Today, on June 21, the update 21.10 rolled out in Fortnite.With it come not only new skins in the data of Fortnite, but also a new event. The Nindo event is back, along with 6 cool new items related to the world of Naruto.
What is this event? In Fortnite, the first Naruto series of skins was released in Chapter 2. Additionally, an event appeared that allowed players to earn cool cosmetic items stemming from Naruto.
Soon, four new Naruto skins will be available in the shop, and to celebrate this, Epic Games is once again hosting the Nindo event where you can earn six items for free. We will show you how.
6 items related to Naruto, including a cool glider
The items in this event are all related to Naruto. These mostly consist of stickers that you can use during combat.
These are all six items from the new Nindo event
These items are available:
Shocked Itachi – Emoticon
Focused Gaara – Emoticon
Byakugan-Hinata – Emoticon
Orochimaru’s Grin – Emoticon
Manda – Glider
Akatsuki – Skin
How do I get them? You need to log in with your active Epic account on the “Nindo event” page. There, you will link your Epic account and can get started immediately.
The Nindo event runs until July 8
When does the event end? “The Nindo” takes place from June 21 to July 8, 2022, at 5:59 AM CEST.
How does this event work? After registering, you will be directed to the Nindo website of Epic Games. There you will see each skin from the Naruto collaboration displayed.
You can then tackle the ninja pathways from June 21 to July 8 and complete them along the way.
The tasks have been predetermined and are, for example, as follows:
You must, for instance, complete 5 matches with Itachi and be in the Top 6.
After successfully completing this condition, you will receive 1 badge and thus the emoticon.
You can also collect multiple points by winning 5 fights continuously.
Milestones and missed items
How do I get Manda? You receive the glider and the skin upon completing one or all of the milestones. These milestones require greater effort to complete.
Besides the task associated with each skin, there is also an active milestone.
This requires more points, but you will receive a greater reward.
If you manage to collect 9 badges for Itachi, you will receive the weapon skin for completing a pathway
You must play 45 matches where you place at least 6th each time.
To obtain the glider, you need to complete all pathways and collect 9 badges for each active skin.
What do I do if I missed the event? You have a total of 16 days to earn all rewards. (as of June 21). If you missed the event, the emoticons can no longer be earned. The skin and the glider, however, can be purchased later for V-Bucks in the item shop.
What do you think of this event? Will you earn all the emoticons and even the cool snake from Orochimaru? Let us know in the comments.
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The German Twitch streamer Trymacs has found a crazy strategy to dominate the mobile game Clash of Clans. He has reached ranks 1 and 2 worldwide with two clans and lets them fight each other. This generates town gold for him to maximize further clans. Soon, the entire leaderboard could consist only of his clans – with consequences for the entire game.
What is happening right now?
Trymacs is known for investing a lot of money in games like FIFA. For years, the streamer and YouTuber has shown mobile games on his channels, including Clash of Clans, one of the most successful games ever (via Sensortower).
In May, he reached a record with his clan. They were the first to completely develop a clan city. This secured them the number 1 spot on the leaderboard.
Since then, Trymacs has founded new clans with his community that they also wanted to push up by fighting against each other. Now, he owns ranks 1, 2, and 3 – with a significant lead over rank 4.
However, the method has implications for the whole game. Clash of Clans is already criticized for allowing players to buy currencies and other advantages with real money.
A lot of currency for the Trymacs community and little chance for other clans
How exactly does the method work? Trymacs first completely developed one clan. This usually takes several years or costs around 550,000 euros. However, it went much faster with his community, although it is unclear how much real money was invested here.
A second clan was then created, into which Trymacs and his viewers also invested in-game currency town gold. This clan climbed to number 2 on the global leaderboard within a few weeks.
Now comes the trick:
Both clans build their defenses according to a specific scheme, so that one half cannot damage ground troops while the other half cannot damage air troops. If one deploys their troops cleverly, they can easily destroy the clan city – typically multiple players are needed per attack.
Moreover, only clans of roughly equal strength fight against each other. Currently, only Trymacs’ clans are fighting each other.
As a reward for the destruction, there is town gold and raid medals.
The town gold is reinvested into a new clan that can be pushed up the leaderboard.
The raid medals, in turn, are a personal currency that players can use to buy magical items such as potions, wall rings, boosters, or upgrades. Thus, players also benefit from the push of the clans.
The speed at which new clans can be raised is shown by Trymacs in this video:
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What results from this? Trymacs dominates the leaderboard. As his clans fight each other, the maximum town gold is generated without much effort. This is reinvested to bring new clans to the top, which can then also earn maximum town gold.
Basically, Trymacs renders the leaderboard absurd because no one will catch up with his clans anymore.
We can now generate three million town gold with each clan every week. Without the community, without you. […]. We can max out another clan every few weeks, just with our clans. Once we have maxed the fourth, the fifth will follow faster. And once we have the fifth maxed, the sixth will go even faster. It gets to the point that we can max out a clan every weekend just with our existing clans.
But there are also good rewards for the players themselves. The number of raid medals depends on how well the clan performed on a raid weekend. Since victories are guaranteed, there are also maximum rewards. This, in turn, boosts the players in their own villages.
What does Trymacs say about it? He can’t believe that this method works in his videos. He was completely surprised that his third clan reached rank 3 within three weeks.
He emphasizes that while no other clan is directly harmed, the leaderboard is meaningless. Additionally, he benefits from it in his village. He is currently maximizing the walls just with the help of the raid medals.
He sees the developers as responsible for taking action: “Supercell has to do something about this,” he said at the end of one of his videos (via YouTube). However, it currently doesn’t seem like Trymacs will stop maximizing further clans.
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Also, influencers play an important role in trends and can create hype, but they can also harm games with their criticism or behavior.
Again and again, people contact Trymacs who feel threatened in their gaming enjoyment by the numerous clans on the leaderboard. They see Clash of Clans overall as being in danger.
What do you think about Trymacs and his action in Clash of Clans? Should YouTubers and streamers be able to dominate entire games and take away the fun of others?
However, Trymacs does not only invest time and money in Clash of Clans:
The streaming service Twitch is currently experimenting with a change that allows viewers to watch one minute of streams without having to see annoying ads or load the stream on a new page. The streamer Kacey “Lowco” Shields says: This change could be really good for small streamers and streamers, a true “game changer.”
What kind of experiment is this? It is a feature that is not yet available to all users, but only to some. It is referred to as a “discoverability” test. Twitch is apparently testing whether users can better discover new channels in this way:
If you click on a directory, for example, “All current streams for the game Fall Guys,” you can watch each stream listed there directly through the collection page for about a minute
During this time, you can enlarge the window as if “you were watching the stream properly,” can activate the sound, and even read the chat
After about a minute, the preview ends, and the viewer faces the choice of continuing to watch the stream “in the channel” or moving on to the next one on the overview page
The platform Twitch keeps writing strange stories:
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No ads during stream previews
What are the benefits?At the moment, it is annoying to “browse through channels” on Twitch and discover new ones. Because with every change to a new streamer, the channel must first be loaded, and then the viewer has to watch an ad that cannot be skipped.
As Twitch streamer Kacey “Lowco” Shields explains, there would be no ads during the new preview feature. She says:
While I was testing this, I did not see any preroll ads. If that remains and you can really check out a stream without clicking on it and having to load a new page, and without ads, it could be huge for streamers.
