As TCG Magic: The Gathering still comes up with something special after 30 years to ignite the collecting passion of fans. A special card will only be printed once, and collectors spare no expense or effort to secure “their treasure.”
What is this card about? On June 23, 2023, the highly anticipated crossover of Magic: The Gathering and The Lord of the Rings will be released. In addition to familiar characters from Middle-earth, the edition also includes a very special treasure:
The “The 1 of 1 Ring” is a card that will only be printed once, making it a true unique piece. Collector hearts are already racing at the sight of the borderless illustration that shines in foil printing – and especially because of the serial number 001 of 001.
The well-known collector Dan Brock has already put a bounty of $100,000 on the card. However, he clarified that this was only a “starting price” meant to get people talking.
This is the current price development: The unique card has not yet been released, but collectors are already outbidding each other. Football player Cassius Marsh just raised his bid from $150,000 to half a million but has already been outbid (via Twitter).
Dave & Adam’s, a company that has been dealing in collectible cards, comics, and signed memorabilia for 30 years, has now put a bounty of one million dollars on the card.
The offer is valid only until July 17 – by then, the card must be found.
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Magic Spellslingers Official Trailer
Conveniently, Dave & Adams is also selling the matching booster boxes in which the valuable card can be found – at a pre-order price of $424.95, which is just under €395. With 12 packs per box, that makes almost 33 euros per booster.
This price is indeed significantly higher than what one would normally pay for regular boosters, but not unusual for special editions.
For Dave & Adam’s, this is a win-win situation, as they profit from the sold boxes and might not even have to pay out the bounty – for example, if the lucky finder does not want to sell, only contacts after July 17, or there is simply a better offer by then.
Are there any other offers? There are indeed. LOTR fans, who are less concerned about money and more about the flavor, might also enjoy the “bounty” from Moxie Card Shop.
Because they are offering to meet around a cozy campfire with costumes and snacks and to let the card go up in flames together – as it should be.
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Whoever finds the card hopefully does not make the mistake of showing it on YouTube beforehand. Because then the Wizards of the Coast will quickly become unpleasant and send the infamous Pinkertons after the supposed lucky finder.
Near the town of “Ked Bardu”, in Diablo 4, you will find a side quest named “Reject the Mother”. This guide includes location and solution.
How do I get the quest “Reject the Mother”? To obtain the side quest, you first need to find a note. This is located in the Tusmaa Rift southeast of the waypoint “Ked Bardu” among smaller rocks and some enemies.
Once you have clicked on and read the note, you will be tasked with making your way to the statue and rejecting Lilith at her secret shrine. The statue of Lilith is now marked with a small blue circle.
The statue is hard to miss, as your quest marker leads you into a cave where it is surrounded by candles and sculptures.
Here, you need to stand in front of the statue and perform the emote “No”. However, this emote is not included by default in your emote wheel. Further down, you will find out how to customize your wheel.
How to use and change emotes? Here are the keys for mouse and keyboard as well as controller:
Keyboard: Opens the emote menu with “E”
Use the mouse wheel to switch the emote tab
Controller: Opens the emote menu with “D-pad up”
Use L1/R1 or LB/RB to switch the emote tab
When you are in the emote menu, press “Triangle” or “Y” on the controller or select “Customize” with the mouse. In this menu, you can swap your emotes:
What do emotes do? With the help of emotes, it is possible to communicate with other players in Diablo 4. Furthermore, you can interact with various shrines to receive certain bonuses.
If you have questions about the emotes or the quest, please leave a comment. We are also open to ideas for further guides.
The actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg is angry. Very angry. Diablo 4 has not been released for Mac, even though all other titles in the Diablo series were previously released on her “preferred gaming platform.”Her anger is now directed at Blizzard.
In front of an army of shoes, Whoopi Goldberg recorded a short video and uploaded it to Instagram. She emphasizes that there are more urgent crises, but she is still upset about the absence of Diablo 4 on the Apple platform. She, like many others, was looking forward to the release, some of whom have exaggerated.
What is her accusation? She criticizes Blizzard for not sufficiently warning Mac users that Diablo 4 will be available on PC only for Windows. Diablo, Diablo 2, and Diablo 3 have all been released for Mac, but Diablo 4 breaks that tradition. Her request to Blizzard is as follows:
Blizzard Entertainment, this is Whoopi. You know how much I love Diablo. I want you to allow those of us who use our Apple to play, to be able to play on the Apple! Take Diablo 4 and let us play and have a great time!
She had already purchased Diablo 4 in eager anticipation, but the game cannot be played on her computer. Blizzard had not released any information beforehand that the game only works for Windows. For the next installment, Blizzard can leave out the Mac platform, but since Whoopi has already paid for Diablo 4, she wants to play it now.
MeinMMO has put together two important settings that you should activate at the start of Diablo 4:
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Diablo 4: Immediately activate these 2 settings, otherwise you will miss important equipment values
How did Blizzard respond? The head of Diablo 4, Rod Fergusson, commented on Goldberg’s furious speech in a tweet. He says that “the shouting from Whoopi Goldberg” was not on his bingo card for the launch, so he did not expect such a reaction.
Whether Diablo 4 will be released for Mac remains open, Fergusson said. In general, there has been no statement from Blizzard as to why the development team decided to omit the Mac version for the release.
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Still, we hope for Whoopi Goldberg and all Apple users among you that Diablo 4 will still be released for Mac in some form. While Whoopi Goldberg likely has enough money to buy a PC with a Windows operating system, we wouldn’t want her to have to make that switch.
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Where do we know Whoopi Goldberg from? Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress. One of her more well-known works is her leading role in Sister Act. She has won numerous awards, including the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
Unfortunately, Goldberg currently does not have the opportunity to dive into the world of Sanctuary. With our tier list, she can at least take a look at which class she might have created: Diablo 4 Tier List: Best classes & builds for solo and groups
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Many Pokémon players develop a special bond with the little pocket monsters. For one gamer, this bond was so strong that he spared no expense to bring back his old friend.
What a rescue mission it was! Reddit user u/Rxyaschao shared on June 6th the reunion with his beloved Charizard. It had been stranded in Pokémon Colosseum for the GameCube for the last 15 years.
With the latest update for Pokémon HOME, the player was now able to bring his old companion to Paldea in Violet/Scarlet (via 3D Juegos).
What makes this Pokémon so special? Charizard actually doesn’t need such a rescue. He could have obtained the final evolution of Charmander, the fire starter from Generation 1, much easier.
However, Roxaschao did not want just any Charizard, but exactly the one with which he had played through the FireRed edition back then.
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Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet – The Treasure of Zone Zero in the Trailer
This is how he did it: To transfer his loyal companion to the latest generation, Roxaschao spared no expense.
The player bought a GameBoy Advance, a link cable compatible with the GameCube, and Pokémon Ruby
From there through Platinum and the White edition to the Pokémon Bank
From the Pokémon Bank it went on to Pokémon HOME and from there finally to Violet
To achieve this, the loyal trainer also bought a supposedly defective 2DS and a damaged DSlite, as well as other equipment that he could repair himself. Despite these measures, Roxaschao still paid nearly $340, which is just over €315, to get his Charizard back.
The whole undertaking took the Reddit user about a year. During this time, he also caught up on the game generations he had skipped back then.
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Even though it became clear to him afterwards that he could have saved money with hacks or a custom operating system, he does not regret it, said Roxaschao. Given the current developments, the prices for the old hardware and software would rather continue to rise.
In the comments, some Reddit users are already making rescue plans for their own stranded Pokémon, while others regret their pocket monsters that were deleted with a defective edition.
The “Unreal Tournament” series is considered one of the most influential shooter franchises in the world. Epic actually intended to reboot the series. However, in 2017 the team was pulled to develop a failed “Minecraft-like gameinto a PUBG clone“ that was supposed to become a worldwide success under the name Fortnite: Battle Royale. But for Unreal Tournament, Fortnite’s success marked the beginning of the end.
What was the plan?
Unreal Tournament is a cult shooter series, with three titles released from 1999 to 2007.
In 2014, Epic Games announced that they would reboot the series along with fans (via gamestar). The game’s friends celebrated this.
But then Fortnite came in between.
Epic always has to consider its “Unreal Engine,” one of the most powerful engines on the market; here you see what should be possible in the future:
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Unreal Engine 5.2: Next-Gen Graphics Tech Demo – State of Unreal 2023
Team from Unreal Tournament launched Fortnite: Battle Royale in just 2 months
Here’s how it really happened: Epic Games had launched a new super game in the summer of 2017 after many years: Fortnite – Save the World. The game was supposed to bring the new version of the Unreal Engine to the forefront in the summer slump of 2017; at least that was the plan:
During the day, players could collect loot, build fortifications, and set traps.
At night, they defended their fortifications against hordes of zombies.
A sort of “daytime Minecraft” – then at night “shooting like in Doom.”
But the game was so overloaded with microtransactions and grind that it only survived for a short time before it ran out of steam.
While Fortnite flopped, the battle royale shooter PUBG simultaneously blossomed in 2017. It was the biggest game on Steam, a massive gaming phenomenon.
PUBG was also equipped with the Unreal Engine, had many technical problems, but was played like crazy on PC. The concept of “everyone against everyone and whoever survives wins,” which people knew from the cinema, was exciting and entertaining.
It also made PUBG the first real big hit on Twitch.
Many players who later became stars on Twitch, like DrDisrespect, Ninja, or Fortnite, were playing PUBG at the time – albeit in front of fewer viewers than later.
This changed the fate of the gaming world: As far as we know from a developer conference, Epic Games told the team that had been working on Unreal Tournament until then to switch to Fortnite and build a “battle royale” mode there. The team put this battle royale mode together in just 2 months and apparently wanted to return to Unreal Tournament, but by then it was already too late.
The developers of PUBG were raging, but Fortnite became such a mega-success that Epic Games now sent all forces to Fortnite: Battle Royale to constantly keep adding content. To do this, they killed another hopeful project, the shooter Paragon, and also stopped the development of Unreal Tournament, as officially announced in December 2018 (via gamestar).
At that time, one could mostly hear the cries of distress from Paragon fans, who still accuse Epic Games of killing their game, which had so much potential, for Fortnite. But the fans of Unreal Tournament were also severely affected by Fortnite’s success.
Epic plans free reboot of Unreal Tournament but kills it
This was the next plan: After years of silence, there were two messages for Unreal Tournament in December 2022. Epic then took almost all Unreal games off the market (via pc gamer).
But at the same time, code hints in Steam were found in December 2022 that Epic Games was planning a game called “Unreal Tournament 3 x”:
The game was supposed to be a remaster of Unreal Tournament 3.
It was supposed to be completely free, without microtransactions and tricks.
It was supposed to be released on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG and allow crossplay.
This was a big glimmer of hope for the beleaguered fans – although the game was never officially announced, but had only appeared in the Steam code.
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So it has gone now: In June 2023, another change was discovered in the Steam code: Apparently, Epic Games “secretly” killed the reboot of Unreal Tournament 3. The page was reverted to an earlier state.
Since Epic Games has practically delisted every Unreal game in 2022 and the glimmer of hope for a current Unreal Tournament 3 has also been extinguished, fans can no longer officially play their favorite franchise but are dependent on private servers.
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The players are desperate and furious. Two culprits have quickly been found: Epic Games and their mega success Fortnite.
From the perspective of Unreal Tournament fans, Fortnite, which they actually don’t care about, has now killed their favorite games for the second time. Meanwhile, Unreal Tournament is actually the father and midwife of Fortnite.
Epic sacrificed many things for the success of Fortnite: Battle Royale:
Some NPCs in games are so annoying that you’d rather remove them from the scene. A player has done this in Skyrim – not just once. The NPC has already met his demise over 40 times.
Excluding The Elder Scrolls Online, Skyrim is the latest installment in the popular role-playing series, even though it was released 12 years ago. It takes place in the province of “Skyrim”, known in German as “Himmelsrand”.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Official Trailer
Who does the player kill in Skyrim? It is the NPC Nazeem, a Redguard in Skyrim. Nazeem lives in Whiterun in Himmelsrand.
His position at the Jarl’s court is said to have been “hard-earned”, which he likes to express at the market stalls where he hangs out during the day.
What is Nazeem all about? In the Elder Scrolls community, Nazeem has been considered a running gag for years. Many are annoyed by his arrogant and selfish demeanor.
For example, he says in a condescending tone: “Are you often in the Cloud District? Oh, what a question – of course you are not.” His wife Ahlam also speaks disparagingly about him, responding that one should best look “in the Jarl’s backside” when searching for Nazeem.
In an old Reddit thread, a user with a now-deleted account asks if someone could explain the Nazeem meme to him. In the comments, there are a few responses:
“He is a conceited idiot. That’s why we make fun of him.”
“There’s no need to explain this, just talk to him.”
“Nazeem is a pompous guy who likes to emphasize how powerful he is.”
Others refer to the well-known quote of the NPC and respond to the inquirer: “Are you often in the Cloud District?”, while another writes: “What are you talking about? Of course he is not.”
User Treppomann has his own way of dealing with the annoying NPC.
The murderous creativity knows no bounds
While some grind in games to reach level 100, Reddit user Treppomann has made it his mission to log into the game daily to take out the NPC Nazeem around the corner. And he has already done this over 40 times in the last two months.
What does Treppomann do with the NPC? Treppomann’s “Killing Nazeem” journey began on April 16 on Reddit. In a thread about the game Skyrim, he has so far (as of June 8) posted 44 video contributions showing how he kills Nazeem:
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He stabs him with a sword, flings him over cliffs into the waters using abilities, lets him fight giants, kills him as a Minecraft character with bow and arrow or as a Jedi with a lightsaber. Treppomann brings numerous creative ideas and mods to get rid of the irritating NPC.
In one video, you can see how he kills Nazeem with a piece of cheese that he throws at his head using telekinesis:
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The community encourages him: In the comments under his video contributions, there are numerous suggestions on how he could kill Nazeem, some of which he then implemented. Many users ask him about mods and commands that Treppomann clearly uses.
Others write that he should just kill him as often as possible until a new installment of The Elder Scrolls comes out. To this, Treppomann responds: “By then, I will already have 7 grandchildren, but okay, I will try to do this for as long as possible.”
Others prefer to use Skyrim mods to honor their deceased relatives:
News: Blizzard is releasing one hotfix after another after the release of Diablo 4. Here are the patch notes for hotfixes 6 & 7 on June 8.
What has changed? A few minor fixes and balance adjustments have been made:
Boss Adjustments
Increased level range for world bosses at world tier 3 and 4
Boss in the “Pinnacle Dungeon” deals more damage but has less health
Dungeons
Adjustments to the spawn rate of elite enemies
Fixed a bug that occasionally teleported players to the wrong end of the dungeon
Monster Adjustments
Fly hosts and resurrected fly hosts are no longer an infinite source of XP
Class Adjustments
Rogue: Improved Twisting Blades – Cooldown reduction now matches the tooltip of the skill
Legendary Aspects
Aspect of Unstable Imbuements (Rogue) no longer excessively benefits from damage amplification effects
Miscellaneous
Fixes for improved game stability
Additionally, the Pinnacle Dungeon is back online. You can find the complete patch notes in English here in the spoiler box or directly on the Blizzard forum (via blizzard.com):
Patch Notes English
HOTFIX 6 & 7 – JUNE 8, 2023 – 1.0.2
Boss Changes
Increased the level range for World Bosses on World Tier 3 and 4.
Increased the total damage dealt by the Level 100 Pinnacle Boss and reduced their total health.
Dungeons
Made further adjustments to Elite spawn rates in dungeons.
Fixed an issue where players would teleport to the wrong location in multiple dungeons while transitioning through levels of the dungeon.
Monster Changes
Fly Hosts and resurrected Fly Hosts from Trembling Masses will no longer be an infinite source of experience.
Class Changes
Rogue
Advanced Twisting Blades’ Cooldown reduction now matches its tooltip.
Legendary Aspect Changes
Aspect of Unstable Imbuements no longer excessively benefits from damage amplification effects.
The frequency of updates right after the release of Diablo 4 is quite good. We keep an eye on the changes at MeinMMO and will also update our Tier List accordingly when important class changes arise:
In a gameplay video on YouTube, Norland (Steam) was introduced on June 7th, a new game that is set to start early access on Steam. It is a strategy game/city-builder that strongly resembles RimWorld but also has elements of Crusader Kings 3. The initial reactions to the gameplay are enthusiastic. A demo is set to be released on Steam on June 18th.
This is the situation around Norland:
Norland has been in development for quite a while. The first post about the game on Steam was published on January 25, 2022. The game was also presented in a trailer a year ago at the “PC Gaming Show”.
The game is now slowly entering a hot phase. A one-week playable demo will start on June 19th for the “Steam Next Fest”. An “Early Access” launch is also expected on Steam.
On June 7th, a gameplay overview was released on Norland’s YouTube channel. The game feels like “RimWorld in the Middle Ages,” and fans are excited.
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Norland remembers the Steam hit Rimworld – but plays in the merciless Middle Ages
Wolf hunting, sex, and undead hordes – Everything a Steam hit needs
What kind of game is it?
Norland itself claims to be inspired by RimWorld, Crusader Kings, and Caesar. It is a “medieval kingdom simulation that produces complex stories”:
You create and lead a noble family and choose a province
With the noble family, you move into a city inhabited by numerous independent residents. They work, spend money, and wait for orders from their lords.
The social relationships between the noble figures will be important. Players can influence the relationships between the nobles with commands. In Norland, there will be conflicts, sex, wolf hunts, and duels.
One of the “complex relationships” in Norland.
It will be possible to raid neighbors, acquire knowledge, and further expand the city.
Additionally, one will be able to raise armies to defend against a global threat, the “Unholy Horde”.
Stories that emerge from the game, and the high “buzz” factor
What is the appeal of such games? RimWorld and Crusader Kings are games that allow for free play and continually create new, unpredictable stories that emerge from the game itself.
Players set their own goals for what they want to achieve, and must deal with unforeseen conflicts along the way, such as when game characters who are supposed to cooperate suddenly hate and wage war on each other, or when a famine or plague breaks out that needs to be managed quickly.
It’s a bit like building a sandcastle on the beach, but as soon as you look away for 2 seconds, a neighbor kid comes and kicks over 3 towers.
The games have a high “buzz” factor because, over time, there are more and more characters with special traits that continue to specialize and get better at individual tasks.
Games like Rimworld or Crusader Kings have an extremely high replay value and are therefore games in which people invest hundreds or thousands of hours.
What are the reactions? Under the YouTube video, the reactions to the gameplay overview are enthusiastic. The game apparently fully engages its target audience:
“The game looks unbelievably fantastic. Like a combination of RimWorld and Crusader Kings 3”
“It looks great. I hope it plays as well as it looks. The game could be a huge hit on Steam.”
“The RimWorld vibe immediately captivated me. Individual traits on the pawns make games sooo much more interesting.”
“Can’t wait to sink hundreds of hours of my life into it.”
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The eSports community mourns the loss of Valorant professional Twisten (Vitality), who passed away on June 6 at the age of 19.
Who was Twisten? Karel “Twisten” Ašenbrener was a Czech eSports player in Riot’s shooter Valorant. At the age of 17, he joined the German organization BIG. Since November 2022, he played for the French team Vitality. He made his international debut with Vitality at the VCT LOCK//IN in São Paulo in February 2023.
Before the tournament, Twisten made headlines by announcing that he would donate €25 for every kill with the Shorty, a short, sawed-off shotgun. In total, he donated €1450 for the 58 Shorty frags at LOCK//IN. The money went to the animal welfare organization Hunderettung Europa.
Team Vitality discusses the importance of mental health
On June 7, Team Vitality announced the death of the young player on Twitter. The statement said that Twisten had passed away the previous night: “We are deeply saddened by this devastating loss.”
An official cause of death has not yet been announced. However, Team Vitality emphasizes the importance of mental health in eSports and in life.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are concerned about someone in your environment, you can contact the telephone counseling service at 116 123 at any time. The service is free, as is the chat counseling. You can find more support options on the homepage of the German Society for Suicide Prevention. You can find worldwide hotlines for suicide prevention here (via WhatsApp).
Twisten was late to the press conference after his team’s exit from LOCK//IN against Leviatán because he seriously struggled with the loss. The 19-year-old also admitted to suffering from depression for two years.
Harry “Gorilla” Mepham, assistant coach at Vitality, wrote on June 7 that he woke up to the news that one of his closest friends had taken his own life. He added that Twisten was like a brother to him. Words cannot describe the sorrow and emptiness he feels.
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eSports professionals want to honor Twisten in a special way
Many people have already expressed their grief over Twisten’s death on Twitter, whether they are teammates and friends or fans. Vitality’s in-game leader Santeri “BONECOLD” Sassi called Twisten the “most genuine person I have ever met.”
Michał “MOLSI” Łącki said that they lost a “teammate, friend, and brother.” Tomas “Destrian” Linikas wrote that he was a “man with infinite potential, a crazy personality, and above all, the biggest heart that made people around him feel good.”
How others want to honor him: YouTuber and Valorant analyst “RyanCentral” suggested continuing Twisten’s donation campaign for Shorty kills at international events.
Streamer and former team coach of Team Liquid Connor “Sliggy” Blomfield responded to the suggestion by promising to donate €25 for each Shorty kill at the VCT Masters Tokyo and Champions 2023. Numerous other professionals followed suit.
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Anthony “vanity” Malaspina from Shopify Rebellion also promised $25 for every Shorty frag at the tournaments. The money will go to a mental health non-profit organization.
Marco Mereu, CEO of M80, said his organization is participating, but he raised the amount to $100 for each Shorty kill. He also included the upcoming Ascension tournaments (via Twitter).
After numerous other eSports personalities announced their participation in the campaign, RyanCentral wrote on the morning of June 8 in our time that he is working on a website for the “Twisten Shorty Drive.” He hopes to be ready in time for the start of the Masters in Tokyo on June 11 (via Twitter).
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The roadmap for Season 4 of Call of Duty: Warzone is live. With “Vondel”, there is a new medium-sized map. You can find the complete roadmap for the battle royale here on MeinMMO.
On June 14, the new season of Call of Duty: Warzone goes live. Yes, “Warzone” – not “Warzone 2”. The name was recently changed, just like the logo of the “Call of Duty” franchise.
Meanwhile, the roadmap for Season 4 is online, and we present the content to you. The highlight is a new map for the battle royale.
You can view the roadmap here:
What does Season 4 bring? The biggest part definitely includes the new map. But there were also some announcements aside from that:
New Map “Vondel”
Dynamic Fog
New Rule “Revival”
Revenge Symbol
Adjustments and new DMZ faction
New Vehicle
New Events
Adjustments in Al-Mazrah
Mid-Season Outlook
What information is available on the individual points, we will outline here. You can also read the details on the English CoD blog (via callofduty.com).
What kind of map is this? Vondel is set in the Netherlands and is approximately between Al-Mazrah and Ashika Island in size, offering 15 points of interest – including a zoo, a football stadium, and a medieval castle.
At launch, Vondel will be live with the revival mode (72 players) and will come for the DMZ mode (18 players).
It is an urban map with many buildings, and at first glance, it seems like the exact opposite of Al-Mazrah. Here are a few images from the blog:
What about dynamic weather? For the first time in the history of Warzone, the weather is supposed to change during a match – parts of Vondel will then be in thick fog.
The focus is on the DMZ mode, and the fog can appear during an infiltration. However, the weather can also change in the other modes.
Enemies are supposed to still be easily recognizable in the fog at medium range. However, battles at great distances will become a challenge.
How is “Revival” changing? The popular mode is receiving “Dynamic Resurgence Teams” – a significant balance adjustment.
If a team member leaves the team or disconnects from the game, the revival timers for the remaining team are adjusted. You will return faster to compensate for the loss of the team member.
If the lost member returns, the timer resets to its normal value.
What happens in DMZ? All of your progress will be reset, similar to the start of Season 2. Earned cosmetics will be retained, but missions or also unlocked insurance slots for your weapons will disappear.
The mechanics will be adjusted, and you will get a new control center for your missions. There will also be a new faction, Phalanx Faction, urgent missions that are only briefly available, but also run only briefly, and further adjustments for the extraction mode.
What else is there to know? There are a few more innovations, such as the new vehicle “TAV” – an amphibious transporter – fresh in-match events, and a revenge icon. With the icon, you can directly recognize when an enemy is nearby who has already eliminated you in this match.
What happens in the Mid-Season? A few weeks after the start of Season 4, the Mid-Season brings further adjustments. This includes the new Gulag, but also the battle royale for the new map Vondel. In addition, another in-match event is expected to launch.
On Saturday, one of the best events of the last months will take place in Pokémon GO, but trainers in some regions are advised not to go outside. We have summarized the reasons for the restrictions and how the community is reacting here on MeinMMO.
What event is it about? On Saturday, June 10, 2023, the Community Day will take place in Pokémon GO. This is a monthly event series where a specific, predetermined monster is highlighted. It will spawn seemingly everywhere in the wild, and its shiny chances are noticeably increased. For the Community Day in June, it will be Milza.
However, as it currently stands, this event may not be available to all trainers as usual, because in some regions of the USA and Canada, people should preferably not leave their homes. We have summarized what is happening there and how the trainers are reacting below.
Wildfires in Canada have US trainers worrying about C-Day
Why are trainers advised to stay home? Currently, people in Canada are battling severe wildfires, and the smoke has now spread across the USA, enveloping large parts of the East Coast in an orange, toxic haze. Major cities like New York are also affected.
To avoid health repercussions, the responsible authorities are currently advising people in Canada and in areas of the USA affected by smoke to preferably stay indoors, use air purifiers, and wear special masks when in doubt. As stated on the homepage of the city of New York:
Reduce your smoke exposure. Stay indoors and keep doors and windows closed. If you must be outdoors, wear an N95 mask. Be aware of changing smoke conditions. Use an air purifier if available.
Smoke warning from New York City on June 8, 2023 via nyc.gov
What does this have to do with Pokémon GO? The affected trainers currently see the situation as a real problem. After all, an interesting Community Day is coming back to Pokémon GO after a long time, and the game is designed for exploring the surrounding area. However, playing seems unimaginable for them right now, as the Reddit user Moon_Dark_Wolf explains in his post.
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Here he shares his impressions of the current circumstances and hopes for a solution from the developers of Pokémon GO regarding the situation. He writes:
Hello, dear East Coast residents of America and Canada,
I don’t know if anyone is aware of the fact that a large part of the East Coast of America, especially in the north but also in the south, is currently affected by Canadian wildfires. New York City, where a good friend of mine lives, is currently orange due to all the smoke and carbon and has reached an air quality index of 480/500. In other words: New Yorkers probably shouldn’t be outside right now. Some experts go so far as to say that taking a few breaths of the air could be equivalent to smoking half a pack of cigars.
The current conditions are not expected to be permanent, but given the collateral damage that wildfires have caused so far, the situation will likely not ease by the Milza Community Day.
Moon_Dark_Wolf further explains that he hopes for a solution from the developers of Pokémon GO to address such situations. Especially for a Community Day with Milza, which he believes is highly desired by many players, such natural disasters should be taken into account.
Why is the Community Day so important? The Community Day featuring Milza is currently very popular among trainers, as this finally presents a strong event in Pokémon GO after weeks. This is mainly because this small monster is a dragon-type Pokémon.
It is usually hard to get and also has a strong evolution in Maxax, which is among the best attackers in Pokémon GO. The Community Day is, therefore, perfectly suited to secure a strong specimen as well as the corresponding candies. And for shiny hunters, this is the optimal opportunity to acquire a sparkling Milza.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the affected trainers are upset about the current situation. Although one can generally play from home with lure modules, the yield is ultimately significantly lower than when one is out and about.
We will show you more strong attackers in Pokémon GO in the following video:
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Pokémon GO: The strongest attackers of all types in the video
Trainers find: “Why should they adjust a global event?”
Little support from other trainers: Surprisingly, Moon_Dark_Wolf receives relatively little support for his post from the community. The East Coast of America is not the only region that continually struggles with smoke from wildfires or air pollution.
Even in other countries and states in the USA, this is a significant topic year after year, but even here the developers do not take any consideration during global events like Community Days. Therefore, many see no reason for it to be any different due to the current wildfires in Canada. As one can read in the comments (via reddit.com):
BenPliskin: “In California, wildfires happen every year, and the smoke can be quite severe. They have never adjusted the C-Days. I would definitely recommend finding an indoor area where you can lure in the Pokémon.”
ChikaraNZ: “Why should they adjust a global event for a small geographical area in the world?”
MBThree: “True. Wildfire smoke is terrible. But if Niantic didn’t make any changes when their own headquarters was shrouded in smoke, you can be sure they won’t make changes for other areas of the globe that are undergoing the same thing.”
Competitive-Weight55: “I don’t know what to tell you, but Seoul doesn’t lack for days with poor air (which occasionally compete with those numbers). It’s bad, but get yourself a decent mask, find a good covered spot to play, and make smart decisions.”
Trainers warn: “Don’t risk your health for a game”
Other players strongly advise Moon_Dark_Wolf and other affected trainers against exposing themselves to such danger for a Community Day. They therefore recommend playing indoors, using lure modules, and farming more Milza for the Community Day in December, when all C-Day Pokémon of the year will typically appear again (via reddit.com):
gohanmahesh: “Please don’t risk your health for a game, Milza will return to the community in December.”
Eichmil: “Yes, it’s Pokémon GO, not ‘Pokémon Suffocate-and-Die’. The game is not worth your health, and certainly, the monster is not worth your health.”
TheOBRobot: “3 tips from a Californian player who has played through wildfires: Playing outside is not worth it. If you think your lungs are fine now, they won’t be. Look for a place to play indoors in advance. Malls are ideal for that. If you’re crazy and insist on playing outside, get a KN95 mask (or better yet an N95), safety goggles, and a wide-brimmed hat. However, it won’t be pleasant.”
nicubunu: “The world is huge and in other parts of the world it’s much worse, with wars and bombings. Should Niantic stop this game until the world reaches Utopia? It’s a game, just play it when it’s safe to do so.”
What is your opinion on the upcoming Community Day with Milza? Would you also find it reasonable for Niantic to provide solutions for such situations? Or do you also feel that it is unjustified to make changes for a small region? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom offers numerous ways to approach opponents in combat. Thanks to the synthesis ability, it is possible to attach almost all items to weapons and shields. In a video, we now see that the Dazzlefruit is a particularly useful specimen.
What can the Dazzlefruit do? The name says it all: When the Dazzlefruit is thrown to the ground, it shoots light beams. The emitted beams blind nearby opponents, rendering them immobile for a short time.
This gives players valuable seconds to attack the opponent or escape. However, the item does not work on opponents that have no eyes – for example, the opponents disguised as trees in Hyrule.
The trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shows what else awaits you in the game:
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Trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shows what to expect in the game
At the end of his sword, he has attached a Dazzlefruit with the help of the synthesis ability. When he hits a skeleton bokoblin, it immediately crumbles to dust. The strike triggers a blinding light, causing all skeleton opponents in the vicinity to be instantly killed.
You can watch the related clip here:
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In the comments, other Zelda players write about the benefits they could draw from the fruit. User radforblue writes, for example, that the fruit is particularly effective against the Miasma Hands. These are strong opponents that appear in miasma puddles and can suddenly attack Link anywhere in Hyrule.
The Miasma Hands grab Link and hold him in a chokehold until he can free himself, permanently deducting hearts from him. But with the Dazzlefruit, the Miasma Hands can be blinded to gain valuable seconds for the battle.
Warning, Spoiler: In the following two paragraphs, there are spoilers about a boss fight from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
A special tip comes from user Sithina: The Dazzlefruit is particularly effective against the Gibdos and their queen in the desert region. The weak Gibdos are instantly killed with the Dazzlefruit. Their queen, whom we face in a boss fight, automatically becomes a skeleton and falls to the ground.
Actually, the Gibdo queen must touch a light beam during the boss fight to land on the ground. But thanks to the fruit, she can be brought down from the air at any time and then attacked, which makes the boss fight immensely easier.
Where can I collect the fruit? The Dazzlefruit grows on the Sky Islands. So either teleport to a shrine in the sky region or launch yourself into the sky from a lookout tower to collect the fruits.
A 13-year-old girl in China has spent €60,000 on mobile games within four months. Her parents only became aware when a teacher called and pointed out that their daughter might be addicted to mobile games. She is constantly on her phone.
How could the girl spend so much money? As reported by a local Chinese television station, the girl had found her mother’s debit card and linked it to her smartphone.
She said she knew her mother’s password – the mother had told the teenager in case she needed money when her parents were not around.
How did this come out? A teacher from the school in Henan that the girl attends called the mother and told her she suspected that the 13-year-old might be addicted to mobile games, as she spends a lot of time on her phone at school.
The mother then checked her own account: There were only 0.5 Yuan left, about 6 Euro cents.
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What did she spend so much money on? The father confronted the girl about the missing money. The girl admitted she had:
Spent $15,900 buying mobile games
Spent $27,500 on in-game purchases in mobile games
Additionally, she had given several thousand dollars to 10 classmates so they could buy games
When they asked me to pay for their games, I did, even though I hesitated at first. But if I hadn’t given them the money, then they would have annoyed me all day. I was afraid that if I told my teacher, she would tell my parents and they would be angry with me.
The girl says she doesn’t know much about money or where it comes from, but she apparently knew how to cover her tracks. She was able to delete the bills and other evidence of her purchases, thus keeping it a secret from her parents.
The story went viral on social media in China. The mother is distraught (via douyin.com)
What games did she play? In the video report about the case, father, mother, and child are interviewed. The bills are visible and briefly a game is also shown.
What happens next? As reported by South China Morning Post, the mother has since tried to reclaim the money from various payment companies, but it is said she has been unsuccessful in getting the money back in full.
According to South China Morning Post, many people on social media have little understanding of the girl. They point out that she must have known she was doing something wrong when she deleted the evidence of her actions. Others blame the parents.
In China, there are actually clear rules intended to prevent teenagers from spending so much time on mobile games:
Destiny 2 will bring more free endgame content in the form of a legacy raid in the upcoming Season 22. Five old raids are currently not in the game, and the Guardians have already made their clear favorites. However, a leak further narrows down the candidates.
Which legacy raid will it be? Destiny 2 is supplied with endgame content by Bungie every three months. However, this does not always mean new content.
For each DLC year, a new raid and two new paid dungeons enter the game.
But also a legacy raid returns from the content that Bungie has banished from Destiny 2 into the content vault or that even originates from Destiny 1.
The old content was no longer playable for a long time, and a legendary raid, in which we died countless times, is now just around the corner for its return in August 2023.
Excitement among the Guardians is therefore palpable. Moreover, it awakens in them memories of past epic battles and long gaming nights.
However, a leaker has now dampened this excitement by excluding two of the five raids. We will tell you which ones they are.
The current raid in Destiny 2 “Lightfall” is “Root of Nightmares”
5 Candidates and 2 Big Hopes
Which raids are in the running? As Bungie retrieves more content from the vault, the number of raids that are still in contention decreases. Currently, there are only five candidates that are possible for a return.
We will tell you which ones they are.
Wrath of the Machine
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Destiny – Raid “Wrath of the Machine” – Trailer
Wrath of the Machine (engl. Wrath of the Machine) is an old raid from Destiny that made its debut with the expansion “The Rise of Iron” on September 23, 2016. At that time, the Guardians had a meager light level of 370 to enter the raid.
There were SIVA infections, and in the end stood “Aksis”, an Archon Primus as the raid boss. Many Guardians still have good memories of the hard mode and the mechanics of this raid.
Probability of Return: This raid is a top favorite for many players to make a comeback. It would expand the Cosmodrome and is also linked to the splicer technology of Mitrax. Bungie has also announced that they will develop a new exotic weapon for the legacy raids, which is already included in Destiny 2. This could be the pulse rifle “Perfected Outbreak”. Therefore, this raid is considered a favorite for a comeback in 2023.
Crota’s End
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Destiny : “Crota’s End” – The raid from the expansion “Darkness Awaits”
Crota’s End (engl. Crota’s End) is a raid from Destiny that was introduced with the expansion “Darkness Rising” on December 9, 2014. As a team, you had to penetrate into the deepest pit of the Hellmouth and infiltrate Crota’s realm. Although he initially seemed invincible, Crota’s own power – the soul-draining strength of the Ascendant Swords – could be used against him in the end.
Some Guardians especially associate the then craftable exo-weapon “Necrochasm” with this raid. It was only obtainable with great effort at that time.
Probability of Return: The raid is quite small. It would have been more suited as a dungeon, but Bungie has already ruled that out. However, the chances are quite good that this raid will make a return. On the other hand, recently an old Hive raid returned to Destiny 2 with “King’s Fall”. However, we don’t see this option as too far off, because after all, Crota is Oryx’s son and thus very close to his aunts Xivu Arath and Savathun. Therefore, a return of this raid would be plausible for Bungie.
Leviathan
Calus did not hold back: The Leviathan raid was opulent and golden
The Leviathan raid was available in Destiny 2 and was released on September 13, 2017. The Guardians had to make their way through the then still intact, golden flagship of the banished Emperor Calus and navigate through his not-so-small engine room. Moreover, the mechanics were challenging, as Calus had the Guardians hopping like performers in a circus for his amusement and strolling in his garden with the court dogs.
Through the quest “Destroyer of Worlds”, players could also earn the exo-shotgun “Legend of Acrius”. It was polished up a bit by Bungie in Season 21.
Probability of Return: If this raid were to return, it would be a huge deal. Bungie has also already revised some sections of the Leviathan for the “Season of the Haunted”. The path to bringing back all content might be a bit shorter now. Furthermore, the Leviathan weapons and armor can now only be found among veterans in their collections. Therefore, the chances are quite good that Calus will become a raid legacy and that the Guardians will see the Leviathan again. The raid was also pleasantly long, with a grand setting, and thus not unpopular.
Crown of Sorrow
In the raid “Crown of Sorrow”, Guardians meet the bearer of sorrow
The second raid on the Leviathan was “Crown of Sorrow”. It was opened on June 4, 2019, and disappeared back into the content vault on November 10, 2020. Calus then called for the Guardians’ help, as his experiments with the crown and a lingering Hive invasion were a threat he could not handle on his own.
Thus, the Guardians discovered “Gahlran”, the bearer of sorrow. He was driven insane by the Crown of Sorrow and thus went out of control. This raid also features the exotic “Tarrabah”, which players can now purchase at the “Memorial of Lost Lights”.
Probability of Return: Quite decent. The content would connect to content familiar to new players and it wouldn’t be the very well-known Leviathan raid. Additionally, this raid was not in the game for long. Almost all of its weapons and armor – except for the exo-weapon – have been almost forgotten. Therefore plausible but not as close as other options.
Scourge of the Past
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Destiny 2: Raid “Grief of the Past” trailer
Anyone who has ever wanted to flee on their Sparrow in front of a burning giant Servitor was right in this raid. “Scourge of the Past” was brought to the game with the “Season of the Forge” on December 7, 2018. In the raid, one discovered the lost vault from the Black Armory and had to face a gigantic fallen robot with matching mechanics at the end.
The exotic from the raid was the “Anarchy”, an exotic grenade launcher whose best days are now behind it.
Probability of Return: For many Guardians, this is, alongside the raid “Wrath of the Machine”, the most logical return for the legacy raid. The best and biggest pro-argument for this raid are, of course, the tanks! But beyond that, Bungie has held off on reintroducing weapons from the Black Armory for too long. This could indicate that they are perhaps planning for “The Final Shape”. After all, that would be very fitting. The only question is whether this will happen in the upcoming Season 22.
These are the top favorites of the Guardians: From these five candidates, two favorites have emerged among the Guardians. One is “Wrath of the Machine” and the raid “Scourge of the Past”.
When the “Season of Depth” was released, it also turned out that Bungie had made some updates for the raid “Scourge of the Past” in the API, among other things. This fueled speculation that the Black Armory might actually be next.
The raids have already been excluded by a leak
According to a now-known leak, however, two of the five raids have already been excluded from returning. However, we only embed the leak as a spoiler so that you can decide for yourself if you want to know which two raids they are. And take it, as always, with a grain of salt.
Click here to see which raids the leak has excluded
According to the reliable Destiny leaker “Liz”, neither the raid “Wrath of the Machine” from the first Destiny era nor the raid “Scourge of the Past” will return in Season 22.
The news hit parts of the community hard and slightly dampened the excitement. However, despite the disappointment, there is still hope for the Guardians. After all, the leak also suggests that it could thus be one of the other raids from the content vault.
When will the legacy raid come to the game? The returning raid will be free for all players and will come with Season 22. So in September 2023. Until then, the Guardians will have to be patient.
No matter which one it will be: Each of the five candidates awakens old memories in seasoned Guardians and will also provide new players with fresh experiences as well as more free endgame content.
We will keep you updated as soon as more information about the next legacy raid in Destiny 2 is made available.
Were you surprised by the exclusion of the two top favorites by the raid leak? And what do you think, which raid will return in the upcoming Season 22 of Destiny 2? Feel free to share your personal tip in the comments.
And of course, we are also interested in the opinion of Destiny players on Bungie’s new 3rd-person game:
Do you want to build a gaming PC under 1000 Euros? MeinMMO presents a gaming PC up to 1000 Euros and explains which components you should pay attention to when buying.
What kind of configuration? You want to get a new gaming system but want to stay under 1000 Euros for your gaming PC? MeinMMO presents an optimal configuration that allows you to achieve either triple-digit FPS values in Full HD or high double-digit FPS values in WQHD.
Depending on your choice of graphics card (AMD or Nvidia), you also have financial leeway for a few additional upgrades, which we will introduce at the end of the article.
How did we select? In our editorial team, we rely on years of experience in PC building and have selected the most sensible configuration for you.
However, please note that there are numerous manufacturers and variations for many products that we cannot consider. Whether you buy a graphics card from Sapphire or MSI: there are often differences in detail, such as a different cooling system or design. Performance is more or less identical.
Gaming PC up to 1000 Euros: CPU, Graphics Card, RAM, and more
Which CPU? For the processor, we have chosen the Ryzen 5 5600. This is currently the best mid-range CPU from AMD, which reaches the same values as the X version with overclocking. It is slightly cheaper than Intel’s i5-12400F, which offers about the same performance.
If you prefer to buy Intel, the i5-12400F is also a very good choice, but it will require a different mainboard. A recommended choice would be the MSI PRO B660M-P.
The Ryzen 7 5800 X3D would currently be the best CPU for AM4, but it costs around 300 Euros and would exceed the budget limit. The same applies to the i5-13400F, which currently costs around 250 Euros.
Which graphics card? Currently, the best choice is the RX 6700 XT. It offers excellent performance for Full HD and WQHD with a bit of leeway for 4K. An alternative would be the RTX 3070, but it costs around 100 Euros more for similar performance. With the 12 GB video memory of the RX 6700 XT, you are better off than with the 8 GB of an RTX 4060 Ti.
For an RTX 4070, you quickly pay 600 Euros or more and it cannot compete with the price-performance ratio of the models mentioned here (6700 XT, RTX 3070).
A used RTX 3080 would also be an option if you can get it under 500 Euros. This would also give you long-term reserves for 4K gaming.
An English video that compares the RTX 3070 and RX 6700 XT is embedded here for you:
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Which mainboard? For a mainboard for an AMD processor, we would recommend the B450/B550 chipset. This offers more options than the entry-level range (A320, A420). Most B450 boards also provide enough space for future upgrades. For Intel, you’d be looking at B660 or H610 chipsets.
Which SSD? Currently, we would recommend 1 TB of system storage, as many games are requiring more and more storage. In principle, you can also add another inexpensive hard drive (HDD) with plenty of space.
The RX 6700 XT (here a model from PowerColor) is currently the best card for the mid-range along with the RTX 3070.
What memory should I choose? In 2023, 16 GB of DDR4 memory should be the absolute minimum. In some cases, 32 GB can also make sense, but 16 GB is still sufficient. With a mainboard that has 4 memory slots, you also have enough room for a later upgrade.
What power supply? 550 watts are completely sufficient for a combination of AMD Ryzen 5 5600RX and 6700 XT or RTX 3070. However, you could also buy a power supply with 600 watts. This would give you additional leeway for a future upgrade.
What case? With the Pure Base 500 from “be quiet!” you get a case with plenty of space, good build quality, and soundproofing. Additionally, it offers enough room if you later want to install a larger graphics card or liquid cooling. The Pure Base 500 is available in both glass and metal versions.
Gaming PC for 1000 Euros – More Tips
Where can I save more? In principle, you can look for a cheaper and simpler case. There are certainly some insider tips to be found, and you can save another 30 – 40 Euros. Good cases from Sharkoon or AeroCool are already available for around 50 Euros. You can also install a smaller SSD and save another 20 Euros this way.
Where could I spend more? If you choose the RX 6700 XT, you still have about 150 Euros left:
You could directly install 32 GB of RAM, which would cost an additional 40-60 Euros.
Another option would be a dedicated cooler for your CPU. The stock cooler of the Ryzen 5 5600 is already quite good, but for around 50 Euros, you can get significantly better coolers from “Noctua” or “be quiet!”.
Additionally, you could purchase another HDD for more storage to install your games. For a 1 TB HDD, you currently pay around 50 Euros.
Further recommendations for building a gaming PC can be found in the following article on MeinMMO:
A voice actor was invited to the studio for voice recordings to dub some lines for the English version of Diablo 4. However, he cannot find “himself” in the game and asks the fans for help. They are to assist him in rediscovering his role based on his spoken lines.
Who is the voice actor? Tony Rescigno has voiced barbarian spirits in Diablo 4. He has previously worked for Blizzard and was heard as “Norzo” in Diablo: Immortal.
Spoiler warning for Act 3: The following text contains content about a minor quest in the third act of Diablo 4. If you wish to experience the story unspoiled, you can catch up on the text at a later time.
What lines does he say in the game? The English-speaking voice actor is supposed to record the following lines (via reddit.com):
The forces of hell approach
We will never fail to the Prime Evils
Bul’Kathos grant me strength
The voice actor knew he would appear in the game at some point when barbarian spirits show up as foes. The spirits mistakenly think the player is a follower of the Great Evils and therefore attack him. The character must thus kill the spirits.
The trailer for the Barbarian class is available on MeinMMO:
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Diablo 4: Official Trailer of the Barbarian
Was the voice actor able to receive help? Indeed, the players were able to locate him. The voice actor appears during the story quest line in Act 3 (via youtube.com). There he voices the opposing barbarian spirits that attack the player in the sequence.
However, the voice actor has received not only help with his question but also many loving messages. Many users praise his great work in the comments and that he has become part of a game with which many players create beautiful memories:
Great work! And congratulations on bringing your signature to such a beautiful game.
Thank you for contributing to so many memories with your voice acting in Diablo that I will share with friends and family.
Man, this is awesome!! You sound fantastic!!
Some users also jokingly say that they killed him just a few hours ago. Of course, that refers not to the actor himself, but to his role as a barbarian spirit.
The voice actor even thanks the fans with a small video message because the kind words have clearly touched him:
The messages mean a lot to him and he is happy about so much love for his work. He is himself an avid gamer and working as a voice actor is very important to him. At the end of the video, the voice actor once again showcases his character’s voice and calls out to the fans that Bul’Kathos may grant them his strength.
Find out here what equipment values you should pay attention to for your armor in Diablo 4, how much armor you need, and which value you should rather avoid.
The deeper you dive into Diablo 4, the more it resembles a math essay. This applies to many values, especially armor.
You can find the basics of armor calculation here on MeinMMO. You will also receive recommendations on which values you should focus on and why elemental resistances do not belong to that.
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Diablo 4: Armor value in detail
How does the armor value work? The Diablo experts from the site Maxroll.gg have broken down which computational backgrounds are important for the armor value (in English via maxroll.gg). Here are some facts you can remember (applies to PvE content):
Armor reduces incoming physical damage by up to 85%
50% of this reduction applies to elemental damage (cold, fire, lightning, poison, shadow)
Each point of “armor” gives you a percentage reduction in damage
These percentages decrease with increasing level – you need more armor
Armor progresses “linearly” with item power (example leg armor: power = armor)
If opponents are higher level than you, the damage reduction from armor decreases
How much armor do you need? The current data situation is still not optimal. However, there are already initial estimates and a picture from a developer stream helps with the calculations:
The graphic shows how much percentage of incoming damage is reduced when you have 1 armor value. It is clearly visible how this value decreases with each increasing level.
To reach the maximum of 85%, you will therefore need a higher armor value with each level. The following examples are approximate values:
Level 20: 0.0525% per point
2425 armor for 85%
Level 25: 0.042% per point
2930 armor for 85%
Level 100: 0.011% per point
7300 armor for 85%
These values, however, apply to opponents who are exactly at your level. In hell tide events or nightmare dungeons, opponents can hit you at level 150 – here the data situation is currently still unclear.
Your resistance to elemental damage is reduced by 50% in PvE. So you can only build up a maximum of 42.5% resistance to this type of damage via the normal armor value.
Which values are important? You should keep an eye on two values:
Armor value
Damage reduction
The damage reduction value reduces incoming damage. Only on this reduced damage are the 85% damage resistance of your armor value calculated.
You can increase your armor value with skull jewels, the legendary “Aspect of Disobedience”, and there are percentage increases on your equipment pieces:
Leg armor
Head armor
Chest armor
Amulet
Damage reduction can be obtained from many sources: skills, aspects, equipment – keep an eye out for this value. There are not only normal reductions but also special values such as “damage reduction from bleeding enemies”.
However, this value does not accumulate, but multiplies. The following example:
Chest armor: 10% damage reduction
Leg armor: 10% damage reduction
Shoes: 10% damage reduction against injured enemies
The damage reduction from uninjured enemies is then 19%. The increase decreases with each additional reduction. Injured enemies cause 27.1% less damage in this example.
However, there are also situations where the percentages are added – when the corresponding damage reduction comes from the same source. This is the case, for example, with the wizard skill “Mana Shield”: Each time you use 100 mana, you gain 5% damage reduction for 5 seconds.
Which value should be discarded? Resistances against elements. Values like “resistance against: shadow” or “resistance against all damage types” are less effective in comparison.
The calculation works very similarly to damage reduction, and the values are accordingly multiplied. However, elemental resistance is drastically reduced in Diablo 4 – always by at least 50%.
If you play at World Tier 3 or 4, it is even harsher. Elemental resistance is further reduced by 20% at Tier 3 and by 40% at Tier 4.
Since your normal armor value and the damage reduction value already reduce incoming elemental damage, focus on these values instead and avoid elemental resistances on your equipment.
The crisp difficulty of the early Zelda games was once too much for Spider-Man Chris Pine. But more than 30 years later, the 43-year-old discovers that gaming can also be fun – and is excited about an ancient feature.
Who is it about? The Californian actor Chris Pine made his film debut in 2004 in the comedy “The Princess Diaries 2”. More recently, he provided the voice for Spider-Man in Into the Spider-Verse.
During a press tour for his latest film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the 43-year-old spoke in March about his love-hate relationship with video games (via 3D Juegos).
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An advertisement for the new Zelda game shows a man rediscovering gaming
What relationship does the actor have with Zelda? As Chris Pine admits to People magazine, he was ruthlessly defeated by the early Zelda games: “I basically gave up video games in 1988 when I repeatedly failed at Zelda.”
He really wanted to be good at Zelda back then, the actor said. The failure traumatized him. After that, he didn’t touch any games for over 30 years. People magazine posted the clip on TikTok, and we have embedded it here:
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What game brought the twist now? Chris Pine reports that a few days before the interview, he played Mario Kart with some kids: That was incredibly fun.
A feature particularly excited the actor: The controllers vibrate nowadays! This capability was already given to the Nintendo 64 controller in 1997 with the Rumble Pak and has long been part of the gaming experience for many gamers, but Chris Pine had missed this milestone until now.
In fact, the 43-year-old had so much fun that he would have liked to continue playing. However, the kids eventually got bored.
Maybe Chris Pine can sit down with his Hollywood colleague Henry Cavill (Superman, The Witcher) and snag some game recommendations. After all, he is known to be a huge nerd – which not all his guests can relate to:
So far, several players have reached level 100 in Diablo 4. Wudijo has also succeeded and has faced the hardest boss in the game. This failed, and he had to abandon the fight before losing his character.
Who is the expert? Wudijo is a German streamer and expert in Diablo, whose opinion many fans have appreciated for years. As for the tier list for the best classes and builds in Diablo, he is one of the experts on whose assessment it is based.
How you can also quickly reach level 100, you can see here:
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Diablo 4: How to quickly reach level 100
The list is filling up
Who are the first to reach level 100 in Diablo? In hardcore mode, “cArn_” reached level 100 with his character and thus earned an inscription on the Lilith statue. According to cArn_, the grind was very exhausting.
“Rob2628” secured level 100 just 54 hours and 30 minutes after the release – but “only” in normal mode. He ended his run with the words “That was fun!”
Now Wudijo is joining in as well. He has reached level 100 solo, meaning without playing with friends, in hardcore mode.
With his level 100 huntress, Wudijo set out in his livestream, which has already lasted over 14 hours, as one of the first players to take on the hardest boss in Diablo 4 – Echo of Lilith.
However, there was a problem after the first phase.
Here you can watch the failed attempt:
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What problem did he have? In the stream video you can see how Wudijo prepares for the fight. Previously, he consumed a potion that temporarily makes him immune and grants him a shield in a threatening situation.
As you can see in the clip by the symbols over his ability bar, the effect of the potion is wearing off. Before he loses his protection, he teleports back to the city after the first phase of the fight, which lasted about 24 minutes.
Once there, Wudijo says that the fight takes too long. His potion would not be enough for that. He needs at least two of them, but he cannot currently craft them.
Nevertheless, he laughs and says: “The fight is epic!”
Why did he abandon the fight? In hardcore mode, you lose your character upon death. This is, of course, frustrating, especially considering the many hours of gameplay invested. If you don’t want to grind non-stop, you can spend several weeks on it and have to start over upon death.
After 18 hours, Wudijo ends his livestream and says: “We haven’t defeated Lilith yet. But we will.”
Wudijo put together his hunter build in just 5 minutes, but in the next attempt, he wants to think more about it, says the player. If you want to save yourself the contemplation, we have a build for you here:
The zombie game “The Day Before” was once the most anticipated game on Steam, until a series of problems damaged the game’s reputation. After a delay in the release date, the game is set to launch on November 10. In June 2023, the team gives a new interview and shows a fighting spirit. But a new trailer primarily evokes one thing from observers: mockery.
This is the situation:
The Day Before suddenly appeared on Steam in 2021 as a game in development and seemed like a mix of “The Last of Us” and “The Division.” It appears that many players wished for something like “The Division, but with zombies.”
As the first trailers looked good and the game concept interested many, “The Day Before” became the most wished-for game on Steam, raising doubts about whether a relatively unknown team could truly deliver such a game.
Everything you need to know about the new MMO The Day Before – In 2 Minutes
This is what the team says now: In an interview with Well Played, the team from Fntastic appears combative:
They are confident about winning the dispute over the name, as they were the first with “The Day Before” in the video game sector. That must count for something:
We want to assure our community that our Steam page will be back soon. We will return to the top of Steam’s wish list.
What kind of game is “The Day Before” supposed to be? The team says they are indeed orienting themselves towards “The Last of Us” and “The Division,” but they also draw a lot of inspiration from observing the environment and studying “human behavior.”
The game will be a “post-apocalyptic sandbox” with an open world. Players will explore a city with skyscrapers, “New Fortune City,” where they can buy houses and vehicles:
Even though our game primarily focuses on “player versus player” combat, it will also include quests centered around the restoration of society. In The Day Before, the fate of humanity truly lies in your hands.
They have created various types of “infected” within the limits of reality. However, the focus is not solely on zombies, but on the players’ experience of navigating the world after its downfall.
The team’s goal is to provide the most thrilling survival experience of the year.
This is the new trailer for The Day Before from June 2023:
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The Day Before June 2023 Teaser Trailer
“They remove PvE and add sports cars – This will be legendary”
What are the reactions to the trailer? The new trailer showcases a sports car. The reactions on YouTube are mocking, as so much luxury doesn’t fit in the world:
“That looks just like the scene from “I Am Legend” when Will Smith drove the GT500.”
“I’m pretty sure the logistical decision during the apocalypse is to drive a Lambo.”
Furthermore, the fact that Fntastic downplays PvE in the interview is not well received on YouTube:
“Removed PvE and added sports cars – that seems set to become legendary.”
Overall, the steep decline of “The Day Before” is addressed. It is mentioned that the last exclusive trailer aired at IGN (so in the top league), now it is at Well Played (some leagues below). That is already more than strange.
But on the other hand, a user says: “I can’t even laugh about it right now. Diablo just came out.”
Indeed, many in the target audience of The Day Before seem to be enjoying other games right now, even after the rather weak recent videos about the game:
