The “Play at Home” campaign for PS4 and PS5 is currently running, offering free games in the PS Store. The current lineup includes the brilliant couch co-op game “Enter the Gungeon” – but it is only available for a short time. If you enjoy crazy co-op shooting games, you should grab it quickly.
Here are free games: The “Play at Home” campaign started in spring 2020 and continues to bring free games to the store that you can grab. Recently, the free offer was expanded, while the free phases of older games will soon come to an end. One of these games is “Enter the Gungeon” from 2016.
Enter the Gungeon has been included in the lineup since March 26, but it’s only available until April 23 at 5:00 AM. So you only have about three days left to secure it for free. If you’ve overlooked it or ignored it so far, you should consider downloading “Gungeon” quickly to your PS4 or PS5. The indie game is truly a co-op gem.
Enter the Gungeon – A Chaotic Adventure
This is Enter the Gungeon: The title of the game already suggests that it might be about weapons. And that is indeed the case. In short, you traverse the namesake Gungeon in search of the weapon that can shoot the past.
Equally wacky are the other weapons in the game, which significantly contribute to the wild gameplay. The floors of the Gungeon are procedurally generated and become increasingly difficult. Depending on how well you perform, the Gungeon responds with even nastier traps and enemies.
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The game is not exactly easy. While trying to shoot down enemies, you also need to use dodging and skill to ensure you don’t bite the dust. Otherwise, you’ll have to start all over again.
The game can be played in couch co-op for two, and it’s a hell of a lot of fun to run through the insane Gungeon with friends. You obviously have to get used to the pixelated graphics of the indie game – it might not be for everyone. Overall, however, Enter the Gungeon has received good reviews and is rated “Extremely Positive” on Steam. For the MeinMMO team, it is among the best couch co-op games, and it also ranks as one of the best couch co-op games on the Nintendo Switch.
Looking for more new multiplayer games? Then you should follow “Find Your Next Game” in the spring edition at MeinMMO:
The Play at Home initiative brings Horizon Zero Dawn and more games for free
These games are still available: The latest addition from Play at Home is the “Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition,” where you take on the role of the heroine Aloy. In one of the best post-apocalyptic games ever, you must fight for survival in a world populated by machines. The game is available until May 15 at 5:00 AM.
Blizzard has unexpectedly announced that Jeff Kaplan will no longer be with the company. Kaplan was last known as the head of Overwatch. After almost 20 years in his career, he is now looking for new opportunities.
With a short farewell letter, Kaplan says goodbye to Blizzard. He thanks for 19 years in the company and expresses “deep appreciation” for all employees as well as the fans of the company (via Blizzard).
He closes the brief letter with the words: “Never accept the world as it seems to be. Always see what it can be. I hope you do the same. GG.”
Who is Jeff Kaplan? Kaplan was mainly known for his role as head of Overwatch. With his charismatic presence, he quickly earned the nickname “Papa Jeff” in the community.
At events like BlizzCon, he was always considered quite close to the fans and always brought laughter and good cheer. His famous “Yule Log” streams at Christmas were watched by tens of thousands, even though he was actually just sitting silently in front of a fire.
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Kaplan started at Blizzard in 2002 after having previously assisted as a quality tester on Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. At Blizzard, he initially began as a quest designer for World of Warcraft, for which he later became game director together with Tom Chilton and J. Allen Brack.
After working on Project Titan, which was then canceled, he created the shooter Overwatch with his team. Overwatch is considered a huge success for the company.
Currently, Overwatch 2 is in development, the sequel to the shooter. The development is now led by Aaron Keller as game director, who previously supported Kaplan as a mentor.
Whether Kaplan will now join Morhaime or seek another studio is still unknown. Several former Blizzard employees have already come together again and are working on their own projects.
Generally, the current outlook at Blizzard is not very bright for the employees. In addition to those who leave voluntarily, some are also being laid off. A larger wave of layoffs occurred in March 2021, with Blizzard distancing itself from live events – and now Activision Blizzard is planning even more layoffs, including in Germany.
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“Re:Verse” is a multiplayer shooter set in the Resident Evil universe that is coming soon. There is now a small beta scheduled at short notice. Here, players can judge the game for themselves – so far, Re:Verse has caused confusion.
When does the beta run? As announced on the official Twitter account for the game, players who decide last minute can dive into the multiplayer battles tomorrow, on April 21, 2021, starting at 08:00 AM. However, the beta only lasts 24 hours – on April 22, it’s already over. This is already the third beta. Those who missed the previous phases can catch up now.
Who can participate in the beta? In principle, anyone who has a Capcom ID and owns one of the supported platforms can register for the beta. There is a wide selection: Re:Verse will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Steam, and can be downloaded from the respective stores. You can also play the game on next-gen consoles, but they will play the older versions.
With the beta, players get the opportunity to preview a version of the game and form their own opinion. The original announcement for the game was not particularly well received.
Fans criticize Re:Verse even before release
What kind of game is this? In Re:Verse, the well-known horror gameplay of the series is not in focus; instead, it is a multiplayer action shooter where you have to shoot each other in team battles.
Four to six people participate in the deathmatches, which are supposed to last about five minutes, where you take on the roles of classic Resident Evil characters. Among others, Claire and Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, and Ada Wong are included. Outfits inspired by the heroes were also found this year by the way, in The Division 2.
A twist: When you die, you transform into one of the series’ villains, like Nemesis, and can now take revenge on the opponents.
The online game will be released simultaneously with the upcoming Resident Evil: Village and is supposed to be free for buyers of the main game. Here you can see the trailer for the game:
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This is how fans reacted: The original trailer had quite some problems in appealing positively to the fans of the series. At the time of writing this article, there were 9,358 likes against a noticeably larger number of 12,500 dislikes.
The trailer didn’t really go over well with its arena approach and comic-like look. There was also a prevailing sense of rejection and confusion in the comments of the video as well as in the Resident Evil subreddit (via reddit):
“Capcom, if you insist on making multiplayer games, just make them in coop mode, I beg you…”, commented one user (via YouTube)
“Why do they keep trying RE multiplayer games? They are never good. Just stop” (via reddit).
The discussion about the previous beta phases is also rather critical (via reddit). Additionally, the beta struggled with significant server issues at times and was temporarily unreachable, or no matches were available.
Anyone who wants to give the game another chance and take a look can do so now on April 21. Overall, the hype for Resident Evil VIII seems to be significantly stronger. Are you a horror fan? Then you can find some good horror alternatives in multiplayer.
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In Destiny 2 today, on April 20, the Olympic Space Games kick off. What can you expect in the final event of Season 13 and what is still up for the new Weekly Reset?
