https://stayclose.social/AntonettaEscobedo/ Latest updates from Antonetta Escobedo https://stayclose.social/blog/151187/cloud9-interview-karnage-cotto-rolex-and-ian-huston/ Dinoland is more about style than substance, and while players who have an affinity for SMGs and educationally-backed shootouts will enjoy it, those looking to start the game off a little better prepared should think about going elsewhere. However, Dinoland does provide a great location to start off in, as it's not only adjacent to multiple main roads but also Vikendi's new rail system, ensuring lots of options for on-foot and vehicle movement after the inevitable post-landing shoot


Rolex: esports most definitely takes some of your energy away. People believe it’s easy because you’re just "sitting at home playing video games." It isn’t just that. It has both a physical and mental drain on you. Is it the exact same as running back and forth on a basketball court? Not quite. But it definitely has its own way of draining you. esports on ESPN was a huge step and I believe it will grow to an incredible level in the fut

Despite being in early-access, PUBG is already an overwhelming success. It regularly dethrones League of Legends as the most streamed game on Twitch. It will be seeing a console release on the Xbox One by year’s end, and it seems to have cemented the battle royale arena as a fully-fledged genre in gaming. Major studios are already taking notice, with games like Grand Theft Auto Online and Fortnite adding battle royale game modes of their own. From starting as a mod-of-a-mod to serving as the basis for several major games, the journey this genre has undertaken thus far is already quite incredible. This is really just the beginning though! Who else out there is looking forward to seeing where these games go next?


Ian Huston: There can be misconceptions toward esports professionals when compared to what people view as traditional athletes. However, this perception is slowly changing as esports becomes more mainstream and people recognize what preparation and sacrifice is needed in being a professional. I personally think that the next step in esports’ march towards the mainstream revolves around players and their personal streaming. It’s been a form of entertainment for so many for so long and the main way to view competitions, but there’s been a pivot this year where celebrities and businesses have taken it more seriously as a way to directly connect with their intended audien


Karnage: Playing video games and becoming a professional esports player takes a lot of hard work and dedication. True, we are not putting in as much physical activity and exercise, but we put in just as much time towards perfecting our craft as the professional athletes do. I think the next step would be to create teams for each region and have them compete against each other on a more regular basis, create a league of some sort, and air it for more fans/view

The year of 2009 is shaping up to be one of the more important years of modern gaming. This was the year that saw the birth of many of the current giants of the industry. It was the year that saw the real beginning of the Assassin’s Creed series, the beta release of Mincraft, and was the year when Uncharted 2: Among Thieves released and blew away all expectations. It’s also the year that saw the release of ARMA 2, the game would come to serve as the spawning point for both PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka "PUBG maps") and the battle royale arena genre in general. Upon its release, ARMA 2 was received as a competent, though mostly unremarkable, tactical shooter. Still, it managed to gain a small, but healthy, following thanks to its wide variety of weapons and realistic ballistics. Left to its own devices, ARMA 2 would have faded into obscurity as its player slowly bled away but that’s not quite what happed. See, the game also happened to attract a strong modding community, one that would propel it back into the limelight three years later.


PUBG has something like a closed environment; the changes and updates they implement are often things they have already planned, and gamers rarely have any input. But this changes with Fortnite , which is what makes this game so popu


The next big update for **PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ** is finally about to go live after a few minor delays. The monthly update (the 4th so far for the popular MMO shooter) was originally scheduled for two weeks ago but was pushed until this week before getting another one-day delay for some last-minute bug fixes.As promised, the latest monthly update adds a new weapon (a 7.62mm marksman rifle this time that is only found in crate supply airdrops) alongside many much-needed and welcome quality of life changes. The 4th monthly PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is already life on the test servers and should go wide tomorrow, adding in horns for drivers in vehicles, a reconnect option for disconnected players, first-person only servers for solos and duos, Xbox controller support , new animations, sounds and effects for vehicles, movement, weapon use, and tweaks to consumables, some of the weapons, and much, much more!The latest update also adds more microtransactions through a key and crate system which as stirred as significant amount of controversy for it coming before the game has left early access, and during a time when the game is a top-seller. The devs claims it's required in order to test.Below are the official patch notes and details on the newest weapon being added to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Also note that this is the last blog update by Brandan "PlayerUnknown" Greene for a while as he'll be travelling for the next few months. The community team will handle future update/patch po
]]> https://stayclose.social/blog/151187/cloud9-interview-karnage-cotto-rolex-and-ian-huston/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:59:57 +0000 Antonetta Escobedo https://stayclose.social/blog/1536/pubg-best-weapons-in-season-7/ In a marketplace crowded with Battle Royale titles , PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on PS4 manages to deliver a fine, albeit flawed rendition on the genre, which is somewhat of a shame considering the lengthy amount of time it took for PUBG Corp. to finish and release it on the console. After all, with the game having been available for quite a while on Android, iOS, PC, and Xbox One prior to being obtainable on PlayStation 4, one would think that a lot of the lessons learned from those versions would have been applied to the PS4 iteration to eliminate any lingering issues in the p