Lowco says: Everyone knows how frustrating it is to search for a new streamer to watch on Twitch – if the new update comes as planned, that could change.
She sees it as a very good thing, especially for small streamers.
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Twitch confirms: There will be no ads in this preview view.
Twitch seems to want to make scrolling through channels more pleasant
What’s behind this: Twitch is a “top-heavy” system: Viewers have their favorite streamers they always watch, and because those are the biggest, they also appear at the top of the rankings and are the first ones to catch the eye:
Therefore, even with new games like Diablo Immortal, those streamers like Asmongold or Quin69, who have already built up a large audience with other games, are immediately leading. And because they are leading with a new game, they attract new viewers and continue to grow.
With the change, Twitch ultimately wants to make “scrolling” and “browsing” on Twitch more attractive by eliminating many hurdles at least for a minute that currently appear whenever one wants to enter a new channel.
Twitch has now confirmed: It is planned that there will be no ads in the preview. Not even if the feature becomes standard.
Whether and when the new preview feature will become standard on Twitch is currently not known.
The biggest German streamers on Twitch are presented here:
Smilegate is currently working with the indie developer Teeny Studio on a new MMORPG. It is called TeeTiny Online – Tower of Despair and is now entering a closed beta that runs until July 7, 2022.You can play the MMORPG on PC or mobile.
What kind of game is this? The MMORPG focuses on PvE and allows you to climb two different towers. Initially, you will be in the Goddess Tower, then at higher levels in the more difficult Tower of Trials.
TeeTiny Online features an open class system, similar to Final Fantasy XIV. Depending on which weapon you have equipped, your class changes and you can adapt your combat strategy.
Additionally, the game offers:
A guardian spirit that serves as your companion and supports you in battle.
Housing, even with a garden
Boss battles that scale with your group
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“We are not creating anything on a blockbuster scale”
The Korean development team emphasizes the importance of connecting players around the world. Therefore, there are no regional servers by continents, but a global one. To overcome language barriers, the chat is automatically translated.
The development team states: Their mission is for users worldwide to play together and not be separated from each other.
The developers at Teeny Studio seem less focused on creating the next MMORPG hit. On their website, they write: “We are not creating anything on a blockbuster scale. We are developing a unique concept for a relaxed global RPG.”
When will the game be available for us? Due to the concept, the closed beta is also available in the West. Via Stove, you can sign up for it. Alternatively, the game is available for download on Google Play in the mobile version.
Who should download it? For fans of colorful graphics looking for a not too complex MMORPG, TeeTiny is definitely worth it. Moreover, the automatic chat translation is certainly exciting, but you should be patient with communication and expect that things will be translated incorrectly and very humorously.
What do you think about TeeTiny Online? What do you think of the developer studio’s idea of making a global server with automatic chat translation? Will that work? Feel free to write it in the comments here on MeinMMO!
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Into The Breach is one of the best strategy games on the market. 4 years after release, it not only gets a major update but also a mobile version for iOS and Android. You can even play it completely for free – provided you have a Netflix subscription.
Into The Breach was released in 2018 as the second game from the developers of the indie hit FTL: Faster Than Light. Among enthusiasts, the turn-based strategy game Into The Breach is considered one of the best games of its kind. On Steam, over 12,100 reviews are currently 94% positive.
4 years after release and 2 years after the last update, the game is now getting a major, free expansion in the form of the “Advanced Edition” on July 19. But that’s not all: Into The Breach is also coming to iOS and Android. And for those with a Netflix subscription, it is even completely free.
Into The Breach is probably the best game on Netflix Games so far
What kind of game is this?
Into The Breach is a turn-based strategy game where you aim to stop an alien invasion with mechs.
The game features roguelite elements: a complete run is short, and if you die, you have to start over. With multiple possible teams and random upgrades and enemy configurations, the game offers high replay value.
Since you know each move of your opponents in advance and many steps trigger a domino effect, the game reminds you of a mix of chess and puzzle games.
This combination of replayability, brevity, and clever gameplay makes it perfect for mobile. Thanks to Netflix Games, this will soon be possible. In doing so, Netflix secures what has so far been the most popular and well-known title for its new gaming service.
Here you can see the trailer for the game and the new Advanced Edition with many new contents:
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How do I play the game through Netflix Games? Once the game is available on Netflix Games on July 19, you need to download it via the Netflix app on your smartphone. Here’s how it works:
You need to install the Netflix app on a compatible device and log in with your active Netflix subscription.
Then, in the Netflix app, navigate to the “Games” section on the left side.
In the “Games” section, click on Into The Breach and you can download it using the “Download Game” button.
On Android devices, the “Google Play” store will open with the game’s store page. This way, you can then install the game on your device.
On iOS devices, it works similarly, with the difference that the App Store opens and you must click on “Get” or the cloud icon.
You can find a detailed explanation of Netflix Games and the download process here:
Gaming subscriptions are a big new trend thanks to Xbox, PS Plus, and Netflix
Interestingly, Netflix is following a subscription trend in gaming after having significantly popularized movie subscriptions itself. After the massive success of Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation has completely revamped its offering and switched to a “Game Pass”-like model with the new PS Plus.
You can find out how this looks in this succinct 2-minute video:
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Everything you need to know about Sony’s new PS Plus model – In 2 minutes
What speaks for Netflix, however, is that it is part of its film streaming service. Compared to Xbox, PlayStation, or Apple, you do not need to subscribe separately just for gaming – those who already watch movies through Netflix can now also enjoy the games they provide.
Do you already know Into The Breach? If yes, are you looking forward to the mobile port? Have you already used Netflix’s offering? What do you think of the subscription trend in games? Let us know in the comments.
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In FIFA 22 the Shapeshifters event continues in Ultimate Team. Today, June 24, Team 2 has been released and we will show you what new top cards are available.
When is the Shapeshifters Team 2 coming? As of today, June 24 at 19:00, the new Shapeshifters cards from Team 2 are available in FUT 22.
What kind of event is this? The Shapeshifters event brings new special cards to Ultimate Team, which stand out primarily due to crazy position changes. For example, last week saw a crazy striker card for Alphonso Davies, who normally plays as a left back.
In addition, the cards receive massively boosted stats so that they can fit into the current top teams of FUT players.
This is how you get the new special cards: Primarily, the new Shapeshifters cards from Team 2 will be found in the packs of FIFA 22 again. However, it is likely that some cards will also be available in weekly challenges or SBCs (Squad Building Challenges).
Shapeshifters Team 2 – These crazy cards are available this time
This is what the team looks like: The second Shapeshifters team features incredibly strong cards that have also received extraordinary positions. There is a winger card of Ronaldo (99), as well as striker cards for the actual defenders Ramos (96) and Marcelo (97).
You can check out the complete team here.
Here you can look at the previous leaks for the Shapeshifters Event Team 2:
FIFA 22 Shapeshifters Team 2 – Leaks show top cards
What are these leaks? The leaks come from the well-known FUT leaker Fut Sheriff (via Twitter), who has frequently hit the mark with his leaks. It is unknown where the information comes from.
These crazy cards could Shapeshifters Team 2 bring: According to Fut Sheriff, there will again be some really crazy cards this time. For example, the leaks mention striker cards for the defenders Sergio Ramos (96) and Marcelo (97). Additionally, there is supposed to be an extremely strong winger card for Cristiano Ronaldo (99).
