The top weapon “Neck Breaker” is back in the game with the latest update for Destiny 2. You’ll find out what the weapon can do and how to get it here.
What can the weapon do? The automatic rifle with the telling name “Neck Breaker” was originally introduced with Season 5. It is considered to be very precise and conveniently comes at the maximum upgrade level of 10 as a masterpiece weapon.
The two main perks:
Fury – Kills with this weapon temporarily deal increased damage. Stackable 3 times
Onslaught – Stacking Fury increases the weapon’s rate of fire
Neck Breaker was removed from the game shortly after Season 5. Now, with the update “Season of the Wish,” the weapon makes its return.
Here you can see the trailer for Season 23:
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Destiny 2: Season 23 sends the Guardians for a Last Wish to the Dragon’s Lair
You can get Neck Breaker much easier in 2023 than before
How do you get Neck Breaker? Unlike Season 5, the weapon is now much easier to obtain. Specifically, through earning engrams. There’s neither a quest nor hours of grinding needed. That was different in Season 5.
Back then, the weapon was tied to the Gambit mode. Specifically, you had to complete 40 Gambit matches. Additionally, you needed to achieve 500 automatic rifle kills, complete 100 automatic rifle multi-kills, and defeat 150 challenging enemies.
Since the introduction of Gambit with the DLC expansion “Forsaken,” two teams of four players compete against each other in separate arenas. The team that first collects the required number of particles (dropped by defeated PVE enemies) to summon and defeat the final boss wins the round.
Is the weapon worth it? The fact that Neck Breaker deals more damage after kills and also gets faster with each kill makes the weapon a real DPS monster.
The YouTuber Datto (via youtube) came to the conclusion after extensive testing that Neck Breaker is especially well-suited for PVE. While the weapon quickly decimates smaller groups of enemies, its effectiveness decreases at longer ranges. In PVP, however, you shouldn’t expect any great miracles.
Have you already tested Neck Breaker in Season 5? Or do you want to give the weapon a chance now?
Nintendo secures 3 trademarks in Europe. Can you play Pokémon GO in PokéParks soon?
What is a PokéPark? A PokéPark is an amusement park that primarily revolves around Pokémon. Here you can find all kinds of attractions designed in the style of your favorite Pokémon. Throughout the entire facility, you can find Pokémon and have a strong Pokémon experience.
What is a trademark? With a registered trademark, a company secures the right to use the registered brand and protects it against use by other companies. This is one of the first steps before a company releases a new product or similar.
Nintendo Europe has now registered 3 trademarks in Europe to protect them. These are the names PokéPark Kalos, PokéPark Paldea and PokéPark Galar, as reported by Serebii on X.
Following last week’s announcement that a new Pokémon Park named PokéPark Kanto will open in Japan, this could indicate that Nintendo is pursuing similar plans in Europe.
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PokéParks planned in France, Spain, and the United Kingdom?
Where could these PokéParks open? While there is currently no official information from Nintendo on this topic, there is already speculation about where these parks could open.
It is speculated that the PokéParks Kalos and Paldea could open in Spain and France, as these regions serve as rough templates for their respective in-game regions. The United Kingdom could serve as the location for PokéPark Galar, as a separate trademark for that term has been registered here.
Will the PokéParks definitely come to Europe? So far, it is only certain that the corresponding trademarks have been registered. However, this does not necessarily mean that the PokéParks will ever come to Europe. It could also be that the names were registered only as placeholders without concrete plans.
However, PokéParks in Europe would be a nice thing for trainers and fans in Europe, as the barrier to visiting the parks here is considerably lower than for a visit to Japan.
What do you think? Would you be happy about PokéParks in Europe? Would you visit them? If you are still looking for local events, check out what events in December in Pokémon GO are waiting for you.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Former Blizzard employee Jason T. Hall breaks the hype train record multiple times on his Twitch channel “PirateSoftware”, achieving impressive levels and collecting record amounts of subs and bits.
Which streamer is it? Jason T. Hall is a former Blizzard employee who is now also active as an indie developer. The talented developer not only shares insights from his time at Blizzard but also from the gaming industry in general, by regularly streaming on Twitch.
This week, he particularly drew attention by breaking the hype train record on Twitch multiple times.
Sometimes it’s not a good idea to stream on Twitch alongside the actual job:
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What is a hype train? The platform Twitch offers its streamers a reward feature called hype train. This is triggered when support events, such as gifting subs or bits, reach a certain value that the streamer has predefined on a channel. Once the hype train is started, a countdown begins, during which the community can show their support to level up.
9,665 subs and 1,318,607 bits are the new world record
What did the developer achieve? In the world of the highest hype train records on Twitch, names of huge streamers like Kai Cenat or EliasN97 are ubiquitous. But now Jason T. Hall, with his channel “PirateSoftware”, is also making a strong impression.
On December 13, 2023, he broke EliasN97’s record during a 13-hour stream and reached the impressive hype train level 51. An extraordinary achievement, especially for a channel the size of PirateSoftware.
With 206,000 followers and currently averaging 6,000 viewers, “PirateSoftware” is not exactly a small channel, but far from the previous record holders Kai Cenat and EliasN97, who each have several million followers and tens of thousands of viewers.
Simply breaking the record was apparently not enough. The chat of PirateSoftware showed generosity and brought the hype train to level 55. Overall, the community collected an impressive 7,321 subs and 1,825,696 bits.
