Are you a FIFA fnatic? Have you got your FIFA 21 game? Then you would be delighted to know that EA Sports is giving you a free item for some of its special members.
Only the EA Play and Play Pro members can access the game now already and so to give some token of love, EA Sports is giving a cool-looking FUT Stadium Mbappe Tifo to flaunt your FUT 21 stadium.
It looks not only great in the pics, also in the game as well and we have already redeemed today:
You can easily get this cool tifo and use it for your FUT 21 squad and flaunt it while contesting with other FUT players. With just the launch, we already have brought you all a first look, and in the coming days, we will be bringing you a detailed look at various features and changes from last year, so stay tuned.
Finally, the new version of FIFA 21 is here and as expected we will be giving you the first look at it before anyone. The new installment of the game brings a lot of essential core tweaks as well as various overall UI changes as well.
We have covered various aspects of the game like the players, stadiums, icons, improvements, and whatnot, however, now it’s the time to actually see those changes into action. As this is a First Look, we will be showing you some of the major info of the new game:
Mbappe Cover
Yes, Kylian Mbappe takes over the cover of the FIFA 21, so he will be center attraction and the one to welcome you each time you open the game.
The Champions League Welcome
The familiar welcome from FIFA 19 and now we have the last year’s champions meet this year’s finalists – Liverpool vs PSG.
Improved Faces?
The player faces have improved a lot for quite a number of players as we see with the likes of Trent Alexander Arnold, Marquinhos, Henderson and others. However, also there are players like Sadio Mane who’s face remains the same as last installment and is not at all life-like. So, kind of mixed bag till now.
The new UI & Homescreen
Not a major overhaul in terms of overall design but there’s the new bluish purple color scheme synced overall with the game. Then you have Mbappe everywhere with the other gamechangers.
The other menus along with options in settings remains intact with previous FIFA 20, only the color scheme has changed.
The in-game UI has too haven’t changed that much but the color scheme has been synced as well. However, one thing could be noticed that the menus in the game have been improved the UI seems snappier than before.
FUT 21
The major improvement is seen in the new FUT 21 and there a lot of UI improvements that makes it look much better than before.
There’s a news section this time and you can switch between the main menu and your squad in a new way and the new appeal is quite interesting. Apart from these, there are a lot of changes and we will indeed make a dedicated article for it.
Kick-Off
Also there’s an improved kick-off with a whole new UI while you choose your team and the jersey for it.
Not a huge change though while fiddling with the squad management but you see the new UI synced with the total gameplay.
In the coming days, we will bring a lot of new detailed insights as well on various aspects of the game. You can only play the game now if you are an EA Play Pro subscriber or else you need to wait for few more days to get your hands-on with the new FIFA 21!!
According to a smartphone promotional page that has gone live on Flipkart, the Infinix Hot 10 is all set to launch in India on October 4. This phone will be available for sale via Flipkart. This phone has already launched in Pakistan in a pocket-friendly budget and a lot of impressive specifications. Let’s get into the specifications of this phone.
According to reports, the Infinix Hot 10 runs XOS 7.0 which is based on Android 10 OS and is powered by a MediaTek Helio G70 SoC chipset. Regarding the display, this phone will feature a 6.78-inch HD+ (720×1,640 pixels) IPS display with a punch-hole cutout on the top left corner. The all-around bezels of this phone are really small. This phone comes in four different colour variants. Two of them are Obsidian Black and Moonlight Jade.
The MediaTek Helio G70 SoC of this phone is paired with 4GB RAM/64GB storage, 4GB RAM/128GB storage, and 6GB RAM/128GB storage. The storage is further expandable via a microSD card through a dedicated slot. Coming to the camera section, the Infinix Hot 10 features a quad rear camera setup, which includes a 16-megapixel primary snapper, two 2-megapixel sensors, and an AI lens. For the selfies, this phone offers an 8MP selfie snapper at the front.
In terms of battery, the Infinix Hot 10 is fueled by a decent 5,200mAH battery with the support of 10W fast charging. Regarding the connectivity, this phone features every connectivity facilities, like Wi-Fi, 4G, GPS, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a Micro-USB port for charging, and so on.
As of now, this phone’s Indian pricing has not been revealed. If we check the pricing of this phone in Pakistan, it carries a price tag of PKR 20,999 (roughly Rs. 9,300) for the 4GB + 64GB storage variant, PKR 23,999 (roughly Rs. 10,600) for the 4GB + 128GB storage variant, PKR 25,999 (roughly Rs. 11,500) for the top-tier 6GB + 128GB storage variant. This phone will be available for sale on October 4 via Flipkart.
Arsenal midfield outcast Lucas Torreira seems set on a move to Spanish club Atletico Madrid. The diminutive Uruguayan footballer now looks like the fourth choice behind Granit Xhaka, Mohamed Elneny and Matteo Guendouzi. Having been told that the player is not part of manager Arteta’s plans, his agent began looking for options across Europe this transfer window. And after links with Torino, Napoli and Fiorentina, it looks like his future would lie with ‘Los Rojiblancos’. But there are several pending angles to look at in this particular transfer before it can go through.Β
First, the loan with an obligation to buy deal hinges on Atletico selling Hector Herrera. They are looking to sell him back to the club they signed him from – Porto. Once they have managed to offload him, they will decide whether or not to make Partey for sale amidst the loss of finances due to the pandemic. And since Arsenal are reported to have an interest in the Ghanian defensive midfielder, they might look for an arrangement to send Torreira the other way.Β Another possible option for Arsenal is to make a permanent sale and reinvest the funds in a potential new midfield signing, with the name widely linked being Houssem Aouar of Olympique Lyon.
Torreira was very good in his first season at Arsenal when he arrived in 2018 during what was the Unai Emery era. A tough combative midfielder, he did make some crucial tackles and interceptions and often manned the deeper areas of midfield with gusto.
However, he tailed off somewhere last season and ended up making just 17 starts in the league, and was majorly resigned to a squad player role. Now in a bid to receive more game time, he is looking for a move away from Arsenal. And by the looks of it, Torreira to Atletico Madrid could happen sooner rather than later.
The UEFA Champions League draw for theΒ 2020/21Β season was concluded on Thursday in Nyon, Switzerland. Amidst the trophy presentations for different category of players, the officials from the governing body made the draw. Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda were the key ambassadors helping in allocating 32 clubs across 8 groups for the Group Stage.
Group A sees defending champions Bayern go up against Atletico Madrid, who will be the initial favourites to qualify for the knockouts stage. They are accompanied by Salzburg and Lokomotiv Moscow.
Group B is potentially the ‘Group Of Death’ this year because it has teams that rank pretty highly in their respective leagues. This consists of Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Shakthar Donetsk and Borussia Monchengladbach. However based on the reputation and squad depth, one would fancy Real Madrid and Inter Milan to go through.
(IMAGE CREDITS – Bleacher Report)
Group C sees Manchester City start as the favourite while notably taking on 2004 UCL winners Porto, who look strong as well. The group is completed with the presence of Olympique Marseille and Olympiacos. City begin yet another campaign in pursuit of their first Champions’ League title, with a favourable group handed to them.
Onto Group D, which has Liverpool as the leading team. However, the debate will be for the second qualifying spot for the knockouts between Ajax and Atalanta. Both teams have started the season well, but Atalanta hold the edge based on current form.
Group E pits together two giants in recent times, Sevilla and Chelsea which will be an interesting fixture. The other two clubs in the lot are Krasnodar and newcomers Rennes from Ligue 1.
Group F is also an exciting combination in terms of the attacking football that will be on display. This is the dark horse among all groups because any two amongst Zenit, Dortmund, Lazio and Club Brugge can go through.
Group G, and again two giants of the continent clash against each other. Juventus take on Barcelona with both teams under a new managerial regime. But without a shadow of a doubt, the mega talk will see two of the biggest names in football cross paths – Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. They are joined by Dynamo Kyiv and Ferencvaros, who are more or less guaranteed to be knocked out.
And the final group is Group H – which undoubtedly has an appeal of its own. It consists of Manchester United, PSG, RB Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir. Although the fight would be among the first three teams for the two available spots, PSG and Leipzig being last year’s semi-finalists will just edge Manchester United out of knockouts qualification.Β
PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 06: Marcus Rashford of Manchester United celebrates scoring a goal to make the score 1-3 during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United at Parc des Princes on March 6, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images)
Google has sent notices to highly-renowned Swiggy and Zomato for gamification. The online food delivery platforms have been using the ongoing IPL 2020 for promotion purposes.
Both the platforms were using sports-based cash-back games on their app. They were therefore given notices citing violation of Play Store policies related to sports betting activities.
Recently, even the Paytm app was briefly delisted from the Play Store for violating Google’s policy dealing with sports-betting.
Google keeping their protocols strict.
Both Zomato and Swiggy have obviously taken their schemes down. Zomato was using the feature Zomato Premier League and Swiggy was running ‘Match Day Mania’ offers during the IPL.
Speaking in an interview, a Zomato spokesperson believes that the notice was ‘unfair’. However, the Gurugram-based company is working on a new scheme this weekend.
βWe believe that the notice is unfair, but we are a small company and have already realigned our business strategy to comply with Googleβs guidelines,β said the companyβs spokesperson. βWe will be replacing Zomato Premier League with a more exciting program by this weekend.β
Paytm, on the other hand, had launched a UPI cashback and scratch cards campaign. They objected claiming that even Google regularly runs such scratch card campaigns in India.
βThere is a lack of clarity since Google Pay platform is also active and offers cashback,β said an official at one of the firms which received the notice from Google.
Google fired back claiming their offers never violated gambling policies.
βOur policies donβt allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting, including daily fantasy sports in India,β a Google spokesperson had said.
Online platforms have the star of this IPL season. Top 4 sponsors of IPL 2020 are online platforms namely Dream11, Byjus learning app, Amazon and PhonePe. Dream11 has been the highest overall sponsor of the IPL. Recently, even Dream11 was banned or not allowed to use in 6 Indian states.
Microsoft is regular with its updates regarding its Surface devices. It has released fresh updates for its Surface Book 3 and Pro 7. The new updates include a list of fixes and improvements.
Surface Book 3
Surface Book 3βs updates mostly revolve around built-in cameras and to improve power-consumption while using the cameras. the new updates improve CPU performance and overall stability of the system.
Surface Integration Service Device β System devices: 6.94.139.0 Improves system stability.
(Surface Book Base v3 Firmware Update) β no Device Manager notes: 1.60.137.0 Improves integration between system services.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX β Display adapters: 27.21.14.5177 Addresses security updates and improves the graphics performance.
Surface System Aggregator β Firmware: 10.102.139.0 Resolves an issue where the CPU didnβt resume after it had throttled down.
Intel AVStream Camera 2500 β System devices: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
Intel Camera β Control Logic -System devices: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor -System devices: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
Surface Camera Front β System devices: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
(Surface Camera Front) β no Device Manager notes: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
Surface Camera Rear β System devices: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
(Surface Camera Rear) β no Device Manager notes: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
Surface Camera IR -System devices: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
(Surface Camera IR) β no Device Manager notes: 42.18362.3.2451 Improves camera experience and power consumption during use.
Surface Pro 7
Surface Pro 7 will also receive the same camera-related updates. The remainder updates are aimed to improve pen support. They are specifically targeted towards Surface Slim Pen which is the companion to Surface Pro X.
Surface Touch Pen Processor β Human Interface Devices: 3.328.137.0 Improves pen inking when the palm is also on the screen.
Surface Integration Service Device β System devices: 6.94.139.0 Improves integration between services.
Surface UEFI β Firmware: 8.124.140.0 Addresses issues related to the automatic brightness adjustment at low brightness.
These updates are available for users of the devices, as long as they’re running Windows 10 version 1903 or newer. It may be possible that not everyone receives updates at the same time. If they don’t show up yet, they should be available sometime soon.
According to a recent tweet from Poco, it is now confirmed that the company will launch its upcoming Poco C3 in India on October 6 at 12 pm (noon) this year. Poco has shared a teaser video in that tweet but did not reveal any of the specifications of the upcoming phone.
Though it is expected that the Poco C3 will be a rebranded version of the Redmi 9C that was originally launched in Malaysia back in June, moreover, we will get some more information about this phone during the Flipkart Live video of the Poco C3 launch on October 2.
If we want to discuss this phone’s specs, then we can take the Redmi 9C as the Poco C3 will be a rebranded version of it (probably). The Redmi 9C runs on the Android 10 OS and is powered by the octa-core MediaTek Helio G35 SoC paired with up to 4GB of RAM. Regarding the display, this phone offers a 6.53-inch HD+ display. This phone also comes with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and support AI face unlock.
In terms of camera, the Redmi 9C features a triple rear camera setup on its back with a notched selfie snapper at the front. Regarding the battery, this phone is fueled by a 5,000mAH battery with the support of 1W fast charging. Apart from it, this phone has every other connectivity options, like a 3.5mm audio jack, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, and Micro-USB port for charging.
The company has not shared the release date of the Poco C3. In terms of the Redmi 9C, it was originally launched in Malaysia. The retail box also mentioned the RAM and storage variant, color variant, and the price, along with some other details like the SAR value and model number. We hope in the upcoming days, and we’ll come to know more about this upcoming Poco C3.
Regarding the price and availability, the Poco C3 will be launched in the country on October 6 at 12 PM (noon) IST. The company says that this phone will be available via Flipkart. There are a couple of leaked images of a retail box as shared by one of the tipsters.
From those leaks, we can see that the Poco C3 carries a price tag of Rs. 10,990 for the 4GB + 64GB variant in a Matte Black color option. As of now, original pricing and the sale date have not been confirmed by the company.
Upcoming Zen 3 based AMD Ryzen 9 5900X finally spotted – Up to 15% faster in multi-threaded & 25% faster in single-threaded tasks over Ryzen 9 3900X
Having spotted the upcoming Ryzen 7 5800X on the Gaming benchmarks recently, it was kind of expected that more new CPUs would be actually be spotted in the coming days. So, finally, the new 12-core AMD CPU has been spotted by @9550pro, who also found its brother CPU.
The CPU-Z screenshot seen is of anΒ unreleased AMD processor with the 100-000000061-08 number. Also there’s the mention of 12 cores and 24 threads which is indeed the next-gen AMD Ryzen 9 5900X based on Zen 3 architecture.
When it comes single-core performance, the alleged CPU scored around 652.8 points in the single-core test that makes it up to 25% faster than the Ryzen 9 3900X.Β
Whereas, when multi-threaded performance is to be considered, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU seems to score a total of 9481 points which is almost 15% improvement over the Ryzen 9 3900X.
Overall the numbers are great, considering this is a one-generation upgrade, and although we do not have clock speeds, we can guess this time the flagship AMD CPUs will easily cross the 5GHz barrier as per the improved scores. IfΒ this is indeed the Ryzen 9 5900X, then AMD lovers, the next-gen AMD CPUs, do look out for October 8th!
UEFA has revealed all the award winners on Thursday during the Champions League draw.
Robert Lewandowski has been awarded the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award for his outstanding season with Bayern Munich. He guided the team to the continental treble by scoring 55 goals in all competitions.
Let’s take a look at all the other UEFA award winners:
Neuer has been phenomenal at the back for Bayern. Even in the Champions League final, he made some crucial saves to keep Neymar and Mbappe at bay. He won his second continental treble with Bayern.
Many believed that Bayern would find it extremely difficult to find Phillip Lahm’s replacement at right-back. But Kimmich has made the right-back position his own and has drawn comparison to Lahm for his footballing sense. He also sometimes play as a defensive midfielder for his impressive range of passing and awareness.
Although City couldn’t get past Lyon in the quarter-finals, De Bruyne was the sole bright spot of the entire team. On a personal front, he provided 20+ assists in the Premier League equaling Thiery Henry’s record.
After winning the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award, it was obvious that Lewandowski would definitely win the UCL Forward of the Season award as well.
After taking charge of Bayern Munich in the middle of the season and then guiding the team to a continental treble, it deserves special recognition. Flick has done some outstanding work at Bayern. He has made the Bavarians the most dominant team in Europe once again.
