Jay “Sinatraa” Won switched from being a professional player in the Overwatch League to the new competitor Valorant some time ago. He seems to be doing quite well now. He has already won two tournaments with his team, which is now ranked 3rd among the most successful Valorant teams.
Who is the player? Sinatraa is one of the youngest professionals who has played in the Overwatch League (currently 20 years old). He even had to sit on the sidelines for a while because he hadn’t reached the minimum age at that time. In the league, he played for the San Francisco Shock and was regarded as the best player in the league with two MVP titles.
There have already been several tournaments in Valorant, many from the community and other organizers, but also official ones. In them, Sinatraa now plays for the team Sentinels, which he co-founded, and celebrates several successes with them.
Sinatraa 2017 in the interview with the OWL.
Two Tournament Victories, Third Most Successful Team
This is how Sinatraa and the Sentinels are doing: After a rather weak start, the Sentinels won their first Ignition Series in July, the official tournaments hosted by Valorant developer Riot. There, they defeated the eSports veteran Cloud 9 with 3:1 and won $10,000.
Subsequently, there was another victory against Team SoloMid in the Summer Cup of another organization and a second place at the FaZe Clan Invitational in early August. Most recently, the Sentinels secured first place in the Pop Flash on August 30th, winning $25,000.
The team is currently ranked third among the most successful Valorant teams, behind Team SoloMid and G2 Esports, the “Real Madrid” of eSports (via liquipedia). Both are teams that originally gained fame in the LoL sector.
These are the currently 10 most successful teams in September.
What does the future look like? The tournaments of Valorant are slowly ramping up and more teams are participating. However, this has also led to some unpleasant events, such as obviously cheating pros in tournaments, who are quickly removed as well.
Several tournaments are already planned for the coming weeks and months, most of which are qualifier tournaments where new teams can qualify for promotion to the professional leagues. Meanwhile, the hype surrounding Valorant is somewhat decreasing. After the strong start on Twitch during the beta, Valorant has now recorded a significant drop on Twitch.
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The American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller is known for its ergonomic chairs. The company is now focusing more on the gaming market and announces a new version of Aeron, one of the most well-known office chairs. Although the chair is not cheap, it is already being used by gamers.
What kind of chair is this? The Aeron was first introduced in 1994 and was primarily intended for offices. Today, the chair can be found in many places, as Tim Straker, the company’s Marketing Chief, disclosed in a press release:
Aeron is one of, if not the most versatile chair ever designed, and we’ve seen it used everywhere from professional athletes’ locker rooms to sports studios and recording studios – it even resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Now, the Aeron is being launched in a special edition for gamers. It is available in several versions, with the cheapest priced at $1,445.
This is what the new Aeron for gamers looks like (via Herman Miller)
Ergonomics and decades of experience are supposed to make the difference
What makes the chair so expensive? While the new Aeron costs a lot of money, it is also supposed to offer a lot:
Powerful ergonomics. The backrest is divided into 8 zones, each with different tension.
Different specifications during manufacturing to perfectly adjust the chair to the size and body structure of the sitter.
Fully adjustable armrests.
The seat has a special ventilation system to dissipate body heat and water vapor.
The chair is delivered fully assembled and requires no assembly. Additionally, there is a 12-year warranty with 24-hour use. The chair will be available starting from September 14. It can already be pre-ordered on the official website.
This is how the chair adapts to your body.
How is the chair received in tests?
The website Compare Before Buying praises the office version of the Aeron as a premium product with high ergonomics and top quality.
The website Gaming Scan also gives the office version a 4.8 out of 5 in their rating. Although the price is high, they clearly recommend the chair and see it as an investment in a healthy future when spending a lot of time at the computer.
Are these chairs really popular among gamers? When thinking of gaming chairs, models from DX Racer or Noblechairs often come to mind. They are not cheap, with some costing up to 600 euros, but they are in a different price segment than the Aeron.
However, as Tim Straker explains, the chairs from Herman Miller are also popular among gamers:
When we started researching how we could help meet the needs of the gaming community, we found that many of our existing chairs were already favorites among some gamers and teams: We came across countless positive reviews from gamers about the Aeron.
In addition to the Aeron, more chairs in a special version for gamers are set to be released this fall.
A sneaker for League of Legends from Louis Vuitton.
90 black Qiraj War Tanks on a single realm in WoW Classic? The Russians have done it – breaking records.
Just a few days ago, we reported on a special realm in World of Warcraft Classic. On Fairbanks there were proudly 49 Scarab Lords on one server – an extremely large number. But a Russian realm thought “Challenge Accepted” and immediately buried that record, nearly doubling the number. A total of 90 Scarab Lords are now on the Russian realm Flamegor.
Why is it so hard? To become a Scarab Lord in WoW Classic, you must complete a pretty long quest line. It’s virtually impossible alone; you need the help of a guild or many friends. After all, thousands of items need to be farmed, and several raids need to be mastered, during which unique items need to be distributed to the right players.
So many Scarab Lords are rarely seen in one place – and this is just part of the realm. Source: wowhead
In addition, there is massive time pressure. Because as soon as the first player has completed the quest line, the clock is ticking for all other players. Only 10 hours remain to complete the quest and get the black Qiraj War Tank – the perhaps most exclusive mount in the entire game.
How did they do it? Many of the large guilds had already made a pact before the event started. To give many players enough time to complete everything necessary, they held back on resource submissions.
Only from August 12 did all participating guilds plan to submit the resources for the war efforts to the NPCs. Even that was not enough, so the war efforts were completed only on August 16. This extra time was used by even more players to prepare for the event. Other realms had concluded the event already on day 1.
Especially cool: One player even secured his mount for the second time. Once nearly 15 years ago in Vanilla WoW and once now in Classic.
This player became Scarab Lord 2 times. Once in Vanilla and once in Classic. Source: wowhead
Attempts to sabotage were made by some guilds with a rather bad reputation on the realm, which are said to be involved in real money sales and keep throwing obstacles in the players’ paths. However, since Flamegor is still a realm with layers, this problem could be overcome with enough patience.
Most Successful Realm in WoW History? Flamegor is likely the first and probably the only realm for a long time where there are 90 players with the most sought-after mount in the history of World of Warcraft. While there are still a few realms where the war efforts have not yet been completed, it is rather unlikely that they can provide such a massive number of players with mounts.
Cellyon: Boss Confrontation brings you directly to boss fights, as you know them from MMORPGs. However, leveling, farming, and other time wasters are eliminated. We show you the Steam game.
What kind of game is this? Cellyon forgoes the open world that you know from MMORPGs. Additionally, there is no economy, you don’t have to level your character and you don’t farm resources. The focus is on the boss fights that this co-op game concentrates on. And we all have fights that have stayed in our memory.
The fights are designed to last 5 to 10 minutes and challenge your skills.
The battles have been designed to remind you of the boss fights that exist in MMORPGs. It is about movement that you must use to dodge or special tactics to take down the boss.
The developers write: “In Cellyon: Boss Confrontation, your reflexes, tactics, and teamwork are all that matters.”
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Traditional roles: In the fights, tanks, healers, or DPS are needed. It is also possible to create hybrid classes. You can adjust your classes, which have a “wide selection of spells.” Before each boss fight, you can customize your build according to what you need for the upcoming battle.
Choose the right skills for your upcoming battle
The matchmaking: If your friends are not available, the matchmaking will assign you players who best match your talents. No one has to play alone here.
The leaderboard: Those who value a competitive environment can prove themselves on the leaderboard of Cellyon.
These skills are used by bosses: On the Steam page of Cellyon, the developers describe three bosses that you will encounter.
Skain: A swordsman and scientist who inflicts a poison on you during the fight, which you must cleanse with an antidote during the fight
EL-29 is a huge bomb on 4 mechanical legs. In the fight, you must prove movement skills and even defuse bombs to survive
Dumuzid is described as a wild beast or nightmare creature. In the fight, planar rifts appear that can help or damage you. A good overview will lead you to victory in this battle
In the fight against EL-29
Additional features: In the Boss Maker, you can create your own boss fights and share them with other players. You should have “full control” over the tool that the developers also use to design bosses. You can set goals, movements, the boss’s health, or the number of bosses yourself.
You can even specify the class(es) with which the bosses must be defeated.
Later, the game mode “The Rift” will be introduced. Here, two boss fights take place simultaneously, and the group that defeats the opponent first wins. With a special ability, you can invade the boss fight of the other group and set traps there.
When is the release? A release is planned for fall 2020 on PC.
Does this look like a co-op that you want to try? Without leveling and farming, or would you miss that in the long run? If you would rather look for boss fights with all the bells and whistles, then we at MeinMMO have put together a cool selection for you:
In Call of Duty: Warzone, new modes are frequently introduced to spice up the battle royale. Due to a glitch, a player supposedly got a first glimpse of a night mode, which he immediately shared with the world.
What do the images look like? Right from the start of Season 4, speculations arose after a trailer that a night mode for Call of Duty: Warzone is planned. Now, there may be the first images of it, shared by the CoD news account “ModernWarzone” on Twitter:
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They write: “A user sent us these images of something that looks like a first look at the night mode of Warzone. We let you decide whether the images are fake or real. The images did not come from internal sources or data.”
The scene shown is the opening scene of a BR match in Warzone, probably a duo match. However, the two soldiers are shrouded in darkness, even though normally a bright blue sky illuminates Verdansk.
How likely is a night mode? The chances are quite good. While sifting through the data from the “Season 5 Reloaded” update, data miners found strong hints at a “Nightfall” mode. The relevant tweet from the data miner has already disappeared, but the internet does not forget.
Together with the latest experiences of some users, a night mode is therefore quite likely. Following the discussion on Twitter about the new images, you’ll find even more players who have already experienced the same strange entry experience. The matches then ran quite normally, only the beginning during the jump offered the night view:
This happened to one of my games. Guess it was a bug. Right after this animation, it went normal again.
After some feedback, the operators behind ModernWarzone are also convinced: “Authenticity confirmed. The same user has experienced this multiple times during loading [of the match].”
Confirmed to be real. Has happened to the same user multiple times when loading in.
At least the images are presumably real. When and whether a night mode will come remains to be seen.
What special modes have there been so far? Warzone relies on 2 modes – Battle Royale and Plunder. In addition, CoD occasionally offers matches with special rules. So far, there have been:
Classic BR – Battle Royale without the Warzone fluff like revives or custom loadouts
200-player BR – More players, more action. A Battle Royale with 200 instead of 150 players
Juggernaut BR – Each match provides players with some Juggernaut suits, with OP armor Mini-Gun
Mini Royale – Only the first and last 5 minutes of a typical Warzone round
Realism BR – Low HUD, few game hints, and significantly reduced health points
Team Rumble – Not BR, but a large team deathmatch with two large teams
King Slayer – TDM with BR teams, eliminate players with the most kills for more points
Many of these modes were a welcome change, and some were really strong. MeinMMO author Maik Schneider liked the Mini Royale the most, as it brought the flair of “Shoot House” & “Shipment” into Warzone. Which of the crazy modes were your favorites?
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The developers of The Division 2 have finally granted first insights into the new mode “The Summit”. We summarize all known information about the upcoming battle through the skyscraper for you.
Many have been waiting for this:As announced, September 2nd was the day. Massive finally broke the silence and presented the already hinted new mode. The format previously known as Skyscraper is officially called The Summit and will be included in the game with Title Update 11 (TU11).
For some players, this new content is the last straw they cling to, hoping that The Division 2 could still turn things around and finally offer more replay value and long-term motivation.
Accordingly, many agents are eager to finally learn more about The Summit. Here are all the important details.
In the State of The Game on 02.09, there was a lot of information about the summit mode.
What is behind Summit? As Massive announced, Summit has been developed as a replayable PvE mode. When you jump in, you should be offered an action-packed experience that is different with every run. In principle, The Summit is a kind of “Greatest Hits” of all PvE experiences that have existed in The Division so far.
The mode is apparently supposed to do exactly what many players hope for: to bring more replay value and long-term motivation to The Division 2.
When is The Summit supposed to be released? The Summit is expected to be included in the game with TU11. However, there is no exact release date yet. But many speculate that it could come as early as September.
Because on 04.09. Title Update 11 along with The Summit (in full!) will be playable on the test servers (PTS) – unfortunately only on PC. While there will be several test phases, the new update should typically also become available on the live servers shortly thereafter.
Who can play The Summit? Summit will come as a free update, but only for owners of the “Warlords of New York” expansion, since the mode takes place in a skyscraper in New York. Without the paid Warlords add-on, there will be no Summit mode.
In The Summit, you start on the ground floor of a skyscraper and must fight your way up through a total of 100 floors.
All enemy factions will be represented in this mode.
A new experience will be offered each time. You never know who you will face on which floor during the current run.
The environment changes from floor to floor. There are dozens of floor sections with a predefined look.
The layout is determined when you reach the floor – including the faction represented there, spawn points, and, if applicable, the directive (a kind of modifier).
The environment is thus partially predetermined, but there are also numerous random elements.
There will be new and old tasks: for example, hostage rescue or destroying servers to deactivate the Warhounds.
10 floors are roughly equivalent to the length of a Stronghold, i.e. a faction base. The amount of XP you earn in a 10-floor segment is also approximately the same as that of a Stronghold.
Targeted Loot is active in Summit as well. The assigned loot category applies to the entire skyscraper and is the same on all floors.
