In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and CoD: Warzone, the new Season 2 is starting soon. This traditionally comes with a larger update. However, it won’t be released all at once. MeinMMO explains when exactly what will arrive.
But before you can dive into the fresh content, you need to download the new update for Season 2. And the patch won’t be released all at once. So when does it actually start? When does which update come?
The Season 2 patches for CoD Cold War and Warzone will come separately, and the respective updates will not be available for all players to download at the same time. Apparently, this is to keep server load as low as possible.
When will the Cold War update for Season 2 come? First, players will be able to download the Season 2 update for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The patch should be available for download on Wednesday, February 24, between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM German time and is already live for us.
However, when it will start for you within this time window is random. The patch will be available to different players at different times. After that, the update should be able to be downloaded at any time.
Coming with Season 2: The new Outbreak mode for zombies
When will the Warzone update for Season 2 come? The update for Season 2 for Call of Duty: Warzone is set to follow a day later and should be available on Thursday, February 25, between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM German time. Here, too, it seems to depend on chance when exactly you can download the update during this period. After that, it should be possible any time.
When exactly does the new Season 2 start?
Update February 25, 06:00 AM: According to Treyarch, Season 2 is now live. So if you have downloaded the updates (for Warzone and/or Cold War), you can apparently start.
Are you excited about the new Season 2 and are you there right at the start, or are the upcoming contents not motivating enough to get you back into the game?
The shooter Anthem has been struggling with issues since its release. There has been speculation for a while about whether the further development might be discontinued. Now it is officially confirmed that EA and BioWare will no longer work on Anthem Next or any updates in general.
This is what Bioware says: In an emotional blog post, Christian Dailey announced that the work on Anthem and the overhaul Anthem 2.0 or Next will be discontinued.
While it has been hard at work on the game since its release, as Dailey emphasized, 2020 was a difficult year due to COVID, and productivity was generally lower:
2020 was a year like no other, and while we at Bioware continue to make progress on all of our game projects, working from home during the pandemic has affected our productivity, and not everything that we had planned as a studio before COVID-19 can be achieved without excessive stress on our teams.
Therefore, they have now decided to cease work and focus on upcoming titles from Mass Effect and Dragon Age, as well as to bring new updates for the MMORPG SWTOR.
In conclusion, he thanked the Anthem community:
To the Anthem community: Thank you for your passion and creativity. Your feedback and suggestions certainly help shape the direction of the team, and on a personal note, your kindness and encouragement over the past year were very much needed.
What’s next for Anthem? Anthem is not to be discontinued for the time being. The game will continue in its current state. However, there will be no updates.
It is unclear how long the servers will ultimately remain online.
Anthem is being shelved after a long struggle
This is how the development of Anthem went: Anthem was released in February 2019. It quickly became clear that while the fundamental gameplay of Anthem could be convincing, the game systems could not. Especially the issue of loot was criticized.
Anthem was supposed to run for 10 years, but soon after the release, crucial updates were missing. Barely a year after release, it was stated that a major rework was to come: Anthem 2.0.
From March to November 2020, sporadic blog posts and Twitter messages about the status of Anthem Next were published.
This is the team that was originally supposed to handle Anthem Next.
Electronic Arts pulls the plug on Anthem
What was happening with Anthem Next? Anthem 2.0 (or Anthem Next) apparently spent a year and a half in an “incubator” stage. This was already a stopgap, as far as we know from insider reports:
Originally, a team in Austin, Texas, who had previously worked on the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic was supposed to oversee the further development of Anthem
Moreover, it became apparent that Anthem could not be saved with “normal updates”. Hence, the project “Anthem Next” was initiated, a major overhaul of the game.
The project began in an “incubator” mode with a small team of 30 people – they were apparently supposed to do the groundwork
At first, according to insider reports, the team in Texas was still hopeful and looking forward to “saving Anthem” and had a clear vision
Now, on the 2nd anniversary of the game, in February 2021, this incubator phase of Anthem was over. EA had to decide whether to move into full production of Anthem Next or not.
Apparently, they decided against it.
Observers had foreseen this development. For it was not clear how EA could make money with Anthem Next again. Early on, BioWare and EA had ruled out charging for DLCs for the game.
A further development would likely have simply been too expensive.
Anthem was designed in 2019 as a game meant to capitalize on the significant success of Destiny. However, this game is also not as strong as it was a few years ago. Much seems to indicate that loot shooters are generally in a crisis. MeinMMO editor Schuhmann took a closer look at the situation:
In Valheim, you can breed wild boars, wolves, and Lox, allowing you to quickly and effectively obtain their resources. In our guide, we explain what preparations you need to make and what to watch out for.
At the start of your journey, you need a relatively large amount of leather scraps to craft tools and items. Constantly hunting wild boars can take a lot of time. Therefore, it is advisable to always have a supply of leather in your own backyard.
This is easy to do by simply taming and breeding the necessary pigs. They will multiply directly in your base, allowing you to easily obtain meat and scraps. Here’s how.
Note: This guide was first published on February 10, 2021. On February 24, 2021, it was supplemented by taming wolves and Lox.
Catching and Feeding Wild Boars in an Enclosure
This is how you catch a wild boar: Wild boars are aggressive animals and will chase you if you attack them or get too close. Therefore, you need to be careful when approaching them, as you must not scare them away.
To tame a wild boar, you need to feed it. Sneak close to one of the animals without scaring it, and throw it some food from your inventory. Simply drag the corresponding item from your inventory into the world or click on it while holding the Ctrl key.
Once the wild boar sees the food, it will start to eat it, as long as it is hungry.
What can I feed them? Wild boars primarily eat food that they find near the ground. From my own experience, they prefer red mushrooms. You can also feed them raspberries and blueberries.
How long does it take? Once the wild boar has eaten, a progress bar for the taming will appear. 10 red mushrooms are enough to tame a wild boar.
You will receive a notification showing how far the taming has progressed.
The taming takes a while. You can leave the animal unattended, as the presence of a player is not necessary during taming. You will receive a message once the taming is successful.
After successfully taming the wild boar, you will receive an indication of its well-being. With “E”, you can additionally pet the animal, but currently, there is no benefit to doing so.
Preparation for Taming Wild Boars
After you have tamed wild boars, they will roam freely. To prevent them from running away, you should build your own enclosure. An enclosure also makes it easier for you to tame them, as the animals cannot escape from it.
In an enclosure, the wild boars also feel comfortable in Valheim – including their offspring.
This is how you build an enclosure for wild boars: To build in Valheim, you need a workbench in the immediate vicinity. Wild boars frequently appear in meadows, and we recommend building the enclosure there.
Once the workbench is set up, you can level the ground with a hoe. The ground does not need to be perfectly aligned; it is sufficient if you can place fences properly. The so-called “Skigard” can be learned in the game at an early stage and costs you only 1 x wood.
Separate an area with the Skigards and leave a passage open. In this passage, you can either place a large gate or another Skigard if the wild boar is trapped in the enclosure.
This is how you use the enclosure: Approach a wild boar and let it follow you. It will not stop chasing you if you remain within range.
Run with the wild boar in tow to the end of the enclosure. Once the animal is in the enclosure, place a Skigard to close it. If you have secured the entrance with a gate, close both doors.
Then, move away from the enclosure and wait until the animal calms down. Afterwards, you can sneak or walk closer to the enclosure and begin feeding and taming.
To feed the animals, look into the enclosure, open your inventory, and drag the food out of the inventory slot. This way, your character will throw the item away. It does not matter whether the food is stacked or thrown individually into the enclosure.
Do you want to breed wild boars in Valheim? This only works if the animals mate in captivity. However, this is only possible if you keep at least two animals in an enclosure. Both must be tamed. Additionally, there must be enough food for the animals in the enclosure.
This is what you need to consider to obtain piglets: Based on our author’s experience, wild boars only reproduce up to a certain number. After initial estimations, a maximum of six tamed wild boars per workbench area is possible.
Once you have two tamed wild boars in your enclosure that are happy and well-fed, hearts will appear above their heads during mating. After a while, you will be able to welcome little piglets into the world of Valheim.
The little piglets feel comfortable – until we go after them.
What do I do with the wild boars? Unfortunately, wild boars do not actively produce resources. To obtain leather scraps, you still need to kill them. This might be a bit difficult at first, especially when you see the little piglets growing up. If you still want to kill them, it’s best to use a bow and arrow. This way, only one animal dies, and you won’t risk accidentally injuring another animal when handling a spear in the enclosure.
Besides leather scraps, wild boars can also provide you with trophies and meat. The loot drops from the animals are random. From our experience, wild boars most frequently drop scraps, followed by meat and trophies, which are dropped less frequently.
In addition to wild boars, you can also tame wolves in Valheim. The animals reside in the mountains and can be a danger to life and limb in packs. Without wolf armor, it is also very cold in the mountains, and you can die from the cold. We, therefore, recommend setting up a camp near the mountains and building an enclosure for taming there, similar to the wild boars.
This is how to build a secure enclosure to tame wolves: Wolves attack not only you but also objects you have built. Since a wolf’s attack is very strong, the taming enclosure should not be made of Skigards, but of palisades.
To quickly leave the enclosure, place a 1×1 ground block at its end that you can use to escape the enclosure later.
This is how you catch a wolf in Valheim: Wolves are aggressive animals and will chase you as soon as you get too close. To fend off their attacks, you should carry a bronze or higher shield. Once you find a wolf and have drawn its aggression, run to the previously built enclosure and lock the animal inside.
This is how you tame the wolf: Wolves eat raw meat. Throw this into the enclosure and quickly move away. The aggression range of wolves is larger compared to wild boars, and they will only start to eat after you have moved away.
To tame a wolf, you should throw a stack of raw meat into the enclosure. After some time, the taming is successful, and you can command the wolf to follow you with “E”.
Wolves are faithful companions in Valheim and also provide fur and meat.
This is how wolves breed in Valheim: To obtain wolf puppies, you must have at least two tamed wolves in an enclosure. In addition, there must be enough raw meat available in the enclosure for them to mate. Hearts will appear above the animals as soon as mating occurs. After a short time, you’ll be able to celebrate new pups with the wolves.
Small, cute, and quite hungry: puppy wolves in Valheim.
Taming Lox in Valheim
Lox may seem very cozy and peaceful at first glance despite their size. However, like wild boars and wolves, they are aggressive and will attack you if you get too close.
You can find these animals in the plains and feed them moltberries and barley. Like with wolves and wild boars, you can lure the animals into an enclosure, making it easier to tame them. In our tests for the guide, stone walls proved to be very effective.
What you can do with a Lox: Currently, you can only tame and interact with Lox if you have tamed them. As of February 24, 2021, it is still not possible to breed the animals. If this changes with an update, you’ll find out here.
Lox are leisurely and primarily feed on moltberries.
Lox provide you with fur and Lox meat that you can use for cooking. From this, you can prepare Lox meat pie, which is one of the best foods in Valheim.
With a little practice, breeding wild boars, wolves, and Lox in Valheim is easy to learn. With the tamed animals, you obtain a reliable source of leather scraps and can fully focus on other adventures in the mystical world of Valheim.
Schalke 04 is having a mixed year in 2021. While the team ranks at least 6th out of 10 in League of Legends, the football team is not faring well. This could spell trouble for the LoL pros as well.
Update: Schalke has since commented on the rumors. In a statement on Discord, it says:
We are currently evaluating various options that the club can take depending on the circumstances it finds itself in at the end of this Bundesliga season. This includes, among other things, selling the LEC slot to an interested buyer.
However, no decision has been made yet, and even if the club is relegated, we don’t necessarily have to sell.
What is going on? Schalke 04 is one of several football clubs in Germany that are also active in e-sports. The club has professionals in FIFA, Pro Evolution Soccer, and two teams in League of Legends.
However, the LoL pros might face problems in the future, as the French site L’Équipe – in German “The Team” – reports. Due to poor performance in the football Bundesliga, Schalke 04 needs to cut costs. They are currently threatened with relegation to the second division, with significant debts.
Maintaining a team in the highest European league, the LEC, costs money. And that might need to be saved in the future.
The current Schalke roster consisting of (from left to right): Broken Blade, Gilius, Abbedagge, Neon, and Limit.
Starting Spot in the LEC Could Be Sold for 20 Million Euros
What does the report say? To bring a team into the European LEC, you now have to buy a starting spot from another organization. There is no classic promotion and relegation.
According to L’Équipe, Schalke 04 bought a starting spot for 8 million euros. The value is now said to be up to 20 million. Money that the club might need, which is reported to be over 200 million euros in debt according to ESPN.
The report also states that interest in the LoL league has increased, but due to corona, many e-sports teams have reportedly lost several hundred thousand euros. A reason for this is the lack of ticket sales.
Within Schalke 04’s management, it has already been mentioned that a sale might soon be necessary for economic reasons. However, they hope to be able to prevent this (via Dotesports).
How is the football team doing? Currently, Schalke 04 is at the bottom of the table. With only 9 points, not only relegation is threatening, but a real debacle.
There are ongoing reports in the media about how bad things are for the club and how many professionals could leave immediately if relegation occurs. The situation in football is anything but rosy.
How is Schalke performing in e-sports? In the virtual Bundesliga in FIFA 21, Schalke is only faring slightly better. Here, the team is ranked 12th out of 13, with only Eintracht Braunschweig performing worse (via Virtual Bundesliga).
In League of Legends, however, things are looking slightly better. With 5 wins and 6 losses, the team is currently in 6th place out of 10 with chances of making it into playoffs and even 3rd place. However, they have recently suffered 4 consecutive losses.
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The team largely still consists of the players who achieved a small miracle in 2020. In the “Miracle Run”, they made it to the playoffs after 11 losses and from a nearly impossible position:
Furthermore, the club still has the Schalke 04 Evolution team in the Prime League, a regional league for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. They are currently in 4th place out of 10 and even won the Summer Split last year.
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The new TOTW 22 is now available in FIFA 21. And some cards from the Team of the Week look really useful.
When does TOTW 22 come out? The Team of the Week 22 is available now – that is, Wednesday, February 24, at 7:00 PM – in FIFA 21. The cards will remain in the packs for one week before being replaced by the next TOTW.
How to get cards from the TOTW: You can draw the cards from packs, but you need a lot of luck, especially for top players. Alternatively, you can get them on the transfer market, where they can be expensive. Lastly, you can also find them as Player Picks in the Weekend League rewards if you’ve reached a corresponding rank.
We will show you which players secured a TOTW card this week due to strong performances in real football.
TOTW 22 featuring Ronaldo and Rashford
Here is the complete TOTW 22: The new TOTW features some strong cards. Here is the overview:
GK: Handanovic (90)
RB: Lucas Vazquez (85)
CB: Keane (84)
CB: Romero (84)
LM: Rashford (89)
CM: Bernardo Silva (89)
CM: Luis Alberto (87)
CM: De Paul (84)
ST: C. Ronaldo (95)
ST: Haller (84)
ST: Isak (82)
Bench:
GK: Rui Patricio (86)
CB: Maripan (81)
CAM: Younes (84)
LM: Caio (82)
LM: Steffen (82)
LM: Mavididi (81)
ST: Kangin Lee (80)
GK: Phillips (80)
CB: Van den Bergh (76)
RF: Lucas Piazon (78)
ST: Berisha (77)
RF: Wilks (76)
The best cards in TOTW 22
The Top 3 in the new TOTW 22
Cristiano Ronaldo naturally leads the TOTW 22 with his new 95-rated card in attack. The Portuguese is among the best in the world and is equipped with pace, strong dribbling, and incredible finishing. This card is among the best in Ultimate Team.
Marcus Rashford only has a rating of 89, but he is one of the meta players who simply perform better than their stats. Since the stats of this TOTW card also look strong, the Englishman is likely to be a real offensive weapon.
Handanovic has made it into TOTW 22 as a goalkeeper, now breaking the 90 rating. The goalkeeper is generally a very secure asset and should provide reinforcement in Serie A, especially if you are looking for a new goalkeeper for your team.
Alongside these cards, there are several interesting players as well. Bernardo Silva, for instance, received a very strong looking 89-rated card in central midfield, which shines with very high dribbling. Additional high ratings come for Lucas Vazquez (85), Luis Alberto (87), or Rui Patricio (86).
The Bundesliga in TOTW 22
A Bundesliga duo has made it as well
The Bundesliga is back as well, although not with absolute top cards.
Amin Younes from Eintracht Frankfurt stands out at the top of the Bundesliga selection with an 84-rated card after a strong performance over the weekend.
Wolfsburg’s Steffen has received an 82-rated card at LM that is rather average. However, his top ratings lie in pace and dribbling.
Are you still looking for reinforcements for your team that you can get without coins? Then check out the Icon Swaps 2 in FIFA 21.
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In Valheim food significantly determines how strong your Viking is. MeinMMO shows you the best foods with the strongest buffs and tells you which food combinations bring the biggest bonuses.
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What is food good for? In Valheim, you don’t need food to survive – after all, you’re essentially already dead, as Valheim is the world after your demise. Instead, food provides you with buffs.
Food increases your maximum health, your maximum stamina, and the amount of health you regenerate regularly. Depending on how well and balanced your diet is, these buffs are better or worse. You can eat up to three different types of food at the same time and keep their buffs active.
The effect of food decreases over time, becoming weaker. Once the icon in your status in the lower left starts to flash, you can consume new food. As a rule of thumb: the more challenging the food is to make, the stronger it is.
Tip: Use the “Rested” bonus to get the most out of your regeneration. If you spend some time at rest, you become rested and receive a bonus on your health and stamina regeneration.
The 5 best foods
These foods are the most worthwhile: There are five recipes that grant you particularly strong bonuses. However, you mostly learn these late in the game:
Lox Meat Pie: +80 health and stamina each, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Serpent Stew: +80 health and stamina each, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Blood Pudding: +90 health and +50 stamina, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Fish Snacks: +60 health and +90 stamina, 4 healing per tick, lasts 2400 seconds
Honey: +20 health and stamina each, 5 healing per tick, lasts 300 seconds
You can learn the Serpent Stew relatively early, as it only requires serpent meat. All other recipes you won’t learn until you can enter the Plains. Honey is on this list because no other food has such strong healing values. It is only worth consuming raw for this purpose – it’s better processed into mead for stronger buffs.
In the description of the food, you can see how strong it is. We have colored it for you: bonus health (red), bonus stamina (blue), and healing power (green)
Where do I learn them? You should have already found most ingredients on your travels, and usually, only one ingredient is missing before you can learn the recipe. You can find mushrooms, honey, and thistles in the Meadows and the Black Forest. Blood Bags can be found in the Swamp with the leeches. In our guide, you can read how to survive in the dangerous swamp.
The serpent meat for the stew can only be obtained from sea serpents in the ocean. You can take them down by yourself, but it’s easier with a friend. A second player can harpoon the serpent, and you can jointly drag it to shore to take it down there.
Lox meat, as well as cloudberries and flour for the pie, can only be obtained in the Plains, the hardest of the currently playable areas. Flour is obtained by grinding barley, Lox meat can be found with the larger Lox (which you can also tame) and the berries are scattered throughout the Plains, such as raspberries in the Meadows. Flour is also an ingredient in the Fish Snacks and Blood Pudding.
The large Lox in Valheim can be tamed.
For the Fish Snacks, you also need raw or cooked fish. You can get this with a fishing rod that you have to buy from the merchant Haldor. Haldor hides somewhere in the Black Forest and you can easily find the merchant on this map.
Recipes for all foods
These are all the recipes: For your convenience, we have listed all the recipes for prepared foods here. We left out simple foods like meat that is merely hung over the fire or raw mushrooms and berries, as these do not count among the best foods anyway.
Berry Jam (x 4): 8 x Raspberries, 8 x Blueberries
Carrot Soup: 1 x Mushroom, 3 x Carrot
Sausages (x 4): 2 x Intestines, 1 x raw meat, 4 x Thistle
Turnip Stew: 1 x raw meat, 3 x Turnip
Bread: 10 x Barley Flour
Fish Snacks: 2 x cooked fish, 4 x Barley Flour
Blood Pudding: 2 x Thistle, 2 x Blood Bag, 4 x Barley Flour
Lox Meat Pie: 2 x Cloudberries, 2 x cooked Lox meat, 4 x Barley Flour
Serpent Stew: 1 x Mushroom, 1 x cooked serpent meat, 2 x Honey
How do I prepare food? To prepare food, you need a cauldron. You learn this as soon as you can enter the Black Forest and process ores there. You will need:
10 x Tin
a forge (4 x Stone, 4 x Coal, 10 x Wood, 6 x Copper, and a Workbench)
You then must place the cauldron over a campfire or fire pit. You can interact with it as if it were a Workbench and simply produce the corresponding foods. Therefore, it is not necessarily worth making more than one cauldron unless several people want to cook.
Since you can use up to three different foods at once, there are numerous combinations that result from the recipes. We present you some of the best combos.
The best stamina combo
Lox Meat Pie
Serpent Stew
Fish Snacks
total stamina bonus: +250
With stamina, you can attack more frequently and thus better strike or gather resources. Use this combination when you have a friend in the group who tanks bosses for you or when you want to gather ores and resources.
The best health combo
Lox Meat Pie
Serpent Stew
Blood Pudding
total health bonus: +250
With more health points, you can withstand more hits. Use this combination best when you want to play as a tank or venture into dangerous areas where you expect stronger or numerous enemies. Pay attention to the pesky mosquitoes, probably the most dangerous enemies in Valheim especially in the Plains.
The best combo starting from the Black Forest
Turnip Stew
Carrot Soup
cooked meat
total stamina bonus: +140
total health bonus: +110
With this combo, you should be able to get through the game for some time and even survive the mountains quite well. Alternatively to the meat, you can consume berry jam, which gives you 10 more stamina and 10 less health. Once you reach the swamp, sausages are also worthwhile. These can be produced in large quantities and are comparably strong like Turnip Stew.
Bonus: The best combo at the beginning
cooked meat
grilled Neck tail
mushrooms
This combo is best suited for brand new players because you can easily obtain all the ingredients. You only need the tails of the necks, meat from wild boars or deer, and mushrooms from the forest. With this combo, you reach 113 health points and a good amount of stamina to sprint longer or gather resources.
If you venture into heavier areas or want to specifically fight enemies, you should additionally supply yourself with mead besides food. Mead serves in Valheim both as a healing and stamina potion and as a buff against frost or poison damage. In our guide, you will learn how to ferment honey and make mead.
Additionally, you should always pay attention to your equipment. Pack strong armor and weapons when you set out. The best weapons in Valheim are listed here for you. The type of weapon you choose is also important – skeletons, for example, are vulnerable to blunt damage and resistant to piercing damage.
With our tips, you are otherwise ideally prepared to explore Valheim and face its dangers. The biggest challenges then are the bosses and their mechanics. We explain in detail how to find and kill each of the five bosses in Valheim.
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Old School RuneScape has appeared on Steam, an MMORPG that is probably older than some of you. The popular game was released on Steam on February 24, 2021.
Update February 24: Old School RuneScape is now live on Steam.
What kind of MMORPG is this? Old School RuneScape is somewhat of a remake of the classic version of RuneScape from 2001. Over the years, the MMORPG has undergone many graphical and content changes, which not everyone appreciated.
For this reason, the developers decided in 2013 to set up an “Old School” version. It is based on a build of the game from 2007 and still offers the same old graphics that made RuneScape so popular back then.
Old School RuneScape does not look impressive, but it attracts tens of thousands of players.
What makes it so special? The players of Old School RuneScape are hardcore fans who want their game just the way it was in 2007. When the developers wanted to introduce a change to the equipment in 2018, the players prevented it.
What makes Old School RuneScape so good? The MMORPG remains true to its roots and has not undergone major changes. Many players appreciate this, and veterans enjoy the nostalgia that still prevails.
In addition, Old School RuneScape stands out with its simplicity, which anyone can jump into. Even newcomers quickly find their way, and the graphics are not unnecessarily polished at the expense of gameplay or content.
Additionally, there is a skill system where players improve in a skill by using it. This enhances long-term motivation.
Is it worth it? Currently, according to the official website, over 94,000 people are actively playing RuneScape (as of January 28). In addition, there are players who are currently not online. The community is still huge.
If you enjoy playing MMORPGs in a group, you will definitely find enough fellow players in Old School RuneScape. The community is also connected through trading and shared content like dungeons.
RuneScape works just as well alone. Many players are now taking on so-called “Iron Man Challenges.” In these, they may not trade with other players or accept items from them. They are only allowed to use the items they find themselves.
The announcement of the PS Plus games for March 2021 seems to be delayed. So far, there has been no statement regarding which games will be available next month.
When will PS Plus games be released? Sony usually reveals which games PS Plus subscribers can expect next month by the last Wednesday of the month at 5:30 PM. Delays are quite unusual.
So far, however, there has been no official announcement of the new free games for March 2021. Sony has also not disclosed official information regarding when these will come and why the announcement is delayed.
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 25, a State of Play will take place at 11:00 PM – an announcement around this time would at least be conceivable. As soon as Sony announces the titles, we will inform you on MeinMMO.
You will likely be able to download the games on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, if everything goes according to plan.
The benefits of PS Plus at a glance: In addition to the monthly free games, subscribers also receive the following:
One of the latest rumors about Call of Duty suggests that a standalone title is in development, focusing solely on zombies. We will show you the info here.
What’s happening in Cold War? Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is now launching its second season and bringing important content into the game. Among other things, the new game mode “Outbreak” comes to the shooter. This is a massive zombie mode that you can play in various variants.
But there is more information about zombies. The PvE mode is popular among many players. So popular, in fact, that there might be work on a standalone title. But where is the information from, and what is behind it?
Play CoD Zombies as Standalone?
This is what the leak says: The Twitter user and CoD leaker Tom Henderson writes in a tweet that another project on zombies in Call of Duty is being developed. This is currently in the initial stages of development. The special thing is that this project is not currently tied to any title. So far, it is not a mode for an already existing game.
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That the mode is not tied to any game suggests that it could be a standalone. So a Call of Duty with zombies that you can purchase without having to buy another game.
When more information will be available is still unclear. As the project is allegedly still in the early phases of development, such a standalone title could still be far off.
Where do the infos come from? Tom Henderson has already made a name for himself in the Call of Duty community. Previously known as “LongSensationYT,” he correctly predicted that Call of Duty: Warzone would be Free2play . And he said that back in August 2019, even before Warzone was officially released in March 2020.
What do fans say about the leak
Players’ opinions: On Twitter, the post by Tom Henderson is a hot topic of discussion. Players express their wishes and opinions about a standalone zombie game for Call of Duty.
User @jellomaster00 expresses clear wishes for the maps:
“All World-at-War maps including the remasters
All Black Ops maps and remasters
Black Ops 2 maps and the origins map as well
Maps from Black Ops 3
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User 7noir_ suspects that the new zombie mode from Cold War was just a “prototype” for a fully realized zombie game (via Twitter).
Others imagine that the new Call of Duty for 2021 might simply focus on zombies. Even if that would be really unusual. However, other users say they wouldn’t even complain about it (via Twitter).
How would you feel about having a zombie game from CoD as a standalone? Do you like the zombie mode so much that you would buy it, or do you play it so little that this decision would be irrelevant to you?
Feel free to share your opinions here in the comments on MeinMMO and explain why you hold that view.
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In the survival game Valheim there is a new trend among players: space travel. By that, we don’t mean the cool spaceships that players build, but a “Viking Space Program.” Players use catapults to launch themselves into the air and try to go as high or as far as possible.
What are those crazies up to? New videos from players launching themselves into the air keep appearing on the Valheim subreddit and on YouTube. They build ramps and have a friend launch them forward with a taut rope.
Through various constructions, they either reach particularly great heights or are flung far over the oceans. In one of the biggest threads, the creator humorously names his project “Viking Space Program”:
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How does it work? The construction is actually quite simple and consists of only three important parts:
roofs as a ramp
a door
and a harpoon used by a friend
The launched player is skewered with the harpoon and then closes the door in front of them. Apparently, PvP must be activated for this. The puller moves as far away from the “munition” towards the ramp as possible, and when the direction and distance are right, the skewered player opens the door.
Through the tension of the harpoon, they are then pulled forward and flung over the ramp. You can find the harpoon in the ocean by harvesting chitin from krakens. It is not one of the best weapons in Valheim, but it’s useful for exactly such purposes. With the right setup, you can also be launched over great distances:
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As you can see, some of the experiments can also end fatally…
And why do they do it? Because they can. Sounds strange, but it’s probably the most plausible explanation. Valheim offers many opportunities for players to express themselves. Those who have already hunted and defeated all the bosses in the game or are more interested in the building aspect quickly come up with such crazy ideas. Or they build even wilder structures.
In line with this space program, other players have taken it upon themselves to recreate spaceships. One player with particularly great skill has recreated a Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, while another has attempted to create the “USS Valheim,” a copy of the famous Enterprise from Star Trek:
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If you want to recreate something like this, you need to pay special attention to one value: stability. Without it, your houses will collapse. In our guide, you can find out how to build better and more stable houses.
If spaceships and catapults don’t appeal to you, you can also build traditional longhouses, mead halls, or taverns – your creativity knows no bounds. If you’re looking for inspirations, you can find 3 cool bases that can serve as inspiration for your own in Valheim.
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The latest update for Dead by Daylight has fixed many bugs. However, a whole range of new problems have also sneaked in.
Dead by Daylight has received a major bug fix patch. No wonder, since update 4.5.0 had to take a lot of justified criticism due to bugs, a major bug fix patch became necessary. Yet, alongside numerous bug fixes, new quirky bugs have once again crept into patch 4.5.2, some of which are laughable while others are frustrating. We explain what is now working – and what is not.
What has been fixed? The list of bug fixes is long and improves the game for both killers and survivors. Above all, the issue of “absurd hitboxes” has been fixed – as this was apparently just a display error. Highlights of the bug fixes include:
Survivors no longer crawl faster than intended.
Killers now do not appear further away on the survivor’s screen than they actually are (that was the “hitbox error”).
A bug has been fixed where it was impossible to switch the targeted, interactable object (such as a bear trap and a nearby survivor).
A bug has been fixed where the Nurse could bypass her stun after teleporting by attacking at the right moment.
Survivors, after stunning the killer, no longer stand on the wrong side of the pallet.
Survivors who want to follow a game as “spectators” are no longer trapped in this camera perspective after the end of the game.
Emblems are now correctly calculated for survivors at the end of a round.
The complete list of all bug fixes can be found on the official DbD forum.
Many bugs were fixed – but not all.
Interface has been redesigned: What may be the best news for many players is a change to the interface. The changes here have been controversial and led to many nasty comments and mean memes. Now the developers have reversed numerous changes and made adjustments. These are:
Goal objects are now at the bottom left instead of centered at the top, and the text has been removed.
The brightness of some objects and their drop shadows has been changed to be easier to see.
The timer display under the players is now larger and easier to recognize.
Some fonts have been adjusted and enlarged to make them more readable.
This way, the interface now resembles the original version more and looks much tidier. This leaves more free screen space to actually see the gameplay and have all information bundled in one corner.
As it is unfortunately a sad tradition with Dead by Daylight, the patch also brought a few new bugs that are likely to cause frustration and amusement. Reports of the following issues are piling up on the subreddit:
When a survivor blinds the killer with a flashlight while the killer is carrying a survivor, sometimes the carried survivor is also blinded, not just the killer.
Dead survivors continue to make sounds. They groan in pain, and hooks continue to make the Entitus noises even though the survivor has been dead for a long time.
The Plague has lost sound effects when colliding with objects in many cases.
Killers report being thrown out of many games without leaving the match themselves.
Killers occasionally still stand on the wrong side of the pallet after a pallet stun.
It seems like the bug fix patch for Dead by Daylight needs another bug fix patch to actually fix all issues. However, it is clear to say: it has improved.
Have you played Dead by Daylight in the past few days? What has been your experience with patch 4.5.2?
In Pokémon GO today, on February 24th, the Raid Hour with Mewtwo, Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos begins. We will show you the best counters against all monsters and explain why you should participate.
What is a Raid Hour? This event takes place every Wednesday in Pokémon GO. For one hour, a Level-5 Raid will appear at almost every gym and you can catch a lot of legendary Pokémon.
This week features 4 legendary Pokémon. You can challenge Mewtwo, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, and you can also obtain their Shiny forms. The 4 monsters are in focus because the Kanto Event is currently running and generally, Pokémon from Generation 1 are appearing.
Legendary Raid Hour – All Information
When does the event take place? It starts at 6:00 PM local time. A few minutes earlier, black eggs will appear on most gyms, which will hatch at exactly 6:00 PM.
Most raids will then end at 7:00 PM. Some stragglers a few minutes later.
Use these counters: Each of the 4 Pokémon has different monsters that are effective against them. We will provide you with the best 5 counters for each Pokémon and reveal which types are effective against them.
Mewtwo is weak against Ghost, Dark, and Bug types. The best counters are:
Giratina (Altered Form) with Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball
Chandelure with Hex and Shadow Ball
Darkrai with Charge Beam and Dark Pulse
Mewtwo with Psycho Cut and Shadow Ball
Hydreigon with Bite and Dark Pulse
Moltres is weak against Rock, Water, and Electric types. The best counters are:
Rampardos with Rock Throw and Rock Slide
Rhyperior with Smack Down and Stone Edge
Terrakion with Smack Down and Rock Slide
Tyranitar with Smack Down and Stone Edge
Gigalith with Smack Down and Rock Slide
Zapdos is weak against Ice and Rock types. The best counters are:
Rampardos with Rock Throw and Rock Slide
Rhyperior with Smack Down and Stone Edge
Terrakion with Smack Down and Rock Slide
Walrein with Powder Snow and Avalanche
Galarian Motris with Ice Fang and Avalanche
Articuno is weak against Rock, Fire, Electric, and Steel types. The best counters are:
Rampardos with Rock Throw and Rock Slide
Rhyperior with Smack Down and Stone Edge
Terrakion with Smack Down and Rock Slide
Tyranitar with Smack Down and Stone Edge
Gigalith with Smack Down and Rock Slide
Especially Rampardos is really strong against the legendary birds.
How many players are needed? We recommend at least 4-5 solid players. While you can defeat the bosses with just 3, it’s better to have more players to make it faster.
Use the remote raid feature especially. This allows enough players to participate and prevents too many trainers from gathering in one spot.
Is the Raid Hour worth it? Definitely! Especially Mewtwo is quite powerful and should be caught multiple times. The legendary Pokémon is among the best attackers in the game.
But Zapdos, Articuno, and especially Moltres are strong as well. Moltres is one of the best Fire attackers and the other two birds are solid alternatives for Electric and Ice types.
Additionally, you can catch all Pokémon as Shinies. So you have a good chance of getting different Shinies during this Raid Hour.
What’s next in Pokémon GO: Many events for March are not yet known. This Raid Hour will be the last one in February.
However, in March it is expected to continue with the Therian forms of Thundurus, Tornadus, and Landorus. They have already been introduced for the new season starting on March 1st.
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In Fortnite, vehicles could soon become even more of a focus. At least that’s what a leak found by data miners suggests. We will show you what they found and what it could mean.
This is what’s happening in Fortnite: Season 5 of Chapter 2 is slowly coming to an end, and now some are wondering how Season 6 might unfold. Leaks found by data miners could provide interesting clues for that.
A leak points to changes with NPCs and vehicles that could be introduced with Season 6. Data miners have also come up with theories about what this could look like. This is not the first leak relating to cars in Fortnite – could Season 6 really focus on vehicles?
NPCs that can drive?
This is the leak that was found: Data miner Mang0e researched within the data of Fortnite and came across this hint: A few unfinished bot spawn opportunities for cars were added with the Update 15.40. Mang0e shared a few theories on Twitter about what this hint could mean:
NPCs, bosses, or bots could control/drive vehicles in the future
There could be a boss vehicle that attacks the players themselves
The data miner IFireMonkey, who has reliably leaked several things for Fortnite, also seems to believe that NPCs will soon be able to drive vehicles, as shown in his comment on this Twitter post:
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But keep in mind that these are just leaks for now, and nothing has been confirmed by Epic yet. We will likely see what awaits us once more hints emerge. However, if this is planned for Season 6, we shouldn’t have to wait too long.
This is not the first theory circulating about Season 6. Some players believe that the seasons from Chapter 2 are connected to their predecessors from Chapter 1. If this is indeed true, players might expect chaos on the map, as the return of “Kevin”, the cube, is already expected by some.
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With the Kiyo Pro, Razer expands its portfolio for gamers and office work. The webcam costs around 200 Euros and delivers 60 FPS at Full HD. MeinMMO explains who should take a look at the new hardware and what the competition offers.
This is what it’s about: After Razer introduced a mouse for shooter players and a mouse for MMO players, a webcam for gamers and streamers follows. For a price of 200 Euros, you get a Full HD webcam with high frame rates.
MeinMMO introduces you to Razer’s new webcam and explains which competitors are available for the same price. Here, Logitech already offers a good device.
Razer’s new webcam targets gamers and streamers
What can the webcam do? The camera comes with a Full HD sensor (1080p) that achieves 60 frames per second (FPS). Additionally, the webcam offers three different field of views: 103°, 90°, and 80°.
The 103° view is particularly suitable for video conferences or wide shots in a live stream.
The 80° view is ideally suited for portrait views or gaming streams, as the focus is on the user’s face.
If you want to change the field of view, you need Razer’s Synapse software for that. Since the software is not available on Macintosh, you cannot change the angle on a Mac. The camera itself relies on USB 3 and should work seamlessly with all computers.
The ring light, which Razer had installed in the standard Kiyo, has been omitted here. According to Razer, the Kiyo Pro does not need it anymore, as the installed technology provides enough performance to deliver a good image even in poor lighting conditions.
Various views of the Razer Kiyo Pro.
What testers say about the Razer Kiyo Pro webcam
The webcam has been available since February 23, 2021, and there are already some tests and reviews of the manufacturer’s new camera. We looked at the review from the YouTube channel KitGuruTech and the magazine ComputerBild.
KitGuruTech: Good image quality for 200 Euros
On YouTube, the channel KitGuruTech has already tested the webcam. KitGuruTech is a hardware and tech channel on YouTube with currently 125,000 subscribers and has been active on YouTube for nearly 11 years.
What does the tester say about the Kiyo Pro? In his video, the tester first addresses the setup and build quality. Then Andrew from KitGuruTech compares the Razer Kiyo Pro with the Logitech C920 and the AverMedia PW313.
Do you want to see the three webcams in direct comparison? We have embedded KitGuru’s video for you. The video starts at 7:30, where you can directly see the differences.
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KitGuru recommends the Razer webcam. This is due to the high image quality, which can be further improved with HDR. The settings in the software are extensive but easy to configure. The downside is the weak autofocus and the very large design.
Pro
good build quality and durable material (Gorilla Glass 3)
good image quality
easy settings in the software
Contra
weak autofocus
very large design
ComputerBild: Good image and reasonable sound
What does the tester say about the Kiyo Pro?ComputerBild has also tested the new webcam.
In the practical test, the testers praise the extensive and easy-to-use software. Especially with the basic settings, the recordings come out very dark. Here, a lot can be improved thanks to the software. ComputerBild also criticizes the missing light ring, which the smaller model still has.
Surprisingly, the internally installed microphone also performs positively. It offers decent recording quality, even if the voices sound a bit thin. This is sufficient for home office use, while others should invest in a better microphone.
If you are looking for a recommendable microphone, check out our guide on gaming headsets. Here we also present the best microphones you can buy.
Pro
decent built-in microphone
sharp image quality
easy settings in the software
Contra
image is a bit dark
price high only for office and casual gamers
Razer Kiyo Pro: Release, price and availability
What is the price of the Razer Kiyo Pro? The price for the new webcam is €209.99, targeting players who are willing to spend more money.
When can you buy Razer’s Kiyo Pro? Since February 23, 2021, you can order the new webcam directly from Razer. You can also pre-order the camera on Amazon.
For whom is the new webcam suitable? If you regularly need a good camera, require high-quality image for video conferences, or are a professional streamer, then investing around 200 Euros is worthwhile.
If you only need an image for your home office without high demands or are more of a casual gamer, then the starting price of the webcam is quite high. In this case, it is worth considering the cheaper Razer Kiyo, which costs around 100 Euros.
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Technical details of the Kiyo Pro at a glance:
Connection type
USB 3.0
Video resolution
1080p at 60/30/24FPS / 720p at 60FPS / 480p at 30FPS / 360p at 30FPS
Video encoding
H.264 Codec
Standard resolution
1920×1080 (Full HD)
Field of view
103°, 90° or 80°
Focus type
Automatic
Cable length
1.5 meters
Price
€209.99
Razer Kiyo Pro: These alternatives exist
This is Razer’s in-house competition: Razer already has the Kiyo, the entry-level model of the Kiyo Pro. However, this only offers HD video (720p) at 60 FPS, unlike the Pro version. The Kiyo also relies on a ring light that is supposed to illuminate the user better. At around 100 Euros, this webcam costs about half of the now presented Pro model.
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What does the competition offer? Logitech’s HD Pro C920 is also priced around 100 Euros like the standard Kiyo model and is one of the most popular webcams. It delivers good image quality and, like the Kiyo, only offers HD resolution (720p). For occasional video conferences, most users should find that adequate.
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In the price range of around 200 Euros, Logitech offers the Brio ULTRA-HD PRO webcam. This provides the same settings as the Kiyo Pro and even offers 4K resolution at 30 frames per second.
This webcam is used by many well-known streamers like Ninja or Tfue on Twitch (via Prosettings.com) and provides extensive settings, being compatible with USB 2.0 and USB-C.
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Logitech therefore generally offers the higher resolution image sensor in the 200-Euro segment. For online calls, however, a 4K resolution may burden the internet connection too much, and Full HD should be completely sufficient. Razer’s webcam also offers more configuration options for the camera angle.
Further recommendations for streamers: Here we present you 5 things for streamers that you should buy if you want to stream actively or are interested in good equipment. In the article, you will find both webcams and microphones as well as devices for the right lighting.
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Once again, violence in video games is a topic for U.S. politics. This time, the battleground for the debate is the U.S. state of Illinois. One politician wants to ban all video games that encourage the player to commit violence.
What’s going on? A representative in the U.S. state of Illinois is looking for a way to ban video games that promote violence throughout the state. The proposal comes from the Democratic politician Marcus C. Evans, Jr., who serves in the state’s House of Representatives.
Why is this a topic? In Illinois, particularly in the major city of Chicago, there are reported issues with car thefts and violent crimes, according to Chicago Sun Times. The Democrat sees one of the causes in violent video games.
A change in the law could make it possible
How is that supposed to work? Apparently, there is a law that would need to be slightly amended. This law concerns the prohibition for retailers to sell video games to minors that contain violent content.
The Democrat likely wants to expand the prohibition to citizens so that these games cannot be sold to anyone. He submitted the documents on Friday, February 19, to the relevant authorities. The so-called “House Bill 3531” would then prohibit retailers throughout the state from selling video games with violent content.
Literally, this concerns games that “allow a user or player to control a character within a video game who is encouraged to commit violence against people, in which the player kills or inflicts serious physical or psychological harm to injure other people or animals.”
The changes also aim to ensure that “offenses” such as car theft in games are also counted as serious harm. In January alone, there were 218 recorded car thefts in and around Chicago.
What does the politician say about this? In an interview with the Sun Times, Evans stated: “The law would prohibit the sale of some of these games that promote these activities, which we suffer from in our communities.” (via Chicago Sun Times)
For retailers who do not comply with this prohibition, a fine of $1,000 would be imposed.
What are the chances for the proposed law? That’s hard to say. In California, a similar measure was rejected in 2011 (via polygon.com). The justification back then was that video games, like films or books, fall under the seal of freedom of speech and free expression.
Many players will find the discussion familiar. Politicians often link the issues of violence in society to video games like Call Of Duty or Grand Theft Auto.
Especially in the USA, the topic keeps resurfacing:
In response to accusations regarding lax gun laws in the U.S., the NRA (the American gun lobby) claimed, for example, that video games are the reason for violent acts, not the large number of guns in the population.
What does science say? Most studies find no direct link between violent depictions in games and actual violence:
In a study by the American Psychological Association (via polygon.com), it was stated in early 2020 that violence is a complex social problem that cannot simply be attributed to one medium. The study focused on reviewing the most solid scientific studies on the topic that have been conducted since 2015.
One of the latest studies followed gamers for 10 years and could not establish any compelling link between gaming and violent potential (via heise.de).
The British nonprofit organization National Literacy Trust also found no connection after surveying over 5,000 youths.
What do you think about the proposed legislation? Do you see games as a possible cause of violence and crime? Or are you getting tired of the discussion?
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Warcraft Mobile is taking its time, and the game has reportedly been in development for 4 years. Why hasn’t anything come out yet?
Many players assumed that Blizzard would finally announce the first Warcraft Mobile at BlizzConline 2021. After all, the rumor has been in the air for a long time. During an earning call, Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, stated that such games are already “in an advanced state of development”.
But nothing was shown at BlizzCon. How long has Blizzard really been working on it?
3D artist reveals rough development time: A few more specific details came through a tweet from Clayton Chod. He is a 3D artist at Blizzard and linked a job posting, to which he also revealed a bit about the current project:
We have updated the description for our job posting in ‘Environment Art’. We are indeed working on a Warcraft Mobile game. I have been working on it for as long as I’ve been at Blizzard and it’s truly a fantastic team!
This not only officially confirms a “Warcraft Mobile” by a Blizzard employee, but it also allows for some conclusions about the development time.
If you look at Clayton Chod’s LinkedIn profile, you can see that he has been with Blizzard since July 2016. Assuming he was moved to the mobile team soon after, Warcraft Mobile has likely been in development since early to mid-2017. That would mean it has been 4 years now, which is quite a long time for a mobile game.
When will there finally be more info?
Why was nothing shown at BlizzCon? Unfortunately, one can only speculate about that. Perhaps the game is not yet presentable, or the development has, like in almost all areas, been significantly delayed due to the Corona pandemic. After all, this is likely to have caused delays with the new WoW patch as well.
In any case, Blizzard should be aware that they primarily need to convince a group of PC players. Perhaps that is why Warcraft Mobile, unlike Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4, has not yet been shown in an early state.
Blizzard may want to ensure that the material presented is already of high quality and thus has a chance to convince skeptical PC players. This can only happen if development is already well advanced.
When we will finally receive concrete information about a Warcraft Mobile remains unknown. Perhaps we will all have to wait another year, and then there will be news at BlizzCon 2022.
What do you expect from a Warcraft Mobile? What genre should the game be, and what should it be able to do?
With the new patch 2.7.0 in Diablo 3 a lot will change regarding the companions. We are looking at the patch notes of the update and showing you what this means for Season 23 and the future.
What’s happening with Diablo 3? Currently, Season 22 is underway in Blizzard’s hack and slash, but it will soon come to an end. Starting February 25, players can try out the new patch 2.7.0 on the test servers, with which Season 23 will run.
Instead of activating a temporary season theme as is customary in recent years, permanent changes are being introduced. The companions (Enchantress, Scoundrel, and Templar) will be fundamentally revised, allowing them to wear legendary items for you. You will still receive the bonuses.
Here we summarize the most important changes from the patch notes for update 2.7.0 for Season 23 in Diablo 3. This includes the revision of companions, changes to the leaderboard system, and the usual buffs & nerfs.
Companions with more items – Equipping sets for you
What is it? The companions in Diablo 3 provide a bit of support for solo players. You can chat with them in town to accompany you on your adventures. Until now, the usefulness of the companions was rather limited. Occasionally, you would take the Templar with you, equipped with a Unity ring, absorbing damage for you or taunting enemies.
But now everything is changing. With a significant change, the companions will now be much more useful. So, the new patch will bring a lot for solo players. In groups, you cannot take the Scoundrel, Enchantress, or Templar with you.
This is important: Keep in mind that this change is permanent. It will not only be the case in Season 23, but it will remain in the future of Diablo 3. And this also applies in non-seasonal play. They will affect new seasons and also the characters you play outside the season.
This is changing: You can now equip your companions with up to 14 items. These are:
Relics
Helmet
Shoulders
Chest Armor
Gloves
Bracers
Belt
2 Rings
Necklace
Pants
Shoes
Main Hand Weapon
Off-Hand
The new feature Emanate allows the player to receive legendary and set bonuses when they are equipped on a companion. So if you want to have the bonuses of 2 shoulder pieces, but you are already wearing a couple and there is no space in Kanais Cube, you can equip the shoulders on your companion and still receive the bonus.
Which items can they wear? Blizzard has already established a selection of the items that you can equip on companions. These are:
What’s happening here? To make the companions in Diablo 3 even more important, existing skills are being revamped, and new ones added.
The Scoundrel loses 2 of his old skills
The changes to the Scoundrel:
A new skill is “Night’s Veil.” The Scoundrel throws a cloud that covers an area of 20 yards and lasts for 5 to 10 seconds. All enemies in that cloud will take critical hits from your attacks. The duration of the ability depends on the Scoundrel’s Dexterity.
Also new is the Piercing Shot, which pierces enemies and increases damage to all affected targets by 10%. This lasts for 3-6 seconds. The duration of the ability depends on the Scoundrel’s Dexterity.
Dirty Fighting and Poison Bolts have been removed as skills.
The Templar has revisions to his skills
The changes to the Templar: The Templar’s skills Onslaught and Guardian have been revised.
Onslaught inflicts a strike on an enemy for 800% weapon damage. The target and nearby enemies take 10% more damage for 3 – 6 seconds. The duration varies depending on the Templar’s Strength.
Guardian ensures that the Templar intervenes as soon as you are about to take lethal damage. All enemies within 15 yards are then pushed back and you are healed for 15 – 25% of your life. Additionally, the Templar absorbs damage for you for 5 seconds. The amount of healed life depends on the Templar’s Strength.
The Enchantress loses 4 skills and gains 4 new ones in return
The changes to the Enchantress:
The skills Forceful Push, Mass Control, Disorient, and Missile Ward have been removed. In return, there are four new skills:
Temporal Pulse: The Enchantress casts a sphere that deals 150% weapon damage and slows enemies by 80% for 3 – 6 seconds. The duration of the ability depends on the Enchantress’s Intelligence.
Amplification: Increases your highest elemental bonus by 5 – 10%, based on the Enchantress’s Intelligence.
Prophetic Harmony: Reduces the cooldown of your skills by 5 – 10% based on the Enchantress’s Intelligence.
Fate’s Lapse: If you take lethal damage, the Enchantress empowers you and increases your speed through time for 3 to 7 seconds, allowing you to escape death. The time varies depending on the Enchantress’s Intelligence.
All skill changes for the Enchantress, Scoundrel, and Templar can be found on Blizzard’s website at us.diablo3.com.
More Filters in Solo Leaderboards
What’s changing? For the leaderboards for solo players, there will be additional filters from patch 2.7.0. You can sort by equipped class sets, or whether players wore no set at all, or continue sorting everything together as is currently the case.
Balance Changes
Necromancer: The developers have taken a look at the Rathma set. It will undergo changes to make it play uniquely.
2-piece bonus: Whenever your minions deal damage, they reduce the cooldown of ‘Army of the Dead’ by 1 second. Your skeletal warriors spawn faster, and your revived minions do not disappear.
4-piece bonus: Your companions take no damage. Whenever one of your minions deals damage, you take 1% less damage for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 75 times.
6-piece bonus: Each active companion increases the damage of ‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Bone Spirit’ by 1000%.
Additionally, the damage of Bone Spirit has been adjusted, and a new item “Bonds of C’Lena” has been designed. This item increases the damage of Army of the Dead and Bone Spirit by up to 400%. Additionally, Bone Spirit deals 2% more damage when Army of the Dead hits an enemy.
Wizard: The Firebird set has been targeted for revision.
2-piece bonus: When you die, a meteor falls from the sky that resurrects you. This effect has a cooldown of 60 seconds. Disintegration ignites enemies, causing them to take 3,000% weapon damage per second until they die (Ignite effect).
4-piece bonus: You take 80% less damage and deal 4,000% more damage when an enemy is affected by the Ignite effect. Casting Disintegration adds stacks of Devastation, reducing the cooldown of Teleport by 2% per stack. Can stack up to 50 times.
6-piece bonus: If you hit an enemy with the Ignite effect using a fire spell that is not Disintegration, the damage is multiplied by the stacks of Devastation.
Demon Hunter: The set Gear of Terror will be slightly nerfed, so the Hungry Arrow will only pierce targets a maximum of two times when the set is equipped.
Witch Doctor: The Mojo Gazing Death has been adjusted. It increases the damage of Spirit Barrage by 100 to 150%. Spirit Barrage also gains the Phantasma rune and lasts twice as long. Additionally, it increases the attack speed of the phantoms from ‘Spirit of Nature’.
You can find further changes in the official blog post from Blizzard. You can find it at us.Diablo3.com.
The Blizzcon 2021 was a disappointment despite great highlights – Expert Talk in the Podcast
The Blizzcon 2021 led to mixed feelings. With the Diablo 2 remaster, there is a major highlight, but a really big surprise was missing.
The last significant changes for Diablo 3 came, apart from new sets, in April 2019. At that time, the developers added new torment levels, changed goblins, and really intervened in the gameplay. These major changes occurred in Season 17 in Diablo 3.
Now, nearly 2 years later, there are fundamental changes in gameplay again. The adjustments to companions are enormous for solo players. It’s finally worthwhile to hire one of the three in town and take them on the journeys.
By allowing them to be equipped with 14 items, the developers have responded to player feedback. Because in nearly every past season, players wished that Diablo retain the season bonuses permanently. The improved companions are practically another form of Kanais Cube – and can even help you with abilities in combat.
When are the changes coming? The patch will be available on the PTR servers starting February 25. It is supposed to be tested for 2 weeks. If all goes according to plan, it will then go live.
How do you like the changes from patch 2.7.0? Is there a change that particularly appeals to you or one that you can do without? Let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other players about it.
Bethesda is currently working on several new games, including the science fiction RPG Starfield. If you want to design a character for it, Bethesda is now giving you the opportunity.
What is Starfield? Bethesda’s next project after Fallout 76 sends you into space. Not much is known about Starfield yet, except that it presents space travel in a somewhat more realistic way than, for example, the similar The Outer Worlds from Obsidian Entertainment. Space flight is said to be dangerous.
Starfield will build on the familiar elements of Bethesda role-playing games and offer you many quests, exciting battles, and a sandbox world – which is likely to be divided into multiple planets.
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So far, there is only a short teaser for Starfield.
Design a Starfield character
What did Bethesda announce? Via Twitter, the development studio invites you to an auction. The charity organization Make-a-Wish is supported with the program “Evening of Wishes”.
You can bid to have the opportunity to design your own character for Starfield together with Bethesda producer Todd Howard. Additionally, you will receive an Xbox Series X and the entire Bethesda game library as a digital download.
When does it start? The auction is already live. You can bid directly on the website of Make-A-Wish.
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Who is the auction intended for? Anyone can participate, of course. But in the end, a very high amount is likely to come out of it. This currently stands at $6,200 (as of February 24 at 11:15 AM).
When does the auction end? You can participate until February 28.
What could this mean for Starfield? It is stated on the auction website that Bethesda will start working with you to design this character within 3 months from February 28 and integrate it into the game.
This could indicate that there will soon be major news regarding Starfield and that Bethesda may be planning the release for this year. However, this has not yet been confirmed.
In Call of Duty: Cold War and CoD Warzone, the Battle Pass for Season 2 is coming soon. Here we show you the most exciting tiers and rewards.
This is happening now in Call of Duty: On February 25, Season 2 kicks off in Cold War and Warzone. Along with it, there will be a new Battle Pass, some of which is even free.
The most important information about Season 2 can be found here:
What does the Battle Pass offer? There are a total of 100 tiers in the Season 2 Battle Pass. You can unlock various cosmetic items, such as new skins or blueprints.
However, there are also new weapons and gameplay-relevant content available for every player, whether or not they purchased the Battle Pass.
What does the Battle Pass cost? You pay 1100 CoD Points (approximately 10 Euros). Alternatively, you can purchase the Battle Pass plus 20 tier-ups for 2400 CoD Points.
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Here you see the contents of the Battle Pass at a glance.
What’s included in the Season 2 Battle Pass
Here’s what you get at launch: Those who purchase the Battle Pass will receive some nice cosmetics right away. These include:
New Operator Naga with the “Viper” skin
Survivor skin for Park with a new Operator mission
Wellington Safari watch for your Operator
A seasonal XP boost of 10% throughout the entire season
These weapons are available: In total, you will unlock 2 new weapons through the Battle Pass. They are free for everyone – you do not need to have purchased a Battle Pass.
The first weapon is the FARA 83. The assault rifle is unlocked at tier 15 and is especially noted for its accuracy at long range. However, it has a strong recoil.
The second weapon, the LC10, is unlocked at tier 31. The SMG boasts a 34-round magazine and accuracy. Furthermore, the weapon is particularly fast and can take out opponents within seconds.
The two weapons above are available for free in the Battle Pass.
Here are more highlights: To keep you informed about the contents of the Battle Pass, we have included some highlights for you here:
Tier 19 includes the Finishing Move “Tactical Roll”
Tier 20 brings the Renegade skin for Adler
Tier 21 contains the LMG blueprint “Glade Ripper”
Tier 27 includes the SMG blueprint “First Mate”
Tier 55 contains the blueprint “Dragon Idol” for SMGs
Tier 70 brings the Coyote Dust skin for Powers
Tier 95 includes the reactive blueprint “Vulture Exo” – the more kills you get in a round, the more your weapon’s color changes. If the weapon is dark red, it means you’ve taken out a lot of enemies.
What you get at tier 100: Those who reach the last tier of the Battle Pass receive some additional items. For example, there is the “Warlord” skin for the new Operator Naga.
Additionally, there is the legendary blueprint “Poison Dart” for the LC10 and 1300 CoD Points. With these points, you can easily purchase the next season pass and save more money.
Is the Battle Pass worth it? If you play Cold War or Warzone a lot, then the Battle Pass is a good deal. Those reaching tier 100 will receive enough CoD Points to buy the next pass directly, so you won’t have to spend additional money.
Otherwise, keep in mind that buying the paid Battle Pass does not give you any gameplay advantages. The new weapons are available without purchasing the paid Battle Pass. So be aware that you are only spending money on cosmetic items.
Furthermore, it could soon get exciting in Modern Warfare again. A leak also suggests a new season there. This is exciting because there have been hardly any updates since September 2020, so a new season could bring a lot of content. All information about the leak can be found here:
At the digital BlizzCon 2021, some new information was announced, but there was no real hype. Together with YouTuber Simon “Entenburg,” we discuss this in the new episode of the MeinMMO Podcast.
Here’s what it’s about: The BlizzCon 2021 has caused mixed feelings. Despite the strong announcement of a remaster for Diablo 2, there was nothing that left fans amazed and filled with great anticipation.
Who is involved? Our host, MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya Jankowski, sat down with MMO YouTuber Simon “Entenburg” for a chat to discuss the announcements of BlizzCon.
Here you can listen to the podcast:
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