Pokémon GO: Shiny Jirachi in the Masterwork Research: “Fulfilled Wish” – All Tasks & Rewards

Franzi Korittke Franzi Korittke Reading time 3 minutes

In Pokémon GO you can secure a special research task that brings an encounter with Shiny Jirachi. We at MeinMMO show you all the contents and tell you how to get the research.

What kind of research is this? On February 25 and 26, the great global Hoenn Tour took place in Pokémon GO. As in previous years, there was also a special research task related to it in 2023 that can be purchased in the ingame shop.

How do you get the ticket? Anyone who wants to secure the “Masterpiece Research: Fulfilled Wish” for Shiny Jirachi can purchase it in the ingame shop for 5.99 euros.

You can find the research under the category “Global Events”. It could be purchased in the shop until March 20, 2023, at 6:00 PM German time. To complete the research, you then have unlimited time as usual.

Anyone who has purchased a ticket for the live event of the Hoenn Tour in Las Vegas already received access to a shortened version of the research. Another purchase is not possible.

What is included in the research? In addition to plenty of items and candies, this will finally grant you a mysterious Pokémon from the Hoenn region: Jirachi. The wish Pokémon of the types steel and psychic can be secured for the first time in its shiny form.

Additionally, more cool rewards await you. We have summarized all the contents of the special research with the help of the overview from LeekDuck below.

We updated this article for you on April 21, 2023. The tasks on board 5 have now been confirmed by first players, which is why we have adjusted the information.

Masterpiece Research GO Tour: Hoenn 1/6

TaskReward
Catch 385 Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region385 XP
Catch 385 Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region385 XP
Catch 385 Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region385 XP
Earn the golden Hoenn medal30 Ultra Balls

Stage reward: After completing all tasks on this board and collecting the rewards, you will also receive 10 candies for Kyogre, 10 candies for Groudon, and 10 candies for Rayquaza.

Masterpiece Research GO Tour: Hoenn 2/6

TaskReward
Have 10 “Best Buddy”1x Snorlax
Earn a heart with your buddy for 20 days in a row1x Snorlax

Stage reward: After completing all tasks on this board and collecting the rewards, you will also receive 385 XP and 3 special candies.

Here we show you how to play with your buddy to earn hearts.

Masterpiece Research GO Tour: Hoenn 3/6

TaskReward
Catch 10 Kecleon1x Incense
Spin a PokéStop for 20 consecutive days1x Incense

Stage Reward: After completing both tasks and collecting the corresponding rewards, you will additionally receive 3,850 experience points and 3 special candies.

Spinning a PokéStop for 20 consecutive days should not pose a problem for most trainers. It is best to use a stop that you pass by daily and set a reminder in your calendar to spin there every day.

With our guide to catching Kecleon you will know where to “search” for the Pokémon and how to complete the task.

Masterpiece Research GO Tour: Hoenn 4/6

TaskReward
Receive a lucky Pokémon in a trade1x Lure Module
Land 385 great throws1x Lucky Egg

Stage Reward: After completing both tasks and collecting the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 3,850 XP and 3 special candies.

Masterpiece Research GO Tour: Hoenn 5/6

TaskReward
Catch 1,000 Pokémon1,000 Stardust
Catch a Pokémon for 7 days in a row7 golden raspberries
Reach level 404,000 Stardust

Stage Reward: After completing the tasks and collecting the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 3,850 XP, 3,850 Stardust, and an encounter with Shiny Jirachi.

First players have now reached this board. Here we show you what the community thinks about the tasks:

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Masterpiece Research GO Tour: Hoenn 6/6

TaskReward
Already completed!1x Star Piece
Already completed!1x Lucky Egg

Stage Reward: After completing both tasks and collecting the corresponding rewards, you will also receive 3,850 XP, 3,850 Stardust, and 20 Jirachi candies.

Why a tweet from Niantic during the live event in Las Vegas caused quite a stir, we show you here.

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Pokémon GO: Nature Week is now running with new Pokémon, Shinies, and these bonuses

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The Environment Week 2023 starts in Pokémon GO and brings new Pokémon with it. Frubberl and its two evolutions are waiting for you. In addition, new Shinies will be shown here.

When does the event run? The Environment Week starts on Thursday, April 20th, at 10:00 AM local time. It will be active until Wednesday, April 26th, at 8:00 PM local time. During the event, you can expect changed wilderness spawns, eggs, event bonuses, new Pokémon, and also new Shinies.

In our overview, we show you the contents so you don’t miss anything.

Environment Week: Pokémon, Shinies, Eggs, Bonuses

New Pokémon and Shinies: For those of you who collect, the event can be really worthwhile. Because the new Pokémon Frubberl celebrates its release in Pokémon GO for the Environment Week 2023. The Pokémon originates from the seventh game generation and belongs to the Grass type.

It has two evolutions: Frubaila and Fruyal. The evolution to Frubaila costs 25 candies, and evolving to Fruyal costs you 100 candies.

Pokémon GO Frubberl Family

Another incentive for collectors is the new shiny versions of a Pokémon: Rotomurf can be caught as a Shiny for the first time during the event. We will show you how the Pokémon and its evolution Stalobor look in comparison as Shiny in the graphic:

Pokémon-GO-Shiny-Rotomurf

Pokémon in the wild: In the wilderness, during the event, you have a greater chance of encountering the following Pokémon (Pokémon marked with a * can also be encountered as Shiny):

  • Squirtle*
  • Clamperl*
  • Wailmer*
  • Rotomurf*
  • Waumboll*
  • Lilminip
  • Lithomith*
  • Tarnpignon*
  • Froxy
  • With a bit more luck, you can also find Larvitar*, Bithora* and Frubberl

7-km eggs: If you receive 7-km eggs during the event, they can hatch into the Pokémon Kikugi*, Rotomurf* or Frubberl. Note: An earlier version of Niantic’s announcement stated that these Pokémon would hatch from 2-km eggs. This has now been corrected to 7-km eggs.

Shop: If you want to dress your avatar according to the new Pokémon Frubberl and its evolutions, you can do so with a hat, shirt, and boots.

Pokémon-GO-Frubberl-Clothing-Shop

What bonuses are there?

Update from April 20: A few hours before the start of Environment Week 2023, the bonus for halved buddy distance to earn candies with your buddy has been removed. What Niantic says about the removed bonus.
  • If you reach the “Hyper Buddy” level with your buddy Pokémon, it will bring you souvenirs more often
  • If you reach the “Super Buddy” level or higher with your buddy Pokémon, it will bring you gifts more often, which often contain berries. With a chance for Silver Pinap Berries
  • After feeding, your buddy Pokémon will accompany you longer
  • The distance to earn hearts with your buddy Pokémon is halved
  • Special research with Shaymin
  • The distance to earn candies with your buddy Pokémon is halved
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Researches: As rewards for selected field research, you will receive encounters with Rotomurf*. A timed research will give you items and encounters with Rotomurf*, Unratütox* and Frubberl.