On your way up, you might encounter rogue agents (and maybe hunters) randomly.
How The Summit plays:
The mode starts as you approach the elevator on the ground floor.
If you are playing for the first time, you can initially only go to the 1st floor. From there on, you fight your way up floor by floor.
Every 10 floors, there is a kind of boss level or floor that unlocks a checkpoint at the end. For example, if you defeat the boss on floor 10, you unlock a checkpoint and can use the elevator to go directly to floor 11 next time. You don’t have to start at floor 1 every time.
On your way to the namesake summit, you will have to fight through various difficulty levels (normal, hard, challenging, heroic, legendary). The higher you go, the higher the difficulty.
Once you have unlocked a checkpoint, it remains active throughout.
The difficulty after the first successful run thus depends on you. Because once you have unlocked the checkpoint, you can freely select which checkpoint floors and, therefore, the respective difficulty via the elevator.
By the way, the global difficulty is ignored. In Summit, this is determined by the height of the floors.
Summit is designed in such a way that you can tackle and complete the mode solo. If you play in a group, the difficulty will scale accordingly – even the floors at legendary will scale with it.
After every boss defeated, you have the opportunity to return to the lobby.
Is there matchmaking? Yes, in The Summit there is a player search for different difficulty levels, which helps you find more players. You essentially select a difficulty and are then placed on the corresponding floor. By the way, you can also join friends on higher floors, even if you haven’t progressed that far yourself.
Are there exclusive rewards in The Summit? Yes, so far a new Exotic is known that will be exclusively available through the new mode – the “Ridgeway’s Pride” Chest. This chest piece will be tied to a quest that you unlock when you reach the last floor of the skyscraper. Once you complete the quest, you will be able to craft the new Exotic. More about this will be revealed soon in a separate article.
Here you can find gameplay and many details about The Summit in a compact video:
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What do you think of the new skyscraper mode? Can it entice you to fire up The Division 2 again? Or is even this not enough to reactivate you as an agent?
In Destiny 2, swords are more popular than ever, but PvE and PvP players are debating the blade weapons.
Destiny 2 is a loot shooter and, as such, offers a wide variety of weapons for players to shoot nasty aliens in the face. The range includes wacky sci-fi blasters and repurposed monster body parts, as well as assault rifles and rocket launchers, down to rustic Western revolvers.
One category is particularly popular, but somewhat unusual for shooters: swords. Even though games like Doom also focus on melee weapons, the blades in Destiny work differently – triggering a small faith battle among players.
That’s why swords are so trendy: Swords have been experiencing a renaissance for some time. They have not been as popular as they are now in Season 11 since Destiny 1.
All of this leads to many players firmly incorporating swords into their loadout. Yet, while PvE players rejoice over their super weapons, some PvP players would prefer to ban them completely.
A dispute ignites between PvE and PvP players
What’s the problem? In Destiny, swords also require ammunition. If this is missing, you’re just holding a sword handle without a blade. However, even without fuel, they can enable a complete game changer: with a sword in hand, you are not playing a first-person shooter, but you see everything from a third-person perspective – the camera moves behind the player.
This different viewpoint allows you to peek around corners or see a larger area of the world.
In the Crucible, some players deliberately switch to a sword to scout the surroundings. They ensure, for example, that no opponent is lurking in a corridor or relay information from a secure cover to the team.
A Hunter peeks around the corner with a sword – Source: EEL AT EEZ gaming via YouTube
This is what PvP players demand: This behavior is considered dishonorable or simply unfair by many. Therefore, the Guardians repeatedly demand that the third-person view be removed from PvP.
For many of the frustrated players, it would suffice if Bungie reworked swords so that they cannot be used without ammunition or that the perspective switch could not be executed in such a case.
The peeking from a third person ruins competitive game modes, and that’s garbage.
With this, the user coltjen articulated the feelings of many annoyed PvP players from the Destiny subreddit. However, the demand “boiled over night” quite high. The post currently has over 6,700 upvotes, and in 870 comments, the Guardians are discussing. Because some Guardians from the PvE faction resist the ideas.
That’s why PvE players resist: In PvE, swords are not only a strong alternative for boss damage, but they also serve many players as a navigation aid.
Especially in tricky jumping sections (like in raids or exotic missions), it has become customary to switch to a sword and thus leave the limited view of the first-person shooter. This allows for much more precise jumps and better distance estimation.
Just because the blade has no ammunition, should we now forgo a function that has been standard for years in favor of PvP? That’s roughly how the complaints sound. Additionally, striking with the ammo-less sword handle can shorten many grind-heavy bounty runs.
In PvE, swords are among the most popular weapons
What do you think? Interestingly, we were able to find parts of the discussion on MeinMMO just a few days ago:
Takumidoragon (via MeinMMO): “I find it much worse that I hear a sword in every second comp match before I see an opponent.”
KingK (via MeinMMO): “An empty sword is probably the rediscovered emote. Actually, the 3rd-person should have been removed from the game a long time ago. At least in PvP. In the case of the sword, it might be worth considering staying in the first-person perspective when it’s empty.”
A categorical distinction between the functionality of swords in PvE and PvP seems rather unlikely at the moment. This shows that even if the swords lose their perspective switch, emotes will still serve the same function. Thus, there would be no obstacle to “peeking around corners” with them.
Not all PvP players are complaining about this by any means. Some say that these are legitimate tactics and set an experienced or alert player apart from other Guardians.
What is your stance on the issue? Do swords provide unfair advantages or are only the vocal proponents of two different factions arguing?
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In Pokémon GO, the details for the Community Day featuring Porygon in September are now known. We will tell you whether the event will be worth it this month.
This is known: The Community Day takes place on September 20th from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM local time. The following additional information is known:
Porygon is the focus and will appear as Shiny for the first time
Porygon-Z will learn the move Triple Attack
There will be triple XP for catching Pokémon
Incense lasts for 3 hours
There will be a special research task for about one Euro focused on Porygon
The Community Day takes place because you voted for the Pokémon in the poll in August.
All Information about the Community Day with Porygon
How good are the bonuses? This time there is triple catch XP, which is nice, but you can gain experience points faster through other means.
So if you want to reach level 40 or continue collecting XP, you should definitely take advantage of the event. In the end, however, you will not get as many XP as you would through friendships.
All in all, the XP bonus is not that strong. You won’t miss out on great bonuses if you don’t play for the full 6 hours.
Is Porygon worth it? The Pokémon should be exciting for all trainers, as it is not yet available as Shiny. You will all encounter a new Shiny. This event is therefore quite important for Shiny hunters.
This is what the Shiny family of Porygon looks like.
In battle, Porygon is not so interesting. It is a Normal-type Pokémon and therefore not effective against any type. The final evolution Porygon-Z is generally strong, but in comparison, it always performs worse than Pokémon of other types that can hit the opponent effectively.
What is known about the move? The move Triple Attack is completely new in Pokémon GO. Therefore, no information about the usability of the move can be provided yet.
It is a Normal-type move, so it will likely not be particularly useful in raids and gym battles. However, it could become a solid attack for the PvP mode. This remains to be seen.
How important will the Community Day be? For Shiny hunters, Porygon is quite interesting. However, if you have already collected some Shinys, you won’t miss anything from the event. The bonus is decent but not overwhelming, and the move will likely only appeal to PvP fans.
Perhaps there’s something interesting for you in the other events in September. A lot will be about Mega Evolutions in Pokémon GO.
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The WoW developers are removing one of the most annoying changes again. Many abilities are no longer affected by the global cooldown.
During the Battle for Azeroth expansion, the developers of World of Warcraft made some mistakes. One of the biggest was the change to the GCDs, the “Global Cooldowns” of many abilities. Many classes felt off as a result, having weird moments where they couldn’t do anything or felt useless. Some of this is now being reverted with Shadowlands and the Pre-Patch 9.0.
What was the problem? During BfA, Blizzard applied a global cooldown to many abilities that previously did not have one. Particularly powerful cooldowns, such as “Arcane Power” for Arcane Mages were triggered and caused the global cooldown of 1.5 seconds, during which no other spell could be cast.
The changes caused a lot of criticism back then.
It was particularly frustrating when multiple strong spells were combined. Then it took several seconds just to cast buffs in sequence that could only take effect much later. This felt bad and was seen as unnecessary by many players.
What is changing: A whole range of abilities will lose their GCD again. This means that they can be activated and the next ability can be used without delay.
Death Knight: Pillar of Frost, Empower Rune Weapon
Druid: Berserk, Celestial Alignment, Incarnation: Chosen of Elune, Incarnation: King of the Kungle, Ravenous Frenzy
Warlock: Dark Soul: Instability, Dark Soul: Misery
Warrior: Avatar, Recklessness
Are thumbs up again?
Why is Blizzard doing this? In a blog post, the developers explained their intent with the big cooldowns and why some of them work well while others do not. They give a positive example in the Void Eruption of the Shadow Priest. Here, both the animation, the visual effect, and the spell’s numbers speak for themselves. It feels good and here a GCD is indeed justified.
For other abilities that merely represent a buff and where the visual components and the direct effect of the ability do not come across positively, it would be unnecessary. Therefore, the cooldown of certain burst abilities will be removed again.
Do you think it’s good that Blizzard is finally reversing this? Or would you have preferred that the abilities instead received a revision to justify a GCD?
To celebrate Season 5 Reloaded,all PS4 players with PS Plus can now secure the new exclusive Warzone Combat Pack for CoD: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone – at no additional cost. We explain what is included in the new Combat Pack DLC and how to obtain it.
What kind of DLC is this? For CoD: MW and Warzone, the Season 5 recently received the major Mid-Season Update. Under the title Season 5 Reloaded, this update brought various new content to the game and now PS Plus subscribers get some additional extras in the form of a new mini-DLC.
This is called the Warzone Combat Pack (Season 5 Reloaded) and can now be downloaded for free from the PlayStation Store with a valid PS Plus membership.
By the way, this is already the 2nd Combat Pack of Season 5, as shortly after the season started, there was the first. This seems to be a novelty, as previously there has only been one such PS Plus pack per season.
Here are the contents of the new Warzone Combat Pack (Season 5 Reloaded)
What’s included in the new Combat Pack: This new Combat Pack for Season 5 Reloaded, like the previous ones, mainly contains cosmetic items. The pack includes:
What should you do with all these items? All of these items can be used in both the traditional Multiplayer of CoD: Modern Warfare and in Warzone – including the standalone free-to-play version.
You can watch the contents in the video here:
https://youtu.be/HSe3MSlATsQ
How to get the new Warzone Combat Pack (Season 5 Reloaded)
First of all, you need to play on PlayStation 4 and have an active PS Plus subscription. If you meet these requirements, simply follow this link to the PS Store. There you can log in and download the mini-DLC directly to your PS4:
If you already have an active PS Plus subscription, CoD: Warzone is completely free for you. Without PlayStation Plus, you will have to pay 25 cents for the download of the Battle Royale on PS4 for age verification purposes.
What do you think of the new Combat Pack for Season 5 Reloaded? Nice extra or do you not care for such cosmetic fluff?
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Today, on September 3, 2020, the new Battle Royale Spellbreak officially starts. It is free for all players on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch. We will show you what to look forward to.
What is Spellbreak? The Battle Royale comes from developer Proletariat and relies on magic instead of weapons. You fight on a gradually shrinking map and gather your loot needed for the battle. At gamescom 2020, the release date was officially announced.
Spellbreak was playable in beta over the past weeks, allowing some players to gain experience. Now the Battle Royale is completely free.
Spellbreak – A Battle Royale with Magic
These are the contents of Spellbreak: You play Spellbreak in a classic Battle Royale style. You can land anywhere on the huge map and must orient yourself by the circle that gradually shrinks. This forces you to encounter opponents sooner or later. Whoever survives last wins the round.
On the map, you will find gloves everywhere that you can equip. There are different types of gloves that provide you with different spells. Depending on the glove, you can unleash fire, ice, or electricity on your opponents. You can carry two different gloves at the same time, allowing you to launch different spells.
Everywhere on the map, you find gloves that equip you with different abilities.
Besides your spells, you can also fly – at least temporarily. You can jump through the air, but you will invest energy in doing so, which you also need for casting spells. The energy recharges quickly, but in battle, you need every bit of free energy you can get.
In combat, you will need to act tactically. You can bombard your opponents with a firework of spells or alternatively attack from above, but then you will have less energy for the spells.
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Is the game worth it? The MeinMMO editors Noah Struthoff and Jürgen Horn have already tested Spellbreak in the beta. They saw a lot of potential in the game, as the mechanics are unique and casting spells is fun.
There was criticism regarding the fact that you mostly fought against very few opponents. Even though the map is designed for about 100 players, usually only 10-15 players participated per round.
However, this may change at release. After all, the beta was paid, and now the Battle Royale is completely free. So you can certainly expect more players.
It is definitely worth taking a look into the Battle Royale. After all, you don’t have to invest any money, and you can see for yourself how it is.
Where can you get Spellbreak? If you are playing on console, you just need to check the respective shop of your platform. There Spellbreak should be available for free download.
On PC, you can get Spellbreak through the Epic Games Store. There the Battle Royale will also be available for free at launch.
The game officially launches on September 3, 2020, at 4:00 PM German time.
In the MMORPG Black Desert, the new class Hashashin has been released. However, it has not fully convinced many players. Nevertheless, many want to play and level it up. The reason for this is the new season servers, which start on September 2.
Season Servers and Rewards Make Hashashin Interesting
What is the deal with the server? The season servers first appeared this year and allow you to level a selected character faster and in a peaceful environment. Many of the season servers have no active PvP, making them especially interesting for newcomers.
Additionally, there is a season pass that brings you further rewards. There is both a free and a paid version.
What does the season bring in autumn? The second season started on September 2. Those who reach a certain level during the season will receive the following bonuses:
Level 15 – 10 Gold Bars
Level 25 – 2x Traveler’s Maps
Level 35 – Buff Food
Level 45 – 2x Chests with Premium Elixirs and 2x Chests with High-Quality Medicines.
Level 55 – Kydicts Crystal – Adventure, Training Manual – Combat (3 hours) and Training Manual – Talent (3 hours)
Additionally, there is once again the Tuvala Equipment, which is particularly suitable for newcomers, and Perilla’s Star as additional rewards at the end of the season.
The new class Hashashin has a special event, and it’s worth leveling up.
At the same time, the Hashashin Ascension Event is running. And this is particularly interesting for many players. Because here, until September 23, substantial additional rewards can be earned:
Level 15 – 2x Gold Bars, 2 additional inventory slots, 3x Scrolls with Combat XP
Level 25 – 8x Gold Bars, 4x 2 additional inventory slots, 3x Scrolls with Talent XP
Level 35 – 1x Gold Bar, 5x Elion’s Tears, 5x Black Stone (Weapon), 5x Black Stone (Armor), 5x Scroll: Loot.
Level 45 – 2x Gold Bars, 10x Black Stone (Weapon), 10x Black Stone (Armor), 3x Sharp Black Crystal Shard, 3x Hard Black Crystal Shard, 1x Accessory Box: Asula
All these many rewards ensure that players create a Hashashin as a season character, even though it does not convince them. Some even say that they will play the new class up to level 55, collect the rewards, and delete it afterward to start a new season character. This is easily possible.
The shooter Scavengers was announced in 2018 and presented at E3 2019 with a new trailer. Although initial play tests were already taking place behind the scenes, it had been quiet about the game for a long time. Now it returns with new gameplay and an approximate release date.
What kind of game is this?Scavengers is a multiplayer co-op shooter that combines many different genres. The game is a mix of battle royale, hero shooter, and survival game:
At the start of a match, you choose a character, with different roles, weapons, and skills available.
The game features PvE elements where you team up against computer-controlled enemies. For this, you must work together and are somewhat “forced” into an alliance.
At the same time, there is PvP and you actually want to eliminate your fellow players.
Additionally, you have to gather food to survive.
A match is supposed to last between 30 and 45 minutes, and you compete with up to 4 teams of 3 players against zombies and each other. Throughout the game, you gather equipment, complete tasks, and ultimately need to get successfully extracted from the area.
What’s new? On September 2, IGN released a new gameplay trailer for Scavengers. It features many battles and a lot of action captured during the pre-alpha.
Visually, the shooter makes a good impression. The trailer also revealed that Scavengers is set to enter early access in early 2021.
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How has the development of the game gone so far? Some developers from Halo 5, who were involved in the Warzone mode, came together in the new studio Midwinter Entertainment and announced the game Scavengers in 2018. At that time, many compared it visually with Destiny 3.
Now we finally know that the shooter is set to officially launch in 2021, although initially in early access. There will be further play tests, an alpha, and a closed beta in 2020. You can already sign up on the official website.
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In Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout there are plenty of ways to clumsily fly off the map. Good news: A particularly powerful one is coming soon!
Fall Guys brings out the hammer: In the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time, obstacles of all kinds attempt to keep you away from the finish line. For example, you can slide off poorly balanced seesaws, slip in slime, or run into really tightly closed doors.
But that’s not enough for the developers. Now they have come up with a new evil: The “Big Yeetus.” Yes, that’s really its name and it’s supposed to shake up the gameplay a bit.
And this is what it looks like:
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This is what the new obstacle can do: The “Big Yeetus” is an extra large hammer that can appear randomly and seemingly everywhere. In the tweet, the little Fall Guy even benefits from the push of the large hammer: After a perfectly timed hit in the back, he flies directly onto the ramp towards the goal.
It can be assumed that the “Big Yeetus” will not always be so gracious and will sometimes “yeet” you off the map (“Yeet” is actually an exclamation when something is thrown with full force.). Because as the infamous Fall Guys Twitter account states, the hammer is neither your friend nor your enemy.
Furthermore, it emphasizes that many players apparently did not really want to believe in the “Big Yeetus” at first – but it seems to actually become a new feature.
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A randomly appearing, rotating giant hammer also fits well with the wobbly, imprecise nature that Fall Guys is. However, when it will be introduced into the game has not yet been revealed.
Once the hammer is there, it will probably depend on the specific situation whether you can use it well prepared or be thrown through the air in completely the wrong direction. And the hammer will not be the only new feature: With the upcoming Season 2, there will be new mini-games and costumes in Fall Guys.
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On August 25, the MMO New World is hosting a preview event that many players can attend and does not have an NDA. We will tell you what happens during this beta test and how you can participate.
Actually, New World was supposed to be released on August 25. Since the release has been postponed until spring 2021, Amazon is hosting something like a beta test that lasts about 10 days and is officially called a preview event.
When does the test take place?
The preview event runs from August 25 at 6:00 PM our time until September 5 at 8:59 AM.
Do you need a beta key to participate?
To participate in the test, you must belong to one of the following groups: – Alpha testers – Pre-order customers – Or you must have registered for the beta before July 9, 2020. – Anyone who wants to participate now must pre-order the game.
Participants will be invited in different waves, which you can see in the image:
Anyone who was an alpha tester will notice that the progress for the test has been completely reset.
How can you download New World?
All participants will receive an email with a Steam code. You can simply redeem this on Steam. Anyone who pre-ordered the MMO on Valve’s platform automatically has access to the game.
You can already download the client starting on August 21 at 7:00 PM to be ready for the test 4 days later.
What are the system requirements?
Minimum:
– Processor – Intel Core i5-2400K or AMD CPU with 4 physical cores @ 3GHz – Graphics Card – NVIDIA GTX 670 2 GB or AMD Radeon R9 280 – RAM – 8 GB RAM – Storage – 7200 RPM HDD – Operating System – Windows 10 64-Bit, DirectX 12
Recommended:
– Processor – Intel Core i7-2600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 – Graphics Card – NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 390X – RAM – 16 GB RAM –Storage – SSD –Operating System – Windows 10 64-Bit, DirectX 12
Are there European servers?
Yes, for the test there are local servers in Central Europe, North America East and West, Asia-Pacific, and South America.
Use the beta to explore all previous content of New World.
What can you expect in the preview event?
In the 10-day beta of New World, you can create a character, level it up, gear up, and during the course of the game join one of 3 different factions and explore the game world with it. You are not bound to classes, but you can change your playstyle through equipment and attribute points.
Although there was some criticism of the game after the first alpha tests, you should best get an impression of New World during this test yourself. We at MeinMMO will use the event to report extensively on the content of the game. So keep an eye on our site starting from August 25.
In Marvel’s Avengers the heroes were voiced by actors who also portrayed the characters’ movements and facial expressions through motion capture. MeinMMO spoke with the actors and voice actors of Thor and Black Widow in an interview and learned some funny details from the game’s production.
Who did we interview? Our two interview partners were actors Travis Willingham and Laura Bailey. Both have lent their voices to the heroes Thor and Black Widow multiple times and were therefore quickly cast as the performers for these two heroes.
Additionally, the two are a couple and have recently welcomed a child. Some of you might also know them from the series Critical Role (link leads to the page), where they play high-quality sessions of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) on camera. The two are true nerds at heart.
Laura Bailey
Travis Willingham
The interview was conducted by our author Irina Moritz.
Differences between Game and Film
Here’s how the heroes were portrayed: First, we wanted to know how the actors envisioned their heroes. Many fans know Thor and Black Widow primarily from the successful MCU films.
However, both actors agreed that they did not want to copy Hollywood stars Chris Hemsworth or Scarlett Johansson. The heroes in Marvel’s Avengers operate in a completely different story than the films do.
Therefore, Laura was also pleased to give her Black Widow more depth and especially to highlight her emotional side better. Above all, the inner struggle that Black Widow always faces was important to her here.
At least for Thor, the performance in the game was influenced by the movie Thor.
Travis felt similarly, having portrayed Thor since 2011 in various productions and stating that he sees himself as not entirely unlike a big, strong guy. However, since he was so taken with Chris Hemsworth’s “buttery smooth voice,” he at least tried to emulate his great role model.
Director allows a lot of freedom: Luckily for both actors, the director Shaun Escayg (Uncharted, The Last of Us) was very liberal and allowed the actors a lot of room and space for ideas. At least, as long as it didn’t clash with the rather strict guidelines of the Marvel franchise. However, Travis was often asked, “What would Thor do here.” Therefore, he often gave advice: “They were sometimes a big mess, but also occasionally worth their weight in gold,” Travis noted with a grin.
How Funny Production Work Went
The following paragraphs mainly revolve around the absurd scenes that occur on set when working solely with motion capture.
What is Motion Capture? This refers to a process that allows the movements of a person to be digitized using sensors attached to the body. The person’s movements are then transferred to a virtual character, allowing for realistic animations. Thanks to advanced technology, this can now even work for facial expressions. To optimally enable motion capture, the actors wear tight spandex suits and devices resembling “antlers” on their heads. This leads to unintentionally funny scenes on set, as the two actors extensively explain in the following text.
That’s why Thor’s hammer was an important topic: One of the aforementioned proposals from Travis was also one of the funny anecdotes he could share with us. Because in numerous scenes, Thor calls his famous hammer Mjölnir to him. The thing then flies into his hand, and he nonchalantly catches it before using it to pummel enemies.
The scene was envisioned very differently by the developers than by Travis:
I wanted to see how they do it when Thor calls his hammer Mjölnir and how it reaches my hand. The crew just said, “Yeah, we’ll handle that in post, just reach out your hand and pretend to catch the hammer. But I said, “No, guys, we’re doing this right!” I want a guy not equipped with [mo-cap] markers to run across the room and press the hammer into my outstretched hand as if I were catching it!” And that went wrong at least as often as it worked. We even tried throwing the thing a few times … and you know, Thor usually catches Mjölnir when he doesn’t even look. But you should not rely on me catching something that doesn’t even touch my hand. No, that just didn’t work. That was probably the funniest physical obstacle we had to overcome.
Travis Willingham aka “Thor”
The flying scenes were particularly funny to watch.
How silly everything looked: Laura also had her fun on set. She really enjoyed “watching everyone make fools of themselves.”
I mean, let’s be honest, a bunch of adults in spandex jumping around pretending to be superheroes? That’s always very funny. And the scenes where some of the heroes take off, like Nolan [Iron Man] or Travis, standing on their tiptoes and doing nothing while we have to pretend they’re already gone and in the air. They’re just so funny, Nolan and Troy [Hulk], they’re just a riot. And that lasts like 5 minutes or so, and we really have to try not to laugh.
Laura Bailey aka “Black Widow”
Flying is funny: On the subject of flying, Travis had another anecdote to share:
There will surely be a clip where Nolan [Iron Man] and I take off and fly towards danger. There I am, on my tiptoes, with Mjölnir above my head, and Nolan, as stiff as a board, with his hands outstretched. And then you constantly hear giggling in the background. And you must not laugh. That’s really a challenge to hold through the take without ruining everything.
Travis Willingham aka “Thor”
The War Table was particularly impressive.
Here’s how the chemistry on set was: Both actors saw it as very positive that during the production of Marvel’s Avengers they weren’t sitting in a small sound booth but were constantly on set with the other actors. Especially the scenes at the War Table were said to be fantastic. Travis said:
Nothing beats the experience of standing at the War Table with the appropriate posture and voice together with the other actors in their respective roles, planning the next action of the Avengers.
Travis Willingham aka “Thor”
This heightened the feeling of being a real superhero even more.
Ironically, the actress portraying newcomer hero Kamala Khan was also a kind of novice in real life, having never worked with motion capture technology before. Therefore, she actually became somewhat of a student to the other actors, who took her – like their characters in the game – under their wings and taught her everything.
Finally acting again: Both actors praised the possibilities of modern motion capture and that they could finally act as “real” actors again, using more than just their voices.
They have actually already subconsciously assumed an appropriate posture when speaking, and that was now really important.
Actors Play Themselves
Here’s how the two want to play themselves: Since Laura and Travis are big Marvel fans, they definitely want to play the game upon release. However, since the two have a small child, that will be difficult. But Travis already has a plan:
We’ve already planned it. We’re parents. We worked out plans weeks ago: “Okay, from 5 PM to 7 PM, or from 11 PM to 1 AM, you take the kid, and I’ll play for a few hours. Then we switch, and it’s your turn.
Travis Willingham aka “Thor”
For Laura, it’s only weird if someone else plays Widow in her presence.
Here’s how they react to their own appearance in the game: Since the two are eagerly anticipating the game, we naturally wanted to know if it doesn’t feel strange to suddenly hear themselves speaking in the game. To this, Travis made the following statement:
When the game comes out, the first 30 minutes, I’ll just be crying. Thor stands there, wind in his hair, Mjölnir in hand. It’s so satisfying to see that and then someone opens their mouth, and your voice comes out. It’s such an amazing feeling.
Travis Willingham aka “Thor”
Laura has a slightly different opinion on that:
When I play the game, I don’t actually think it’s me who’s talking. That’s strange, because when I play Thor and someone else is playing Widow, and Widow gets hurt and screams in agony, I think something has happened to me, and I did something wrong in the game. Or it was even more extreme in Skyrim because I voiced one of the companions. Suddenly in the game, you hear yourself getting hurt. That’s crazy.
Laura Bailey aka “Black Widow”
However, they are not afraid of spoilers, as they mainly knew their stories, and the story arcs of the other heroes were only rudimentarily known to them. So this does not hinder the fun of the game.
The X-Men are characters they both wish to see in the future.
What they wish for the future: As a final question, we wanted to know what the two actors, as true Marvel fans, wish for upcoming characters – heroes like villains they would like to see. That led to a tough decision for both of them. Travis struggled for a long time about what he wanted from the vast array:
Oh no! There are so many! Why are you putting me through this? This is tough, man! Does it have to be a hero or villain? Both? Okay, that’s tough. I’m thinking of the Hulk, Thanos, Galactus, how the hell is that going to work? Oh man. Okay, I’d love to see the X-Men in there. I’d love to see Wolverine, Magneto, boy oh boy, it’s such a rich universe. Okay, Punisher is cool. Okay, let’s bring in Frank Castle and have the Avengers face off against him. That would be great.
Travis Willingham aka “Thor”
Laura shares his preference for the X-Men:
I would love to see Storm from the X-Men, Deadpool. Scarlet Witch, I’d like to play her, she would be so different from the others. I’m just throwing this out there and hope Crystal Dynamics hears it.
Laura Bailey aka “Black Widow”
Indeed, several upcoming new heroes have been confirmed through datamining. At least Scarlet Witch is, if the leaks are to be believed, on the list of planned additions. Laura’s big dream of embodying this character may soon come true if dataminers are correct.
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In League of Legends, the new PsyOps event is starting soon, where you can earn special skins, as well as hidden missions and icons. We at MeinMMO will tell you what exactly is happening at the event and how to get the rewards.
What kind of event is this? The PsyOps event starts on September 3rd at 10:00 PM and replaces the currently ongoing “Spirit Blossom” event. If you haven’t yet engaged with Spirit Blossom, you need to hurry up.
Through the PsyOps event, a new Battle Pass, new missions, and several new skins will be released. These will appear spaced out over patches 10.18 and 10.19. Additionally, there will be free and hidden loot that you can earn. This includes two new icons and Hextech keys. We will tell you how exactly in the course of the guide.
During PsyOps, you can also use the popular mode “One for All”, where all members of the team play exactly the same champion.
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If you don’t want to buy a new Battle Pass or skin, you can currently earn 2 icons and other free items.
A PsyOps icon
An icon of the Black Rose
You can already receive these icons and items now, before the event starts, by unlocking hidden missions.
To get the PsyOps icon, you need to do the following:
Play 5 consecutive games with a PsyOps champion. These include: Sona, Ezreal, Shen, Master Yi, and Vi. You can freely switch between the champions, and you can choose to play regular matches or against bots in the Summoner’s Rift. This will automatically unlock the icon.
At the same time, a new mission starts named “Operation: Songbird Extraction”, where you have to play 5 games with one of the champions mentioned above while having the icon active. This mission rewards you with a Hextech chest and a key for it.
To get the Black Rose icon, you need to do the following:
Play 5 consecutive games with a Black Rose champion. These include: Pyke, Zed, Viktor, or Kayle. You can freely switch between the champions, and you can choose to play regular matches or against bots in the Summoner’s Rift. This will unlock the icon.
Here too, a mission starts, this time called: “Operation: Songbird Security”. Again, you have to play 5 games with the icon activated and as a reward, there is again a Hextech chest along with a key.
It is possible that new missions will be added with the start of the event. However, it could also be that the events disappear, so you should ideally complete them before the start on September 3rd at 10:00 PM.
The two new icons that you can earn for free.
11 new PsyOps skins
What new skins are there? A total of 11 new skins will be introduced through the event, with 6 appearing with patch 10.18 and 5 later on. The first skins are:
PsyOps Sona
PsyOps Vi
PsyOps Shen
PsyOps Master Yi
PsyOps Ezreal
PsyOps Ezreal – Prestige Edition
Hextech Ziggs
The exact costs will be added after the start of the event.
Sona
Yi
Shen
Vi
Ezreal
Ziggs
Ezreal – Prestige Edition
During the event, skins for Kayle, Pyke, Viktor, Zed, and the new champion Samira, whose skills we now know, will be released. These are expected to be skins matching the theme of “Black Rose”.
What else is in the shop? In addition to the skins, there will be new loading screen banners, icons, chromas, and more content in the PsyOps event shop. We will also add the details later.
What is in the Battle Pass? Along with the PsyOps event, there will be a new Battle Pass. It contains additional missions, rewards in the form of orbs and Hextech chests, as well as prestige points for the skin of Ezreal.
The pass will cost approximately 1,250 RP, like the passes before it. The pass is required if you want to have the prestige skin.
The government of India has banned 118 mobile apps for iOS and Android. Among them is the wildly popular PUBG Mobile. The reason given is that the apps threaten India’s national security and integrity. It apparently concerns the fact that these apps collect data and send it to China.
This is the reasoning: A ministry in India announces that they are banning 118 mobile apps that “threaten the integrity of India, the defense of India, the security of the state, and public order.”
It is said that these apps are available on iOS and Android. They are stealing users’ data and transmitting it to servers outside of India. This data would then be evaluated by “anti-national elements” and threaten India’s national security.
Therefore, they have now decided to ban a whole range of apps.
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What has been banned? There are 118 different apps. If you look through the names, it is quite noticeable that the list is China-heavy:
For example, 6 games are being banned that have the name of the Chinese company “NetEase”. Overall, it seems that NetEase games are well represented on the list: they are not only Blizzard’s China partner but also a very active mobile gaming publisher.
There are many popular Chinese mobile games on the list like Arena of Valor (in China an incredibly popular LoL clone) or Knives Out (PUBG clone),
Furthermore, services from major Chinese tech giants Tencent and Alibaba like “WeChat”, Alipay and “Tencent Watchlist”.
There’s also a “VPN For TikTok” listed.
The ban on the app now reminds one of loud considerations by US President Donald Trump to ban TikTok in the USA out of fear that data will be transmitted to China.
Ironically, there are also efforts in China to limit mobile games. There, the government is concerned about the health of children. In the country, eye diseases among young people are rampant, allegedly because they stare too much at their smartphones.
PUBG Mobile is a mega hit in India.
PUBG Mobile is said to have even killed people in India
Why PUBG Mobile is so sensitive: India has never been a gaming country. There, neither game consoles nor gaming PCs could establish themselves. This changed with powerful smartphones and PUBG Mobile, which is developed by the Chinese giant Tencent.
According to data from SensorTower, PUBG Mobile has been downloaded an incredible 175 million times in India (via sensortower).
The media and government seemed to be completely unsettled by the game at one point. Reports appeared that players were so engrossed in PUBG Mobile that they drank acid instead of water or were struck by trains and died.
Because India apparently still does not have a significant developer scene, the mobile market there is attractive for Chinese, South Korean, and also Western publishers.
India has 1.37 billion inhabitants. The population is statistically extremely young – the average age is estimated to be 28.4 years (via statista). This makes India an incredibly attractive market for gaming publishers.
The media in India tells curious stories about PUBG Mobile.
One can be curious how the Indians will react to the government taking away some of their favorite pastimes. PUBG Mobile seems to be a real phenomenon in India, bringing some explosives with it.
Reports have repeatedly surfaced about how dangerous the game is for the youth of the country:
In April 2020, Valorant was the big game on Twitch. It reached millions of viewers and experienced a real hype. Now, 5 months later, it has become significantly calmer. It has crashed brutally, yet it still maintains a loyal viewership.
What happened with Valorant:
In April, the beta started and access was granted only by watching selected streamers on Twitch – Everyone wanted such access, which is why the numbers on the streaming platform exploded
On April 7, there were over 1.7 million viewers simultaneously – A record that Valorant could never break again
At the release on June 2, significantly fewer people tuned in – There was no need for a Twitch drop anymore, and another hype did not occur
Meanwhile, the game is somewhat fading. Developer Riot regularly adds new content, but especially the big streamers and thus the general audience have turned away from the game. New games, such as Fall Guys, have come into focus and the viewership for Valorant has dropped on Twitch.
Massive drop, yet still thousands of viewers
These are the numbers on Twitch: If you look at the development of viewer numbers on Twitch, you see a significant drop:
After a huge start, it went downhill rapidly. Source: Sullygnome
We summarize the most important data for you:
While on April 9 there was still an average of one million viewers simultaneously, there are currently not even a tenth. On August 31, “only” about 57,000 viewers tuned into Valorant streams
In the last 14 days, the biggest streamers were Flashpoint and Hiko – they almost exclusively stream Valorant and owe their success mainly to the shooter
Big names like Shroud or Myth only watch the game occasionally now – hence the smaller spike on August 12. Shroud returned to Twitch with Valorant and created a lot of buzz
Why is there such a huge drop? The reason was the beta of Valorant, which could only be played through Twitch drops. So, back then, a shooter came out that streamers found really cool, but you could only play it if you watched on Twitch.
This also attracted viewers on Twitch who were not necessarily interested in the gameplay. With the release of Valorant, they of course left again. Meanwhile, you can play the shooter without a Twitch drop.
Additionally, many big streamer names show little interest in Valorant anymore. Names like summit1g or xQc, who regularly showcased Valorant at the beginning, are rarely or never seen in the game anymore. People are currently tuning into Valorant mainly purposefully and not just because their favorite streamer is playing the shooter.
Summit1g is one of the big shooter stars on Twitch. He was part of the beta. He was missing at the release of Valorant.
So, are the numbers a disaster? At first glance, one might think that Valorant is completely down, but the reality is quite different.
The shooter is still extremely popular on Twitch, and in the last 14 days, Valorant still ranked 9th among the most watched categories on Twitch. It still stands ahead of classics like World of Warcraft and just behind the current Twitch hit Among Us.
Valorant does not reach nearly the viewer numbers it had during the beta, but there is still a loyal community behind the shooter. The numbers have remained stable for weeks and it hardly loses viewers.
One of the new Twitch hits: New World
Currently, the MMO New World is a hit on Twitch. This is also because Amazon is behind the game and simultaneously owns Twitch. They have cleverly connected the MMO with the streaming platform.
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The Battle Pass of Season 4 in Fortnite is packed with cool superhero skins from the Marvel Universe. However, it doesn’t stop at these skins, as you can unlock various foil-style variants for them. We will show you how to get them.
What skins are these? In the Battle Pass of Season 4, there are a total of 7 superheroes that you can unlock, plus Wolverine as the “secret skin”. However, if you want to customize your skins more, you can equip them with a “foil effect”. The variants include: silver, gold, or holo.
Gold variants for Battle Pass skins are not new in Fortnite; they were already unlockable in Season 2 – Chapter 2. Among them was Fortnite’s mascot, Schali, the banana.
Unlocking Style Variants – Here’s How
Here’s what you need to do: Just like in Season 2 – Chapter 2, you will need to play a lot in this season as well, complete challenges, and earn a lot of XP to unlock the special style variants. You unlock them at certain levels.
One of the style variants gives you a silver look, which either affects the entire skin or only its respective equipment/clothing. They are unlocked at the following levels:
Silver variant for Thor: Level 105
Silver variant for She-Hulk: Level 110
Silver variant for Groot: Level 115
Silver variant for Storm: Level 120
Silver variant for Doctor Doom: Level 125
Silver variant for Mystique: Level 130
Silver variant for Iron Man: Level 135
Silver variant for Wolverine: Level 140
The data miner FireMonkey has found the style variants of the skins in the game and shared the images on Twitter. This is what the superheroes look like in their silver variant:
Thor
She-Hulk
Groot
Storm
Doctor Doom
Mystique
Iron Man
Wolverine
Style Variant – Gold
The next style level that you can unlock is the gold variant. However, it also requires a higher level and is unlocked much later, if you can reach it at all. At these levels, you will get them:
Gold variant for Thor: Level 145
Gold variant for She-Hulk: Level 150
Gold variant for Groot: Level 155
Gold variant for Storm: Level 160
Gold variant for Doctor Doom: Level 165
Gold variant for Mystique: Level 170
Gold variant for Iron Man: Level 175
Gold variant for Wolverine: Level 180
This is what the superheroes look like in their gold variant:
Now we come to the last variant that you can unlock. For this, players will likely have to play long and intensively to get the skin. However, the more challenging the outfit is to obtain, the rarer it will be. The skins are available at these levels:
Holo variant for Thor: Level 185
Holo variant for She-Hulk: Level 190
Holo variant for Groot: Level 195
Holo variant for Storm: Level 200
Holo variant for Doctor Doom: Level 205
Holo variant for Mystique: Level 210
Holo variant for Iron Man: Level 215
Holo variant for Wolverine: Level 220
This is what the skins in the holo variant look like:
So, if anyone wants to take on the challenge, there’s still plenty to do after reaching Level 100. It surely won’t be easy, but who knows, maybe you will have one of the rarest skins in Fortnite.
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