Zenimax Online has upset the console players of the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) with a message regarding a bug fix. Because they now have to live with an annoying problem until June.
What is this bug? On PS4/PS5 and Xbox One as well as Xbox Series X/S, it can happen in ESO that the menus and inventory are updated with a delay. As a result, items in the players’ inventory do not appear when scrolling. Only when you return to the main menu and then reopen the inventory does it work correctly again.
Additionally, this affects the sale of items. Because items you thought you had sold are still displayed in the inventory. The item, however, is sold.
This means if someone wants to resell the item that is still displayed to them, they are actually selling a different item that is now in that inventory slot. However, it is not displayed correctly. You have to leave the inventory after the sale and reopen it for everything to be correct again.
This is what the problem looks like in ESO:
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When will the bug fix come? Zenimax Online has announced bad news on Twitter. Because a patch that fixes this problem is not expected to be released until Update 30, which will be released on June 8.
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The reason for this delay is that the Blackwood expansion and the Enhanced Edition for consoles are already in the certification process with the platform operators – that is, with Sony and Microsoft. Therefore, no further patches can be submitted for certification before Update 30.
Zenimax thanks the players for their understanding and advises them to use the workarounds mentioned above in the article in the meantime.
How are the players reacting? The console players of ESO are not too happy about having to wait so long for the patch. Here are some of their reactions:
Garron Norman is upset (via Twitter): “The solutions are not good enough for us. You are selling a broken product!”
UnsubESOPlus — CONSOLE MATTERS TOO — FIX ESO angrily states (via Twitter): “This means this game is unplayable until June. You should remove it from marketplaces until it works. I still pay monthly for it! Correction: I paid for it!”
Brilliant_Drawr_490 is quite angry (via reddit): “If enough console players cancel their subscriptions, maybe that would get through to the developers. Who wants to manage their inventory all the time while paying for Plus?”
Sirius-Moonlite has an idea (via reddit): “They should give affected players a month of free subscription as compensation!”
Eskozeni shows some understanding (via Twitter): “What matters is that they are aware of the problems and working on them. Unfortunately not immediately, but the timeline is also important information.”
Scott Curry writes (via Twitter): “Ugh, I’m really glad to be playing on PC.”
Are you also affected by the bug in ESO? Do you understand that Zenimax Online is only releasing a patch for it in June?
We are currently looking for reinforcement in our author team. You can now apply for a position at MeinMMO to write news, guides, and specials about The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) from home.
Who we are looking for: You should be well-versed in The Elder Scrolls Online and enjoy sharing your knowledge about the MMORPG.
Next, we look for:
you are always informed about what a new patch and a new update bring to ESO.
you enjoy engaging with the current meta and explaining it to others
you are good at explaining things to others. A clear language is important, especially for guides
you are interested in what the community is currently discussing in The Elder Scrolls Online
you are familiar with Reddit, Twitter, Discord, and the official forum to stay informed
you are ready to reflect on, accept, and grow from feedback on your work
it’s a plus if you have previous experience: a personal blog, a streaming channel, or work for another website could fall under this. But it’s not a must for the position.
you enjoy writing and have an interest in journalistic work
We would like to fill the position as quickly and effectively as possible. Maybe with you.
Attention: This position is intended for freelance workers. It is not a permanent position.
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You will be part of our editorial team and help shape our reporting on The Elder Scrolls Online. We appreciate suggestions and input on how we can improve this. It is important to us that the readers are your priority and you consider which articles are truly interesting and important for the ESO community.
The area of responsibility:
You write articles on the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (news, guides, lists, analyses, opinions, community interviews)
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In Destiny 2, the “Vault of Glass” opens again soon. The iconic raid is less than a month away. MeinMMO tells you what the return of the raid looks like and on which day it will happen.
This is the deadline: Destiny 2 will reopen the doors of the Vault of Glass again in Season 14. Mark May 22, 2021, on your calendar. It will be a Saturday, when at 19:00 German time, the reopening of the very first raid in Destiny history will take place.
MeinMMO tells you what the new race for the World First looks like and what we know so far about weapons, loot, and changes to the most iconic raid.
What does the return of the classic look like? The raid will be adapted to the conditions of Destiny 2. Overall, you should feel at home, and Atheon himself will greet you as the final boss.
It is conceivable that champions will give you a hard time, more enemies will appear, or some mechanics have been expanded – because raids today are significantly more complex than they were 7 years ago. Additionally, in 2021, Guardians have much more power and options to kick time-traveling robots in the metal butt.
The iconic raid entrance on Venus is also returning. In Destiny 2, however, you cannot explore the planet and will have to do without the help of random Guardians passing by. Venus is a private space, where only you and your fireteam can land.
The return of the Vault of Glass is made possible by the Content Vault. Bungie has kept its word and is bringing back the highlights of Destiny 1 in a new guise. Will this improve the reputation of the Content Vault?
Memories are coming back – the entrance of the raid on Venus
Be the first to crack the Vault of Glass again
For the first 24 hours, the Vault of Glass will be in a contest mode. Here you can try to complete the prestigious race for “World’s First”.
Since the encounters in the Vault of Glass will likely be solved by many Guardians in their sleep, Bungie has come up with a few new rules for the upcoming World’s First.
All info on the World’s First:
Only during the first 24 hours is a contest mode active in the Vault of Glass.
The maximum power level is capped at 1,300 – if you are stronger, you still have no advantages.
This level is lower than the current level of the top fireteam challenge (1,325).
If you clear the raid in contest mode, the challenge mode is activated, and you unlock a list of triumphs (Tempos Edge Triumphs).
You must complete the still unknown triumphs, which are extra hard tasks, in the harder raid. The first team to master all the triumphs secures the World’s First.
All this can only be accomplished in the first 24 hours. Later in Season 14, you should have another chance to take on the challenge – just for fun.
The Worlds First belt of the Vault of Glass
Only the winning team receives the special belt, meaning in real life. This trophy reminiscent of wrestling goes to the first team that completes all the challenges. The prices have already been stylishly awarded by Big Show, the giant who was a WWE star and is a self-proclaimed Guardian.
Guardians have been reminiscing about raid nostalgia since 2014
Why the hype around the old raid? Back in 2014, something like a raid in a shooter was true uncharted territory for players. Suddenly it was no longer just about shooting but solving puzzles together and devising mechanics on their own.
Recently, there has also been speculation that the notorious Exotic Vex Mythoclast is returning as well. However, this is not confirmed at the moment.
A major appeal also came from the numerous secrets of the Vault of Glass. For years, for example, the mysterious “7th chest” was sought. In 2017, this mystery was finally resolved.
Responsible for the raid, which still makes your hearts race today, was Luke Smith. He was at one point the head of Destiny 2 and has now further advanced in Bungie’s hierarchy.
A Warlock in the “Vault of Glass” look with the legendary Fatebringer
Are you looking forward to facing Atheon and the Oracles again? Do you know the Vault of Glass only from the nostalgic campfire stories of veterans? Do you even have your own ideas on how Bungie could modernize the raid without tarnishing its soul – let us know in the comments.
The Community Day in May 2021 in Pokémon GO is officially confirmed. Wablu is the monster of the day – and even brings a Mega Evolution with it.
When does the Community Day in May take place? The upcoming Community Day will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2021, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. So it remains the now customary six hours, which should please players who found the Friendship Day too short, the players who complained about it.
This Pokémon is in focus: As leaks have already indicated, the Community Day will be entirely dedicated to Wablu. The little wool bird has only one evolution: Altaria. However, you need a whopping 400 candies for this monster. Therefore, the Community Day is likely to appeal to players who are still collecting.
The Shiny variant of Wablu will also be available in the game during the Community Day. It is easy to recognize due to its distinctly different coloring:
This is what Shiny Wablu looks like
These bonuses will be offered on the Community Day in May 2021 – Mega-Altaria appears
These bonuses await you for the Community Day in May: Essentially, Wablu will appear much more frequently than usual. The Shiny rate will also be higher.