Just two days later, on December 15, 2023, Jason T. Hall surpassed his own performance. This time, he collected an incredible 9,665 subs and 1,318,607 bits and commented: “Two days after the world record hype train was set on Twitch, the community broke it again. This is absolutely wild. For the second time in a week, I feel honored by all of you. There are no words for how great you are.”
The “Golden Kappa” hype train has only existed since 2023 and is a special version of the normal hype train. This is very rare, and most content creators have not yet had the luck to trigger this special feature.
In February 2024, a new MMOwill be released on Steam, which focuses on entirely different things than most games in this genre. What you can expect from it, you’ll find out here at MeinMMO.
What kind of game is this? Island of Insight is a new MMO on Steam, which is scheduled to be released in February 2024. The game has currently completed its open beta phase.
The game focuses on entirely different aspects than most MMOs. Island of Insight attracts players by completely forgoing combat and instead offers an open world full of puzzles and mysteries.
We have the latest trailer for the game here for you:
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Island of Insight Date Reveal Trailer
This is what to expect: Island of Insight initially reminds you of “The Talos Principle” in the trailer and could also be described as an MMO version of this puzzle adventure upon closer inspection.
In this open world, you explore the various areas on foot or in flight and find new puzzles around every corner. And this is exactly where the focus of the game lies: solving puzzles and uncovering the ancient secrets of the world.
The puzzles appear to be quite diverse, as seen in the trailer. You can expect a variety of puzzles, mazes, logic puzzles, challenges that require you to use different perspectives, and the search for hidden objects. With some puzzle quests, you can also unlock new areas.
A relaxed MMO for anyone who enjoys spending their time exploring a world
The developers promise you that you can achieve all of this at your own pace. Due to this and the different difficulty levels of the puzzles, Island of Insight should be interesting for both beginners and experienced puzzle solvers.
Therefore, Island of Insight seems to be just right for all players who enjoy spending their time exploring an open world. Because there is no linear order in which you have to solve the puzzles. You decide whether and when to take on each challenge.
How much the MMO aspect affects the gameplay is only briefly touched upon in the trailer. What is clear is that as players, you share a common world, allowing for seamless interactions. As mentioned in the trailer, you can also get tips from other players. However, it is not clear whether you can solve the puzzles together directly.
What do you think of the concept behind Island of Insight? Are you looking forward to a relaxed MMO without combat? Feel free to leave your opinion in the comments.
The team behind Tarisland removed all indications of missing Pay2Win content after several critical voices were raised. Now the developers at Tencent have taken the players’ feedback to heart and presented a solution aimed at mitigating the Pay2Win aspect.
What were the accusations?
Tarisland claimed to be a Free2Play MMORPG without Pay2Win, but players discovered equipment items with advantages in the in-game shop during an initial testing phase.
The shop encourages players to exchange their real money for gold or silver. With these coins, they can then purchase the equipment items on the marketplace.
The development team had then promised changes. Tencent had heard the negative feedback from players. Besides the Pay2Win accusations, the gender lock was also criticized. Many of these points have now been addressed by the development team, promising some changes in the future – some of them more far-reaching than others (via Tencent).
In a trailer, you can see the areas and battles from Tarisland:
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Tarisland: Chinese alternative to WoW shows beautiful areas and exciting battles in the new trailer
However, this step will take the most time. The team wants to ensure that the animations and the art style of the characters meet players’ expectations.
Additionally, certain equipment items can no longer be crafted but can only be obtained through raids. This is meant to ensure that the equipment receives the high status it deserves.
Furthermore, the development team wants to ensure that players in Tarisland can only obtain the newly introduced “Inscribed Stone Energy” through daily activities. This way, all players will start from the same point.
They present their promises on their Twitter account:
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And what about the gold/silver? Regarding the in-game shop, there will only be one change. Players should now also obtain the gold used as a currency in the in-game shop through daily in-game activities.
This means that Tencent will make it easier for players to get gold and thus the items with improved status values.
However, the team does not currently want to remove the items with status improvements from the shop. The actual problem is therefore not resolved.
Further adjustments to the “commercial contents” are still under discussion.
There are mixed reactions in the comments under the tweet. Many users are pleased with the announcement, as Tencent has listened to the players. However, some still find the MMORPG too “Pay2Win” heavy and want to avoid the game.
In the past, there were several accusations against Tarisland. The MMORPG from China is said to have copied the aesthetics and some features from World of Warcraft:
In Pokémon GO there is now the limited research “Winter Wishes”. There you can choose a bonus that brings you slightly modified tasks – depending on the path.
What kind of research is this? The limited research “Winter Wishes” takes place within the “Winter Holidays” event.
Overall, the two research paths differ little in terms of tasks and rewards. In the end, it mainly comes down to what you need more urgently: more XP, because you are working on leveling up, or more stardust to upgrade your Pokémon.
2024 will see many changes in League of Legends. There will be item changes again, and the map is also changing after a long time. The director of LoL, Pu Liu, has now spoken on Twitter about the future and promises great things for the year 2025.
The 13th season of League of Legends is coming to an end, and Season 14 will start in early January with many changes, including a major change for the map and the current item system. On Twitter, LoL director Pu Liu addressed the future of the game.
In his tweet, he mentions 10 points that concern the future and the relationship with players. The most important of these would be these 3:
Fun over fairness, change over inertia, journey over destination.
We need to set the priorities for our game’s roadmap in a way that players can feel it.
2024 will have something for everyone. 2025 will change League forever..
The other points can be described with a focus on the player and their opinions. They want to offer players more, surprise them more, regardless of what type of player they are or how well they have already mastered the game.
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A focus on players and fun
Reading through these points, one notices a focus on the game itself. Pu Liu is not talking about esports and the scene behind it, which even broke a record this year with Worlds 2023. One possibility could be more in-game events or new modes like Soul Fighter and Arena.
If you look at the latest champions, you can see with Briar, Naafiri, and Milio that even the purely mechanical complexity of the champions has changed compared to KSante, Bel’Veth, and Renata. Recently, Hwei was introduced with 10 skills, while the other new champions of 2023 were unusually tame. They are not blunt in their roles and mechanics in the game themselves and remain complex, but mechanically easy to learn.
The arena mode was a pleasant surprise this year, and after many fan requests, it returned this month. More of such new game modes, aside from the competitive thought, would make many casual players of the game happy.
These are all just speculations, as the 10 points from Pu Liu are quite vaguely formulated; he does not specify what he exactly means by the changes and the focus on fun. Also, why League should significantly change in 2025 remains open.
What do you think of the vague statements from the LoL director? Did you like the changes and champions in 2023? And what changes would you wish for League in the future? Let us know in the comments.
The biggest German LoL streamer believes that one of the upcoming innovations will completely change the game:
John Krasinski, the director of “A Quiet Place”, has created a new fantasy film that is set to hit theaters next year. In an initial trailer, you can now see Ryan Reynolds in this new adventure.
What kind of movie is this? IF: Imaginary Friends is a new fantasy film by director John Krasinski. Together with his actor colleague Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), he has developed a film that focuses on the imaginary friends of many children.
The story behind the film is said to have originated from shared ideas. For several years, the duo has been working on the film’s development. Krasinski and Reynolds named films like “E.T.” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” as inspirations for the film, which greatly influenced their own youth.
When will the film be released? The film is scheduled to premiere in German cinemas on May 16, 2024. We have embedded the first trailer for the new fantasy adventure here for you:
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If: Imaginary Friends Trailer
What happens in If: Imaginary Friends? The young protagonist, played by Cailey Fleming (The Walking Dead), discovers one day that she can see and hear forgotten and now lonely imaginary friends.
They are briefly called IFs and, as seen in the trailer, are quite desperate given their situation. They have long been forgotten by their children and now wander the world alone.
Many of these imaginary friends not only look sad or lonely, but are also downright neglected and seem completely worn out.
Reynolds and Fleming make it their mission to help the lonely IFs
Generally, the trailer shows that a lot of thought was given to the design of the IFs. Alongside fuzzy monsters and human-like beings, you even get to see a small melting marshmallow in the trailer, who loses its eye.
Together with her neighbor, played by Ryan Reynolds, the girl takes it upon herself to help these IFs. Because he also suddenly seems to be able to see the cute monsters.
Together they want to find new children for the IFs, whose original children are long grown up by that time.
A user shared her mother’s unbelievable playtime in Sid Meier’s Civilization III on Steam, even catching the attention of the developer.
Note: The title image is a collage made from a stock photo and a screenshot from Civilization VI, not of the mother herself (via Pixabay, via Steam).
What game is it about? Sid Meier’s Civilization III – or simply: Civ 3 – is a strategy game developed by the American studio Firaxis, released in 2001. As in other entries in the series, players take control of a civilization and lead it from the Stone Age to the 21st century.
This gameplay offers high replay value and can engage players for many hours. However, very few might reach a playtime that even astonishes the developers (via 3D Juegos).
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Mother supposedly played longer than one of the developers worked on it
What kind of playtime is that? A user shared her mother’s impressive playtime on November 24, 2023, on X, formerly Twitter. Her mother spent a total of 16,395 hours with the Complete Edition of the strategy game on Steam, with 32.6 of those in the previous two weeks alone.
That corresponds to a daily playtime of at least 2 hours since the game was released.
As the user “Jenbo” explains, her mother is retired. She plays Mahjong in the morning and then plays Civilization III in the afternoon, usually choosing Japan. The playtime caught the attention of Soren Johnson, who worked as a designer on the strategy game.
What did the developer say? He shared the post on his own X account and provided additional context: He himself “only” worked 6,480 hours on Civilization III – the mother’s playtime surpasses his working time almost threefold.
The fact that his game is still so loved more than two decades later brings Johnson joy, as he writes in the comments under the post (via X). On one hand, he is happy that someone has spent so much time with his game; on the other hand, it also gives a sense of “Wow, really?” as noted in another comment (via X).
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However, the working time itself didn’t seem to bring Johnson much joy. In his post, he writes that he worked almost nonstop for 18 months and put in 80-hour weeks. However, he might have slightly overestimated his working time due to being away for a few weeks at the beginning of his time at Firaxis.
In the summer of 2001, the year Civ 3 was released, he cannot remember taking any vacation at all. It was very difficult to finish it, Johnson says (via X).
How does such playtime come about? In principle, it is difficult to determine how many hours were actually played actively, or if the game was just kept open for a long time. Nonetheless, playtimes in the five-digit range are not an isolated case. Players of a classic MMORPG are particularly known for setting themselves always new, extreme challenges they can sink their teeth into:
A gamer finds an old gaming PC in front of his doorstep. At home, he connects it and finds out that it is actually really good. Inside, it has the GTX 980 Ti, an old high-end graphics card.
