The shooter “Alliance of Valiant Arms”, or short “A.V.A.”, has quite a turbulent release history. Now the developers are making another attempt to manage a worldwide release via Steam.
What kind of game is this? A.V.A. is a first-person shooter that has existed in its original form as a team multiplayer since 2007. A.V.A. was initially released in South Korea and was later published in North America and Europe.
However, the global version of the game was supposed to fail multiple times:
The European and American versions of the game changed publishers several times over the years.
A.V.A ended up with the publisher “En Masse” in 2016, who shut down the game in 2018. That was the first end (via Steam) and the team said goodbye to its fans.
Then the developer “Red Duck” wanted to step in as publisher and revive the game as “A.V.A. Dog Tag”. However, after the beta release on May 2, 2019, the game’s servers were closed again on May 29, 2019, and the game was removed from Steam. Again, a farewell letter followed (via Steam). That was the second end.
But there was a third attempt: A.V.A. was announced for March 31, 2021 on Steam – this time by developer and publisher “Neowiz”. But once again it went wrong: On March 16, 2021, the A.V.A. team addressed the community with another letter stating that they would have to postpone the launch because the game was “a bit old” and testing had revealed problems that needed to be resolved (via Steam).
Thus, the project had died on Steam for the third time – but only temporarily. Because now there is another announcement: According to the “AVA Operations Team”, the game is supposed to launch on Steam on August 25, 2022.
The next attempt is called “A.V.A Global” – what will that be?
On the Steam page of the game, Neowiz emphasizes: “To all A.V.A. fans! We aim to release A.V.A. on the planned release date.” Given the previous history, this will probably be one of the most exciting factors.
Moreover, the team stated that they had made numerous updates before the release and would also announce more to meet the community’s wishes (via Steam).
In the developer logs of the game, one can track this somewhat. Among other things, new maps for the game have been announced, an anti-cheat system introduced, and the removal of pay-to-win factors discussed.
In initial game tests, there were still skins that had extra ammunition. There were also characters with specific boosts, such as a 10% movement boost. This will be removed – and they also want to completely eliminate pay-to-win. This was also a point that was criticized in the “Dog Tag” version in the Steam reviews.
Content-wise, A.V.A. wants to offer a class system with three different options. There are the classes Pointman, Rifleman, and Sniper, each of which excels at different distances and brings their own strengths.
The Pointman, for example, relies on close-range weapons such as SMGs and shotguns to surprise enemies from behind. The weapons can be customized according to the player.
In addition, there are five modes, from “Annihilation” (team deathmatch) to “Escape” (escape mode, where one must either manage to escape or prevent it). There is also a mode against AI.
Will the release succeed this time? This will show in the near future, as August 25 is only a few weeks away. If you are looking for an alternative until then (or in general): Here you can find the best free-to-play shooters of 2022.
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The last week before the release of Season 18 begins in Destiny 2. Before you start sweating and preparing for the work ahead, we will show you what to expect in the last week.
What’s happening this week: Only one week stands between you and Season 18. So, to be perfectly prepared for the new season, you now have the last chance to gather and stock up on challenges and resources.
Bungie offers you the opportunity this week to earn bonus ranks in almost all activities. These include Gambit, the Crucible, and the Vanguard. So if you’re missing a season ornament for the “Chain of Command” machine gun, it’s best you get going.
Additionally, today’s weekly reset might also contain a surprise before the new season begins. Joe Blackburn, Bungie’s Game Director, cryptically spoiled something today:
One cannot overestimate how important the earlier seasonal work was to learn how to make the live game. Many cool seeds were planted in the Season of Worthy [Season 10], who knows where they could lead!
As a reminder: In Season 10, the Guardians had to hunt a Psion Flayer who wanted to launch a desperate revenge maneuver against the Last City. They had help from the Warmind Rasputin.
The important info on activities from August 16 to August 23.
Test Grounds, in the massive land tank of the Cabal on Nessus
The Guardians have proven themselves on Cabal battlefields and battered through the ranks of the Cabal to finally face the Champion of the Empress in the “final test.” But he hurls homing Solar balls at you and uses his Cabal bubble for protection.
This is the Nightfall weapon of the week: As a reward, the Champion of Caiatl, the strike boss, will drop a special Nightfall weapon as usual, which you can also receive in the “Grandmaster” difficulty as a Master version.
Silicon Neuroma – A kinetic sniper rifle
Playlist strikes have these modifiers:
Solar Singe
Stasis Burn
Grounded
The Singe modifier will accompany you all week, while the others change daily.
In the “Oath of the Student” raid, you should complete the challenge “Basic Information” this week. So if you collected a symbol for the Obelisk, you may not exceed the buff “Increased Knowledge.”
As a reward for the challenge in the raid encounter of the “Caretaker” on Grandmaster, this week you have a chance at a Master version of the submachine gun “Submission,” the grenade launcher “Afterthought,” the linear fusion rifle “Catastrophic,” or the pulse rifle “Insidious.” However, keep in mind that Hard and Normal mode share the loot.
Guardians are balancing on the bridge in the Dreaming City
Additional pinnacle rewards from the endgame:
In the raid “Last Wish” in the Dreaming City.
As well as in the dungeon “The Shattered Throne” in the Dreaming City.
Weekly Activities
With Season 17, more activities have also entered the game. Explore the Leviathan and face the Nightmares or surprising boss opponents in the new patrol zone. Take the Solar Sense there and defend yourself in the Nightmare containment. Additionally, you can expect these weekly activities:
Savathun’s Throne World – Weekly Campaign Mission
“The Spirits”
The Guardians have discovered traces of a ghost pointing to Sagira. Can the dead ghost of Osiris help unlock the secret of Savathun? But to uncover the memory, you must first find him.
Crucible – These are the PvP playlists:
Private match
Rumble
Control
Elimination
Glory Survival
Glory Survival: Freelance
Showdown
Team Scorched
Ascendant Challenge – Dreaming City
Petra Venj has this week’s 3rd Ascendant Challenge for you. You can find Petra and her quest offer at the location “Divalian Marsh” in the Dreaming City. The city of the Awoken is entering the second level of corruption.
Sources for Pinnacle Loot in Season 17 of Destiny 2
This is the new max level: In the new season of the Haunted, the maximum power level of your gear is 1,570. Thus, the power level at the start of the new Season 17 has increased by +10 power levels compared to the previous Season 16. All players have also been raised to the base power level of 1,350.
If you want to level up quickly, you can also play the legendary campaign of the Witch Queen expansion and upon completion reach 1,530 and get a new Exotic.
This pinnacle loot (Pinnacle Gear) brings your power level over 1,560:
That was all the current info for this week. What will you do? Will you settle down again, scrape together some materials, and prepare for the release of Season 18? Let us know in the comments!
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In the MMORPG Lost Ark, there have been issues with the “Powerpass” system over the past 4 weeks. This allows new characters to be directly brought into the endgame. However, the problem has not yet been fully resolved. What you should pay attention to now and what rewards are offered as compensation will be shown to you on MeinMMO.
Lost Ark is designed for leveling multiple characters, as the different playstyles offer high replay value. For this, the MMORPG offers power passes: level and gearscore boosts that take a character directly into the endgame.
You even receive some for free from time to time, but you will mostly have to purchase them.
However, the system is broken and was disabled for the past weeks. Now it is being gradually reactivated and at least the free power passes are working again:
Free Vern Pass
Free Punika Pass
The purchasable passes are still disabled, but these two are now functioning again. For the system downtime, Lost Ark is offering some rewards as compensation.
The requirements for the reward and the issues some players are reporting after the reactivation will be shown to you on MeinMMO.
You can marvel at the latest class “Arcanist” here in the trailer:
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Lost Ark: Arcanist in the Trailer
“Punika Growth Support Package” – But not for everyone
How do I get the compensation rewards? Lost Ark describes 2 situations that qualify you for the compensation:
You completed a quest between July 23 and the reactivation that distributes a free Powerpass (Ealyn’s Gift or Berver’s Friend)
You had an unused free Powerpass in your inventory during that period and logged into the game at least once during the downtime
The “Punika Growth Support Package” offers the following items:
The items should be found in your universal storage. For compensation, a Powerpass must have been in your inventory – a pass in the mailbox is not sufficient.
On Reddit, the reactivation is being actively discussed (via reddit.com). For the fact that one could not start a new character with a free boost for almost 4 weeks, some users feel the reward is poor.
Warptwenty writes: “I expected more compensation, to be honest.” Kessarean feels similarly: “The compensation is a bit meager.”
In the same Reddit thread, some users have reported issues with Powerpasses that disappear or were not redeemed correctly.
If you used one of the free passes while the system was disabled, go to the character you want to boost and then to the Powerpass options. Here you will find 2 fields with “Buy” and “Use” – click on “Use” to redeem the lost pass.
From August 12 to August 14, 2022, the group around Peter “Piet” Smits (33) held a scout camp event. It was incredibly well received by the audience and catapulted PietSmiet to the top of German Twitch.
Who is PietSmiet?
PietSmiet is a 5-member group of content creators
Together, they run several YouTube channels as well as a Twitch channel for livestreams, on their main channel, they have over 2 million followers
The collective consists of Peter “Piet” Smits, Dennis “Br4mm3n” Brammen, Christian “Chris” Stachelhaus, Jonathan “Jay” Apelt, and Sebastian “Sep” Lenßen
Since 2011, they have been producing videos about gaming, reactions, and special events – including the scout camp 2022
PietSmiet is often particularly successful with their larger events. This includes the annual charity event Friendly Fire, which they host with the well-known YouTuber Gronkh.