As always, the event also brings a special move. Altaria learns the move “Moonblast” when you evolve Wablu during the event or up to two hours afterward.
Additionally, Mega-Altaria will appear for the first time – but only after the event ends. You can encounter the Mega Evolution in Mega Raids on Saturday, May 15, starting at 5:00 PM.
A player has thought about spicing up Valheim – with a tournament. The crazy event presents players with several challenges to ultimately crown a winner. A user comments: ‘You just turned Valheim into an e-sport.’
What kind of tournament is this? The event “Last Viking” is a sort of obstacle course in a crazy setup that a player has come up with. The player and reddit user Arreksis posted a short clip introducing this event.
It somewhat resembles Takeshi’s Castle or the party hit Fall Guys. You start through a portal, from where various stations must be completed:
floating platforms with holes
long, thin beams to balance on
obstacle courses with windmills that can push you
a huge troll amidst platforms that can knock you into the abyss
a sort of soapbox race with a cart
There are various passages, similar to an “Iron Man” competition or the show “American Ninja Warrior”. In one part, for example, you see some ships lined up for a regatta, while in another, dragons fly and sea serpents swim, which likely make the course more challenging.
In an epic trailer, the creator shows what his tournament is supposed to look like:
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When exactly this will take place is still unclear. Arreksis himself only writes: ‘coming soon’, so planning is presumably still underway. In the comments under his clip, another user offers the help of smash.gg.
smash.gg is a website that helps e-sport communities realize their plans and organize events. With a collaboration, “Last Viking” could certainly come together faster and larger.
What’s to win? At the end of the clip, Arreksis shows how his Viking stands before a kind of altar, where the cool flaming sword Dyrnwyn hangs. This is presumably the prize that the winner gets to take home – or simply the objective of the entire obstacle course.
The tournament is a cool idea, but it might take a while before you can play it. If you want to achieve something in the meantime, the game offers plenty of opportunities.
Recently, the speedrun community has also discovered Valheim for themselves and there is already a first world record: all 5 bosses in less than 90 minutes. Here you can make a name for yourself in various categories.
Other Vikings rely on mods that make Valheim harder. While there are no rewards for this, those who love challenges can make Valheim as difficult as they want.
Finally, some resourceful players are also working on a new, really big project. They want Valheim to be played with more than just a close circle of friends. The group consists of experienced modders who have previously run private servers for WoW and now want to turn Valheim into an MMO:
Today, on April 29th, the new hotfix 3.1.1.3 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, as well as on PC and Google Stadia, is coming for Destiny 2. You can expect several hours of maintenance and a short server downtime. MeinMMO has all the times and will guide you through the update.
This is happening today: Destiny 2 will receive a new update on April 29th. The last update was nearly a month ago, and the Guardians are not used to being without their “enforced break” for so long.
Update 7:07 PM: The hotfix is now available on all platforms. On PlayStation 5, the update is 170 MB.
The hotfix 3.1.1.3 comes with maintenance and a complete server downtime during which you cannot play. Here you will find all relevant times, and MeinMMO will update the article multiple times today, so you don’t miss any information.
Maintenance on 29.04. – All about the process and server downtime
These are the important times:
From 5:00 PM German time, maintenance work will begin in the background
Around 6:00 PM, Destiny servers will go offline, and you will be kicked from ongoing activities at the latest by this point
Around 7:00 PM, the servers will come back online – Update 3.1.1.3 will be released worldwide
Once you have downloaded (and copied) the hotfix, you can log in
By 8:00 PM, the maintenance work should be fully completed
You will have to pause the medal hunt for a while today
What changes with hotfix 3.1.1.3 in Destiny 2?
Unlike usual, we cannot provide you with a detailed preview of the contents of the new patch. Bungie has not revealed anything.
However, it is very likely that some issues related to the Guardian Games will be addressed. The last event before the new season 14 runs until May 11th. We will keep you updated and add the complete patch notes as soon as they are available.
Okay, the changes are not really extensive: The “Calabrese Error” that surprised some Guardians in the Tower is supposed to be fixed. In addition, smaller issues with the Guardian Games, such as visibility issues with Titan and Warlock cosmetics, have been addressed. You can now collect bounties normally every day.
Things to keep in mind in the Guardian Games: Bungie has released an FAQ with frequently asked questions about the Guardian Games, here are the most important details.
Wear your Guardian Games class item to generate glory and progress in all Guardian Games bounties.
Guardian Games class items from 2020 (“Shattered Rivalry” cloak, “Mighty Rivalry” emblem, and “Wise Rivalry” ring) do not generate glory and do not progress in Guardian Games bounties.
No glory drops in Gambit or the Crucible; they are directly awarded to players instead.
Dropped glory does not go to the postmaster. They must be collected to count.
If the medal case is full, medals earned through triumphs will be lost.
In the step of the Exotic “Heritage” quest, where you have to collect glory, only glory picked up from the ground counts.
Players cannot submit medals obtained in the Tower after they have already submitted medals of the same rarity. Players can then return to orbit and fly back to the Tower to submit those medals.
Certain shaders mistakenly remove the glow for Warlocks from the universal Guardian Games ornaments.
Where is the information? Bungie publishes patch notes for each update. Here, the Destiny developer officially lists all fixes, buffs, and nerfs that are new in the game.
We now have the official patch notes. So far, only in English. Here you will find the change log:
Do you think it’s great that an update is finally coming, or have you almost gotten used to the enforced breaks? What do you think this patch could change in the game – or better: What does Destiny 2 need to fix quickly? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
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The manufacturer SecretLab has introduced a gaming desk that you can order for 449 euros. The desk offers cool lighting, cable management, and other interesting features. MeinMMO presents the desk to you.
If you enjoy gaming, you probably know the problem of using many devices at once. In addition to the gaming mouse and keyboard, a headset or charging cable for the controller or smartphone quickly comes into play. Others may also have a second mouse or additional accessories for gaming night.
With so many devices, the desk can quickly become quite messy, especially if you don’t want to put away your things every time.
Here, the manufacturer SecretLab wants to offer an option for gamers with its “Secretlab MAGNUS Metal Desk.” This is a desk that aims to take care of the organization on your desk. MeinMMO presents the desk to you.
The gaming desk from SecretLabs.
The desk offers high-quality craftsmanship, cable management, and headset holder
This is what the gaming desk offers you: The desk provides some options to keep your future gaming space organized:
A comprehensive magnetic cable management system. This allows you to elegantly hide and store all cables of your gaming system.
The desk is wide enough for multiple screens and your desktop PC.
Additionally, the desk features a combination of fiberboard and steel. As a result, the desk is particularly resistant and is also said by the manufacturer to be scratch-proof. The desk itself is supposed to be able to easily support up to 100 kilograms.
Furthermore, the desk can be expanded with additional modules. You can order extra cable channels or cable holders for the desk. This way, you can equip your desk extensively. However, you will have to pay for the extensions, and they are not exclusive.
This is what the gaming desk from SecretLab looks like.
How much does the desk cost? In its basic configuration, the gaming desk from SecretLab costs 449 euros. However, additional costs will be incurred for extra expansions.
For an additional “Secretlab Cable Management Bundle,” you will pay an extra 44 euros.
For the “Secretlab Magnetic Cable Anchors,” which you can use to hold cables on the tabletop, you will also have to pay 19 euros extra.
Additionally, you can purchase a mousepad, the “Secretlab MAGPAD Desk Mat” for 79 euros. It can be magnetically attached to the tabletop.
You can also purchase RGB lighting for the desk. You will have to attach this yourself. The “Secretlab MAGRGB Diffused RGB Strip” costs at least 59 euros.
For the most extensive package, you will have to be willing to lay down around 600 euros. However, you will certainly have the tidiest desk among your gamer friends.
Has anyone tested the desk yet? The online magazine TweakTown has had the opportunity to examine the desk (via TweakTown.com).
They are quite impressed with the desk. The manufacturer has opted for an intelligent design, and the craftsmanship is well done. Tweaktown refers to the desk as the “Apple desk” among desks.
Similarly, the magazine T3.com sees it (via T3.com). You get a well-crafted desk made of metal that also offers good and well-thought-out cable management. However, the desk is so heavy that it can only be assembled by two people. T3.com also criticizes that additional additions cost extra, which is not insignificant at the base price of 449 euros.
What does the desk look like? You can see the entire desk in the official presentation video.
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This is what the desk looks like in the official presentation video.
Gaming desks are also available on Amazon. One of the best-rated gaming desks is the Z1S from the manufacturer Eureka. This desk receives 4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon from 4000 reviews. For just over 200 euros, you get a stable gaming desk with RGB lighting and a headset holder:
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IKEA, Razer, and even Linus make gaming furniture
Not only SecretLab has gaming furniture on offer. The furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with manufacturer ASUS for a collaboration. Together, they intend to design gaming furniture and offer it to interested buyers. So far, these pieces of furniture are only available in China, but they are expected to be available for purchase in Germany in autumn 2021.
Are there also more innovative gaming furniture? If you are looking for inspiration for your future gaming area, you can also check out Razer’s innovative gaming chair. This offers you a 60-inch rollout display with panoramic display and is supposed to shake you violently when a bomb explodes beside you in the game.
And if you don’t want to game at the desk or generally find chairs uninteresting, a Japanese company also has a solution for you. The company Bauhutte has introduced a gaming bed, from which you don’t even have to get up to game.
This bed even caught the attention of Linus from Linus Tech Tips, who wanted to order it, but unfortunately it was already sold out. Instead, Linus designed his own ultimate gaming bed, which consists entirely of IKEA furniture. So you can essentially also build it yourself the next time you visit IKEA.
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Pokémon GO started the Snap Event with Shiny Farbeagle. We show you how to catch Farbeagle and how many chances you have per day to encounter the Pokémon.
What’s happening in Pokémon GO? On April 29, 2021, the Snapshot Event (Snap Event) started, giving you the chance to encounter Shiny Farbeagle for the first time. However, you won’t find this Pokémon easily in the wild, but you need to use your camera on your smartphone. Farbeagle only appears after you have taken a snapshot.
Here we show you an overview of how to catch Farbeagle and why you have 60 chances.
Catching Farbeagle in Pokémon GO – Here’s how
This is what you need to do: To attract Farbeagle with a snapshot, first, you need to start your game and open your Pokémon storage. Now choose any Pokémon from your collection. The type or species does not matter.
Now, after you have selected a Pokémon, press the camera icon in the top right corner. With the AR feature on, your camera will open. Look around and tap on the yellow footprints (if you have activated the AR feature) when they appear. The selected Pokémon from your collection will then appear.
Now take a picture of the Pokémon with the capture button and then check the result. In the photo, you will see a Farbeagle doing a “photobomb” – it secretly popped into the shot. Save the photo or delete it and go back to the “normal” game, where you can see the Pokémon near you and your trainer.
On the right, you see the Shiny form of Farbeagle
Right next to you, a Farbeagle should now appear. Tap on it. With some luck, it is shiny. If not, catch it and start the action again from the beginning. Keep in mind that you cannot take 15 photos in a row and then find 15 Farbeagle at once. It starts all over again after each individual catch:
Select a Pokémon from your collection
Press the camera
Take a photo of the selected Pokémon
In the preview, you see the photobomb by Farbeagle
Back to the overview, and Farbeagle appears next to you to catch
Then select another Pokémon from your collection and repeat the steps
How many chances do you have? Through the mentioned method with the photobomb, you can encounter Farbeagle 15 times per day. After that, Farbeagle will no longer appear in the photobomb for the rest of the day and subsequently next to you in the wild. Since the event runs until Sunday, you have 4 days for this. So 4 times 15 chances = 60 chances.
That’s why you should use all 60 chances
What is the chance of a shiny? This is unclear. It is assumed to be around 64% (via reddit.com). So, it is quite possible to get at least one shiny with the 60 attempts.
Shiny Farbeagle is extremely rare: Even though the chance itself is quite high at 64%, we advise you to use all 60 chances. Because after the event, you will not encounter the shiny Farbeagle anymore. Niantic explains this in the official post:
“With some luck, you might even come across a Shiny Farbeagle! However, note that Farbeagle will only appear a limited number of times in snapshots and that Shiny Farbeagle will not appear after the event.” (via nianticlabs.com)
During the event, you will find a variety of changed spawns in the wild and receive quests by spinning stops, giving you new rewards. Additionally, a temporary research project is active.
The new mobile game Summoners War: Lost Centuria has launched today, on April 29, 2021, for free on Android and iOS. Here you can expect strategic real-time PvP battles that you shouldn’t run in the background.
This is Summoners War: Lost Centuria: The new spin-off of the “Summoners War” series was released today for mobile devices and is available for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. In “Lost Centuria”, direct PvP duels take center stage, which you should complete in real-time. You take on the role of a summoner who sends different monsters into battle against other players.
The official trailer looks like this:
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Here’s how the battles unfold: You build a team of a total of eight monsters, each bringing their own unique abilities and can be enhanced with skill stones. These monsters must be tactically positioned in formation so that you can fully utilize their attributes.
Each monster has an attribute. They are divided into:
Water
Fire
Wind
Light
Dark
Furthermore, they are classified into the grades “Normal”, “Rare”, “Heroic”, and “Legendary”. If you collect multiple cards of the same monster, you can use these to level up your monsters. You can also equip each monster with 3 runes, which allow you to further adjust their stats.
In battles, timing can also be crucial
In addition to the monsters, you can use spells from your summoner to attack your opponent. With these, you can gain buffs, heal your monsters, or weaken the enemy. However, the actions cost mana, which is generated during the battle. You need to think carefully about when to use which action.
No auto-battles: The timing of your actions can also be decisive. If you use a monster skill precisely when an opponent attacks, you can counter it. So you need to pay close attention to the opponent’s actions.
The developers emphasize that this is a manual combat system, where you must always keep an eye on the duel. It does not rely on automated battles or processes that are present in some other games.
In summer 2021, the new MMORPG Swords of Legends Online will be released here in the West. We at MeinMMO have delved into the lore and spoken with the publisher Gameforge about the story. In this article, we have compiled everything about the game’s history.
What is Swords of Legends about? The MMORPG tells a classic tale of good versus evil. The focus is on a particularly powerful sword, the Ancestral Sword, and other similarly powerful swords. They give the game its name.
900 years ago, the five swordmasters of humanity fought against a dark and malevolent army with these weapons. Although the good side was able to win, it came at a heavy cost. The remaining evil was subsequently sealed away, and this seal is guarded by the Qin League.
As a player, you are one of the chosen ones of the Sword Hearts and join the fight against the evil that is awakening again.
A first glimpse into the story is also provided by an official lore trailer from Gameforge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aBXm1KUAOg
The Creation of the World and the Forging of the Swords
Where does the game’s story begin? The lore of SOLO goes back to the creation of the world. Thus, Pangu created the sky and the earth. From his dead body arose the pure and the dark Qi, which in turn created gods and pestilence gods – the good and the evil.
A world developed that split into three parts:
The Sky World with the Gods
The Upper World with the Humans
The Underworld, where Spirits and a few Humans live
However, the humans were not satisfied with their role in the Upper World. They wanted more power and created the “Ancestral Sword,” which could even injure gods. Later, more powerful swords were crafted, imbued with the essence of so-called Sword Hearts.
However, the gods were not pleased with these weapons, prompting them to banish the blacksmith to the Underworld. His skills fell into oblivion in the Upper World.