This event starts: Today, your friends will become your competitors. From April 20 to May 11, the Guardian Games 2021 in Destiny 2 take place. Here, the goal is to earn medals for your class in sporting competitions. This will determine whether Warlocks, Hunters, or Titans are the best Guardians.
Every Guardian can participate in the Guardian Games for free – so visit Zavala at the Tower. MeinMMO will accompany the event as usual and guide you through the Guardian Games with all the necessary info and tips. But what else is happening with the fresh Weekly Reset, let’s take a look at the Destiny week?
Playlist Strikes are available with these modifiers:
Solar Singe
Brute
Iron
As always, the Singe modifier remains the same for the entire week, while the other two rotate daily at 7:00 PM.
In the Terminus of Insight, you fight against the Psion Kargen
Crucible: These playlists and modes are active in PvP:
Private Match
Rumble
Control
Elimination
Survival Glory
Survival Glory: Freelance
Showdown
Petra Venj is now in the Dreaming City right at the spawn point (as in every curse week 2). At the same time, you can tackle the 6th Ascendant Challenge .
These are the sources for Powerful Loot in Season 13 of Destiny 2
This is how Powerful Loot is structured in Destiny 2: Powerful Loot comes in various tiers, granting you different power boosts. Accordingly, higher tiers also grant higher power boosts.
Tier 1 (up to +3 above the current power level)
Tier 2 (up to +4 above the current power level)
Tier 3 (up to +5 above the current power level)
Peak Gear (+5 or more above the power level. The only gear that goes above 1300 and up to a maximum of 1310 – after that, level jumps decrease to +1)
In line with the sports event, there are also sporty offers in the Eververse
The exotic Sparrow “Honorable Mention”
The exotic Ghost shell “Half-Volley Shell”
The exotic ship “Team Spirit”
The exotic emote “Participant Trophy” (Multiplayer Emote)
The exotic emote “Incarnation” (Multiplayer Emote)
Are you participating in the Guardian Games and representing your class? Who will win – Warlocks, Hunters, or Titans like last year? Let us know in the comments.
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The update 0.150.3 was released for the survival game Valheim and includes some small but important changes. Among other things, a tool has been improved, the hoe. This is supposed to make terraforming cheaper – but it does not.
What the update changes: One of the changes in the update concerns the hoe and the amount of stone needed to raise terrain. Initially, you needed four stones to lift a plot of land by one unit.
The required amount has now been halved, so two stones are sufficient. Theoretically, this means the amount of stone for raising terrain has been reduced by 50%. Practically, however, everything has become much more expensive.
Why does building cost more now? With the update, there was also a patch that fixed a bug. Previously, it was possible to click exactly at the edge of a terrain with a hoe and immediately bring the adjacent plot to the same height.
This way, entire plateaus could be easily created by repeatedly using the “raise ground” function directly at the edge of the raised land. Each raising only cost four stones, even if significantly more ground was lifted.
This bug has now disappeared with the update. Even though raising itself has become cheaper, building now costs more stones. Some players welcome this update with memes because they have been waiting to save stones:
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Better performance and smoother gameplay with update 0.150.3
What’s also in the update: Along with the “improved” hoe, the developers have also worked on the entire terrain system. Among other things, terraforming is now supposed to be loaded before built objects.
Additionally, ships and buildings should no longer be damaged while they are still loading. These changes should reduce network load and thus improve the connection. Overall, the game should run better and smoother. You can find the full patch notes on the Steam page of Valheim (via Steam).
What’s next? Currently, the developers are still working on fixing bugs and getting the game into a state they are satisfied with. Only then do they want to focus on new updates.
However, there is already a kind of roadmap with upcoming content. Next up is “Hearth and Home”, which will introduce more building options and recipes. You can find the best cooking recipes in Valheim in our guide .
Later, more content such as new bosses, features, and biomes will come. In total, there are supposed to be nine biomes, each with its own boss. Three of them are already known:
Foglands
Deep North
Ashlands
All three are already in the game but not really usable yet, being empty. However, at least what we know about the Foglands already hints that the new biome will truly disgust you.
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In Outriders, an exploit has now been discovered that allows players to manipulate which legendary item they receive as a reward. They manipulate the game’s save system to do this.
That’s why legendaries are so sought after: They are the rarest weapons and armor in the game. Legendaries also have special attributes due to rank 3 modifications, which favor certain playstyles.
Through Outriders’ crafting system, these mods can be extracted and attached to other weapons and armor. Although they are usually hard to obtain, there is currently a way to choose the rare items.
What kind of exploit is this? It is related to the quest lines Historian, Hunt, and Wanted. These are repeatable quest lines, with 10 of each. Completing all 10 will reward players with a legendary item for each quest line.
However, these are random items. The exploit enables players to manipulate the save system.
Warning: There is a possibility of being branded a cheater for using this exploit. This would exclude you from regular player searches. What cheaters can expect has been clarified by the developers before release: Those who cheat in Outriders will be marked for life
According to known rules, this exploit could fall into a gray area. However, the risk still exists. MeinMMO advises you to stay away from the exploit.
Players exploit a gap in the save system to farm legendaries
How does it work? The exploit functions in conjunction with quest rewards and a repeated reset of the quests.
Why do it at all? Especially for those looking for specific mods or armor pieces to complete their set or build, such an exploit is tempting.
Developer People Can Fly, however, responded quickly and removed the exploit. It can thus be assumed that this newly discovered bug in the save system will be fixed quickly.
Currently, there is a lot of stress from trainers in Pokémon GO who rely on Rocket Grunts. They cannot level up at the moment because Team Rocket is disabled.
This is the current status: Since April 10th, for 10 days now, the Rockets in Pokémon GO are disabled. This is due to a critical bug that occurs when trainers click on the Rocket encounter. Their entire game froze, and they had to restart.
A return of the Rocket Grunts is still pending. It is still unknown when the feature will be back online. The problem is: Many trainers rely on the Grunts to level up in Pokémon GO.
Trainer says: “I can’t level up right now”
What exactly is the problem? At the latest, at level 44, trainers will have problems. To reach level 45, you must defeat 100 Rocket Grunts and 50 Rocket Leaders. They are currently simply unavailable, so no progress can be made there.
So, if you are stuck at level 44, there’s nothing you can do but wait. There is no way to complete the task with the Rocket Grunts.
This is what trainers say about it: Currently, there is a thread on the topic in the Pokémon GO subreddit. One user suggests that at least the stardust bonus from Rival Week should be extended until the Rocket Grunts reappear.
In the thread, many trainers write that they are affected by the disappearance of the Rocket Grunts. For example, Spinkick9000 says: “Here is someone who is stuck at level 44. I really can’t level up until they fix Team Rocket.”
Another trainer reports that he only needs one more Rocket Leader for the level-up and simply cannot complete it.
What remains now? Waiting and sipping tea is the motto for all trainers stuck at level 44. However, there are also special research tasks that require defeating Rocket Grunts. This is currently not possible either, so no progress can be made there.
Moreover, this is not the only bug currently affecting Pokémon GO. There are also issues with friendship XP, which is why Niantic has warned against using lucky eggs. Here too, the question remains how long developers will take to fix it. You can find all information about this problem here:
The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online was released in 2014 and has since received many new contents and expansions. But what does the endgame of ESO look like currently? We from MeinMMO reveal to you 7 activities to keep you occupied for hundreds of hours.
The Elder Scrolls Online impresses mainly with its exciting and voiced stories, which are expanded with each expansion and DLC. But eventually, you have not only reached level 50 but also experienced all the current stories.
Therefore, we would like to introduce you to 7 activities to engage you in ESO endgame.
If you are generally looking for tips about ESO or thinking about starting, you can find helpful guides here:
What does ESO offer in terms of instances? Basically, you can start in the 4-player dungeons of ESO as early as level 10. However, these dungeons are quite simple, and you will rarely have problems completing them.
For experienced and really good players, ESO offers 3 instanced contents to try out:
Veteran dungeons for 4 players
Veteran dungeons with special hard modes
Trials for 12 players
What are Veteran Dungeons? These are a more difficult version of already existing dungeons. The mode unlocks as soon as you reach level 50. After that, you can access it via the open world and through group search.
Some bosses in the veteran mode also have a hard mode. This makes this particular boss fight even harder. It can be activated before the start, allowing you to approach it optionally if the group feels capable of mastering this challenge.
For veteran dungeons, you should bring some experience and also appropriate equipment. It is beneficial if you have already played the normal mode of the dungeon.
How many Veteran Dungeons are there? Currently, there are over 40 different dungeons where you can let loose. At the beginning of 2020, we reported which dungeons are considered the easiest and which are regarded as the hardest in ESO .
In ESO, you can face huge boss enemies in dungeons and trials.
What are Trials? Trials are the king discipline of instances in ESO. You enter them with a total of 12 players and must deal with challenging boss mechanics that test your skill and team play.
Each trial in ESO offers an additional reward once a week, making it worthwhile to repeat them. Additionally, there are plenty of achievements and skins that you can only obtain through trials. If you seek the ultimate thrill, you can also find hard modes in some trials that make the fight even harder.
How many Trials are there? Currently, there are 9 trials in ESO, with Rockgrove being the 10th trial announced. It will be released with the upcoming expansion Blackwood.
Solo Arenas
If you don’t like going into groups but are looking for a challenge for solo players, you will find it in two special arenas:
The Maelstrom Arena is located in the Orsinium DLC and offers several boss fights that increase in difficulty.
The Vateshran’s Ground was introduced with the Markarth DLC and revolves around the grim Reiklanders, a people of barbarians. They prove their strength in this solo arena.
In ESO, as is common in an RPG, a lot revolves around your equipment. This is about your stats but also about the appearance of the armor.
In ESO, you can collect sets and unlock certain values for your equipment. Additionally, there are styles that relate to the appearance of your equipment.
What are Sets? Sets are the composition of bonuses that your equipment offers:
Some sets grant, for example, additional damage or additional health.
Other sets increase your Magicka or Stamina.
Furthermore, there are set bonuses that reward you with additional effects when you wear the respective set in multiple slots (e.g., head, shoulder, and chest).
Sets can be earned in various ways, including random drops in the open world, from public or instanced dungeons, as well as from world bosses, PvP, or crafting. You can find a guide here on how to get sets in ESO.
In the collections, you will find the various sets you have unlocked.
Why is the set system so interesting? Once you have bound a set to yourself or destroyed it or sold it to a merchant, it is unlocked in your collection. This allows you to easily restore old sets using transmutation crystals, which is practical if you want to change your entire equipment once.
The crafted sets then adjust to your level.
What are Styles? Styles, on the other hand, relate to the appearance of your equipment. You can unlock styles and change them at any outfit station in the game. The styles are account-wide unlocked, so you can also immediately dress up new characters correctly.
What PvP content is there? If you are not interested in pure PvE content, you can dive into PvP. ESO also offers several variations:
In the region of Cyrodiil, you can engage in open alliance wars. Here, you can seek duels alone or lead huge battles with a large group.
In the battlegrounds, however, it is a bit smaller. Here, you fight in 4v4v4 and can easily enter these via group search.
The Imperial City, a mode where you fight against other players but also against minions of Molag Bal.
What exactly is Cyrodiil? If you are into brutal mass battles with heavy siege machines, hundreds of players, and months-long, fierce ranking fights, you are in the right place.
Basically, Cyrodiil is the fight for the Imperial Crown. If an alliance conquers all six fortresses spread around the Imperial City, the player from that faction with the currently highest score in Cyrodiil becomes the Emperor.
This grants buffs and corresponding advantages in the battle. Consequently, the other two factions often ally against the alliance currently holding the emperor. If the emperor’s alliance loses control over all six fortresses in the center of the map, he is instantly dethroned.
As exciting as this all sounds, the race for the imperial crown is rather insignificant for most players. They prefer to fight just for fun and for conquering fortresses. In addition, Cyrodiil also has some PvE quests and sky shards that help you progress even outside of PvP.
In Cyrodiil, everything revolves around the fight for fortresses, but small duels are also possible.
What are the Battlegrounds? In the battlegrounds, three teams of four players each fight against each other for victory. Champion points are ignored here, which usually causes many rapid deaths because players simply do not have such abnormally high resistances.
The teams are formed randomly and independently of the alliance affiliation. You simply open the group search and sign up for a battleground. A battleground lasts until one team reaches a predefined point limit or a timer of 15 minutes expires.
Additionally, there is an extra reward for the first daily victory in a battleground.
What is the Imperial City? The Imperial City is part of the alliance war and can be accessed by pressing the “L” key. Here you mainly fight for Tel’Var stones, which you can exchange with merchants for unique equipment sets, cosmetics, and valuable crafting materials.
The Imperial City is divided into six districts. In each, Molag Bal’s minions are up to no good and beg for a beating. If you defeat the AI opponents, they drop the coveted Tel’Var stones.
Your main goal is to defeat as many enemies as possible and collect stones to buy rewards. Importantly, opponents drop more stones the more you already possess. This naturally motivates you to carry as many stones as possible. However, this has two drawbacks.