You can check out the supposed Team 2 here:
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Who Destiny 2 players eventually find themselves in the Strike rotation of the Vanguard Ops. But while most Strikes there are entertaining and quite easy, there is one that drives many players to despair. To retire it to the Content Vault, they would even sacrifice Raid Exotics to Bungie. MeinMMO has looked into how and why the Strike is currently splitting the Destiny community.
This is the Strike in question: There are several Strikes in Destiny 2 that can be played via the Vanguard Ops playlist in a random rotation with matchmaking. However, while most are quick and easy, with no mechanics to think too much about, one Strike stands out. “The Corrupted” has been making players in Destiny 2 despair for years.
The Strike takes place in the Dreaming City, and the Guardians must locate one of Queen Mara’s closest advisors, Sedia, and free her from the control of the Taken.
Sedia has the toughest bump-and-shove mechanic with floating platforms.
When his location appears on the screen, the Guardians hurry to leave the activity and leave their teammates behind. So reports Phiau, a father, who now plays Destiny 2 with his son:
I was playing Strikes with my son today and we encountered “The Corrupted.” My son: “Oh, I hate this Strike.” I: “Why?” My son: “Because as soon as it loads, everyone leaves.”
Sadly, these experiences are happening more frequently in Destiny 2, and there is a reason for it. “The Corrupted” was last week in the Nightfall rotation, and during that time, it literally cost many players all their nerves.
The Strike is unsuitable for a playlist with matchmaking: In the eyes of these players, “The Corrupted” is already considered “inappropriately long, annoying, and an absolute slog.” As a Nightfall, with additional modifiers, it is even more challenging. Then when matchmaking is added for the Strike playlist, which is available at lower difficulty levels, it becomes “hell on earth”.
When players are randomly assigned together, it often happens that the special orb mechanic of the Strike, which runs throughout the entire activity, is overlooked.
Moreover, the Strike is very long and includes some “bump-and-shove mechanics,” which makes it significantly harder to eliminate enemies and take down the boss “Sedia” quickly.
If the random and unsuspecting teammates do not respond to “orb tosses,” are constantly shoved off the map, or do not know what they should be doing to play safely, patience runs thin.
Because of this, some players repeatedly say: For a quick playlist activity, this combination of a lengthy Strike, orb mechanics, and ignorant teammates is simply unsuitable and also far too exhausting to want to play willingly.
For this reason, player Imagine_TryingYT in the relevant Reddit discussion is even willing to sacrifice everything if the Strike “The Corrupted” would finally disappear forever into the Content Vault.
[…] I know we have been against [the Content Vault] in the past. But just this once, I would find it perfectly fine if [Bungie] were to remove “The Corrupted.” I give [Bungie] what [they want]. Delete my Titan, take all my God rolls, take my Vex Mythoclast to hell. Please, I will literally delete my account and restart this game completely as long as I know that I never have to touch this Strike again. […]
The Strike “The Corrupted” takes place in the Dreaming City
The reason there is no Raid matchmaking
While the community on Reddit demands a relocation of the Strike to the Content Vault, Datto, the Destiny streamer and elite player, expresses his dismay at this discussion and defends the Strike “The Corrupted”.
I will not tolerate this slander against The Corrupted. This Strike is fantastic!
writes Datto, a well-known Destiny content creator via Twitter
For him, the activity is a grand challenge, with good mechanics, and when there is whining, it is only because “a Strike takes longer than 8 minutes to receive a top reward,” as he says.
Such demands are, according to Datto, the reason why in Destiny 2 the difficulty levels of Master, Grandmaster, as well as Dungeon and Raid activities have not yet received matchmaking.
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The Strike has been in the game since 2018, and a large portion of the players still do not know how to play it correctly. Among them are apparently also players who wish for appropriate matchmaking for the endgame but do not want to learn anything about it.
On Reddit, Destiny players like 1AMA-CAT-AMA criticize this “mechanic resistance” of their fellow Guardians and the demand that The Corrupted should head to “Bungie’s mothball cabinet.”
All they want is a horde mode with trash-tier mobs that they can farm without difficulty with the Trinity Ghoul, that goes on forever and guarantees them loot. Then they wonder why they are bored with the game 2 days later.
In-game explanations are not a solution: Some players point out that there are no hints in the game on how to play the mechanics in The Corrupted, which is why they are clueless. Bungie could therefore integrate a hint tab in the game, as was recently done with the Gambit rules, which explains the game mechanics in detail.
What is the Content Vault in Destiny 2 again?
Bungie launched the so-called Content Vault in 2020 with the Beyond Light expansion. It is a place where “less actively played” targets and activities are regularly removed from the game and stored there. According to the developer, the Content Vault is necessary to allow fresh content to be added without cluttering the game.
Here, however, Destiny 2 has been pursuing the “concept of discovery” for years. Players are supposed to figure out for themselves how something works in the game and learn from it. This is more exciting than knowing immediately how something works. This is exactly why the day-one dungeons and raids have been so popular for years.
Once discovered, the new mechanics of the game spread very quickly in the community. You can watch them on Twitch or YouTube, read about them in guides, or play them in a fireteam and figure them out together. However, this requires that one wants to do so.
In the case of the Strike “The Corrupted,” this has not worked well because the orbs also deal damage when they are not charged, as player RC_0001RC_0001 points out. Perhaps the solution is much simpler, by having Bungie change the mechanics so that players are forced to understand and utilize the mechanics correctly.
[…] Guardians who do not keep an eye on [the mechanics] or do not have Datto’s phone number simply throw the ball at the enemy shields. […] It will deal enough damage that it’s not clear they are doing something wrong, so they will keep doing it. And there is nothing we can do to prevent them from getting the orb first.
In Vanguard Ops, 3 players take on small missions called “Strikes”.
This is how the orb mechanic works in the Strike “The Corrupted”
How does the orb mechanic work in the Strike? For all those who want to do better from now on, we would like to explain the exact orb mechanic of the Strike “The Corrupted,” which will make the activity overall easier and more relaxed:
In different places in the Strike, such as in the elevator, players can pick up special orbs. They are necessary because only with them can the shields of the enemies be broken in this Strike.
These orbs can not only be picked up and thrown but can also be tossed to other teammates.
Each toss maximizes the damage output. With each orb, this is possible up to 3x.
Charged orbs hum and glow. When the humming is loudest, you can throw them to deal maximum damage.
More news from our Destiny 2 editorial team can be found here:
What do you personally think about the Strike “The Corrupted”? Would it also be your request to move the content directly to the Content Vault? Please feel free to confess in the comments whether you knew about the secret orb mechanic with Sedia or not. And whether you are willing to learn mechanics and processes in Destiny 2 or would rather just push through.
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Overwatch 2 will be released on October 4 as a Free2Play title. As Blizzard has now clarified in a Reddit AMA, this also means the end of Overwatch 1.
In a Reddit AMA – a kind of interview with the entire Reddit community – on June 22, developers of Overwatch 2 answered fan questions. One of the most important pieces of information from this thread was the clear statement that Overwatch 1 will completely disappear, as soon as Part 2 is released on October 4 as a Free2Play title.
What do the developers say? In response to a question about the “Early Access” of the game, Director Aaron Keller explained: “When OW2 launches on October 4, it will be a replacement for the current live service.” This means that Overwatch 1 in its current form will no longer exist, but will be completely and utterly replaced by Overwatch 2. On PC, it will even run through the same file: Overwatch.exe.
For years, it was unclear what would happen to Overwatch 1
Why is this statement important? A tweet shortly after the reveal of Overwatch 2 caused years of confusion. It stated that players of Overwatch 1 and 2 will play together on the same maps. The community did not know if this meant that Overwatch 1 and 2 would be playable at the same time or if the successor would replace the original.
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Now it is clear: Overwatch 1 will no longer be playable with the release of Part 2. For many players who have already been able to test the beta of the successor, this is not a problem. The changes in Part 2 are so good, that Part 1 seems “unplayable” in comparison.
Here you can see the gameplay trailer of the latest hero in Overwatch 2, Junker Queen:
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There will likely not be an “Overwatch Classic”
Will Overwatch 1 come back? As the speculation that Overwatch 1 will be completely replaced has been circulating for almost 3 years, some fans hope for a kind of “Overwatch Classic” – that Overwatch will be made available as it was at launch, similar to what happened with WoW Classic.
In 2020, former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan stated that a hypothetical Overwatch Classic “would be very costly from a technical and artistic perspective” (via Twitter). There have also been hints that Blizzard itself has not fully archived Overwatch in its old form, which means that such a restoration is unlikely to happen.
What do you think about this announcement? Do you want to continue playing Overwatch 1 or do you prefer Part 2 with all its changes? Let us know in the comments.
In Pokémon GO hints of three new legendary Pokémon have been found that are creating a lot of excitement among trainers. We at MeinMMO have looked into what these findings are and show you the community’s reactions.
This suggests that there will soon be even more new Pokémon from the 8th generation in the game. We have summarized below which ones are likely to be.
Who are the Pokéminers? The Pokéminers are a group of data miners. They regularly search the game code of Pokémon GO and try to find new upcoming content and changes. They then make this data publicly available to other players.
The predictions of the Pokéminers have been relatively reliable in the past, and much of it has indeed been implemented in the game. However, this type of data is not official information, which is why Niantic can still adjust and change this content or even decide against a release.
These are the findings on the legendary Galar Pokémon
As martycochrane shows in his current reddit post, the Pokéminers have made a new discovery in the game code. In addition to the image material for the three new Ultra Beasts and the Snorlax with cowboy hat, which are debuting at the live events surrounding the GO Fest, three more images have been discovered.
As you can see in the graphic below, these are the legendary Galar Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.
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What kind of Pokémon are these? Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are the legendary birds from the Kanto region. With the introduction of the 8th game generation, all three monsters have received an additional Galar form.
Visually, the differences are easy to spot. Particularly Zapdos has much more pronounced plumage in its Galar form than in its Kanto form. Additionally, their bodies are colored differently in the Galar region. For comparison, we have embedded an image of the three legendary birds from the Kanto region below:
Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno
The Galar monsters are not only visually different from the birds of the Kanto region but also differ in their types:
Pokémon
Kanto Form
Galar Form
Articuno
Ice Flying
Psychic Flying
Zapdos
Electric Flying
Fighting Flying
Moltres
Fire Flying
Dark Flying
“Hopefully, they will be released soon”
The trainers in the reddit community are excited about these findings. They look forward to finally being able to catch the three legendary Galar Pokémon and are already speculating on when the monsters might appear in the game (via reddit.com):
Dracarys1988: “I love all 3 Galar birds. Hopefully, they will be released soon”
ekromFPS: “Maybe the legendary Galar birds will be the most important hyper bonus unlocked after each GO Fest.”
repo_sado: “Maybe just part of the hyper bonus. The first hyper bonus was much better than the release of a new legendary.”
edwinodresseiron: “Do the shinys of the Galar birds have the colors of their Kanto counterparts? That’s cool, I didn’t know that! Also: How heavy will Galar-Moltres approximately be? I need a bunch of XL candies for my shiny-Moltres, so I’ve been waiting for it to appear in raids anyway.”
orhan94: “Moltres and Articuno will be harder since they both lose a double weakness. Zapdos might be easier since the top psychic attacker is offensively much stronger than the top rock or ice attackers, I think.”
Is a timely release plausible? In principle, it would be plausible that the Galar forms of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are indeed part of the hyper bonuses. In recent years, these bonuses have been obtainable during the global GO Fest and ultimately granted you encounters with new legendary Pokémon.
For example, Zacian and Zamazenta debuted in this context in 2021. The hyper bonus was changed in 2022 and you can now earn it piece by piece at the various events surrounding the GO Fest to enhance subsequent events. However, what specific rewards you can expect is still not known.
Thus, after reaching the hyper bonus, the GO Fest in Berlin will be enhanced for the upcoming birthday event. A release of the legendary Pokémon at the closing event of the GO Fest on August 27 would also be possible.
Whether and when it will actually happen, and you will finally be able to catch the legendary Galar birds remains to be seen. If there is new information about this, you will find out here on MeinMMO.
What do you think of the findings regarding the 3 legendary Galar birds? Do you hope that Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres will come into the game in this form soon? Or would you prefer to see other Pokémon released first? Feel free to leave your opinion here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange views with other trainers.
In the Steam Summer Sale 2022, you can complete quests for Clorthax. He gives you hints about games with rhythm and strings, and you need to find the right game. We’ll show you all the solutions for the hints here.
What kind of quest is this? On the homepage of Steam, you will find an animated sign saying “This way for free fun”. If you click on it, you will land on the Steam 3000 Summer event and a message from Clorthax. If you look at Hint 1 there, you need to find a game and you are already in the midst of the quest of the Steam Summer Sale 2022.
We will show you all the hints and the sought-after solutions here. Keep in mind: After you click “Start Search”, the sought-after games may appear in different places for each player. It’s important to know the name and image of the sought-after game. We will tell you with each hint where we found the game – but that doesn’t mean it will be found in the same place for you.
Hint 1: Wealth of Rhythm and Fame
This is Hint 1: Rhythm brings wealth and fame has six strings. But the throttle can lead to the abyss.
This is the solution: You are looking for “Guitar Billionaire”.
Click on “Start Search”. We found it under “Rhythm” in the category “Shoot ’em up”.
In the upper left corner, you see the sought game for Hint 1 – Guitar Billionaire
Hint 2: City with Lawsuits
This is Hint 2: You have built a city and taken root, but what to do when lawsuits plague you?
This is the solution: You are looking for “Custard Castle Small Claims Court”.
Click on “Start Search”. We found it under “Tower Defense” in the category “Sandbox”.
Custard Castle Small Claims Court is the sought game for Hint 2
Hint 3: Fishing Sport with Baits
This is Hint 3: In fishing sport, it is said that whoever throws the bait is mostly successful when the fish bites.
This is the solution: You are looking for “Bass Ain’t Bitin’ 2022”.
Click again on “Start Search”. We found it under “Controller” and there in the category “Baseball”.
Bass Ain’t Bitin’ 2022 is the sought game for Hint 3
Hint 4: Greed and Amusement Park
This is Hint 4: With ambition and greed, you surpassed your rivals. And yet your amusement park only brings agony to the visitors.
This is the solution: You are looking for “Dead Seagull Zoo Magnate”.
Click on “Start Search”. We found it in the category “Immersive & Life Simulations” under “Controller Support”.
Dead Seagull Zoo Magnate is the sought game from Hint 4
Hint 5: Tinder for Protesting
This is Hint 5: The monstrous need to correct you condescendingly gives your friends and you plenty of tinder for protesting.
This is the solution: You are looking for “Actually Frankenstein’s Monster Edition”.
Click on “Start Search” and select the game category “Action” on the overview page. We found it in 4 Player.