The Battle for the Qin Mausoleum
What kind of battle was it? 900 years before the MMORPG, the malevolent Eternal Army planned its breakout from the Qin Mausoleum to attack the Upper World. A battle erupted that is also mentioned in the game’s intro sequence.
The Immortal Lan Yaoqi then gathered 4 other swordmasters and fought the Eternal Army with them. Just when the battle seemed nearly won, the demon dragon Liaosha appeared and attacked from the shadows. He severely injured the swordmasters and even killed 3 of them.
The Founding of the Qin League: To banish the evil once and for all, Lan Yaoqi created a floating island to seal the Qin Mausoleum. This seal is the city of Wolkenstieg, which has already been seen in images and the trailer. It also serves as the central hub of Swords of Legends Online.
The Qin League, in turn, has made it its mission to protect this seal and fight against evil. And this is where the story of the MMORPG begins 900 years later.
What happens in SOLO? Without the swordmasters, the hearts of the legendary swords have lost their power. Therefore, students of the Qin League are regularly summoned to the Heavenly Mountain Ridge to try to revive the swords there.
As a player, you are one such chosen person and must prove yourself to the Sword Heart during the tutorial. Depending on your class, you then bond with one of the three hearts. These Sword Hearts will accompany the player as “companions”.
Initially, they appear as a small orb that hovers beside the player. Later, you can unlock additional skins for the companion.
One of the possible skins for the companion.
What happens after the tutorial? While players get to know the Sword Heart, creatures of the Eternal Army attack the world. From then on, you find yourself in the midst of a battle of good versus evil.
How exactly the story continues in the game, we do not want to spoil at this point, although there is information available in Chinese.
However, as we learned from our conversation with Gameforge about the endgame, players later can explore the Underworld and experience more adventures there. What exactly the Underworld is and what other gameplay content awaits you, you can find out here:
Fnatic is still the nominally largest LoL team in Europe when it comes to followers on social media. However, after the next season in League of Legends, the core of the team could fall apart. According to a report, jungler Selfmade and top laner Bwipo have declined contract extensions. They could leave at the end of 2021.
This is now the news: According to the Riot database, the two main players Bwipo (top lane) and Selfmade (jungler) will become free agents on November 15, 2021. Their contracts will then expire. Supporter Hylissang also only has a contract until November 15 (via riot).
As Esportmaniacos reports, Bwipo and Selfmade have decided not to extend their contracts after Fnatic made both an offer (via twitter).
Star Team Fnatic only reached 5th place in the LEC in 2021
This is how it went for Fnatic in 2021: In the Spring Split in the LEC, Fnatic did not convince in 2021. They finished the regular season tied on points with Schalke 04 in 4th place and started the playoffs right in the loser’s bracket. Fnatic was able to win the first game, but then lost against Schalke.
Thus, Fnatic only finished fifth in the LEC in 2021.
Without their long-time star player Rekkles, Fnatic seemed to struggle, especially since two young teams, Rogue and MAD Lions, have now emerged. It is no longer a foregone conclusion that every year G2 and Fnatic decide among themselves who will be the European champions in LoL.
Fnatic suffers from “Rekkles” flashbacks
This is how it is being discussed: Fnatic fans are controversially discussing the news that Selfmade and Bwipo reportedly declined the contract extension. In the worst case, they believe the team could fall apart completely:
Because if Bwipo leaves, support player Hylissang may leave the team as well.
It would be even worse if the talented jungler Selfmade (21) left – Fnatic could face a second situation like with Rekkles and Perkz: Jungler Jankos (25) could move from G2 to the USA while Selfmade would then move from Fnatic to G2 to continue there.
Fnatic could lose some of its players.
Others, however, say: The news is not yet concerning. The players have only declined a first offer. Surely they are just testing their market value and will then decide to stay with Fnatic.
After Fnatic lost the AD Carry Rekkles to G2 last year, which few could imagine before it happened, some Fnatic fans feel uncertain about this.
Bwipo confirms report
Update: April 29, 15:40: The top laner of Fnatic, Bwipo, has now confirmed in his Twitch stream that he did not extend his contract with Fnatic. It also doesn’t sound like he plans to stay with Fnatic.
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He says he does not want to be in a team like Fnatic if he is not performing well. He has other opportunities arising and perhaps another top laner could now bring results to Fnatic.
Bwipo seems to be dissatisfied with his own performance. He says it does not feel good as a professional to disappoint expectations.
The rivalry between Fnatic and G2 has been palpable in recent years, with the German coach of G2 being right in the end:
For almost a week, the new expansion Blackwood has been on the test servers of The Elder Scrolls Online. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch has played it extensively and is very satisfied with Blackwood. Only the long running distances and the empty area are a thorn in his side.
What is behind Blackwood?The new expansion for the MMORPG ESO will be released on June 1, 2021, for PC and a week later (on June 8) for the consoles PlayStation and Xbox. However, anyone who wants can already try out the new content on the test server.
Blackwood introduces the areas of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and also references it in the story. In the story, you encounter Mehrunes Dagon, the Daedric Prince from the single-player game.
In addition to the story and the new area of Darkroot, Blackwood offers several innovations, including:
An overhauled tutorial that teaches the basics and allows you to decide which of the chapters you want to start in
I myself have played Blackwood in advance at a press event and now also on the test server. And I was pleasantly surprised. Overall, I find the new expansion much better than Greymoor in 2020, even though not everything has run smoothly on the test server.
Especially the story, I would like to highlight without spoiling too much.
Blackwood keeps me in the dark for a long time, and that’s a good thing
What is Blackwood about? The new expansion is shrouded in mystery. The already playable prologue quest revolves around the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon and his cultists. They are trying to find some writings of the Emperor and use them for their own purposes. Because the Longhouse emperors and the Daedric Prince once made a pact, which now poses a threat to the world of Nirn.
In a hideout, I come across secret plans and letters from the Emperor that draw my attention to this pact. Piece by piece, a picture comes together, but just before the person who could help me solve it is murdered. And this murder is just the beginning.
The story in Blackwood is primarily a murder mystery story at the beginning, which even misleads me several times. The longer you play the story, the closer you come to the conclusion. But at the beginning, it is not clear who is good and who is evil.
We are accompanied by Lyranth, a Daedra, with whom we have already dealt in the main story of ESO. She behaves as arrogantly and snippily as we are used to. The second character, closely intertwined with the story, is Eveli Sharp-Arrow. The Wood Elf was already part of the events surrounding the DLC Orsinium and is somewhat overzealous and hyper.
However, throughout the story, completely new and interesting characters are introduced. An insight into the story is provided by the announcement trailer for Blackwood:
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What makes the story better than Greymoor? In Greymoor, I found the entire story very predictable and everything built up to a big showdown against a vampire boss from the beginning. The transition between the main story of the expansion and the upcoming DLCs was anything but exciting.
In Blackwood, it looks a bit different:
Time and again I am surprised by the story, and it is not clear for a long time where this whole thing is actually headed.
There is also an interesting rivalry between the Argonians and the Imperials in the area, even if they basically live peacefully together and mainly want to survive in the area. This makes some of the side quests in Darkroot really interesting, some even become my favorite content in the entire expansion.
The main story of Blackwood also ends with a cliffhanger that already makes me very curious about the continuation. This will come with the two DLCs in quarters 3 and 4 of 2021.
The Darkroot has everything a good area needs
How is the new area structured? The Darkroot is located directly between the areas of Northern Elsweyr (to the east) and Shadowfen (to the northwest). In terms of size, it is comparable to northern Elsweyr and is also divided into two biomes:
Idyllic hills and forests that remind one of content from Cyrodiil
To the south, however, a swampy region dominates the picture
In addition, there are abandoned ruins and ancient Argonian temples throughout the Darkroot, which I can explore little by little in the story and side quests.
Visually, the Darkroot looks beautiful due to the different biomes and colors and offers surprisingly much verticality in the form of hills, mountains, and bridges, which is not disturbing at all. Everything also appears mysterious due to the swamp landscape, which perfectly fits the story and the cultists within it.
