The Twitch streamer “GingerBeardie” has dedicated himself to the MMORPG Old School RuneScape. In his streams, he also likes to make crude jokes – perhaps that’s why his chat initially didn’t take it seriously when the streamer lost consciousness live on air.
What happened to GingerBeardie in the stream? In an OSRS stream from May 17, GingerBeardie managed to secure the rare item “Twisted Bow”, shortly “TBow”. Shortly after, the streamer can be seen clutching his chest and sinking to the ground.
For minutes, GingerBeardie apparently hangs unconscious in his chair, but his chat apparently believes it’s a joke. They write that his acting is like from a porno, joke that a subscription would give the streamer 5 more minutes of life, or urge to quickly steal his TBow.
Only after almost 2 minutes does the mood in the chat seem to change, his mod Nigel says he is already trying to reach the streamer. Almost a minute passes again before there’s a sign of life from GingerBeardie.
At this point, it is probably clear to most chatters that something is wrong. Viewers urge the streamer to call emergency services, then the stream ends abruptly. Already in November 2022, the streamer lost consciousness after celebrating a success in OSRS too hard.
On Twitch, there seems to be so much oddity to see that the viewers have become hardened.
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Twitch streamer returns after hospital
How is the streamer doing? On May 19, GingerBeardie reached out to his fans via Twitter. In his tweet, he states that Covid hit him hard, he has an inflammation of the heart and lungs. He is also suffering from heart palpitations but hopes to stream again soon.
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On May 21, the streamer then returned to Twitch to play RuneScape and talk about his heart attack, as he calls it. Apart from a persistent cough, he seems to be doing well under the circumstances.
Nevertheless, he didn’t refrain from making his chat feel guilty.
He said GingerBeardie, that his fans had demanded too much from him during his Covid illness. Also, he watched the footage of his own heart attack: He wants to show his viewers what they have to account for. We have embedded the clip here:
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The streamer doesn’t seem to take the accusations too seriously and can even laugh at some of the comments. Nevertheless, the situation should serve as a warning to some viewers – and also to GingerBeardie himself – to not take health lightly.
Recently, there was also excitement during the stream of Twitch streamer 50calapr: While the streamer is playing Escape from Tarkov, suddenly shots ring out in real life. To the surprise of the viewers, however, 50calapr does not seek shelter but instead grabs a rifle:
Many people use AI tools like ChatGPT in their daily lives. One person has now come up with a particularly cool idea to reduce his weight.
The Corona pandemic has more or less passed at this point, but many may still know one side effect: the extra weight gained from spending so much time at home that one just can’t seem to shake off.
A man named Greg Mushen has now lost more than 12 kg thanks to tips from AI. It has even come to the point where he now feels like exercising every day. He shared the whole story on Twitter.
How did he do it? Initially, the user did not like running at all and believed that running sessions would be much easier if they were fun for him. Together with ChatGPT, he started to develop a training plan that should change that to make him “addicted” to running sessions and get fit again.
He should always leave his shoes where he could see them.
Additionally, the AI recommended to schedule a running appointment in his calendar.
Another tip was to start with “just” walking and then gradually increase the pace towards jogging.
In addition, there were plenty of other helpful tips that would allow the training to align with Mushen’s own rhythm. He even started working on his diet at some point.
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How long did it take him? After a certain period, the user admitted that it didn’t take long before he trained for 6 consecutive days. Even though it then took almost 30 days before he managed to run more than 1 kilometer at a stretch.
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In the end, he not only managed to shed the extra pounds gained during the Corona pandemic but also lost an additional 12 kilograms. And that in just 3 months.
Additionally, there is another positive side effect: he now looks forward to getting up early and running every morning. This way, the lost kilos are unlikely to return.
Tools like ChatGPT are changing the daily lives of many people
Every day, more than a hundred million users utilize computer-generated tools or programs like ChatGPT. Many use artificial intelligence to manage their daily lives or to simplify or shorten work processes. This way, the AI takes over boring or annoying tasks that one would otherwise have to do manually with great effort.
For this reason, a CEO of a company pays for the paid Pro subscription of ChatGPT for his colleagues. In this way, his employees have more time for other things, and he also saves money because he needs to hire fewer people:
The Master Ball is now available in Pokémon GO, but it shouldn’t be wasted. For those curious: There is already a video showing what the ball’s animation looks like. And it is well received.
Currently, this is the only way to obtain the powerful ball. Accordingly, it is rare and will only be available rarely in the future.
The Master Ball guarantees to catch every wild Pokémon, whether in the wild or from raids. So, it shouldn’t be wasted. However, for those wanting a little insight: The Pokeminers shared a video showing what the throw of the Master Ball looks like.
Special Animation Guarantees Capture with the Master Ball
This is the animation: The data miner group Pokeminers has posted a video in which the Master Ball is seen in full use against a Rowlet.
We will embed the tweet with the video here for you:
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The small bird is probably not a really good choice when it comes to what to use the Master Ball for, but this gives a glimpse of what the result looks like.
Noteworthy are, besides the appearance of the animation, also two things:
On the one hand, it is asked again whether you really want to use the Master Ball.
On the other hand, the usual aiming and the possibility of the ball being deflected by the Pokémon is eliminated by the animation.
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Thus, concerns about accidentally throwing the Master Ball into the void have already been eliminated. Overall, the feature is currently receiving positive feedback from the community. In the Pokémon GO subreddit “TheSilphRoad”, trainers share their opinions:
“This could be one of the first animations that actually looks quite nice,” thinks user OUTheMovie (via reddit).
“This is actually really cool,” thinks user Pyoung3000 (via reddit).
“Thank goodness, I was honestly afraid of missing and wasting it,” says user “dmfuller” (via reddit).
“With this animation, it definitely looks like the Pokémon is being chased into the air rather than caught,” says a user (via reddit).
At the same time, some players joke about the end of the animation, when the ball essentially just lightly touches the Pokémon to grab it. Also, the switch to the usual catching background does not quite fit the picture for some.
Overall, the feedback on the Master Ball is initially positive. Additionally, more features are coming into play now: The new Crypto Raids are now available.
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In Pokémon GO you can already participate in the new Crypto Raids. We at MeinMMO will show you how the new feature works, how to obtain the Crypto Shards, and what else you should pay attention to.
Which Raids are involved? Today, on May 22, 2023, the event “Ascending Shadows” begins in Pokémon GO, where the members of Team GO Rocket will take over the gyms for the first time, allowing you to battle against Crypto Pokémon there. However, you don’t have to wait for the event to start in order to play the new Crypto Raids, as they are already active in the game.