“Actually Frankenstein’s Monster Edition” – The sought game for Hint 5
Hint 6: Action and Adventure
This is Hint 6: Where is the action? We’re just standing around. This passive adventure sells us for fools.
This is the solution: You are looking for the game “It’s Probably Fine”.
Click on “Start Search”. We found it in the game category “Word Games & Quiz” in the category Mystery.
“It’s Probably Fine” is the sought game for Hint 6
Hint 7: The King and His Throne
This is Hint 7: You are the king’s right hand and lead him from throne to throne. For every business affects the whole country, where does the decision fall? Who knows.
This is the solution: You are looking for the game “Help Get The King to the Toilet”. Click on “Start Search”. We found it on the overview page under the category “Action RPGs” and there in “Significant Actions”. No punchline.
“Help Get The King to the Toilet” is the sought game for Hint 7
Hint 8: Horror and Nonsense
This is Hint 8: Oh horror, oh horror, we are of madness. This is the mother of convoluted nonsense.
This is the solution: You are looking for “The Consecration of Esthme”. We found it in the category “Adventure” under the point “Zombie Games”.
“The Consecration of Esthme” is the sought game for Hint 8
Hint 9: Full House with 3 Spades
This is Hint 9: In the virtual river, a full house floats. Inside, two jacks paddle with three spades, oh horror.
This is the solution: You are looking for “Pro Poker Amateur”. We found it in the category “Action” under the point “Popular Titles”.
“Pro Poker Amateur” is the sought game for Hint 9
Hint 10: Strategy and Farts
This is Hint 10: If your strategy is to hold me back, I will unleash unforeseen powers. If your strategy is to get rid of me, I will spoil the air.
This is the solution: You are looking for the game “Hold in Your Farts”. We found it in the category “Cities and Settlements” under the point “Historical”.
“Hold in Your Farts” is the sought game for Hint 10
After you have collected all 10 hints, you can collect a special gift on the quest overview page. This is a special profile frame “Steam 3000” that you can click on and save on your profile page. Retro-style animations will then run around your profile frame.
How did you like the treasure hunt? Did you discover cool games during the search that you want to try out, or could you only focus on the sought titles?
A raid in Wrath of the Lich King Classic will not be as easy as it used to be. Blizzard is making changes to the raids in WoW Classic.
In WoW Classic, the beta for Wrath of the Lich King has just started, but the developers have already announced that they want to make several changes. WotLK will not be exactly as you remember it. Some features, like the dungeon finder, will not be present at all. But there will also be adjustments to the raids. The first raid from WotLK will be harder than it was back then: Naxxramas.
What has been said? In the developer update for Wrath of the Lich King Classic, plans were discussed. There were some thoughts on what could be changed in WotLK Classic, such as a higher difficulty for heroic dungeons or the same loot in 10-man and 25-man raids. However, neither of these will happen. Instead, there will be an adjustment to Naxxramas. The raid will be harder.
What do the changes look like? Specific changes have not yet been mentioned, but at least the general direction has been indicated. Both the health points of the monsters in the raid are to be increased, as well as the damage they deal. In other words: fights will last a little longer and it will happen more often that a few players will meet their demise.
Why is Blizzard doing this? The answer is simple: Naxxramas was too easy back then and even significantly easier than Blizzard intended. Therefore, the difficulty is being raised. This not only makes the raid more interesting, but also stretches the time a little until the next raid tier launches with Ulduar. Literally, it is stated:
Our design intent for [Naxxramas in] 2008 was to make it a little easier than the original from 2006. But we overshot our mark and made it much easier than we planned. The slight increase in difficulty will provide for more exciting and interesting challenges […]
In fact, Naxxramas in Wrath of the Lich King was present mainly for two reasons. First, Blizzard didn’t have to create a completely new raid and could just “copy-paste” it, and second, only a fraction of players experienced Naxxramas in the original WoW before the expansion The Burning Crusade was launched.
If you’re more interested in WoW Classicthis might also interest you:
What about “No Changes”? No matter what changes are made to WoW Classic, there are always a few players who hope for a purist experience and view any change negatively.
However, Blizzard has long since deviated from this and seems to compromise from time to time, if it benefits the gameplay experience for the larger audience. The adjustments to Naxxramas appear to be one of those changes.
What do you think about Naxxramas becoming harder? A good thing? Or should Blizzard just leave balancing alone?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Lost Ark was supposed to receive the next big update in mid-June. However, this has been delayed by a few weeks. Now Amazon explains how the postponement came about. One reason was the removal of Yoz’s Crucible, a feature many players labeled as Pay2Win and protested against.
Why was the patch postponed? According to Amazon, the delay was mainly due to three reasons:
They wanted to introduce a new fortress research that will unlock at a gear score of 1,460, helping to advance additional characters in gear score quickly.
It is now certain that the big June update will be released on Thursday, June 30. One day earlier, there should be more information about the fortress research and the patch notes for the update.
For more information on the June and July patch, you can find it here:
Pay2Win content from Korea does not come to the West for now
What was behind Yoz’s Crucible? Yoz’s Crucible allows you to recycle skins that you no longer want. From this, you receive materials and can, by using Blue Crystals, roll for a new skin.
At the same time, the system introduces some epic and two legendary skins per class. The legendary skins grant you stat bonuses, thereby providing better attributes. The user birkholz calculated on reddit that this results in about 1.9% more damage.
To obtain these complete stat bonuses, you need skins from the shop and to use Blue Crystals. Ideally, you can achieve the whole set with €334, and with average luck, you require about €532. This, however, did not sit well with the players.
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The 5 Reasons for the Incredible Success of Lost Ark
How is Amazon reacting now? The system around Yoz’s Crucible is already active in Korea, but it will not come to the Western world for now. However, whether it will be left out forever is unclear. However, it is mentioned in the blog post:
We want to avoid players feeling that the skins in Yoz’s Crucible are necessary for gameplay. Especially when these are associated with significant financial or in-game currency expenses.
To apologize for the delay of the update, players will receive additional gifts. One is a Mokoko skin selection chest and the other is a growth package containing the following items:
Destruction Stone Selection Bag x5 – with which one of these options can be selected from each chest:
Class 1 – Destruction Stone Fragment (Bound) x1,000
Class 2 – Destruction Stone (Bound) x1,000
Class 3 – Destruction Stone Crystal (Bound) x200
Guardian Stone Selection Bag x12 – with which one of these options can be selected from each chest:
Class 1 – Guardian Stone Fragment (Bound) x1,000
Class 2 – Guardian Stone (Bound) x1,000
Class 3 – Guardian Stone Crystal x200
Enhancement Selection Chest x10 – with which one of these options can be selected from each chest:
Class 1 – Harmony Shards Bag (L) x3
Class 2 – Life Fragment Bag (L) x3
Class 3 – Honor Fragment Bag (L) x1
The growth packages will also be available in the shop for one month.
What do you think of the removal of Yoz’s Crucible? Was the system problematic from your perspective, and was it overly dramatized? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
Amazon is currently working not only on Lost Ark but also on another online game. We have gathered everything known about it so far:
MeinMMO author Maik Schneider has been using PS Plus since the first days of the subscription service and has experienced many changes. With some concerns, he looked at the recent switch to the new system and worried about his wallet. But the best feature of the subscription for PS4 & PS5 remains: “Console Sharing.” He shows you how generous Sony is.