However, the new area cannot quite compete with the impressive Blackreach from Greymoor. However, I found the change between the Western Skyrim and the Blackreach in Greymoor always a bit exhausting. The now contiguous map of the Darkroot simply appeals to me more.
In addition to green hills, there are also dark swamps in the Darkroot.
The new cities offer: In the Darkroot, there are two new cities that you can explore that will immediately remind veterans of TES IV:
Leyawiin has just regained its independence after being occupied during the Three Banners War. The city is beautiful, but you can feel the tension between the Argonians and the Imperials there the most. This is where your adventure in Blackwood begins.
Gideon, on the other hand, is a city of Argonians and slightly smaller than Leyawiin.
Both cities have something in common that I really appreciate: They are logically and simply built. Especially Markarth, the capital of the eponymous DLC, was a bit confusing due to its verticality and poor structuring. So those who had trouble finding their way around there will like both Leyawiin and Gideon.
While Greymoor offered the Wailing Storms as special events in the open world, Blackwood focuses on the Oblivion gates. However, unlike previous world events, they are no longer displayed on the map. So I have to actively search for them.
However, they offer a nicer challenge, bring me to a visually appealing area, and provide good loot.
A completely different setting than the swamps and hills of Darkroot.
How are the world events structured? The portals appear randomly in the world, together with some cultists. After defeating some minions of Mehrunes Dagon, I can then step through the portal and explore the Deadlands.
There I travel from island to island and fight again against the followers of the Daedric Prince and even small mini-bosses. They are a challenge for players without good gear, and my companion has died several times there. Movement plays a role in many fights as you have to avoid red fields on the ground.
In the end, good loot awaits me, including some pieces of the new sets. A rewarding and varied content that I like much better than the Wailing Storms in Greymoor.
This is what it looks like when you travel to the Deadlands.
New daily and weekly quests for avid players: Also new with Blackwood are the endeavors, daily and weekly quests through which you can receive the new currency “Seals of Endeavor”.
These quests revive old content or let you complete fun tasks, such as pickpocketing or using certain weapons and abilities in combat. A nice side effect is that you can earn items from the Crown crates through them. Otherwise, you would have to pay for those in the shop.
The hitch of Blackwood: A large, but empty and stretched area
What problems does Blackwood have? The area is beautiful, the story interesting, and the Oblivion portals are a lot of fun. But all three points struggle with a problem: the large and sometimes empty area of Darkroot.
During my quests, I have to cover huge distances again and again in an area that has relatively few teleport points. This aspect is also criticized by many players in the ESO forum. The wish for additional shrines has already been expressed here, as 2 of the 8 points are almost right next to each other (via ESO Forum):
The red shrines are the existing ones, the green are what many players desire.
But it’s not just the teleport points that are a problem. When I want to actively search for the Oblivion portals, I often ride for 15 minutes or longer through the area without a direct goal. Since the gates are not displayed on the map, you need luck to stumble upon one.
You can also feel how empty the Darkroot still is at the moment. While the developers have already said that fine-tuning will still be done on Blackwood – after all, this is a report from the test server – whether this problem will be fully resolved remains to be seen.
What is the special feature of Blackwood? In addition to the story content and the new area, the new expansion also brings companions into the game. They basically replace the major new feature of the expansion, such as the new class Necromancer in Elsweyr or the antiquities in Greymoor.
The companions are NPC companions that you unlock through a quest and can summon at any time. They count as group members and can be used everywhere, even in dungeons or trials. The only exceptions are PvP content and solo dungeons.
What is there for group players? For group players, especially the new trial is interesting. The Rock Grove is designed for 12 players, and you will encounter 3 bosses, each with its own hard mode. In addition, you will receive new equipment sets and a special mount if you successfully complete all the achievements of the trial.
What about new gear? With Blackwood, 10 new sets come into play. You can find out their exact values and how to obtain them in this article: ESO gets 10 new armor sets with Blackwood – Here’s what they have to offer
Also new are 4 Mythic items. You can find all the information about this most easily in the official patch notes for Blackwood on the test server (via ESO Forum).
ESO finally makes the entry better
The last feature I tried in the test is the new tutorial. This is completely overhauled with Blackwood. I wake up in a new cell and can immediately choose which weapon I want to use for the first fights.
After that, I can get to know combat against an enemy and repeat it as often as I want to practice mechanics like blocking, escaping, or heavy attacks.
At the end of the tutorial, there is a major innovation: I can choose which campaign I want to experience, including the base game or the different expansions. At the same time, the NPC gives me an overview of the general history of Tamriel. A big plus compared to the old tutorial, where you could only go to the starting area or to Greymoor.
Blackwood is better than Greymoor, but not perfect
After dozens of hours on the test server, I must enthusiastically admit: Blackwood appeals to me much more than Greymoor, the expansion from 2020. Blackwood convinces especially through the story and the Oblivion portals, which have greatly impressed me.
The story is dark and mysterious and leads me astray, which I really like. The cliffhanger for the upcoming DLCs is also very well done. In addition, I can recommend the side quests, which tell good stories and, as usual, are fully voiced. The portals, in turn, provide action, a bit of challenge, and interesting loot. The Deadlands, to which the portals take me, are an absolute eye-catcher with their impressive fire theme.
The special feature of the companions I see as really useful, even if it is viewed quite controversially overall. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran, in my opinion, they bring a benefit. Thus, you get a new form of progression, beginners get a companion, and veterans can complete more content solo or with fewer players. However, I can understand the criticism that veterans especially would have preferred another feature like a new class instead of companions.
My only concern is currently the area of Darkroot, which is rather frustrating than particularly enjoyable due to the distribution of teleport shrines, the general emptiness, and the difficulty in finding Oblivion portals. ZeniMax can and should definitely work on this before the release.
Anyone who has not yet tried ESO and is looking for a new MMORPG should definitely take the release of Blackwood. With the new tutorial, the companions, and the new storyline, it is perfect for newcomers.
Alexander Leitsch
MMORPG expert at MeinMMO
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30-year-old streamer Sweet Anita feels like she is being exploited sexually by others. She cannot prevent it and says she does not even know why she is still on Twitch.
This bothers Sweet Anita now: The streamer is upset that viewers reduce her to her sexuality and spread clips on the internet about her that are used as templates for masturbation.
These are out-of-context excerpts from longer streams, where her butt is visible or her breasts are emphasized.
“They sell my body without my consent. Honestly, it annoys me, I just don’t want to be here anymore. I put my all into this, I invest heart, blood, time, and soul into what I do. […] And all they do is jerk off to it. I don’t know why I’m still here.”
Sweet Anita
“7 seconds of my butt get 500,000 views”
These are the clips she means: It’s about so-called “Creep Clips” or “Thicc Clips”. She shows, for example, how a streamer simply gets up or bends over, showing off her curves.
Sweet Anita says she gets up from her chair to go to the bathroom. And someone makes a clip “Sweet Anita completely naked” and uploads it to YouTube. This creates a completely false image of her.
She says:
A 10-minute video, where she spends weeks or months sharing her thoughts, gets a few thousand views.
A 7-second clip of her butt reaches half a million views in a day.
It is important to understand that Sweet Anita neither creates, nor uploads or distributes these “Creep Clips”, but other content creators do this and make money with her body.
Sweet Anita believes: “There are already so many butts on the internet”; hers is not needed. This leads to further problems, as viewers come into her channel with clear expectations that she does not want to fulfill.
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Is it the same for others? Yes, this is actually a problem on Twitch. Unlike the streamers who choose to showcase their bodies, such as in “Hot Tub Streams”, there are also streamers like Sweet Anita or Pokimane who consciously refrain from it.
However, such “Thicc Videos” circulate from those, in which they are clearly sexualized.
Sweet Anita says: She can do nothing about it. Even if she disables the clip function on Twitch, people would simply download the full videos and make YouTube videos from them, earning money on YouTube with them.
In 2019, there was a controversy when users in her Twitch chat tried to repeatedly entice her to say racist slurs. Other Twitch streamers subsequently called for her Twitch ban. But black streamers supported her, stating she is in no way a racist. And Twitch ultimately decided: Streamers with Tourette are welcome on the streaming platform.
Sweet Anita is seen as a streamer who helps break down prejudices against those with Tourette syndrome. Someone who helps overcome barriers. But she seems to be struggling with the barrier of how Twitch treats women:
On May 6th, the new MMORPG Elyon starts its first English beta test. We are giving away 1,000 keys for beta access, and you can secure one immediately if you are quick.
What is Elyon? The MMORPG has undergone many changes since its announcement as Ascent: Infinite Realm. The combat system has been almost completely reworked, removing tab-targeting and becoming more action-oriented. The classes and skills have also been extensively revamped to provide more depth for builds.
In the MMORPG, the two major factions, Vulpin and Ontari, fight for control of the mysterious portal Elyon, which is said to lead them to paradise. You will hack your way through raids, dungeons, and especially the large “Realm vs. Realm” battles, which are expected to be one of the highlights of Elyon.
What to expect in the beta: During the beta test, you will be able to try out the various functions and features of the game. This includes the 5 different classes of the MMORPG and their skill trees. They are:
Warlord
Assassin
Mystic
Gunner
Elemental
There is no gender lock. Each skill of the classes has 4 different customization options that often significantly alter the effect of the skill. Fans of builds and skill setups will certainly find plenty to work with. A socket system provides further build variety.
Additionally, you will explore the world of Elyon, complete dungeons and quests, solve puzzles, and participate in the “Realm vs. Realm” battles where up to 300 players can smash each other’s heads.
The progress from the beta will not carry over to the finished game but will reset. An overview of the class gameplay can be found in the trailer:
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What can you win here? In collaboration with Kakao Games and Blue Hole, we are giving away 1,000 keys for access to the closed beta of Elyon.
The beta test starts on May 6th at 2:00 PM
and ends on May 10th at 10:00 AM
It is no longer possible to register for the test. The deadline for registration was April 25th. However, you can still secure your access to the beta in our giveaway if you are quick.
The preload for the beta starts on May 4th at 2:00 PM. The beta is fully in English, but there will also be a German language version upon release.
How do I get a key? To participate in the giveaway, you have the following option:
You register in the giveaway tool below. The codes will be randomly drawn among all participants there
Update: The giveaway is over.
The keys will be sent by email to the winners in time for the start of the beta.
Good luck and have fun testing!
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The Roze skin is considered controversial in Call of Duty: Warzone. It is so dark that some players label it as Pay2Win. After a nerf, things were supposed to get better, but there are still negative voices.
This is the Roze skin: This skin was available a few seasons ago in the paid Battle Pass and is completely black. This allows players with this skin to hide well in dark corners and surprise opponents who usually see them only at the last second, if at all. This has caused discontent for a while, so the skin has been labeled Pay2Win.
For months, there has been criticism of this skin, leading the developers to release a nerf for the skin. The outfit is supposed to be more recognizable and no longer blend in as much with the environment. The problem is that even after the nerf, the skin is still very hard to see and many players felt the nerf wasn’t strong enough.
Roze skin still too dark
Here you can see the difference: YouTuber “TheXclusiveAce” took a closer look at the skin before and after the patch. We embed the video here:
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The YouTuber found that the skin remains almost invisible in many places. Only when getting very close can one recognize the player.
However, there are some areas where the skin is now easier to recognize. This mainly depends on the angle of the light. Thus, the skin appears somewhat brighter in some places and can be recognized faster.
The YouTuber notes that visually nothing has changed about the skin. There are no brighter spots on the body that make the skin stand out. It is much more the reflection in the light that has changed. So at least sometimes the skin stands out a bit more.
Is this nerf sufficient? This is now being discussed. There is hardly any other skin in CoD Warzone that is as dark as the Roze skin. Players would have wished that the skin at least gets some brighter spots somewhere on the body. Other operators, for example, can be recognized by their faces, which are at least only partially camouflaged.
YouTube user “CringeXD” writes under TheXclusiveAce’s video about the nerf (via YouTube): “The change to Roze is just like removing a person from ‘Where’s Waldo?'” Generally, many players do not understand why the entire map has been brightened in some places instead of simply adjusting the Roze skin.
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What’s next? This remains to be seen. The renewed criticism of the Roze skin is loud, so the developers are certainly aware of it. Now the question remains whether they deliberately left the skin this dark or if the nerf was simply too weak. This should become clear in the coming weeks.
Until then, you should avoid dark corners and always look carefully to see if there is still a skin hiding in a shadow. More nerfs are at least underway elsewhere. You can read more about it here:
With CryoFall, a new survival title celebrates its release on Steam and hardly anyone has it on their radar. That’s a pity, because the approach is quite good – at least that’s what MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus thinks. However, one must also be willing to warm up to CryoFall.
Since April 2019, CryoFall has been playable in Early Access on Steam. Since then, it has been in constant development and the devs are continuously working on new content, features, and systems. Now, on April 29, 2021, CryoFall is celebrating its official release.
The survival game comes from the studio AtomicTorch and is published by the German story specialist Daedalic from Hamburg. Daedalic is actually known for excellent point-and-click adventures like Edna 's Escape, The Whispered World, and the Deponia series.
With this, the Hamburg team mainly caters to a niche of loyal fans, and CryoFall is more of a niche game. The approach is unique and tries to find a route between casual and hardcore, which proves to be a difficult mix.
This mix, however, makes the charm of the survival MMO. As part of Find Your Next Game, we want to introduce you to CryoFall in more detail.
Isometric Survival with Mixed Reviews
What is CryoFall? In CryoFall, you play as a survivor of a catastrophe in the distant future. You land on a foreign planet virtually naked and are to rebuild civilization.
You play on official or private servers with up to 200 players either in PvE, completely without contact with other players, or in PvP as a competition for survival. In addition to simply surviving, CryoFall places a central focus on building your own house and even industry, similar to Factorio.
CryoFall comes with an isometric 2D perspective (“shaded from above”) and offers a timeless comic-style graphics. Gameplay and graphics remind a bit of a middle ground between RimWorld or Stardew Valley and Conan Exiles or ARK.
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The visuals and the various building systems such as agriculture and trade primarily remind of Stardew Valley. However, CryoFall combines these with hardcore survival elements that are missing in Stardew Valley.
In addition, the survival game offers high modifiability and its own map editor. CryoFall is 100% open source, allowing anyone to create and share their mods freely.
How is CryoFall received? The reviews on Steam are “mixed” to “mostly positive.” Overall, the game has received 79% positive ratings across all reviews. In the last 30 days, it has dropped to only 69% (as of April 29, via Steam).
The player base is relatively small. In March 2021, an average of 177 players played CryoFall, peaking at 385 (via steamcharts). Since 200 players fit on a server, the population is thin.
The Typical Survival Problem: Too Little PvE?
This is criticized: A major criticism of CryoFall has been that PvP has been too much in the foreground. This is something that many survival games are often accused of. When you log out, you remain in the world and “sleep,” which makes it easy for trolls to ambush other players.
In addition, the PvE content is said to have been quite sparse. There was little to explore, and the wildlife and enemies were either non-existent or too aggressive at the beginning, resulting in little atmosphere.
Steam user SirArghAlot even describes the PvE servers as a “demo” and there is criticism of the absence of a solo mode for players who prefer to explore the world alone.
Cool monsters, but previously too little happened with them.
This is what CryoFall does better: We sent the developers some questions in advance, which they answered for us. Among them was the question about the changes CryoFall has received. Since the Early Access release in 2019, many new contents and features have been added, such as:
a electricity system
vehicles
factions
a completely redesigned map with ruins to explore
world events and bosses
fishing
This is primarily intended to enrich the PvE content, which was previously regarded as too thin. According to the developers, there are even several players with over 1000 hours in CryoFall, who apparently find enough to do.
Everything a Survival Game Needs
These are the features of the game: CryoFall particularly plays with the fact that you continuously earn progress. The main core of the game consists of research, crafting, and industry.
You start as a “primitive” player and experience a development up to the technology level of science fiction with exo-suits, outlandish weapons, and cybernetic bio-implants. These features are strongly reminiscent of RimWorld, except that you control a single character here and not an entire colony. In the process, not only do you improve your character, but you also expand your base:
you start with a simple house
later, you provide for yourself through agriculture and thus secure your survival
with industry and production chains, you drive technological progress
sciences such as chemistry, physics, and medicine then turn you into a futuristic superhuman
Additionally, there are the classic survival aspects such as hunger and thirst, which are however expanded by numerous status effects. You must not only pay attention to food and drink, but also to radiation, poison, and injuries. For every status effect, there are also items that can counter them.
In CryoFall, there are plenty of status effects with corresponding countermeasures.
What makes CryoFall special? The unique selling point of the survival game is that it takes elements from both casual games and core games and mixes them into something of its own. CryoFall tries to strike a balance in all aspects:
the graphics are pretty and detailed but kept simple in 2D
enemies are deadly, yet you can easily avoid them
the systems are complex but intuitively easy to learn and build on each other
various status effects weaken you but can be avoided with proper preparation
when you log out, you can still be killed but are protected in your own home
However, this puts CryoFall on a difficult path. For the survival casual player, the systems may be too harsh, while they may seem too easy for the survival pro. Exactly this intertwining of various systems makes it appealing and encourages a deeper engagement with the game.
Who is CryoFall For?
If you have played Stardew Valley or Terraria but find nothing more to do there or are looking for more of a challenge, you should give CryoFall a chance. The MMO aspect differentiates this survival game from Stardew Valley and Terraria, while its operation and interface remain quite similar. However, CryoFall does not provide a story like Stardew Valley.
CryoFall is also suitable if you find hardcore survival games like Rust or Conan Exiles too harsh, but still seek a certain level of difficulty. CryoFall offers a somewhat easier entry and is much more forgiving of mistakes.
Even newcomers will find CryoFall worth a look, especially if you tend to enjoy strategy and management games. Base building and industry in CryoFall remind a bit of Factorio or simulations like RimWorld.
The base building reminds a bit of RimWorld.
However, if you are looking for a chill survival game to relax or the absolute competition with other players, you are in the wrong place with CryoFall.
By the way: The requirements of CryoFall are extremely low. With just 700 MB of required storage, 3 GB of RAM, and a Dual-Core processor at 2.2 GHz, even an old computer with a weak graphics card is sufficient. A resolution of 720p is already adequate.
If you are still unsure, CryoFall even offers a demo. It includes the full game, is free, and you can play for 8 hours. Just use the “Download Demo” button on the CryoFall Steam page.
The developers revealed their plans for the future. For the modifications, the Steam Workshop could be implemented, making it even easier to get mods for CryoFall and customize the game.
A major goal is to improve single-player and co-op content. At the moment, there is no option to play CryoFall completely alone or with a friend without running your own server. The developers want to introduce a way to start a private server directly through the game and play with friends when everything goes well.
When asked if there would be a battle pass, add-ons, or DLCs, they only said: “Everything is possible, but right now we are focusing on expanding the core of the game. There are a few other things we are considering, but we would like to keep that secret until we are sure we can pull it off.
Niche game with hidden gem potential
With its crazy intertwining of casual and hardcore elements, CryoFall definitely appeals to a very specific group of players, and I am still not quite sure who that should actually be.
So far, I have played only a little, but what I have seen I liked. The approach sounds incredibly interesting, and I would really like to explore the world further – if only the mechanics didn’t look so strenuous.
I like to read up on systems, but CryoFall sounds a bit too complex for a relaxed survival game. However, it may well be that understanding comes naturally while playing. The tutorial was definitely good already, and I can recommend everyone at least check out the demo. However, I think you have to be a certain type of gamer to really immerse yourself in CryoFall.
Niche games are not bad at all. Studios that know only a small group of enthusiasts will play their game can tailor it much better for exactly that group. I hope that this is exactly what happens with CryoFall and think that AtomicTorch has the right publisher in Daedalic to help them achieve this goal.
Benedict Grothaus Freelance author and survival expert at MeinMMO
Whether the developers’ plans will work and what the new content will look like remains to be seen. However, it sounds like there is enough for the studio to do to further improve CryoFall. In our list, you will find more survival games worth a look:
The weekly bonuses for GTA Online are here and bring numerous discounts, extra cash, and RP for players. Right now, bunker owners can make a lot of extra money. MeinMMO shows you what’s worth it this week.
Why is it worth it this week? With the weekly bonuses, you will now receive double RP and cash rewards when you complete selling missions starting from now (April 29).
If your bunker business is running, you can sell the products produced. Normally, you earn around 1 million GTA$ with a full bunker. However, with the bonuses, you can now earn around 2 million.
What if I don’t have a bunker yet? Then you should consider purchasing one this week. In addition to the bonuses for selling missions, there is also a 50% discount on the purchase of a bunker. All renovations are also reduced by 50%.
This is what the bunker menu looks like.
What are bunkers anyway? With a bunker, you can research weapon upgrades and sell products that your staff produces for you in GTA Online.
In total, there are 11 different buildings priced between 1,165,000 GTA$ and 2,375,000 GTA$. You can find more information in our summary of the Gunrunning DLC for GTA 5 Online: Gunrunning DLC – All Bunkers and Vehicles.
What else is there this week? As always, you will find a new podium vehicle. This week it’s the Übermacht Revolter. Additionally, there are bonuses for the adversary mode and discounts on various vehicles. Here are all weekly bonuses listed:
Podium Vehicle
Übermacht Revolter
Bonus GTA$ and RP activities:
3x GTA$ and RP in adversary mode – Motor Wars
2x GTA$ and RP in adversary mode – Missile Base
2x GTA$ and RP in adversary mode – Bunker
2x GTA$ and RP in adversary mode – Diamond
Discounts:
40% off the Ocelot Ardent
40% off the HVY APC
40% off the Bravado Half-Track
40% off the Enus Paragon R
40% off all laser weapons
What do you think of the bonuses this week? Did you wish for something different? Let us know in the comments.
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Riot Games has forced a fan project for League of Legends to cease operations: Some fans had been working on a LoL Classic for 5 years. However, an employee of Riot threatened the developers in a way that is perceived on the internet as “extortion” and behaved in a cringe-worthy manner.
This is the project in question: The project was called Chronoshift. It is essentially the same idea as private servers for WoW, before WoW Classic existed. Chronoshift was intended to be a privately operated server where you could play LoL as it was 10 years ago.
Back then, LoL had far fewer champions, and the systems were not as refined. It was a different game.
The developers of Chronoshift say:
They had been working on the project for 5 years
Invested thousands of hours
Had never made money from it, covering all expenses themselves. They had declined offers of thousands of dollars from people who really wanted to join the server.
The fans apparently hoped to operate in a gray area and that Riot Games would let them be. They thought their work harmed nobody. However, that hope was dashed.
Fans say: Riot extorted them to hand over LoL Classic
This is the controversy: 5 days ago, the developers of the project turned to the public on reddit (via reddit). An employee of Riot Games named Zed supposedly invited them to a conversation on Discord and pressured them to abandon the project.
They posted a long chat log with statements from “Zed,” who behaved like a sort of “mafia extortionist” and made particularly bold statements to get the fans to end the project.
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A long chat log with Zed shows a “Riot employee” on a power trip.
Zed immediately threatened with a lawsuit, but that is “long and complicated”; hence he wanted to resolve the problem this way to “spare everyone the trouble.”
If the fans complied with his demands, then “everyone could go home without feeling bad about it.”
The demands from Riot were:
Hand over the website to us
Hand over the complete source code
Provide us with all important information
This was the offer. If the creators of Chronoshift complied, they wouldn’t be sued. If they refused, Riot would file a lawsuit.
Zed explained: He works for the security team. He finds things and people. They could resolve this today to settle the matter or take it to court. It ultimately didn’t matter to him.
He ended the conversation with the words: “I wish I could say it was a pleasure.”
Fans consider alleged Riot employee a fraud and charlatan
This is what was discussed: On reddit, people believed “Zed” was a fraud posing as a Riot employee, but was just a troll.
It was hard to imagine that a guy with such a deliberately cool persona truly worked for Riot. Clearly, this was a guy on a power trip. No one speaks like this in a real professional environment if they have any self-respect.
Riot sends a cease and desist, kills the fan project
This is now the turning point: Zed actually works for Riot Games. The developers of PC Gamer explained this. Riot Games states they had already asked the developers in 2020 to read the terms and cease work on the project.
They have now sent a cease and desist letter to the developers of Chronoshift.
Riot Games admits that the conversation with “Zed” did indeed take place, but says they are “disappointed with the tone of the conversation.”
They will now address it internally. They often first approach people in good faith before going to court, but in this case, they opted for the official route.
The team has ceased work on the project, but expresses being “incredibly disappointed.”
Is LoL going to make a LoL Classic now? No, it doesn’t look like it. According to Ghostcrawler, they theoretically could do it. However, it would be a mountain of work that probably isn’t worth it. They prefer to invest the technologists’ work into the current game.
They have nothing against the idea of an “older version of LoL” and it would certainly be fun for a short time, but they would quickly find that there were reasons to release Season 2, 3, and 4 after Season 1 and it is quite possible that it simply isn’t worth investing much developer work into the project.”
Sounds quite similar to what Blizzard said for years about “WoW Classic”:
If you want to buy a graphics card like the GeForce RTX 3080 or RTX 3060, you are having trouble getting one. Because the cards are either sold out or very expensive. Nvidia now wants to make mining unattractive so that gamers can also buy a graphics card.
Anyone looking to buy a graphics card must currently pay very high prices. This has various reasons:
Many graphics cards are bought up by resellers and resold at high prices. Also, many retailers are now setting prices significantly above the recommended retail price.
A second reason is the current attractiveness of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Nvidia had developed a mining lock for the RTX 3060, but this mining lock on the RTX 3060 was quickly hacked.
Now there are rumors and information that Nvidia is working on a new version of its mining lock. For this, Nvidia is developing a new chip that is intended to be unattractive for miners.
What is the goal? Nvidia wants to make future RTX 3000 graphics cards useless for miners. Because Nvidia wants to revise the graphics chip. Gamers looking for a graphics card should therefore have a significantly better chance in the long term of getting a new GPU for their gaming PC.
Nvidia is probably also hoping that miners will instead prefer the mining graphics cards that Nvidia currently markets under the abbreviation “CMP”. Behind the update is therefore also financial calculation.
What are cryptocurrencies? These are digital currencies that are traded online. They are anonymous and usually decentralized. The downside is that the currency can fluctuate extremely in value and that mining requires a lot of energy. Currently, there are more than 4,500 different currencies, but the most important ones are Bitcoin and Ether (via wikipedia.de).
Nvidia revises old mining lock for newly produced graphics cards
What kind of lock was that? Nvidia wanted it to be not worth it for miners to buy RTX 3060 graphics cards in the future. Nvidia had configured the software for the graphics cards so that it should recognize certain mining algorithms. Once the software recognized that people wanted to mine cryptocurrencies, it would halve the hashrate. Mining was hardly worth it anymore.
What is a “hash rate”? Simply put, the hash rate indicates how quickly the many complex calculations for unlocking a new block are performed. The higher the hash rate, the faster mining can take place.
That’s why the old lock didn’t work: The old mining lock on the RTX 3060 could be bypassed with some simple tricks that required little technical skill.
At the latest when Nvidia released a software update for the graphics cards, where the mining lock was disabled, this lock no longer mattered (via GameStar.de).
This is what Nvidia wants to do now: According to unofficial sources found by Videocardz, Nvidia is said to have informed its board partners that it wants to change its graphics chips (via Videocardz.com). The new chips are adjusted so that they only work with graphics card drivers that limit cryptocurrency mining.
This new graphics chip is to be installed in all future RTX 3000 graphics cards. However, this will not be marked as a new chip.
Are all graphics cards affected? According to Videocardz, there should at least be one exception that will not receive a mining lock. And that exception is the GeForce RTX 3090.
The RTX 3090 offers significantly worse efficiency than other graphics cards like the RTX 3060 or the RTX 3060 Ti, even though the hash rate is better.
Additionally, the RTX 3090 costs at least $1,499. This makes it unattractive for many miners.
Availability of graphics cards is currently quite poor
This is what it looks like currently: Graphics cards like the RTX 3080 are currently hardly available or only at very high prices. The GeForce RTX 3080 was already sold out within moments at the time of launch and ended up fetching high sums on Ebay. Other people, like a user are installing a whole half dozen RTX 3000 graphics cards in a BMW and are not necessarily making themselves popular.
Due to the poor availability, especially older GPUs are in such demand that you can even make a profit with old graphics cards. This is partly because many are turning to gaming to spend time with friends or relatives due to the strict Corona restrictions. This suddenly makes older hardware important again.
Our readers at MeinMMO have told us that they are willing to spend a lot of money on a graphics card. This is also because graphics cards are currently hardly available at normal prices.
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The popular tier sets in World of Warcraft (WoW) were removed with the Battle for Azeroth expansion. Now players are waiting for their return – but that might take some time, as Blizzard revealed.
Why were the tier sets removed? The removal of the tier sets in Battle for Azeroth didn’t sit well with every WoW fan. Blizzard made this decision for design reasons, as the developers did not want to see “the thirtieth iteration of a mage-specific set.”
Tier sets also had the disadvantage of significantly restricting players in their equipment choices. Some items forced players to decide whether to use the items based solely on their raw stats or as a combined bonus in the set. Should an old set be replaced directly, or should several parts of the new set be collected first?
Nonetheless, players miss the ability to collect these tier sets and the designs of the individual classes. With Shadowlands, sets were actually supposed to return. Players expected this to happen at the latest with Patch 9.1 – but they are still missing in that set. Now there’s new information from the director.
You still have to wait a little longer for the return of tier sets in WoW
Will the tier sets return? In an interview with WoW expert and streamer Preachlfw, Game Director Ion Hazzikostas said that the sets will definitely return (via Twitch; at 1 hour, 20 minutes, 40 seconds). However, WoW fans will need to be patient. Ion Hazzikostas explained that the return of the sets is expected only after the upcoming Update 9.1 “Sanctum of Domination.”
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With Update 9.2, 12 different armor sets are supposed to come into the game, each with interesting set bonuses for every class. However, where you will get them and what exactly they will do is still open.
How are players reacting to this announcement? Even though some WoW fans hoped that tier sets would return with Update 9.1, the excitement is still high.
FishOnTheFloor says (via wowhead): “At least they are coming back and even have cool bonuses. I’m really looking forward to seeing what exactly they bring.”
Skilful writes (via wowhead): “Patch 9.2 is going to be the best!”
Sepulchre778 is very excited (via wowhead): “Yes! I can’t wait!”
veeco is somewhat frustrated (via wowhead): “That’s typical. First, they take a feature out of the game that has been around for 12 years. Fans get angry. And then they bring it back and are celebrated as good developers.”
What do you think about the return of tier sets in WoW? Are you excited or do you find the sets unnecessary? Did you hope they would return sooner? Let us know in the comments.
