EA Sports FC 24 releases the Web App today. Anyone wanting to jump straight into the release should secure backup codes to be prepared for login issues.
What kind of login issues with the Web App? Currently, many players are waiting for the release of the EA Sports FC 24 Web App. So far, it is not live yet, but it will be available on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
It’s possible that the launch will lead to everyone wanting to log in at the same time – and then there may be login issues. In past releases of the FIFA series, the problem was that players had to verify themselves again to access the Web App.
For this purpose, EA sends a corresponding code via email. However, in previous releases, it happened that it took a long time for many users to receive their code simultaneously.
Now, however, you can try to prepare yourself in advance with a backup code and bypass the possible problem. We will show you how to do that below.
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EA Sports FC 24: The official gameplay trailer
How to use backup codes for EA Sports FC 24
This is how backup codes work: This is another verification option with EA that you can still prepare for now. With them, you can log in if the email with the verification code simply doesn’t arrive.
How to obtain backup codes:
Log into your EA account (via EA.com), through the user icon in the upper right corner.
If you land back on the main page, click the icon again.
Select account settings.
Click on “Security”.
There you will find the backup codes section, where you need to click on “View”.
You may receive a verification code via email for this. This is not the correct code yet. However, you need this code to display the other codes.
Therefore, it is crucial that you complete this step before the web app release, otherwise, you could face the same problem again.
Now you will receive 6 personal codes that you can write down and use for login.
But: Do not share these codes, as they can be used to log into your EA accounts. Keep them safe or delete them after use.
If there are login issues at the start of the Web App as before, you now at least have one more option for logging in.
However, please note that you can only access the management aspects of Ultimate Team in the Web App – real gameplay on the virtual soccer field will only be available during early access on Friday.
CD Project Red is finally rolling out the long-awaited Patch 2.0, with which they are almost completely overhauling Cyberpunk 2077 and releasing the DLC Phantom Liberty on September 26. MyMMO editor Sophia dusted off her V and made a dive into the expansion for you.
December 2020: CD Project Red releases Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam. Bugs, a relatively short main story, and missing features put the community in an uproar. Now, around two and a half years later and numerous patches later, the studio promises with Update 2.0 and the DLC Phantom Liberty finally the game they once announced.
As a reminder: In the game, you control V, a mercenary who can be male or female. V lives in Night City, an autonomous city in a dystopian future scenario of the United States of America. V steadily rises in the mercenary food chain until a heist goes terribly wrong.
For V, a race against time begins: A broken biochip is now lodged in his head and will kill him in the coming weeks and months. Of course, it cannot simply be removed, which drives V to desperation.
Here, I have summarized my first impressions of about 13 hours in 2.0 and Phantom Liberty in words. For detailed reviews of Phantom Liberty, I recommend our sister sites:
My journey with Cyberpunk 2077 began two years after its release when the game was on sale. Upon release, I was still too busy with other games. So waiting for the bug fixes was no problem.
And so, on a cold February evening, I sat with a glass of whiskey in front of my then relatively new gaming PC: “Let’s see what Cyberpunk 2077 can do in 2022.” And it could do quite a lot!
Cyberpunk was the first game where I could really stretch my graphics card muscles. With ray tracing, Night City looked incredibly impressive back then.
As a Street Kid, I started in a neon bar and was supposed to steal an expensive car as my first mission. Unfortunately, that didn’t quite work out. But instead of the cash for the car, I got my new best friend.
Jackie Welles is the best. A toast to him – but please with style: A shot of vodka on the rocks, lime juice, ginger beer, and a splash of love. Please don’t forget that.
If I hadn’t wanted to see more than just the first area, I would have easily gotten stuck in the first act. Unfortunately, the allure of the main quest was too great.
To this day, I passionately explore every corner of Night City that is available to me, stick V’s nose into other people’s affairs, and seek the favor of the contract-giving fixers. Even today, occasionally with a nice glass of whiskey.
However, I must admit: I have not finished Cyberpunk to this day. On the one hand, there is far too much to do, and on the other hand, I am very concerned about the ending of “my” V.
Hello, V. I hope I haven’t made any bad decisions for you.
Eventually, I will find out how it ends. But until then, I hope that I will be done with the new DLC Phantom Liberty – because there are many opportunities to make right and wrong decisions.
Let’s talk about 2.0 – because without it, Phantom Liberty would just be more of the same
CD Project Red released version 2.0 of Cyberpunk 2077 on September 21, which is actually less of a patch and more of a 2/3 overhaul of the game.
After activating my press access and installing all downloads, the new skill tree was my first new opponent in the game.
To dive directly into Phantom Liberty, I had loaded my old save file. One of the prerequisites for starting the DLC quests is to have completed the quest line about the Voodoo Boys in Pacifica. Knowing myself, I would have comfortably played another 25 hours with a new game save before even starting the quests.
The new skill tree confused me in that suddenly nothing I had skilled made sense. My approach to the game was never that I wanted to play completely optimized. I enjoyed myself casually and skilled what seemed sensible and fun to me. Apparently, that has not been well implemented in the new update.
The game gave me a free respec, and I used it – even if now with a click on the mouse wheel all specs can simply be reset. My currently chosen skills and the distributed points may not be optimal, but everything works as I wish.
I’ve recorded a deeper insight into the skill tree topic here:
“Want some new chrome, Chicka?” A perpetual mobile of new to-dos
I had a very similar problem with my cyberware. A correspondingly necessary visit to the next Ripperdoc, the specialist for inserting and upgrading cyberware, put me directly in front of the next problem: My V was broke.
No problem – Eddies are earned pretty quickly in Night City. But I thought the last quests in my log were still there because they were quite difficult.
The new quest log is by far clearer: Tasks are either in a collected overview or separated by quest, fixer job, and “completed”.
However, the risk assessment has completely fallen away in the new presentation. My reluctance towards certain tasks as well. So I rolled up my sleeves and went: Eddies farming like crazy!
During this, I also got acquainted with the new police AI! Before 2.0, the law enforcement officers were little to no concerned about whether I was law-abiding. But now? I hit exactly one pedestrian with my motorcycle – which I can’t handle at all – and already the announcement came over the police radio.
After the many gang shootings that were announced on the radio and which I clarified for the Night City Police Department, the chase after me was quite funny. And in a way also cool. I just had to switch cars and drive to another district to throw off the law enforcement officers from my trail.
Round Gameplay with Minor Flaws
All in all, I had a pleasant gameplay round with the base game content updated to version 2.0. The update has polished the functionality of Cyberpunk 2077 to a high gloss without taking away its own charm:
Night City remains Night City. The plaster still crumbles from the walls. The neon-colored, garish advertisements still advertise the same absurd luxury goods. Gangs still roam the streets. Cars stop at green traffic lights. Just Night City.
Until I found a “suitable” chrome and Eurodollar stand, I also enjoyed one or the other new or still existing bug. My personal highlight was the pedestrians who stood wildly in the street intersections and did not move despite the heavy traffic.
Also entertaining: When I opened my wardrobe, the transmog system of Cyberpunk 2077, three outfits were stored of which my V wore one. However, the game displayed them completely naked – please forgive the Sims pixel filter.
Before I tell you about my first adventures in and around Dog Town, a small tip: The update 2.0 is released five days before the DLC. I recommend you to use this time to bring an old save file to 2.0 or to start with a new V. That way you will already be familiar with the new mechanics and layouts when Phantom Liberty is released.
In our news here, we have summarized an overview of all updates that come for free with 2.0 for all Cyberpunk 2077 owners:
Now for the major expansion: This is Phantom Liberty
The last hurdle before entering the “new” district Dog Town is a quest: Only when the quests “M’ap Tann Pelen, I walk the Line” to “Transmissions” are marked as completed in your quest logs, the DLC story content starts.
