On September 16th, the new Set 4 started in Teamfight Tactics. We will tell you what has changed and which champion combos are the strongest right from the start.
What are the biggest changes in Set 4? With the new set came a completely new set of champions to the game. You will need to learn all builds from scratch. To provide you with an overview of the champions and items, we have assembled the most important cheat sheets.
Also new in Set 4:
You can have a Chosen One. This is a champion that appears at level 2 instantly and occupies one trait twice. It also has stronger traits. You can sell your Chosen One at any time to select a new one.
The costs for level-ups have been significantly increased in the late game.
Overall, attack damage is currently stronger than magic damage.
The selected comps consist of a mix of personal experience, watched livestreams, and the meta sheet that was shared on reddit. Enjoy!
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Brawlers, Hunters, Moonlight, Aphelios as Carry
Which Chosen One does the combo need? For this combo, it is essential that you have one of the two champions as a Chosen One with the Moonlight bonus:
Aphelios – Moonlight/Hunter
Sylas – Moonlight/Brawler
After that, you bring both champions to level 3, so that Aphelios can rise to level 4 through the Moonlight bonus. The champion that carries the most items at the same level will always ascend.
Which champions are otherwise used? In addition to the two champions above, the combo relies on:
Warwick – Divine/Brawler/Hunter
Ashe – Woodlands/Hunter
Maokai – Woodlands/Brawler
Nunu – Woodlands/Brawler
Vi – Warlord/Brawler
Tham Kench – Lucky Brawler – Replaced in the late game by Sett – The Boss/Brawler
The combo with Aphelios or Sylas as Moonlight, allowing Aphelios to ascend to level 4.
These attributes are utilized by the combo:
6 Brawlers
3 Hunters
3 Woodlands
3 Moonlight
1 The Boss
Which items does the combo need? For the combo, it is important that Aphelios takes over as the carry and has attack speed. Additionally, his towers continue to shoot while he is down due to Guardian Angel. A tank is also important:
Ashe or Warwick – Second carry with DMG or attack speed items
Besides Aphelios (featured image), the most important champion of the combo: Sylas.
How does the early game go? In the early game, you start with the two brawlers Tham Kench and Maokai. Generally, you should find Sylas and Vi quite quickly to have a solid frontline.
Behind them, you play with hunters. Temporarily, Kindred can also serve as a replacement for Ashe. Kindred is also a good alternative if you plan to level to 9 to enhance the hunter bonus.
What is the gold plan? You quickly collect 50 gold and look for Sylas and Aphelios at level 5 and 6. You should definitely not level up quickly. It is more important to get your champions to level 3. A good alternative is also to have a losing streak at the beginning to get the right items and collect a lot of gold. With the brawlers, you shouldn’t lose too many health points.
Dusk, Mystics, Riven as Carry
Which Chosen One does the combo need? To play this combo, you need one of the 5 champions with the attribute Dusk as a bonus, preferably Riven:
Vayne – Dusk/Sniper
Thresh – Dusk/Frontliner
Riven – Dusk/Guardian
Cassiopeia – Dusk/Mystic
Which champions are otherwise used?
Shen – Ninja/Adept/Mystic
Irelia – Enlightened/Divine/Adept
Aatrox – Cultist/Frontliner
The combo needs a Chosen One with the attribute Dusk.
These attributes are utilized by the combo:
6 Dusk
2 Adept
2 Mystics
2 Frontliners
1 Ninja
Which items does the combo need? The combo values Riven as the carry:
Irelia or Cassiopeia with further items to strengthen
In this combo, Riven dominates the game.
How does the early game go? This combo shines in the late game. At the start, you collect Vayne and should play a different build, for example, a mage with a tank Annie, cultists, or duelists + frontliner.
What is the gold plan? Your priority is to get to 50 gold and quickly reach level 8 to have a high chance of finding the 4-gold champions and Lilia.
Enlightened, Mystics, Talon as Carry
Which Chosen One does the combo need? This combo does not require a Chosen One; every champion is useful, with Talon providing the most benefit.
Which champions are used?
Irelia – Enlightened/Divine/Adept
Janna – Enlightened/Mystic
Morgana – Enlightened/Illusionist
Talon – Enlightened/Assassin
Lux – Divine/Illusionist
Shen – Ninja/Adept/Mystic
Pyke – Cultist/Assassin
The first combo that does not require a Chosen One.
These attributes are utilized by the combo:
4 Enlightened
2 Divine
2 Adept
2 Assassins
2 Illusionists
2 Mystics
1 Ninja
Which items does the combo need? The combo values Talon as the carry, who receives ample damage items. Additionally, Shen serves as a tank in the frontline:
Talon – Hand of Justice, Giant Slayer, Infinity Edge
Talon takes on the role of the carry in this combo.
How does the early game go? This combo is also constructed more in the mid to late game. At the beginning, you can play mages with a tank Annie, cultists, or duelists + frontliner.
A significant advantage, however, is that you are already finished with 7 characters.
What is the gold plan? You collect 50 gold and level up to level 7 promptly. There, you gather all the important champions.
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The release of the new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is approaching, and the alpha starts this evening on PS4. MeinMMO shows you 6 innovations in multiplayer that will help you assess the new title.
What’s this about? The new Call of Duty is knocking at the door – the open alpha starts this evening on PlayStation. With Black Ops Cold War, the CoD makers take you a few decades back to the Cold War era and let you, as ordinary soldiers, fight the disputes of the superpowers.
To know what you are getting into, here are some of the key innovations and adjustments compared to the predecessor Modern Warfare. Keep in mind that most points come from experiences of an alpha version of the CW multiplayer. This may change in parts until the release.
Will Cold War be more like Black Ops 4 or retain many features of Modern Warfare…
With Cold War, this is at least somewhat true. The known maps correspond more to the spirit of earlier maps, but a true return to the 3-lane system looks different. You will discover these 3 paths in broad strokes, but all lanes offer many more options for flanking or cover that provide an advantage on a specific side.
Additionally, some maps are more dynamic. On the ocean map “Armada,” for example, two parallel moving warships fight against each other, there are plenty of water vehicles available, and you can quickly switch sides using zip lines.
Moreover, there will be no more doors that you can open and close – this has been a thorn in the side of many players in MW.
In terms of color, something is also changing: The maps of Cold War will be significantly more colorful than in Modern Warfare. Compared to other “Black Ops” titles, however, developer Treyarch is holding back – the colors will not be as crazy as before. They aim for a realistic look and likely want to convey the spirit of the 70s/80s. “Miami” may represent the maximum in this regard. Here, you battle through the vibrant nightlife of the coastal city.
Miami already looks significantly more colorful than all MW maps. But not as colorful as earlier ones from Black Ops.
2. Comprehensive Cross-Play
Modern Warfare was already a pioneer in cross-play, allowing players from different platforms to face each other in a CoD for the first time. Cold War goes even further, offering not only cross-platform but also cross-generation. So you could form a squad that is active on 5 different platforms:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X
PC
In Modern Warfare, cross-platform gameplay works flawlessly, and it is great news for all players that cross-play is gradually becoming an industry standard. If you don’t like this, you can also deactivate cross-play.
Call of Duty: Cold War connects many systems together.
3. Scorestreak
One of the biggest adjustments is the brand new scorestreak system, which differs significantly from the “CoD MW” killstreak system but also does not operate like earlier scorestreaks. You collect your points throughout the entire match. No matter how often you go down – your streak points remain and you continue to accumulate towards your 3 selected streaks.
However, it’s not that you unlock the strongest streaks in every match even if you continuously respawn. Multiple kills without dying remain important, as each additional kill gives you more points. The CoD YouTuber “TheXclusiveAce” calculated this in his English YouTube video.
Kills required for the strong 6,000 point streak
If you don’t die, you need 15 consecutive kills
If you consistently get 3 kills and then go down, you need 60 kills
With 2 kills per life, it’s 80 kills
If you always eliminate one opponent and then go down, it’s 120 kills per round
The calculation is greatly simplified, as it rarely runs that regularly, and you also earn points for other actions. But it already shows how important consecutive kills are in Cold War as well. The first kill gives you 50 points. Kill 2 – 4 gives you 100 points each. And starting from kill number 5, you get 500 points for each enemy eliminated. At even higher streaks, the point count could increase further.
Another change: You can use the streaks multiple times in one life, but not spam them. When you use the equipment, you can start accumulating points for the streak again 90 seconds after the use ends. Previously, you could only deploy a drone once if you didn’t go down in between.
Some of the familiar killstreaks will be available, but you earn them differently.
4. Time-to-Kill
Similarly, the new CoD takes different paths than its predecessors. You have 150 health, compared to CoD MW which has 100, and the time-to-kill (TTK) is generally higher than in CoD 2019.
To give you a direct comparison, the YouTuber “TheXclusiveAce” has compared some average TTK values of Black Ops 4, CoD MW, and Cold War:
However, the bare numbers show only half the truth. Black Ops 4 had an extremely low headshot multiplier of x1.1. Although this could be increased with attachments, it wasn’t the case for every weapon. Cold War, on the other hand, likely has a headshot multiplier for automatic weapons that hovers around x1.35 / x1.4. This leads to the following comparison:
Black Ops 4: Headshots were weak and rarely resulted in a reduction of TTK
Modern Warfare: Headshots are already more important – often you could reduce TTK with 2 or fewer HS hits
Cold War: Headshots are important – just one HS hit reduces TTK
Ace called it “the best of both worlds” and finds the new solution appealing and sensible. Precise aiming is directly rewarded, bringing the TTK for automatic weapons down to “CoD MW” levels, while you have to shoot longer with regular hits, but the TTK is not excessively high here either.
Good to know: After taking damage, it takes 4.5 seconds for your healing to start. After a maximum of 1.8 seconds, you will have healed your complete health.
In addition, you can now see how much health your enemy has, as there are health bars. A normal hit deducts damage from the bar as a white segment, and a headshot is indicated by a yellow segment. The “health bar” can also be disabled.
5. Loadout System
When assembling your loadouts, some tweaks were made, but the system resembles that of Modern Warfare very closely – with small but fine differences:
You can carry one primary and one secondary weapon
Weapons can be enhanced with 5 attachments and have a total of 8 possible slots (similar to CoD MW)
You have again 1x lethal primary equipment and 1x tactical equipment
Field upgrades are now part of the class and are no longer selected outside of the loadout
The attachments show you the detailed changes to the weapon in percentages – this was very opaque in CoD MW
Many attachments offer only advantages – in CoD MW most also came with disadvantages
Cold War has “wildcards” that drastically improve your loadout
The biggest change here is undoubtedly the wildcards. These extra perks replace, for example, the powerful overkill perk that allowed you to carry 2 main weapons. The currently known wildcards are:
Danger Close – 2 different lethal and tactical equipment / full ammunition reserves
Law Breaker – Overkill replacement allows free selection of weapon slots / also free choice for perks (for example, a blue perk in the normally yellow slot)
Gunfighter – Allows you to fill all 8 attachment slots of the primary weapon with attachments (instead of 5 it’s 8 attachments on one weapon)
Perk Greed – Allows you to take 2 perks per perk slot (but always in the respective category)
Overall, Cold War thus offers a very similar system to Modern Warfare but brings its own charm. The wildcards introduce an exciting new system, and especially the fact that Overkill disappears from the list of normal perks could lead to more variability.
This is what the loadout screen looks like in the match. Here, the wildcard “Perk Greed” is activated. Source: YouTube
6. Mobility
Black Ops Cold War will be played more mobile than Modern Warfare. While you’ll need to shoot at enemies longer, you will, for example, aim faster. However, there are also some adjustments to movement mechanics.
Running Speed
You can regulate your speed more than in Modern Warfare. There is an extra button that lets you walk slowly but quietly. Your sounds also depend more on your speed. If you run faster, your opponents hear you better.
Sprinting
The tactical sprint from CoD MW is completely gone. Double-clicking the controller stick is no longer necessary in Cold War. Instead, you now have a “sprint takeoff.” When you start running, you have a higher speed for a short time, which then gradually decreases to the normal sprint pace. However, how the mechanics work in detail still needs to be shown.
Water & Swimming
Unlike in Modern Warfare, you can move in the water. A small dive does not immediately lead to respawning.
The battles continue underwater.
Crouching / Sliding
How this works with the new Cold War is also not yet fully clarified. The makers have already announced that there will be further adjustments. Currently, it looks like sliding is directly related to crouching. If you slide, you go directly into a crouch. Stopping the slide to move forward faster (slide-cancel) is also a topic, and it has proven to be useful and quick in the alpha that streamers were allowed to play a few weeks ago. However, nothing is set in stone yet, and it is expected to be adjusted further.
Jumping / Bunny-Hopping
You can’t jump as high and you will be slowed down a bit while jumping. It gives the impression that the developers want to reduce the hopping seen in recent years further. A jump already provides enough advantages and should also come with disadvantages. However, balancing here is also not completely finalized.
With “Double Discounts,” a special campaign has started in the PS Store, especially worthwhile for PS Plus subscribers. For they can save double on PS4 offers.
What kind of sale is this? The “Double Discounts” campaign is an offer aimed primarily at PS Plus subscribers. Subscribers can save double. However, the PS4 games offered may also be worth it for other buyers. We present you the best deals.
How long do the offers run? The offers started on September 16, 2020, and run until October 1, 2020. You have 14 days to check out the offers.
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order Deluxe Edition
Genre: Action-Adventure | Developer: Respawn Entertainment | Release Date: November 15, 2019 | Model: Buy-to-Play | Price Range (according to Geizhals.de): 44.34 – 79.99 €
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What is Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order? The story takes place between Episodes 3 and 4. You take on the role of Jedi apprentice Cal Kestis who survived Order 66. Now you are on the run from the Galactic Empire.
Why the game is worth it: Respawn Entertainment has done a great job with the game design: The worlds become increasingly complex as the game progresses, and the mix of combat and exploration is consistently enjoyable. The design is cohesive, enhanced by an excellent sound and voice atmosphere. The enemies are diverse, and the game offers 4 different difficulty levels.
In Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, you also fight bizarre enemies.
What is less well done: The graphics look great, but the framerate on the PS4 (Pro) can sometimes drop significantly. Additionally, the very linear story offers little replay value. It’s also disappointing that protagonist Cal develops little character depth throughout the game.
Who is the game suitable for? If you enjoy action games with a fast-paced combat system and Star Wars flair, then you should check out Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.
Pro
great staging
excellent game design due to complex worlds and a good atmosphere
perfect mix of combat and exploration
good German voice acting and sound atmosphere
many and varied enemies
4 difficulty levels
Contra
fluctuating performance on PS4 Pro
very linear story with no replay value
protagonist Cal Kestis remains bland and uninteresting
Where can you buy Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order? The Deluxe Edition is currently on offer in the PS Store:
What is Assassin’s Creed Odyssey? Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a single-player action-adventure by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh installment in the “Assassin’s Creed” series. The game is set in an alternative version of ancient Greece and is played from a third-person perspective. You play as one of the two descendants of a Spartan king.
Why the game is worth it: The game offers a massive world with many different locations, including the Greek metropolis Athens and small islands. The soundtrack is also cohesive, and the combat system is action-packed and dynamic. Additionally, you regularly unlock new abilities, which make the fights very varied.
Furthermore, you can decide whether to fight your way through enemies stealthily or to eliminate enemies in public. The story around the two siblings is also thrillingly staged.
In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you take part in large-scale battles for the first time, which are cool staged but game-wise rather insignificant.
What is less well done: Gameplay-wise, there are many simple and grind-heavy missions outside the main story. Even the impressively staged war battles are gameplay-wise superficial and have no real impact on the game. Furthermore, side missions vary in quality.
Who is the game suitable for? If you enjoy action-adventures and find the ancient setting cool, then Assassin’s Creed Odyssey might be for you. If you like to explore in a massive game world, you should also take a look at this game.
Pro
gigantic and impressive game world
cohesive soundtrack
action-packed, fun combat system
interesting alternative story set in ancient Greece
both stealth and combat are possible
Contra
much grind outside the main story
superficial war battles
side missions are of varying quality
Where can you buy Assassin’s Creed Odyssey? The Deluxe Edition is currently on offer:
What is A Plague Tale: Innocence? It is a game set in medieval France. The game emphasizes more on the emotional story between brother and sister than on gameplay challenge.
Why the game is worth it: Few games can convince on an emotional level like A Plague Tale: Innocence. The story of the two siblings Amicia and Hugo is intense, and the protagonist Amicia reacts realistically to experiences. Unlike other protagonists, she is just a young girl who feels deeply affected by every action. All of this feels very authentic.
The two siblings Amicia and Hugo.
What is less well done: Gameplay-wise, the game is less convincing. The difficulty is overall too easy, and the strong, linear gameplay offers little replay value. While the game can entirely convince as a story, it lacks depth on a gameplay level.
Who is the game suitable for? If you are interested in an emotional story in the style of The Last of Us, you should take a look at this game. While it is not challenging in terms of gameplay, it excels in characters and its story.
Pro
dense, successful atmosphere
great voice acting
character animations
fitting music
Contra
too easy
not challenging gameplay
little replay value
Where can you buy the game? The game is currently discounted directly in the PlayStation Store.
What is Metro: Exodus? The first-person shooter is the sequel to Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. You take on the role of Artyom and are also outside this time. A converted steam locomotive serves as your base, from which you can explore the large areas.
Why the game is worth it: Metro: Exodus builds on its predecessors, this time opting for an open-world-like game environment instead of purely linear levels. And it succeeds very well, as the game world is beautifully staged and offers a great atmosphere. The mix is also right: shooter and stealth gameplay alternate, and the fights are fun. Additionally, you can craft weapons and improve them with parts.
In Metro: Exodus, you go above ground. A steam locomotive is your base.
What is less well done: Especially in battles, the enemy AI stands out negatively, making the fights sometimes too easy. Also annoying are the climbing prompts, as the game provides too little feedback in this regard. Additionally, it’s a pity that hero Artyom has no voice actor.
Who is the game suitable for? If you are looking for a strong first-person shooter with believable characters and an exciting game world or have already played the predecessors, you should check out Metro: Exodus.
Pro
good mix of shooter and stealth gameplay
versatile, meaningful crafting
varied game world
interesting side quests
great atmosphere
believable characters
Contra
strange enemy AI in battles
hero Artyom without a voice
annoying climbing
poorly placed automatic save points
Where can you buy the game? The game is currently on offer in the PS Store. If you want to have the Season Pass along with the main game, you should buy the Gold Edition, as it includes the Season Pass for the shooter.
What is Borderlands 3? Borderlands 3 is a first-person shooter. Like its predecessors, it features a colorful comic-style graphics and continues the crazy story of the Vault Hunters across the galaxy. Starting on Pandora, you travel from planet to planet. The core of the game revolves around the crazy weapons and collecting better loot.
Why the game is worth it: Borderlands 3 offers a large playground for all those who like fast-paced action with a hefty dose of dark humor. The game can be played alone but is especially fun in cooperative mode – whether online or on the couch in split-screen. The quirky sci-fi setting is simply unique.
What is less well done? Compared to its predecessor, Borderlands 3 offers few innovations. The core gameplay remains largely unchanged. The Mayhem Mode is currently heavily criticized but is expected to improve in the coming weeks.
Who is the game suitable for? If you are looking for a crazy shooter that can be played cooperatively and revolves around crazy weapons, then you should give Borderlands 3 a chance. Fans of the Borderlands series will immediately feel at home.
Pro
collecting crazy weapons is very motivating
cool and memorable characters
four different characters with their own character development
fun, chaotic co-op mode
Contra
few innovations compared to the predecessor
Mayhem Mode is currently very unbalanced
Where can you buy the game? The game is currently available on offer in the PS Store:
Spyro is colorful and chaotic – the Jump&Run principle is still a lot of fun today.
What is Spyro Reignited Trilogy? The Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a remaster of the old three PS1 games: Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The main character is the eponymous little purple dragon Spyro, who must save various worlds in a Jump&Run manner.
Why the game is worth it: Developer Toys for Bob has done a great job with the remake of Spyro. The game is wonderfully colorful and takes advantage of its new graphics engine. The great music captivates the player, and the voice actors also do a great job even in German.
With Spyro, the game features a funny, sometimes cheeky hero who quickly endears himself to the player. The design of the enemies is sometimes crazy, sometimes quirky, but always fitting to the game. With over 100 levels, the game also offers long entertainment. Additionally, there are many new challenges to master.
What is special about the remake? The Spyro Reignited Trilogy brings three classic PS1 games back to the PS4. Developer Toys for Bob uses the Unreal Engine to present Spyro in modern graphic attire. Gameplay remains the same as the developer has only made a few changes.
As the little purple dragon Spyro, you jump, fight, and fly through over 100 levels.
What is less well done: The remake offers only a single difficulty level, which is too easy for players who know the original. The imprecise controls during sprint sections are also frustrating.
While there are over 100 levels to play, the replay value is quite limited as there are hardly any reasons to replay individual levels. In the flying sequences and underwater sections, the sensitive controls and odd camera can be annoying.
Who is the game suitable for? Those who played the predecessors on PS1 will also find a lot of joy in the remake. Fans of similar jump&run games like Rayman and Co. will also enjoy the games and find plenty of engagement with the over 100 levels.
Pro
very successful graphics thanks to Unreal Engine
sympathetic protagonist
large scope (over 100 levels)
good German voiceover
successful remake of the old three classics
Contra
only one difficulty level
low replay value
oversensitive controls in flight and underwater sections
Where can you buy Spyro? The game is currently on offer in the PS Store. The trilogy includes all three games.
What is Red Dead Redemption 2? The latest installment of the western series is another action game with a large open world. You take on the role of Arthur Morgan, who is on the run with the Van der Linde gang from the law. Rockstar focuses on an open and realistic game world with many interaction possibilities. The game also offers a multiplayer mode, Red Dead Online.
Why the game is worth it: Red Dead Redemption 2 offers a huge game world. Rockstar Games manages to create this world very convincingly. You can interact with your surroundings, animals and NPCs react to you, and many decisions have noticeable consequences.
The story around Arthur Morgan is also impressive. It is well staged, thanks to the quick scene transitions, diverse gameplay, and the profound protagonist whose goals are understandable. The ending will also satisfy you and leave you not bewildered.
What is less well done: The game looks great but requires considerable power. Loading times are long and the PS4 Pro does not reach 60 frames per second. It’s also disappointing that the game only offers one difficulty level. The targeting, especially in tight spaces and buildings, also leaves much to be desired.
Who is the game suitable for? If you are looking for a strong action game with a dense atmosphere and an exciting story, you should check out Red Dead Redemption 2. Western fans will also be well entertained.
Pro
huge and believable game world
many side quests and activities
strong protagonist
powerfully staged story with satisfying ending
many decisions with noticeable consequences
varied game design
large scope
Contra
no 60 frames per second
fuzzy targeting in buildings
only one difficulty level
long loading times
Where can you buy the game? Currently, both the base game and the Ultimate Edition are on offer in the PS Store.
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Apple users who love to play Fortnite need to be strong now. Fortnite: Save the World will no longer be playable on Mac PCs in the future.
What is the original Fortnite? This includes the mode “Save the World”. This was the only playable mode at the release of Fortnite in July 2017. The Battle Royale, which is mainly so popular, was released in September 2017.
In Save the World, you must survive against NPCs and fend off increasingly difficult waves. While Battle Royale can only be played online, Save the World can also be played without other players.
Dispute with Apple Forces Save the World to its Knees
Why is the mode dying? This is due to the dispute between Apple and Epic Games that broke out a few weeks ago because Epic allowed mobile players on Apple devices to purchase their V-Bucks externally. Apple did not make money from this and took action against it.
After many accusations, the current status is as follows:
Fortnite can no longer be played on iOS devices
Apple prohibits Epic from continuing to develop existing games – New patches or fixes are not to be played on the versions that Apple Mac users utilize
This also affects the “Save the World” mode of Fortnite. However, this mode is now receiving an update, and Mac users with older versions cannot download this update.
Epic has therefore announced that users with older versions will no longer be able to play the new version of Save the World. They are forcing the mode to die out on Mac devices.
This is how a round in Save the World proceeds.
When will it be like this? From September 23, Save the World should no longer be playable on Mac. If you are playing in this mode on an Apple device, you should make the most of the last days.
So far, the positions have hardened. A rescue could only happen if Epic is allowed to work on the Mac version of Save the World again.
What will be refunded: If you are new to Save the World, you will get your money back for a Founder or Starter Pack. You must have purchased it between September 7 and September 17. The same applies to V-Bucks you have purchased. However, the refund will only be given if you own the version on Mac.
You will automatically get the money back, and it should be in your account by October 2.
The Elder Scrolls Online has changed the name of the final DLC in 2020. Darkstorm is now called Markarth, and in a big live stream, the developers will soon present the content in more detail. But what exactly is the significance of the name Markarth and what could be included in the last DLC of the Skyrim year?
What is the significance of Markarth? Originally, the final DLC of “The Black Heart of Skyrim” was supposed to be called Darkstorm. However, since this was likely similar to the first DLC of the year called “Harrowstorm” – and the developers said they preferred the new name – it is now simply called Markarth.
When will we learn details about the DLC? The developers of ESO plan a major stream for the upcoming DLC on September 19, 2020. The concrete details will be shown there. Additionally, viewers with linked accounts on Twitch will receive a fun little glowbug as a pet.
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What is Markarth? Skyrim fans likely already know, as Markarth is the westernmost city of Skyrim and is actually located in the “Reach,” a wild land inhabited by the barbaric Reachmen during the ESO time. Those who have played Skyrim know that they brutally advocate their people’s independence, portrayed in the game as the “Forsworn.” In ESO, the Reachmen are still a serious power and are in constant conflict with the Nords.
The city of Markarth itself was built upon the ruins of an ancient Dwemer city and even has a museum where one can admire the remnants of this vanished people. And of course, the entire region is riddled with tunnels and caves where dark vampires and unspeakable horrors can hide.
This is what Markarth looks like in Skyrim. Source: ESO-Wiki
The theme of hidden dangers in dark caverns, which has characterized ESO throughout 2020, should come to a fitting conclusion here. Moreover, the region will have a little more Skyrim included in ESO.
What could be hidden in Markarth? Markarth will – like all previous final annual DLCs – feature a large adventure zone, which will be slightly smaller than the region in Greymoor. As with Greymoor, a significant portion of the map should also be laid out underground, since the black heart of Skyrim is, after all, underground.
In terms of content, you can expect the usual goodies. These will certainly include:
New sets
The conclusion of the story about the vampires
New collectibles and furnishings
More quests and publicly accessible delves
Additional world bosses and more Doomstorms
Additionally, at the end of the story, there will certainly be a hint regarding the theme and storyline of the ESO content in the upcoming year.
You will get the bug if you watch the stream on Twitch and link your accounts.
When is Markarth coming? If we take the previous final DLC Dragonhold from 2019 as a guide, Markarth should also be released in late October 2020.
What else is cool in ESO? If you are looking for new dungeon instances, you will probably leave empty-handed in Markarth. Because new dungeons were the big feature of the current DLCs Stonethorn. There you will face vampires and dark alchemists. The dungeons are so good that our MeinMMO author Alexander Leitsch raves about them extensively.
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In Destiny 2, you can take on a very special quest next week. Bungie is honoring a deceased developer by sending you to Mars in this context.
What is this special quest about? In video games, it is not unusual for the community and developers to come together to commemorate a deceased friend or a well-known figure. And Destiny 2 is no exception.
As Bungie stated in the current “This Week at Bungie” blog, you will soon be sent on a special quest on Mars as part of the Season 11.
With this trip to the red planet, Bungie wants to pay tribute to a developer and his contribution to Destiny 2, who passed away last year – Matt Helsom.
The studio did not provide further details about the progression or contents of the short quest. So here it is: wait and be surprised.
When does it start? The quest starts next Tuesday, September 22, with the Weekly Reset – that is, at 7:00 PM German time.
It will then be prominently displayed in the navigator after the weekly reset.
Whom is Bungie honoring exactly? Matt Helsom had been with the studio Vicarious Visions since 2012 – most recently in the role of Senior Artist with a focus on 2D and 3D artwork.
This game studio collaborated with Bungie from 2016 until the separation from Activision in early 2019, working together on Destiny 2. Vicarious Visions was responsible for the PC port of the game, among other things.
Matt Helsom (Source: GameRant)
During this partnership, Helsom worked closely with teams at Bungie and VV on various projects, and now they want to create a fitting tribute to his contributions in the Destiny universe.
Finally, Bungie wished Helsom’s family, friends, and everyone he influenced all the best with some warm words and thanked in advance all Guardians who want to join the memorial ceremony in his honor.
What else can you expect in Season 11? Originally, the new Season 12 and the big fall expansion Beyond Light were supposed to start soon, on September 22. However, due to the effects of the corona pandemic, Bungie has postponed both the new season and the new expansion to November 10. Thus, the Season of Arrival will continue for quite some time.
In Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare you can earn a special animated card called “Under Fire”. However, you need to play the alpha of CoD Black Ops Cold War over the weekend. What exactly you need to do is explained here at MeinMMO.
What is there to win? During the weekend from September 18 to September 20, 2020, players of CoD Warzone or Modern Warfare on PS4 can earn a special calling card for their profile. It’s called “Under Fire” and is fully animated. A true gem that is only available this weekend. But what do you need to do to get it?
Play CoD Black Ops Cold War Alpha and grab the “Under Fire” Calling Card
How to get the card: According to the developers via Twitter, you need to do nothing more for the Calling Card than play at least one round in the alpha of Cold War. The alpha was recently revealed in the PS5 announcement stream, starts on September 18 at 7 PM and ends on Sunday, September 20, 2020, at 7 PM our time. So you have the whole weekend to get the card.
How to get into the Cold War Alpha: To get into the alpha of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, you need a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Plus. That’s all; you do not need to pre-order the game.
Here you will learn in detail how to access the alpha on PlayStation 4.
On which platforms does the alpha run? Unfortunately, only on PlayStation 4. Those who want to play on PC or Xbox One cannot participate in the current Cold War alpha, and the Calling Card will then not be available for you. It is initially exclusive to PlayStation players.
The Calling Card is, as mentioned, usable for Modern Warfare and Warzone. As Warzone will continue to provide the battle royale mode of the CoD series, there will be significant changes with the start of Cold War. Data miners have already found clues to a cool zombie map that will likely come to Warzone at some point.
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Did you buy the new Jaina and the mage pack? What is your opinion on this matter?
The latest pack offer in Hearthstone is annoying many players. They are angry and accuse Blizzard: “You were too lazy.”
For many players, it was a nice surprise when Blizzard suddenly offered a new package in the Hearthstone shop. If you are a fan of mages, you might consider the pack offer a really good deal. But now there has been harsh criticism from the fans. Was Blizzard too lazy to create a “real” hero?
What kind of pack is this? The “Scholar Jaina” pack costs 10 euros and offers 5 mage packs. These are special card packs that only contain mage cards from the current Standard expansions. Additionally, there is a new portrait for Jaina, specifically her “Scholar” look. Usually, such a new image comes with standalone emotes, new animations, and occasionally special quotes when using special abilities.
In most cases, there is also a unique card back included that thematically fits the new hero design.
The “Scholar Jaina” pack disappoints – the heroine is to blame.
Why are players angry? Because Jaina does not meet the expectations of a “new hero skin”. Complaints have been piling up in the Hearthstone subreddit for days. Because essentially, “Scholar Jaina” is just a new GIF animation. This means:
It does not use its own emotes
It has no unique animations
There are no special interactions
It does not have its own card back
Additionally, Scholar Jaina doesn’t even have the “standard” interactions with other heroes. When two mages face off in Hearthstone, the second mage typically uses a modified greeting so that both heroes do not start the game with the same call. But this is not the case with Scholar Jaina; she simply uses the standard greeting.
Players particularly lack understanding for the absence of new voice lines. Because these Jaina has in her small solo adventure and it would have been easy to simply couple them to the new portrait.
Accordingly, players are currently quite disappointed. Besides many complaints, there are also some memes where players list their demands, like this one:
Basically, the opinion seems to be clear: New hero skins should always come with their own sound effects and animations. Many players fear that Blizzard will “simply become lazy” and release heroes only as GIF animations.
This is what Blizzard says: Blizzard had already commented on the incident after just a few hours. Chadd Nervig, one of the initial game designers of Hearthstone, explained that Blizzard could indeed add voice lines if the community wants it.
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He also stated that they decided not to use the voice lines from the adventure because they only cover a part of the interactions. To keep it coherent, they used the entire standard Jaina set.
The pre-order of the PS5 ended in a disaster and the PlayStation 5 is still sold out for pre-order. How could this happen and what is the mood like among potential customers right now?
What went wrong with the pre-order? The epic mess surrounding the PS5 pre-orders began shortly after the announcement of price and release date. During the stream, no word was said about pre-orders. After the presentation, a tweet came with the information that pre-orders would not start until the next day (September 17). At that time, it was around 11 PM in Germany on September 16.
However, contrary to claims, many online shops suddenly went live with PS5 pre-orders shortly after the tweet, and unscrupulous resellers took the opportunity to clean out the inventory using bots. In no time at all, all PS5 models were sold out for pre-order, and since then it has only been sporadically possible to pre-order a PS5 on sites like Otto, Amazon, or Media-Markt.
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These are the consequences: While the lucky fans who managed to pre-order a PS5 wait contentedly for the console’s release, many potential customers are furious. They feel cheated and deceived, as many went to bed or to their night shifts with a clear conscience after the stream and the tweet. If they had known there would be pre-orders shortly thereafter, they would have stayed up longer or sought another solution.
Many customers will likely not receive a PS5 at launch in November.
This was announced: Additionally, Sony had actually promised the exact opposite of what ultimately happened. The responsible manager for global marketing had stated beforehand that they would not keep customers in the dark about the exact mode of the pre-orders.
This is the mood in the community: After this announcement, many fans likely trusted that Sony would tell them when the console would be available for pre-order. Since this did not happen, the mood is currently boiling over, and many fans are bitterly complaining on Twitter about this lost trust and that the consoles are now selling for exorbitant prices on eBay:
Ashura: “Yeah great, had a night shift, could not pre-order during it and now it’s sold out everywhere. Thanks for nothing.”
Splatter4Quattros: “I’m annoyed too. Although I even waited until 11:10 PM after the presentation. Sold out everywhere. Of course, selling for hundreds of euros more on eBay, even though I’m registered with PlayStation, I had no chance to get one. This is NOT for the Players.”
Alex T: “I was still able to pre-order one at Amazon. But it’s really shabby to start like this at midnight. The people who went to sleep after the showcase and want to pre-order one tomorrow will have a nasty surprise.”
Ed Marks: “Even if you watched the live stream, you didn’t realize when the pre-sale started.”
Many readers at MeinMMO are also angry.
This is what MeinMMO readers say: Also here on MeinMMO, the dilemma with the pre-orders is not going down well. They complain about the sloppy way in which Sony released the PS5 for pre-order and are annoyed about unscrupulous resellers on eBay:
Thank you Sony, for the huge chaos, first misinforming at the event and now the majority is left in the lurch!!! This was promised differently. Now it is sold out everywhere, already at 7 AM, absolute false start, I feel cheated by Sony and the retailers! I guess I’ll have to decide on an XBOX X! Maybe you can manage it more professionally with the PS6, I’m out. Hopefully I won’t have these problems with Microsoft.
Reader Max is angry about the poor communication at Sony and might now buy an Xbox.
Great. Now I have the one with a drive on my neck… I indeed pre-ordered it as a “replacement” for exactly this case, that the digital one was already sold out in the morning. I’m still annoyed because I don’t need the drive, I find that drive bulge utterly ugly and it costs 100€ more…
I hope eBay does something against these vultures. It seems the same with the new Nvidia graphics cards. It’s a shame when a new product comes to market and customers are made it difficult to buy their product of choice because of such practices. Like back then with the Nintendo consoles, which were practically unavailable.
Reader Aethos finds the reseller’s outrageous prices on eBay terrible.
Amid all the chaos and anger surrounding the pre-orders, Microsoft now has a historic opportunity to lure dissatisfied Sony customers with the upcoming pre-order start of their Xbox Series X and Series S. Microsoft has already announced that they will make the pre-orders more customer-friendly and transparent than those of Sony. It remains to be seen how the Xbox pre-orders will ultimately unfold.
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A music video for the LoL Worlds 2020 has been released for League of Legends. We explain who the characters in “Take Over” are: Riot has hidden former and current professional players like Faker, xPeke, Tian, or Mata here as LoL champions. It is full of references.
For fans, it is a joy to go through the clips and see new hidden details that allude to former World Championships. The World Championship in LoL has been held since 2012, and over the years, several players have earned the “legend” status.
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The new video “Take Over” is once again full of references to LoL history.
In the clip, a nameless protagonist plays a video game and faces various LoL champions who constantly knock him out. He then has to pick himself up and try again.
The special thing: The champions in the video are inspired by current and former LoL pros. We list who Riot Games has immortalized in the video.
The video begins with the protagonist crashing in a bike race. A mysterious figure helps him up and gives him a video chip.
Your Majesty, the Demon King: Faker himself.
The veiled man who invites the biker into the world of LoL is, of course, the Korean superstar Faker: the World Champion of 2013, 2014, and 2016.
This is also evident in the video, as the PC setup to which the protagonist goes is in the club “Demon King” – one of Faker’s nicknames.
xPeke was the 1st LoL World Champion and makes a cool villain.
The first opponent our hero faces is Enrique “xPeke” Martinez. The Spaniard was part of the first World Championship team in LoL, Fnatic, in 2012. xPeke plays Kassadin.
Next, Mata as Thresh awaits the hero, grinning slightly psychopathically as he stands there with a lantern and a scythe.. Cho “Mata” se-hyeong was part of Samsung White, who became World Champions in 2014. He was a great support player.
The hero is killed by Xayah – representing “JackeyLove”, the ADC who was 2018 World Champion with Invictus Gaming
The shadow of Galio is attributed to “Crown”, the midlaner of the 2017 champs Samsung Galaxy White
Caitlyn’s gun is supposed to belong to “BeBe”, who was part of “Taipei Assassins”, a strong team from 2012 that became World Champions at that time. If you look closely, you can see the Taipei Assassins logo on the rifle (via Twitter)
These 3 heroes symbolize champions that the hero defeats off-camera. This is evident from the fact that he carries their weapons as trophies.
The spear is the weapon of Jarvan IV, a hero who played a major role in the Worlds in 2017.
A somewhat longer passage follows to conclude the sequence. The spear of Jarvan IV comes flying in. He represents Kang “Ambition” Chang-yong, who became World Champion in 2017 and was known for his play with Jarvan.
Many of the stars we see in this video have already ended their careers, or no longer play the strong role they once did. Even the 2019 World Champion, Tian, did not make it to the Worlds 2020.
Because in the strange corona year 2020, there was a favorite die-off among the LoL elite. Those who still made it to the World Championship, we tell you here:
The US rapper Lil Durk has recently been on Twitch. There, he received a host from Ninja in his first stream, who wanted to lead his 30,000 viewers to the US rapper.
Lil Durk started his first stream with a few hundred viewers, but then the streaming star Ninja wanted to support the musician. He hosted the US rapper and let his over 30,000 viewers watch Lil Durk’s stream.
However, the rapper seemed a bit overwhelmed, as he was muted while interacting with the new viewers. None of the viewers could understand him.
US rapper speaks in front of thousands of viewers – No one can hear him
This is the clip: We include the funny video of Lil Durk’s mistake here:
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One can still hear a colleague of Lil Durk saying that he should interact with his new viewers. He also gets started diligently, but the sound does not reach the viewers. The clip lasts about 40 seconds, and throughout the video, the US rapper cannot be heard.
Only at the end does the musician realize his mistakes and tries to turn the sound back on at the headset.
Especially bitter: During this time, thousands of viewers from Ninja flooded into Lil Durk’s stream. They were no longer watching the stream over Ninja, but directly with Lil Durk.
However, he did gain a few viewers for himself. Lil Durk briefly had around 14,000 people in his stream. However, that number quickly dropped. During his stream on September 17, there were only about 2,700 concurrent viewers at peak (via Sullygnome)
It remains to be seen whether he was able to gain some viewers from Ninja for his stream in the future – even though he couldn’t talk to them at first.
Ninja has also only recently returned to Twitch. He previously streamed for about a year on Mixer and was then active on several streaming platforms. Now he is back exclusively on Twitch.
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The survival MMO Last Oasis successfully launched into Early Access on Steam in April. However, it has since lost around 97% of its players. The developers are not worried about this.
What is Last Oasis? The survival MMO places you in a future where the Earth has stopped rotating. Large parts of the world are devastated, and the few survivors are trying to find resources, food, and water at the last oases.
The launch of the survival MMO Last Oasis went well, but now things do not look so good for the game.
Why have so many players dropped out? Reviews on Steam indicate that there are several issues. These include bugs that cause players to lose their gathered resources. Additionally, gankers are harassing newcomers, attacking everyone who wants to try out the MMO. Moreover, there is too little content. Yet the online game launched so promisingly on the second attempt.
What do the developers say about the situation? The team is aware that a lot of players have dropped out and has an explanation for it:
We launched the game with a unique and new setting, great atmosphere, and in a pretty optimized state – especially in the early game. However, we had (and still have) a lack of content, a number of serious gameplay issues (especially in the endgame), and missing customization options.
Considering all of this, it’s naturally to be expected that people try it out, play for some time, and then leave while checking the state of the game from time to time. I won’t say we made no mistakes after launch, but mistakes are also something to be expected and part of the development of EA titles.
Developers of Last Oasis
What do the developers want to do now? Of course, work continues on the game to fix the problems and introduce new content. However, the team does not seem particularly worried that so many players have dropped out.
The only thing we can really do now is continue development, fix the issues, and add more content and gameplay options. It’s understandable that the current numbers may seem alarming to many players, but it’s even more important that the game keeps improving and remains fun. Once we’ve solved all the major issues, it won’t be hard to bring players back.
Developers of Last Oasis
Do you believe Last Oasis still has a chance if it can fix its issues?
It was already known that Sony’s new next-gen console PS5 would be backwards compatible with the PS4. But what about games from the PS3, PS2, and PS1? Can you play these on the PlayStation 5 too? Sony has finally clarified this.
This is what many have been waiting for: After Sony recently revealed the price and release date of the PS5, another burning question remained unanswered: What is the situation regarding backwards compatibility?
It has been known for some time that the PlayStation 5 will also support games from the PS4. But what about games from older PlayStation generations? That is, the PS3, PS2, and PS1? After all, there are some gems that many players would like to enjoy on Sony’s next-gen console.
Now, PlayStation chief Jim Ryan has finally brought clarity to this matter.
Which games will run on the PS5?
Where does the information come from? The new information comes from an interview with the Japanese site Famitsu, where they spoke with the head of Sony Interactive Entertainment shortly after the PS5 event. During this, Ryan was asked several questions regarding the PS5, including specific details about backwards compatibility.
To which Sony consoles is the PS5 now backwards compatible?
Here’s the situation with backwards compatibility with the PS4: This was already foreseeable with the PS4. Ryan had previously stated that the PS5 would be backwards compatible with 99% of all tested PS4 games at launch, and that all these titles would run smoothly on the PlayStation 5. This applies to games on physical media, as well as your digital treasures from the PS Store.
It is now officially stated that 99% of the entire PS4 library will run on the PS5.
However, after Ryan’s statement at that time, there were also rumors that this would be the only backward compatibility. Even Ubisoft briefly listed information on their support page that the PS5 would only be compatible with PS4 games. However, this information was quickly removed. There has been much discussion about this since then. What’s the truth?
Here’s the situation regarding backwards compatibility with the PS1, PS3, and PS2: Unfortunately, there’s bad news, as the rumors have been confirmed.
As Ryan revealed in the interview, the PS5 is not backwards compatible with the PS1, PS2, and PS3. You will not be able to use games from these console generations on the PlayStation 5. The main reason mentioned by the Sony chief is a lack of time.
The focus during development was on compatibility with the PS4, as it had the largest user base with over 100 million players. Therefore, this was implemented. They also had to consider other aspects such as the features of the new DualSense controller and the new SSD technology. They were quite busy and apparently had no resources left to implement backwards compatibility for older PlayStation generations.
Only the PS4 was considered in the backwards compatibility of the PlayStation 5
In short: On the PS5, thanks to backwards compatibility, you can play almost all PS4 games. The PS5 is not compatible with older PlayStation generations.
What do you think about this? Is this decisive for you when purchasing a new console? Is the compatibility with PS4 games sufficient for you? Or does it not bother you at all? By the way, if you’re wondering what you can also play directly at the launch of the PS5 besides all the PS5 games: PS5: These are all the currently confirmed launch titles for the PlayStation 5
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Disintegration (PC, PS4, Xbox One) was meant to be a new shooter brand and aimed to attract Destiny fans in particular. However, just 5 months after launch, the servers are set to close.
What is Disintegration? The shooter from Halo co-developer Marcus Lehto places you in a bleak future. Humanity lives solely in robot bodies to avoid depleting Earth’s dwindling resources too quickly. However, a militant group now wants to subjugate these robots. You set out to fight for your freedom. In doing so, you command several soldiers similar to a strategy game from a floating bike.
How was the game received? The reviews from the gaming press were rather mixed. On average, the ratings according to Metacritic sit at 60/100. The single-player campaign is particularly praised. However, the mix of shooter and strategy doesn’t always go down well.
A similar picture is shown in user ratings. These sit at 4.7 out of 10, even lower than the opinion of the trade press.
What happens now? The developers had to announce that they would shut down the servers for the multiplayer part on November 17. The players’ interest is simply so low that it is no longer worth maintaining operations.
We have made the difficult decision to remove the multiplayer modes of Disintegration cross-platform from the game. This will happen in phases over the coming months, starting today with the removal of the in-game store. On November 17, this phase will end with the complete removal of the multiplayer modes.
Both the development team of V1 Interactive and our publisher Private Division stand by the creative risks we undertook to bring forward such a unique, genre-blending game, developed by this small but talented and passionate team. While our player base expressed interest in the single-player campaign, the game unfortunately struggled to build a larger community necessary for an engaging multiplayer experience.
Statement from V1 Interactive
Thus, the servers will be shut down just 5 months after the launch of Disintegration on June 15.
Did you play Disintegration? Are you saddened by the shutdown of the multiplayer part?
Twitch conducted a test this week and automatically served ads during streams that streamers could not control. This has faced rejection, anger, and outright hatred. Now the experiment is over. Twitch thanks everyone for the feedback.
From the beginning, streamers expressed concerns about the idea, and the criticism of it only grew louder in practice.
“The test is over”
This is what Twitch says: After all the furious comments from streamers, who were spewing venom and gall, Twitch is super factual and polite. They treat the impending apocalypse like just another normal Thursday at the office.
It says:
“Thank you for all your feedback. We have concluded the test of ads during streams. Advertising is an important part of keeping Twitch free, and we understand your concerns. We will continue to work on improving the advertising experience and giving streamers more control.”
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Thank you for all your valuable feedback. Translated: “Please put down the pitchforks.”
This is what it’s about: Twitch’s statement is apparently a code for the fact that almost no change has faced such universal rejection as the idea of serving ads during streams that the streamer does not control.
In recent days, many convincing arguments against this kind of advertising have been raised:
Twitch is live – you can’t just interrupt it like a YouTube video. Because people miss content
This kind of advertising ruins the pace and mood of a stream
Furthermore, it takes control away from the streamer over their channel
There are reasons why streamers run very little advertising on Twitch; it simply isn’t financially worthwhile – Twitch now wants to force them to do so with the new feature. That’s not okay.
Twitch has certainly noticed this shitstorm. However, they now only indirectly address it in their response. They almost act as if everything went according to plan and the test was simply concluded as expected.
However, they say: They wanted to give streamers more control. So the message seems to have been received.
The arguments from streamers against this type of advertising are diverse and colorful. We have summarized the most important arguments in an article when the ads were actually running in practice, which ruined a stream for the current PS5 reveal:
In Pokémon GO, it seems that shiny offspring will be available soon. Three more shiny forms of Castform have been found. Particularly interesting: these forms have never been catchable in any console game before.
These forms are: The normal form of Castform is already available as shiny. All other forms, namely the sunny, snowy, and rainy forms, are not yet available in the game.
Now all three shiny forms have also appeared in the game files of Pokémon GO. This doesn’t necessarily mean they will arrive shortly, but Niantic can essentially just flip a switch and the three shinies will appear in the game.
Shiny Castform through new event in the game?
When could the Castform come? The three new shiny forms are a showcase of Pokémon Home. The cloud service was announced months ago for Pokémon GO, but so far the connection between the two platforms has not worked.
Players are now speculating that this connection might be coming soon and Niantic could celebrate it with an event around shiny Castform. Such an event also took place at the release of Let’s GO Eevee/Pikachu. Back then, Eevee and Pikachu appeared more frequently in the wild. It could be similar with Castform now.
When and if this connection between Pokémon GO and Pokémon Home will work is still unknown.
This is what the shinies of Castform look like.
Here trainers face challenges: Castform is a Pokémon that is weather-dependent. Depending on the weather in the game, a different form appears in Pokémon GO.
Rain and sun are available in almost all regions of the world, but the snowy Castform is already making trainers sweat. Especially in southern regions where it usually doesn’t snow year-round, the snowy Castform could pose problems. How should one find the monster when it never snows in the game?
While the snowy Castform can also occur during fog in the game, this is by far the rarest weather condition in Pokémon GO and is also unlikely to offer the chance of encountering the snowy Castform.
Trainers like jostler57 hope on reddit therefore: “We in Taiwan never get a snowy Castform, so I hope that all forms will be available to us through some kind of shiny event.”
What do you think? How could the three Castform forms find their way into the game?
As soon as the GeForce RTX 3080 became available, it was already sold out. This doesn’t stop people from selling the card at high prices on eBay or buying it at inflated prices.
What does the situation look like right now? The first models of the RTX 3080 have appeared on eBay, and some believe they can make a really good deal.
Because the prices are significantly above the recommended retail price.
On eBay, the RTX 3080 is still available, but at horrendous prices. However, some are not deterred by that.
Here lies the problem: When demand is very high, so-called scalpers also appear: people who are only interested in buying products to then resell them for exorbitant amounts.
A possible problem: The RTX 3080 could also become interesting for miners. AMD had similar issues with the demand for its Radeon 400 and 500 models. Nvidia could expect a similar problem with its price-performance tip here.
Buying RTX 3080 – the actual price of the graphics card
Nvidia itself had officially set the price of the GeForce RTX 3080 at 699 euros. However, it is no longer available at this price.
For the custom models, a bit more is usually demanded, as manufacturers further adapt the hardware to users’ needs. In general, we recommend the custom models anyway, which are often better and stronger than the Founder Edition model.
Can the graphics card still be purchased anywhere? Occasionally, the RTX 3080 is still available at various online shops. The Founder Edition is no longer available at Nvidia itself.
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Sony is currently facing a similar issue as Nvidia: They have finally managed to make the PlayStation 5 available for order, but are also facing significant challenges in managing the orders. The PS5 is now sold out due to a chaotic launch, and fans are understandably upset.
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With Naïca, an exciting MMORPG is in the works, appealing primarily to fans of pixel art. The beta starts in November on Steam. A mobile version is also planned.
What is Naïca? The MMORPG transports you to a colorful fantasy world where beastfolk coexist with humans. You choose one of five races and begin your adventure in the Cerulean Forest, which looks beautiful but is full of dangers.
Together with friends, you explore the forest, fight monsters, and learn that the world is much larger than you thought. Beyond the forest, many more places await where you can experience adventures.
You can customize your character according to your preferences to visually distinguish yourself from other players. Based on a skill system where you can distribute points on skill trees for swords, orbs (magic), and bows, you determine how your hero improves.
You will explore dungeons together, where boss monsters await, and also compete against each other in PvP duels.
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What’s special about the game? The first thing that stands out is the graphics. Naïca is a 2D MMORPG that adopts a pixel art style. Everything looks very pixelated and reminds one of the MMORPG Dragon Eye, reminiscent of console games from the 16-bit era of SNES. This creates a very interesting and unique atmosphere. The game is particularly aimed at fans of old-school MMORPGs like Tibia or RuneScape.
Equally exciting is the reputation system. In the game world, there are two gods, Naïde and Icaon. By making decisions during your adventures, you gain reputation with one of the gods. This way, it is possible to choose a god or gain reputation with both.
This reputation affects how your hero can develop further in the course of the game. Additionally, your story is meant to feel unique based on the decisions you make.
When does the game start? Naïca launches into open beta on November 10. If you want to join, you can sign up on the official website. Since it is a free-to-play game, you don’t have to pay anything.
There will be no wipe after the end of the open beta. Your character progress will be carried over.
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In Naïca, you also explore dungeons and dangerous areas in groups, where boss monsters are lurking.
For which platforms is the MMORPG being released? Naïca is being released for PC and mobile devices. Cross-platform play is supported. This means if you play on PC and are then out and about, you can continue playing on your phone.
What about monetization? Naïca, as a free-to-play game, features an in-game shop. It is mainly intended to sell cosmetic items, as character customization plays an important role. However, there are also supposed to be additional character slots and EXP boosters. The developers state that pay-to-win is not a topic. Even the EXP boosters should not have a significant impact on your progress, as you cannot get far without completing quests, even with boosters.
What do you think of Naïca? Are you interested in the game?
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EA Sports releases the ratings of the new icons in FIFA 21. We show you how strong Cantona, Schweinsteiger and Lahm will be.
This is how strong Icon-Cantona is: EA has just released a video about Eric Cantona on Twitter. This confirms the new ratings of his icon cards:
Cantona Base Icon: 88 rating
Cantona Mid Icon: 90 rating
Cantona Prime Icon: 93 rating
Thus, the legend of Manchester United receives a set of truly strong MS cards, which should be highly coveted. Especially the shooting, pace, and physicality ratings stand out in all his icon cards.
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Which icons are new in FIFA 21 FUT? In FIFA 21 Ultimate Team, a total of 11 new icons are added, including Eric Cantona, bringing the total number of icon cards in FUT 21 to a full 100.
These are the new icons in FUT 21
These are the ratings of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm
This is how strong Bastian Schweinsteiger is: Bastian Schweinsteiger receives solid icon cards in FUT 21, which could have been a bit stronger. Especially the prime version seems a bit too weak with a rating of 91.
New icon cards of Schweinsteiger
This is how strong Philipp Lahm is: Philipp Lahm receives an interesting package of icon cards. He receives a LB card, a CDM card, and a very strong RB card. Here, all cards are actually interesting, but especially the very strong RB card is likely to be desired by many FUT players.
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What about the values of the other new icons? EA has only officially released the new ratings of Eric Cantona and Philipp Lahm so far. However, the values of all new icons have already appeared on unofficial database sites like futbin (via futbin):
Cole – 85, 87, 89
Cech – 86, 88, 91
Eto’o – 87, 90, 92
Torres – 85, 88, 91
Puskas – 89, 92, 94
Suker – 85, 87, 90
Vidic – 85, 88, 90
Xavi – 88, 90, 93
We have compiled all previous icons from FIFA 21 for you here:
These are icons in FIFA 21 FUT: With the icon cards, former star footballers return to the virtual pitch in FIFA Ultimate Team. They receive extremely rare and coveted icon cards that fit into any FUT team.
What do you think about the new icon cards in FIFA 21? We have summarized all currently official information about the game in our overview of FIFA 21 for you.
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The Elder Scrolls Online has various classes and weapons, but players have long wished for a spear. However, there hasn’t been one as a usable weapon in the game so far. Yet on the island of the Altmer, a player discovered two NPCs wielding spear-like weapons.
What was found? On reddit, a player observed two Altmer training in the city of Davon’s Watch. So far, so normal. But the two Elves had weapons that looked much like spears and had four different attack animations.
This may not seem unusual at first glance, but connoisseurs of ESO know that there are actually no spear weapons available for players in the game. These weapons are something that fans have wished for years. Are the pointed spears finally coming to the game?
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What lies behind the spears? Some players were already hoping that ZeniMax would finally bring the coveted spears into the game. However, other players reassured them. The shown spears are actually just the usual staves, some of which have a prominent tip in Altmer design. Furthermore, this “spear fighting” has been visible in the game for years and is by no means new.
Is there still hope for spears? Nonetheless, the strong reactions (the post on reddit had over 1,600 upvotes and 119 comments on September 18, 2020) show that the ESO community would really like a new weapon category in the game. And spears are at the top of the players’ wish list.
And indeed, at the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, the big reveal of the next ESO chapter is coming. If it follows the trend, there will likely be a new class again. Or maybe there will finally be a new weapon category.
Even lizards have been seen with spears.
What the chief said: Indeed, MeinMMO asked at the reveal of the first great ESO chapter Morrowind about new weapons in the game, directly to the chief developer Matt Firor. He ruled this out for the near future, but stated that spears would be a sensible choice if a new weapon category were to be introduced.
However, since this would entail a lot of balancing – especially in PvP – implementing a completely new weapon category that every one of the now 6 classes could use would be a huge endeavor. Nonetheless, the ESO chief at that time did not rule out the possibility that one day there could still be a new weapon category in the game. More than three years have passed since that statement. So, perhaps in 2021, we will finally get new weapons in the game.
The Elder Scrolls Online is likely to receive a new class soon.
What might still come: Besides spears, players also desire a new class in the 2021 chapter. Major favorites are especially bards and monks. However, both classes have missed the respective chapters that would have suited them. Monks would have been optimal within the spiritual Khajiit in Elsweyr, but instead, necromancers were introduced.
For more on the classes in ESO, you can find it here. We had you vote and thus found out which of the various classes in The Elder Scrolls Online you like the most and which you cannot stand. So if you want to know which hero type particularly stands out, check out the article.
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