We have summarized what this new feature is, which monsters it brings to you, and how to collect the corresponding items below.
When are the Raids active? The new Crypto Raids are already active and will run until May 28, 2023, at 8:00 PM local time.
These are the new Crypto Raids
What kind of Raids are these? During the event “Ascending Shadows”, members of Team GO Rocket will not only occupy PokéStops but also gyms for the first time. For this reason, there will be Crypto Raids of levels 1 and 3 during this time, where you can encounter various Crypto Pokémon.
From May 27 at 10:00 AM local time until May 28, 2023, at 8:00 PM local time, you will also be able to encounter Crypto Mewtwo in the Level 5 Crypto Raids. Just like in other raids, a Crypto Raid Egg will appear above the gym in advance. You can recognize it by the typical purple flames. Once the egg hatches, the gym will turn black.
This is what the new raids look like
Who can participate in the Crypto Raids? Unlike normal raids of these difficulty levels, you can only play the Crypto Raids on-site. Participation via remote raid is not possible. This means that you cannot invite friends from the raid lobby to the raids.
Special difficulty: The fact that you can only play the new Crypto Raids on-site and therefore need a corresponding local community for support is not the only challenge that the new raids bring. You can expect another challenge in the Level 3 and Level 5 Raids.
The raid bosses become angry when you fight against them, thus increasing their attack and defense. To tame them, you can use the new “redeemed gems”. The use of multiple of these items in one raid is possible. If you use them simultaneously, the effect stacks.
All Crypto Raid Bosses and How Difficult They Are to Defeat
Which Raid Bosses can you expect? In the coming days, you can encounter a variety of monsters in the Crypto Raids. One or another Crypto Pokémon will even be available in its shiny form. Crypto Mewtwo will celebrate its shiny debut in the game this weekend. Here are the monsters you can find in the coming days:
Pokémon marked with a (*) can be caught as shiny with some luck
In gyms that are not occupied by Team GO Rocket, normal raids can also take place.
How difficult are the new Raids? Niantic has promoted the new Crypto Raids as relatively difficult. In an interview, John Funtanilla, Senior Producer at Pokémon GO, explained that you need about 8 trainers and enough redeemed gems to defeat raid bosses like Crypto Mewtwo. However, experienced players can manage it without using the new items.
On social media, some trainers have already battled against the new Crypto Raid bosses. It has become clear that the Level 1 Raids are still not a problem. You can still manage these alone.
And the new 3-star Raids should generally be doable alone, as confirmed by Reddit user im_nelly in the comments (via reddit.com). However, the difference to other Level 3 Raids is noticeably present. Therefore, those who do not have such a high trainer level should seek support from another trainer.
How good is the IV of the monsters? Normally, Pokémon from raids have a relatively high IV. This is generally not lower than 80%. However, for the new Crypto Raids, it seems a bit different, as reported by the first trainers on Reddit (via reddit.com). Monsters with a significantly lower IV are reportedly being caught. So expect this with the Crypto Pokémon.
The new raid feature delivers not only Crypto Pokémon into the raids for the first time but also introduces new items. You should try using redeemed gems to calm the enraged raid bosses to ultimately defeat them. We have summarized how to get the new items below.
How to Get Redeemed Gems: In order to secure a redeemed gem, you must first collect so-called Crypto Shards and assemble them using Professor Willow’s Shard Melter. A tweet from the developers shows what the new item looks like:
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How to Secure Crypto Shards: This item is needed to obtain the redeemed gem, which can be useful in battle. To secure the shards, you need to battle the members of Team GO Rocket, who drop this item, similar to the mysterious parts, after the fight. The developers showed what the Crypto Shards look like in a tweet:
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Trainers have also already received Crypto Shards as rewards from a Crypto Raid. However, the amount varies.
How to track down Team GO Rocket bosses is shown in the video below:
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How many Crypto Shards do you need? To construct a redeemed gem, you need a total of 4 Crypto Shards.
What do you think of the new Crypto Raids? Have you already tried any? Did you need support from other trainers, or could you handle the raid alone? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers about it.
Sergio “Kun” Agüero, former striker for Manchester City, received his first ban from Twitch. We at MeinMMO explain what it’s all about.
Update May 22: The ban of Kun Agüero has since been lifted.
What is the man doing on Twitch? Sergio Leonel “Kun” Agüero del Castillo, as he is fully named, is a former soccer player from Argentina. He represented his national team in several World Championships and played as a striker for the English club Manchester City for 10 years.
In 2020, the football player ventured into the world of esports and founded his own organization, KRÜ Esports. During this time, he also began successfully streaming on Twitch. He mainly engages in “Just Chatting” but also plays games like Valorant and of course FIFA.
Additionally, Agüero also streams in the Sports category, and that is exactly what has now led to his downfall.
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Agüero wants to cheer for his former team, receives a ban
How did the ban happen? On May 17, Manchester City, the former home of Kun Agüero, faced Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The match ended 4:0 for the “Citizens”, securing their place in the final.
Agüero streamed the match live on Twitch to up to 10,000 viewers and celebrated his team’s victory over Real Madrid. However, the joy was apparently short-lived, as right after the stream, the channel of the legendary striker suddenly disappeared.
What did the footballer do? As reported by colleagues from 3D Juegos, Agüero was banned due to a copyright violation – Twitch doesn’t take such matters lightly. While he had the rights to stream the match, it was only for the duration of the game.
Everything that remained on his channel after the 2 hours likely violated the agreement with Disney and ESPN. This was the downfall for the footballer: After finishing the stream, he forgot to delete the VOD, allowing everyone to watch the entire game for free on his channel.
How long will the ban last? Since this is Agüero’s first ban, it will likely be a multi-day suspension. Therefore, his channel should be back online in time for the Champions League final on June 10.
Streaming football matches is not without risks, as this Argentina fan found out:
In the first tests of Diablo 4, one class received particularly poor feedback from players: the Druid. Especially its strength in combat has led many to doubt. Now, Associate Game Director Joe Piepiora explains in an interview that Druids are not as weak as they seem.
What was the problem with the Druid? In the first betas, there was a lot of criticism directed at the Druid: The class is too heavy and too weak. Such a bulky form doesn’t fit the otherwise bear-like warriors, and performance in combat is abysmal.
For almost all attacks, Druids must engage in melee, but can hardly withstand anything. The damage output was also poor compared to other classes. On the Tier List for Diablo 4, Druids ranked in last place – here on MeinMMO and almost everywhere else too.
Actually, the Druid is one of our strongest classes – at least in our internal tests. However, our players have yet to experience its full potential in the previous betas.
You can find all the information about the release of Diablo 4 in our overview here. Here you can see gameplay of the Druid from the beta:
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Druids are stronger when Diablo 4 is released
The true strength of the Druids only unfolds with their special class mechanic, the blessings of the animal spirits. Druids can collect offerings and present them to various spirits to gain permanent buffs.
The quest is available starting at level 15, but requires a trip to Scosglen. Therefore, Druids had no access to their special mechanics in the beta. However, at the release in June, you will be able to unleash the full potential of the class.
Even in the Server Slam, Druids were stronger than before due to a strong buff. The balancing of all classes has shifted significantly here, so that there are no longer such huge differences as there were in the beta.
Nevertheless, according to Piepiora, it is difficult to adjust the classes properly. This is because there are so many playstyles that should all somehow have a reason for existence. We also talked about buffs and nerfs in our interview. You can read that here on MeinMMO in the coming days.
We already discussed the appearance of the Druids earlier with the devs:
The seasonal special research “Nothing but go out and GO” is now fully available in Pokémon GO. We show you here the new tasks and rewards.
What are the rewards? The special research has been running since March 21 and is gradually being expanded by the developers at Pokémon GO. Now, as of May 22, the last update for this area has followed. The last research chapters with tasks and rewards have been unveiled and are ready for you from 10:00 AM local time.
In our overview, we show you which challenges you are now faced with and with which items and Pokémon you will be rewarded.
Nothing but go out and GO! 4/6
Task
Reward
Catch a Pokémon
500 experience points
Level reward: If you successfully complete the task and collect the reward, you will additionally receive 1,000 experience points and 1,000 stardust.
Nothing but go out and GO! 5/6
Task
Reward
Catch 25 Pokémon
2,500 stardust
Defeat 3 Rocket Grunts
3x Hyper Potion
Land 3 Fantastic Throws
Encounter with Galar-Porenta
Evolve 5 Pokémon
2,500 stardust
Fight 3x in a Gym
5x Revives
Level reward: If you successfully complete the tasks and collect the rewards, you will additionally receive a Master Ball, 1,000 experience points and 1,000 stardust. The Master Ball has just recently arrived in Pokémon GO and is a very valuable item in your inventory.
Level reward: If you successfully complete the tasks and collect the rewards, you will additionally receive 3,000 experience points and 3,000 stardust.
With this sixth chapter, the seasonal research is complete, and there are no further rewards. For the next season in Pokémon GO, starting June 1, we expect a new special research for all trainers.
The MMORPG Warhammer Online (2008-2013) is a sad story for many fans of PvP MMORPGs. Despite much potential and a fantastic license, the online role-playing game only had a short life. But in 2023, fans can still play it.
Warhammer is a fantastic and rich license. At launch, Warhammer Online received good reviews around 85% and won “Best MMO 2008” awards everywhere.
But ultimately, the MMORPG fell below EA’s expectations. The license with Games Workshop expired and the game died in 2013, after just 5 years.
For many fans of the game, that was far too early and even before the game could unleash its full potential. To this day, the man behind the project, Marc Jacobs, is angry with EA and is now doing his own thing.
The event offers players exactly the “Open Realm vs. Realm” action that fans loved about Dark Age of Camelot and for which Warhammer Online was also known.
At 1000 skulls, a relic spawns that can be picked up and taken to the opponent’s shrine to secure further bonuses.
That’s pretty much the stuff that fans of the “old Realm vs. Realm” MMORPGs like Dark Age of Camelot or Warhammer Online still rave about – “the good old days.”
For Warhammer fans, there is new hope for a fresh MMO:
Riot Games released a splash art for Pride Month in June 2023, featuring homosexual and queer characters in League of Legends . The image is intended to serve as a background for the “Pride Month 2023” event in LoL. This has sparked criticism. Riot Games responds calmly.
What is the trigger for the discussion?
Riot Games supports the “Pride Month” in League of Legends with special skins and emotes. Pride Month serves to celebrate members of the LGBTQ+ community. The first Pride Month took place in 1970, after the police raided a gay bar in New York in June 1969.
In patch 13.11, which is live on the test server, items that will come to LoL in June 2023 were already visible. The leaker Big Bad Bear presented 3 icons for Pride Month in a YouTube video (via youtube).
On Twitter, an image was published on May 18 showing a selection of LoL characters who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. Among them are Netflix series star Vi, Caitlyn, Neeko, the new champion K’Sante, Nami, the couple Leona and Diana, Twisted Fate, and Graves.
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What is the reaction to the image? On reddit , the image is widely discussed and commented on. A corresponding thread has 381 comments.
Most of the comments with many upvotes are positive. People discuss details and the backgrounds of the champions. They ask why certain characters who are “canonically” transgender are not seen in the image or talk about the individual relationships of the champions within the game.
However, there are also comments that deal negatively with the image. Users say things like:
“When is the Straight Month? What about 95% of the population?”
“Since when is Neeko gay?”
“I wonder who Riot is making gay this year for marketing reasons?”
“Seriously, Riot? I mean 8 champs out of 163? Is everyone in the game really gay now? I can’t play a game where an agenda is imposed on me. In 2025, will all heroes be gay?”
Riot Games seems to take the scattered criticism lightly. The community also responds calmly to the criticism; negative comments about the image are downvoted on reddit and are mostly hidden, requiring activation to read.
Despite all the tolerance, there is a downside. Riot Games will likely not feature the Pride Month everywhere in LoL again, but only where they do not fear strong political resistance:
Despite all the tolerance, there is a downside. Riot Games will likely not feature the Pride Month everywhere in LoL again, but only where they do not fear strong political resistance:
Today I will tell you a painful story that I had to go through in Fallout 76. The main characters are my perfectionistic side, my character “Lynhardt” with 800 hours of playtime, and 3 simple items that I couldn’t get no matter what.
Maybe you know it from your favorite MMORPGs or loot shooters: You want to get an item or talent, you work hard for it, sinking many hours into the grind, only to finally get what you deserve.
For my part, I find the general grind for items really annoying, which has really bothered me in Destiny 2. However, the only game where the grind was actually bearable and fun for me was Fallout 76.
In this game created by Bethesda, you can wreak havoc with up to 24 other players in Appalachia, West Virginia. You can complete quests and side quests, explore the map, participate in events, farm, build, or simply grind levels.
For my part, Fallout 76 really captivated me, and so my second character “Lynhardt” was born. The first was used as a mule to save space for my more important items.
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So my journey began, I leveled up Lynhardt, completed the main story, and spent many hours collecting XP and event items as well as trading with other players. It was a good time until I started thinking about blueprints for weapons, armor, and mods.
In this game, crafting is an important part, as it makes you independent in Appalachia and allows you to test and create your own builds more freely.
The journey to a perfect character begins
I wanted to make Lynhardt a jack-of-all-trades, so I started purposefully collecting plans. I visited many servers, checked various shops, and bought all the plans that could be purchased with caps.
Then I went to the events. Especially the event “Invaders of Beyond” was a lot of fun. You had to take out aliens and received cool loot for it; moreover, I think the plans for the alien weapons were the best in the game. I could also grab these.
My Lynhardt in Camden Park with his former legacy
Then came the daily operations that occupied me for over 3 months. There were plans for armor, but they just never dropped. But I managed with this grind too.
I still had other plans from other events open, but I intermittently informed myself about special mods that were quest-bound, and that’s when I came across the vault jumpsuit.
From here began an odyssey that I will not forget anytime soon. I informed myself and found out that you can unlock mods for the vault jumpsuit; however, these are tied to a side quest where you have to collect the overseer’s holotapes. In total, there were four mods tied to four holotapes. These build on each other and always unlock the next best mod.
So far, so good, I thought back then. Until I found out that I had already unlocked the best of the four mods and was missing the three worst.
Surprised by this, I didn’t think much about it and went on the journey to pick up the remaining three tapes. However, when I had collected them all, nothing happened. You should know that the blueprints are automatically learned when the tapes are picked up.
I thought I might have overlooked something or hadn’t properly completed the quest, so I went through everything again. I repeated all locations and tried multiple times to find the problem, but I found nothing.
Annoyed by this circumstance, I searched in forums, Reddit, YouTube, and basically everywhere players liked to vent about problems to find out if it was just a nasty bug. I didn’t find anything here either.
I really felt mocked, as it couldn’t be that I was the only one this happened to. So I felt forced to contact support and exchanged messages with them for over two weeks. I even sent photos of the chests and that I didn’t get the plans despite picking up the tapes, and even here support couldn’t help me.
The best mod is unlocked, but the rest are missing. An annoying sight.
I was sitting there broken with Lynhardt and could no longer stand the sight of him, so I decided to delete him, secure my items on a separate account, and start completely over. And even though many could overlook this and would rather keep the character they had invested hundreds of hours in – I couldn’t.
The sight of him always reminded me of this misery that I had been in for several weeks. I had to delete him, and although the step was pretty bitter, I felt a relief and even a revelation.
Because as I moved all my items from Lynhardt, the thought crossed my mind that I might have transferred my first character’s tapes to Lynhardt when I started him over. Maybe I was the culprit from the beginning who caused the bug and not Bethesda.
Either way, my character with 800 hours is now lost in the depths of the matrix, but that didn’t stop me from creating a new Lynhardt. He is currently level 19, but that will change quickly in the coming days. Maybe I will even reach level 530 and surpass the old Lynhardt.
Have you ever experienced a bizarre bug or incident in a game where you saw no other option but to delete your character? Feel free to let me know in the comments!
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Throne and Liberty is set to become an AAA MMO from NCSoft and Amazon, which will be released for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. New scenes have now been leaked.
What kind of leak is this? Currently, there is a video on YouTube showcasing various aspects in multiple sections of the game.
Among other things, a bit of the combat system, a city, different areas, various movements, as well as elements like menus and a double crossbow can be seen.
The gameplay scenes apparently come from the South Korean CBT server, reports the portal “mmorpg.org.pl“. Nearly ten minutes of disjointed videos can be watched there.
The video from user “Lord Fixit” (via YouTube) is embedded here. Keep in mind that these are not official recordings but a leak. Whether and in what form the features will ultimately make it into the game remains uncertain.
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What is known so far: Originally, the new MMORPG was supposed to be developed as “Lineage Eternal”, but it failed a test in 2017 and was subsequently revised over several years. Thus, the new project, or rather its renaming, “Throne and Liberty” was born.
You can see an overview of the game here:
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The game is said to include high-quality PvE content, but also to focus on PvP, including massive fortress battles in the endgame. It is expected to provide action-packed fights, huge bosses, and an exciting story. Weather is also said to play a significant role, impacting both abilities, weapons, enemies, and more.
Interestingly, PvP battles in the open world are said to take place during the day under the cover of a karma system, but there should be no penalties at night.
When is TL being released? The release is currently scheduled for October 2023. It should be available from the start for PC, as well as for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. A beta is still ongoing in South Korea in May, and further tests are expected to take place in North America. However, the timing for this is not yet known.
Destiny 2 starts next week on Tuesday its 21st season. So that you know which exotics might be interesting and which you should take with you, we show you in our overview the 9 most interesting options.
What will change? Bungie has revealed quite a bit for the upcoming Season 21, because not only enemy shields will be changed, but also exo weapons and -armors will be adjusted. Our Destiny author Christos has looked at the changes and will show you which exotics you should definitely have ready at the start of the new season.
With our directory, you can quickly jump to the respective exotics and read why we recommend these specimens and what makes them so good on paper.
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Hunter
Mask of Bakris
Why this exotic? The Mask of Bakris receives an increased damage buff in PvE and an additional buff in PvP:
PvE from 10% to 25% more damage for arc weapons or against slowed or frozen enemies
PvP to 6% more damage for arc weapons or against slowed or frozen enemies
With this buff, the mask could become a better option especially in PvE, because there are many strong arc weapons used for damage phases or bosses.
Oathkeeper
Why this exotic? The exotic will now give your bow increased damage when drawn. The longer it is drawn, the higher the damage, until the damage bonus eventually disappears with too long a draw time.
Why this exotic? The exotic will now startle enemies. Additionally, the PvE damage of lightning strikes is increased from 50 to 200. The enhancement will now increase the damage of lightning strikes by 50% instead of increasing their range.
Paired with the Thunderlord, a strong combo could emerge, in which you will submerge everything in a storm full of lightning.
No Plan B
Why this exotic? No Plan B is completely reworked:
Now provides a moderate advantage for aerial effectiveness and shotgun reload speed.
As long as you have an empty overshield, shotguns do extra damage and shotgun kills refresh your overshield.
If you use a void focus, rapid shotgun kills or defeating a powerful enemy with a shotgun will grant you a void overshield and kickstart your health regeneration.
With these changes indicated by Bungie, No Plan B could become the new meta for PvP gorillas. A void barricade from Titans is enough for a Titan to regain a void shield per Guardian kill. I can already tell you, you will not forget this exotic in Season 21.
Warlock
Chromatic Fire
Why this exotic? With the Chromatic Fire, the radius of your explosion after a kinetic kill is increased. Additionally, you apply status effects to your enemies depending on which focus you have equipped:
Arc will blind
Strand will sever
Void will weaken
Solar will scorch
Stasis will slow
An exotic that could be particularly interesting for ad-clear or even for everyday use.
Evening Devotion of Radius
Why this exotic? Your rift will generate an arc shockwave every 5 seconds that deals damage:
PvE: 200 damage
PvP: 70 damage
If enemies are defeated, they explode in an arc light and deal 100 damage. If you have equipped your arc focus, your exploding enemies will even blind more nearby enemies.
Here too, a good PvE exotic could emerge, which can be worn in between for strikes or nightfalls. This way, you can safely stand in a rift and punish nearby enemies.
Weapons
Eyes of Tomorrow
Why this exotic? The exotic was far too inefficient for what it was originally built for.
That’s why Bungie has now ensured that for every 4 different kills you aim at, you will get back 1 rocket. If you play your cards right, you could never run out of ammunition. Perfect for taking down many hordes of enemies.
Combine that as a Titan with the chest exotic “Actium War Rig” and annihilate your enemies in an endless hail of bullets.
Graviton Lance
Why this exotic? Bungie said the Graviton Lance could use a new coat of paint, and so the pulse rifle received the same fire mode as the exotic “Revision Zero” and its double-shot fire mode. The damage was adjusted, and the fire rate was therefore increased:
Fire rate increased from 257 to 300 (delay of fire reduced by 20%. Now just as fast as that of Revision Zero)
Damage was rebalanced
Body damage from 9.5 to 19
Critical damage from 15.7 to 31.4
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Body damage from 35.6 to 25.6.
Critical damage from 58.7 to 42.3.
In a void warlock build, this pulse rifle could let many enemies explode.
That was my recommendation to you. It will show which options the players will link with new synergies to utilize the best possible advantages.
Until then, you should gather some weapons and armors and set them aside so that you are prepared for when the time comes. Did I perhaps miss a weapon or armor that is noteworthy? Feel free to let me know in the comments!
Hollywood star Nicolas Cage will be landing as a crossover in Dead by Daylight. A developer now reports how Cage is getting involved in the role.
What kind of game is this? Dead by Daylight is an asymmetric horror game where a killer tries to take out multiple survivors. The game has seen various crossovers, from Freddy Krueger to the Demogorgon from Stranger Things to Ash Williams from Evil Dead.
A teaser trailer revealed a few days ago that now actor Nicolas Cage would land in Dead by Daylight. And no, not in the form of any role – he will simply be Nic Cage, the actor.
Overall, the crossover is well-received by fans of the series, as Nic Cage has gained cult status over the years and is now a welcome character in DBD. The developers are also singing his praises.
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Nicolas Cage joins Dead by Daylight
There’s no one who sounds like Nic Cage, so Nic Cage handles it himself
This is what the developers say: As PC Gamer reports, game director Mathieu Cote had plenty of enthusiasm for Cage. “He has such an iconic voice and such an iconic way of expressing himself. We couldn’t do it without him,” said Cote.
That’s why they also moved away from the usual approach for voice acting in other crossovers: “In some instances, we’ve used other people for the screams and grunts because it can be extremely taxing and takes a toll on people,” Cote explains.
Not so with Nic Cage: “But in this case, Mr. Cage told us that there has never been a sound-alike for Nic Cage’s voice, and that we won’t have one now either.” Instead, Cage himself thoroughly approached the microphone: “So he was so generous to record every single grunt, scream, and effort that you will hear in Dead by Daylight.”
The exact details of the crossover will be announced in early July. However, it can be assumed that Cage will have a fan or two once the actor is available in the game.
You are already fully in the game but unsure which killers you should play? Find out here:
Film adaptations of video games are breaking records while former box office star “Marvel” continues to sink. There are good reasons for this, believes MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya Jankowski.
We gamers have known for a long time that video games are more than just wildly hitting a few buttons. This is now being recognized in the mainstream, thanks in part to strong film adaptations:
The Last of Us is a mega-success for the streaming service HBO. Only House of the Dragon had a more successful launch, making The Last of Us the most successful series of the year
At Marvel, the headlines of recent months read differently.
Since Avengers: Endgame (2019), a downward trend has emerged for Marvel. This was last evident with Ant-Man 3: Compared to its opening weekend, revenue dropped by 69.7 percent, surpassing Marvel films’ previous negative record in this category.
But not only Marvel’s heroes are suffering at the box office. Black Adam and Shazam 2 also suffered catastrophic losses for DC.
People are already talking about “superhero fatigue,” a weariness and saturation with the superhero genre.
If only it were that easy.
The third installment of Guardians of the Galaxy has shown that it is still possible to be successful with superheroes. My social media is flooded with voices crying and laughing over the end of the Guardians trilogy, so moved that they want to shout it out to the world. The positive word-of-mouth is noticeable at the box office.
The Guardians surpassed the previous Ant-Man film’s earnings significantly on their second weekend and only experienced a 49 percent drop in weekend revenue, which is a particularly good result compared to other MCU films.
What do video game adaptations achieve that our superheroes often fail to do?
Marvel is becoming increasingly pale and insignificant
In 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe made its debut with Tony Stark and Iron Man. The critics rave: It is visually stunning, funny, action-packed, yet socially critical with characters that are endearing.
Over the years, a vast universe developed that is divided into phases. Marvel stands out. The characters have deep backstories, there are high budgets, and a strong use of CGI to bring fantastic elements to the screen.
From stories for comic book nerds come bombastic films with heroes that every child should soon know – girls, boys, and everyone in between. Eventually, the term for the successful “Marvel formula” is established:
Sympathetic heroes battle villains who threaten the world or the universe. There are plenty of jokes, perhaps a heroic death and an impressive CGI fight scene. The day is saved.
At some point, one gets the feeling that they have seen it all before. The successful Marvel formula suddenly gets in its own way. Nothing surprises anymore.
Boredom spreads in the cinema. One superhero blockbuster after another is pumped out. Despite high budgets, the CGI appears cheaper. The sympathetic characters fade. There is no longer any tension. Every significant death is reversed by an object or through a parallel universe. Sacrifices become meaningless.
At some point, it’s more important which Easter egg is hidden in which film and who has a cameo somewhere. It’s exhausting to follow the entire story. The films and series reference each other, and if one doesn’t see everything, they can miss something crucial for the new story.
All of this is exhausting.
Video games are finally being taken seriously
Just like comic books, video games were reserved for nerds and kids living in basements. No one really took it seriously when a small plumber hops from castle to castle to rescue a princess from the clutches of a turtle while munching on mushrooms.
Video games have evolved over the years, often bypassing the mainstream. While we cried with Ellie and Joel from The Last of Us on the PlayStation 3 over 10 years ago, many non-gamers caught up with it on television in 2023. They too cry when confronted with a devastated world that still holds love and beauty.
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The new trailer for The Last of Us series shows: It will break our hearts over and over again
Before Arcane, there were few bright spots in video game adaptations that did justice to their originals. There were low budgets, and adaptations like Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, or the infamous first Super Mario Bros. from 1989 felt like no one had seriously engaged with the games and fans.
With Arcane, the turning point arrives. There have also been good to great adaptations before, like Castlevania or Detective Pikachu, but Arcane surprised and exceeded all expectations. The series has a pretty high production value, and the story is told as dark and serious as in Game of Thrones. Characters are put in difficult moral decisions that have consequences.
I believe that the success of the new video game adaptations is rooted in this: They trust their audience again.
As the source material and its stories are finally being taken seriously by the film industry, the depth translates to the films and series themselves. When someone dies, the character can stay dead, so that death has meaning. It can be emotionally difficult, allowing the story to have an impact on us and impress us sustainably.
Even in the child-friendly Super Mario Bros., they decided to give Bowser stalker-like macho traits – which earned him criticism for toxic turtle-like behavior. But that rubs some people the wrong way, it’s bold, and it stays in the mind.
The machinery of game adaptations has only just begun. Right after the credits of the Mario film, it became clear that this is far from the end. A Zelda film is more than likely. A sequel to The Last of Us for HBO is already confirmed.
The head of Illumination Entertainment, the studio behind the new Super Mario Bros., is now on the board of Nintendo. There couldn’t be a bigger sign of where the journey is heading. Nintendo is now a film studio.
We will hear about many more records here, just like we once did with Marvel.
I really hope that Marvel can find its way again. Because even if I show a lot of cynicism here, I love many characters from this universe and wish them a better future.
Director and producer James Gunn has proven with his Guardians of the Galaxy that it’s not about superhero fatigue.
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MyMMO editor Maik Schneider has long underestimated headsets and headphones in general as gaming accessories. Then he took advantage of a sale – Sony Inzone H9 in the PS5 look – and can never go back.
For a long time, I played the way I knew it from my childhood room. Turning the TV towards the bed, volume at stress level; with a runny nose and greasy fingers on the controller and failing in the first level – over and over again.
As long as there’s fun, preferably in multiplayer.
The runny nose went away, but the internet came into play. And with it came the problem with headsets. I was never willing to spend much money on them – even though I am a shooter fan and a customer who always wants to win. For a long time, I was satisfied with the childhood room level.
Whether the enemy comes from the left or right, I can notice that with a 15€ stereo model, right? It was important to me that I could be heard well by my teammates – end of story. With a microphone of tin can phone quality, I even ran back to the store. Swapping one generic headset for another.
Today, I have a bit more disposable income, so last year I took advantage of Black Friday. The Sony Inzone H9 was available for 219 euros. I’m not completely satisfied, but I probably can never buy cheap headsets for a few bucks again.
<strong>DualSense Edge for the PS5 in Unboxing – Our first impressions of the pro controller in the video</strong>
What is this feature? ANC uses sound waves to combat sound waves.
At first, it sounds nonsensical, but in fact, the technology uses microphones to perceive external noises and suppress them with counteracting sound waves. These come from a speaker in the ear cup.
Don’t ask me about the technology behind it, but it works (via bang-olufsen.com)
But the Inzone H9 can not only shut off but also turn on. When I’m gaming on the couch, wrapped in thunderous sound effects, my fiancée Alicia can briefly wave, I press a button on the device and hear the external sound in my ears.
What makes it so good? The ability to turn on external sound is really cool. It makes the closed headphones almost feel open, and surrounding noises are easily heard.
I am truly amazed by the shutting off. I really hear no sound from outside when I’m sitting at my desk and close to the technology.
The PS5 is not my problem here. It is audible, but not intrusive. It’s more my gaming PC – my first one, and I built it myself. Unfortunately, it’s quite loud, and even a case from be.quiet can’t help with that.
A few weeks ago, I had a moment of revelation that opened my eyes.
I found the ANC interesting from the beginning, but I played with it more than effectively using it. I was scheduled to game on the PC and arrived a bit earlier, so I could test all the ANC settings.
The design fits the PS5 – not for all tastes.
Without great expectations, I pressed around on the headset and could clearly hear the poorly adjusted fan of my graphics card. Then suddenly … silence.
I would have loved to see my surprised face. It was a revelation, without exaggeration. I sit next to my PC noise machine all day, and it doesn’t bother me while I’m working. When gaming, it sometimes does. This silence was so liberating and relieving. Suddenly, the fan noise was simply gone, as if the PC wasn’t running.
If I had to describe the feeling: It’s like a loose, soft cloud in my ear.
By now, I use the feature consciously, and it has convinced me so much that my future headsets will need this as well. Always. Because I never realized what a difference it makes to enjoy sound without disturbing noises. Greetings to my retired PS4 jet.
Otherwise, I am satisfied with the Inzone H9. If you have any questions about comfort or the features of the headset, leave me a comment. Just don’t ask me about technical details!
But the Inzone H9 can not only shut off but also turn on. When I’m gaming on the couch, wrapped in thunderous sound effects, my fiancée Alicia can briefly wave, I press a button on the device and hear the external sound in my ears.
What makes it so good? The ability to turn on external sound is really cool. It makes the closed headphones almost feel open, and surrounding noises are easily heard.
I am truly amazed by the shutting off. I really hear no sound from outside when I’m sitting at my desk and close to the technology.
The PS5 is not my problem here. It is audible, but not intrusive. It’s more my gaming PC – my first one, and I built it myself. Unfortunately, it’s quite loud, and even a case from be.quiet can’t help with that.
A few weeks ago, I had a moment of revelation that opened my eyes.
I found the ANC interesting from the beginning, but I played with it more than effectively using it. I was scheduled to game on the PC and arrived a bit earlier, so I could test all the ANC settings.
The design fits the PS5 – not for all tastes.
Without great expectations, I pressed around on the headset and could clearly hear the poorly adjusted fan of my graphics card. Then suddenly … silence.
I would have loved to see my surprised face. It was a revelation, without exaggeration. I sit next to my PC noise machine all day, and it doesn’t bother me while I’m working. When gaming, it sometimes does. This silence was so liberating and relieving. Suddenly, the fan noise was simply gone, as if the PC wasn’t running.
If I had to describe the feeling: It’s like a loose, soft cloud in my ear.
By now, I use the feature consciously, and it has convinced me so much that my future headsets will need this as well. Always. Because I never realized what a difference it makes to enjoy sound without disturbing noises. Greetings to my retired PS4 jet.
Otherwise, I am satisfied with the Inzone H9. If you have any questions about comfort or the features of the headset, leave me a comment. Just don’t ask me about technical details!
Since the release of the MMORPG WoW in 2005, players have paid about €13 a month to Blizzard if they want to play World of Warcraft. This may change soon. Microsoft wants to buy Activision Blizzard, but they have to swallow some bitter pills if they want the okay from global regulators. As a French gaming site reports, this deal could mean the end of the mandatory subscription.
This is the situation:
In January 2022, Microsoft offered to buy Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. Activision Blizzard wants this deal – but both companies are so large that there is a risk of monopolization.
Therefore, the deal must first be approved by various regulators worldwide.
Microsoft has already had to make some concessions under pressure that could have significant impacts on the games from Activision Blizzard.
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WoW: New cinematic ‘Opening the Path’ shows the new plan of the dragons
Microsoft has a problem with cloud gaming
This is the problem for Microsoft: A problem Microsoft is currently facing: The authorities fear that if Microsoft owns and distributes Activision Blizzard’s games, it could become too dominant in cloud gaming. Therefore, the UK regulator, CMA, did not approve the deal.
The regulators fear this scenario:
Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard and offers Activision Blizzard’s games exclusively for its own cloud gaming services.
If gamers want to play Activision Blizzard’s games from the cloud, every customer needs “Xbox Cloud Gaming”. Other providers would not be able to offer popular games like Overwatch or Call of Duty anymore.
Thus, Microsoft would have a significant market advantage over the competition in a growing market.
Cloud gaming is the ability to play a game on any device without having to download it beforehand or own a powerful device that can display the games in full splendor. Examples of cloud gaming include GeForce Now, PlayStation Now, Amazon Luna, and Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming. Google Stadia has failed with the idea.
For the okay from the EU, Microsoft makes a big concession
This is a concession from Microsoft: To obtain the EU’s approval and dispel this fear scenario, Microsoft has already had to make a significant commitment. President Brad Smith says (via Forbes):
“The EU commission has demanded that Microsoft automatically license popular games from Activision Blizzard for competing cloud gaming services. This will empower millions of customers worldwide to play the games on any device they want to play the games on.”
As the French site Jeux Video writes, Microsoft’s plan is to make all Activision Blizzard games sold for consoles and PC available on cloud gaming systems for 10 years.
This includes the Xbox Game Pass, but also services like Nvidia GeForce Now or Boosteroid.
What would that mean for WoW? The French site Jeux Video concludes: If Microsoft ultimately buys Activision Blizzard, WoW will come to cloud gaming systems like GeForce Now or the Xbox Game Pass. There, it could then be played without an additional subscription.
Currently, there are 6 months of GeForce Now for €30.
Ultimately, the subscription requirement for WoW would be eliminated, and players could instead take a subscription for a cloud gaming service and play not only WoW but many other games with a kind of gaming flat rate like Netflix.
The situation seems completely open at the moment, whether Microsoft can buy Blizzard
What’s the catch? For Microsoft’s commitments to have any relevance, the regulators still need to approve the deal and allow Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard.
Whether the regulators will approve the deal is currently unclear. Even after the concessions, the opposition from the UK regulatory authority remains. The CMA reaffirmed its resistance again on May 15.
There is also a lack of an explicit statement from Microsoft that “popular games from Activision Blizzard” also includes World of Warcraft.
At the moment, it seems that Microsoft is first making big promises and issuing commitments to get the regulators to approve the deal. What impact these commitments have in reality seems difficult to assess. It is currently about billions of US dollars.
On May 17th, it was a golden day for the shareholders of Take-Two, a global gaming publisher. The stock price soared when the financial figures were presented and details about the blockbuster GTA 6 were revealed. We at MeinMMO are looking at the most likely release date for GTA 6.
This is the situation:
Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is probably the most lucrative game series in the world with its mix of violence, sex, and gangster lifestyle. GTA Online has been running since 2013 and has brought in billions of US dollars for Take-Two. On Twitch, it has created hype through role-playing servers and experienced a second spring.
Everything you need to know about GTA Online – in 2 minutes
GTA 6: 12 minutes of soaring for the stock of Take-Two
How did the news affect the stock price?
The news reached the stock market at 4 PM:
The stock price of Take-Two Interactive was $125.26 at 4:00 PM.
By 4:12 PM, the price had surged to $139.90. An increase of about 12%.
Since Take-Two is such a valuable company with a high market capitalization, this corresponds to an increase in value of about 2.5 billion euros in market value.
Source: Finance.yahoo.com
Did the value increase hold? Yes, it even rose a little higher the next day. On May 18th at 7:08 PM, the stock price was $142.50.
Ultimately, it closed then on Friday after hours at $137.77.
Take-Two announces “new era” in fiscal year 2025
What details pushed the price so high? It’s quite clear from the financial report that a release of GTA 6 will happen in 2024 or early in 2025. Take-Two expects significant additional revenues during this time.
It is mentioned that several “innovative titles” will be released during this time that are supposed to “set new standards in the industry.”
Apparently, hackers are trying to distribute a virus through the Super Mario movie that is supposed to read users’ data.
In April 2023, the Super Mario Bros. movie by Illumination Entertainment and Nintendo was released. In the following weeks, the film celebrated massive successes, even becoming the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time, and Jack Black’s song for the movie was stuck in everyone’s head for days.
However, there were also curious headlines around the new movie, such as when it was suddenly posted on Twitter and millions of users suddenly watched Mario’s adventures there.
Now there is a new development involving unwanted copies: Apparently, hackers are currently trying to distribute Trojans with illegal downloads of the movie.
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First trailer for the ‘Super Mario’ movie – completely made of CGI
Users expect the movie, get data-stealing Trojan
What’s going on? As Axios and ReasonLabs report, hackers have apparently attached malware to illegal downloads of the Mario movie. This first occurred when the film leaked on Twitter on April 30.
According to the ReasonLabs report, this virus has reportedly been used more than 150,000 times to read data from users who have illegally downloaded current movies – such as the Mario movie – from the internet. However, this number only refers to the user group of ReasonLabs, according to the report – globally, millions of users could be affected.
What does the virus do? According to Axios, there is a file hidden in the movie’s download folder that installs a browser extension that activates as soon as you reopen it. Specifically, Google Chrome is said to be affected.
Then the virus searches for passwords, bank data, and similar information that may be stored in the browser. In the worst case, this can become really, really expensive.
However, as Axios points out, this is not the first time such an attack has been carried out via illegal movie or music downloads. Therefore, one should always keep in mind that unwanted data can also end up on your PC when downloading movies from unofficial sources.
Overall, with a bit of bad luck, it can quickly happen on the internet that you fall victim to hackers and their malware. In 2022, for example, there was a crazy case where a space image was used for data theft.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been around for a few months now. One would think the major bugs at launch would have disappeared and only minor issues would need to be addressed by the team, but that is not the case. Every update brings worse bugs and players believe the game is unplayable.
What’s wrong with MW2? Modern Warfare 2 is currently in the 3rd Mid-Season. Almost 7 months have passed since the release. One would think that’s enough time to eliminate critical bugs and errors in the game, but that is still not the case.
Many severe bugs and errors are entering Modern Warfare 2 thanks to new patches, and they are so destructive that fans no longer want to deal with them. An example was shared on Reddit.
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CoD MW2 & Warzone 2: Season 3 – Trailer
“People from the AAA studio can’t even test patches anymore”
What bug is it about? Reddit user mactraxer posted a clip of him trying to join a match of Modern Warfare 2. The lobby was loading and enough players were found. Everything seemed to be running smoothly until the fans landed on the map.
Here is the video again about the bug:
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Players now had to deal with massive FPS drops and screen flickering, issues that have no place in a fast-paced PvP shooter like MW2. mactraxer also reports that this bug has only been present since the latest update.
Many Reddit users are reporting similar bugs and are questioning the update policy of Infinity Ward, as such broken updates have occurred before.
What do players say? Fans in the comments under the Reddit post are upset. They do not understand how such a large development team like Activision and Infinity Ward cannot test their patches and updates to notice such errors. Users commented as follows:
“I have the same issue, can’t even access my loadout in the lobby” – Suspicious-Claim-894
“God. The game is somehow broken. EVERY UPDATE is so exhausting, man” – Dazzling_Ad2448
“It happens to me on Series X. I’m excited about the new bugs they just released. I can’t wait for the next season to start with even more bugs.” – CalligrapherSudden79
“I drove at 90 degrees Celsius in a car without air conditioning and the dry Texas wind makes it feel like 100 degrees. Still sounds better than trying to play MW2 right now” – HemphBleh
“Yes, the game is now literally unplayable. IW had enough of the meme and decided to make it a reality…” – Annoying_Orre
One way or another, the developers will tackle these bugs, let’s hope the next patch fixes more bugs than it introduces new ones into the game. Are you yourself affected by such bugs? Let us know in the comments!
The impact of Corona in video games like The Witcher 3 or Minecraft – several “Long Covid” mods allow experiencing this. It sounds strange, but the idea behind it is important and aims to raise awareness.
Even though the Corona pandemic has been declared over in many countries, the effects of Covid are still felt by many. Whether through a reinfection or the so-called “Long Covid” – that is, long-term effects of the disease, which in many cases are chronic and result in significant reductions in quality of life.
However, Long Covid is often ridiculed because its effects are not known to everyone. Many think it is just “a bit of exhaustion” and that the consequences are not so drastic.
Yet Long Covid has drastic and permanent effects for millions of people worldwide. Less endurance, loss of the perception of time passing, the inability to concentrate, or simply a general reduction in performance, to name just a few possible consequences.
To help everyone better imagine how diverse and often severe the consequences of Long Covid can be, there are now 3 mods for some of the most popular games. Essentially, a new difficulty level that transfers the effects of “Long Covid” into the game world and makes it more tangible for anyone who does not suffer from it.
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Long Covid Mods for 3 of the best games ever
New Difficulty Level: Long Covid
In total, three modifications have been created for some of the most popular games ever. The mods let your character in Minecraft, Witcher III, or Elden Ring experience the effects of a Long Covid illness – this is essentially a completely new difficulty level with serious consequences.
Elden Ring
The already merciless Elden Ring becomes even harder with the “Long Covid Mode”. Some of the effects that occasionally occur (and of course always at the most annoying moment) include:
Blackout: The character’s perception fades for a few moments.
Poor memory: The character loses a random number of their runes.
Intolerance to effort: When stamina is low, you must pause for 3-5 seconds.
In addition, several effects are permanently active:
Fatigue: All movement is 25% slower.
Exhaustion: Stamina regeneration in combat is significantly reduced.
Cognitive dysfunction: Hitting enemies with spells and arrows is significantly more difficult.
Joint pain: Charged attacks deal damage to your own character.
In Witcher 3, there is a new system with different phases of exertion. The effects start off quite mild and tolerable but increase with further phases, and previous symptoms become more intense. Some of the negative influences are:
Level 1
Stamina regenerates slower and depletes faster.
Diving becomes harder as breath doesn’t last as long.
If Geralt’s stamina reaches zero, he is briefly stunned and must recover.
Level 2
Food can drain health points instead of restoring them.
Level 3
Geralt’s witcher senses are sometimes disabled, causing certain clues to be missed.
Level 4
The witcher senses are permanently disabled.
Every time the inventory is opened, one item is left behind.
What is the purpose behind these mods? Awareness. The patient network “Long COVID Europe” and the advertising agency Saint Elmo’s aim to increase awareness of Long Covid and the diversity of the effects of the disease. A broader understanding of this condition should arise in society, and more people should get an idea of what the impacts of the long-term consequences of a Covid infection can be.
What do you think of this initiative? A good and interesting way to draw playful attention to a serious topic? Or does something like this not belong in games?
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