A user shared on reddit that he left his apartment and found a strange box. In this box, he found an old gaming PC with usable components. For this reason, he took the box home to test the items.
At home, he was surprised to discover that he had found a really good gaming PC.
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Old high-end graphics card still offers more than enough performance in 2023
What hardware is in the system?
Processor: Intel Core i5 4690K
Graphics card: GTX 980 Ti
RAM: 16 GB of memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO SSD
The GTX 980 Ti is from 2015 and was considered a high-end graphics card at that time. In benchmarks, it could sometimes easily keep up with Nvidia’s then-Titan graphics card. You can find a detailed test of the GTX 980 Ti on our colleagues’ site at GameStar.
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Are there also problems? Yes, and that is why the computer ended up in the trash. The processor in the computer burned out and no longer works. The user himself explained that he needs to buy a new CPU and clean the graphics card thoroughly.
Unfortunately, the CPU is dead, but I will clean the GPU and apply new thermal paste and try to find a decent i5 CPU for the mini tower since I do not currently own a gaming PC.
And there is another downside: The old GTX models do not offer ray tracing and do not have the option to use DLSS. Thus, the player misses the opportunity to further enhance performance with DLSS.
Nevertheless, the GTX 980 Ti still runs Cyberpunk 2077 in Full HD at around 40 FPS, albeit without ray tracing.
In many cases, it makes sense to continue using old hardware or repurposing it. Some use their old gaming PC to run a home server or store their movies.
Is it worth upgrading old hardware? If you want to upgrade outdated hardware, the components can quickly impose very hard limits. Many parts are tied to interfaces or features:
If you want to replace an outdated Intel processor with a new one, you will definitely need a new motherboard.
You cannot install DDR4 RAM into a motherboard with DDR3 memory.
Old graphics cards may no longer receive software updates or lack important features like DLSS, or certain games no longer start.
Which hardware should you no longer buy? A whole range of components that you should no longer buy today can be found in our list on MeinMMO. Because there’s often more effort involved than it’s worth in the end:
In the survival show “7 vs. Wild”, the first dropout of a team has now been shown on YouTube: The two favorites to win, Survival Mattin and Fritz Meinecke, were eliminated on day 3 of the survival show. Contestant Survival Mattin is now addressing the many rumors surrounding the cancellation. Was it really the lack of water that was to blame? Or was it, as many fans believe, his back pain or lack of motivation?
This was the situation:
About a month ago, episode six of 7 vs. Wild aired on the Amazon service Freevee, in which the favorites to win, Fritz Meinecke and Survival Mattin had to give up: Due to a storm, their only source of drinking water had become salty, and they requested early pickup after finding no clean drinking water and suffering from the early stages of dehydration.
Even back then, there were many rumors surrounding the cancellation: Fans believed that the drinking water problem was just a pretext. In reality, it was Survival Mattin’s chronic back problems and the team’s bad mood that were the cause. Bad voices said that the two were not real survival experts and lacked the drive. They were mere walking billboards.
At that time, the participants could not comment on the rumors. But now that the episode has aired on YouTube, Survival Mattin is talking about his elimination.
One of the participants in season 3 is Twitch streamer Jens “Knossi” Knossalla. You can see more about him in our video.
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Mattin regrets talking about his back pain
This is what Survival Mattin says about the rumors: The 40-year-old denies the speculation that his chronic back problems were the actual reason for his elimination. He has had chronic back problems since he was 18, knows the pain well, and has it under control.
With this back pain, he has completed many demanding projects, and he had enough painkillers on site to cope with the issues.
On a scale from 1 to 10, the problems on the island were only a 5. There was still plenty of room to handle.
In hindsight, he regrets having even mentioned the back pain in front of the camera, but he wanted to show the fans that a show like this can be a torture and brings negative sides with it.
Fundamentally mess it up
What was the reason for the cancellation? Mattin emphasizes once again that the sole reason for the cancellation was the lack of fresh water:
“Yes, we fundamentally messed it up because we couldn’t find drinking water anymore. I don’t want to deny that. Maybe we should have done something else that we weren’t aware of at the time. I wasn’t clear at that moment about what else we could or should have done. Therefore, I still believe that the decision is and remains the right one.”
It was not an option to drink the salty water. That could have jeopardized the rescue chain and the whole show.
This was the criticism from the fans: After the episode aired, fans complained that Mattin had let himself go during the episode, had intentionally tasted salt in the water everywhere, and had artificially inflated the problem of the salty water. In reality, he was just looking for an excuse to quit the show.
As Mattin says, the lack of water was indeed the decisive reason. He wasn’t looking for an exit – he and Fritz Meinecke simply weren’t built that way. They wanted to push through.
“Fritz and I – we are two guys who would never thoughtlessly look for an exit or quickly, hastily end something – especially not such a big format as 7 vs. Wild.”
However, Mattin admits that he was not satisfied with his performance in retrospect and therefore had not done any advertising for the show in recent weeks.
The day before the suspension, Mattin was already at the end
How does he see his performance? Like his partner Fritz Meinecke, Survival Mattin critically views his performance in the show. He let himself be too strongly influenced by the difficulties surrounding the show and therefore started the show with a wrong mindset and bad mood.