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Gamescom 2023 ONL – Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
That we should take care of the crashed plane of the NUSA president and its recovery, I already knew from the announcements. However, I did not expect a call like “Hey – I can help you with your Relic if you help me! Come to Dog Town.”
Dog Town is the new district introduced by Phantom Liberty. The southeastern half of Pacifica has been cut off from Night City for years and is ruled by a local military dictatorship under Colonel Kurt Hansen. Accordingly, it looks like a war zone.
Dog Town has its own charm, which not only elicits sarcastic comments from our dear roommate Johnny Silverhand throughout our journey. We also learn more about the rocker’s career.
But before I can really take a look around, time is pressing: Our mysterious caller Songbird is waiting for us at the main entrance. She first forces us to our knees: She is a netrunner, one of the best, and is tinkering with our biochip, the Relic.
Now comes the moment I have been waiting for since the beginning of the base game: We finally unlock the mysterious Relic functions!
The Relic button came with the biochip. But until it was unlocked in the DLC, it had no function. Whoever clicked it only saw a blinking, distorted button. Since I didn’t want any spoilers, I thought for a long time that I needed to befriend Johnny Silverhand to make something of it.
As it turns out, the feature simply was not in the game before Phantom Liberty. I don’t regret being nice to Johnny. But maybe I should have chosen my dialogue options a bit less cautiously.
Back to the Relic function. We start with three Relic points and three selectable base functions: Emergency Cloak, Jailbreak, and Weakness Analysis.
Each of the first three abilities requires 3 points to unlock. However, you can release the points at any time and distribute them differently. You can unlock more at Militech terminals in Dog Town.
Equipped with my new abilities, I follow the instructions of my new netrunner friend into the depths of Dog Town. What follows is a sequence of gameplay and cutscenes that matches the intensity and length of the beginnings of the base game.
It’s a damn wild ride. Songbird leads me through a dilapidated garage labyrinth into Dog Town, to a viewpoint, and through more than one intense confrontation with the “law enforcement” of the district.
At this point, I could now indulge in memories of the last gameplay hours and tell you in detail what happened to me. But then you wouldn’t need to play the expansion anymore.
Just this much: I found President Myers. With her, I had perhaps the coolest buddy cop experience I have ever had in a game. I can only say: Yes, Madam President!
“Please don’t shoot! I’m here to help.”
The start in Phantom Liberty is exhausting. But with reaching the safe house, calm returns for a moment. But also the everyday life of Cyberpunk.
Relaxed: What else is in Phantom Liberty?
Now the “classic” Cyberpunk missions begin for me: Talk to the character, choose dialogue options wisely, visit locations from A to Z, and explore the world. It never gets quiet in Dog Town and if needed, you can dive into new cyberpsychos, stalkers, or gang wars. Many new boss fights await you too.
In all the action, I almost forgot that there is more to Phantom Liberty than just a new main story. One of the first innovations announces itself directly on the phone, as soon as you have some breathing room in the story: the fixer Mr. Hands. He has his base in Dog Town and looks forward to working with V.
Despite good cooperation in the base game, he doesn’t want to meet us right away. To console us, he gives V a new car and almost right away sends him a new lucrative job – one of 17 new side quests and tasks.
According to Mr. Hands, the streets in Dog Town are almost like in Europe, and V needs a suitable vehicle – in which you can also switch on the three new radio stations directly.
On the way from point A of the main mission to point B, I directly stumbled upon one of the new courier missions: A blinking point on my map made me curious. It turned out to be a car that I had to steal for a fixer outside of Dog Town.
Seconds after I discovered the blinking point, my V was in the middle of a wild chase through Night City. But this time not with the police, but with one of the factions from Dog Town! I was so perplexed that I don’t even remember who had me on the hook.
By the way: Anyone who owns and plays Phantom Liberty can unlock a new ending for the base game. So if you are dissatisfied with your previous ending or, like me, have never seen one, you should definitely try out Dog Town before reaching the next ending.
2.0 is the highlight – Phantom Liberty is simply more good Cyberpunk
As you may have noted while reading, I had a really good time with Phantom Liberty and Cyberpunk 2077 2.0. As the game is now, it might be the best version it can be.
Of course, some things are still missing. Without wanting to rehash old issues, but the monorail as a means of transport would have been cool. Or wandering through Night City with my friends in multiplayer. I keep my fingers crossed that the latter might still be possible someday – as a patch or standalone game. The main thing is that Night City remains as flashy and colorful as we know it.
The 2.0 adjustments make the game much more playable and clearer for me personally. Even though I first had to get used to the fact that some things now work differently. From a still somewhat “clunky” game, it has become a smooth gaming experience.
After the initial adjustment phase, the new skill tree, the tidy quest log, and the changes to the cyberware make playing considerably easier for me. I can level up faster and more easily according to my play style. If I once “skilled” incorrectly, I can also quickly revert the adjustments.
Additionally, the update has brought new life to Night City. The now very active NCPD, the shooting from cars, and the consequences for my actions outside of quests.
Cyberpunk 2077 was a good game with flaws. But with 2.0, it finally becomes really damn good. Almost a completely new game – with the caveat that I have (yet) not seen everything from the DLC and this is just a first impression.
Moreover, Dog Town has incredible potential for stories and characters that have only been mentioned in passing so far. Mr. Hands is such a character. His first fixer gigs momentarily made me doubt: Could I have done that differently? And the answer is probably yes.
And if I may express an honest hope: I roughly know how it can end for V – in all scenarios. Maybe Phantom Liberty rewards us with something … satisfying.
Maybe go in there next? I can hardly wait to boot up the game again.
I am very curious about your impressions and expectations for the game. Feel free to leave a few comments. But don’t take it personally; I will read them later.
The article here is now finished, and I have a date with Solomon Reed in Dog Town.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
In Pokémon GO there has been a new maximum level for almost 3 years now. Therefore, we at MeinMMO want to know from you whether you have already reached level 50.
Which level is it about? In Pokémon GO, you have the opportunity to rise in your trainer level. This is especially important at the beginning because the higher your own level is, the further you can level up your Pokémon and thereby increase their CP. This should ideally be as high as possible in battles.
In the early years of the mobile game, there were only 40 levels that you could achieve solely by collecting experience points. At the end of 2020, the maximum level was finally raised to 50. Nevertheless, many players still have difficulty reaching it. Therefore, we want to know from you in the following survey whether you are already level 50.
Level 50 poses problems for trainers – Have you already reached it?
What hurdles are there? Even though the maximum level has only increased by 10 levels and almost 3 years have passed since then, many trainers are still stuck at other levels. This is mainly due to the additional tasks that must be completed by players for level-ups from level 40 onward. These are quite challenging.
You not only have to collect a lot of XP, but also prove your skills in battles against Team GO Rocket or the GO Battle League, among other things. Additionally, there are extensive tasks for catching monsters, solving field research, or earning medals. Particularly trainers who do not enjoy playing PvP have problems with the quests and criticize them.
But how about you? Have you already reached the maximum level? Let us know in the following survey.
How long did it take you to reach the maximum level? And at which task did you have the most difficulties? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers.
The web app for EA Sports FC 24 gives you the chance to tinker with your Ultimate Team before the game is released and to prepare for the launch. We will show you tips on what you can do with the web app.
Even without the complete game, you can already start tinkering a bit with your Ultimate Team using the web app. You can earn some initial coins, complete SBCs, and buy players.
We have gathered some tips for the first days with the web app.
1. Choose a useful starter nation
Which starter nations are worth it? Usually, you need to choose a starter nation when starting Ultimate Team, from which you will receive initial cards.
However, since most of these card gifts are unlikely to be strong enough for your team, it might be worth choosing a nation that could be useful for the initial SBCs (Squad Building Challenges) in FC 24. These can actually be tackled right now.
Nations that are well distributed across many leagues are suitable here. Examples include Brazil, Argentina, or Germany.
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5 important improvements in the career mode of EA Sports FC 24
2. Which cards to sell? Which not?
What should I do with the first cards from the packs? That depends entirely on what cards you pull.
Do not sell yet: If you pull popular meta cards, you should hold onto them for a few days. Because as soon as the early access grants access to the first players, the prices of such cards can rise quickly. Only then will players need good cards to compete. Moreover, most players won’t have many coins at the start, so they can’t put much on the transfer market.
Sell: On the transfer market, you should sell low-rated gold cards from nations, clubs, or leagues that are uninteresting for SBCs. You can sell these on the transfer market to quickly get coins. If you’re in a particular hurry, they can be sold quickly.
Watch: You should keep an eye on cards that might be interesting for SBCs and sell them when the price is high on the transfer market. These might be cards with high ratings or interesting nation/league combinations.
3. Should I sell cards quickly?
You need to keep this in mind: Generally, you will earn more coins by listing cards on the transfer market than with the quick sell. Therefore, it is often advisable to choose the more time-consuming method and offer the cards on the transfer market for a higher price.
However, there is one interesting exception. Cards that are quickly sold can be “retrieved” through the web app up to a certain point.
So, for example, if you pull a more expensive special card like a TOTW card, you will initially get quite a few coins if you sell it quickly. This way, you can secure coins in the short term to invest more in trading.
Then you use part of your coins to retrieve the quickly sold special card and sell it at a higher price later on.
4. Cosmetic items can be quite valuable
What items are we talking about? Jerseys, stadiums, anthems, goal music, and similar items are all cosmetic items that are often dismissed as filler in packs and ignored. However, especially at the start of the FUT season, you can sometimes sell these things for a good price.
At the start, many players will be customizing their clubs, looking for the jerseys of their favorite teams, and designing how their club should look overall.
At this time, items from popular clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, and others may be sold well.
5. Complete SBCs as cheaply as possible
Which SBCs are we talking about? Squad Building Challenges offer a good way to secure rewards. Here, you’ll find the classic starter SBCs, but also the slightly more complex ones from the “Hybrid Nations“ and “Hybrid Leagues“ categories. Whether the rewards will be untradable again as they were last year is still unknown.
What is important is that you solve the SBCs with as little investment in the transfer market as possible. Only buy individual players. If you’re lucky, the SBCs can yield good rewards without you investing many strong cards or coins.
You need to keep this in mind: In the first days after the launch of the web app, many players will be diving into the available SBCs – because there isn’t much more you can do in the web app anyway.
For this, many will rely on SBC solutions from “futbin“ or other sites, and you can use exactly this to your advantage.
Simply look at which cards are included in the most popular solutions to the SBCs and check if you can buy these cheaply and later sell them at a higher price. Even better: If you have some of these cards in your club, sell them when the demand from SBCs is highest.
Do you also have more tips on how you want to use the web app in FC 24? Tell us in the comments!
If you want to start planning your new team now, we’ll show you how to do it:
A man reports on Reddit about his girlfriend’s frequent PC crashes. The reason for this is a small cooler that has come loose and thus triggered a chain reaction in the PC.
In many hardware components, the phrase “bigger, heavier, higher” is becoming more common. This also applies to some models of RAM – be it additional RGB lighting on the modules or a protruding heat sink that sticks out far from the motherboard.
Furthermore, there are differences among manufacturers in the production and quality of the processed parts. This can lead to problems that one would not have thought possible.
With our additional tips, you save time and nerves that could arise from PC problems.
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PC coolers are not always helpful
What can be seen in the photo? In the image in the Reddit post, the friend holds the RAM stick (English: RAM | Random Access Memory) of his girlfriend in his hand.
One can quickly see that there is something wrong with the hardware component. The heat sink above has shifted and thus covered part of the contact surface, which normally disappears completely into the slot on the motherboard.
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How did this problem occur? The man suspects that the RAM cooler, the so-called heat spreader, has come loose. Due to this misalignment, one side of the heat spreader has shifted upwards toward the processor cooler.
In a sort of domino effect, the CPU cooler or its fan has pushed the RAM out of its slot on the motherboard.
Since the RAM module was no longer correctly inserted, this led to bluescreens and system crashes during operation. The friend was very surprised and wrote in a comment under the post: ‘I didn’t know that something like this could happen with the heat spreader.’
What is a heat spreader?
A heat spreader is a small piece of metal/metal sheet that is mounted on hardware components that can reach high temperatures during operation. As a heat distributor, the module is supposed to dissipate heat to the surrounding air over its larger surface area.
How was the problem solved? The Reddit user’s girlfriend decided to completely remove the heat sink from the RAM. However, this is not without risks. If done incorrectly, memory chips could be ripped out of the RAM, damaging the module and rendering it unusable.
Is this the end of the story? No, not quite. His girlfriend was able to remove one side of the heat spreader without damaging the RAM. However, she decided not to use the RAM module further.
Instead, she preferred to buy new modules and treat herself to an upgrade to 32 GB DDR4 RAM for her computer.
Useful tips to avoid trouble when buying/upgrading RAM
What should one consider when buying RAM modules? In addition to storage capacity and speed, the installation height of the desired memory should also be checked. Otherwise, it may occur that it collides with the cooler or fan of the already installed processor. This makes installation difficult or renders it impossible.
Low-profile RAM is characterized by a low height and avoids such problems from the outset.
Are there other options? If you already have the RAM in front of you, you can alternatively look for a CPU cooler that does not extend over the RAM slots after installation.
With some models, you can attach the fan not only on the side with the underlying RAM but also on the opposite side of the processor cooler.
Does RAM necessarily require a heat spreader? No, it depends on what temperatures the module reaches during operation and how warm your computer gets inside.
Excessive temperatures can lead to throttling or system instability. If you have adequate cooling with multiple case fans, this should generally not be an issue.
This gamer makes a big mistake during the assembly of his PC:
If you play Starfield on PC, you can get more out of your boost pack and fly further with a simple key assignment.
The absence of vehicles can make exploring a planet in Starfield quite sluggish, as you have to walk long distances and your stamina is not unlimited.
Your boost pack can be quite useful when exploring planets – and jumping is much more fun than walking, especially in low gravity. There is a trick that allows you to fly longer distances with your boost pack without changing anything in your equipment.
Jump further with an alternative key
How does the trick work? In Starfield on PC, you have the option to assign a primary and an alternative key layout on the keyboard for each action – such as jumping, melee combat, or sneaking.
For some reason, your jetpack’s boost is significantly more horizontal when you use the alternative key instead of the primary key. The primary key gives your boost a more vertical direction. This means that with the alternative key, you cover a greater distance in the forward movement.
We captured how big the difference is in a short video:
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Jumping with the Boostpack in Comparison
In our test, we left the primary key on the “spacebar” and assigned the “Alt” key (left) for the alternative layout.
With the boost itself, we noticed that the character jumped several meters further from the same jumping point (a gray line on the ground) when we pressed “Alt” instead of the “spacebar”.
We also measured how long it takes to cover a distance when we sprint, jump with the normal boost pack layout or with the alternative boost pack layout.
sprint: 06.97 seconds
normal boost pack layout: 07.04 seconds
part of the distance had to be sprinted, as the boost pack could not cover the entire distance
What is the trick good for? As we found out, the trick allows you to cover a greater distance with the jetpack and get from one point to another faster. Especially in low gravity, you can cover larger distances more quickly.
You can also combine the two jumps, first reaching a higher point with the vertical jump, and then covering further distances with the horizontal jump without having to land.
Moreover, the enhanced horizontal boost allows you to navigate more easily between elevated objects. For example, you can try to jump from the airlock of your outpost to your landing spot without having to land in between and potentially use the stairs.
If you don’t have an outpost yet, we explain here how to build one:
With the upcoming patch 13.19, League of Legends will bring a major change. Those who misbehave in the game will receive a new penalty. Players will be excluded from ranked matches, but must spend their time actively in the game.
What does this new penalty look like? According to the LoL dev team, players who exhibit toxic behavior will henceforth be excluded from the ranked list for a certain number of matches. This means that those who are punished must first play normal rounds, ARAMs, or the rotating game modes to be allowed back into the rankings.
The following are affected:
Leaving a match
AFK
Intentional feeding
Trolling in the match
Bad behavior in chat
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Toxic players will thus be excluded not just temporarily. The penalties before were rather harmless for many, as they simply switched to another account or ignored League for a few days or weeks. When they returned, everything continued as usual.
The new system truly hurts, as many players primarily play ranked matches, because they have a particularly competitive edge and are usually the most fairly balanced. However, to play again, they must first behave in lower-quality matches. Because those who remain toxic will continue to be excluded from ranked matches.
When will this change come? The new patch 13.19 is set to be released on Wednesday, September 27. It will also be the patch played at the World Championship – aside from perhaps minor hotfixes for Briar.
Now it seems that Riot has thought about this interim step.
How is this being received? Generally well, although there are some individual concerns. One user writes on Twitter that the affected players hopefully win the matches and do not just have to participate in them. Otherwise, they could ruin them again or at least not put in much effort to be allowed to play in the rankings again.
Others fear that the change could lead to more toxicity in matches outside of ranked. This could ruin the game for casuals who like to play a normal or an ARAM match. Moreover, this does not solve the problem of toxic players in normal matches, which is also seen critically.
Overall, however, there is praise for the change, as players with bad behavior should not have a place in ranked matches. Those who misbehave too often should be permanently banned from the game, demand some.
What do you think of this change? Will it really help or rather impact the casual side of LoL? Feel free to share in the comments.
A too small inventory is a thorn in the side of many people in Pokémon GO. Many tend to invest in the expensive inventory expansions, but even with that, there is a limit. Or so it was thought, as a player on reddit now shows that the inventory in Pokémon GO is basically endless.
How big can the inventory be? If you have a new Pokémon GO account, your inventory is still very small. However, this can be changed through the currency Poké-Coins, which can be bought among other things for real money.
If you buy all possible expansions with it, the inventory reaches a maximum size of 4,500 items, but then it’s really over.
A clever player has now noted that there is a way to fill the inventory even further and found that not even the next zero plays a role.
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How many items are possible? In a screenshot, the player No_Tune shared on reddit that he is currently carrying 10,041 items in his inventory. He wanted to prove that it’s not reaching an end at 9,999.
Whether he will take on the challenge to collect 100,000 items to provide the next proof is still unclear. Because behind this gigantic collection of items lies a considerable effort and some restrictions while playing.
Here is the corresponding post:
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How did he manage that? Anyone who has ever had a full inventory knows the annoying messages. You can’t spin any PokéStops anymore, can’t open gifts, and even from GO bullies, there are no rewards.
However, this system has exceptions, as the player has discovered. Specifically, the daily raid pass, which you receive for free when you spin at a gym for the first time that day.
If you don’t have one in your inventory, you can still spin at the gym to get it. You will simultaneously receive the items that you would have also gotten for the normal gym spin, regardless of whether your inventory is full or not.
Furthermore, raids also continue to give you items, as do routes. Whether this will always remain the case is not certain. In the comments, people point out that this used to work with the first PokéStop of the day, but it no longer does.
So, it is not necessarily sensible to stuff the inventory in this way, as you then become unable to do too many things in the game. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see that there is not even a limit at 9,999 slots. Many other players think so too, as the post has already received over 650 upvotes in one day.
What do you think about it? Have you already started such an experiment yourselves? Or do you find the whole thing rather pointless and burdensome? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
Another gaming victim in 2023. Evil Dead: The Game ceases development after just over a year.
Evil Dead: The Game was supposed to be a true competitor to Dead by Daylight. Horror-splatter action mixed with co-op gameplay, along with the well-known characters from the “Evil Dead” franchise. After just over a year, this dream has finally burst. Further development of the game has been halted – and the already announced Switch version will not be released at all.
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Evil Dead in the Gameplay Trailer
What is going on with Evil Dead: The Game? In May 2022, Evil Dead: The Game was released and aimed to impress with suspense, action, and cooperative gameplay. However, the good mood lasted only a short time. While there were some smaller expansions with new content: a castle map inspired by the film “Army of Darkness” as well as the “Splatter Royale” mode. But gradually, the flow of content dried up. Now came the news on X (formerly Twitter):
We have made the decision to no longer pursue the development of new content for Evil Dead: The Game.
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This was accompanied by the announcement that the once-planned Switch version of the game will no longer be released.
How has the game fared lately? Extremely poorly – at least when looking at the data on Steam. According to Steamcharts, Evil Dead: The Game had a peak of 43 concurrent players in the last 30 days.
Evil Dead was also available on Xbox and PlayStation – but here the player numbers are not known.
However, it must also be noted that the game was only released on Steam with significant delay and was mostly available on PC solely in the Epic Games Store. When it finally launched on Steam in 2023, all the hype had long since faded.
Can you still play? Yes. The servers will remain online for the foreseeable future, and if there are any “major issues,” the developers plan to address them.
However, how long this “foreseeable future” lasts can also be questioned. Those who want to play Evil Dead: The Game should do so thoroughly in the coming months before the plugs are eventually pulled completely.
What’s behind this? The news comes shortly after the announcement that the Embracer Group is facing financial difficulties. Major restructuring is currently taking place, leading to many layoffs and total job cuts. This affected, among others, the developer of the “Saints Row” series, Volition Games.
Next Friday, the voice actors from Baldur’s Gate 3 will play Dungeons and Dragons together on Twitch. MeinMMO tells you what it’s all about.
Fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 can look forward to an extraordinary event: Some voice actors from the game will play Dungeons & Dragons together on Twitch. The spectacle is scheduled for September 22 at 8 PM and will be broadcast on Twitch.
Let’s take a look at which voice actors will participate in this unique event.
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The voice actors of Baldur’s Gate 3 play a D&D one-shot together on Twitch
Who is participating? The following voice actors from Baldur’s Gate 3 will dive into the world of Dungeons & Dragons and embody their own characters from the game:
Amelia Tyler – The Narrator
Samantha Béart – Karlach
Neil Newbon – Astarion
Tim Downie – Gale
Jennifer English – Shadowheart
Theo Salomon – Wyll
Devora Wilde – Lae’zel
The experienced D&D game master Mark Hulmes will lead the one-shot in the High Rollers show on Twitch and guide the players through an adventure. In a Twitter video from High Rollers, fans can already get a sneak peek of the upcoming event.
In this video, Neil Newbon reveals that he unintentionally adopted Astarion’s characteristic giggle. Neil Newbon also streams Baldur’s Gate 3 on Twitch. Jennifer English, the voice actress of Shadowheart, describes her Shar Cleric as God’s favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.
You can see the Twitter post here:
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How are the players reacting? The reactions to this announcement are extremely positive. Many fans are excited to see how the voice actors will translate their characters from Baldur’s Gate 3 into the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
Some reactions under the Twitter post from High Rollers show the anticipation and enthusiasm of the community:
MissMousieMouse writes: Oh my God, this is incredible.
