first started I cared more about defending myself and being right, then about figuring out what was actually going on and I shot myself in the foot by doing it.”

Finally, Dream urges his fans to not send hate to the mod team or anyone involved in the situation and also to avoid causing further drama. He claims to plan on clarifying the situation more in the near future too.

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Riot Celebrates Valorants One Year Anniversary by giving out in-game Goodies to players

Riot Games’ 5v5 Shooter ‘Valorant’ completed its 1 year anniversary on 2nd June 2021 and they are celebrating by rewarding the players in multiple ways.

They have brought back the night market on the occasion for players to buy skins at a discount on their actual price if the skins you get in your night market appeal to you.   The second Give Back bundle will be coming to the stores and the players get to vote on which skins come in it. In order to vote, you can go to the official Instagram page of Valorant and get further details under the Give Back Bundle post announcement. Purchase the bundle from June 22–July 8, and 50% of the proceeds from Weapon skins and 100% from accessories in the Give Back Bundle, will go towards the Riot Games Social Impact Fund.

All players will also be able to receive two exclusive cards featuring artwork from the first two acts of the game which were seen while the game started in the duration of the beginning of the game.     Alongside all other things, Riot will also be giving all players a free YR1 pass which will have seven levels and have exclusive items speculated to be sprays and gun buddies or even more as teased on their instagram post about the one year anniversary.   Last but not least, Riot also announced the Squad Boost event which will reward players with a higher percentage of XP depending on how many players they queue with. It is said to have a max limit of 20% more XP which makes us think that the percentage ratio might be 5% per player. Regardless, playing with a squad has never been more rewarding in the game before.

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Riot Gamess Valorant FPS set to make its way to mobile

Valorant looks set to enter the mobile gaming space. The announcement comes when the game celebrates its one-year anniversary since launch. However, we still do not know when it will be launched. This information was revealed by the game’s executive producer, Anna Donlon during a chat with Polygon. 

Donlon notes that the team at Riot Games is focused on delivering an uncompromised experience for Valorant Mobile. The idea is to ensure that the game is not just a port of Valorant PC, but a unique mobile experience. 

Donlon also noted that they are not working on cross-play between PC and mobile. This makes a lot of sense as valorant is a first person hero shooter and the PC players will have a definite advantage over mobile players.

Donlon also stressed that the PC version will not be affected by the development of the mobile version. “The same way that we’re not going to deliver a subpar mobile experience for mobile players, we’re not going to compromise the PC experience either,” she said. “We’re not trying to convert Valorant PC players into Valorant Mobile players or vice versa. [...] We’re absolutely just as committed to keeping the PC experience at the quality level it is or higher, and we’re not going to compromise it in order to address the mobile market.” Donon told Polygon.

It was also revealed that Riot plans to create a console version of the game. However, that is something that will happen after mobile. 

Valorant isn’t the only AAA title set to make its mobile debut. Riot’s own League of Legend: Wild Rift is already up for pre-registration and the game should launch soon. Besides Riot, EA is set to launch a new version of Battlefield for mobile. We also have Apex Legends coming to mobile phones soon. You can learn more about our first impressions of the game here.

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Realme to launch sub Rs 10,000 5G phones in India by next year: Madhav Sheth

Realme is one of India's biggest smartphone makers, and is among the major players driving the 5G revolution in India. Today, the company hosted the first edition of its Realme Global 5G Summit in partnership with Counterpoin Research, GSMA and Qualcomm. The event saw industry experts speak about the state of the 5G industry, while both Realme and Qualcomm gave us an insight about their plans for the industry going forward. 

Madhav Sheth, Vice President, Realme and Chief Executive Officer, Realme India and Europe, also made a big announcement with regards to further democratisation of 5G in India in the near future. Responding to a question, Sheth confirmed that the company plans to bring 5G phones to the sub Rs 10,000 price segment in India by 2021. 

Speaking at the event, Sheth also said, “Starting with our first 5G model, the realme X50 5G, we have been exploring new design concepts and technical innovations to bring users slimmer and design-rich 5G phones that offer powerful performance. We believe that in the 5G era, helping to accelerate the adoption of this new technology is a crucial mission for realme. We will work hard to help popularize 5G by listening more to consumers’ needs, pushing forward product innovation, and helping to build the broader 5G ecosystem with our industry partners.”

The move to bring 5G phones to more affordable segments is an ambitious yet understandable move considering the company has already made its presence felt in the sub Rs 15,000 segment with the recent launch of the Realme 8 5G (review). The Realme 8 5G has been quite well received in the country, and the company will be hoping to replicate its success by launching more affordable 5G devices in the country. To remind our readers, the Realme 8 5G was launched in India at a starting price of Rs 14,999 

At the summit, Realme also reaffirmed its commitment to become a “popularizer of 5G” as it pledged to bring the technology to more users worldwide. In 2020, Realme launched 14 5G devices in 21 markets, accounting for around 40% of all its products. By 2022, the company aims to increase the number of its 5G product offerings to over 20, upping the ratio to 70% across 50 markets.

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