As a result, he and Fritz Meinecke appeared very “grumpy”:
“In the format, it was indeed the case that a lot had happened beforehand that mentally stressed me. […] Mental issues can also affect the body and sometimes intensify normal feelings or pains that one already has.”
“We were in a very, very – I would say – not doing so well. The day before we were to be suspended, the fire issue came up, and I was at the end. I threw up four or five times, could not calm down at all, and had a constantly elevated pulse.”
According to Mattin, the “psyche was totally messed up.” So he went into the show already cracked and dejected, with a head full of negative thoughts.
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Ultimately, the lack of drinking water was the reason for the early cancellation. But the general attitude of the two survival experts, which Mattin describes as “cracked”, increased the negative impression that reached the viewers.
However, Mattin asks fans to think carefully before commenting. Also, what other participants had to hear was often exaggerated:
“Even if someone had done a Dave on day 1 – so what? You don’t know what’s going on with people. You weren’t in the situation.”
By “doing a Dave”, Mattin refers to participant David Heinrichs, who had already dropped out after one day in season 1 of 7 vs. Wild in August 2021.
At the Game Awards 2023, a trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds was shown. Alongside this, there were also offers on Steam and fans were full of anticipation for the franchise. In particular, Monster Hunter World is doing really well again and the game is celebrating a huge comeback.
Monster Hunter World is the most successful game from Capcom. The 5-year-old game has had solid Steam player numbers over the past months, despite its age and the successor Monster Hunter Rise, hovering between 20,000-40,000 players. But on December 7th, the trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds was released, and along with it came offers for the old Monster Hunter games.
As seen on SteamDB, the numbers for Monster Hunter World skyrocketed starting December 7th, the day of the trailer, regularly reaching a player base between 70,000 and 90,000 players for a week. The peak of the last week was 97,006.
You can watch the trailer for the announced Monster Hunter Wilds here:
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Trailer: Monster Hunter Wilds – announced for PlayStation
The perfect time for veterans and newcomers
With the new trailer, the various Monster Hunter titles were also offered at discounted prices on Steam. For only €9.89, you can get Monster Hunter World there until December 21, 2023. If you add just about €10 more, you get the DLC Iceborne as well. But Monster Hunter Rise and the spin-off Stories 2 are also on sale.
Especially Iceborne allows for a relaxed (re)entry into the game with a strong starting armor. With the many players, you will also have no trouble finding teammates for quests in multiplayer, which makes replaying even more enjoyable right now. The contemporary graphics and the level of detail compared to Monster Hunter Rise, which had a peak of only 27,307 players in the past week, also make players more likely to return to World.
The rising player numbers for World indicate that people apparently really want a new next-gen Monster Hunter and the anticipation for the new installment, which will be released in 2025, is high.
Are you looking forward to Monster Hunter Wilds and have you returned to any of the previous installments? Let us know in the comments.
How World became such a hit, Capcom has also revealed:
Even before his successful manga One Piece, creator Eiichiro Oda worked on another manga called Monsters. Netflix has now announced that it will release this manga as an anime. Fans of One Piece may have seen the protagonist before.
What is Monsters about?
Eiichiro Oda published the manga in 1994 as a short story, and just 3 years later he published One Piece.
It is about the samurai Ryuma Shimotsuki, who uncovers a criminal organization. They have stolen a valuable dragon horn that can summon flying creatures.
He encounters a real dragon throughout the story. The dragon threatens to destroy an entire village. Ryuma tries to stop the powerful creature.
The manga is part of the One Piece storyline, as Oda revealed in SBS edition 47. The protagonist even makes an appearance with the Straw Hat Pirates.
Netflix will now release the manga under the full title Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation. Like the manga, the anime will also be a “one-shot” with only one episode. The release date is sometime in January 2024 (via ANN).
The animation is handled by the studio E&H production. Sunghoo Park will be the director, who has also worked on the action-packed scenes in Jujutsu Kaisen.
So far, there has only been a short teaser trailer showing us the dragon:
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Monsters shows the first teaser trailer
Monsters is a must-watch for fans of One Piece
Why should fans watch the anime? Monsters is part of One Piece. In the anime, the Straw Hats have now left Wano Kuni, but for Monsters, the story returns to the land of samurai and ninjas – just many years before the events of One Piece.
The protagonist of the one-shot, Ryuma, even appears in One Piece. 23 years before the events of One Piece, Gecko Moria steals the corpse of the samurai from his grave and revives him as an undead. On Thriller Bark, Zorro then encounters the zombie general named Ryuma, who is the very same protagonist from Monsters.
To understand its backstory, One Piece fans should definitely watch the anime for Monsters. But there are also more parallels that connect One Piece and Monsters:
The full name of the anime, Monsters: Ippyakusanjo Hiryu Jigoku (or 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation) is also the name of Zorro’s final attack against King.
The sword Shisui is regarded as a national treasure of Wano Kuni. In Monsters, the sword is in the possession of Ryuma; in One Piece, Zorro can take the sword from the samurai in a fight.
Both animes feature dragons. Ryuma must face a colossal dragon in Monsters, but swordsman Zorro also encounters a dragon on Punk Hazard.
Those who can’t get enough of Wano Kuni should definitely not miss Monsters. Additionally, the anime is much shorter than the One Piece anime with just one episode. If you have managed to have the patience to watch over 1,000 episodes of One Piece, Monsters should be a piece of cake for you. If you are looking for other animes with monsters, this anime might be for you: A new anime could compete with Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer in 2024 with its gigantic monsters
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
After Orbital Lightning Sorceresses were considered the best build in Season 2 of Diablo 4 for a long time, there is now a new build that apparently takes the lead: HotA Barbarians. The build revolves around war cries and the Hammer of the Ancients, which has unexpectedly taken the lead.
What is this build?
HotA stands for “Hammer of the Ancients”. The skill is the core of the build; you essentially build upon making it as powerful as possible.
What makes HotA Barbarians so strong? The Hammer of the Ancients actually hits only a few enemies, but thanks to the Aspect of Ancestor Power, it has a significantly larger area of effect. You can effectively hit large groups of enemies with it.
The entire build then focuses on strengthening the ability: You use Berserker to deal more damage and multiply this damage as much as possible. Important here are especially your screams and the ultimate ability “Wrath of the Berserker”, which serve as additional multipliers. You can find the HotA build for Barbarians in detail here.
In the end, several million damage for the hammer appears on the screen. The build is so strong that the first players have mastered the supposedly unbeatable abattoir with it.
The new vampire powers additionally help the Barbarian:
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Diablo 4 presents new Season 2, coming this fall – Blood & Vampires
In the comments, it states that it is perfectly fine if a build is too strong for a season. In the next season, it will just be another.
Before the HotA Barbarian in Season 2, the Orbital Lightning Sorceress held this rank. The build can kill Uber Lilith in just about 2 seconds. Players say: This is exactly why one plays Diablo.
The developers actually see it similarly. After they significantly nerfed in Season 1, there were even refusals to tone down too strong builds in Season 2 – much to the delight of the community.
Especially casuals, who keep Diablo alive, enjoy being able to easily melt enemies. This applies not only to the best builds but generally to the classes and play styles. According to unanimous opinion from the community, Season 2 got a lot right here: Players celebrate how OP they are and want it to stay that way.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is full of challenging battles. Legends have emerged in the community around one of them. So much so, that new players fear the boss. Without reason, as one player has now discovered: the boss didn’t even get a turn.
Spoiler Alert: We are discussing a fight from Act 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3 here. If you haven’t gotten that far yet and don’t want to know who it’s about, you should not continue reading.
Which fight are we talking about?
Raphael is a devil you meet early in the game. He is an important figure who can help you in the fight against the Absolute – but he also uses you for his own purposes.
In Act 3, you have the option to break into his house and steal powerful items. He doesn’t like that, of course, and fights back.
Finally, he faces you in an epic battle, which many players celebrate solely because of the musical accompaniment. However, Raphael is considered one of the hardest boss fights in the game alongside the nasty fight against Cazador.
So, Raphael suddenly became quite easy: Stories about how Raphael sends players across the river with just a snap of his fingers quickly spread throughout the community. At least one player was seriously intimidated by that.
Reddit user TalkSin_M writes: As much as he had heard about the fight, he wanted to prepare really well. His strategy worked, and the victory finally came from a summoned Earth Elemental.
While the player and his crew waited under a dome of invulnerability, his summoned elementals did the rest of the work. A few destroyed the pillars and enemies in the arena, while the Earth Elemental took care of Raphael.
Earth Elementals have the special ability to make enemies “prone.” They become immobile and need to get up first. Raphael then tries to move and immediately suffers an opportunity attack.
This caused the Earth Elemental to knock the devil down every round in the fight against Raphael – until only he was left. TalkSin_M’s team then positioned themselves around him and slowly chipped away at his health bar.
This is how you can cast 2 spells in one go:
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Baldur’s Gate 3: Cast two spells in one go
“The dumb guy slips every round”
In the comments, there is surprisingly much agreement that elementals, in particular, are incredibly useful for this and generally tough boss battles. Druids seem to have an advantage here, especially the Circle of the Moon, which ranks in the S-Tier of the tier list.
Moon Druids can transform themselves into elementals and gain all the bonuses they would normally have, such as additional attacks and buffs. In the right combination, 3 elementals would surround the enemy and batter him.
Other users prefer to rely on ice surfaces. Raphael is not particularly agile; he slips every round and can’t do anything about it. Players who trust the undisputed best class in the game instead control Raphael with Otto’s irresistible dance or Tasha’s horrendous laughter.
However, where most agree is that the healing pool in Raphael’s private chambers should be used right after the fight, preferably after you have summoned everything you want to summon. Elementals remain afterward, and you still have full health and spell slots.
If you don’t want to deal with control spells, you can also just defeat Raphael (and almost any other boss) with brute force. This was shown by a player who tried to play as a fighter with bows. She only needed 2 rounds to defeat Raphael directly – practically without any resistance.
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An employee of a company regularly caused the company’s system to crash to make money. However, when he went on vacation, it was discovered that he was behind the problems. He has since been convicted but got off lightly.
In 2014, there were unusual crashes in the custom automated spreadsheets in a Siemens building in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. At that time, no one suspected that an overly eager employee was behind it.
Two years later, however, the “job creation measure” was uncovered and the former employee was punished. This is reported by colleagues from Industrialcybersecuritypulse.com.
The employee was caught because he went on vacation and shared his password with colleagues
Who was behind the problems? An employee was hired by the company over a period of 10 years to develop or continue numerous projects.