When we discovered this back on the PlayStation 3, up to five sharing accounts were possible. We bought all the games on CDs, which was still the norm. But for DLCs, “Sharing” was the trend – one person bought the content, and everyone else could join in.
Over time, the number of accounts suddenly dropped to three. With the switch to PS4, the system changed, and the “Primary Console” was introduced. This reduced the number to two.
I held my thumbs up until the last moment and am really relieved by how generous Sony is with the sharing of the new PS Plus subscriptions. Because you can really use everything!
More info about the new PS Plus is available in our video:
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Everything you need to know about Sony’s new PS Plus model – In 2 minutes
PS Plus: Sharing of Extra and Premium contents is no problem
How does sharing work on PS4 and PS5? In the account settings on your consoles, you can set a “Primary Console.” This PS4 or PS5 can then use all games with all accounts on that console. On the PS5, this feature is now called “Console Sharing and Offline Play.”
The catch is: With your own account that purchased the content, you can also access the games on other consoles – as long as you are logged in with that account.
This also included PS Plus. On the “Primary Console,” all accounts could use the online multiplayer. Buy once, benefit twice.
PS5 settings > Users and accounts > Other > Console Sharing and Offline Play
How does it work now with PS Plus Extra / Premium? Right after I transferred the endlessly long list of over 500 Plus games from the PS Store to our game list on MeinMMO, I switched to the living room at my girlfriend’s PS5 to test the sharing features together with my console.
And what can I say: It works excellently. On the “Primary Console,” I activated two games on my account: one from PS Plus Extra for download and one from PS Plus Premium for streaming.
The account of my girlfriend, which is actually PS Plus-free, can use both games – regardless of whether the game is on the drive or coming through the streaming service. It is important that you first activate the games on the account that has PS Plus.
The streaming part is a bit strange. You have to completely start the game on the account with PS Plus. It’s not enough to quickly launch the game and exit at the streaming loading screen. Otherwise, a small lock symbol will signal that something is wrong on the game icon in the menu.
A strong feature of the PS5 in this context: When I log in with my account on the “Primary Console,” I am no longer logged out of my account on my own PS5.
This is still different on the PS4. Except for this nice quality-of-life feature, the sharing on PlayStation 4 works perfectly as well – I have tested this on both console generations.
Overall, I can supply four PlayStation consoles with PS Plus Premium, but only have to pay once – two PS5 and two PS4.
However, there is the limitation that I cannot play against myself in multiplayer with my own account. Here, only three consoles can be used because number 4 would be the second PS4 where I would have to log in as myself.
If you are now looking for information about the new PS Plus services, you will find all the details here:
Do all features of PS Plus work with sharing? There are a few restrictions. Some features can only be used with the account that actually has PS Plus activated.
Cloud storage for game saves
Share Play
Game help on PS5
The cloud storage weighs most heavily for me personally, but I don’t really mind that the feature is missing. As long as the games all work perfectly. I certainly won’t buy CDs anymore.
Feel free to leave me your opinion on the subject. You can also ask questions about sharing if there’s anything else I should test.
What do you think about spending so much money on a prop? Let us know!
Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo (27) participated in a live auction on his stream and bid over €9,000 for a prop from the movie Warcraft: The Beginning (2016), which is set in the Warcraft universe that became well-known first through three strategy games and later through the MMORPG World of Warcraft. He completely freaked out when he won the sword of King Llane.
Who is Mizkif? The Twitch streamer began his career in 2018 as a cameraman for the streamer Iceposeidon. He now has his own successful channel with 2 million followers on Twitch.
He streams a lot of “Just Chatting” content, but also plays games. His focus is mainly on Nintendo games and World of Warcraft.
This is how Mizkif got the WoW sword
Where did Mizkif buy the WoW sword? The website “Propstore Auction” offers props from well-known movies for sale. In a live auction, the sword of King Llane (played by Dominic Cooper) from Warcraft: The Beginning (2016) was auctioned off.
King Llane was the king of the kingdom of Azeroth during the war in the world of Warcraft. Image source: Wowhead
How did the auction go? Mizkif is repeatedly outbid. At one point, the streamer said he wouldn’t go higher, but he did anyway and finally won the WoW sword.
The auction begins: Mizkif’s starting bid is around €5,700
Outbid at €6,200 and €6,700
Mizkif bids €7,100
Another bidder raises to €7,600
Mizkif goes to €8,100 and claims he won’t go higher
Outbid at €8,600, Mizkif is irritated and curses the bidder
€9,000, Mizkif waits excitedly and wins the sword
How did Mizkif react to his purchase?
When the auction ended, the streamer completely freaked out. Overjoyed, Mizkif jumped up and shouted: “$500 saved! I got King Llane’s sword!”
Here on Twitch you can see the emotional reaction of the streamer:
Afterward, he explained that he had waited several hours specifically for this sword. He had set his maximum bid limit to $10,000 (approximately €9,500).
In March 2022, there was much concern in the Destiny 2 community. Unjustified copyright strikes threatened the existence of numerous YouTubers and harmed Bungie’s reputation. However, it quickly became clear that a fraudster was at work. Now Bungie has revealed the name of the suspect – and has sued him for a hefty sum.
YouTuber likely sought revenge for deletion of his own channel
Who is the alleged culprit? The perpetrator is said to be YouTuber Nicholas ‘Lord Nazo’ Minor, who wanted to take “revenge” on the developer of Destiny 2 and has publicly targeted videos on YouTube – sometimes with success.
Using fake email addresses, he pretended to be two employees of CSC. This is a copyright protection company that aims to protect Bungie’s intellectual property (such as the brand ‘Destiny’). So ‘disguised,’ he was able to harm other YouTubers in Bungie’s name.
Former friends of Nazo further revealed that he explained exactly what he was doing on Discord. He complained about how easy it was to spam fake takedown notifications.
In this video about Destiny 2, you can get a behind-the-scenes look and meet some developers at Bungie:
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Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted in the Developer Insight
What are the alleged motives? As Bungie explains in the lawsuit, Lord Nazo’s motive was “revenge.” The documents describe the situation as follows:
Lord Nazo had previously uploaded “Destiny 2” music to his channel, which was then swept up by a wave of DMCA takedowns. Bungie and CSC took action against several channels.
As journalist Paul Tassi writes, this decision was highly controversial in the community at the time, but in most cases, the videos were deleted without further consequences. However, Nazo refused to take down his video, and eventually, YouTube deleted it for him.
He then uploaded new music from The Witch Queen to his YouTube channel, prompting Bungie and CSC to respond again. After a total of 23 violations, his channel was eventually deleted altogether.
As his own existence was threatened, the YouTuber sought revenge. By pretending to file such notices for Bungie, he was able to enforce 96 copyright strikes against other YouTubers and even Bungie.
This was possible because YouTube allows anyone to submit such complaints. There is no requirement to prove that the submitter of the complaint is actually the owner.
However, according to documents, Lord Nazo went a step further: he wanted to use this chaos to make it appear as if his takedowns were also part of this unjustified wave of fraud. He hoped that his channel would be restored. In a lengthy appeal to YouTube, he spoke about the situation he had orchestrated himself. His channel was not restored.
What are the consequences? Bungie was able to identify Lord Nazo by cross-referencing his YouTube and reddit accounts with his real name and IP addresses that created the fake email addresses. According to Tassi, his name also appears in a database of known cheaters.
Now Lord Nazo has been sued by Bungie for damages. The amount being discussed is 7.4 million dollars. They cite both attorney’s fees and the damage to Bungie’s reputation, as for a time, everyone believed that the copyright strikes against the community came from them.
However, it may take a long time before this trial is concluded. What happens in the meantime remains open. Recently, Bungie won another lawsuit:
Many players are likely looking for discounts now and want to see what is available in the sale. However, this also causes problems.
This is the Summer Sale disturbance: Currently, the Steam Store is accessible, but extremely slow. It can take a long time for content to load. In the Games subreddit, some players report that their wishlist cannot be accessed right now (via reddit). Other players say they couldn’t log in at all.
How long the problems will last is currently unknown. In the past, such difficulties during Steam sales usually settled shortly after the initial rush.
This not only disrupts the “shopping spree,” but also a special feature: Currently, you can complete a type of search quest during the Steam Summer Sale. So, theoretically.
What is this search quest during the Steam Summer Sale?
This is the quest: If you scroll on the main page of the store, a retro-style display shines at you among the games and game categories. It makes a clear statement with a big finger and the phrase “This way to free fun.”
If you click on it, you receive a message from a “time-traveling con artist” named Clorthax, who claims to have “stolen the 10 best games of the future” and wants to sell them on Steam. However, he doesn’t want to reveal their names but instead sends you on a search with hints.
Now you can search for the games in various categories. However, to participate in the game, you need to have a Steam account and log in.
This isn’t the first time Steam has created such a “mini-game” for the sale. In 2019, for example, there was a race that not everyone understood.
This is the current problem: Right now, solving the search is nearly impossible, as the content of the targeted categories may not load correctly. It looks like this:
Steam is currently loading very slowly or not at all for many
The hint “Rhythm makes you rich and fame has six strings. But the control can lead to the abyss” leads you to the music category, but you can’t progress here if the content doesn’t load properly.
These issues may be due to the high influx of people to the servers because of the sale. Once they are resolved, the search quest should also be solvable.
What do you think of the Steam Summer Sale and the quest? Do you have any games in mind yet? Let us know in the comments!
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Diablo Immortal is receiving a lot of criticism for its Pay2Win aspects. Now, a player has found an unusual way to finance it: World of Warcraft.
This is how he did it: In the Diablo Immortal subreddit, user “daymeeuhn” (via reddit) shares that he used a total of 600,000,000 – that is, 600 million – units of WoW gold to improve his Immortal character. In the game, he calls himself “Naecabon”.
Getting that much gold in WoW is, in itself, already an impossible task, says Naecabo. It worked only because he could rely on codes from old loot cards that he had collected ages ago at Blizzard events, which had since gathered dust in a drawer.
But now the moment had come to use them: “I spent May exchanging old codes for spectral tigers and the like in-game for gold by using Discord markets,” he explains: “I never used RMT (Real Money Transactions) when it came to gold, and I had no interest in selling the gold for US dollars,” the player says.
He understands that gold can also be perceived as a currency with real cash value, but from his perspective, that is very difficult. Because selling WoW gold can lead to bans. It simply isn’t worth it. And also, selling the loot codes he describes as almost impossible based on his experience and one can easily be cheated.
After over 3 weeks of trading: “Cash whales, I’m targeting you”
The starting point was the announcement of the PC port, and over time, 600 million gold accumulated, describes “Naecabon”.
The entire WoW gold was exchanged by the player for WoW tokens. This took over three weeks.
He converted the tokens into Battle.net credit – about 15 $ per token.
This credit then flowed into Diablo Immortal.
In total, the player claims to have received 3,243 WoW tokens for his gold, which he converted, amounting to a value of 48,645 $ – or 46,236.59 €.
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The outcome: an extremely strong character. But why all this?
This is the reason: “I thought it would be really fun to try to create a ‘whale’ character in the game that uses WoW gold as its main source of funding. I find it funny to crush a cash whale as a ‘gold whale.'”
A “whale” typically refers to players who gain an advantage in games through very high real investments.
“My character is now a proverbial powerhouse that crushes cash streamers […] with eerie efficiency,” says the player: “There is no real reason for it, except that I want to have fun. If you see me fighting cash whales in battlegrounds, you should know that I attack them using ‘World of Warcraft’ currency as my main funding source,” he says.
He also refers to an example of streamer “JTisallbusiness,” whom he encounters in a battleground and promptly annihilates. The latter describes Naecabon as one of the currently best-equipped players (via Twitch).
If he ever has to “swipe” to remain relevant, he would weigh his options. But for now, he wants to “fight the good fight,” he says: “Cash whales, I’m targeting you.”
What do you think of the action? Do you find it good, or is it essentially the same as “normal” Pay2Win? Feel free to leave us a comment!
In February 2022, the real-time strategy game “Total War: Warhammer 3” was released on Steam. With a score of 86% on Metacritic, it is the highest-rated strategy game for PC that was newly released in 2022. In the 4 months since the release, it has only been reduced by a few percent on Steam for a short time. This will change with the Steam Summer Sale 2022, which starts this evening. A purchase at a good price might be worth it, believes MeinMMO author Schuhmann. In a few months, the game will become huge.
What kind of game is it? The “Total War” series has been recreating historical wars for 22 years and has established its own genre:
On a map, you move your armies around, recruit troops, and expand settlements – just like in a classic turn-based strategy game
In battle, however, you switch to real-time strategy and command your troops on the field, make tactical decisions, and actually fight the battles you’ve gotten yourself into
Over the years, the RPG elements in the games have grown: Commanders and heroes of an army developed character traits, could be equipped and customized
Normally, the Total War games take place in warlike times of Earth: In the Middle Ages, ancient Rome, Japan, or during the Napoleonic Wars. However, the series branch Warhammer refers to a fantasy world that also inspired “World of Warcraft”: Here, humans suddenly fight against elves, orcs, goblins, or the rat-like Skaven.
The series has built an excellent reputation since the year 2000, but over the years it had grown stale: That changed in 2016 when developer Creative Assembly gave itself more freedom, broke out of the strict historical framework, and dared to venture into the realm of myths and fantasy with Total War: Warhammer and Total War: Three Kingdoms.
Total War: Warhammer 3 is the third game in this branch after Part 1 (2016) and Part 2 (2017, which was extended for a long time).
How good is Total War: Warhammer 3? The game has received excellent 86% ratings from testers on Metacritic . It ranks almost as well as Total Warhammer II from 2017.
Testers called it the “crown jewel of the trilogy,” praising the “continuous development of the series” and the “exciting innovations to the known formula.”
With 86%, it is the best new strategy game for PC in 2022 according to Metacritic. Even the DLC “Royal Court” for Crusader Kings 3 only scored 83% – Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is at 81% (via metacritic).
Total War: Warhammer 3 still lacks the centerpiece of the game
What is the problem with the game? The problem with Total Warhammer III is a peculiarity that only becomes apparent if you know the predecessor.
Because the main campaign that Total Warhammer 3 starts with is not the mode that players want to play:
Players want to play the mega mode “Immortal Empires,” which they already know from Part 2 and which was popular there. In “Immortal Empires,” all factions from all 3 parts of the “Total War: Warhammer” series can be played on a gigantic map.
From the last part, we know: This mode gives players extreme freedom and packs many different factions and play styles into the same world. The mode offers endless variety and allows you to play with every known race from the Warhammer universe, in countless different shades.
This mode, however, will only come in the 3rd quarter of 2022. Until then, Warhammer 3 feels like just the appetizer, while the main course is still missing.
How huge will this mode be when it arrives? The dimensions of “Immortal Empires” will be even more significant compared to the already extensive mode from Total Warhammer II:
Instead of 401 settlements, there should be 554
Instead of 183 factions at the start, the number will rise to 278
Instead of 74 legendary lords, there are 86 (these are unique commanders of armies, often with their own special quests and features that can be unlocked)
As the developers announce, the number should even increase after the release of the mode over DLC and free updates (via totalwar).
Mortal Empires was a feast for all strategy gamers – Part 3 is set to be much bigger
What makes this mode so special? The diversity in the mode is enormous, as one knows from Warhammer 2.
Each race has peculiarities in its mechanics that lead to a different playstyle:
While playing as an elf, you tried to confederate other elf factions and incorporate them through diplomacy
you could run wild and plunder as an orc – opposing founding tribes were simply subjugated once you defeated their chief in battle
the Skaven undermined enemy cities and built their empire beneath the feet of their adversaries
Dwarves were constantly busy pacifying the next grudge – it is a very grumpy race
whereas a gluttonous orc focused entirely on assembling his next meal
a dark elf struggled with whether to let a demon take control of his mind
This mode in Warhammer 2 was a fulfillment for many strategy players, especially since it was expanded over the years and always brought new variations.
However, the “campaign” of Warhammer 3 feels like it restricts the player strongly and forces a specific playstyle on him that revolves around gimmicks (the realms of the Chaos gods), which can feel rather tedious in repeated playthroughs, especially when one is used to the extreme freedom of the “Mortal Empires” campaign.
The map of Immortal Empires is said to break all dimensions.
Total War: Warhammer 3 could be “properly” reduced in the Steam Summer Sale
Why should you buy the game today in the Steam Sale? Total Warhammer 3 has almost never been on sale on Steam. Only in a single week in early June, was the game available for €53.99. Otherwise, you always paid the full price of €59.99.
How cheap Total War: Warhammer 3 will be this evening is still unknown. However, it is known that the price will be reduced, and one can hope that the game will be cheaper to buy on Steam than ever before: On the shop page of Total War: Warhammer 3 on Steam, you will be able to buy the game at a reduced price later (via steam).
Although the user reviews are currently at a disappointing 57% due to the lack of the “main mode”, this should change once the new mode becomes available.
There are many indications that with the release of the mode “Immortal Empires” in the 3rd quarter of 2022, a truly monumental game is waiting for fans of strategy games.
The Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is attempting the hardest boss in the game, Malenia, in Elden Ring, but unfortunately, it’s not going very well. After 2,000 “Game Over” screens, he then puts on a show for his viewers and loses his mind live.
Dan Gheesling is a variety streamer and has around 112,000 followers on Twitch.
Dan became known on Twitch through his friendship with popular streamer Northernlion. The two are good friends and often stream together.
Dan Gheesling is also known to the U.S. audience for other reasons as he is considered the best Big Brother contestant of all time, having won the internationally known reality show once and narrowly finished second once (via screenrant.com).
After 2,000 deaths against Malenia, the streamer complains in a ‘crazy’ way about himself
The streamer repeatedly fails against the blade of Miquella, using a very questionable build. A counter on the screen keeps track for him and his viewers of how many times he has died to her so far. When this number hits 2,000, Gheesling puts on a show for his viewers. It seems as if their streamer and the reality TV star has completely lost his mind live.
This clip has the simple title “Streamer Goes Insane”:
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What do you see in the clip? With recorded “versions” of himself, he plays ‘critical voices’ that insult him live. Using altered voices, he mimics the criticism from his chat regarding his playstyle, his build, and his decisions.
“You won’t be able to defeat her without dual-wielding. Can you please dual-wield?”
“Yes, there’s no chance you’ll defeat her before the Cuphead DLC. You will still be stuck on her in 2023. You have no chance to ever defeat her.”
“You will never defeat her. Why do you keep getting hit? Just don’t get hit.”
As more and more ‘clones’ of the streamer fill the screen, the number 2,000 also grows bigger.
“He jokes about the comments, but they are also right”
What do the viewers say? On reddit, users find this action hilarious and call it the “healthiest possible reaction to 2,000 deaths against Malenia”.
Reddit user Notsldog states: “Dan is the most positive streamer I’ve seen in a long time. It’s so much fun to watch him.”
However, regarding his build, most people agree:
“I immediately thought that the chat was excessively unbearable, which it surely was, but damn it, with his build this fight is nearly impossible.”
“He jokes about the comments, but they are also right, so… what to do?”
That Dan Gheesling has so little HP is also due to a defiant reaction. His chat annoyed him so much in the early game about leveling his strength attribute that he does not want to invest points into it just on principle (via reddit).
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Now he is in the mess that he is still stuck on the boss. But at least it seems to be good content: currently, Dan Gheesling is live and has 2,203 viewers (as of June 23, 2022, 5:35 PM). He still hasn’t defeated Malenia and has now reached over 2,100 attempts. So the reality TV star can also entertain well on Twitch.
Maybe he will soon learn a really strong trick to counter Malenia’s meanest attack easily:
The Twitch streamer Asmongold is known for his insights on MMORPGs like WoW, New World, or Lost Ark. Recently, he had great success with his streams on the controversial Diablo Immortal. But even though his career is going well, he hasn’t had the best luck with investments lately: The drop of many stocks on the stock exchange has caught up with him.
How much money has Asmongold lost on the stock exchange? The streamer stated in a livestream on Twitch that he lost over 150,000 $ (about 142,000 €) on the stock exchange in just one month.
In a conversation with his Twitch chat, he explains:
How many of you guys have lost money on the stock exchange – with the recession and everything? So I lost a lot … 20,000 US dollars? Nice if it were only that little! Should I really talk about how much I lost? *groans painfully* It’s over 150,000 $ in a month. It could be worse? Shit, sure, it could be worse. But I live off 2,000 $ a month, man.
Even conservative investors are facing the bad situation on the stock exchange
What is remarkable about that? There are often stories about streamers who lose huge amounts of money with risky investments:
However, Asmongold is considered a sensible investor who invests in “classic stocks” and growth industries. He holds nothing of things like “NFTs”. He thinks people have “lost their minds” when they spend thousands of US dollars to buy a picture of an ape.
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But the looming recession of the world economy due to many individual problems has also hit such rather conservative investors hard in recent months:
The NASDQ 100 index has fallen by almost 30% in the last 6 months – this is an index with huge established companies like Activision Blizzard, Amazon, AMD, eBay, Kraft Heinz, Marvel, Microsoft, PayPal, or PepsiCo
The S&P 500, which includes the 500 largest publicly traded US companies, plummeted by 20.5%.
Actually safe companies like Amazon have lost 31%
Facebook has lost nearly 50% under the new Meta
Tesla is now worth 26.7% less than it was 6 months ago
Riskier currencies like Bitcoin have dropped by 56%
So it becomes clear that even “relatively conservative” investors, who actually handle their money reasonably, are not spared from incurring significant losses on investments, after a heated market cools down rapidly.
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This is being discussed: Even more astonishing than the loss of money is perceived by fans that multimillionaire Asmongold lives on just two to three thousand US dollars a month, as he states.
In comments, many viewers praise the streamer for living so modestly despite his wealth and remaining grounded. Asmongold is said to be an inspiration for his fans, they say.
Interestingly, the “shameless e-girl” (self-description) Amouranth has a good hand with investments:
