Author: Rob Sterling

Rob is Tekrati's senior editor. He is also a nationally syndicated columnist and author. Rob lives in NYC and covers the intersection of money, politics and finance.

Drops are back, but this year they’re even easier to get ahold of. Last year the Call of Duty League gave us access to special in-game drops for watching the CDL matches through their website. This year they’re doing the same, however, account integration with YouTube has arrived, making it much easier to receive the exclusive black ops. How to Link Accounts To receive the drops, you’ll need to link your Activision account with your YouTube account. To link your accounts, head to this link and follow the steps. Doing this will integrate your Activision account with your YouTube, allowing…

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With more and more players able to get their hands on League of Legends mobile ahead of its 2021 full release. So far, players across Asia and Europe have got their hands on Wild Rift during its closed beta and now open beta phases. In this article, you’ll find all the latest information about the mobile version of League of legends. Wild Rift price and release date Like League of Legends for PC, the mobile version will be a free-to-play game. The game will be supported by in-app purchases of skins and cosmetics. You’ll also be able to purchase champions…

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Epic Games and Fortnite: Battle Royale are teaming up with popular Twitch streamers to offer players free items during a new winter-themed event. The first-ever Fortnite Winter Trials has arrived. This event gives Fortnite players a chance at grabbing some in-game items for minimal effort. Emotes, wraps and sprays are some of the exclusive cosmetics available in the five-day event. Some well-known influencers like NickEh30 and SypherPK have involved themselves in the event, where fans can vote on challenges for a slew of players to complete live on stream. Let’s take a look at everything you need to know about…

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Week One of the DPC is a wrap for China, we take a look at how the games went down. As the only region with the ability to host LAN events, Perfect World have really gone all out with their production for this first season of the DPC in China. Creating an entire “Dota 2 City” as a backdrop for the season. We will have more details about DPC CN coming next! Plus, the CN region will be the only LAN event among all regions. Welcome to this Dire Street in DOTA 2 city! #dpc #dota2 pic.twitter.com/ebLAKxBSVB — Perfect World…

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The top eight Challengers teams from North America and Europe will compete at the highest level of the amateur division. Today, the Call of Duty League announced more information on the highly anticipated Challengers Elite. The Challengers Elite is a new division of the amateur league, where the top eight teams from both Europe and North America will compete for a higher prize pool. Elite Qualifiers Elite qualifiers are the path for non-Elite players to get a spot in Elite. Anybody can sign up, but only the top teams by Challengers Points will make the cutoff to participate. Elite Qualifiers…

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The European prodigy joins his home team for the 2021 season in London Royal. The London Royal Ravens are the latest teams to announce a substitute for the 2021 Call of Duty League season. European prodigy, Marcus “Afro” Reid joins his home team for the season London Royal , being yet another amateur to find his way onto a CDL roster. Afro is a 19 year old brit who began his competitive Call of Duty career in the 2019, Black Ops 4 season. Following this, he began to make a name for himself in the 2020 Modern Warfare season, first…

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High Coast is the newest organization that will try to get involved in the Dota 2 scene. Even though it was formed in 2019, the Swedish esports organization High Coast Esports decided to try its luck in the Dota 2 world. However, instead of forming its own roster, High Coast decided to acquire Chicken Fighters. As you may know, the team will participate in the upcoming 2021 Dota Pro Circuit Europe Regional League Upper Division. [#ANNOUNCEMENT] The time has come. We’re proud to announce our @DOTA2 roster. You’ll catch us on the 23rd, battling it out in Dreamleague’s EU Division…

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Let’s take a look at some of the upcoming changes in Dota Pro Circuit 2. The new Dota Pro Circuit has just begun. That’s why Valve decided it’s time to update the watch tab that you can find inside the clients. Now, it will give you access to all DPC events in the Upper and Lower Divisions. The changes A quick overview of the Team Panel. #WatchTab #Dota2 pic.twitter.com/92VZeYsOh0 — Wykrhm Reddy (@wykrhm) January 19, 2021 The watch tab was always interesting, but after the changes, it is even better. Now it includes a few highlighted games that you can…

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Nerd St. Gamers’ Valorant Winter Championship ended with an upset from Luminosity Gaming over the fan-favorite Sentinels. The Winter Championship began with 16 teams and four Groups with everyone from Sentinels to XSET. Only eight teams, ANDBOX, Cloud9 Blue, Envy, Sentinels, NRG, Luminosity, Equinox, and Built By Gamers made it through to the playoffs. Luminosity, ANDBOX, and Equinox were viewed as underdogs coming into the Playoffs, but each team stepped up in its own way. Luminosity proved that they have the skill needed to take on a T1 Valorant squad after taking down Sentinels in a 3-2 upset. Luminosity Takes…

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Woxic is moving on from C9, leaving the roster down two members. Özgür “woxic” Eker has departed Cloud9 after playing four events under their banner. The Turkish sniper was released from his contract by mutual agreement with Cloud9 three months after his transfer from mousesports. In his final statement, Henry “HenryG” Greer said that the team was unable to overcome various challenges that affected woxic’s performance, including unreliable high ping. Additionally, Greer stated that it was the decision of the team as “allowing this to continue wouldn’t have been in the best interest of the squad in the long run”.…

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