At some point during his employment, he was tasked with creating a spreadsheet that “would update the contents of the file based on current orders stored in other, remote documents, thereby allowing the company to automate inventory and order management.”
However, the developer came up with the clever idea to introduce a bug into this software and set it up so that the systems would crash every few months. In technical terms, this is also known as a logic bomb, which responds to certain actions and causes a fault.
Why did the employee do this? The employee probably thought that he could permanently secure fresh orders with this action: because the company would pay him every time for the repair when the error occurred. And this actually worked quite well for several years.
How was he caught? For two years this went well, but then the employee took vacation. This was fortunate for the company because he left his colleagues his password. Since the employee had not hidden his mistake well, he was quickly found and could be reported.
The punishment for the wrongdoer, however, was surprisingly mild:
More on strange employees: There are also other individuals who get caught due to foolish mistakes while harming their company. In this case, however, it is about 230,000 euros that the employee is said to have stolen. You can read the entire story directly on MeinMMO:
In the League of Legends universe, memes also circulate widely. MeinMMO reveals the story behind one of the most popular images in the scene.
Who is being talked about?
Tyler Tyler1 Steinkamp is one of the biggest League of Legends streamers worldwide on Twitch. His vibrant personality and impulsive reactions while playing ranked made him popular in the LoL community.
For some time, he was banned by Riot Games due to his problematic, toxic behavior while playing LoL. Initially, the ban was supposed to be permanent.
In 2018, he was unbanned after Tyler1 promised improvements in his behavior and a Riot employee had insulted him harshly. Since then, he has become more popular than ever.
Back then, he had over 90,000 followers, today he has over 5.3 million on Twitch.
He is also primarily known for his skills on the AD Carry Draven.
Tyler1 is not only very successful and has a huge fanbase, but he is also responsible for one of the most popular images in the League of Legends universe.
A look behind one of the most famous memes from LoL
For years, a meme surrounding his height has attracted the attention of his fans. An image that became a significant meme in the LoL scene and beyond.
Here you can see the image:
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What’s behind the image? The image shows Tyler1 next to Mel Capperino-Garcia. She is the Lead Influencer manager at Riot Games. The reason it became a meme lies partly in the size difference between the two and how Tyler1 looks up at her. The photo was taken during TwitchCon 2018, where Tyler1 participated in a show match and Mel Capperino-Garcia interviewed him.
Many in the community create their own memes from the image. For example, they write in the picture, where Mel Capperino-Garcia is: The teacher and at Tyler1 Me after solving the math problem on the board. – via reddit. The creativity of people knows no bounds. If you search for the image, you’ll find numerous created memes about it.
There are also some dark memes, like in this example on reddit:
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How tall is Tyler1 actually? According to WGTC , he is about 1.70 m tall. The mentioned image, where Mel Capperino-Garcia towers over Tyler1 with her height, led to speculations that he is much shorter. She is actually over 1.80 m tall, as she shared on X and wore about 10 cm high heels in the photo, which accentuated the height difference.
Tyler1 often jokes about his height, exaggeratingly claiming to be over 1.90 m tall – for example in a short clip on YouTube.
In this video, you can learn more about his success:
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How the Worst Troll from Twitch Became the Face of League of Legends
What does Mel Capperino-Garcia say about the image? She answered some questions about the meme and wrote among other things on X:
I love the memes that have come out of it because some are really funny. It’s also weird to be everywhere on the internet and see comments about me without knowing who I am.
She herself celebrates the meme and posted on X the mentioned image with Tyler1 compared to a drawn image of Vegeta and Bulma from Dragon Ball. Fans celebrate the image so much that they also make it into a meme referring to another popular franchise.
Here you can see it:
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While the image and the discussions about it may remain a mystery to some, it also shows how Tyler1 and Mel Capperino-Garcia respond to memes about them with self-irony and humor.
Ultimately, Tyler1’s height remains part of the identity of the most popular Twitch streamer and will continue to make fans smile with memes and funny clips of him.
Tyler1 often likes to take on challenges, but one proved too much for him:
In Diablo 4 the Midwinter Plague is currently happening. Accordingly, you can get the “Red Mare of Midwinter,” but only for money. Players find: Blizzard is quite greedy.
For the current event of the Midwinter Plague, there are thematically appropriate skins in the Diablo 4 in-game shop, including a Midwinter mount with stylish armor.
On Reddit, the user “DonutRolling” writes on December 14 that the Midwinter mount “looks so cool!” and receives over 400 upvotes for it. The post currently has around 215 comments as of December 17, 5 PM. Many in the community agree with him but also express criticism.
The Midwinter Plague is an event in Season 2 of Diablo 4. Here you can watch the trailer for the Season of Blood:
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Diablo 4 presents new Season 2, coming this fall – Blood & Vampires
“Full-price games should include everything!”
What are the players criticizing? In the post on the Diablo 4 subreddit, the user “DonutRolling” notes that the new Midwinter mount looks pretty cool. Many users respond to his post.
The comment with the most upvotes comes from “WafflesWithWhipCream.” He writes: “Yes, if only it could be earned.. by, you know, just playing the game..” (via Reddit) In a follow-up comment, he adds:
It is absolutely ridiculous. There are a few cool cosmetic items in the game, but they’re not as great as those in the shop. It would really be nice if you could earn some of those fantastic designs through in-game activities.
The user “smush81” comments: “Shops with cosmetic items should only exist in free-to-play games. Full-price games should include everything! So greedy, Blizzard.” And “King-Valkyrie” points out: “I didn’t mind buying cosmetic items in Monster Hunter because they cost €0.99 and were really cute. However, the price of cosmetic items in Diablo 4 is insane.”
Which mount is being referred to? The Reddit post is about “The Red Mare of Midwinter.” You can currently get the bundle of mount and mount armor for 1,800 platinum in the Diablo 4 shop. This is approximately €18. It will be available for another 16 days, until January 2.
On January 2, the Midwinter Plague in Diablo 4 will also end. The event offers you new mechanics, items, and rewards that you can earn throughout the winter days. The “Midwinter Proves” are a central theme during this time.
To collect and trade them for items, you will need the three new resources that you can farm in Kyovashad. What you need to know about this can be found in the post:
In Pokémon GO starts the “Winter Holidays” event with the debut of Flaniwal and Kolowal. There are also costumes and bonuses to collect.
When do the Winter Holidays take place? The event is divided into two parts. Part 1 runs from Monday, December 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM to Monday, December 25, 2023 at 8:00 PM.
These are the highlights: As hinted in an initial teaser, Flaniwal will debut in Pokémon GO. It is a small ice-type whale that lives on land. Its evolution Kolowal will also appear in the game.
To evolve it, you need 50 Flaniwal candies. Flaniwal appears in the wild and in level-1 raids. Here’s how they look:
For collectors, there are again costumed Pokémon to catch.
Pikachu in holiday clothes appears in the wild and in level-1 raids
Raichu in holiday clothes can be evolved
Evoli with holiday hat is in the wild as well as in 2km eggs
Damhirplex in holiday outfit is in the wild and in level 3 raids
Seemops with holiday scarf is in the wild and in level-1 raids
Glaziola with underwater holiday outfit can be found in level-3 raids
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All bonuses in the Winter Holidays event in Pokémon GO
What bonuses are there? There will be a free limited research where you can choose which bonus you want:
Double catch XP
Or double catch stardust
In addition, there will be more XP and stardust for opening gifts.
Research with paid tickets: There will also be two limited researches that can be bought in the shop. They apply to both parts of the Winter Holidays event.
A 2-euro ticket will give you encounters with Seemops with holiday scarf, Frigometri and a new Enton with holiday clothing in Part 1 of the event. Plus, there are two premium battle passes. In Part 2, there will be more encounters with holiday Enton and holiday Petznief, as well as another 2 premium battle passes.
There’s also a 5-euro ticket, which includes an event avatar pose, double catch candies, and encounters with costumed holiday Pikachu, holiday Botogel, and holiday Enton.
In EA FC 24 the new TOTW 14 (Team of the Week) has been released. It features a strong defender, midfielder, and striker. We have an overview of all players.
This is the TOTW: It is time again for the Team of the Week in EA FC 24 Ultimate Team. Every Wednesday, players who have impressed in the past week of football are included in this team. These players receive improved Inform special cards, which are available in packs for one week.
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This week’s Informs focus on an axis consisting of a defender, midfielder, and striker. Bayern’s new signing Kim delivered a strong performance and even scored a goal. As a reward, he is set to receive a featured TOTW card. Modrić and Osimhen also impressed in their matches and now have even stronger ratings.
Before each new TOTW, we, along with large parts of the community, think about which players might receive an Inform card. This results in the weekly predictions. The original article continues from here.
The prediction for Team of the Week 14 in EA FC 24 Ultimate Team
What are the TOTW Predictions? The TOTW Predictions are community forecasts about which players might make it into the Team of the Week. They provide a comprehensive overview of which players could be included in the TOTW.
However, it is important to emphasize that these are merely theoretical predictions and there is no guarantee that TOTW 14 will look exactly as the predictions suggest next Wednesday.
Where do our predictions come from? For our forecasts, we consulted the expertise of Sofascore . This site analyzes player and match statistics worldwide and assigns ratings based on their analyses. The top-rated players can hope for a TOTW card this week.
We have marked the TOTW players that we believe deserve a featured upgrade with a star (*), meaning they could receive stronger improvements than other cards.
Here you can see all player predictions at a glance:
Goalkeeper
GK: Maignan (AC Milan)
Defender
RB: Aguilar (RC Lens)
CB: Keane (Everton)
CB: Kim (Bayern Munich)
CB: Estève (Montpellier)
Midfielder
CM: Palmer (Chelsea)
CM: Modrić (Real Madrid)
CAM: Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United)
CAM: Forsberg* (RB Leipzig)
Striker
ST: Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur)
LW: Harit* (Olympique Marseille)
ST: Martinez (Inter Milan)
TOTW 14 Bench:
GK: Hamer (Watford)
CB: Unai Núñez (Celta Vigo)
LB: Burn (Newcastle United)
CDM: Pack (Portsmouth)
LM: Obermair (SC Paderborn)
CM: Madsen (KVC Westerlo)
RM: Azaz (Plymouth)
RM: Paintsil (KRC Genk)
CAM: Stengs (Feyenoord Rotterdam)
RF: Saibari (PSV Eindhoven)
ST: Mújica (Arouca)
LW: Mattson (NEC Breda)
That brings us to the end of our predictions. Are you satisfied with our predictions? Do you have any other suggestions? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