You know, I think there's a time and a place for all things. I think TV and movies... When the sun goes down, and because of daylight savings it gets dark early, we've got time inside the house. So then it's like, okay, let's go on Apple TV and pick a movie, and all of the family sits down and watch that. But let's not sit in front of the television and watch, you know, brainlessly until we fall asleep or enter a vegetative state! (Laughs) So we try to find other forms of entertainment. We also play a lot of board games as a family, we play a lot of... One of the big games we play, especially during breakfast and dinner, we try to all sit around the table together and play the animal guessing g


Engaging in a close-range battle is much easier to grasp. Simply put, adopting a spray and pray attitude can grant players some easy kills due to the full-auto and burst features on most assault rifles. Even without a proper sight attached to the gun players can fire from the hip and effectively take out a pesky enemy in no time. However, doing so can be a waste of precious ammunition and a death sentence for late-krafton game ip fights. So good advice would be to always have a close to mid-range sight on your weapon to utilize in case an enemy manages to sneak up on you. And try your best to use positional advantage and aiming down your sight to take out the enemy more effectively. This will save players from using up all their ammo and provide a better loadout for late-game fig

While promoting the #Fight4TheAmazon campaign, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star spoke to Screen Rant about his concerns over the future of the planet, and how the status quo needs to shift away from oil and towards renewable sources like wind and solar. The current status quo is not sustainable; the sooner the wealthy corporations are forced to change their focus towards protecting the planet rather than hurting it, the sooner we can begin to repair – or at least mitigate – the damage we've already d


There are so many corporations that are unregulated and they're just destroying the environment, literally as we speak, and they're making so much money. How do you fight something like that? How do you change their minds? How do we reverse this self-destruct course that humanity is


SCAR-L: Players who don't fancy "single-shots" with assault rifles will most likely cling onto the SCAR-L due to its impressive rate of rapid-fire. It's the most effective rifle when it comes to "mowing down" other players it can do hefty damage. It doesn't have the best range, but for close-quarter skirmishes, this is a prime assault rifle to h


In addition to its hero-shooter elements, Apex brought a lot of new tricks that were quickly emulated by its competitors, namely Fortnite . If Fortnite has seen fit to take notes, well, it should be clear that Apex is doing it ri


Players familiar with the first-person shooter genre are more than likely aware of the varying functions that a gun will serve in a match. Shotguns are for close range, Pistols are for short-range and finishing off weak enemies, sniper-rifles are for long-range, but how do we navigate what purpose Assault rifles serve? And the question is not an easy one to answer, but we will expand upon how Assault rifles can be u


Whether it's loved or hated, it can't be said that this record-setting battle royale title doesn't wield an absolutely titanic amount of influence on the industry. With more than a quarter billion players registered as of March 2019, to say Fortnite is still going strong would be a massive understatem


One of the biggest competitive battle royale experiences available, PUBG _ _p rovides a more realistic approach to the genre providing a brutally accurate simulation of a first-person shooter. Being one of the first entries into the ever-growing genre , PUBG has amassed a die-hard fan base that vouches for the technically sound shooter. With a constant stream of new content, there has never been a better time to get into the acclaimed game like now. One of the biggest aspects of learning and mastering the battle royale giant is to understand each weapon in the game and how it functions, alongside its intricacies. The first and most common, weapon to learn about is the versatile assault ri


S686: When it comes to shotguns, there's no doubt that the S686 is the king regarding its damage. Its double-barrel can bog down players during reloading times, which makes them sitting ducks. However, one well-placed shot with both barrels on a single opponent will quickly reduce them into oatmeal. It's not recommended taking on more than one opponent with this shotgun, however. Switching to a sidearm during combat can buy players enough time to escape to behind cover and safely reload the shotgun. If players are hankering for a shotgun with a better fire rate, then perhaps the S12K is what they n
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