In the coming days, there will be an event on the weekend and a final spotlight hour in April. A Community Day Classic will also start for you.

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The best game for streamers on Twitch is the most dangerous: Top creator gets banned for too intense roleplay

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The role-playing scene in GTA 5 has been the richest breeding ground for a quick career on Twitch for several years. Newcomers have built a large following there and made a lot of money within just a few months. But because of the spicy content of GTA 5, the ban is not far away. Twitch knows no friends here and even bans the biggest streamers on the platform, like Kai Cenat, who went too far with ‘erotic role play’.

Warning: We link in the text the Twitch clip for which the top streamer was banned. The clip involves simulated sexual acts. There is rough language used. The clip may be considered offensive.

Why is GTA 5 so lucrative on Twitch?

  • GTA 5 Online, the multiplayer game from 2013, serves as the basis for role-playing servers for GTA 5, such as ‘NoPixel’. Streamers play a character they’ve created and interact with the game and other streamers who are also playing their character.
  • Many streamers play as ‘criminals’ in GTA 5 – while other streamers play as police officers chasing them. By constantly interacting with other streamers and their viewers, even a small streamer can reach new people and draw attention to themselves.
  • Through this unique form of role play, GTA 5 acts as a career turbo. Synergy effects arise: One could see similar phenomena in 4-player groups in Fortnite 2018 and during the pandemic with ‘Among Us’ 2021. Groups of streamers interact with each other and grow much faster this way than any single streamer could on their own.

These synergy effects are the foundation of success for many stars who were unknown 4 or 5 years ago, built a large reach on Twitch, and are now cashing in on YouTube.

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How does this affect it? GTA 5 has allowed some careers to grow rapidly:

GTA 5 is dangerous for Twitch streamers due to ‘erotic role play’

What is the risk? What Twitch streamers learn the hard way: GTA 5 is not ideally suited for streaming on Twitch, as there are clear sexualized contents for which one can be banned on Twitch: Because ‘sexually explicit content is banned on Twitch’. However, in GTA 5, prostitutes and strip clubs appear.

It is even more dangerous when Twitch streamers engage in ‘erotic role play’ with each other.

Twitch explains that they decide what constitutes sexual content based on the ‘general framework and context that surrounds it’: This could mean that you can visit a sex club in GTA 5 but are expressly not allowed to behave suggestively there.

This has now even led to the downfall of Twitch’s biggest streamer, Kai Cenat. Cenat was banned for ‘repeated simulated sexual activity in GTA 5.’ (via dexerto)

Kai Cenat was likely banned from Twitch for simulated oral sex

What exactly did he do? Cenat was apparently banned for ‘ERP’ – erotic role play. Kai Cenat simulated with a female streamer how the character of the woman orally satisfied his character for 5 seconds. Then he screamed, “My boss! My boss!” and fled the scene, with the woman screaming after him, insisting he perform actions.

This was apparently meant as a joke but is considered by Twitch to be so sexually charged that it was enough for a ban (via tiktok).

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We see: Role playing in GTA 5 is incredibly lucrative on one hand but also dangerous. A wrong gesture or phrase, and the ban hammer strikes, no matter if you’re a small streamer or one of the biggest, like Kai Cenat.

We have already reported on dangerous places in GTA 5:

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Steam: Fans of Valheim celebrate that they will soon be able to make everything harder – “That’s all I need”

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Valheim is set to receive new settings options that will allow you to make the game more difficult – and players love it.

“Are you ready for a Hardcore mode in Valheim?” asked Jonathan Smårs, one of the lead developers of Valheim on Twitter.

He showed in a video some of the settings options that Valheim will get. Many of the settings can make your gaming experience more difficult. In addition to a Hardcore mode and other presets, there will be sliders that allow you to determine how many items you lose upon death, how tough your fights should be, and how often your base is attacked.

With the various settings, you can make your game easier and, for example, switch to a relatively safe building mode or significantly increase the challenge offered by the game. The latter, in particular, is well received by some players.

“Options to make everything harder? Yes!”

What do the players say? A look at Reddit shows that many Valheim fans find the various options really good and sensible. For some players, the update sounds so good that they want to return. Especially the extreme settings seem to appeal to the players.

While some prefer the “Hammer Mode” because they can build safely and undisturbed (via Reddit), other players are looking forward to the increased difficulty.

  • Coachbalrog: “Options to make everything harder? Yes! Options to remove the insane amount of spawning Greydwarfs? Yes! That’s all I need (via Reddit).“
    • FuckingNoise: “Don’t you want to increase the number of Greydwarfs? I want a horde mode where hundreds of them test my defenses.”
    • MrSpiffyTrousers: “Now I want a ‘7 Days to Die’ mode where we get blood moons and the bastards shoot tons from the forest edge.”
  • popotheviking: “Hardcore mode with insane difficulty? I’m in (via Reddit)!”
  • thatmaynardguy: “I love this. Some days I just want to wander around and build stuff. Other days I want a hardcore challenge. Being able to choose is great (via Reddit)!”
  • 2rfv: “I can’t wait to see how hardcore affects the bosses. I’ve wished for the NG+ mode since Mistlands came out to have something that matches my insane magic damage (via Reddit).”
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How have the past months been for Valheim? When Valheim was released on Steam in February 2021, it surprised the gaming industry with an impressively successful release.

On average, 210,000 players played the survival game concurrently in its release month. To this day, Valheim has received over 344,000 reviews on Steam, of which a strong 95% are positive.

However, in 2022, things quieted down a bit around the surprise hit, and the average player counts fell to a low of 12,696 in October 2022.

Valheim is occasionally supplied with new content, and the title saw a peak of 56,000 average players with the Mistlands update in December 2022.

With the Ashlands, a new biome is also in the works, which will take you to a volcanic area.

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Nintendo celebrates blow against pirates – brings in as much money as if they had sold 7,385 times ‘Mario Kart 8’

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For Nintendo, it pays off once again to focus so much on taking action against anyone who violates their rights. Nintendo has sued a site for damages that offers pirated copies of Nintendo games and did not respond to requests to block this content. Nintendo struck back and was awarded over €400,000 in damages. Nintendo says this is a major victory for them and for the entire video game industry. The sites can no longer refer to previous cases and remain inactive.

Who did they sue?

  • Nintendo has sued the operators of the site “Dstorage”.
  • In a statement, they say: The appeals court decided that the site is responsible for allowing pirated copies of Nintendo games to be distributed via file hosts like 1fichier.com.
  • As a penalty, it was ordered that Nintendo must be paid $442,750 – in addition, the site must cover €25,000 in court costs. For €442,750, you could buy about 7,385 copies of “Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe”, which is the best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch.
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Court awards Nintendo €442,750

Here’s how the process went: Nintendo had requested the site to remove the unauthorized games from their site. When that did not happen, Nintendo went to court and won in Paris in May 2021.

Now in April 2023, the ruling of the lower instance was upheld by an appeals court (via gamesindustry.biz).

Sites must respond to requests to delete content – Cannot wait for a court to intervene

This is what Nintendo says: Nintendo states they are satisfied with the decision. The ruling sends a clear signal: Such websites must withdraw and block access to pirated video games through file hosts.

If they refuse, even when notified of the violations, it is now clarified that such sites can also be held liable for copyright infringements.

This is not just a victory for Nintendo but for the entire gaming industry. Now, share hosts like 1fichier can no longer refer to previous rulings that a court is needed before pirated copies are taken down.

Nintendo’s behavior in fighting for their rights sounds like a success against injustice – from the perspective of others, however, the cases are not always as clear-cut as here:

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Twitch streamer explains why WoW is dying right now, even though the MMORPG is better than ever

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The MMORPG World of Warcraft is experiencing a crisis, says a Twitch streamer. The streamer Taliesin considers “WoW: Dragonflight” to be the best expansion of the MMORPG since Legion in 2016, or even the best WoW there has ever been. However, the patch 9.1 in June 2021 was the “last nail in the coffin” for WoW. Players had to wait 8 months for the patch, there were scandals at Blizzard, and when the patch finally arrived, it had the completely wrong theme.

This makes the criticism particularly noteworthy: Twitch streamers complaining about the state of WoW is nothing unusual. Complaining is somehow part of the WoW experience. The super eyebrow Asmongold has built a career around this.

The special thing about Taliesin is that he not only likes WoW: Dragonflight, but he even considers it the best expansion of WoW of all time – and yet the current state of the game is difficult:

WoW is currently brilliant. Dragonflight is fantastic, just a really good expansion. In my opinion, WoW has never been as good as it is today – at least on par with the best versions that WoW has ever had. The game is fundamentally really good today. People enjoy the game as much as they did during Legion, one of the best expansions.

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So where’s the catch? The streamer states clearly:

WoW is currently dead – not a corpse, but subscriptions are in the basement, viewer numbers are in the basement.

And this applies not only to him; one can also look at the figures of the top people like Preach. The viewer metrics are way down.

8 months waiting for patch 9.1 drove many players away from WoW

What is the reason for this? According to the streamer, the cause of today’s crisis in WoW lies in the past; he sees the last expansion Shadowlands and especially the long wait for patch 9.1 as the biggest reasons why WoW is currently in such a deep slump and very few people are interested:

  • Shadowlands was the “last nail in the coffin” for WoW
  • If WoW survives, patch 9.1 will go down in history as “the patch that nearly killed WoW”
  • If WoW dies, patch 9.1 will be the patch that killed WoW
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The current problems are not because the pandemic is over, but Shadowlands has exhausted many players. 9.1 was the “perfect storm of crap”:

  • It was the second disappointing expansion in a row
  • Never before had players to wait so long for a first patch – it was already “obscene” and “crazy”. For 8 months there was no patch. People couldn’t talk about anything else but what annoyed them after such a long time
  • Even if the patch itself was good, everything revolved around the zone “The Maw”, where players had already spent the 8 months. Players simply had enough of the zone

At the same time, Final Fantasy XIV exploded and a “terrible scandal” blew up around Blizzard, which cost a lot of enthusiasm. Because WoW was in such a bad state, it was easy to make the moral decision to distance oneself from the game.

The streamer says: Blizzard has always been a terrible company, but their games were fun, so many could overlook the problems. However, because WoW was in such a bad state when the scandal broke, it became very easy for many to separate themselves from the MMORPG and Blizzard.

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Viewer numbers down from 250,000 to 12,000

How bad is it for him right now? The streamer analyzes that the numbers on WoW videos are currently only about one-twelfth the size compared to Battle for Azeroth.

While BfA videos often received 250,000 views – today the same videos would land at 12,000 views.

Only Asmongold is an exception, who still reaches 400,000 views.

It is “hard times,” says the streamer.

This sobering impression of WoW seems to occupy many of you as well:

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The man who ruined Destiny 10 years ago is now going to Netflix and making a new big AAA game there

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Joseph Staten was responsible for the disastrous launch of Destiny 1 as an author and design director 10 years ago, and then moved on to Microsoft to work on Halo Infinite. Now, the 51-year-old is set to develop a new amazing game for Netflix, apparently for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

What does Joseph Staten have to do with Destiny?

  • Joseph Staten is an author who joined Bungie in 1998 and played a major role in the in-game videos for Halo, Halo 2, and Halo 3.
  • When Bungie committed to the huge project Destiny, Staten worked there as an author and design director. As later heard, his work on the story of Destiny was so strange and eccentric that the story was scrapped just before release and under the leadership of Luke Smith, a new story was pieced together from the remnants of the old story within a few months.
  • Staten left Bungie in September 2013, before the reboot came, and went to Microsoft, where he worked on games like Halo Infinite from 2014 to 2023.
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New AAA Game for Netflix with Secrets and Adventure

This is now his job at Netflix: Staten has now announced that he is moving to Netflix as “Creative Director” and is working on a brand-new AAA game for multiple platforms – typically in the West, “multiplatform” refers to something like “PC, PS5, Xbox Series X”. The game is supposed to establish a “new IP”, meaning a new game universe.

He also says:

In my working life, there is nothing I love more than collaborating with others to build a world filled with iconic characters, deep puzzles, and endless adventures.

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Netflix is apparently making a major first-person shooter in the Unreal Engine

What does Netflix have to do with gaming? There are about 50 games on Netflix, most of them are indie games. However, job postings were discovered in November 2022 suggesting that Netflix is looking for a design director to develop a PC game with the Unreal Engine, apparently a first-person shooter (via kotaku).

It’s quite possible that Staten is now working on this title for Netflix. That would certainly fit with his previous work.

Gaming could become an important pillar for Netflix alongside series and movies, which has recently lost ground in the race to be the top streaming service.

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What was Staten’s problem with Destiny back then? This is still not entirely clear. The original story of Destiny revolved around abstract concepts such as light, darkness, and hope.

Apparently, at some point in 2013, Destiny’s decision-makers concluded that such a story was not suitable for a multimillion-dollar shooter project, and they then turned it into a relatively confusing sci-fi story that has no time to explain why there is no time to explain anything. For years, Destiny struggled with a story resulting from this reboot that even the creators didn’t fully understand:

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Pokémon: Man Commits the Largest Theft in the History of the Trading Card Game, Ruins Everything with a Mistake

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An employee of a printing house is said to have taken advantage of his job to steal countless rare Pokémon cards. However, when he tries to cash in on his haul, he makes such a clumsy mistake that the theft is uncovered.

What kind of cards are they? The cards were rare cards from the “Fusion Strike” set, which was sold under the name “Fusions Angriff” in Germany. Fans had long complained about the unusually low chances of pulling certain cards.

A possible reason for this has now been found, as an employee of a printing house in America is said to have pocketed thousands of cards at work.

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Thief ruins everything when he tries to sell the cards

How was the theft uncovered? The alleged thief made a crucial mistake: instead of selling the cards one by one, he wanted to get rid of his entire haul at once. He contacted Trading Card World, a store for trading cards, and asked if they were interested in rare cards from the “Fusions Angriff” set.

These were rare holographic cards of Trainers and Pokémon like Espeon and Mew. Already a single one of these cards can be worth more than 100 US dollars. How many the man has pilfered is unclear, but according to a picture that was posted in a Facebook group, it was thousands.

The Facebook post has since been deleted, but we have included a Reddit post that shows the haul:

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How did the store employees react? They immediately became suspicious given the amount of rare cards. For them, there were only two possibilities: The cards must be counterfeit or stolen.

Upon inquiry, the potential seller reportedly admitted that he works at a printing house for Pokémon cards. Employees from Trading Card World immediately contacted the Pokémon Company, which investigated the matter.

How did it all end? As the site PC Gamer reports, the cards were secured, and the police are investigating the alleged thief. In a statement from Trading Card World, it is said that this was the largest recovery of stolen property in the history of the trading card game.

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The stolen Pokémon cards were already rare, but a trading card from Magic the Gathering can top that: It is said to be printed only once. Even before the release, collectors are trying to get their hands on the unique card and are offering a lot of money for it:

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7 vs. Wild Season 3: What we know so far about location and content

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Fritz Meinecke announced a third season of 7 vs. Wild for YouTube. The survival series on YouTube is popular and fans can hardly wait. What is now known about season 3 and where the contestants will have to survive, we will show you here.

What location is known for season 3? Fritz Meinecke, the mastermind behind the survival series 7 vs. Wild, has announced a third season. In his YouTube video, he explains the new format 7 vs. Wild Teams and reveals the new location of the upcoming show: Canada, Alaska. The cold country is perfect for a new challenge where contestants must survive for 14 days.

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A change in season 3 brings a fresh breeze

What change will there be in season 3? The contestants in season 1 and 2 had to face the wilderness solo. Games were played and points were collected over a period of 7 days. The one who remained as the only one or had the most points at the end of the season won. However, in season 3, a lot will change:

  • Players will now compete in 7 pairs against each other.
    • Teams should consist of friends
      • If a team member gives up, is exhausted or injured and can no longer continue, the entire team will be disqualified
  • No more games will be organized to collect points
  • The focus is on pure survival
  • Season 3 is supposed to last 14 days
    • With the elimination of mini-games, the contestants should have enough energy left to focus on survival, foraging for food, and building shelter
  • Every team that survives for 14 days wins. There can thus be multiple winners

The interesting thing about the team edition is the fact that friends, i.e. participants who know each other well, are thrown into the same teams. One wants to see what impact this has on the contestants. Will they grow together and collaborate or will they argue and jeopardize their team? That will be seen.

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Are the contestants already decided? So far, no contestants have been chosen yet. We will update the information as soon as it is known.

Is it known when season 3 will start? Nothing is known yet about the start. Season 3 takes place in Alaska, so it is quite possible that Fritz Meinecke will have to weigh when they will shoot this season. In winter, icy temperatures prevail in Alaska, which could quickly cost the lives of people without experience in “survival”. We will therefore add the section as soon as it is known.

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Wild theory says: Jack Black brilliantly fooled the internet with the new song in the Super Mario movie

Marie Friske Marie Friske Reading time 2 minutes

A YouTuber analyzed the song “Peaches,” sung by Jack Black in the new Super Mario movie. There is a certain resemblance to a well-known internet prank. Fans agree: Jack Black has fooled us all.

The song “Peaches” in the new Super Mario movie is celebrated by many online. Sung by Jack Black as the video game villain Bowser, the love ballad has captured the hearts of fans.

A music expert recently took a closer look at the song and found a parallel to another track. Now many in the community suspect a clever prank hidden within the song and believe: Jack Black has rickrolled us all!

Here you can see a trailer for the new Super Mario movie:

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First trailer for the ‘Super Mario’ movie – completely made of CGI

A “Rickroll” could be hiding in the harmony of the song

A Rickroll is an internet meme where an inconspicuous link hides the music video for Rick Astley’s song “Never Gonna Give You Up.” If an unsuspecting target clicks on the link, they have been successfully “rickrolled.”

Now many fans suspect a hidden “Rickroll” in Bowser’s song. The reason for this is an analysis by a YouTuber.

The music expert Charles Cornell published a YouTube video titled “Peaches by Jack Black is ironically really good” on April 13, 2023. In this, he analyzes the successful song from the Super Mario movie and plays some passages on the piano. He explains in detail which chords are used in the song.

As a result, many in the community recognize the resemblance to “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

In a TikTok video from marecmi, the theory is summarized:

https://www.tiktok.com/@marecmi/video/7221636805995662634?embed_source=71112495%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_masking&refer=embed&referer_url=kotaku.com%2Fsuper-mario-bros-movie-bowser-jack-black-peaches-song-1850344353&referer_video_id=7221636805995662634

Within a chord, the hidden reference to the internet meme is believed to exist. Many from the community think they noticed the similarity between the two songs immediately.

Many now suspect that the “Rickroll” intent was a little prank. Especially since Jack Black is regarded as a humorous actor in the community, he is exactly the right person for such a stunt.

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How is the community reacting? In the comments on the TikTok video and on YouTube, many users agree: The similarity to the internet meme cannot be a coincidence. They celebrate a clever prank by Jack Black:

  • TikTok user anna.skywalker.2006: “Jack Black, who rickrolled the Mario fandom, was not on my bingo card for 2023”
  • TikTok user SamuraiDragon27: “The most hidden Rick Roll in history”
  • YouTube user Rotuh: “This chord progression is phenomenal, it really tells you that Bowser will never give her up [in English: never gonna give her up].”

So far, however, there has been no official statement on whether the song is indeed about the best-placed Rickroll of the year or just a simple musical decision.

However, “Peaches” is also causing other discussions in the community: Song in the new film Super Mario sparks debate around toxic turtle behavior – Should normalize macho behavior

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LoL is notorious for flamers and toxic teammates – Riot wants to make it easier for you to sort them out

Marius Mach Marius Mach Reading time 2 minutes

Toxic behavior of players is a major problem for many developers. Riot Games is introducing a new report feature with patch 13.8 for League of Legends that should make it easier for you to report toxic players even after a match.

League of Legends is infamous for the toxic behavior of some of its players. It’s no surprise, considering that 5 strangers are thrown into a match. Without much coordination, you have to play together. Since even small mistakes during a game can have major consequences, teamwork is especially important.

If something doesn’t go according to plan, it quickly raises tempers. Some players have even made a career on Twitch or YouTube out of it. Tyler1, for example, is the unofficial poster boy for toxic behavior.

Riot Games, the developers of the MOBA, have already tried a lot to silence the meanies. There is a system that can automatically mute toxic players. In cases of severe violations, automated account bans are even issued. Now the developers have come up with something new and revamped the report function with patch 13.8.

Toxic behavior in MOBAs is annoying. However, this apparently does not detract from the popularity of LoL, as this video shows, which has been viewed millions of times.

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A spectacular video about League of Legends has now 138 million views – Shows how huge LoL is

Riot Games wants to make it easier for you to report toxic players even after the fact

What have the developers announced? With the new patch 13.8, the LoL creators have adjusted the report function. In the future, it will be possible to report toxic behavior already during the course of the game. Additionally, you can now also report players after the fact who could not behave.

Reporting is now possible during the game! You can report another player by right-clicking on their line when you are viewing the summaries of past games in your match history.

League of Legends, Patchnotes 13.8.

The report function is one of the few tools that players and developers have to combat toxic behavior. Ideally, repeated reports quickly lead to penalties, and toxic accounts are banned.

Ironically, the report function can also be abused by trolls who report innocent players. Therefore, it is quite likely that the developers will continue to look for ways to improve the system. However, the new feature is an important and correct step.

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The 6 Best Horror Games in Multiplayer for PC, PS5, and Xbox 2023

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 8 minutes

Experiencing horror together is great. We show you the 6 best horror games for multiplayer on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X. Where can you get the best scares in multiplayer mode?

There are horror games everywhere these days, but truly good, long-engaging games are a rarity – especially if you want to get a few friends hooked on the games. We present our top 6 horror games that you can play in multiplayer – some of them cooperatively, some of them against each other.

Update: This article was originally published in June 2018 and was updated on April 19, 2023. We have added “Sons of the Forest” to the list.

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Dead by Daylight

Developer: Behaviour Interactive
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, Switch
Number of players: 1-5
Rating: 80 %
Link to the game: Dead by Daylight on Steam
Horror Games Dead by Daylight

What is Dead by Daylight? Four “survivors” are trapped together with a killer on a map and there is only one way to escape: 5 out of 7 generators must be repaired, which takes time. At the same time, the killer, also controlled by a player, tries to sacrifice the survivors to the demonic entity and hang them on butcher hooks until they are consumed by the creature.

The survivors cannot hurt the killer, but they are in the majority and can help each other to escape together – or they sacrifice one survivor deliberately to repair the generators in the meantime.

Dead by Daylight is regularly expanded with new patches that bring fresh killers and survivors.

Dead by Daylight Clown so happy
Killers like the eerie clown cause panic – but each killer has their own abilities.

Dead by Daylight is ideal for: Solo players but also groups. Essentially, Dead by Daylight is a double game, as it plays out completely differently as a survivor than from the killer’s point of view. If no friends are available, you take on the role of the killer and make the survivors’ lives hell.

What makes the horror of Dead by Daylight? The killers have different abilities and some create real shock moments. For instance, “Michael Myers” (Halloween film series) does not announce himself with ominous music like other killers and can suddenly be right behind you. Panic screams and loud shrieks in Discord are guaranteed.

Moreover, Dead by Daylight unites many strong licenses. Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, SAW, and even Ghostface (Scream) are included – there are now a whopping 31 killers.

For a while now, Dead by Daylight also offers crossplay for PC, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One – but this can also be turned off.

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Hunt Showdown

Developer: Crytek
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X
Number of players: 1-3
Rating: 83 %
Link to the game: Hunt Showdown on Steam
Horror Games Hunt Showdown

What is Hunt Showdown? In Hunt Showdown, you take on the role of a bounty hunter, either alone or with a friend. The world is infested with zombies and monsters, and you have been hired to find a particularly large beast.

However, you first need to search for clues to find the monster – and avoid the other players who are pursuing the same goal and don’t want to share their loot. In this PvPvE horror survival shooter, everyone is your enemy – except for the one or two friends you are playing with.

Hunt: Showdown was released in summer 2019, but continues to receive improvements and new content through DLCs and patches.

Horror Games Hunt Showdown 2
The very environment of Hunt: Showdown looks extremely gloomy.

Hunt Showdown is ideal for: Those who want to compete in pairs or trios against other players and NPC monsters at the same time. Constant communication is necessary to defeat the monsters and avoid or successfully overwhelm other players.

What makes the horror of Hunt Showdown? Every match is pure adrenaline from the first to the last second. The fear of possible defeat only increases. Because even if you find and eliminate the monster first, you still have to escort the loot to a safe place. Other players can be lurking here to snatch victory for themselves. Drama and exciting twists until the last moment are guaranteed.

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Don’t Starve Together

Developer: Klei Entertainment
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Number of players: 1-6
Rating: 96 %
Link to the game: Don’t Starve Together on Steam
Horror Games Dont Starve Together

What is Don’t Starve Together? The multiplayer spin-off of Don’t Starve includes basically all the features the single-player original has – just in a shared environment. As a small comic character, you wake up in a dark world and must fight for survival. Hunger is the first problem, so berries and other food are gathered.

But you also need a fire for the night, weapons for protection, and other devices. The materials must be found in the game world, because when darkness reaches you, it may already be too late. Planned action and constant adventure drive are the focus of this cooperative game.

Horror Games Dont Starve Together 2
Don’t Starve Together has a cute graphic, making it seem lighter – yet the game is not easy.

Don’t Starve Together is ideal for: Anyone who wants a bit of horror without explicit, gruesome representations. Despite the comic graphics, the environment and the game are quite threatening, without being truly scary or intimidating.

What makes the horror of Don’t Starve Together? The real horror in Don’t Starve Together is rather minimal. The only fear that sits on your neck is the worry of losing what you have achieved when the hunger meter dangerously drops into the abyss or you suddenly get overwhelmed by creatures from the darkness. The horror is only lightly present, making it suitable for younger players.

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The most inconspicuous heroine of Marvel gets a card that breaks the whole game – Will be removed after 2 days

Marie Friske Marie Friske Reading time 2 minutes

The card of a superheroine in Marvel Snap was so bugged that it was removed from the game shortly after. However, players will soon receive compensation.

Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat is part of the X-Men and has the ability to “phase” through objects. This allows her to walk through walls or become untouchable. However, compared to the other great heroes of the X-Men, she was rather inconspicuous.

But in the card game “Marvel Snap,” the inconspicuous heroine now has her big debut, albeit unintentionally: In the game, Kitty Pryde has now caused major problems. In the most frustrating case, the entire game crashed as soon as the heroine was on the opposing team.

Here is a trailer for Marvel Snap:

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Marvel Snap – Official Announce Trailer

Kitty Pryde sometimes crashed the entire game

The card of Kitty Pryde was introduced to the game on March 28. The next day, Principal Game Designer Glenn Jones published 5 Twitter posts in which he explained the character’s mechanics in detail and pointed out some bugs.

On March 30, 2 days after the release, the card was temporarily deactivated by the developers, as they announced in a post. It was further stated that they would be working on the major problem, which the superheroine’s card was supposed to cause:

Sometimes the game would simply crash if you fought against Kitty Pryde. Therefore, they would now temporarily remove her from both matches and the shop.

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“We apologize for this inconvenience and will compensate all players at a later date. We are working hard to fix this issue and will provide updates as soon as we have more information […],” it says at the end of the post.

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On Discord there was a major update regarding Kitty Pryde on April 18, 2023:

We have been looking for solutions to the numerous problems of Kitty Pryde. However, we found that this would require fundamental changes to our current game engine.

Instead of changing the entire rules of the game or re-releasing a partially faulty card, we are redesigning Kitty’s design to fulfill her existing gameplay synergies and goals in a simpler way.

They are currently working on redesigning the card. The superheroine would then return to the game in a new version in the May patch.

Players who already own the card will receive 8,000 tokens as compensation and a Kitty Pryde Base Avatar. Additionally, all players will receive the new version of the superheroine for free in the May patch.

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Destiny 2: How to get the new Lightfall Exotics during a hidden event

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In Destiny 2 there is a Lightfall event that is only available at certain times. It guarantees players old as well as new Exotics to drop, but it is rare and hard to discover. However, one player has now created a genius solution that simplifies this for you.

Which event is it about? With the DLC “Lightfall,” Bungie has created another way to farm Exotics at the destination Neomuna. It is the exclusive Public Event “Vex Strike Force Incoming”.

The event is particularly interesting for Guardians because of its rewards, as it guarantees an Exotic armor piece to drop when successfully completed. And this is unique in Destiny 2, as no activity guaranteed an Exotic drop before Lightfall.

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The best part about the new event is that it can also drop the new Exotics that you have not yet acquired since yesterday’s midseason update. Something that was previously only possible in Lost Sectors, where the drop is not guaranteed.

With the new Vex event, it is different because it is accessible to every player – you do not have to do it alone. The biggest problem so far has just been finding it reliably, as it is super rare.

However, one player has found a genius solution that makes it much easier for you to not miss the event on Neomuna. MeinMMO has tested the player solution and is presenting it to you.

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Destiny 2: Lightfall – “Season of Resistance” trailer

Discord bot tracks the rare Exo event for you

How to not miss the Exo event anymore: On Reddit, the player Buuz135 presented his simple yet genius solution for the event’s findability problem to the Destiny 2 community.

As the player reports on Reddit, he has created a Discord bot named “Asher Mir.” This bot uses simple image recognition and regularly checks for you to see if there is a new event on the Neomuna map and whether it is a normal or the rare Vex event.

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Thanks to Buuz135, you hardly ever miss the new Exo event

His idea has been enthusiastically received, rewarded with many upvotes, and is now eagerly used by Guardians to farm the old and new Exotics.

  • If the bot detects the Vex event, it posts a short notification on a Discord server of your choice.
  • This way, Guardians no longer have to constantly search for the event and do not miss it anymore.

From what we have been able to test, the bot works flawlessly. You can also “capture” it on your own Discord server and use it there as well.

Here you see the laptop with the bot that tracks the Vex event for you (via VexNetwork Discord)

How to get event info: To not miss any event anymore, players must join Buuz135’s Discord server. There, the Asher Mir bot regularly posts the events in an announcement channel.

Anyone who wants can also bring the bot to their own server and have it post the info in a channel of their choice.

  • To do so, join Buuz135’s Discord server and select the channel “Vex Network #assistant.
  • There you now have the option to follow this channel and choose an output channel on your own Discord server.
  • Once you have done that, the bot will automatically also post the appearance of the event on your server when it is online.

This is how tough it gets at the event: The event lasts exactly 10 minutes. During this time you have to take care of and defeat 6 large Minotaurs. The difficulty level is challenging and intense. The power level classification of the enemies is 1,810, and you also have to consider the open-world penalty of Neomuna.

The mechanic consists of repeatedly breaking the shields of the Minotaurs and then dealing damage. Therefore, anyone who wants to loot needs almost certain help from other Guardians or their fireteam to succeed. However, with the new bot, this could soon be easier if more Guardians can find the event quickly.

However, there are also three small catches in this matter that should not go unmentioned.

  • You have to be quick, because once the bot discovers the event and posts it, you usually only have a few minutes to get to Neomuna for it.
  • The event does drop an Exotic upon successful completion, but you do not have the opportunity to determine which type of armor piece you will receive, unlike in Lost Sectors.
  • The bot is currently still running on Guardian Buuz135’s laptop and therefore only works if he is online. However, the community has already offered help to make the bot permanently available.

For everyone who has always missed the Vex Strike Force event or didn’t know how to find it, the Asher Mir Discord bot is definitely worth a try. With its help, you can focus better on what matters: the fight against the 6 large Vex Minotaurs, so that the Exotic drops safely.

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Is the use of the “Asher Mir” bot allowed? Bungie, the developers of Destiny 2, have not yet commented on the bot. But as long as it does not violate the terms of use, it will likely remain a useful tool for the Guardians, just like other third-party solutions.

With this new Discord bot, players in Destiny 2 have created another solution to overcome the obstacles set by Bungie and help other Guardians.

What do you think of the solution for finding the special Exo event? Will you use the bot right away? Or has it not been a challenge for you to discover the lucrative event immediately? Feel free to let us know in the comments.

For the streamer Ekuegan, there seems to be no good ending in Destiny 2, as Bungie has now once again reacted to his ban:

Twitch: Streamer dedicates his life to Destiny 2, plays over 19,000 hours – swears he is innocent, but Bungie bans him

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Twitch: Streamer dedicates his life to Destiny 2, streamed over 14,000 hours – swears he is innocent, but Bungie bans him

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 2 minutes

Bungie stirred up a big commotion in the Destiny 2 community. A well-known streamer was branded as a leaker since information regarding the upcoming Season 21 had surfaced on a Discord server. The streamer wanted to restore his reputation, but Bungie is now concluding the case.

Which streamer is affected? This involves the Twitch and YouTube streamer “Ekuega”. He and other content creators were invited to a secret meeting with Bungie to receive information about upcoming content.

However, after this meeting, important information from the conference leaked to Discord. Therefore, Bungie investigated the breach of trust and concluded that the culprit could only be Ekuega. They issued a soft ban and labeled him as a leaker, even though he still denies the act.

The streamer suspects he is being used as a scapegoat and that the real culprit is someone else, but Bungie remains unconvinced and insists the verdict is justified.

Bungie concludes the case for itself – Has enough evidence to prove the act

What has Bungie said now? While many content creators now support Ekuega and stand by him, Bungie has already made its judgment. They published a final statement on Twitter and thus conclude the case for themselves:

Our security and legal teams have examined irrefutable evidence, including video recordings, verified messages, and images that demonstrate a temporal pattern confirming that the same person has been passing confidential information from community summits over several years.

We are very disappointed to have received this information and wish things had gone differently with this person. We do not take these actions lightly, and we are confident in our decision.

This is our final statement on this matter.

via Twitter

Bungie insists that they have irrefutable evidence and that Ekuega is the perpetrator. While many fans, including Ekuega, have hoped for his ban to be lifted and for his reputation to be restored, Bungie makes it clear that it is over.

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What happens next with Ekuega? The streamer is soft-banned, so it is unclear how long this ban will last and whether it will be permanent. If it is a long ban, Ekuega will be forced to stream other games to continue working on Twitch.

Games like Warframe, Fortnite, and Lost Ark are among the games he has occasionally shown on his channel. It is quite possible that he will move on to test new games and continue streaming.

What do you think about the case? Do you believe Ekuega is guilty or just a scapegoat of a malicious leaker? Let us know in the comments!

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti: All about specs, price and performance

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The RTX 4060 Ti could replace the popular RTX 3060 (Ti). MeinMMO summarizes when the graphics card is expected to be released and what we already know about the specs, price, and performance of the RTX 4060 Ti.

After Nvidia released its last graphics card, the GeForce RTX 4070, the focus is now on the future. A promising graphics card has already been mentioned with the RTX 4060 Ti. We summarize the most important information and explain what you need to know.

However, please note that this mainly concerns speculation and leaks. As soon as there are official news from Nvidia, we will update our article.

RTX 4060 Ti Release – When is Nvidia’s graphics card coming out?

Nvidia’s RTX 4070 was released on April 13, 2023. Many therefore consider it unlikely that the manufacturer will also launch its smaller graphics card in April. Currently, there is speculation that the RTX 4060 Ti is expected to be released in May 2023.

The colleagues from Videocardz.com speculate that the launch date for the RTX 4060 Ti is likely to be in May 2023.

RTX 4060 Ti – Price

Regarding the price, Nvidia is expected to position itself between the RTX 4070 and the RTX 3060. While the RTX 3060 currently costs around 400 euros, the price for the RTX 4070 is 599 euros.

Experts estimate that the price for the RTX 4060 Ti is likely to be around 499 euros. Newer rumors suggest 450 euros. This is reported by the English magazine PCGamer.com.

However, it is quite certain that the RTX 4060 will be more expensive than its predecessor from the RTX 3000 generation.

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Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti Specs – What does the graphics card offer?

What do we know about the specs of the RTX 4060 Ti? So far, there are no official data from Nvidia regarding the RTX 4060 Ti. However, there are already some substantial leaks. For instance, the online magazine Techpowerup.com reports that the RTX 4060 Ti is expected to be equipped with 8 GB GDDR6. The base clock is said to be 2,310 MHz, and the turbo clock frequency should be 2,580 MHz.

The biggest weakness is likely to be the very low memory bus, which could significantly restrict the memory bandwidth of the graphics card.

Benchmarks for the RTX 4060: So far, there are no official benchmarks or data that could indicate the performance of the RTX 4060. We will update our article as soon as new information becomes available.

RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 4070:

GeForce RTX 3060 TiGeForce RTX 4060 TiGeForce RTX 4070
Base Clock1,410 Mhz2,310 MHz1,920 Mhz
Turbo Clock1,665 Mhz2,580 Mhz2,475 Mhz
Video Memory8 GB8 GB12 GB
Memory Bus256 bit128 bit192 bit
Price400 euros450 euros599 euros

Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti – Where to buy at MSRP?

Where should I go if I want to buy a GPU? Notebooksbilliger.de is a good place to visit if you want to buy a graphics card right at release. The retailer is an official partner of Nvidia in Germany. Here, you almost always get the official reference models at the recommended retail price.

Other retailers like Mindfactory or Alternate are often also present directly at the start of sales. If the GPUs are already sold out at release, then be patient. From experience, we know that some sellers will restock their inventories.

Custom models from other manufacturers are priced above MSRP, but you also get a higher clock frequency (= more performance) and in some cases a better cooling system. Normally, you will pay 50 – 100 euros more than for Nvidia’s reference model.

You can find general tips for buying graphics cards in the following article on MeinMMO:

What should you consider if you want a graphics card – Buy now or later?

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Of all things, a little-known 18-year-old MMORPG has a combat system that still fascinates me today

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

Rakion Chaos Force was the first MMORPG that MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch played. It was released in 2005 and was already free to play at that time. While the graphics and the general content of the game have hardly remained memorable, Alex is still impressed by the combat system back then.

I have no memory of how I discovered Rakion 18 years ago. But together with two friends from school, I played the free MMORPG for a few months. Content-wise, it could never convince me, as it completely dispensed with an open world and towns where you might encounter other players.

Although I could create my own character and choose from different classes, it initially existed only in an interface. From there, it could be equipped and improved, and I could start in dungeons (PvE) or battles (PvP). However, these always took place in instances and with a fixed group. There were no solo-player content at all.

But Rakion did one thing really well: action-packed fights. Because already back then, I had to aim myself, block enemy attacks, perform combos, and switch between two weapons as an archer. In 2005, a love for action MMORPGs ignited, which was later especially lived out through Black Desert and New World.

Who is speaking here? Alex is the MMORPG expert at MeinMMO and started his career in 2005 with Rakion and Guild Wars 1. In the latter, he accumulated over 10,000 play hours. Nowadays, he plays various MMORPGs simultaneously and tests every new title that comes to market.

Good reactions and anticipating movements instead of many skills and cooldowns

Rakion offered a small number of skills, very different from MMORPGs like WoW or Guild Wars 1, which were in vogue at that time:

  • There was a simple attack with the left mouse button
  • A strong attack by holding down the right mouse button
  • Another attack by pressing both the right and left mouse buttons together
  • Additionally, there were two more abilities by double-pressing the directional keys “W” or “S” along with the left mouse button. A jump attack forward or a dodging move backward followed each.

The fights were complemented by blocking with the “Shift” key and by archers switching weapons with “Q”. So I had the choice between a bow for ranged combat and a dagger for melee combat.

With these few abilities, none of which had a cooldown, I then dove into the fray, which was particularly challenging in PvP. Opponents dodged skillfully, simply ran away with strong but very slow abilities, or used the environment to hide from ranged attacks.

The dynamics were very different from my later favorite game Guild Wars 1, where I commanded a PvP team as a leader for years. There, tactics and the targeted use of skills and cooldowns were at the forefront, while in Rakion, it was more about quick reactions.

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Only one cooldown played a major role: the Chaos Form. This was charged through kills and could be used to become particularly strong for a short time. However, it takes a while to regain access to this form, which made timing particularly important.

Rakion is dead in 2023, but it has shaped me a lot

In 2023, it is unfortunately not worth installing Rakion again – I have tried it myself. There is almost no one online on the European servers, and only in Latin America do you occasionally see double-digit player numbers, but then you are facing strong lags.

Generally, the game content was not good enough to be relevant today. But the combat system has shaped me, and even 18 years later, when watching the videos, I must admit that it was quite decent for back then.

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Even today, I enjoy playing action MMORPGs, especially with a focus on small duels, as you saw in the video above. Nothing beats the feeling of defeating an opponent with clever dodging actions and personal skill.

Other MMORPGs that focus on action-packed battles can be found in this list:

The 7 best MMORPGs with action combat systems 2023

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Healers in WoW are too strong – that’s why Blizzard is nerfing all by 25%

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

World of Warcraft has too strong healers – at least that’s what Blizzard thinks. Therefore, there is a nerf of 25% on all to fix the problem.

The next patch of World of Warcraft is not far away. But in the latest PTR version of Patch 10.1 Embers of Neltharion, Blizzard has snuck in a “small” detail that tanks and healers might raise their eyebrows at.

Because Blizzard believes that tanks and healers have become too strong. To prevent this from getting out of hand, there is a buff that turns out to be a major nerf.

What is Blizzard changing? With Patch 10.1, the health points of all players will be increased by 25%. At the same time, however, the damage dealt by all monsters will be significantly increased by 25%. What may seem like a zero-sum game at first glance has significant implications in reality, especially for healers.

A very similar change was already made by Blizzard at the launch of Dragonflight.

A new cinematic for Patch 10.1 has already been released:

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What does Blizzard intend with this? The developers’ intention is quite clear. They want to make healing more relevant and enemies more threatening. Because especially towards the end of the season, it has been shown that tanks are often nearly invincible, and when mistakes do happen, healers can fully recover them within 2-3 seconds.

Blizzard states the following:

If damage reduction and healing abilities are too strong compared to the health of characters, then the only way to threaten them is to increase damage and equip it with spikes. If healers can quickly fully heal their teammates and mana is not a limiting factor, then the opponents must be balanced to have the ability to deal so much burst damage that players are killed before the healer can react.

This is not fulfilling gameplay. By increasing the health points of players and the damage of enemies, players have more time to react to incoming damage, and it makes the decisions about cooldowns and mana management more meaningful.

What about non-healers? All non-healers who are now worried about their support abilities can breathe a sigh of relief. The healing from various survival abilities of DPS classes will also be increased by 25%, so the actual benefit to the group or solo play remains identical. However, since these heals from DPS characters are usually severely limited and consume a lot of mana, they have little impact in group play anyway.

What do you think about this change? A good thing to keep group play exciting? Or a totally unjustified nerf for healers and tanks?

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Pokémon GO now solves 3 tasks of the special research that was broken

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO, players noticed that the special research “A Wise Hero” was broken and their progress was gone. Now, there is a solution from developer Niantic.

What was the problem? In the special research “A Wise Hero”, in the third chapter, the players’ progress was deleted when the related event ended.

The problem affected the following 3 tasks:

  • Land 3 fabulous catches
  • Earn 5 candies while walking with your buddy
  • Evolve 10 Pokémon

Especially the candy task could mean a lot of effort, as one has to – depending on the chosen buddy – walk several kilometers to collect the candies. However, some trainers were also annoyed about the candy waste during the evolutions.

Now, Niantic has reached out with a solution.

Niantic resolves the issue, trainers can pick up the rewards

This is how it will be resolved: Niantic announced via the support channel on Twitter that they were aware of the problem and wanted to offer a solution. Therefore, the third stage of the research will now be automatically completed once reached.

This means: You do not need to make any fabulous throws, or collect candies or evolutions as soon as you reach stage 3. And as stage 4 of the research also only consists of picking up rewards, you can now complete the research quickly – even if progress was reset.

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Moreover, some players are even lucky, because if they were able to pick up individual rewards before the progress was reset, they can now pick them up a second time.

At the end of the research, the special Blanche-Lapras is still waiting for you.

After “A Wise Hero” has now ended, the “Environmental Week” is next. And what else you can expect is shown in the overview of all events in April 2023 from Pokémon GO.

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Bowser is released from prison after illegal dealings, but Nintendo is not done with him yet

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Nintendo has sued members of one of the most notorious hacking groups for consoles. One accomplice was hit the hardest. He had to spend 40 months in prison but is now getting out for good behavior. One might think the nightmare is over, but Nintendo shows that they are not done with him yet.

Who is Gary Bowser? Team Xecuter is a hacking group that specializes mainly in consoles. They sold jailbreaks and mods that allow users to manipulate their consoles.

Gary Bowser is a member of this group and managed to rake in over $300,000 in profit from Team Xecuter’s illegal activities over seven years. To his detriment, Nintendo’s lawyers hunted down this group.

Gary was caught and had to go to prison for it. Now he is getting out for good behavior, but Nintendo is still not done with him.

Nintendo was awarded a high compensation

What sentence did Gary Bowser receive? The defendant Gary Bowser was sentenced in the United States to 40 months in prison and a fine of $14.5 million (via torrentfreak.com). He was able to shorten his prison sentence due to good behavior, but now his fine awaits him, which he will probably never be rid of.

Podcaster NickMoses05 conducted an interview with Gary Bowser in light of his upcoming release and asked him numerous questions regarding his sentence and the proceedings between him and Nintendo.

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Gary Bowser reports that he behaved well in prison. He used his time to help other inmates and even took a job to earn some money on the side.

However, $25 were deducted monthly from this money during his time in prison to pay off Nintendo’s fine. The convict reports that Nintendo is still entitled to 25 – 30% of his monthly gross income to pay off the outstanding fine.

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So if Gary Bowser is soon to be transferred to his home country Canada to find work and continue living, it will be quite expensive for him. It is therefore very likely that he will never get rid of this fine.

Another entity that ruthlessly pursues and prosecutes hackers is Bungie, the developers of Destiny 2:

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