Scout Camp makes PietSmiet the most-watched German Twitch channel
What kind of event was this? The guys from PietSmiet spent an entire weekend at the Nature Experience Farm Vulkaneifel. However, one would not find hard survival action a la 7 vs. Wild here; instead, “glamping” was on the agenda, which is glamorous camping, including a bed and a separating toilet.
Was there a program? Yes, there was. However, PietSmiet did not know it in advance. Throughout the weekend, they had to tackle challenges such as making fire, building shelter, as well as carving and archery. Some of the guys were able to draw on their scouting experience.
Points were awarded for the challenges, which could be exchanged for rewards. The loser of a challenge had to undergo a punishment, such as wearing an oven mitt while eating.
Where can you watch the event? You can watch the entire event on PietSmiet’s Twitch channel. It will also be uploaded unedited in several parts on their website and their main YouTube channel. Additionally, selected highlights are expected to be published on the Best-of channel.
You can see the first part of the event here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XarBT_Bk9&t=2s
How did the Scout Camp go? With a peak of over 33,500 viewers, the event can be considered a success. On average, just over 18,400 people were watching. However, PietSmiet really scored in the “Hours watched” category.
Due to the length of the event, PietSmiet was able to record over 800,000 hours of watch time for the weekend. This is an increase of over 2000% for PietSmiet and earns them 1st place in this category for the last 3 days. [As of 15.08.2022] (via. Sullygnome)
With their event, PietSmiet even ranked ahead of streaming giants like MontanaBlack and Gronkh
What did the viewers say? The fans really enjoyed the Scout Camp. They thanked on Twitter for the “mega”, “cool”, and “great” event. It was a lot of fun and even helped some forget about their everyday worries for a while. (via Twitter)
What do the scouts among you say? Did you watch the event, or are you still waiting for the “Best of” compilations on YouTube? Can you imagine a weekend of glamping, or do you prefer to stay at your PC? Feel free to leave us a comment with your opinion.
Today, on August 16, the game “Backpack Heroes” has entered Early Access on Steam. In this rogue-like strategy game with RPG elements, everything revolves around inventory management. The game costs €12.59 – there is also a free demo available for download. The developers take inspiration from the legendary inventory of Resident Evil 4. For fans of games like Destiny 2 or Diablo 3, a dream comes true: during level-ups, the inventory can be expanded.
What kind of game is it?
As a single hero with an animal visage, you navigate through a dungeon in “Backpack Heroes,” killing monsters, opening treasure chests, and encountering merchants. So far, so familiar.
Where other games focus on equipping your character with new items, leveling skills, and becoming ever more powerful, Backpack Heroes revolves entirely around inventory and equipment management. Items are not worn but remain clearly visible in the centrally placed inventory:
The player starts with 9 inventory slots arranged in a 3×3 grid. However, after their first battle, they can already expand their inventory by 4 slots – a dream for any fan of Destiny 2 or Diablo 3, where inventory space was always limited.
Anyone who has seen the trailer immediately understands what Backpack Heroes is about, the new game on Steam:
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Backpack Hero: The Inventory Strategy Game in the Trailer
How does combat work? Combat is executed by clicking on the sword in the inventory rather than directly attacking the opponent, and this way, you engage the enemy. They have visible health points and armor values, and when these drop to zero, they enter NPC Nirvana, where they belong.
During and after each battle, strategic decisions must be made about how to utilize inventory space perfectly:
Should I keep the poison potion that blocks an inventory slot and save it for later battles, or use the poison now to make the fight easier and have one more slot to perhaps take the burning axe that drops as loot?
Do I have room for coins if I want to visit a merchant in the next room? And if not, what do I throw out of the inventory?
What kind of enemies might I encounter next, and how can I prepare for them?
Am I overdoing it by hoarding the 5th healing item, or am I completely justified, and everything else would be irresponsible and reckless?
Download for free demo on Steam available – Game also costs “only” €12.59
What is the cost of the game and what is special about it? Backpack Heroes currently costs €12.59 on Steam – it is reduced by 10%.
No one has to buy a pig in a poke. A free demo is available where you can already try the game to see if you like the concept.
The game may have just been released today on Steam, but it has been in development and played for quite some time. It is still formally in Early Access.
92% positive reviews rave about Backpack Heroes on Steam
What do the reviews say? The reviews are 92% positive. Budget titles with such a narrow focus often receive high user ratings. Backpack Heroes, however, seems to motivate especially in the long run.
One user writes: “104 hours played before Early Access… Says it all. It’s addictive, it’s great. I love it!”
Another user says: “Slay the Spire, but instead of cards, there’s inventory management. Also… Furries!”
“Great game – excellent rogue-like. I spent many hours on the demo and Early Access is just a better version.”
At high levels, the game looks a bit like magic:
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Are there any negative opinions as well? The few negative reviews complain about bugs in the game and that there is a lack of the feeling of truly having accomplished something.
Overall, the reactions are very positive with 92%. It probably doesn’t hurt to start downloading the demo if you don’t immediately run screaming at “game about inventory management.”
In the future, the game is expected to receive controller support and an overworld with a meta-progression. The most dedicated fans seem to be already looking forward to this meta-progression.
The legendary inventory system of Resident Evil 4 inspired a game that also hit big on Steam just last May:
In World of Warcraft Dragonflight, Blizzard is revising when and how you can change your talents. Everything will be easier – but a few restrictions remain.
Talents in World of Warcraft have been a major discussion point since their introduction. While it was normal in Vanilla to only reallocate talent points with a corresponding class trainer and for a hefty sum of gold, that is quite different in modern “Retail”. There, you can reallocate talents in any resting area and change your specialization even at any location.
What changes with Dragonflight? With the next expansion Dragonflight, not only will the talent system be revamped back to a tree format, but also adjustments will be made to the rules on when and where you can change talents. This will essentially be possible everywhere in the open world, regardless of whether it is a resting area or not. Talents can also be adjusted and changed during a raid.
Changing talents, no matter how extensive it is, will then require a certain “casting time” of 5 seconds. This is to prevent players from briefly escaping a fight in a PvP situation and immediately adjusting their talents.
Change talents everywhere – soon it will be possible.
Where can’t you change talents? However, some restrictions on adjusting talents remain. For example, it is still not possible to change talents during a fight.
It is also not possible to change talents within a rated battleground or during an ongoing “Mythic+” instance. In these cases, talent selection will remain fixed to ensure fairness.
Does this have drawbacks? In a way, yes, because scribes will lose a source of income. Previously, scribes could produce various tomes that allowed characters to redistribute talent points even outside resting areas. This source of income is now gone, as in Dragonflight all characters will always have this option.
A shooter like Rainbow Six Siege can really make players sweat. Moreover, the summer heat at an e-sports event in Berlin seems to completely exhaust the e-sports athletes. Some players posted photos on Twitter showing them completely drenched in sweat. However, the organizers are already working on the issue.
Currently, the “Six Berlin Major 2022” event is taking place in Berlin, where e-sports athletes are competing against each other in Rainbow Six Siege. Besides their opponents in-game, the players have another enemy: the summer temperatures of the German capital.
Apparently, the temperatures at the venue were so high that players are now posting sweaty selfies on Twitter, looking completely worn out. However, the organizers are already taking countermeasures.
Here you see everything you need to know about Rainbow Six: Extraction in a 2-minute video:
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Everything you need to know about Rainbow Six: Extraction – in 2 minutes
“The heat is unbearable”
What kind of event is this? The “Six Berlin Major” is currently taking place in Germany. At the theater at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, e-sports athletes are competing against each other in the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege. The event will last from August 15, 2022, to August 21, 2021. There are streams and a live audience on-site.
What did the e-sports athletes post? Internet journalist Jake Lucky posted on Twitter and wrote: “The R6 pros are enduring quite a lot for the Berlin Major. Allegedly a lack of air conditioning is prompting players to post selfies of themselves sweating.”
Here you can see Jake Lucky’s Twitter post:
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Furthermore, Jake Lucky mentioned, “When the players arrived at the venue, they were even given ‘face spray'” (via Twitter).
Below, Jake Lucky embedded the photos and posts of some participants at the event.
The head coach of Team Rogue, Matthew “meepeY” Sharples, wrote for example:
“It’s warmer at the venue than outside. The heat is unbearable. We are getting small fans on stage and it’s not remotely good enough. It’s even worse in the training rooms.” (via Twitter)
Meanwhile, meepeY posted another photo showing a fan and wrote “YES” (via Twitter). Apparently, the organizers have now found a solution for the head coach of Team Rogue.
Ubisoft complains about air conditioning issues on-site – Regrets technical problems
What does the event organizer say about it? MeinMMO sought the opinion of the organizer regarding the event and asked Ubisoft for a statement about the heat problem. We received the following English response, which we have translated for you:
“We are aware of a technical issue with the air conditioning in the warm-up rooms and in the gaming area of the group matches at the venue.
The comfort and well-being of all participants and staff is our top priority. We chose this venue partly because we were assured that these rooms are equipped with air conditioning. In light of this regrettable technical issue, our teams and partners have been working around the clock on alternative solutions such as fans and portable air conditioning units to cool the rooms and mitigate the effects of the record heat wave currently affecting Europe.
We are closely monitoring the situation and working with the organizers to implement any solutions available to us.”
Are you currently experiencing the heat problem while gaming? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
The Paragon in Diablo Immortal is an important part of your endgame build that you definitely should not overlook. We will show you what the Paragon is, what skill trees there are, and how you can level it up quickly.
What is Paragon? The Paragon feature is unlocked only when you reach level 60 with your hero. Only then do you unlock special talent trees that you can further develop as you progress in your journey. The Paragon is therefore an accumulation of various talent trees that you can unlock in the order you choose.
They provide you with bonuses such as increased damage, more health, or even better loot through farming enemies. It is therefore important to familiarize yourself with the bonuses after reaching level 60, as they are indispensable, especially in the endgame.
What skill trees are there? In total, there are six trees that you can level up, with two of them being unlocked only at Paragon level 150:
Conqueror
Survivor
Treasure Hunter
Gladiator
Soldier
Masterful
These are the first three skill treesHere are the last threeThis is what the Paragon window looks like
This is how you can quickly level your Paragon
To quickly increase your Paragon level, you need to farm XP like crazy. You only earn points to redeem for skill bonuses when you level up. You can best do this in the Realm of Damnation in the Plains of Torment. To do this, you run around the rock formations we marked and continuously kill the enemies that spawn.
Another way to farm XP is by completing a hidden hoard. The caves are a kind of small dungeon filled with enemies and reward you with loot upon completion.
Realm of Damnation near the Plains of Torment
Additionally, you can complete bounties, which also provide you with an extra boost. If that is not enough, you should collect combat points for your Battle Pass. You can do this by simply completing dungeons or elder portals and redeeming them.
Once you have leveled up a tier in the Battle Pass, you will always receive a huge amount of XP on top. It is therefore also worth continuing to level the pass even after completing all “Battle Pass” tiers. However, there is no way without grind; you need to invest time to earn points.
What to do if I assigned my points incorrectly? If you haven’t thought about the skill trees yet and now regret your current bonus selection, don’t despair. You can reset your Paragon once a week. In doing so, you will get all spent points refunded and can choose your bonuses again. So don’t worry about wrong decisions; be creative and feel free to try new combinations.
What do you think about Paragon? Do you find that it gives you a reason to grind even after reaching the official story maximum level? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
With level 60, you have finally reached the endgame in Diablo Immortal. For MeinMMO author Maik Schneider, it’s not just a reason to rejoice, as he took a look at the Paragon system and realized that P2W is no longer the biggest problem.
For a long time, not much happened in the live-service game The Division 2. But for a few weeks now, the shooter has been gaining momentum again and attracting players back to Washington. MeinMMO has taken cover for you to check the new content of the well-known shooter for its potential and tells you what might await you there in the future.
What is currently happening in Division 2? For a long time, the cover shooter Division 2 didn’t have much to offer and was running on low flame. Ubisoft only repeated old pursuits for which players had to replay the same missions over and over again. This became too boring for many agents, as the players in Division 2 are called.
But then came Season 9: In May, the announced Season 9 arrived, which was supposed to end the boredom in The Division 2. Ubisoft rekindled the small flame and not only brought the new co-op mode “Countdown” but also new gear into the game.
Including the new meta armor set “Heartbreaker,” reminiscent of the Striker set from Division 1 and plays just as outstanding.
Named weapons, such as the “Kingmakers” with the talent “Perfect Death Candidates,” which increases weapon damage by 20% against marked enemies.
Or a fun LED outfit through the “Golden Ball” event that gives you blinking shoes.
These shoes are the new fashion must-have.New named weapon “Kingmaker” with talentThe Heartbreaker set with KingmakerNew things that can be rediscovered in Division 2 now.
Also, players who had already leveled everything to max in Division 2 had something to do again. The newly introduced “Know-How” is a grindy expertise system that makes you farm not only every piece of gear again but also play with them. Because through this, they gradually become stronger. Even uninteresting loot becomes useful again, as you can also increase your expertise level by donating materials at the workbench.
If you level a weapon or armor piece to expert (level 10), which goes relatively quickly, you can then improve it by one percentage point in damage or armor.
Even more upgrades can only be obtained from then on in exchange for grindable materials. You are exchanging a lot of grind for slightly more gameplay advantages.
Here, you have something to do in 2022 to make your agent even stronger.
Season 9 Man-Hunt ends with a cliffhanger: With the new expertise system, Ubisoft is making its agents stronger. But why? The answer could already have been provided by the cliffhanger at the end of the story of Season 9.
Surely this still involves the well-known Season Manhunt system from Division 2, in which you have to hunt and defeat various targets one after the other to kill the primary target at the end. However, Season 9 was different for the first time, as it ended surprisingly cooperatively.
The “Hunter secret” could soon be solved: Additionally, Season 9, through its primary target Captain Lewis, likely indicates the resolution of one of the biggest mysteries of The Division 1 and 2, namely where the overpowered and rogue agents called “Hunters” actually come from. As a Division agent, you are currently even collaborating for the first time with the True Sons, one of the opposing factions in Division 2. And shortly before Season 10, it becomes clear: A former target who narrowly escaped with their life might bring the sought-after clarity for The Division.
The hunt for the primary target in Season 9 ends surprisingly cooperatively.
More and better story: Ubisoft had already announced a larger story in advance. They want to give “more sense to the narrative” to make the story of Division 2 “more gripping.” Season 9 was definitely an interesting preview of that. Especially since this is a question players have been asking since Division 1. And it currently looks like this might indeed not remain a secret for much longer.
However, there is already an initial setback. Ubisoft announced just last week a postponement of Season 10 from August to September 2022. So, as so often before, we have to wait a few weeks longer for the story to continue.
And how is the “Quality of Life” in Division 2? Future updates are set to bring not only a new story but also some “Quality of Life” changes to the game. However, the old problems of Division 2 are still very present.
This starts with the notorious Delta errors and suddenly popping enemies and ends with shooters who can sometimes shoot through all cover. Nothing has changed much in that regard, even if Ubisoft keeps making small game adjustments, like color changes of dropped items and similar.
But somehow Division 2 is also fun again. And what’s more important, Ubisoft seems to still have bigger plans for the once-so-successful cover shooter. Especially if more Legendary difficulty levels are introduced in the future, starting with the missions “Tidal Basin” and “Manning National Zoo.”
Who are the Hunters in The Division 2? Season 10 could clarify that.
It seems that the fun has apparently not only been communicated among passionate Division players. New players are also finding their way back into the game. And I must say that the new expertise system, the new activities, and the interest in the Heartbreaker set have also motivated me to dive back into Division 2 after a year-long pause, to loot opponents.
The upcoming Season 10 and 11 promises a lot, especially excitement, for all interested players. The so-called “Hunters” are probably one of the most dangerous enemies a Division agent can encounter since Division 1. Should Ubisoft actually shift the story focus in that direction, that would again give you a reason to visit your agent in Division 2 in Washington to gain strength.
How about you? Has Division 2 also captivated you again, and are you hoping for more information about the rogue Hunters? Or do you think the end of The Division 2 has long been sealed? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
If you want to know what exactly awaits in Season 10 and 11, then check out the current roadmap:
You really want to buy a PS5? Today, on August 16, 2022, you have exactly this opportunity at PlayStation Direct. MeinMMO presents you with all the important information for that.
Yesterday afternoon, invitations were again sent via email to PSN users to be able to order a PS5 this morning, on August 16, 2022, at Sony’s own store PlayStation Direct. In the past, a public sale followed here, but unfortunately, not every time.
Update on August 16, 10:33 AM: The Sony factory sale PlayStation Direct is starting right now. Furthermore, there is nothing new today. For all interested parties without an invitation, it means waiting until noon.
How can I order the PS5 at PlayStation Direct? If you are among the lucky ones who received an invitation from Sony, you will find a link in it that leads directly to the PS5 product page. So, check your inbox and also the spam folder. To complete the order, a credit card has always been required in the past. During the last sale at PlayStation Direct, payment via PayPal was also possible.
When does the sale start at PlayStation Direct? From 10:30 AM this morning, you can click on the link in your invitation and order the PS5 console. Only one device can be ordered per account.
How can I order at PlayStation Direct even without an invitation? It is possible that a public sale will also take place afterward. This was sometimes the case in the past. This means that all those who did not receive an invitation via email also have a chance to buy a PS5 via PlayStation Direct. If that is the case, a queue will start in advance.
Didn’t get a PS5? If you didn’t get a PS5, then check out our ticker. Here we keep you updated daily and explain how to best get a PS5 and show you drops around the coveted console.
This also happened to the reddit user MeatballAppreciation, who has had no luck encountering such a specimen for 20 days now and is therefore looking for like-minded individuals in his post.
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Are the legendary Galarian birds really that rare?
That the legendary Galarian birds are supposed to appear rarely in the adventure incense has been known since the introduction of the feature. Nevertheless, the multitude of images on social networks suggests that some have already had some real luck and keep encountering the legendary monsters.
However, from the comments under the post, it can be seen that MeatballAppreciation is not the only one who has not had any encounters. Many other players report their bad luck (via reddit.com).
MuelNado: “Not a single one seen. Since the third day of the incense (a Bulbasaur with low CP and 0 stars) I haven’t seen a Pokémon that I would consider rare. Just boring spawns over and over again.”
KingMegoon1921: “Not a single rare bird in sight. They are definitely living up to their ‘legendary status’ in my game.”
OkFortune: “I got an Absol on one of the days… nothing much else.”
However, there are also comments stating that players have already encountered one or the other specimen, which clearly shows how varied the frequency of these spawns seems to be (via reddit.com):
MuksyGosky: “I’ve encountered at least 7, all of which fled with a silver pinap berry and a great ball.”
BeautifulPlace2Drown: “You’re just missing the disappointment. I have seen 4 and all fled after a golden razz berry/great ball curveball.”
Svembah: “I haven’t seen a single bird. I’ve used the incense every day since it came out, only getting spawns from the current spawn pool. My buddy has seen 3 birds so far but hasn’t caught any. I wish I had seen at least one…”
What is your opinion on the spawns?