Ellendari Kumoris’ excitement is huge: This is the collaboration the world needs. I can’t wait!
The Twitch streamer DansGaming sums up: Looks like it will be fun to watch.
It will be fascinating to see how they deal with the challenges and adventures that await them. Fans can expect the characters they have come to love in the game to come to life in completely new ways.
Overall, this stream promises to be a captivating and entertaining adventure, where the worlds of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons merge in a unique way.
As an editorial team, it is also part of the business to assess new games. We consider how much hit potential they have, how much reach we can generate with the games, and how many resources we allocate to certain titles.
Baldur’s Gate 3 absolutely played no role for us in recent years. I planned almost no coverage for MeinMMO regarding the role-playing game because I didn’t expect much from it. What was the reason for this? I knew what kind of potential Larian Studios has, as I am familiar with the quality of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Now, Baldur’s Gate 3 had already been in Early Access for three years before its release; it is so damn hard to create a hype for an initial release. In the years of Early Access, the RPG drifted along without much attention.
On top of that, there was a difficult release window. Baldur’s Gate 3 was supposed to come out amidst Bethesda’s Starfield, a hot contender for RPG of the Year.
This prompted us to spontaneously adjust our entire content planning overnight, redistribute resources, and fully accompany Baldur’s Gate 3 with stories and guides.
Therefore, the narrative that this RPG from Microsoft was severely underestimated in isolation is challenging. This mega-success surprised everyone in the industry, including Larian itself.
Baldur’s Gate 3 absolutely played no role for us in recent years. I planned almost no coverage for MeinMMO regarding the role-playing game because I didn’t expect much from it. What was the reason for this? I knew what kind of potential Larian Studios has, as I am familiar with the quality of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Now, Baldur’s Gate 3 had already been in Early Access for three years before its release; it is so damn hard to create a hype for an initial release. In the years of Early Access, the RPG drifted along without much attention.
On top of that, there was a difficult release window. Baldur’s Gate 3 was supposed to come out amidst Bethesda’s Starfield, a hot contender for RPG of the Year.
This prompted us to spontaneously adjust our entire content planning overnight, redistribute resources, and fully accompany Baldur’s Gate 3 with stories and guides.
Therefore, the narrative that this RPG from Microsoft was severely underestimated in isolation is challenging. This mega-success surprised everyone in the industry, including Larian itself.
As an editorial team, it is also part of the business to assess new games. We consider how much hit potential they have, how much reach we can generate with the games, and how many resources we allocate to certain titles.
Baldur’s Gate 3 absolutely played no role for us in recent years. I planned almost no coverage for MeinMMO regarding the role-playing game because I didn’t expect much from it. What was the reason for this? I knew what kind of potential Larian Studios has, as I am familiar with the quality of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Now, Baldur’s Gate 3 had already been in Early Access for three years before its release; it is so damn hard to create a hype for an initial release. In the years of Early Access, the RPG drifted along without much attention.
On top of that, there was a difficult release window. Baldur’s Gate 3 was supposed to come out amidst Bethesda’s Starfield, a hot contender for RPG of the Year.
This prompted us to spontaneously adjust our entire content planning overnight, redistribute resources, and fully accompany Baldur’s Gate 3 with stories and guides.
Therefore, the narrative that this RPG from Microsoft was severely underestimated in isolation is challenging. This mega-success surprised everyone in the industry, including Larian itself.
A leaked email shows that Microsoft wasn’t particularly interested in getting Baldur’s Gate 3 into the Xbox Game Pass. Apparently, the success of the game was completely underestimated, which is not entirely unreasonable.
What kind of leak is this? In connection with the ongoing legal battle between Microsoft and the US agency FTC, the Federal Trade Commission, countless confidential documents and internal emails from Microsoft were published.
In one of the documents that surfaced, Microsoft discusses how much money they are willing to pay for potential deals for the Xbox Game Pass. It turns out: Baldur’s Gate was severely underestimated. Apparently, they thought they could get the RPG hit at a bargain price.
Low “Wow Factor” at a Bargain Price?
What does the leak say? The document shows a long list of potential releases for the Xbox Game Pass. A table lists how high the “Wow Factor” of individual games is supposed to be. This is meant to indicate how much they expect from the titles.
Additionally, it assesses the likelihood of getting them into the Game Pass and how much they would presumably have to pay for it. The files were eventually removed from the FTC servers, but as the internet is known to be forever, they can still be found on imgur.
Baldur’s Gate was apparently quite low on Microsoft’s wish list.
The RPG was dismissed as a “second-run Stadia PC RPG”. The assessment refers to the planned release of Baldur’s Gate 3 on Google’s failed cloud gaming service.
Instead of a “Wow Factor”, the RPG was assigned the category “Hub”. It is unclear what the designation stands for; it may refer to the Xbox Insider Hub. Microsoft also expected to secure Baldur’s Gate for just 5 million US dollars.
For comparison: This amount was also expected for Red Dead Redemption 2, although according to the document, they were assuming a monthly payment of that amount. For Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, they expected a “very high” Wow Factor and estimated a price of 300 million dollars – which is 60 times what they expected for Baldur’s Gate.
Larian Defends Microsoft: “Everyone Did It”
How is this information being discussed? Given the immense success of Baldur’s Gate 3, Microsoft’s assessment seems curious. However, the email containing the document dates back to 2022: back then, no one expected how Baldur’s Gate 3 would perform at release.
The developers themselves reportedly expected only 100,000 concurrent players. A figure that has, even more than a month after release, been casually surpassed with a 24-hour peak of 293,814 players on Steam. At peak times, there were even 875,343 concurrent players (via SteamDB, as of September 20, 11:30)
For this reason, Larian likely does not hold Microsoft responsible for the misjudgment. Michael Douse, the studio’s Publishing Director, stated on X/Twitter: “In their defense: Everyone else did it too.”
In their defence, so did everyone else. Same with DOS2. Comes with the genre, and the way we approach things, and the way we execute things. There just isn’t any existing data that could have told anyone how BG3 was going to perform. We just had to take giant spooky leaps. https://t.co/BgLyW4cZZx
According to Douse, there simply weren’t any data available to predict the success of Baldur’s Gate 3. Therefore, he would not overestimate the assessment.
Editorial Assessment
Now, Baldur’s Gate 3 had already been in Early Access for three years before its release; it is so damn hard to create a hype for an initial release. In the years of Early Access, the RPG drifted along without much attention.
On top of that, there was a difficult release window. Baldur’s Gate 3 was supposed to come out amidst Bethesda’s Starfield, a hot contender for RPG of the Year.
This prompted us to spontaneously adjust our entire content planning overnight, redistribute resources, and fully accompany Baldur’s Gate 3 with stories and guides.
Therefore, the narrative that this RPG from Microsoft was severely underestimated in isolation is challenging. This mega-success surprised everyone in the industry, including Larian itself.
Baldur’s Gate 3 absolutely played no role for us in recent years. I planned almost no coverage for MeinMMO regarding the role-playing game because I didn’t expect much from it. What was the reason for this? I knew what kind of potential Larian Studios has, as I am familiar with the quality of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Now, Baldur’s Gate 3 had already been in Early Access for three years before its release; it is so damn hard to create a hype for an initial release. In the years of Early Access, the RPG drifted along without much attention.
On top of that, there was a difficult release window. Baldur’s Gate 3 was supposed to come out amidst Bethesda’s Starfield, a hot contender for RPG of the Year.
This prompted us to spontaneously adjust our entire content planning overnight, redistribute resources, and fully accompany Baldur’s Gate 3 with stories and guides.
Therefore, the narrative that this RPG from Microsoft was severely underestimated in isolation is challenging. This mega-success surprised everyone in the industry, including Larian itself.
As an editorial team, it is also part of the business to assess new games. We consider how much hit potential they have, how much reach we can generate with the games, and how many resources we allocate to certain titles.
Baldur’s Gate 3 absolutely played no role for us in recent years. I planned almost no coverage for MeinMMO regarding the role-playing game because I didn’t expect much from it. What was the reason for this? I knew what kind of potential Larian Studios has, as I am familiar with the quality of Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Now, Baldur’s Gate 3 had already been in Early Access for three years before its release; it is so damn hard to create a hype for an initial release. In the years of Early Access, the RPG drifted along without much attention.
On top of that, there was a difficult release window. Baldur’s Gate 3 was supposed to come out amidst Bethesda’s Starfield, a hot contender for RPG of the Year.
This prompted us to spontaneously adjust our entire content planning overnight, redistribute resources, and fully accompany Baldur’s Gate 3 with stories and guides.
Therefore, the narrative that this RPG from Microsoft was severely underestimated in isolation is challenging. This mega-success surprised everyone in the industry, including Larian itself.
New World will receive its first expansion, Rise of the Angry Earth, in October. This brings a new max level, a revamped area, and mounts. But which content is actually exclusive to purchasing the expansion, and what updates benefit everyone? And can you still keep up without the expansion?
Will you fall behind without the expansion? Yes, at least in many endgame areas of the game. As the developers explained in a new Q&A, players without the new expansion will not be able to reach the maximum gear of 700. It also comes through that you cannot level beyond level 60.
This has strong implications for the gameplay:
You can no longer participate in mutations in the dungeons because you cannot reach the necessary level and gear.
You will also lag behind in PvP in the open world and in wars. Players at level 65 and with a higher gear score will simply have an advantage.
You will only be scaled in Outpost Rush and in the PvP arenas. There, your gear will automatically adjust to gear score 675. However, you will still lag behind players with gear score 700.
Are there any good news? Yes, because the previous content will not be taken away from you, apart from the mutations and the wars. You can continue to explore the areas, try out all the weapons, and follow the story up to the expansion.
Major changes to the old content – such as Edenhain becoming a PvP zone to fight over and receiving new bonuses like storage space, or the removal of the racial perks on the gear – will also be usable for players without the expansion.
You can watch the complete Q&A in English here:
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New World: Forged in Aeternum – Community Q&A in September
No Pay2Win, but Pay to continue the Game
What else was revealed?
With the expansion, you should get to 700 gear faster than before
However, you will take longer to perfect the stats. You will have to grind a lot of materials to then reforge the gear.
The focus since the release has primarily been on PvE, but there are also ideas to bring larger PvP changes later.
No adjustments have been made to the portal events or invasions with the expansion.
Is the expansion something like Pay2Win? This question is also raised in the video. Scot Lane, the head of New World, explains in the video that it is not Pay2Win, but he sees it more as “Pay to continue the Game”.
After all, primarily endgame content is taken and either added to or revised. The complete early game remains for the players.
Basically, it is worth it to buy the bundle of the base game and the expansion directly now. It costs €68.99, which is about the same as a new AAA single-player title.
What can I do to prepare for the expansion? The most important thing is, according to Lane, that you have fun with the game. Katy Kaszynski adds that you should definitely experience the content from Brimstone Sands, the new area that came into the game at the end of 2022.
Of course, you can also prepare more intensively, such as leveling weapons or farming special materials and currencies. How best to prepare, we have summarized here:
What do you think about the changes from Rise of the Angry Earth? Is it a problem that some players are excluded from the endgame content, or is this just the typical progression for MMORPGs?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
The developers of Terraria, the pixelated open-world game on Steam, sharply criticize Unity’s controversial decision to introduce installation fees and subsequently donate more than 180,000 euros to the competition.
Recently, Unity announced a controversial policy called Unity Runtime Fee, which is set to come into effect on January 1, 2024. This policy stipulates that developers of games that have more than 200,000 installations and have generated over $200,000 in revenue in the last 12 months must pay a fee of 20 cents per installation.
The developers Re-Logic of Terraria, one of the most successful games on Steam with over 900,000 reviews (97% positive), have now spoken up.
Re-Logic condemns Unity’s decision and donates more than $200,000 (equivalent to 180,000 euros) to the competition. On X, they have expressed concern about the recent developments regarding Unity.
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Terraria: Journey’s End
Terraria developers donate a bunch of money to the competition
What do the developers of Terraria say? Re-Logic not only promises to condemn the changes, but also to take action. They will donate $1,000 per month to the game engines Godot and FNA and an additional $100,000 each. Their conditions are that they continue to strive to remain good people and do everything possible to ensure that these engines remain powerful and accessible to all developers.
They announced it all on X, here is the post:
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In their statement on X, Re-Logic expressed their concern about the loss of Unity as a leading and user-friendly game engine and described the new fee changes as predatory and sneaky.
The reckless manner in which years of trust built by Unity has been sacrificed for another way to pressure publishers, studios, and players is the saddest part. That this step was entirely unnecessary pushes things into the category of tragedy – a cautionary tale for the industry.
Unity via X
Although they only use Unity to a limited extent in their projects, they feel obligated to stand against the “predatory” measures.
What does Unity plan now? Unity announced on X that they have taken note of the criticism. They apologize for the confusion and fears caused by the Unity Runtime Fee. They promise to make changes.
In the coming days, more details about the changes are to be announced. It remains to be seen what specific adjustments will be made to the billing model.
On October 17, the new Season 2 is set to launch in Diablo 4. There is supposed to be a lot of new content that will be presented in detailed streams until then. However, criticism is rising on Reddit against this announcement. The main argument: Blizzard is confusing content with replayability.
While a lot of new content initially sounds great, some players remain skeptical. Reddit user MrMunday explained in a thread that, in his opinion, Blizzard is backing the wrong horse. Instead of new content, the focus should be on improving the gameplay systems.
For him, neither Diablo 2 nor Diablo 3 provided significant content. Both games relied heavily on item grind, diverse builds, and experimental elements. However, there are major gaps in the latest installment.
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Diablo 4 presents new Season 2, coming this fall – Blood & Vampires
“The items and builds in Diablo 4 are so obvious that they do not invite experimentation”
What exactly is the player criticizing? In Diablo 4, everything is too obvious and simple. While this may be good for attracting casual players, it will harm the long-term experience because veterans have little to experiment with.
In comparison, he mentions Diablo 2, where it took years to develop a perfect meta. In Diablo 4, however, that has already happened in a short amount of time.
He concludes his contribution with the sentence:
They need to stop thinking about “content” and rethink their systems. They need to be revised. Adding 1,000 more items will likely not improve replayability.
How is the statement received? Over 600 upvotes and 550 comments were received on the thread on Reddit from Diablo 4. Many agree with the fundamental statement made by MrMunday or go even harder on the subject.
Megane-Senpai writes that Diablo 4 would fail on both crucial elements of the ARPG genre: replayability and the feeling of progress in levels and gear.
D4Twilly even believes that Blizzard will never get Diablo 4 back on the right track and is already waiting for the successor, Diablo 5.
However, not all players are so pessimistic. Some write that we should wait for the 4-hour livestream before making negative comments. Others believe that not only new elements will be introduced but also some revisions.
A user cleans a friend’s gaming PC for the first time after many years. And the system really needs it. In the comments, people are already joking whether his buddy lives in the desert.
In a gaming system, a large amount of dust and dirt can accumulate over time. A gamer has now shown a picture of a gaming PC. And it looks like a sandstorm has raged inside. He himself explained on reddit that the gaming system hasn’t been cleaned in 8 years.
At least the owner opened the system a few years ago to install a new graphics card. He replaced his old RX 480 with a newer RX 5700 XT. But the motherboard, CPU, and RAM have already been around for several years.
The pictures clearly show that almost all components are covered with a thick layer of dust and dirt.
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Manufacturer shows sleek case, gamers are thrilled: “Great design! Goes directly onto my wishlist”
“I have been using my PC for 6 years and it is still spotless.”
Other gamers are surprised that a PC can get so dirty. One explains a bit surprised: “I have been using my PC for 6 years and it is still perfectly clean. And I have never opened my PC and only occasionally clean it from the outside.”
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Others explain that they cannot imagine such dirt.
I don’t understand how people’s computers can get so dirty – we do have a few air filters in the house, but they are not in my office. We also have cats, and my computer is on the floor. I just cleaned it after a few years, and it was not nearly as bad.
Some explain that it could also be due to poor airflow and poorly positioned fans. Then the fans would carry the dirt into the computer, and it would stay there.
In any case, all the dirt would damage the hardware in the long run. Some are also shocked that one would let hardware get so dirty.
Dirt can cause a PC to overheat and lead to other problems
Why do computers get dirty in the first place? There are always dust and dirt particles in the air, and almost everything releases tiny particles into the air: Your skin, carpets, other electronic devices, and animals all leave their traces in the air, and this eventually settles as dust or dirt on your hardware.
Why should you clean your computer regularly? Dirt and dust clog access paths for air or your fans. This means that some components or parts cannot properly dissipate heat and heat up significantly.
The processor and graphics card then throttle performance to cope with the heat or shut down in an emergency to protect the components. Your PC will then become slower and slower.
In addition, dirty fans are significantly louder, as they have to spin much faster to adequately cool components like the CPU or the graphics card.
Ideally, you should clean your PC once a year
How often should you clean your PC? It depends on how much dirt and dust accumulate in your apartment:
In most cases, an annual cleaning is completely sufficient, as you will remove most of the dirt.
If you smoke in your room, have pets, or have many carpets laid out, a semi-annual cleaning is recommended.
Take a few minutes every few months to clean your gaming system. Because with a little care, you will have more from your hardware in the long run than if you let things get completely dirty.
With certain compressed air sprays or microfiber cloths, you can quickly get your hardware clean again. You should definitely refrain from blowing into sensitive parts with your mouth. Because saliva can get on the components. Nintendo has already warned against using blowing techniques to clean hardware. Because moisture and technology do not mix, and in the worst-case scenario, your hardware can rust.
Tips and tricks for your PC: If you are looking for comprehensive cleaning tips and tricks on how to proceed best, check out the following guide on MeinMMO:
World of Warcraft has gotten better – but that’s not enough. YouTuber Bellular explains why WoW is simply boring for many right now.
World of Warcraft is currently in a rather strange situation. Although active players believe that Dragonflight is the best expansion in a long time and that Blizzard is doing a lot of things right, somehow the big hit seems to be missing. WoW analyst Bellular expands on these thoughts and notes:
WoW is as good as it has been for years – but what is happening is just boring.
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Who is speaking? Most people probably know Bellular from his YouTube channel, where he thoroughly analyzes topics around gaming. He likes to dive into business figures and statistics, but also creates videos about theories surrounding the stories of individual games or potential WoW expansions. In one of his latest videos titled “what happened?” he poses the question: What is actually going on with WoW?
We can all feel that something is strange. […] Things are a little strange. Going by the design metrics, the narrative surrounding WoW is quite good. The team has listened to our feedback. But why does it feel weird?
Bellular explains that he has surveyed current and former players about WoW on X (formerly Twitter) – and he was not surprised by the reactions. Many of the 2,000 responses seem to suggest: “No matter what the WoW team does, many simply don’t care anymore.”
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This is all the more strange because right now WoW is receiving more content in shorter intervals than ever before in the history of the MMORPG.
Bellular also notes this feeling of disinterest in his own videos. When he creates guides, such as how to gear up characters quickly, there is almost always an overwhelming response of: “Yeah, I’m not interested.”
And here’s where he sees a fundamental problem: Because an angry community does not kill a game – an apathetic community does:
People have stopped caring. And now you’ve lost the ability to reach them.
Shadowlands was the last straw for many
The reasons for this are varied, but Bellular sees primarily the two expansions “Battle for Azeroth” and “Shadowlands” as responsible.
Battle for Azeroth was a disappointment and a case of “false advertising” – the cinematic had set fans up for a story focused on the war between Horde and Alliance, centered around the dominance of either side. However, the story quickly shifted to a narrative about the Old Gods.
The Jailer was a disappointment until the end.
Shadowlands only exacerbated the problem, particularly due to insufficient storytelling. The Jailer is considered one of the worst villains of all time, and the attempt to suddenly attribute a nearly 20-year Warcraft narrative to an unknown “mastermind” responsible for almost everything did not sit well with many.
Bellular believes that most WoW fans somehow remain close to the game. Even if they do not currently have an active subscription, they still check out news about the game and are happy to come back for an expansion. However, with Shadowlands, many old fans have distanced themselves so much that they have “crossed the event horizon” – they have stopped caring about WoW and can hardly be excited about it anymore.
How can Blizzard fix this?
Bellular sees few options to revitalize WoW. However, he is sure that Blizzard has recognized the problem as well. One option could be to overhaul the old game world. Returning to the “old” Azeroth, which has now been brought up to the latest standards of technology and story, could perhaps reignite the love of many old fans.
At the same time, however, WoW must also become more tangible in its story again. It now deals with increasingly larger conflicts that often transcend into metaphysical realms. It is no longer about the struggle between Orcs and Humans or the fight between smaller races. Increasingly, larger and less tangible concepts are battling against one another: Order and Chaos, Void and Light. Everything is becoming less and less comprehensible, leading to many feeling that the story is irrelevant. Or, as Bellular puts it a bit more drastically:
Most lore is now esoteric bullshit.
One issue is that WoW has “de-mystified” many of the enigmatic elements from the past. While the Old Gods or Elementals were once mystical beings that one could not fully comprehend, almost everything about these creatures is now known – they have lost their secrets and thereby a large part of the tension that once surrounded them.
Bellular then lists some features and raises questions that Blizzard has yet to answer. Because although WoW has objectively improved with Dragonflight, it has primarily dealt with correcting the fundamentals – such as gearing, the talent system, and similar. Bellular asks:
Where are the order halls as a permanent feature?
Where is player housing as an expansion of the game?
Where is challenging solo content, like the Mage Tower from 2017?
WoW is currently in a small crisis. And only a truly convincing expansion with a great, engaging theme seems capable of ending this crisis.
The longest battle in anime history has now come to an end. In episode 1076 of One Piece, Luffy has mastered a long fight in his Gear 5 form. The fight breaks a new record with its scope.
Warning, spoilers: The article contains some spoilers about the battle between Luffy and Kaido. If you don’t want to read anything about it yet, you should read the article only from the second heading.
What kind of battle is it?
Kaido has oppressed the land of Wano for many years
Luffy and his alliance partners want to put an end to the tyranny
The battle takes place on Onigashima, Kaido’s base
Even Kaido’s child turns against him
Luffy is close to death in the fight against Kaido but then activates his Gear 5
With Gear 5, Luffy defies the laws of physics and defeats Kaido
Luffy can change his body size at will and turn his surroundings into rubber with his new ability. This allows him to grab lightning or use the ground as a trampoline. No wonder Kaido had hardly a chance against his awakened powers.
How long did the battle last? With his ultimate ability, Luffy has managed to defeat Kaido and free Wano from tyranny. He took 61 episodes to do so. Since only one episode is released per week at most, the battle lasted over a year.
With the 61 episodes that the One Piece anime needed for the battle, it catapults itself straight to the top of the longest battles in anime history.
One Piece – German Trailer for the First Season of the Live-Action Series by Netflix
Other anime battles took fewer episodes
What other long battles were there? With 61 episodes, the One Piece battle is the longest in anime history. It even surpasses the battles from Dragon Ball Z, in which sometimes Son Goku and his opponents only yelled at each other and had a brief exchange of blows.
The battle from One Piece even lasts longer than complete anime series. The battle has about as many episodes as the entire anime of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. For comparison, the user presents the following examples:
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (64 episodes)
Death Note (37 episodes)
Great Teacher Onizuka (43 episodes)
By the way: The entire “Wano” arc is also a huge chunk. The arc is divided into three parts and already includes 149 chapters in the manga. Currently, the arc consists of 184 episodes in the anime, and it is still not over.
EA Sports FC 24 has been available for download for Xbox and PC players for a few days now. Now, there are also current download details for PS5.
What does the preload bring you? Pre-order customers of the Ultimate Edition and EA Play members can play EA Sports FC 24 starting on September 22, with the full release of the game following a week later. To be able to start on time, you should download the game file in advance or at least free up enough storage space for the automatic download.
We will summarize all the information for you on when the download or preload will be available for your console or PC and what file size you need to plan for EA Sports FC 24.
EA Sports FC 24 Preload: Start time and file size
When can you download FC 24? While EA has only released new pitch notes about the start of the Web App or the exact start time of the Early Access version, players on various fan platforms have also reported about the game’s preload. Based on the posts, it can be seen when the download started for Playstation, Xbox, and PC.
In this regard, PC and Xbox owners had the advantage for the start time of the preload.
Ultimate Edition for PS5 is now available for preload
When does the download start for Playstation? Starting today, September 20, pre-order customers of the Ultimate Edition can also download the game on PS5.
When you turn on the Playstation, the preload starts automatically if you have pre-ordered. You just need to make sure you have enough free storage space for the download to go smoothly.
What size is the file of FC 24 on the Playstation? It is 5 GB larger than on Xbox and PC, amounting to 49,150 GB. This was noted by the MeinMMO editorial team during the preload of the game on PS5.
Preload for PC and Xbox has been available for a few days
When does the preload start on PC and Xbox? On reddit.com, user Xirra-die-irre reported several days ago that the preload is available via EA and Steam. Thus, PC players can already access the preload.
The same is true for Xbox. In the community forum EA Answers HQ, a user asks when the preload will be ready for Xbox Series X. After a community manager answered him with “in a few days”, the user responded again: “It (the preload, editor’s note) is already available.”
How large is the file size on PC and Xbox? Another user comments on the previously mentioned post about the preload: “Yes, 44.72 GB are to be downloaded.” When asked by another user whether he meant PS5 or PC, he replied: “PC”. (via reddit.com)
This means that the new EA Sports FC 24 is roughly the same size as its FIFA predecessor.
However, some players are experiencing issues with the download.
Problems with downloading the pre-order version in the EA App
What problems can occur during the preload? In the community help forum EA Answers HQ, there are already several posts where players have difficulty with the preload of the pre-order version. Apparently, the problems are mainly related to the purchase processing of the pre-order version in the EA App.
User L3OG8 reported in his help request (via EA Answers) that he was stuck in the preparations for the download. Additionally, in his order history, the payment for the pre-order edition is still in processing.
Under the solution suggestion, other users also report having this problem.
If you are also affected by this problem, feel free to visit the forum. Perhaps you will find a suitable solution there.
Overall, the release of EA Sports FC 24 is getting closer. After numerous ratings were recently released, EA has also announced the new legends for the game – including Franck Ribéry. An overview of the new icons in EA Sports FC 24 can be found here.
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Apparently, the next Xbox console from Microsoft has been leaked. The console looks like a large, black cylinder.A new controller is also set to be revealed in 2023.
Microsoft is battling with the American Federal Trade Commission over the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard. Official documents have now surfaced, showing images and technical details of the next Xbox console.
The new console not only gets a new design but also a new controller. You can view images of the controller and the console directly at theverge.com. MeinMMO presents all the details and new information about the console and the controller.
The release plans for the next games from Microsoft have also been leaked. Included: The Elder Scrolls VI:
The new controller is expected to offer numerous new features and is set to be revealed in 2023
What is the new controller? The new Xbox controller, codenamed “Sebille,” is expected to be unveiled later this year and will offer several improved features:
A new accelerometer for gyro support is expected to be included.
It is said to support Bluetooth 5.2 and reportedly “Xbox Wireless 2.”
Additionally, there should be “precise haptic feedback” and “VCA haptics that also serve as speakers.”
Microsoft is expected to use a replaceable, rechargeable battery in its new controller.
The buttons and thumbsticks are expected to be quieter, and the thumbsticks should be replaceable.
A lot of this represents small improvements or sensible comfort features for players. However, the expected price of the controller is still unknown. Officially, the model is likely to be unveiled in 2023.
Round Xbox design with a new, immersive controller
Microsoft is reportedly planning to refresh its Xbox Series X console in 2024 with a completely new design and new features. The unannounced new console codenamed Brooklin was accidentally revealed in new FTC documents against Microsoft.
What does the new console look like? The design of the new Xbox Series X looks much rounder than that of the previous console and will be delivered without a disc drive. There are also expected to be further updates.
The new version is expected to come with 2TB of storage (instead of 1TB) and also includes a USB-C port on the front.
Inside the new Xbox Series X design, Microsoft is additionally expected to add Wi-Fi 6E support and a Bluetooth 5.2 radio.
The APU chip is expected to be reduced to 6 nm, making it even more efficient. Allegedly, 15% power savings are expected, and the power supply is expected to be smaller.
The new model emphasizes a rounded design but is still expected to stick to the color black.
Another alternative remains the Xbox Series S, which also comes without a disc drive. However, you will also have to forgo the additional performance of the X model:
Golf is apparently also a topic in WoW Classic HC. Because a streamer lost his character because of it – and a nasty dragon is thrilled.
In World of Warcraft, there are many ways to die quickly. But most of them are insignificant – at least in direct comparison to WoW Classic Hardcore. Because there, death is permanent and every character has only one life. This also means that a death can be particularly frustrating, as sometimes days and weeks of playtime are lost.
It is all the more entertaining when streamers record their deaths live – like in the example of “Guzu,” who has humorously passed away multiple times.
What happened? The streamer Gugu was leveling his Orc warrior “Guzu” and was in the Sunken Temple. It’s actually quite a relaxed dungeon – most enemies are lower level. Therefore, he was chatting quite casually with his viewers during this time. For a brief moment, he ignored the boss fight against the dragon “Weaver” to show one viewer his mousepad and hold it up to the camera.
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But when he looked back at the screen, it was already too late: Weaver had knocked back the Orc, who flew across the hall – and accurately into the only hole in the middle of the room. In a moment of presence of mind, Gugu tried to open his backpack to drink a Noggenfogger Elixir, which might grant him “Slow Fall” – but that didn’t happen.
At level 52, the Orc hit the ground and died immediately. Weaver had perfectly aimed him.
Was that his first death? No. Even before the launch of the official Hardcore servers, Guzu was part of the Hardcore community and had attempted the unofficial challenge. Even then, he lost his character in a rather “stupid” way. He accidentally clicked on a Demonic Rune – and brought his Warlock from 40% health to 0%.
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How does the community react: They take it all with a lot of humor and even tease a bit. Because shortly after Gugu started his next character – an Undead warrior – an Orc rides up to him and explains that he found “a cloak that he would like to give him”.
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Gugu accepts the trade and then exhales heavily – because it is an Engineering parachute cloak. This could have prevented his death from falling into the hole.
Who has the damage should not worry about the mockery.
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