For strategic reasons, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is currently downplaying Microsoft’s gaming division, Xbox. And suddenly, Sony and its PlayStation are becoming very prominent. Ultimately, it all revolves around Call of Duty and billions of US dollars.
This is what the head of Microsoft says: In a statement to Bloomberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the size of Microsoft’s gaming division, Xbox. He states:
“Microsoft is either the number 4 or number 5 in the video game industry. It depends on how you count. Sony, on the other hand, is the ‘number 1 player.'”
Sony has recently “acquired several companies.” Nadella apparently refers to Destiny developer Bungie.
He says:
So when it comes to having competition, let’s have competition.
Microsoft CEO wants to avoid the impression of dominating the market
Why is he downplaying Xbox? There are strategic reasons behind this.
In January, Microsoft made an acquisition offer for the company “Activision Blizzard” for $69 billion.
Such a purchase must be approved by regulatory authorities worldwide. There is a risk that such a gigantic corporation could emerge, creating a monopoly and endangering free competition.
Currently, only Saudi Arabia has given the green light – authorities in the EU and the UK have announced that they will investigate the purchase more closely. They want to find out if the merger “would substantially lessen competition.”
Sony has expressly welcomed this investigation.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II “Ultimate Team” Teaser
Microsoft boss is “very, very confident” that the purchase of Activision will go through
Will the deal go through? If it depends on the CEO of Microsoft, he feels very confident:
“Of course, every purchase of this size is thoroughly investigated, but I feel very, very confident that we will get through this.”
What problem does Sony have? Sony apparently fears that Microsoft could include the Activision brand “Call of Duty” in the Xbox Game Pass at no extra cost or remove the series from Sony’s PlayStation. This would be a significant disadvantage for players, in their view.
That’s why Nadella emphasizes so clearly that Microsoft is so small in gaming and Sony is so big, to underline: Hey, we need the purchase for competition to even exist.
Players who have access to the beta of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 will have access to a wide selection of weapons. However, most of these are locked, and players are wondering how to unlock the weapons this time. We at MeinMMO have the answer for you.
What has changed in MW2 regarding weapon unlocking? Call of Duty has always had a fairly simple system for how players can unlock their weapons.
For this, you only needed to level up your account. This happens whenever you complete matches and gather as many XP as possible through kills or similar achievements. This way, you level up your account and automatically unlock weapons at the respective level tiers.
In Modern Warfare 2, however, it is no longer quite the same.
The gunsmith has almost completely abandoned your account level. You can unlock many weapons regardless of your level in the so-called platforms. We will show you how this works in the beta and what you need to do for it in the following section.
Here again is the trailer for the gunsmith in Modern Warfare 2:
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CoD Modern Warfare 2: Gunsmith Trailer
Unlocking weapons in the beta – Here’s how
What are platforms? To better understand the new system, you need to know what platforms are. In the beta, there are two platforms:
The Lachmann Meer platform
The M4 platform
These platforms encompass a collection of weapons that players can overview in the “Progress” menu of a selected weapon in the gunsmith.
This is what a level system of the respective platforms looks like
To access other weapon models in the series, you need to level up these platforms step by step. You start in the “M4 platform” with the M4 and can then unlock the FTAC Recon and the 556 Icarus upon reaching the required weapon level.
The Icarus and the Recon can also be leveled up, offering new attachments and unlocking other weapons again. Once you have unlocked the weapons here, they can be selected in the weapon selection as usual – but not before.
In the weapon selection, you will see the platform that a weapon belongs to at the top left under the weapon’s name. The beta also features weapons that do not belong to any platform.
The base weapons of the individual platforms can still be unlocked via the account level. The Lachmann platform is available at beta rank 16.
Select your newly acquired rifles and repeat the XP gathering. This way, you can gradually unlock new guns. Essentially, you are forced to equip and fight with even unpopular weapons. Only by doing so can you complete your weapon collection.
This is how you unlock all known weapons in the beta. If you don’t have access to the Lachmann, we have just the right trick for you to include it in your gear anyway.
Infinity Ward, the studio behind Modern Warfare 2, has released the patch notes for the second beta weekend. MeinMMO tells you what is changing, what to look out for, and how the community has reacted to the changes.
The kickoff for the beta of Modern Warfare 2 took place last week with a big event in Los Angeles, and as is customary at such events, many streamers and content creators were present. Immediately afterward, the public testing phase for the new Call of Duty began, and some of you have likely already tested the game.
While the access to the beta was exclusive to PlayStation players on the first weekend, players on Xbox and PC can finally participate in the test starting this weekend. There is even a complete open beta, for which you do not need to pre-order.
For the second beta weekend, Infinity Ward is offering the community two new maps: Shariff Bay and Sa’id. Additionally, you can test new game modes: Ground War and Invasion. You may already know Ground War from MW 2019, but Invasion is a new game mode. In this mode, you play 20 vs. 20 players, plus there are 20 AI opponents, and you have access to water, air, and land vehicles.
Check out the trailer for the beta of Modern Warfare 2 on PlayStation here:
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CoD Modern Warfare 2: PlayStation trailer for the beta
The adjustments for the second beta weekend
The developers at Infinity Ward are diligently analyzing numerous games and gathering corresponding feedback from social media.
For the second round of the beta, the developers have already fixed several bugs:
Diverse reasons for crashes have been fixed
Some gameplay exploits have been fixed
The layout and lighting of some maps have been changed
The progression system around the gunsmith has been updated and some bugs have been fixed
Furthermore, Infinity Ward has made balance changes to many weapons. The developers emphasize that this is just fine-tuning – no weapon has been “nerfed into the ground.” If you want to know which weapon the gunsmith is available for this weekend, take a look at the linked tweet:
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What things are the developers focusing on in the second beta weekend?
The community is very active and has already provided a lot of feedback. This has made Infinity Ward aware of a few things, and they want to take a closer look at these systems.
Mini-Map – Compared to Modern Warfare 2019, the new mini-map only shows enemies when you have activated a UAV. Previously, you would receive visual information in the form of a red dot when an enemy player fired their weapon. The developers are concerned that players might feel punished for using their weapon. Additionally, it is better design if you actively have to search for your opponents instead of just following the red dots on the mini-map.
Visibility – In the beta, some testers complain that it is difficult to track their aim when engaged in a firefight. Therefore, the developers are changing the brightness of your muzzle flash and considering various options so you can better distinguish enemies from friends.
User Interface – Many testers criticize the user interface. Compared to its predecessor, it is unnecessarily complicated. Infinity Ward wants to improve this and make it a bit more intuitive.
Perks – Many testers dislike the new perk system, where perks only become available gradually during a match. They hope that Infinity Ward reworks this system. The developers are increasing the rate at which you can earn perks for testing purposes – but only starting with the launch of the open beta on the evening of September 24.