Criticism of PvP: The PvP in ESO offers many opportunities but also has some issues, including the poor performance of the game. In recent years, the content has also been neglected, claim some players:
Almost every MMORPG now uses a system with achievements that you can hunt and complete. These are divided into various categories, including:
Character achievements
PvP achievements
Dungeon achievements
Quest achievements
Housing achievements
Achievements related to the different DLCs and expansions
The tasks vary quite distinctly. Some focus on repeating content, while others you unlock through special challenges, such as in dungeons.
If you want to achieve all achievements, you have a lot of work ahead of you. One player has managed to unlock all achievements. He required 405 days of pure playtime:
Fashion is endgame, as we mentioned in the “Collecting Sets and Styles” section. Regarding Fashion, ESO also includes Housing. Here you can seek out various residences, move in, and decorate them as you wish.
Houses in ESO can be decorated according to your wishes.
Twinks
What are Twinks? Twinks are additional characters you play alongside your main character. Here, the focus is mainly on trying out new classes, new races, or new paths in the story.
What is special about Twinks in ESO? Twinks in ESO have the great advantage that you “only” need to play them up to level 50. The champion level you earn beyond level 50 is account-wide and applies to all characters.
The same applies to general collectible content such as sets or styles. You also unlock these account-wide. This makes it significantly easier on additional characters, and you don’t have to grind as much as in other MMORPGs.
Bonus Tip: With the Right Guild, Everything Gets Better
ESO offers plenty of content, but it becomes really fun when you set out with friends and acquaintances. Therefore, we from MeinMMO recommend finding a guild and making friends with them.
Some guilds even create their end content themselves by organizing events or funny adventures. A guild like this had an interview with MeinMMO author Larissa Then:
In Season 23 of Diablo 3 you should complete 3 achievements in the season journey. You will be rewarded with a cute pet. We will show you which achievements are suitable for “Flawless Victory”.
What is happening in Diablo 3? Since early April 2021, Season 23 is running in Diablo 3. During this season, you can earn a special pet, the Lacuni Cub, for completing the season journey. However, the community often asks which 3 achievements are the easiest in Season 23 to unlock the pet.
In this overview, we show you three achievements that you can easily complete here on MeinMMO. We also provide you with tips and guides on how to achieve them.
Simply Divine
Boss Mode
Speed Demon
1. Simply Divine
What is it? This is probably the easiest achievement in Season 23. You need to complete a Greater Nephalem Rift level 75 in solo play.
How to do it? To achieve this, you need some “better” gear. A Greater Rift level 75 corresponds to the difficulty of Torment 16. With your core build (6-piece set bonus, weapons/items to enhance your build) for Season 23, such a portal should be easily possible.
What is it? For this achievement, you need to kill a list of bosses within 20 minutes after starting the game.
How to do it? This achievement works easiest in a group of three or more players. In the group, discuss before starting the game which player runs to which boss. You can secure the various portal points to the bosses through the Town Portals and subsequent teleporting across the map and take them down in order.
In our guide to Boss Mode in Diablo 3, we show you exactly which bosses to split up and how to complete the achievement easily. We also provide tips and tricks in case you are tackling this achievement for the first time.
3. Speed Demon
What is it? Complete a Nephalem Rift at Torment 10 (or higher) when your character reaches level 70. But do it within 2 minutes.
How to do it? For this achievement, speed builds are necessary. The difference to solo push builds is that you complete the Nephalem Rifts quickly with speed builds. However, they have little potential in higher Greater Rifts. But at Torment 10, speed builds are no problem at all.
It becomes even easier if you play with at least one other player. Then you split up in the Nephalem Rift and clear everything quickly. Best to avoid picking up loot – that only costs time. Just before the Rift Guardian appears, one player teleports to the city to close the portal immediately. This saves time again.
You can also take a look at the Tier List for Season 23 in Diablo 3. Some builds like the WW-Barbarian are great for speed farming. In groups, it almost doesn’t matter which build you play. If you are already well advanced in Season 23, everything at Torment 10 should fall down as soon as you look at it.
This is what the season journey gives you: If you complete the season journey, you can expect three rewards.
2 portrait frames
1 companion
For many players, the companion “Lacuni Cub” is the highlight of Season 23. When summoned, it collects gold dropped by enemies for you just like the other pets. Companions are therefore a convenient help for your adventures.
Have you already completed the 3 achievements or used others? Share your experiences with us here on MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other players.
A new change now censors certain terms in World of Warcraft – At least on the US servers. Not only individual words are obscured, but whole sentences are deleted, which are never sent.
What is this change? Blizzard has apparently introduced a new list of “reserved words”, which are words under reservation that are automatically blocked in WoW chat. Players have been observing this for some time now.
On the US servers, players receive a message in the chat when they use such a word. The message says something like: “Could not send the message to the player because your message contained prohibited words.”
The filter applies when a player tries to write someone else something in the game – for example, by whispering. However, if the sentence is sent from Battle.net to WoW, there is no censorship.
What words are blocked? According to wowhead, currently there is only a single word on the list that is not specified. The authors only mention a “racial slur that for obvious reasons will not be repeated” – presumably it is the “N-word”.
This message appears for prohibited words. Image source: wowhead.
However, some users in the US forums reported weeks ago that they encountered such blocked words. One of them is the word “moist” (also in German: feucht; via WoW forums).
Does this also apply to us? At the moment, it appears that there is no filter on the German servers yet. We tested it with several insults (of course with friends, whom we asked for permission beforehand).
However, users in the EU forums are already complaining about the censorship (via WoW forums). However, we have not yet been able to determine which words are affected.
The reaction to Blizzard’s new chat censorship is mixed. Many wowhead users agree that racist terms do not belong in the game and can be censored and deleted. They believe this will curb toxic behavior.
In the forums, users tend to think that such functions should be reserved for guild masters so that they can ensure a positive atmosphere in the guilds. A general filter drives players to other chat options like Discord.
The user MORFOS1910 on wowhead even goes a bit further with his criticism. He writes:
You will remember this day, when they ban more words. This is only the beginning. Why do they care about a single word? It doesn’t. They start with this word, then it will become more political. […] Just look at the word ban list from Battlefield 5, that could happen.
Battlefield 5 was heavily mocked by players for its chat filters, and MORFOS1910 apparently sees the same danger for such filters in WoW. Furthermore, players would simply find ways to circumvent the filters with creative solutions. A ban is simply not sustainable.
Moreover, there is the difficulty of applying such filters universally. WoW is played in many languages and terms in one language can sound similar to an insult in another. Often developers only consider English and block everything that might be insulting there.
In the EU forums, for example, the player Ishayo notes that the Danish and Swedish word “slut” simply means end there, whereas in English it means slut and is thus banned. A player in Apex Legends has also experienced such a misunderstanding with a ban:
Legendary armors and weapons are the main loot in the co-op shooter Outriders. They have a special appearance and particularly powerful mods that can be combined. MeinMMO shows you how to find and farm these legendaries best.
What is legendary equipment? This is the highest level of loot that you can find in Outriders. They are particularly powerful thanks to their rank-3 mods and also offer unique designs.
Legendary armors also have set bonuses that allow for particularly powerful combinations. Three parts are needed per set. After the story ends, a large part of the endgame consists of farming legendaries and refining your builds.
Usually, the mods of the weapons also complement each other well, allowing each weapon to favor a specific playstyle.
This is what examples of legendary items look like.
What makes rank-3 mods so sought after? They only appear on legendary weapons and armors and have particularly powerful traits. Through the crafting system of Outriders, modifications of equipment parts can be removed when dismantled.
This unlocks the respective mods for crafting and allows them to be applied to other items. Legendary mods can thus be combined or even attached to epic gear. To build the most powerful combinations in Outriders, you cannot avoid collecting legendary loot and its mods.
We summarize where you can get your legendaries in this guide. We will show you some farming methods and also ways to guarantee to find legendary equipment.
Here’s how mods work: They are attributes that equipment can have starting from the rare (blue) level.
Modifications are a crucial factor in Outriders. They are divided into three levels; the higher the level, the more extensively these mods affect an item. However, rank-3 mods are reserved for legendary weapons and armors and are usually particularly good.
Overall, there are 30 quests scattered across all areas up to the end of the story. You need to play through the story of Outriders almost completely to finish these quest lines.
Historian quests
Historian quests send you on the search for lost items that originated from earth and are now scattered across Enoch. You unlock these quests in the first chapter of the story.
The missions always follow the same pattern: you enter an area, have to defeat several waves of enemies, and retrieve the desired item. The quests don’t take much time since there are almost never long distances to cover.
Hunt quests
In hunt quests, you must eliminate deadly creatures and deliver their trophies. These become available in chapter 5 of Outriders when you reach Trench Town.
Compared to historian missions, you will face more enemies, and at the end of each one, a powerful beast awaits you.
While in some of the quests you don’t have to walk far, there are indeed some quests here that are divided into sections. However, the time required is not particularly high either.
Wanted quests
In wanted missions, you need to take out dangerous types for whom a bounty has been placed. These are usually types who, like you, are equipped with special powers.
The wanted quests follow the same pattern as the other mission types. However, there are some spots that could be a bit tricky due to hostile snipers.
On the map, you can see the respective quest markers for the mission types.
In the endgame, this no longer pays off
The missions outlined above are primarily suitable for completing your mod collection. They are only partially suitable for the endgame. Because during the story, you can reach a maximum world level of 15. At that level, items drop at level 42. However, this is not the maximum.
What is the actual maximum level for equipment? Although players can only reach a maximum of level 30, the limit for weapons and armors is level 50 and thus significantly higher. This will later be possible through the expeditions.
With enough materials, you can also level up legendary parts to level 50 through crafting. However, this is an expensive affair, as leveling up costs considerable resources as the level progresses.
Therefore, at a certain point, you cannot avoid the following endgame activity.
2. Finding legendaries in expeditions
What are expeditions? This is the endgame activity of Outriders. It is unlocked after completing the main story. These are rotating missions where you are sent to different areas.
This is how they work: In the expeditions, the world levels are no longer decisive, but rather the challenge levels. These determine how high the enemy level, the number of enemies, and the overall difficulty in the expeditions are.
Each expedition has a bronze, silver, and gold time
The faster you are, the better the reward at the end will be.
Expeditions vary in their scope and timings
Only four expeditions are active at the same time
They rotate with the completion of an expedition or restarting the game
They are the only way to obtain equipment beyond level 42
The goal of the expedition is to reach landing capsules. In them, a ton of loot awaits you, depending on how successfully you complete it. You can find out more about the expeditions in our overview: Expeditions are the endgame of Outriders – Here’s how they work
Even at challenge rank 10, the chance of a legendary item is 6%.
Which expeditions are best for farming legendaries? This is hard to say. Depending on the class played, weapon setup, and build, this can vary greatly. However, some expeditions seem to be a bit easier than others. These include:
Chemical Plant
Colosseum
Stargrave
Booming Business
The Arches of Enoch
These expeditions are well-suited due to their enemy spawns and time requirements and are also good for getting into expeditions. However, it remains to be seen how this will develop further. With update 1.05, the timer times were already revised.
Some expeditions require landing capsule resources to play them. As of now (April 20), they have no advantages over the other missions. So avoid these until you can afford them comfortably.
The chemical plant is considered one of the easiest expeditions.
Other sources for legendary equipment
Throughout the game, there are a few other ways to find legendary items. However, you can only get them once per character.
Here’s how you can definitely get legendaries:
World levels: From world level 12 to 15, you receive a legendary weapon as a reward with each ascent, totaling four.
Side missions: There are some side missions that reward you with legendary weapons at the end. This includes “The Legacy of the Outriders”, “Big Iron”, and “Abandoned Chapel”.
Merchants: Once you unlock the expeditions, the character Tiago in your camp offers a shop with legendary items. The offer is fixed, and you need landing capsule resources to buy them. You get those for successfully completing expeditions.
Boss drops in the story: Throughout the main story, you will encounter several bosses. Some will reward you with a legendary weapon when you defeat them. This includes the Chrysalid mutant from chapter 7 “Forest Enclave”. There’s also a legendary weapon in chapter 12 after defeating the boss.
Elite enemies were popular in the demo; what about now?
In theory, you also have the chance to get legendary items from elite enemies. In the Outriders demo, it was already possible to farm legendary weapons early in the first chapter. However, the chance is very low. If you don’t feel like shooting through hordes of enemies, it remains a possible option.
Especially the story point “Find the origin of the light in the distance” in the chapter “Dunes” is well-suited. The first confrontation throws a so-called Warlord elite enemy practically right in your face. Kill him as quickly as possible, then let the other enemies overwhelm you.
However, this is not advisable if you have not yet reached world level 15 and want to achieve that. Dying will reduce your progress in world rank, which not only defines the difficulty level but also drop chances and loot level.
Is it worth it? The YouTuber DPJ tested this method and defeated the Warlord 200 times in a row. He ended up with 168 rare, 167 epic, and 1 legendary item (via YouTube). He took one hour and 42 minutes to do this.
This method is therefore only very limitedly recommended for legendary items. However, in terms of materials and other equipment, it can definitely be worth it, but as a farm spot for legendary items, it’s less suitable.
There is also the problem that the maximum item level is 42, just like in the other missions. So for the endgame, it’s mainly worth looking at the resources in terms of scrap and titanium that come along.
How do you farm legendary equipment? Do you know any other methods for farming? Let us know in the comments.
The new Season 3 of Call of Duty starts on Thursday, April 22. The CoD makers have now released a roadmap, showcasing upcoming content for Black Ops Cold War and gave a small insight into the changes in Battle Royale Warzone. MeinMMO shows you the roadmap and provides information about it.
Update April 21: You can now download the update for Cold War, and there are already changes in the game. However, the new content for Season 3 will go live tomorrow morning at 6 AM.
Some players also report that they can start a pre-load for update 1.36 of Warzone. However, the reports are still sporadic, and it may be that it doesn’t work for you yet.
Season 2 is slowly but surely coming to an end. The expired season will likely not be remembered fondly by many players – too little content for Cold War, too little action for Warzone.
Now Call of Duty has released the roadmap for Season 3, and already at the start of the new, free content cycle, there seems to be more to see than in the entire last season:
When does the new season start? In the CoD blog about the update (via callofduty.com), the developers explain that the new season officially starts on April 22. However, the updates for the new season will go live earlier:
Cold War: Season update on April 21 at 06:00 AM
Warzone: Season update on April 22 at 06:00 AM
Meanwhile, the “Cold War” update is available and already makes some changes in the game – for example, the weapon balance. However, you cannot play the new maps and modes just yet. They will go live tomorrow morning.
How big are the updates? At the season start, there are relatively large updates for both CoDs:
Cold War update size Season 3
PlayStation 5: 12.3 GB
PlayStation 4: 8.1 GB
Xbox Series X / S: 11.6 GB
Xbox One: 8.3 GB
PC: 13.1 GB
Warzone update size Season 3
PlayStation 5: 25.6 GB
PlayStation 4: 25.6 GB
Xbox Series X / Xbox Series S: 25.9 GB
Xbox One: 25.9 GB
PC: 25.2 GB
CoD Warzone: Season 3 – Content at Launch
What happens in Warzone at the season start? With the roadmap, the developers have now finally confirmed what many players and leakers have long suspected: Something is happening on the big map Verdansk. However, expectations need to be tempered a bit. Instead of a completely new map, there will likely just be a “Warzone map update”.
A big leak showed snippets from a past Verdansk a few weeks ago. The map may be reverted to the time of “Cold War” and thus receive a facelift. An “update” of the map suggests that certain areas will remain the same, while others will be changed. However, details are not yet officially known.
At the season start, an event called – Hunt for Adler will also go live. During the event, there will be challenges for Cold War and Warzone, where you can secure special cosmetics for both games. If you complete all tasks, there is a special skin for Adler.
How the map changes will come into the game, whether the Adler event has anything to do with it, and what will happen with the zombies is still unclear.
Whether the entries are multiple dates for the same event, like during the reveal of Cold War in Warzone, is currently unknown. Back then, you could experience the presentation of the first trailer of Cold War in the Battle Royale, and the event was online at different times over several days.
Leaks about the Warzone event, however, suggest that it is a multi-part event. You may experience the end of the zombie story of the current Verdansk in the first stage, and the other events will already take place in the new version of the city. However, this cannot be said for sure at the moment.
CoD Cold War: Season 3 – Content at Launch
What happens in Cold War at the season start? With Season 2, players of the multiplayer were only served small bites, and during the season there were only 2 new 6v6 maps. In the new season, it looks different, and you will be served two fresh maps at the start. However, Outbreak also gets an upgrade, and there will be a new scorestreak:
Yamantau – 6v6 map: Yamantau is a mountain in the Ural Mountains and was the setting for a campaign mission
Diesel – 6v6/2v2/3v3 map: A rather small map with a gas station in the center
Sticks & Stones – mode: Well-known party mode with fixed loadout. In an earlier version, players only had a crossbow, the ballistic knife, and tomahawks
Strafe Run – scorestreak: Medium streak that starts an airstrike on a target
Outbreak expansions: The “Duga” map will be part of Outbreak. There will also be new tasks, new vehicles, and world events where you can get wonder weapons
Toxic Growth – field upgrade for zombies: Undead can be halted and slowed down with this
During the season, at least one more 6v6 map (the classic Standoff) will also come, and the Duga map will also be available for the Fireteam mode. Additionally, the developers announced a kind of battle royale for Fireteam – “Multi-Team Elimination”. Although there are respawns, they should be heavily limited. Moreover, you cannot take your entire loadout into the match. The last team standing with four people wins the match.
However, there is currently no new information about a new map for the zombie mode and the introduction of Easter eggs in Outbreak.
Season 3: Weapons, Battle Pass, Prestige Update
What content do both CoDs share? Warzone and Cold War are connected, and as a result, there is content that is relevant in both CoDs.
There is again a new battle pass that brings cosmetic content and two new weapons for both games. Over 100 levels, you can acquire many items that are purely aesthetic. In addition, there are two new weapons:
Sniper rifle: Swiss K31
Submachine gun: PPSH-41
In the release week, the ballistic knife is also expected to come to Cold War. The melee weapon allows you to shoot blades around. For Warzone, the knife is planned for mid-season. Overall, the developers announced 6 new weapons for the entire season.
Additionally, two new operators will enter the game at launch. “Wraith” is visible on the roadmap, and she is joined by an old friend: Captain Price. The legendary operator from Modern Warfare is now also coming to Black Ops Cold War – in a somewhat younger version.
Furthermore, there is again an update of the prestige system. Your season rank will be reset, and you can acquire 4 new prestige emblems. With each prestige level, you will receive a prestige key, a tier skip for the battle pass, and additional challenges. After the first 50 levels, there is also a weapon blueprint.
The roadmap for Season 3 is packed and caters to fans of both Warzone and Cold War’s multiplayer mode alike. Only the zombie mode gets relatively less new content compared to the start of Season 2. Back then, there was the Outbreak mode and, thus, a completely fresh experience.
The first in-game preparations for the new season are already underway. Warzone nerfed the OP pistol Sykov, which caused a stir in the battle royale for a few days.
What do you think of the announcements? Are you satisfied with the presented content, or is there something you wish had been included? Feel free to discuss with us in the comments on MeinMMO.
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In Pokémon GO, the Spotlight Hour with Sleima starts today, on April 20th. MeinMMO shows you all the bonuses and reveals if the event is worth it.
What is a Spotlight Hour? This event takes place every Tuesday in Pokémon GO and spotlights a special Pokémon for one hour. In addition, there is a bonus that rounds off the event.
This is the story of Sleima: The Pokémon originated from sludge and industrial waste. In general, Sleima feeds on such things and lives where it is dirty. However, Sleima’s population in large cities has decreased due to the improving hygienic conditions.
Spotlight Hour with Sleima – Start Time and Bonuses
When does it start? The Spotlight Hour starts today at 6:00 PM local time. It lasts exactly one hour and ends at 7:00 PM.
Here are the bonuses: During the Spotlight Hour, spawns will be increased, and nearly every Pokémon will be a Sleima.
Additionally, there will be double Stardust for caught Pokémon. You will receive at least 200 Stardust per Pokémon. With a Star Piece, you’ll even receive at least 300 Stardust.
Is there Shiny Sleima? Yes, the Shiny version of Sleima has been available to catch in Pokémon GO for some time. You can easily recognize the difference, as the shiny version is green instead of purple:
Here you see Shiny Sleima.
Is the Spotlight Hour worth it? Absolutely! With Sleima, you have a Pokémon that is interesting for shiny hunters. Furthermore, it is easy to hit excellently, allowing you to quickly and effectively collect XP.
Moreover, the Stardust bonus is strong. Stardust is the most important resource in the game, as you can use it to strengthen your Pokémon. You can never have enough dust, so you should definitely take advantage of this bonus.
What’s next in Pokémon GO? There’s still plenty to come this month in Pokémon GO. After the current Sustainability Week, there will be another event surrounding the release of New Pokémon Snap, where you will encounter Shiny Coloragle for the first time. You can find more information on upcoming events here in the overview:
The Twitch streamer Moe “Yassuo” Abdalrhman (21) specializes in League of Legends, but is now participating in a major tournament on Twitch and had to play Mortal Kombat 11 there. However, his temperament proved to be his downfall.
Here is the situation: 21-year-old Yassuo is a professional streamer for 100 Thieves, Nadeshot’s e-sports organization. It has now become fashionable for e-sports clans to not only employ e-sport athletes but also hire Twitch streamers and YouTubers.
Yassuo participated in the tournament “AT&T Annihilator Cup”. The large US corporation announced an e-sports tournament for the entire April 2020: 20 streamers compete against each other in 5 games. In the end, a prize pool of $100,000 awaits.
The games played are Apex Legends, CS:GO, Mortal Kombat 11, Halo and Among Us, which doesn’t really fit this list.
Participants include some of the big Twitch stars with e-sports ambitions like shroud, Lirik, Mizkif and also Yassuo. The tournament is currently ongoing: Mortal Kombat 11 was played last weekend.
Keyboard broken and the next round begins
This is the clip: Yassuo faces off against the Ninja Scorpion against Cetrion, the “Goddess of Life”. Yassuo loses the match and control, as the streamer Emiru catches him and lands the finishing blow.
Yassuo stands up and angrily pounds on the keyboard. As he stomps and storms away from the computer in rage, you can hear the keys fall out of the keyboard and clatter on the hardwood floor.
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Yassuo immediately understands what he has done, exclaims “Fuck – my Keys” and starts to panic, trying to put the individual keys back into the keyboard, because the next round is about to begin. And he just destroyed his working device.
And then it continued: Right after the outburst, Yassuo was sober again and started to furiously pound on his keyboard in the next round. Because the old rule applies: The harder you hit the keys, the more damage you do.
But also because some keys were missing, he lost the next round and the victory went to Emiru. During a break before the next match, Yassuo was able to press enough keys back into the keyboard to continue.
You can see: Anger outbursts put gamers mentally off balance, as Yassuo surely knows from LoL: Tilt threatens. But an outburst directed at the equipment can decrease the chances of winning in the next match for mundane reasons: A keyboard without keys doesn’t really work.
One streamer even made it his trademark to destroy keyboards on Twitch by smashing them over his head in anger. He even bought cheaper keyboards specifically to destroy them. But Twitch didn’t find that funny at all:
A new Windows update is currently worrying gamers. The update is causing blue screens and crashes, as well as issues while gaming. Users with AMD, Intel, and Nvidia hardware are reportedly affected. At least two tips should help alleviate the problems.
What it’s about: Windows has installed updates for some users that are causing trouble. Specifically, this concerns the updates with the numbers KB5001330 and KB5001337.
These updates were initially intended to improve HDR rendering. Instead, users are now complaining about problems.
Who is affected? Users with different hardware are affected. AMD users are complaining just as much as Nvidia graphics card owners or users with an Intel processor. Here it doesn’t matter how old or new the installed hardware is.
What is causing the problems? It is still uncertain what is causing the issues. Some speculate that there are problems between graphics card drivers and the latest update. Others suspect that the update is simply broken. The situation on reddit is correspondingly tense, and a solution is awaited.
Players complain about crashes and low FPS in games after Windows update
What problems are there? In a lengthy reddit post (via reddit.com), they discuss the problems. Several difficulties are also listed:
Blue screens and sporadic crashes
Severe drops in frame rate in various games
Problems with V-Sync
Which games are affected? Various games are listed on reddit that are unplayable or at least do not run smoothly. These include Doom Eternal, Call of Duty: Warzone, Assetto Corsa, or Red Dead Redemption 2.
Uninstalling and changing power settings on Windows should help
What you can do: If you are experiencing these issues, you can currently try two things:
Either uninstall the problematic updates KB5001330 and KB5001337
Or test the power plan on Windows
Note: Uninstalling security updates may jeopardize your system. You implement these tips at your own risk! We accept no liability for damages.
Uninstalling Windows updates: If you want to uninstall updates, then search for “Update & Security” in the menu. Here, select “View update history” and then the item “Uninstall updates.”
You can then uninstall the two updates here. However, make sure that Windows does not immediately reinstall the updates. In the “Update & Security” menu, you can also activate an update pause.
In general, we would definitely recommend installing all Windows updates. Because these updates patch security vulnerabilities in the system, which is particularly important if you are online or regularly gaming.
How to activate the power plan: First, open the Control Panel. Here, select “Hardware and Sound” and then “Power Options.”
You can change the settings here. Switch to the “High Performance” or “Ultimate Performance” profile. This should prevent problems and severe frame drops.
Are you looking for more tips to get more performance out of your PC? Here we present 5 things for under 20 Euros that can improve your PC’s performance.
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In an upcoming update, Blizzard will adjust the dungeon Sanguine Depths in World of Warcraft. It is currently considered the hardest instance in Shadowlands, especially at higher keystone levels. However, players are not quite sure if the nerfs are addressing the right issues.
What will be nerfed? The Sanguine Depths is currently the dungeon that is considered difficult every week – regardless of which affixes you are facing. Therefore, Blizzard has announced some nerfs:
Dark Acolytes now take 2 seconds to cast Dark Bolt (previously 1.5 seconds)
Shards of the Chamber Guardians now deal 20% less damage, are cast less often, and target fewer players
Za’ralis’ Gleaming Beam now removes all bleed effects, including Severing Slash and Cruelty
Unending Agony (High Overseer Beryllia) will no longer be cast multiple times in a row
The damage of Malicious Cut (General Kaal) has been reduced by 33%
Additionally, an exploit has been fixed that allowed lanterns in the dungeon (Venthyr ability) to charge too quickly with a toy. Moreover, there is an adjustment in the heights of ascension: there is a bug fix in which a spear throw was not registered even if it appeared to have hit.
The nerf will go live with the next server restart on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
General Kaal may no longer be as fearsome as before.
What exactly does the nerf affect? Both some trash groups and boss fights have become easier due to the nerfs. At the same time, however, an exploit with the lantern has been removed, which previously allowed players to trivialize certain sections.
Why the dungeon is considered so hard: In the Sanguine Depths, the overall package is difficult. Especially the bosses pose problems for players, particularly the third and fourth.
The third boss High Overseer Beryllia chains several mechanics particularly viciously. There are regular damage effects on multiple players, heavy damage on the tank, and areas that must be avoided. For healers, it is difficult to heal both the group and the tank without dying themselves.
The fourth boss General Kaal is particularly challenging due to its preceding gauntlet. This costs a lot of time and can quickly wipe the group upon a mistake, which results in lost time and possibly the keystone.
What the players say: The changes have been well received so far, and many players consider them to be the right move. Nevertheless, some users on the subreddit Competitive WoW feel that the nerfs are happening in the wrong places (via reddit).
No one should be hit by abilities like Shards, and if they are, they will be instantly killed at higher levels anyway. Reducing its damage seems to make little sense.
Especially for the third boss, an adjustment would have been better, such as preventing areas from spawning under the healer. However, the nerfs to Kaal and the fix for the lantern exploit are unanimously welcomed.
However, those who still need a higher keystone in the Sanguine Depths will likely have better chances now. This will be particularly advantageous with regard to the upcoming Update 9.1, as there will apparently be a proper dungeon score starting then:
The Elder Scrolls Online has brought the new expansion Blackwood to the test server. With the update, many new content pieces were released, including the story involving Mehrunes Dagon and the companions. However, players are more excited about a small detail regarding an NPC that will no longer shout as often.
What’s going on? In the patch notes for the release of Blackwood on the test server, players found a small but interesting detail. It states:
Can you believe it? Dragons! In your own homeland! What are you going to do? Well, we’re going to make this scene play less often, is what we’re going to do.
The developers are referring to NPCs that repeat the phrase “Can you believe it? Dragons! In your own homeland! What are you going to do?” over and over again. This phrase has become a meme in the ESO community.
There are players who complained back in 2019 about hearing the phrase “at least 2,000 times” (via ESO Forum). Now, with Blackwood, the frequency at which the phrase is played has apparently been significantly reduced. This has been well received.
We have embedded a video from YouTuber Bacon_ containing the relevant dialogue:
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How is the adjustment received? On the ESO subreddit, a thread on this topic is currently ranked #1 and has received over 2,600 upvotes (via reddit). In it, over 100 players celebrate this adjustment:
Siligurl20 is very pleased with the change: “Oh my God, finally, thank God.”
ormondhsacker writes: “Finally, the game will be playable again, as I see it.”
Destindil is happy but also has another wish: “I’m so glad they fixed this after people complained for two years. It looks like the many contributions paid off! Now they just need to fix the rest of the NPCs, and everything will be right in the world.”
Destindil is not alone with this wish. The thread mentions at least 6 other NPCs whose dialogues are slowly getting on players’ nerves, including the NPC Stuga, who is located in Daggerfall.
However, it is currently unknown if or when these will be adjusted.
What’s new in ESO: The change in the dialogue came along with the new expansion Blackwood on the test server. Players can now explore the new areas, experience the story surrounding Mehrunes Dagon, and try out the companions we have already extensively tested:
Keep in mind that this is a test server, so various bugs may occur or some content may not be playable at all.
In the coming days, we will try out the story ourselves on MeinMMO and summarize the reactions to Blackwood. Anyone who wants to inform themselves extensively about the expansion beforehand can find all the information in this overview:
The PC MMORPG Dungeon Fighter Online is incredibly successful in China, South Korea, and Japan, even though hardly anyone knows it in the West and it is just limping along on Steam: The developers now announce that they will release a remake with updated graphics. This is also what some fans wish for World of Warcraft, our MMORPG hit.
What is Dungeon Fighter Online? It’s an MMORPG as a 2D sidescroller and features elements of a “Beat ’em Up”: It was released in 2005 in South Korea and has been incredibly successful in the Asian region for 15 years:
The game has over 700 million players and has generated over 15 billion US dollars worldwide.
In Japan, the game has already received animes and mangas: It is considered one of the “entertainment media products with the highest revenue of all time” and proudly stands in a large list between the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Pac-Man (via wikipedia).
With a 10-year delay, Dungeon Fighter Online was also released in the West: However, it only has mediocre reviews on Steam, around 64%. In Asia, however, it is a cult series like Warcraft is for us with WoW.
The original game with better graphics – What many wish for WoW
This is the new game: The developers of Dungeon Fighter Online, Neople, have now introduced a new game for PC: Dungeon & Fighter Overkill is the provisional name of the project.
The game uses Unreal Engine 4 from Epic and is supposed to be a “massive remake” of the original as MMO Culture reports – but with 3D graphics. Dungeon Fighter Online still runs as a 2D game as a sidescroller.
It is supposed to be a “side scrolling action MMO”.
A first teaser trailer gives an insight into the game:
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The developers for Dungeon & Fighter Overkill are now looking for a lot of new people to develop the core of the game. There is still no further information on when the game will be released.
This is what it’s about: They are doing in South Korea what many in the West also wish for WoW: the same game again, but with updated graphics.
In Europe and the USA, these are fan fantasies that only exist as videos: But every time a YouTuber releases a video about “World of Warcraft in the graphics of Unreal Engine 4”, the videos get really high view counts.
In Europe, developers are reluctant to make major upgrades for graphics or engine. In South Korea, however, studios are actually tackling such graphic revisions. This can be seen in the South Korean MMORPGs Black Desert and Blade & Soul.
Maybe Dungeon & Fighter Overkill will eventually manage to bring us the phenomenon of the “Dungeon Fighter Online” series closer, which fascinates so many in Asia.
Neople has been developing another new MMORPG based on Dungeon Fighter Online for some time: Project BBQ.