Even though the catch rate of the Galarian birds is miserable, it is still disappointing for players when they don’t even get to encounter a specimen. Therefore, we want to know your opinion on the topic.
How do you feel about the spawn rate of the legendary monsters? Have you had luck and find them just right? Or should it be improved? Please participate in our following survey:
Diese Umfrage ist geschlossen.
Trainer proposes change to the adventure incense
To increase the chances of encountering a legendary Galarian bird in the future, UndyingDark therefore proposes a change in the game and writes:
“I have had a bit of luck, I got a Zweilous, a Swoobat, and a Drifloon before the bug event, but not much since then. I haven’t really used the incense much since I completed the challenge. I wish there was a 7-day streak where the spawns get better the more often you use it consecutively.”UndyingDark (via reddit.com)
Is such a change conceivable? A similar reward system already exists in Pokémon GO with the daily first catch and spin at PokéStops. There, the rewards improve a bit day by day. It is conceivable that Niantic might also introduce such an approach for the daily incense and adjust the probabilities of an encounter accordingly.
Furthermore, such a change could also make the adventure incense much more interesting for some players. However, whether there will actually be an adjustment to the incense remains to be seen. If there is any further information on this, you will find out at MeinMMO.
In the meantime, we can only give you the following tips for using the incense:
try to walk in a straight line without turning, so that your GPS can better detect the distance you’ve traveled
walk quickly to get as many Pokémon from the incense to appear as possible
preferably catch only the monsters from the incense to avoid missing any
make sure to clear enough space in your Pokémon bag beforehand, so you don’t have to send anything during the incense (about 30 slots)
What is your experience with adventure incense? How many Galarian birds have you encountered so far? And were you able to catch any? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
In Pokémon GO there has been the daily adventure incense for a few weeks now, which is supposed to bring you special encounters, like the legendary Galarian birds. However, some trainers are disappointed. We at MeinMMO have taken a look at what it’s all about.
What kind of incense is this? At the end of July, Niantic introduced a new feature in Pokémon GO: the adventure incense. This is a special incense that you can activate once a day, and that brings you different spawns while you move for 15 minutes.
Unlike normal incense, the adventure incense also includes one or two rare specimens. First and foremost, the legendary Galarian birds Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. However, these are currently causing quite a stir on social networks. We will show you why.
“Who hasn’t encountered a Galarian bird yet?”
How do you get the birds? Normally, you cannot simply encounter the legendary monsters in Pokémon GO in the wild, but you mainly find them in raids, as well as in rewards from the GO Battle League or in battle against the Rocket boss Giovanni.
What is the problem? Although the incense has been available for more than three weeks now, not every player has been able to encounter a Galarian bird yet. This is particularly frustrating for those affected. On social networks, they are currently flooded with images of seen or even caught Galarian Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres from other players.
This also happened to the reddit user MeatballAppreciation, who has had no luck encountering such a specimen for 20 days now and is therefore looking for like-minded individuals in his post.
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Are the legendary Galarian birds really that rare?
That the legendary Galarian birds are supposed to appear rarely in the adventure incense has been known since the introduction of the feature. Nevertheless, the multitude of images on social networks suggests that some have already had some real luck and keep encountering the legendary monsters.
However, from the comments under the post, it can be seen that MeatballAppreciation is not the only one who has not had any encounters. Many other players report their bad luck (via reddit.com).
MuelNado: “Not a single one seen. Since the third day of the incense (a Bulbasaur with low CP and 0 stars) I haven’t seen a Pokémon that I would consider rare. Just boring spawns over and over again.”
KingMegoon1921: “Not a single rare bird in sight. They are definitely living up to their ‘legendary status’ in my game.”
OkFortune: “I got an Absol on one of the days… nothing much else.”
However, there are also comments stating that players have already encountered one or the other specimen, which clearly shows how varied the frequency of these spawns seems to be (via reddit.com):
MuksyGosky: “I’ve encountered at least 7, all of which fled with a silver pinap berry and a great ball.”
BeautifulPlace2Drown: “You’re just missing the disappointment. I have seen 4 and all fled after a golden razz berry/great ball curveball.”
Svembah: “I haven’t seen a single bird. I’ve used the incense every day since it came out, only getting spawns from the current spawn pool. My buddy has seen 3 birds so far but hasn’t caught any. I wish I had seen at least one…”
What is your opinion on the spawns?
Even though the catch rate of the Galarian birds is miserable, it is still disappointing for players when they don’t even get to encounter a specimen. Therefore, we want to know your opinion on the topic.
How do you feel about the spawn rate of the legendary monsters? Have you had luck and find them just right? Or should it be improved? Please participate in our following survey:
Diese Umfrage ist geschlossen.
Trainer proposes change to the adventure incense
To increase the chances of encountering a legendary Galarian bird in the future, UndyingDark therefore proposes a change in the game and writes:
“I have had a bit of luck, I got a Zweilous, a Swoobat, and a Drifloon before the bug event, but not much since then. I haven’t really used the incense much since I completed the challenge. I wish there was a 7-day streak where the spawns get better the more often you use it consecutively.”UndyingDark (via reddit.com)
Is such a change conceivable? A similar reward system already exists in Pokémon GO with the daily first catch and spin at PokéStops. There, the rewards improve a bit day by day. It is conceivable that Niantic might also introduce such an approach for the daily incense and adjust the probabilities of an encounter accordingly.
Furthermore, such a change could also make the adventure incense much more interesting for some players. However, whether there will actually be an adjustment to the incense remains to be seen. If there is any further information on this, you will find out at MeinMMO.
In the meantime, we can only give you the following tips for using the incense:
try to walk in a straight line without turning, so that your GPS can better detect the distance you’ve traveled
walk quickly to get as many Pokémon from the incense to appear as possible
preferably catch only the monsters from the incense to avoid missing any
make sure to clear enough space in your Pokémon bag beforehand, so you don’t have to send anything during the incense (about 30 slots)
What is your experience with adventure incense? How many Galarian birds have you encountered so far? And were you able to catch any? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
The Brit Richard Garriott (61) is regarded as one of the founding fathers of MMORPGs and RPGs. With the role-playing series ‘Ultima’, he wrote role-playing history in the 80s, and the MMORPG ‘Ultima Online’ is one of the cornerstones of online role-playing games. His latest new MMORPG ‘Shroud of the Avatar’ was intended to benefit from his fame. Now he presents a new MMORPG with ‘Iron and Magic’, but the game is already overshadowed by a controversial discussion about NFTs.
How is the new MMORPG introduced? The website for Iron & Magic calls the game ‘a new Web 3.0 open-world sandbox MMORPG by the creators of Ultima.’
The second thing visible on the website is various plots of land that the game presumably wants to offer for sale in a shop. The shop is under construction – prices are not yet known.
The central message: ‘Buy land in the realm of Lord British’, this was the name of Garriott’s in-game character 40 years ago in the Ultima series (via ironandmagic).
MMORPG aims to offer players more than just 60 hours of fun
What is known about the project? In an interview with Garriott and his partner Todd Porter with PC Gamer, he introduced the game in April 2022, back then it was still called ‘Effigy’ (via pcgamer):
There was talk of an ‘overhead’ perspective like in Diablo.
The focus of the MMORPG is to be on content created by players. The creation of this content is to be rewarding for players. Iron and Magic seems to be going in a ‘Play2Earn’ direction: players should be able to earn (and spend) real money.
Iron & Magic aims to lead the MMORPG genre in a new direction – as currently all games are following the same paths, all heading towards ‘WoW’.
We are doing more for players, certainly more than this ‘You give us money, and then you play the game and maybe get 60 hours of fun.’
MMORPG meets extreme hostile reaction: A shame – how deeply he has fallen
How is the game being discussed? The first articles about the game are already very negative.
The site MassivelyOverpowered lists the numerous failures and disasters that Garriott’s last MMORPG, ‘Shroud of the Avatar’, went through. A game plagued by numerous controversies and problems.
The site PC Gamer points out that NFTs are unstable and that six of the largest metaverse projects, which are based on the cryptocurrency Ethereum, have lost an average of 85% in value. There is a warning that ‘digital land could suddenly become worthless.’
One writes: ‘It is just a shame that he is doing this.’
Another writes: ‘It is super disappointing to see how deeply Garriott has fallen.’
The last hype before NFTs was “crowdfunding MMORPGs” like Shroud of the Avatar:
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Buy virtual land, the game will come later and will be fantastic – trust us
Why is the mood so hostile? The project Garriott is now presenting has existed in basic form several times: It is always about buying ‘virtual land’ for a blockchain currency and somehow there should also be an MMO attached that will be delivered later.
In all these projects, it seems as if the purchase of virtual real estate is the focus – and the game that is supposed to give these properties value is loosely trailing behind it.
According to the motto: The shop is already finished – the game will come in 3 years in a pre-alpha.
Overall, the mood against NFTs and ‘Pay2Earn’ games is negative among magazines specializing in games and among players. Many players are biased and outright reject the whole concept of ‘NFTs’ and ‘Play2Earn’.
The hostile mood is further reinforced by influential MMO experts like Josh Strife Hayes, who have posted devastating videos about ‘Play2Earn’ games and NFTs. They categorize these games as scams and criticize them harshly (via youtube).
‘Play2Earn’ games and NFTs seem to be something that speculators are betting on, hoping to buy into a game early at a low cost, which then becomes successful, to later sell the purchased goods for profit.
With gaming, as most MMO players know and love it, this seems to have little to do.
Many players also do not understand why NFTs are needed to earn money from games: because accounts or items in MMORPGs have always been sold on eBay.
This negative basic attitude cannot be changed by Lord British, who has squandered the goodwill of many fans with Shroud of the Avatar. Even then, Lord British felt somewhat like a victim:
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
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Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Under A Rock is a new survival game in Unreal Engine 5 and is set to be released on Steam and for PlayStation and Xbox. A release date is not yet foreseeable, but MeinMMO has already spoken to the developers about the title and sees a lot of potential. As part of our theme week “Find Your Next Game”, we want to introduce you to Under A Rock.
A 60-second trailer without crazy content, actually just a short demonstration of the world – that was all it took to recognize the potential lying in Under A Rock.
What was seen was a paradise world, vivid colors of blooming flora, surrounded by the green of an endless jungle. Then an endless desert, burning hot, with mountains rising in the background – the urge to explore awakens.
Houses are recognizable, built from palm leaves and tropical woods. A whole village that also immediately sparks my imagination… initial blueprints are already forming in my mind.
The survival game Under A Rock immediately captivated me. I did not expect that when I saw the trailer for the first time with sleepy eyes at the start of my shift:
I spoke with one of the developers about the project, Thorbjørn Olsen, and he also said in the interview: “We didn’t expect this attention […] The feedback blew us away.” After all, at that time, there were only 2 videos with a total runtime of 2 minutes.
For our “FYNG” theme week, I talked with Thorbjørn about what vision the small 5-person team from Nordic Trolls has for the game, the enrichment the Unreal Engine 5 brings for open worlds, and why the survival hit Valheim is one of the role models for the game.
The worlds in Under A Rock are completely randomly generated.
Endless exploration, huge worlds and vibrant AI
What kind of game is Under A Rock? Here we can expect a pure survival title that offers coop and PvP, but also aims to make solo adventures enjoyable. Standard games allow for up to 10 players, but servers can also be created with many more players.
A main feature is the large, procedurally generated worlds. When you start a game, the world is created anew for you – with a size of about 64 km². Similar in size to 8,900 soccer fields, the world of Far Cry 5, or the Erangel and Miramar maps from PUBG (via youtube.com).
Also away from the large, unknown world, ready for expansive exploration tours, the game offers many survival elements:
Day-night cycle – It gets dangerous in the dark
Diseases – They exist, but Thorbjørn didn’t want to reveal anything yet
Base building – Unreal Engine 5 allows for unnecessarily large bases
Crafting – New resources provide better equipment
Food – Gives you buffs for faster progress
Action combat – Heavy and light strikes, dodges, blocking, parrying
A strange curse – Something is not right with this world
Death – You lose your backpack but not your toolbelt
PvP and PvE – The server admin decides
When is the release of Under A Rock? There is no concrete release plan for the new survival game yet. Alpha testing phases are planned as soon as the Nordic Trolls team is convinced that there is enough content in the game for a test. Early access on Steam is also planned.
If you want to participate in early test phases of Under A Rock, join the game’s Discord server and check regularly – you can sign up as soon as the developers announce an alpha test: Under A Rock Discord.
In addition to the huge worlds, there is also a focus on different AI factions that are meant to provide a lively atmosphere – apart from tasty game and intrusive monsters.
Thorbjørn explained to me what makes the world in Under A Rock unique and why the AI factions are so important for the game. By the way, on Twitter, he regularly shows what progress the team is making:
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Unreal Engine 5 allows for huge worlds and ridiculously large player bases
What is special about the world of Under A Rock? I want to start with the technical aspect because Under A Rock is being created in Unreal Engine 5. With the powerful tool “Nanite”, you can do almost revolutionary things.
Thorbjørn says you can build ridiculously large bases. The way the Nanite tool calculates the world allows for huge constructions without overloading the server’s performance too much.
The transition from Unreal Engine 4 to UE5 has greatly helped in this aspect, thanks to Nanite. […] You can build absolutely impressive bases, pack in tons of things – decorations, random items, whatever. As long as it’s based on Nanite, your performance won’t be compromised. That’s pretty amazing. Nanite gives you an initial performance hit, due to the way it renders things. But afterwards, everything runs smoothly. Just keep building.
Tree houses are also part of the plans for Under A Rock. Additionally, your constructions can already be seen from miles away on the horizon. The widespread “popping” of map elements when approaching bases should no longer be an issue:
Player bases can be seen from a great distance.
The inspiration for the large worlds with a random factor was Valheim: “Thank you Valheim for inspiring us to do it ourselves,” Thorbjørn praises the Viking adventure. Using “seed codes”, you can also share your worlds.
From a story perspective, we are explorers in the 18th century and our hot air balloon accidentally took us exactly where we wanted to go. A foreign world with strange beings, valuable artifacts, and a mystical secret.
In terms of story, that’s about it. There’s something going on with the Dodos, but Thorbjørn didn’t want to reveal more about it. Additionally, we can send artifacts and local creatures back home, a sort of collection and progress task.
Something is up with the Dodos, I sense something bad.
The world is set to feature many biomes – from dense jungles to peculiar mushroom landscapes to scorching deserts and underwater biomes. Different types of caves will also vie for your attention.
Exploration is paramount, and the procedurally generated worlds ensure that no world is like another. 64 km² of undiscovered land.
There’s always something new to discover, a fresh view of the world that never presents the same perspective and aims to surprise you again and again – be it with a fantastic view or huge crab creatures.
Tonight we have seafood!
AI factions bring life to the large world
How will AI factions provide variety? Another unpredictability factor is brought into play by the factions. So far, Thorbjørn only wanted to tell me about the Neanderthals, but there are expected to be more “intelligent” factions later on.
The factions do their own thing on the map, generally acting independently of you.
You can interact with the factions, making them your friends and nice neighbors. Or you can directly distribute slaps and spear thrusts to take their resources. Of course, not without provoking a counterattack.
For a “raid”, however, the factions must first discover you. The AI is not supposed to cheat – if they don’t know where your base is, they cannot initiate a raid.
If you’re not careful, the Neanderthals may follow you after a visit and check how you’ve set up on the island.
Artwork of the Neanderthals in Under A Rock.
Even if you behaved nicely towards them, a raid can still occur. Thorbjørn briefly brought the Neanderthal out for this:
Uhhh, you live here in a beautiful spot, have all these cool things, so many resources – let’s take that, it’s now ours.
Thus, there can always be attacks, and Neanderthals are not exactly known for their diplomatic approach.
There isn’t a real diplomacy system for complicated negotiation rounds over territorial disputes, but certain interaction options like gifts – or simply war.
If a destructive attack on your base occurs, which destroys large parts, Under A Rock offers an innovative rebuilding system. Your base remains as a sort of blueprint, and you only need to gather resources for the reconstruction.
The Dodos are not a faction of their own, but they can also cause stress if you steal too many of their eggs. Although I don’t know much about the birds yet, I already have a healthy respect for them. And a bit of hunger.
More pictures of the randomly generated worlds.
Complex combat system rounds it all off
Does PvP fit into the concept? Player versus player combat also has its place in Under A Rock.
Self-created player servers are primarily designed for 10 players, already a decent number for PvP. However, with an “experimental mode,” unlimited players can be added – if the hardware allows. Additionally, rent-able servers are planned through external providers.
Larger servers are therefore conceivable and desired by the developers, animated by many players who can deliver exciting skirmishes.
At night, nasty monsters come out – optimal for an attack?
The combat system definitely has the potential for this and relies on an endurance mechanic.
When attacking, you have access to light and heavy attacks, which can be charged for more damage. Different weapons provide variety in attack patterns. Currently planned are:
Sword
Axe
Knife
Hammer
Spear
Unarmed combat
Bow
For defense, blocking or parrying is possible – both actions can be executed “perfectly”, which costs less stamina. However, if you take too many hits while blocking, it can knock you out – “stability” is also a factor.
In addition, there is a dodge roll that allows you to gain some distance and become invulnerable for a moment.
The day before our interview, Thorbjørn and his team tried their PvP system for the first time and “had a lot of fun with it”.
In PvP, it remains to be seen whether Under A Rock can create lasting motivation, but the combat system is unlikely to be a shortcoming.
Conclusion: A (potential) dream for builders and explorers
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
More and more projects are being created in Unreal Engine 5, and Under A Rock has the potential to define this new graphics generation for the survival genre for the first time.
Developer and producer Thorbjørn Olsen is absolutely thrilled by the possibilities of the new technology.
Extremely large worlds with a lot of life and movement, as well as massive constructions by players that are visible from miles away – all without fully taxing the servers. In addition, the charming graphics, plenty of survival elements, exploration, and dynamic AI factions.
Under A Rock is still in early development. Much will change, and some ambitious plans may not come to fruition. But currently, I am very excited about the game and will keep an eye on the development.
The team from the indie studio Nordic Trolls has already proven that they can finish games. With Karnage Chronicles, there is an action RPG from the small studio for VR fans on Steam.
Leave me your opinion on Under A Rock and discuss the potential with me. Do you also see a rough diamond or rather a piece of old coal? Write it in the comments.
Maik Schneider Freelance author at MeinMMO
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More and more “retail” is seeping into World of Warcraft: Classic. With Wrath of the Lich King, some raid mechanics are also coming to the “old” game.
“Wrath of the Lich King Classic” will celebrate its release soon, but not all the mechanics from back then will come unchanged into the game. One of the biggest changes concerns the dungeon finder, which will not exist in its original form. But Blizzard is also changing some important things about raids, inspired mainly by modern “retail” WoW, as these have proven effective.
What exactly will be changed? Mainly three major changes will be introduced in WotLK Classic that did not exist back then.
Ensuring buff fairness: In the original Wrath of the Lich King, it was possible to stack buffs and strengthening effects in one specialization, then switch specialization thanks to “Dual Spec” and maintain some of the strong effects from the other specialization. This was considered a bug back then and will now be removed. When you switch specialization, strengthening effects will disappear (or be massively diminished) that logically could not be in the group.
Reset of long cooldowns: In modern World of Warcraft, after a boss fight – for example, after a wipe – the particularly long cooldowns are reset, so you can start the next attempt with full strength. This will be adopted in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. If you die, then the cooldowns of almost all abilities with more than 2 minutes cooldown will be reset. Some exceptions to this are, for example, reincarnation, ritual of doom, astral recall, or lay on hands.
Exhaustion after Berserk: If a character was affected by Berserk or Heroism, they will then have a debuff, preventing them from benefiting from the effect again for a while. This aims to prevent characters from simply being revived multiple times in battle to benefit from several Berserk effects consecutively.
Why is Blizzard doing this? The main reason for the changes to the cooldowns stems from negative experiences in the past. Some bosses require that as many cooldowns as possible are ready to make a meaningful attempt. Back then, it led to frustration and fatigue if you had to take a forced break of several minutes after an attempt before the next try. Since this can happen dozens of times in one raid night, Blizzard wanted to change it.
The removal of buffs from specializations that are currently inactive was already established as a bug back then and could not just be easily fixed. It seems also reasonable to eliminate this mistake promptly this time.
What do you think of these adjustments? Good and sensible? Or annoying retail stuff that is absolutely unnecessary?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
The new fighting game MultiVersus started Season 1 on August 15. It features comprehensive changes for fighters and the combat system, a new Battle Pass, and a lot of Cosmetics. Additionally, 2 more fighters have been announced for the season. Highlights of the patch notes can be found on MeinMMO.
With MultiVersus, a new free-to-play fighting game recently launched, which celebrated great success at release. Over 10 million players have already been reported, and there was plenty of positive feedback on the colorful brawler.
The service game aims to remain exciting over a season system, bringing new fighters, arenas, and rewards, as well as balance adjustments.
The first season is now online. While it doesn’t bring new fighters at launch, it addresses several balance issues and bugs in the game. MeinMMO shows you the essentials in the overview.
We have included a fast-paced gameplay trailer for you here:
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MultiVersus – Gameplay-Trailer zum neuen Fighting-Game
MultiVersus: Patch Notes – Update Season 1
When will the update be released? Season 1 is online; you can play it at any time.
How large is the update? MultiVersus isn’t particularly storage-hungry, and the update shows this: you need around 2 GB.
What is included in the update? Bug fixes, balance changes, a new Battle Pass, and fresh fighters in the free rotation. However, some content and changes will only come later.
If you haven’t unlocked all fighters yet, the rotation offers you the following for testing:
Arya Stark
Batman
LeBron
Steven Universe
Furthermore, you will earn more points for the Battle Pass when you play matches – 10 for wins, 5 for losses (previously 5 / 3), and some seasonal tasks have been eased so that you need to grind less.
MultiVersus: Patch Notes – Balance Adjustments
The patch notes are extremely extensive. We show you the individual characters and whether they received a buff or nerf and post the English notes below for more details:
Arya – Buff
Batman – Nerf
Bugs – Nerf
Finn – Nerf
Garnet – Buff
Harley – Buff
Giant – Nerf
Jake – Nerf
LeBron – Buff
Reindog – Buff
Shaggy – Buff / Nerf
Steven – Nerf
Superman – Nerf
Taz – Buff / Nerf
Tom & Jerry – Buff / Nerf
Velma – Nerf
Wonder Woman – Buff
Additionally, 8 perks have been adjusted, which are passive abilities that you equip before each match. If you want to read the English patch notes, open the spoiler box:
Balance Changes: Perks, Fighters, Gameplay
Balance: Character
+ = Buff – = Nerf ~ = Change
Arya
The goal of these changes was to make Arya’s combos be more consistent and successful at lower skill levels.
+ Air/Ground Up Special – Hitting a fighter will now more accurately launch them at an angle to allow follow-ups for Arya
+ Air Up Attack – The first hit will now more accurately combo into the second hit.
+ Neutral Air Attack – Now has earlier branching on hit.
+ Ground Side Attack – Arya will retain velocity on first hit of side attack.
+ Ground Down Attack – Now has slightly earlier dodge branching
~ Air/Ground Neutral Special – Fixed a bug where Arya would not copy over capsule hitboxes on her normal neutral attacks when stealing a fighter’s face.
Set Arya’s hurtbox to match her victim’s hurtbox while she is disguised as them.
Fixed a bug where Arya’s top UI would be offset incorrectly when she steals a face.
Fixed bug where Arya’s disguise attack hitbox could get disconnected.
Fixed bug where Arya’s original hitboxes would be usable during disguise attacks.
Fixed bug where the hitboxes from Arya’s disguise would stay active during her normal attacks.
Batman
~ Air/Ground Side Special – Fixed bug where Batman would overshoot his grapple destination if the fighter he was grappling to dodged.
Increased the overshooting distance when grappling to an ally.
Fixed Batman grapple failing at short distances under high latency
– Ground Side Attack – First hit added 3 frames of whiff recovery.
– Air/Ground Neutral Attack (coming in patch 2): Batarang pick up will now return 9.45s of its cooldown down from 11.55s. This change helps create a window from when the batarang is used for the opponent to react. With perks like Coffeezilla causing this cooldown to be even shorter, we felt this change was necessary to create counterplay against the batarang.
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a bit too safe in everything he does. We’ve given him some additional whiff punish windows to help address this.
~ Air Up Special – Fixed an exploit where Bugs could spawn two rockets.
~ Air Side Special – Fixed an exploit where Bugs could spawn two rockets.
– Air/Ground Neutral Special – Fixed an exploit where Bugs could spawn multiple safes without triggering his cooldown.
– Safe HP reduced from 16 to 14.
~ Air Down Special – Bugs’ previous tunnels will now disappear when creating new tunnels.
– Air Up Attack
Added 4 frames of whiff recovery.
– Air Side Attack – Increased whiff recovery by 5 frames.
– Air Neutral Attack – Increased whiff recovery by 5 frames.
– Ground Down Attack – Pie max lifetime set to 8 seconds, from infinite.
– Pie no longer applies a slow
Finn
Fighting against Finn felt too difficult as Finn felt a bit too safe and could throw out attacks without much fear of a punish due to how quickly he recovered. Hurt/Hit box foundational updates are coming soon but will not be in this patch.
– Passive – Attacks affected by Attack Decay no longer spawn coins
Finn now spawns with 100 gold instead of 200
+ Air Down Special – Fixed an issue where the gem required 200 gold to spawn but only cost 100 to spawn. Gem now requires and costs 100
– Air Side Special – Added additional whiff recovery.
– Ground/Air Up Special – Reduced the strength of the vacuum effect on the backpack
Weaker hits of the backpack will no longer “overwrite” stronger knockbacks from other attacks
Whiffing with all hits will still drop a coin
Added whiff recovery.
Hitboxes should better match the attack (not perfect until our planned hurt/hit box system overhaul)
– Air Side Attack – Reduced active frames to diminish Finn’s ability to hit fighters behind him
– Ground Down Attack – The distance Finn covers with this attack now scales with how charged the attack is.
– Ground Side Attack – Increased whiff recovery for the first hit.
+ On The House perk – Fixed an issue where Finn still spent gold on gems spawned by the perk
Slightly reduced the launch speed of gems spawned by the perk – this should fix issues that arose when this perk was combined with the “Make it Rain, Dog!” perk
Garnet
+ Air/Ground Neutral Special – Song activation starts earlier on frame 12 instead of frame 30.
~ Air/Ground Down Special – Fixed a bug where Garnet would be stopped by Iron Giant’s collision when she moves with her down special.
+ Air Neutral Attack – Slightly higher base knockback
Harley
~Stuffie Bat – Harley bomb vfx shrunk to better match the explosion radius
+ Weight – Increased from 42 to 44.
Iron Giant
~ VFX – Global fighter VFX now better matches Iron Giant’s size without making the screen too busy. Notable adjustments include Projectile Block buff, Speed Boost buff, and Steven Bubble debuff
– Air/Ground Down Special – Fixed an issue where VFX trails would persist and fill up the screen
Can no longer use cannonball attack when out of air specials
Knockback angle changed to send fighters more horizontally and away from Iron Giant.
Fixed issues that allowed for infinitely bouncing on enemies near the ground
– Air/Ground Neutral Special – Gray Health from activation reduced from 2 + #bolts HP for 5 seconds to #bolts HP for 3 seconds
Gray Health from ally overlap reduced from 5 HP for 5 seconds to 3 HP for 3 seconds
~ Ground Forward Special – Iron Giant grabs are correctly blocked by incompatible states.
– Air Up Attack – Can no longer hit the same target multiple times
– Air Neutral Attack – Final hit knockback angle changed to send fighters more horizontally and away from Iron Giant
Increased knockback scaling
– Ground Up Attack – Gray Health from scrap reduced from 3 HP for 5 seconds to 2 HP for 3 seconds
Allies that consume scrap will overwrite any existing gray health they have from consuming scrap
~ Ground Forward Attack – Fixed attack decay not triggering for all parts of forward attack combo
– Ground Down Attack – Gray health from art reduced from 10 HP for 10 seconds to 6 HP for 3 seconds
Jake
– Air Down Attack – Removed instant cancel out of the attack to prevent skateboard infinites
No longer bounces off allies
– Ground Up Attack – Additional whiff recovery; Slightly later charge cancel window to make it a bit more committal
LeBron
~ Air/Ground Side Special – LeBron’s solo dunk no longer spawns a shockwave on the ground.
The alley-oop teleport version of LeBron’s dunk spawns a shockwave and will launch fighters into the shockwave. The shockwave will launch fighters into a final hit that applies Weakened debuff.
Solo dunk knockback and hitbox size increased
Fixed a bug where LeBron could dunk himself into the sky
~ Ground/Air Down Special (No Ball) – Adjusted to prevent ball spam
+ Air Side Attack – Branches earlier on hit; fix for hitbox hitting behind him too much
+ Air Neutral Attack – Branches earlier on hit to increase combo potential.
Fix for ball neutral air branching into no ball neutral air.
+ Ground Side Attack/ Ground Down Attack – Removed shared attack decay from side attack and down attack
+ Ground Side Attack – 3 hit combo hits more consistently.
~ Ground Neutral Attack – Fixed angle of attack.
~ Basketball – Fixed some team color issues that would occur when reflecting LeBron basketball.
Fixed an issue where LeBron could be stuck attacking without his ball while visually holding his ball
~ Hot Hands perk – When an ally catches a no-look pass while the Hot Hands perk is equipped, the basketball pass buff will emit flames to let allies know they will throw an ignited basketball
Reindog
+ Air Up Special – Removed hitpause on ally that threw Reindog when Reindog connects in ball form
– Air/Ground Neutral Special – Increased cooldown from 13s to 14s
+ Air Up Attack – Hitbox size increased
Shaggy
Shaggy’s Side Special felt a little too unpunishable, so we’ve added a bit of Whiff Recovery.
– Rage Air Side Special – Recovery increased by two frames; now better matches rage ground side special
Addressed an issue where Shaggy could perform two rage specials
+ Rage Ground Down Special – Shaggy’s shockwave will launch fighters into a final hit that applies Weakened debuff.
– Ground/Air Side Special – Added 4 additional frames of whiff recovery
Steven
– Ground Down Special – Watermelon Steven ability cooldown now begins when Watermelon Steven is rung out.
Fixed a bug where Watermelon Steven could spawn inside ceilings and be stuck.
~ Air Neutral Attack – No longer will animation hitch.
~ VO/SFX – Fixed an issue where Steven’s intro VO lines failed to play.
~ Taunt – Fixed an issue where Steven could only perform his up taunt.
– Ground Up Attack – Added additional whiff recovery.
– Ground Down Special – Added additional whiff recovery.
Taz
This is the start of our tornado changes for Taz. We will be continuing to monitor the tornado with extra scrutiny in case additional changes are needed.
Chicken Debuff –
Fixed a bug where transformed fighters could receive buffs that would not appear visually when they returned to their normal form
– Reduced chicken duration from 10 seconds to 8
+ Increased the size of the chicken
+ Air/Ground Down Special – Adjusted projectile movement direction of Taz spit projectiles to be more forward and less of a lob.
+ When Taz spits a projectile back at a fighter, the projectile will maintain its original speed.
+ Air/Ground Neutral Special – If Taz eats a projectile that can’t be spit back out, he will refresh a count of his apple core ability.
Increased size of hit collision for Taz eating projectiles on his neutral special. Also made it possible to eat projectiles a few frames earlier.
Taz deals 1 stack of Weakened debuff every time he chews an enemy.
Fixed a bug that allowed for ground movement after eating an enemy fighter
– Air/Ground Up Special – Damage reduced from 10 to 9 and base knockback reduced from 1500 to 1350
Fixed a bug where enemy fighters could become invulnerable to the fight cloud after dodging it.
~ Air/Ground Side Special – Now a cooldown move with a 7-second cooldown. While the cooldown is active, side special is a weaker version of the tornado.
Full power tornado has a 1.5 second duration and receives an additional 1 second duration after passing an ally.
On cooldown, tornado has a 0.25 second duration and does not gain additional duration by passing an ally.
+ Ground Up Attack – Now a two-hit attack. The early hit combos into the sandwich clap
Tom And Jerry
+ Tom And Jerry – Dynamite now applies projectile perk effects.
~ Air Normal Attacks – Fixed a bug that would prevent Tom and Jerry from using normal attacks when Air Special limit had been reached.
– Air Up Special – Fixed an issue where Jerry would continue to have active hit frames when falling from the rocket
Velma
– Air Side Special – Reduced move distance.
The distance this traveled before gave Velma additional recovery that wasn’t intended.
– Air Up Special – Reduced Weaken stacks from 3 to 2.
– Will no longer chain into Air Down Attack as easily to prevent easy application of damage.
– Ground Side Special – Reduced gray health from 12 HP for 4 seconds to 6 HP for 3 seconds
– Air Down Attack – Increased Recovery
– Air Side Attack – Added whiff recovery
– Ground/Air Neutral Attack – Fixed issues when word bubbles would go through Bugs’ Tunnels.
Reduced ammo count from 4 to 3
Reduced ammo return from 11 to 10
– Weight – Decreased weight from 63 to 60.
– Knowledge Is Power perk – Reduced gray health from 7 HP for 5 seconds to 3 HP for 3 seconds
Wonder Woman
+ Ground/Air Neutral Special – Lowered cooldown from 13s to 12s
+ Ground Side Special – Projectile Shield comes out earlier to allow her to better react to incoming projectiles.
~ Air Up Attack – Hurtbox should now better match the animation.
+ Weight – Increased weight from 65 to 76
~ Shield of Athena Signature Perk – Adjusted scale of projectile shield for Shield of Athena signature perk to cover an edge case where projectiles would pass above it during a dodge.
Balance: Perks
Clear The Air – Increased consistency on perk effect.
We are aware of inconsistencies in this perk’s interaction with Velma’s speech bubbles and Batman’s Batarang. We will address these interactions in a future patch.
Make it Rain, Dog! – Projectile speed is now properly applied to thrown items.
Painted Target – Fixed an issue where projectiles weren’t applying bonus damage
Retaliation Ready – Reduced unstacked gray health from 3 HP for 3 seconds to 1 HP for 3 seconds
Reduced stacked gray health from 4 HP for 3 seconds to 2 HP for 3 seconds
School Me Once… – Increased consistency on projectile block spawn. Notable – getting hit by Jerry will now spawn a projectile block buff
Slippery When Feint – Fixed an issue where evade distance was not increased on hit cancels
Snowball Effect – Fixed an issue where projectiles weren’t applying bonus damage
Static Electricity – Increased consistency on projectile electric damage application. Notable – thrown items will now apply electricity
Balance: Gameplay
Ice Debuff – Movement speed slow at 1 stack reduced from 20% to 15%
Slow now scales linearly with each stack of Ice Debuff
Removed a bug where fighters affected by Ice Debuff took additional knockback
Ability Cooldowns – fixed a bug where cooldowns would not trigger properly if used near an ally Jake
MultiVersus has had a successful run since release and aims to deliver exciting content in Season 1. Although no new fighters are available at launch, there is the prospect of 4 new characters in the coming weeks.
The British Twitch streamer SVB is considered an excellent player in Overwatch and has earned a good reputation in the community of Blizzard’s shooter. However, an internet troll wanted to destroy this reputation. He claimed that the Twitch streamer had demanded nude pictures from underage girls. The streamer says that people immediately reacted with outrage online, even though the accusations were completely unfounded.
Where did the information come from? The Overwatch streamer SVB explains in a YouTube video the difficult situation he was in for several hours in recent days. The video is titled: “An internet prank almost ruined my life. (via youtube)”
Troll impersonates a 17-year-old girl, accuses Twitch streamer
These were the accusations: The streamer says that a Twitter account named “Niaplaysow” confronted him on Thursday, August 11, with serious allegations. The Twitter account pretended to be a black 17-year-old girl. The account accused SVB of:
“grooming” underage girls, seeking contact with them to later entice them into sexual acts
requesting nude pictures from underage girls
Claiming that he demanded these pictures from her
To give more weight to these accusations, the troll forged screenshots of Discord messages.
These were the reactions: The Twitch streamer says that many people tried to “cancel” him, even though he loathes the term.
Many people immediately believed the accusations. They called me a pedophile and labeled me with things I don’t even want to repeat.
SVG
Troll says: He just wanted to show how easy it is to “cancel” someone
This is how the situation unraveled: Only a few hours after this shitstorm, an account posted admitting that he was behind the accusations:
Well played everyone. It was just a fake. I’m Nia. I just wanted to prove how easy it is to cancel someone and how embarrassing the community is. Thank you for all the nice comments.
The Internet Troll
According to SVB, people told him that the troll was a 14-year-old boy. The streamer says:
This person executed their prank and then deleted all social media accounts to never be seen again, thus escaping all consequences for their actions.
SVB
In a Twitch clip, you can see how the streamer reacted when he first saw the allegations against him:
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Streamer does not want to undermine the credibility of real women
This is what SVB says: He finds the situation extremely uncomfortable. He wants to make it clear that his case should not be used as an example to dismiss such accusations as false:
I want to make one thing clear: Please do not use what happened to me as an excuse to undermine or question the credibility of real victims of grooming or sexual assault. I do not want this to be my legacy.
SVB
He says: Real women would almost never lie about such things. Because for them, it is difficult to come forward with such allegations.
But in his case, it was not a real woman, but a fake account.
What makes SVB sad is that no one really took the effort to question whether the accusations came from a fake account or not.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Today, on August 16, the Spotlight Hour with Wattzapf begins in Pokémon GO. We will show you what bonus there is and whether you can catch Wattzapf as a Shiny. This way, you are well prepared for the event.
What kind of event is this? Spotlight Hours are events that recur every week at the same time in Pokémon GO. Every Tuesday evening, a Pokémon is in focus and appears more frequently in the wild. Additionally, there is a bonus that aims to make participation even more appealing.
Today, you will encounter Wattzapf at the event. A Bug/Electric-type Pokémon from the fifth generation that can evolve into Voltula.
Spotlight Hour on August 16 – Start, Bonuses, Shiny
When does the Spotlight Hour start? As you know from these events, the start is at 6:00 PM German time. An hour later, at 7:00 PM, the event will be over again.
What bonuses are there? It is typical for Spotlight Hours that the focus Pokémon appears almost everywhere in the wild. So if you are outside, Wattzapf will cross your path everywhere. If you use incense, you will get even more encounters with the little Electric Bug.
During the Spotlight Hour today, you can expect many candies
In addition, you will receive double the amount of candies for catching Pokémon. Keep in mind that this bonus affects all catches. If you catch a legendary Pokémon during the Spotlight Hour, you will also receive double candies for that.
Is there a Shiny Wattzapf? No, so far you cannot catch Shiny Wattzapf in Pokémon GO.
Who benefits from the Spotlight Hour with Wattzapf?
What you need to know: Those who enjoy playing PvP against other trainers might find some benefit from today’s Spotlight Hour. Because Wattzapf’s evolution, Voltula, is a strong choice in the Super League and Hyper League. It is almost at the top of the best attackers.
Additionally, the candy bonus can be very strong in combination with raids and also Wattzapf. Unfortunately, there is no major motivation for Shiny hunters today.
The big Esport tournament The International is one of the highlights of the year for many players of Dota 2 (Steam). However, many fans who wanted to watch the event live in Singapore came away empty-handed. Scalpers bought up the tickets and are now selling them at extremely high prices.
This is The International: The Dota 2 tournament first took place in 2011 and has since become one of the largest Esport events of the year. The best DOTA 2 teams in the world compete against each other to secure the world championship and often hefty prize money.
The International 2021 took place in Romania and the prize pool was over 40 million dollars. This year, the organizer Valve, the Esport teams, and the fans are heading to Singapore.
To see the event live on site, some fans had to dig deep into their pockets:
For those wanting to see all playoffs live, about $254 (63 $ per day) had to be paid.
For those wanting to experience the final on top of that, an additional $360 had to be laid down for a ticket.
On top of that were the costs for travel to Singapore, accommodation, and meals. But even for those willing to spend that much, ticket sales became a major disappointment.
“Not a chance for a ticket”
Here’s the problem: The sale of the coveted tickets for The International 2022 began on August 13 and ended just a few minutes after the start. A good portion of the tickets, however, went not to interested fans, but to scalpers and appeared shortly afterward on resale sites like Carousell.
The prices for individual tickets go up to $10,000.
The prices for individual tickets skyrocketed and were sometimes 25 times higher than the original prices. Especially the coveted access to the finale of the E-Sport highlight was sold for a lot of money, with prices reaching up to $10,000 per ticket.
Frustrated fans expressed their anger on Reddit and social media:
“I’m really disappointed. This was the International that was closest to Australia so far.” – juggernautomnislash
“A queue of 2,800. Click on October 22, then select 2 tickets. 3 seconds later it was sold out.” – erickchoiii
“Screw that. I may be from Singapore, but I’m not going to crawl to the scalpers for this stuff.” – mantism
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An alleged email from a scalper who managed to get 60 tickets and is selling them for $1,000 each.
Some users mentioned that they wanted to travel with friends and only one or two people from the group could get a ticket. Others had already booked their flights and then came away empty-handed during the sale.
The ticket sale for The International thus joins the now long list of scalping incidents within gaming. Besides the PS5 and new RTX graphics cards, which were massively bought out by bots during their release and sold on eBay, various collector’s editions of popular games like Elden Ring, FFXIV: Endwalker, or Horizon Forbidden West also fell victim to scalpers.
Does anyone of you perhaps have an interest in seeing The International live in Singapore? Did you have any luck with a ticket? Let us know in the comments.
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The start date of Season 27 in Diablo 3 is known. The new chapter starts later this month. We show you the seasonal theme, the starter sets, and the rewards of the new season.
When does it start? Season 27 starts on August 26, 2022 and is called “Light’s Calling”. That is less than a week after the end of Season 26.
As usual, it starts at 5:00 PM German time on PC for you. Console players usually have to wait longer and can only start at night. August 26 is a Friday – the classic weekday that Blizzard times such launch dates to.
Below, we show you what content Season 27 brings.
Season 27 seasonal theme
This is the theme: In Season 27, you can find the consumables “Angelic Crucibles”. They can drop anywhere after you reach level 70. If you use a Crucible on a legendary item, it randomly gains one of three class-specific powers. It then becomes a “Sanctified Item”.
The Angelic Crucibles can only drop in seasonal play and cannot be transferred to non-seasonal play.
You can create as many Sanctified Items as you want – however, you can only have one Sanctified Item equipped at a time.
With another Angelic Crucible, you can reroll the Sanctified Items.
Only legendary items from level 70 onwards can be upgraded – crafted items do not work.
Your followers like the Templar cannot be equipped with Sanctified Items.
Due to the PTR tests and feedback, the drop chances of the Angelic Crucibles have been doubled.
What is this? When you complete chapters 2, 3, and 4 in the seasonal journey of Season 27, you will receive set pieces from Haedrig’s Gift with which you can complete a class set. Since you can approach the seasonal journey right at the beginning with level 70, these gifts are also called starter sets.
In each season, the set you receive for which class from the gifts changes. In S27, the following sets are available from Haedrig’s Gift:
This is what the starter sets of Season 27 look like when worn by the corresponding classes
Cosmetic rewards in S27
You can unlock: Since Season 17, you can earn both old cosmetic items and new cosmetic items each season. This is for players who have not unlocked the rewards in previous years.
In Season 27, you will receive rewards from Season 15:
The chest and gloves of the Conqueror set
Portrait frame
The companion Belphegor (a kind of walking demon hand)
New items from Season 27 are:
The companion Corvus Cadaverous
The portrait Laurels of Knowledge
We show you the new items here in the picture:
How do you like the outlook for Season 27 in Diablo 3? Do you find the content successful and do you want to unlock the seasonal journey to earn the ‘sweet’ companion? Or was Blizzard unable to impress you this time with the content? Please share your opinion on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss it with other players.
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Blizzard has banned Twitch streamer Asmongold in World of Warcraft for a long time. The streamer knows exactly why this has happened.
Every now and then there are ban waves in World of Warcraft, during which numerous players are suspended. Most often, it affects scammers, unfriendly players who tend to insult, or those who offer game boosting for real money.
Now the biggest Twitch streamer of WoW has been caught: Asmongold has been banned in World of Warcraft.
What kind of ban is this? In his stream, Asmongold explained that he has been banned from World of Warcraft until September 13, 2022 – exactly 30 days. According to an email from Blizzard that Asmongold reads during the stream, he was suspended due to involvement in “Real Money Trading” (RMT) – that is, paying for or executing services in the game for real money.
Such RMT services are prohibited – unlike boosting for gold, which is allowed.
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What does Asmongold say about it? He seems quite relaxed and is very sure that his account will be unlocked again. In the stream, he emphasizes multiple times that the accusations against him are quite absurd. He does “meme” often, but has never been involved in RMT services.
In fact, he even jokes about the whole thing:
I want to thank you, Blizzard. Thank you for that. This is amazing clickbait that I can use on YouTube. You obviously messed up and didn’t actually want to ban me, but my editors will now take advantage of this and exploit it for views on YouTube. Just like I’m doing right now.
Later, Asmongold also reads the email from Blizzard. It states:
This account has been suspended because it promoted or was actively involved in the purchase of PvP or PvE services or achievements for real money.
Asmongold grins quite broadly while reading the email, quoting that they “did not take this decision lightly” and that it was “only after reviewing the evidence” that it happened. In the stream, he sarcastically mocks this:
Can you imagine? ‘All the evidence?’ I’m sure they have, um… I’m sure they have a lot of evidence. Absolutely.
After that, he gets a little more serious and speaks clearly:
I do not engage in RMT. I know I’ve made a lot of jokes – but I do not and have never engaged in RMT. That did not happen and there is no reason why I should do that.
His argument continues that he would never have had to pay real money to expose himself to such danger – he earns so well that he could simply have bought WoW tokens to convert them into gold and then legally pay for such services with gold, if it had been necessary.
Asmongold’s biggest concern seems to be that he will lose his Gladiator mount, which he earned over many nights. Asmongold is considered one of the biggest mount collectors in World of Warcraft and his collection of mounts is something he is visibly proud of. It is always a major topic in his stream.
How likely is that? Although Asmongold continues to divide the community and many hope that his ban will remain, that seems rather unlikely. In the stream, Asmongold already showed the reactions of some experienced PvP players in World of Warcraft who were also wrongfully banned and whose bans have already been lifted.
Asmongold’s argument that he is probably the last one who would ever have to engage in “RMT” sounds plausible – as one of the biggest streamers with numerous subscribers, multiple advertising contracts, and even his own computer company, he would hardly be reliant on such deals. After all, he earns approximately $60,000 a month just from his Twitch subscriptions – plus advertising revenue and donations.
It can therefore be assumed that Asmongold will regain access to his WoW account in the coming days, unless it turns out that he has been involved in real money deals.
Update 10:00 AM: The ban has now been lifted and Asmongold has regained access to his account in World of Warcraft.
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