Audio – The volume of various interactions will be reworked. Opponent footsteps are expected to become a bit quieter overall, but they should be easier to distinguish from other sounds and “friendly” footsteps.
Slides – Slides have been a major point of contention within the community for some time. However, the developers say that the decision to remove slide-canceling from the game has been mostly well-received. They want to revise the slide mechanics to make the gameplay smoother. Some players have also discovered a new slide-cancel.
How is the community reacting?
As expected, the community’s reaction is mixed. While most players welcome the open communication from the developers, the individual changes are still being discussed intensively.
Professionals and streamers criticize the direction of the game. In their opinion, it caters too much to casual players. The simplification of many mechanics is said to take away the depth of the game and thus part of its appeal.
Casual players, on the other hand, welcome many of the changes, praising the revision of movement mechanics. Many are happy that slide-canceling will soon be a thing of the past.
The people behind the American news site “CharlieIntel” have also drawn their conclusions. They say about the feedback from MW2: “It’s like 2019” referring to the predecessor CoD MW 2019 (via twitter.com).
Now it’s your turn: Do you welcome the changes? Do you think they go too far or not far enough? Feel free to leave us comments.
We wanted to know how long you have been playing World of Warcraft – and the answer is quite amusing. Because it is the purest cliché.
A few days ago, we jokingly asked whether the community of MeinMMO is more of a “Wrath baby” or a “Cataclysm kiddy” in relation to World of Warcraft. In other words: We wanted to know, which expansion you started with World of Warcraft. Over 1,600 of you answered the call and provided your responses.
The result is amusingly striking and exactly corresponds to what one might expect.
The majority are Vanilla veterans
The vast majority of you have been playing since the Vanilla version of World of Warcraft (or at least claim to). A solid 53% or 881 votes stated that they have played before the first expansion was released. This definitely counts as one of the early WoW players, being able to boast about spending time in the game when others were not even born yet. However, a look at the “/played” time might lead to a small existential crisis. Better not do it.
Our reader Koronus just experienced Burning Crusade:
I started on August 20, 2008. So I was still just within TBC, even though I really had my new player experience with WotLK.
T.M.P. wrote in the comments:
WoW Beta until Cataclysm, actually consistently as a progression raider.
Unfortunately, our server died slowly back then, and transferring all my chars would have cost a ridiculously high amount. That was the beginning of the end for me.
Then I played MoP and WoD for a while, even leveled a few new profession chars, but it just wasn’t the same for me anymore.
Burning Crusade takes second place
With a clear distance, many players found their way into World of Warcraft during the expansion “The Burning Crusade.” As the first addon ever, WoW still had real traction back then. The game was in its “upswing phase” and many found a starting point with the release of the expansion to dive into Azeroth (and the shattered world).
At that time, WoW had already evolved significantly and focused on popular characters like Kael’thas, Illidan, and Lady Vashj, which also excited many who remembered Warcraft III.
Burning Crusade brought a focus on many well-known characters.
“Wrath babies” land in third place
In third place are the newcomers who started with Wrath of the Lich King. This is not surprising as Wrath of the Lich King represented the peak of the World of Warcraft player base. This was mainly due to the story bringing back Arthas, who ruled as the Lich King in Northrend – an open plot point since Warcraft III. Many found their entry into WoW with this expansion and simultaneously their conclusion with a storyline that had started many years ago in a strategy game.
Irxg writes:
I started with WotLK, but had the best time at the launch of Cataclysm when dungeons became hard again and mana was scarce. Blizzard lost me in the Firelands expansion. There was no loot in the raid for healing priests in the Firelands back then – and Blizzard thought that was a “great” idea.
And with that, everything interesting has actually been said, because from now on the “curve” develops exactly as it did in the first three expansions: the later the expansion was released, the fewer players found their way into World of Warcraft at that point. Therefore, let’s run through the remaining numbers quickly:
The answer reveals what problem WoW has: However, one must not forget that in this striking distribution of votes lies a rather large problem for WoW: It is becoming increasingly difficult for World of Warcraft to attract new players, and this problem only grows with each expansion.
However, other factors may also play a role. It might be the case that younger expansion WoW fans simply spend less time on news portals or get their information from other sources, which may explain their lower presence in the survey.
Nevertheless, it is quite astonishing that the curve follows exactly in the order of the release of the expansions. Or did you expect exactly that?
The biggest topic in recent days was the leak regarding GTA VI (GTA 6), with about 90 videos from various development stages of the game. Initial damage control was initiated, now the FBI is involved and Rockstar Games does not want to make any comments on Twitter and elsewhere for the time being.
In the days following the massive hack and leak of the latest installment in the GTA series, GTA VI, the topic is far from over. Forum operators suspect that at least two people were involved in the hack. Meanwhile, the FBI is also on the case.
In the leaked videos, there were shootings, heists, and police chases.
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive quickly started banning the leaks from the internet after they were published.
On September 19, Rockstar Games released a statement stating that they were extremely disappointed and that the hacker illegally gained access to Rockstar Games’ networks.
The FBI is investigating – Against 2 hackers?
What indicates multiple hackers? The management of the GTAForums website examined the account of the hacker who showcased the material in the forum. In a statement, it says: Based on the posting behavior and the IP addresses, there is reason to believe that the account teapotuberhacker was “actively used by at least 2 people”.
“One is the original leaker ‘Teapot’ and the other person calls themselves ‘Lily’. Teapot is said to have authored the initial posts containing the leaked material. Lily is said to have promoted a Telegram channel that is still active.
Who is behind it? Just recently, the company Uber was hacked. In a statement on Uber’s website, it is stated that the hacker is likely part of a group called Lapsus$. The group uses similar approaches in their hacks and has also attacked Microsoft, Samsung, and Nvidia before. The statement further says: “Over the weekend, it was also reported that the same actor infiltrated the video game manufacturer Rockstar Games. We are in close coordination with the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice on this matter and will continue to support their efforts.”
What happened recently? Regularly, Rockstar Games keeps its players updated on the latest updates in their games through social media. Every Thursday, for example, a post about the new bonus week in GTA Online is published. However, last Thursday, September 22, something changed: The comment function is disabled. On Twitter and Instagram, you cannot comment:
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Perhaps Rockstar Games wants to curb those who cannot understand the leaked material with the disabled comments. Because in recent days, many voices arose evaluating the material and drawing conclusions about the quality of the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series.
The latest announcements from Twitch have many streamers considering switching to the competition of YouTube Gaming. The schadenfreude is high among YouTube streamers Guy “DrDisrespect” Beahm and Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter.
What change is being discussed? On September 21, Twitch announced changes to the revenue sharing for streamers. The previous special treatment for larger streamers will no longer be applicable.
Who has spoken out now? DrDisrespect and Valkyrae are both successful content creators on YouTube with 4.08 million and 3.72 million subscribers, respectively. However, there is a crucial difference:
While Valkyrae received an exclusive contract from YouTube in 2020 as one of the first larger names and left Twitch for it, the situation is a bit different for DrDisrespect. He was permanently banned from Twitch the same year, just a few months after signing a multi-year deal.
The reasons for the ban have never been clarified.
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What has the Doc said now? In a tweet from September 21, DrDisrespect sharply criticized Twitch. It has become quite a lousy platform, hasn’t it? The Doc added to his post the phrase “Karma gets everyone eventually.”
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Valkyrae is clearer about it: She tweets from a YouTube event, where she directly speaks with executives. Twitch, on the other hand, is simply greedy.
What bothers Valkyrae about Twitch? She criticizes that Twitch harms both its audience and the actual backbone of the platform, the streamers. At YouTube, they wish for success for both platforms, yet Twitch just throws everything away.
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Valkyrae apparently sees the advertising on Twitch as particularly critical. Twitch had indirectly prompted its streamers to simply compensate for their losses from a lower revenue share by running more ads – the share of ad revenue was indeed increased.
Criticism also comes from within
Who else has spoken out? The possibly largest MMORPG streamer Zack, aka Asmongold, also took the opportunity to criticize advertising on Twitch. It would kill the platform, said the streamer.
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With 3.3 million followers, Asmongold runs a pretty successful channel on Twitch, but is currently streaming on his secondary account zackrawrr with nearly a million followers.
Whether a subsequent switch to YouTube is on the horizon given the criticism is still unknown. However, it is clear that the drama at Twitch simply does not want to stop right now. Frustration seems to be running high among streamers and viewers alike.
What do you think about the whole situation? Is YouTube the big winner here? Or will many face a rude awakening when they realize that there is also advertising there? Feel free to leave us a comment with your opinion.
The Canadian Félix “xQc” Lengyel has a unique opinion on the switches to YouTube:
The mobile game Clash of Clans is hosting worldwide watch parties for the finale of its Clash Festival: The eSports World Tournament, which will take place from September 23 to September 25.
What’s happening in Berlin: Today, on September 23, the World Finals of the mobile game Clash of Clans started in Helsinki. In this eSports event, the best Clash players from around the world compete in 8 different teams for a prize pool of 1 million dollars, with the winner taking home 300,000 dollars.
In parallel, the developer Supercell is hosting viewing parties for fans in various major cities around the world. Such viewing parties are also taking place in Germany, specifically in the capital city, Berlin.
Date: From September 23 to September 25
Time: From 09:00 to 02:00
Address: 10117 Berlin, Schützenstraße 73
LvL Berlin is a meeting point for gamers (Image source: Twitter)
LvL Berlin has been chosen as the location for this event. It is part of “LvL – World of Gaming,” a series of venues tailored for gamers. There are arcade machines, VR areas, PCs, and consoles for gaming together. So everything a gamer’s heart desires.
This is Clash of Clans: The game was originally released in August 2012 and has rapidly grown over the past few years. With over 500 million downloads, it is among the most played mobile games in 2022.
For several years, the eSports scene of Clash of Clans has also been built up and expanded. In 2019, the first Worlds tournament was held, where the winners took home 250,000 dollars. This year follows up with more community involvement thanks to the watch parties.
By the way, we once talked to a Clash pro player about eSports on mobile devices:
In Destiny 2 there are weekly steps for the story quest of the season. While these quests can usually be completed alongside, many Guardians apparently encountered a quest step this week that was too challenging. Therefore, Bungie had to intervene and has completed the task for you.
Easy to say than to do, because what looks like an easy task for a small number of players is obviously a tough undertaking for the large number of part-time Guardians.
Bungie noticed this and ultimately completed the task automatically for every Guardian without hesitation.
Bungie shows with this test who is in charge
According to Bungie, this sudden intervention in the seasonal quest had a good reason. On Twitter, it was clarified that the requirements were simply too high for many players.
However, unlike previous tasks that were merely reduced by half, Bungie this time completed the entire quest step automatically for you.
Many Guardians have a hard time completing challenges
However, those who are familiar with the seasonal quests know that this step seemed more like an experiment. Many tasks from Bungie for the seasonal story can usually be easily completed alongside and are rarely a major challenge.
This time, however, Guardians were required to do something truly challenging compared to previous tasks.
It was necessary to kill 50 champions, the most challenging enemies in Destiny 2.
Those who wanted the most progress had to venture into the “Ketchcrash” activity at the “Grandmaster” difficulty.
“Grandmaster” not only has a power level requirement of 1600 but also no player search.
Just a few days after the weekly reset, Bungie rolled back on this. Many Guardians were obviously struggling to complete the task. And without completing the weekly story quest, you wouldn’t be able to progress in the coming week of the season.
It is basically clear who is in charge in Destiny 2 after this test, and that is the casual players. For many of the part-time Guardians, it was sadly an impossible task or just very difficult to manage.
A little challenge is too much for most Guardians: This case of backing down shows that Bungie wants to make it easy for the majority of Guardians. Little challenges for players who have little time for their quests during the week.
While many long-time Guardians could only laugh at this task, new lights began to sweat significantly. Because over the normal strikes, the task either took forever, and where the most progress could be made, it was not an easy task solo.
But there are also Guardians who understand such adjustments, like reddit user TheGuyFromTheM0vie:
“[…] Would a casual father with 5 wives, 3 jobs, and 8 kids – who logs in every week to play the story – even know how to farm champions? Do they even know what a champion is or what mods exist for it or how they work? I seriously doubt it, as crazy as that sounds. But think about it – where would they ever see champions in a NON-endgame, NON-grandmaster+ activity? […]”
So, it is simply not possible for many Guardians to reach a level where facing champions is routine without being stomped into the ground.
This shows the community that Bungie has quite a bit of work ahead to create a platform where both pro players and casuals can play together without adjustments.
What do you think of Bungie’s surprising change of heart? Do you think it was a test or an accidental slip in quest development that shouldn’t have happened? Let us know in the comments!
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A new feature on Steam now tells you interesting statistics about the most popular games. MeinMMO shows you what information Steam provides with the new tool and where to find it.
What is this feature? With the new tool, Steam now shows you in detail which games are the most popular, which is particularly interesting if you want to know which games are currently being played a lot or are the most purchased.
What information do you get? Steam provides insights into player numbers with the new feature. You can see the 100 games that are played the most. In the first step, you can sort by current or daily players.
If you sort by current players, you see how many people are playing a game at that moment. For Lost Ark, the value is, for example, 99,983 at 10:40 AM on September 23, 2022. Additionally, you find out the peak number of concurrent players in the past 24 hours. For Lost Ark, this is 203,625.
If you sort the list by daily players, the statistics share the peak concurrent player count of the last 24 hours and additionally indicate how many places a game has gained or lost compared to the previous week.
In the other list, you again see the best-selling games in a top 100. Steam also gives you information about how many ranks a game has risen or fallen and tells you how many weeks the mentioned title has been in the top 100.
You can also sort the statistics precisely by numerous countries or view the global values. CoD: MW2 has, for example, risen by 37 places in Germany since last week and has been in the top 100 for 6 weeks already. Worldwide, however, the shooter has only climbed 19 places, but has already been in the charts for 10 weeks (via Steam).
Additionally, in all the lists, you always find out the price of a game and can click on the name to go directly to its Steam page.
Where can you find this feature? If you want to take a look at the new Steam statistics, we from MeinMMO show you where to find them:
Open Steam via the application on PC or in a browser.
Select “Store” from the upper screen line with Shop, Library, Community, and your username.
You don’t have to click on it, just hover over the term.
Now you see several terms lined up vertically. Click on “Statistics” here.
You are now in the overview with different lists and can choose between “Bestsellers” and “Most Played”.
In the image, we have highlighted the areas you need to select. Keep in mind that the screenshot was taken in a browser and the layout varies slightly in the Steam application. However, you will find the term “Store” including the subcategory “Statistics” in both cases at the top.
What do you think about the new feature on Steam? Are you taking a look to see which games are currently popular and frequently purchased, or are you not a fan of statistics? Feel free to leave us a comment and let us know here on MeinMMO!
Just a few months ago, Steam released a change that received some positive reactions and made acquiring free games and DLCs easier.
Mythic is a new MMORPG on Steam that incorporates roguelike elements and allows you to explore endless labyrinths in pixel graphics. Starting from September 29, 2022, you can play it in Early Access.
The developers of the MMORPG are Abyssal Studios LLC, a studio consisting of only 2 people. They promise a unique connection between MMORPG and roguelite. They aim to take and combine their favorite elements from both genres.
Explore endless labyrinths and improve your character
What kind of game is this? In Mythic, you are exploring dungeons along with hundreds of other players. These are procedurally generated elements that extend infinitely and offer you various biomes: water, air, earth, fire, and order.
According to the different biomes, you have 5 different skill trees to level up your character.
70 different items that you can find. They have different levels, and some are rarer than others.
Through crafting, you can further customize your items.
Explore the labyrinth alone or in a group.
Whoever discovers new parts of the world first receives a reward.
Mini-games where you earn points to obtain equipment.
Retro graphics with pixel art.
However, those who die do not lose all items, as it is the case in many roguelikes. While the developers promise you many deaths, there is no permadeath. If you complete a biome and unlock abilities, you can still use them despite dying.
However, if you die within a biome, you return to the start and lose what you had just earned.
Mythic is suitable for you if…
you are a fan of roguelikes
you are not deterred by the pixel graphics
you want to experience a roguelike with many other players
you are not too frustrated if you die frequently in a biome and have to start over
What do you think about Mythic? Have you long wanted a mix of roguelike and MMORPG and are now looking forward to playing it next week? Or is the retro graphics rather an off-putting aspect of the game? Do you enjoy puzzles and labyrinths? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO!
More experience points in a short time are hardly possible in Minecraft. It took the player a year of preparation for a whopping 226 level-ups in one go.
Even though Minecraft is not a traditional “grinding game” for experience points, XP does have a pretty significant use. After all, it can be used to enchant tools, creating the best pickaxes or armor to work even more efficiently or defeat enemies like the Ender Dragon.
Most of the time, you simply collect XP “on the side” while farming ores, killing animals or enemies. However, there are also mechanics to store XP over a longer time in an XP farm, and one player has fully utilized this system.
What happened? In the Minecraft subreddit, the user “JustinTimeCuber” released a short clip of his Minecraft world. Here you see him standing in front of a large machine equipped with some levers.
For a whole year, he let this machine work with numerous furnaces, processing items for him. To see how much experience points he had accumulated with it, he quickly killed himself and reset his level to 0.
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With a final click, he then transferred all the accumulated XP orbs from the machine to his character. Levels fly by, and in the end, he reaches an astounding final score of level 226.
This corresponds to approximately 197,000 experience points – an absurdly large amount.
How does it work? Unlike many other “XP farms,” the one shown does not work through killed enemies but makes use of another property: smelting items in the furnace.
When items like iron or gold are smelted in the furnace, they generate a small amount of experience points each time. Normally, these experience points are immediately collected when you take the smelted item out of the furnace. However, when the items are transferred by a hopper, the furnaces store these experience points internally until a player manually takes an item out of the furnace.
And that’s exactly what you see in the clip: a whopping 226 levels are gained for the character in the course of 8 seconds, who afterwards is set for life – at least until the next seemingly friendly creeper resets the XP.
By the way, the trick only works in the Java version of Minecraft. In the Bedrock variant, it can’t be implemented as easily.
How do you get your experience points in Minecraft? Do you have any XP farms running, or do you farm traditionally through battles and the mining of rare ores?
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While FIFA 23 is still waiting, the web app has already been released. However, players are struggling with errors there. Now EA announces which problems are currently being addressed.
What is going on with the FIFA 23 Web App? Since the FIFA 23 Web App was released on Wednesday, players can start building their FUT clubs, operate on the transfer market, and solve SBCs.
There were login issues around the launch of the web app, which have now been resolved. However, these are not the only problems currently present in the app.
An error that quickly caught many players’ attention is that some SBCs are simply unsolvable. They require chemistry values that mutually exclude each other and cannot therefore be completed at this time.
SBC cannot be submitted: Another example is an SBC that appears to meet the requirements, but cannot be submitted. Players also puzzled over this – and found that the problem seems to lie with a bugged position in the 5-3-2 formation, which does not provide chemistry. If chemistry can be achieved with the rest of the team, the SBC can apparently be submitted.
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Additionally, players noted further errors, such as incorrectly assigned leagues on Lúcio’s hero card. He exists as a Serie A variant, but also in the Bundesliga. Such things are currently shared by players on reddit:
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What does EA say about the problems in the FIFA 23 Web App?
This is what EA says: On the Twitter channel “FIFA Direct Communication,” EA addressed the problems. For example, Lúcio’s card was discussed: players should receive their coins back if they purchased the card in the transfer market. The same applies to Hideoshi Nakata’s card, which also had an incorrect league on it (via Twitter).
Furthermore, it was explained in a tweet that several problems in the FIFA 23 Web App and Companion App are now being investigated. The complete list has been documented in the “EA Sports FIFA Tracker” on Trello.
An overview of the current issues that are being investigated (via Trello):
Some SBCs cannot be completed, even if the requirements are fully met.
FUT heroes give chemistry in a wrong way – like icons. In fact, the chemistry influences of both card types differ in the new chemistry system.
Some SBCs require exact rather than minimal chemistry and are therefore unsolvable. This is the error that makes some SBCs mathematically unsolvable.
For some SBCs, the word “untradeable” is not displayed directly next to the rewards, but only in the SBC description. Therefore, one should pay close attention – otherwise, one might solve an SBC with the hope of being able to share the rewards on the transfer market, and then it won’t be possible.
Some Nakata and Lúcio cards still display the incorrect league. The items should show the correct league when they are received or added to transfer targets.
There are already several problems to solve here. The complete FIFA 23 release is set to arrive next week.
Despite the errors, the new chemistry system has already caused discussions among players. For instance, cards no longer give chemistry if they are not in their correct position, leading to confusion when building SBCs.
In Diablo 4, many pieces of information have been published far too early because some testers did not adhere to their confidentiality agreements. Fans took a closer look at the gameplay and summarized what they could find out about loot and inventory.
What features are there? According to the leak, Diablo 4 will have several ways to manage your inventory more easily. Among other things, fans have found tabs that allow the inventory to be sorted by equipment, consumables, quest items, and essences.
Additionally, it is said that it will be possible to mark items as “trash” to quickly sell them to the vendor with a click, and there should be a function to melt down items by rarity, as was already the case in Diablo 3.
Some of the content was already known before. Details about the loot, for example, emerged after the first alpha leak. Back then, however, there was not nearly as much to see as now, which is why part of the community sees it as confirmation.
However, we cannot say for certain whether the content will actually be in the game. These are early tests and much can still change. Soon you may be able to get a glimpse of the current state of the game yourself as the closed beta will start.
In June, Blizzard presented the release timeframe for Diablo 4 with a new gameplay showcase. It is set to release in 2023:
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Diablo 4 reveals release period and new gameplay – Shows character editor and open world in trailer
Diablo 4 starts closed beta, invites more players
Diablo 4 will soon start its closed beta, in which endgame features are to be tested. Only content will be available that you will be spending time with at the maximum level in the upcoming hack and slash.
Among the contents are particularly challenging nightmare dungeons, the detailed Paragon system, or hell floods that make enemies stronger in certain zones – similar to the terror zones currently in Diablo 2.
You have a chance to participate if you sign up for the beta and have previously spent a lot of time in Diablo 2 Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal. Blizzard primarily wants to invite veterans who already have experience in endgame.
However, the beta will take place under an NDA, so you will not be allowed to share your experiences. The information Blizzard has provided so far is already enough to unsettle some fans. This is likely due to a single phrasing:
Many are now looking at the competition. Even some users who have bought Nvidia for years are now considering trying AMD.
Prices of the RTX 4000 discourage many gamers
What exactly is the problem? Anyone wanting to buy a new graphics card from the 4000 series must pay at least 1099 euros. In comparison, the RTX 3080 cost “only” 729 euros, although prices were higher at release due to mining and resource shortages. For many users, the price has reached a limit they do not wish to exceed.
Additionally, AMD has seen its components integrated into more gaming systems over the past months, gaining market share.
What are users discussing? For instance, there are currently discussions on reddit about whether to consider AMD. There is a thread on reddit where users want to know which manufacturer offers the best AMD graphics cards. Others even believe that AMD with the RX 7000 could have the chance to overtake Nvidia – just as AMD did with Intel thanks to Ryzen processors (via reddit.com).
What is another point in favor of AMD? AMD has always focused strongly on price. It offered similar performance to Nvidia but always at a slightly lower price.
The fact that AMD has officially reduced prices for the current generation 6000 by up to 30% reinforces gamers’ hopes (via reddit.com) that AMD will not adopt the same pricing strategy as Nvidia is currently implementing.
For many, therefore, “Team Red” is the hope of getting a future graphics card without spending 1,000 euros or more for current features. However, there is still a catch that could dampen those hopes.
RX 7000: Price and release are still completely unknown
What could the problems be? So far, AMD has only briefly teased its latest graphics card generation during the Ryzen 7000 presentation. Nothing is known about performance, efficiency, or even pricing.
If Nvidia is aiming for realistic prices for components, as some speculate, then AMD graphics cards could become similarly expensive in the future.
It then depends on how important it is for AMD to gain more market share with the next generation of graphics cards. If they go high-end on prices, it could be costly for AMD, but could pay off. With more customers, they could also position themselves better in the long run.
Additionally, AMD’s most recent affordable graphics card did not do it any favors: The RX 6500 XT disappointed many, as AMD stripped away many features. Moreover, the RX 6500 XT offered less performance and fewer features than graphics cards that are several years old.
What do you think? Are you considering switching to AMD or will you wait to see how the situation develops? More information about the next generation of AMD and Nvidia can be found in the following article here on MeinMMO:
The 19-year-old Twitch streamer and grandmaster Hans Niemann is shaking up the chess world. World champion Magnus Carlsen had to play against Niemann again on Monday, September 19, made one move, and then resigned the game. There are allegations that 19-year-old Niemann is cheating. However, there is no evidence for this.
What happened?
Magnus Carlsen faced Hans Niemann in a tournament on September 19: In the 6th round of the “Julius Bear Generation Cup”, the two were paired against each other. The match was played online and broadcast live.
But instead of completing the match, Carlsen moved a knight, then resigned and turned off the camera.
A commentator said: “This has never happened before. I can’t believe it. Magnus refuses to play against Hans. He will participate in the tournament, but he says: I’m not playing against him.”
Magnus Carlsen, the five-time world champion.
Casters are completely shocked by the action
This is the scene: You can see the whole action in the video. After 2 moves from Niemann, Carlsen’s camera just turns off. The casters are flabbergasted.
One said when Carlsen appeared for the match, people thought: Good, now we can concentrate on chess again. But the opposite was the case:
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Why is this important? Magnus Carlsen is the five-time world champion and is considered by many to be the best chess player who has ever lived. He rarely loses. Before the match against Niemann two weeks ago, Carlsen had not lost 53 games in a row.
Carlsen implies that Niemann could be cheating – but never says it directly
What problem does he have with Niemann? Carlsen surprisingly lost to the underdog Niemann with White in a chess duel two weeks ago. After that, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament.
There were implied allegations that the Twitch streamer Hans Niemann must have cheated somehow. Some speculated that he could have circumvented the strict security measures with a sex toy that was in his butt and sent vibrations. However, it seems that an absurd joke has gotten out of hand.
Niemann had been banned twice as a child and teenager for cheating from the chess.com platform, but he insists that everything is above board now and he has never cheated at the “board”.
Does Carlsen say that the Twitch streamer is cheating? Not directly. In a statement, Carlsen says:
Unfortunately, I can’t speak about it in detail, but people will draw their own conclusions, and they surely have. I must say: I am very impressed with Niemann’s play, and I think his mentor, Maxim Dlugy, must be doing a great job.
Carlsen also said: Whether it is currently a massive problem or not, it is quite easy to cheat in chess – so generally speaking. He believes that cheaters should not be taken lightly in the future, neither online nor over the board.
Twitch is always good for a surprise:
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Twitch: One of the most popular clips shows a super sweet scare moment
Integrity of the chess game in discussion
What is the problem? To cheat live, a player actually only needs access to a chess computer that has an absurdly high playing strength, like Stockfish. A top player only needs to consult such an engine once or twice in a match to gain significant advantages.
The question is how Niemann could have gained access to such information live at the board. However, it seems that Carlsen suspects that Niemann is cheating, and his rise in rating from 2484 (January 2021) to 2688 (September 2022) can only be explained that way.
How Niemann could have cheated during the live tournament at the board remains a mystery.
In any case, the behavior of the world champion suggests that the chess sport may have an integrity problem if the allegation constantly looms: He won, so he must have cheated.
Since the success of “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix, chess has been experiencing a surge on Twitch. Individual chess players have become influencers and use the streaming platform Twitch to reach a new audience:
Blizzard released the new Patch 2.5 for Diablo 2: Resurrected on September 22, 2022. The biggest new feature is the Terror Zones, which make monsters stronger in various areas. In addition, there are over 70 bug fixes and adjustments, as well as a preview of Season 2.
What does the update change? With Patch 2.5, Terror Zones are introduced. When activated, these strengthen an area in the game every hour. Monsters in terrorized zones become stronger, depending on their type, between +2 to +5 levels compared to you.
You can identify terrorized zones by special icons on the monsters and the keyword “Terrorized” on the minimap. Additionally, terrorized zones are bathed in a special light.
Waypoints closest to the zone are highlighted in purple. You can activate Terror Zones for your game once you have defeated Baal at least once with the corresponding character and on the appropriate difficulty.
This is what the Terror Zones look like.
What do Terror Zones bring me? Enemies grant you more loot and experience based on their “new” level. The goal is to offer you an alternative leveling method that does not solely consist of dull Baal runs.
Repeatedly killing Baal has been one of the most common methods for leveling since the release of Lord of Destruction in July 2001. In the 21 years players have developed other methods, but Baal runs are still the go-to method today. At least until now.
Here you can see the legendary cinematic for Act V of Diablo 2 with the final boss Baal:
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Diablo 2 Resurrected – Cinematic zu Akt V
2. Ladder starts soon – Removes immunities from enemies for the first time
What’s included in the 2. Ladder? With the 2. Ladder, you will be able to obtain new spells (“Charms”), the Sunder Charms. These allow you for the first time to deal elemental damage to enemies against which they are normally immune.
From Hell, enemies can have such high resistances to magic, physical damage, or elemental damage that they become immune to it. Many builds, such as the Sorceress builds, rely on particularly strong spells of a specific element – such as frost or fire.
However, if an enemy is immune to that element, you can hardly kill them. The new spells reduce the resistance to 95%, even before other modifiers are calculated. This allows you to deal damage, but you will also receive correspondingly more damage of that type in return. The new spells are:
The Black Cleft – Breaks magic immunity and reduces your resistance by 45-60 %
The Bone Break – Breaks physical immunity and reduces your resistance by 10-30 %
The Cold Rupture – Breaks cold immunity and reduces your resistance by 70-90 %
The Crack of the Heavens – Breaks lightning immunity and reduces your resistance by 70-90 %
The Flame Rift – Breaks fire immunity and reduces your resistance by 70-90 %
The Rotting Fissure – Breaks poison immunity and reduces your resistance by 70-90 %
The spells come in corresponding colors for easy identification.
What exactly is the Ladder? Ladders are the feature that makes Diablo 2 so popular and are essentially the same as seasons that you might know from Diablo 3. You need to create a new character. The idea behind the system is that you measure yourself against other players to be the first to reach level 99.
Ladder characters have access to special loot, such as the new Sunder Charms, Horadrim recipes, or rune words. After the Ladder, your characters will be transferred to the standard games list and retain their special loot.
When does the Ladder start? The Patch 2.5 is already live, but the new Ladder will start on October 6 at 2:00 AM German time.
The new Diablo 4 is also already on the starting blocks and will soon launch its first closed beta, where endgame features will be tested. You might have a chance to be selected if you have played Diablo 2: Resurrected extensively. However, fans are already concerned:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be released on October 28 and before that, there will be closed and open beta phases. Currently, the second beta weekend is underway, with pre-orders on PC and Xbox getting access now, and there is even an open beta on PlayStation. MeinMMO has all the information.
Here we will post the available modes of the beta: – Team Deathmatch – Domination – Prisoner Rescue – Knock-Out – Third-Person Mosh Pit – Invasion (32vs32) – Search & Destroy – Ground War – Hardpoint
For players on PlayStation, an open beta is running directly. We list the most important information for you. With a click, you can go to the desired section in the article:
For an overview of the complete shooter, we are collecting all information in our large info hub for CoD MW2. We will embed the trailer for the multiplayer mode and the reveal of Warzone 2.0 here:
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CoD Modern Warfare 2: Trailer shows multiplayer and Warzone 2.0 – New third-person perspective is included
CoD MW2: Beta – When and how can I participate?
When does the beta of CoD MW2 start?
The second beta weekend is online. Here are the dates:
PlayStation dates – Open Beta 2: September 22 / 6 PM to September 26 / 7 PM
Xbox/PC dates – Early Access: September 22 / 6 PM to September 24 / 7 PM – Open Beta: September 24 / 7 PM to September 26 / 7 PM
The open beta starts on Saturday at 7 PM and lasts for 48 hours.
How can I participate?
During the ‘open beta’ phases, you can download the beta for free from your respective shops. If you have a pre-order, you either need to redeem the code on your platform or you are already automatically unlocked. Then look for the beta in your respective store.
Do I need PS Plus or Xbox Live?
PS Plus is not necessary, but you need Xbox Live on Microsoft consoles.
How can I access Early Access?
The only reliable way is a pre-order. With each version you pre-order, you get exclusive access to the early access phases.
However, you can really only get into the beta for the first weekend with a PlayStation. Pre-ordering on Xbox won’t help.
On which platforms can I participate?
On the second weekend, all supported platforms can play: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Steam, and Battle.net launcher.
How do I get keys/codes?
Keep an eye on the official social media channels of Call of Duty – especially Twitter and Instagram. Shortly before the beta starts, the developers like to give away many codes for participating in early access.
However, many content creators also receive codes to give away. Pay attention to creators who produce a lot of content for Call of Duty.
Otherwise, you can get keys/codes for the beta through the physical edition of Modern Warfare 2. Each CD packaging also provides a key. You can find offers on eBay that promise access for just a few euros. You’ll have to decide for yourself if it’s worth it.
Where do I download the beta? If you have a digital pre-order, the download is automatically activated for you. On consoles, you can simply search for “modern warfare beta” in the store.
If you have a beta key, you will first need to activate it (www.callofduty.com/betaredeem) and select your desired platform.
On Steam, there is a dedicated Steam page for the beta. Search here for “modern warfare beta” as well.
In the Battle.net launcher, select the game Modern Warfare 2 and on the left side, where it usually says “Download” or “Install”, you will find a small drop-down menu above with the “Game Version” – here you choose the beta.
How large is the download for the beta? The beta is not quite 30 GB on PS4 and PS5, around 35 GB on Xbox consoles, and significantly smaller on PC:
PS4: 25,305 GB
PS5: 27,583 GB
Xbox: 35.4 GB
Steam: about 17 GB
CoD MW2: Beta – All about content and rewards
What content does the beta offer? Old and new multiplayer modes as well as the large “Ground War” mode will be part of the beta. We list the content for you:
32vs32 “Ground War” Map: Sarrif Bay
New large mode Invasion
6vs6 maps
Valderas Museum (removed)
Breenbergh Hotel (new)
Farm 18
Mercado Las Almas
6vs6 modes
Team Deathmatch
Domination
Other known modes
New: Knock-Out
New: Prisoner Rescue
Update: The new map Marina Bay Grand Prix was actually announced to be part of the beta. However, the announcement has now been removed by the developers.
The new mode Knock-Out is a fast version of “Search & Destroy” without respawns but with revives. In Prisoner Rescue, one team must rescue a hostage, and respawns are disabled. Invasion supports matches up to 32vs32 and is a kind of team deathmatch including NPCs and respawns.
Besides that, many new gadgets from CoD MW2 are already in the game. These include a deployable camera, an EMP stick for throwing, a “drill charge” (grenade that penetrates walls), and the DDoS – a field upgrade that temporarily disables electronic devices.
The “Vault weapons” can also be tested, and the new gunsmith. You can find details about them here:
Will I keep the beta progress? No, your achievements and statistics from the beta will not carry over to the main game. However, there is a “reward” system for participants.
How do the “rewards” of the beta work? As you level up, there are rewards for the finished game. The beta goes up to level 30 and at many stages, there is a cosmetic reward.
You can also earn the rewards from the first week in the second week, here’s a look at the gifts:
CoD MW2: Beta – The system requirements
What does my PC need to have? Here you can find the necessary system requirements for the beta test. It is still unclear whether the requirements for the full game will change:
The Twitch streamer Karen Liao was apparently dissatisfied with the amount a viewer donated to her. She threatened to ban him if he didn’t dig deeper into his pockets.
Who is it about? Karen Liao is an influencer who is active on various social media platforms. She runs a TikTok account with 435,500 followers. On Twitch, she is still quite new: about 4,000 people follow her there. To increase the number of her subscribers, she uses unusual methods.
A real game changer for many streamers was Prime Gaming. What it’s all about you can see in the video.
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Prime Gaming, the secret behind Twitch’s success
How does Liao want to achieve her sub goal? It is not unusual for streamers on Twitch to ask for subs, or subscriptions to their channels. But Liao is practically extorting her viewers. In one stream, she received a $1 donation from a viewer, after which she confronted him.
“Did you just send me a dollar? What am I supposed to buy with that?” asked the streamer. After all, she only receives 60 cents from it. Karen thought: The viewer shouldn’t be so poor.
Liao urged the viewer to subscribe to her channel – and threatened to ban him if he did not comply with her demand: “Okay, if you don’t sub immediately, you will be banned in 3, 2, 1.”
The clip quickly spread on Twitter and reddit. While some users are shocked by the behavior of the streamer, others believe that Liao’s viewers actually want this kind of content. They already sense a new meta that could take Twitch by storm (via reddit).
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What did Liao have to say? The streamer has now commented on the situation and said that the viewer was banned for a completely different reason. She criticized that the footage was taken out of context.
Why the viewer should have been banned: Liao explained that the viewer had behaved toxic in her chat and insulted other viewers. At the same time, he boasted about wanting to donate a lot of money. So she asked him to back up his words with actions – or to leave.
You can watch Liao’s explanation here in English:
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Liao is not the first female streamer to ask her viewers for money in clear terms. The Canadian streamer InvaderVie also got into trouble when she demanded her viewers to gift her a subscription. She also did not accept unemployment and poverty as excuses, as everyone presumably has the money available.
The official FIFA 23 soundtrack has been announced. As usual, it’s quite a colorful mix – here you can find all the songs.
FIFA and its soundtracks: Although things like improved features or player ratings are always in focus before a new FIFA release, the soundtrack also generates excitement for many fans.
The FIFA series is known for quite mixed soundtracks with songs from all possible genres. Many musicians, who you might not recognize from the mainstream, also get a chance.
So you can quickly find a new favorite song over a few rounds of FIFA. Especially, when playing Career Mode and the music is playing in the background while you plan the next transfers.
Now the FIFA 23 soundtrack is officially known – just a week before the game is supposed to be released.
All songs in the FIFA 23 playlist
What kind of songs are included? The list is long. Once again, the playlist is divided into “Menu Soundtrack” and “Volta Soundtrack”. While the menu is a colorful mix, the Volta list is rather dominated by beats that fit the street football vibe.
In the official Spotify playlist for FIFA 23, you can already listen in:
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In addition, some of the artists will also have their own jerseys in the game this year, which you can use to equip your team. They look like this, for example:
There are again artist jerseys in FIFA 23
What do you think of the new songs? Is there something for you, or do you miss other artists? Let us know in the comments!
In a highlighted and highly rated comment, it says:
With a weekly/daily system, the optimal way is to log in daily and play for 2-3 hours. Miss a day, and you miss progress. Want to play more than 3 hours? Too bad, progress will be throttled; better log in tomorrow. This is a terrible system that controls how you approach the game.
In Diablo 2/3, I can play 10 hours on a weekday or 5 hours on 2 days a week and make the same progress. You have the freedom to play as much or as little as you want, without losing progress.
Hopefully, they will just reflect the season journey of Diablo 3 and make the battle pass based on time, as COD does.
Timegating seems to bother core fans the most, who like to play a lot but cannot do so daily. If work does not allow you to log in daily but catch up on weekends, such limits do not permit that.
Will it really be that bad? Some counterarguments on reddit explain that the whispers could simply be rotating bounties. Nowhere has it been stated that there is a daily system, and the tasks are simply available 24/7.
Only the fact that bounties might generally not be fun could potentially be a problem.
How exactly these whispers or bounties and the other endgame activities will look can only be confirmed at release. The content will be tested and possibly adjusted during the beta.
Those who want to get a glimpse in advance must hope for an invitation. Blizzard will distribute these to players with a lot of playtime in Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal until mid-October. The beta itself, however, will run under an NDA, so no information may be shared.
That this does not always protect is already shown by the currently ongoing family & friends test of Diablo 4. Some players simply do not follow the rules:
Timegating seems to bother core fans the most, who like to play a lot but cannot do so daily. If work does not allow you to log in daily but catch up on weekends, such limits do not permit that.
Will it really be that bad? Some counterarguments on reddit explain that the whispers could simply be rotating bounties. Nowhere has it been stated that there is a daily system, and the tasks are simply available 24/7.
Only the fact that bounties might generally not be fun could potentially be a problem.
How exactly these whispers or bounties and the other endgame activities will look can only be confirmed at release. The content will be tested and possibly adjusted during the beta.
Those who want to get a glimpse in advance must hope for an invitation. Blizzard will distribute these to players with a lot of playtime in Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal until mid-October. The beta itself, however, will run under an NDA, so no information may be shared.
That this does not always protect is already shown by the currently ongoing family & friends test of Diablo 4. Some players simply do not follow the rules:
In a highlighted and highly rated comment, it says:
With a weekly/daily system, the optimal way is to log in daily and play for 2-3 hours. Miss a day, and you miss progress. Want to play more than 3 hours? Too bad, progress will be throttled; better log in tomorrow. This is a terrible system that controls how you approach the game.
In Diablo 2/3, I can play 10 hours on a weekday or 5 hours on 2 days a week and make the same progress. You have the freedom to play as much or as little as you want, without losing progress.
Hopefully, they will just reflect the season journey of Diablo 3 and make the battle pass based on time, as COD does.
Timegating seems to bother core fans the most, who like to play a lot but cannot do so daily. If work does not allow you to log in daily but catch up on weekends, such limits do not permit that.
Will it really be that bad? Some counterarguments on reddit explain that the whispers could simply be rotating bounties. Nowhere has it been stated that there is a daily system, and the tasks are simply available 24/7.
Only the fact that bounties might generally not be fun could potentially be a problem.
How exactly these whispers or bounties and the other endgame activities will look can only be confirmed at release. The content will be tested and possibly adjusted during the beta.
Those who want to get a glimpse in advance must hope for an invitation. Blizzard will distribute these to players with a lot of playtime in Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal until mid-October. The beta itself, however, will run under an NDA, so no information may be shared.
That this does not always protect is already shown by the currently ongoing family & friends test of Diablo 4. Some players simply do not follow the rules:
Blizzard recently announced the first closed beta test of Diablo 4. Veteran players are expected to test endgame content there. However, one of these features is already facing major rejection before the test.
What feature is it? Diablo 4 will have a similar system to the bounties that Diablo 3 currently has. Blizzard introduced the feature along with the content of the closed beta of Diablo 4.
The Whispers of the Dead is one of those endgame features that are to be tested. Tasks will regularly appear on the map, granting you loot and experience points, as well as a new currency: Horrific Gifts. These can be exchanged at the Whispering Tree for even more rewards.
In a similar way, bounties currently work in Diablo 3, only that the Whispering description states: “New [Whispers] will be available throughout the day for you to pursue.”
Fans see this as a daily system they do not want to engage with. They express their concerns, among other places, on reddit.
How exactly these whispers or bounties and the other endgame activities will look can only be confirmed at release. The content will be tested and possibly adjusted during the beta.
Those who want to get a glimpse in advance must hope for an invitation. Blizzard will distribute these to players with a lot of playtime in Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal until mid-October. The beta itself, however, will run under an NDA, so no information may be shared.
That this does not always protect is already shown by the currently ongoing family & friends test of Diablo 4. Some players simply do not follow the rules:
Timegating seems to bother core fans the most, who like to play a lot but cannot do so daily. If work does not allow you to log in daily but catch up on weekends, such limits do not permit that.
Will it really be that bad? Some counterarguments on reddit explain that the whispers could simply be rotating bounties. Nowhere has it been stated that there is a daily system, and the tasks are simply available 24/7.
Only the fact that bounties might generally not be fun could potentially be a problem.
How exactly these whispers or bounties and the other endgame activities will look can only be confirmed at release. The content will be tested and possibly adjusted during the beta.
Those who want to get a glimpse in advance must hope for an invitation. Blizzard will distribute these to players with a lot of playtime in Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal until mid-October. The beta itself, however, will run under an NDA, so no information may be shared.
That this does not always protect is already shown by the currently ongoing family & friends test of Diablo 4. Some players simply do not follow the rules:
In a highlighted and highly rated comment, it says:
With a weekly/daily system, the optimal way is to log in daily and play for 2-3 hours. Miss a day, and you miss progress. Want to play more than 3 hours? Too bad, progress will be throttled; better log in tomorrow. This is a terrible system that controls how you approach the game.
In Diablo 2/3, I can play 10 hours on a weekday or 5 hours on 2 days a week and make the same progress. You have the freedom to play as much or as little as you want, without losing progress.
Hopefully, they will just reflect the season journey of Diablo 3 and make the battle pass based on time, as COD does.
Timegating seems to bother core fans the most, who like to play a lot but cannot do so daily. If work does not allow you to log in daily but catch up on weekends, such limits do not permit that.
Will it really be that bad? Some counterarguments on reddit explain that the whispers could simply be rotating bounties. Nowhere has it been stated that there is a daily system, and the tasks are simply available 24/7.
Only the fact that bounties might generally not be fun could potentially be a problem.
How exactly these whispers or bounties and the other endgame activities will look can only be confirmed at release. The content will be tested and possibly adjusted during the beta.
Those who want to get a glimpse in advance must hope for an invitation. Blizzard will distribute these to players with a lot of playtime in Diablo 2: Resurrected, Diablo 3, and Diablo Immortal until mid-October. The beta itself, however, will run under an NDA, so no information may be shared.
That this does not always protect is already shown by the currently ongoing family & friends test of Diablo 4. Some players simply do not follow the rules:
