The “Opening Night Live” kicks off the gamescom 2020. This is a show that will get you ready for the digital event with some world premieres and updates on games.
What kind of show is this? When the digital gates to gamescom open on Thursday evening (August 27), host Geoff Keighley, whom you already know as the host and producer of the “Game Awards,” will greet you there.
When does the Opening Night Live start? The pre-show of the Opening Night Live begins on August 27 at 7:30 PM. It will last about half an hour, and the actual opening ceremony of gamescom 2020 will start at 8:00 PM.
From 7:00 PM, you can watch us live on stream and chat with us about what you see until around midnight.
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If you have no chance to watch during the Opening Night Live, you can expect here on MeinMMO the most important news about the event. Alternatively, you can see the highlights of gamescom on Sunday evening in the Best-Of-Show.
What will the Opening Night Live show? Preview of the program
This is what you can expect: The Opening Night Live is set to run for about two hours and will be broadcast from a studio in Los Angeles. Due to the Corona pandemic, there will be no live audience.
You can expect content on 38 games from 18 different publishers. Not all of them are new games, but some are just updates to existing games. However, the ONL show will not be without new releases.
Watch the trailer for the Opening Night Live here – keep in mind that not all games shown are part of the show.
Which game are you most looking forward to during the Opening Night Live or generally during gc 2020? Let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
During the digital gamescom 2020, prizes will also be awarded. You can be part of the jury and vote on which games deserve a special award. Voting is easy and requires only an email address.
The remaster of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles will be released on August 27. MeinMMO author Irina Moritz was able to test it in advance and finds that you should try the multiplayer of the J-RPG classic with your friends.
Genre: Action-J-RPG | Developer: Square Enix | Platform: PS4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android | Release: August 27, 2020
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles originally released nearly 17 years ago for Nintendo GameCube and is considered one of the games regarded by many gamers as a “classic of the J-RPG genre”. Therefore, it is somewhat embarrassing for me to admit that CC is one of the few FF games I have never played.
I know, shocking. But back in the early 2000s, I was still a student who didn’t have money for two consoles. It was either the Cube or the PS2. You can guess what I chose.
Accordingly, I only knew about Crystal Chronicles from hearsay from forum peers. The remaster for Switch, PS4, and mobile platforms offered me the opportunity to close this terrible educational gap and discover FF Crystal Chronicles as a new player.
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You can watch a gameplay trailer for Crystal Chronicles here
What is Crystal Chronicles about? CC is a relatively classic J-RPG with an action combat system. It takes place in a world constantly threatened by the decaying Miasma. It envelops the world and ensures that all life gradually perishes.
The inhabitants of the world can only protect themselves from the Miasma with the help of glowing crystals. Each town and village has its own crystal, which they guard and protect. But the power of the crystals fades over time. And this is where you come into play.
In CC you play as an adventurer who sets out with a caravan to collect the valuable drops of Myrrh dew and strengthen the crystal of your village. Along the way, you must fight through monster-infested dungeons, at the end of which special crystal trees await you, providing Myrrh dew.
A Final Fantasy game, yet not quite
What is different from regular FF? At first glance, this sounds like a relatively typical J-RPG plot, and fans of the FF series will immediately feel at home in the game. There are, for example, the traditional enemies like Bombs and Tonberries and also Moogles.
However, Crystal Chronicles differs drastically from classic single-player Final Fantasy games. At the beginning, you first create a character.
You can choose from the 4 different races in Crystal Chronicles, distinguished by their stats, attacks, and armor:
Clavat are basically the typical all-rounder humans
Lilty are the strongest physical fighters with high attack values
Yuke are classic mages and can cast spells faster
Selkie may look human, but tend towards rogue-like stats
You can have up to 8 different characters in Crystal Chronicles and freely switch between them in the game
Once you have created your character, you set off into the vast world after a brief introduction to collect Myrrh dew for your village. You travel with your caravan from one location on the world map to another, experiencing various events along the way.
The story of Crystal Chronicles is mostly told through these events. You randomly encounter another caravan or hear rumors about an evil Black Knight. And thus learn more about the world, its inhabitants, and dangers.
However, you must always keep your eyes open and revisit some places multiple times. The game doesn’t provide you with a quest log or hints about where events will occur. You need to pay attention yourself.
You travel with your caravan from one location on the world map to another, exploring the locations you find along the way.
This indirect way of advancing the story distinguishes CC quite dramatically from its FF siblings with direct and linear storytelling.
So, something is missing here…
I must honestly say: Crystal Chronicles did not catch my attention in the first hours of my test play. I dragged myself from one location on the world map to another in search of a reason to keep playing.
The dungeon crawling for Myrrh dew simply wasn’t fun.
The gameplay of Crystal Chronicles is very simple. Hence, I quickly fell into a routine, spamming the same attacks that I knew were effective. This quickly became monotonous and made me focus more on the new episode of Critical Role than on the game.
After bringing back 3 Myrrh dew drops to your village, a video of the celebration plays. Unfortunately, it’s the same scene every year.
The enemies were no challenge, and boss fights are designed so that they can be comfortably defeated as a solo player.
The story, the usual reason why I typically play J-RPGs, is structured completely differently. It feels more like a skeleton for gameplay than the central point of the game. If you’re looking for interesting characters and an exciting storyline, you will likely be disappointed here.
At every corner, it felt like something was missing. And it was. Other players were missing. Once I managed to get into a multiplayer group, a completely new perspective opened up for me.
How does the multiplayer work? The multiplayer in Crystal Chronicles is limited to the dungeons; that is, on the world map, you still move alone. It works in the traditional way: – You can form a party of up to 4 players withyour friends – search for one that matches your progress in the party overview. – Alternatively, you can simply leave your gameplay session in a dungeon open for others, whether they are random adventurers or your friends
The transition between single-player and multiplayer is seamless, and there is unrestricted crossplay. However, you do need a subscription with Sony or Nintendo to play online.
A dungeon crawler straight out of the picture book
Crystal Chronicles is a dungeon crawler centered around a yearly cycle tied to collecting Myrrh dew. The principle is simple:
You set off with your caravan, which can consist of up to 4 players
Collect 3 drops of Myrrh dew from 3 different dungeons
Return it to your village, and the year ends
You will always have this item with you in Crystal Chronicles, no matter where your journey takes you.
However, you cannot visit the same 3 dungeons every year. The Myrrh trees need time to recover for a year. This means you must travel to different dungeons the following year.
This creates a nice gameplay loop that forces you to continually venture out into the world and seek out new dungeons with your co-op partners.
When a tree has recovered and there are new Myrrh dew in the dungeon, some gameplay elements change as well:
New enemies are added
old enemies become stronger
Bosses gain new skills
sometimes new paths open up
there are new treasures
Thus, it’s definitely worth revisiting old dungeons. Over time, the dungeons also become more complex, incorporating puzzles you will need to solve.
Here’s how it goes in a group: However, you cannot stroll through the dungeons at will. To avoid being killed by the Miasma, you must always stay close to your chalice, where Myrrh dew is collected.
The shield of the chalice has a specific effective radius that you should not leave. In multiplayer, it creates a funny dynamic where one player carries the chalice around, effectively leading the way while the rest of the group follows and protects him from monsters.
This relatively simple mechanic also ensures that players stay close to each other in the dungeon and don’t run off elsewhere.
The blue circle shows you the safe area in which you can move as a group. Outside of this, you will continuously take damage and die.
During my multiplayer session, it resulted in me hopping around with my fellow players on Discord, coordinating which direction we should go next and which corners we wanted to explore more closely.
Simple combat system you can quickly get into
This is how combat unfolds: The combat system is action-oriented, and I would best compare it to the classic “Legend of Zelda” games. You can attack normally with your weapon and execute simple combos or alternatively charge an attack to deal more damage.
The magic system revolves around the items you find in the dungeons. As you slice through crowds of enemies, they often leave behind crystals that allow you to cast spells. This includes the classic Final Fantasy spells like Fire, Ice, or Thunder for elemental attacks, or Life and Angel for healing and resurrection.
The dungeons are simple in setting but diverse. There are abandoned mines, fortresses, and monster castles.
Usually, each group member receives their own loot in the dungeon, meaning you don’t have to compete with others for Gil or Phoenix Down. However, the spell crystals are only dropped once for the whole group. So it makes a significant difference who collects them.
For example, if you have a player who is one of the magic-capable Yukes, it’s sensible for that person to collect the attack spells. Yukes are relatively weak in physical close combat but have reduced casting time for spells.
Similarly, you can assign a group member to heal the group with Life
Another player might specifically deal with smaller enemies that keep appearing and causing trouble in boss fights
In single-player, spell fusion occurs automatically in your menu. After that, you can spam the spell continuously.
The spell crystals only work in the respective dungeon where they were found. When you and your troupe visit the next location, you have to start collecting again. But that’s not tragic, as the drop rates are quite high.
Additionally, you can also fuse your spells to enhance or change their effects. For this, players must cooperate and overlap the effect circles of their spells. For example, if you stack 2 Fire spells together, the stronger version, Fira, comes out.
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What was funny about the multiplayer: The co-op multiplayer felt like a breath of fresh air. The gameplay focus shifted from monotonous attack spamming to the shared experience of the game, teamwork, and everything took on a completely different dynamic.
I found myself not only paying attention to myself in combat and spamming my usual effective moves, but also watching my teammates:
Are there small add monsters on the field?
Does the chalice need to be moved?
Oh god! Our mage just went down!
In a group, the gameplay experience gave me an adventure feeling similar to the “pen and paper” game Dungeons and Dragons. Just in anime style. We wandered together through the dungeons, searched for treasures, defeated monsters, and laughed about silly situations and mistakes.
After completing a dungeon, you sit in a circle with other players and write letters to your family waiting in the village for the Myrrh dew.
To provide a small example: One of the group mechanics in Crystal Chronicles consists of each player receiving a small “task” upon entering the dungeon, granting them bonus points.
Collect items
Open chests
Kill enemies with magic
Such things. So we coordinated who had which tasks and kept an eye on it. Thus, during our dungeon exploration, it went: “Hey, better collect the items; that gives you bonus points” or “I left the enemy alive here; you can take him out for points with magic.”
It is evident that the developers designed the game with multiplayer as the focus. Without it, Crystal Chronicles feels empty to me.
At the end of the dungeon, players can choose a bonus that is added to their stats. The player who collected the most points in the dungeon gets to choose first.
Here’s the catch: If you want to play Crystal Chronicles with complete strangers, you may encounter problems during multiplayer. On one hand, communication in the game is limited to pre-set phrases; there is no chat available.
Another issue arises from progress differences. Crystal Chronicles doesn’t feature matchmaking based on “level.” This means you will eventually end up in a group with either too strong or too weak players.
This is just as fun as it sounds. Overpowered players will tear through everything that isn’t nailed down, and you’ll just be trailing behind without being able to participate in the action. And vice versa.
Pros
Easy to understand gameplay
Smooth multiplayer co-op for quick rounds or long sessions with friends
Clever gameplay mechanics that support cooperation in gaming
Much “post-game” content thanks to multi-stage dungeons
Free “lite version” that allows you to test the game
Classic J-RPG feeling
Cons
Lack of variety in gameplay
Anime graphics style that may not appeal to everyone
Myrrh dew progress is only saved for the host of the session
With bad luck, poor player balance in multiplayer can ruin the fun
Potential: Really fun when you’re out with friends
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles was one of Square Enix’s first cautious attempts to venture into true multiplayer games.
The game is kept very simple and offers neither cool build options for tinkers nor complex mechanics to master that pose a great challenge. But I believe it doesn’t need that at all.
Crystal Chronicles has charm, and I found exploring dungeons together with friends surprisingly entertaining. Especially when you consider that I was crawling on the ground in the solo mode, wondering when it would finally start to be fun.
If the cute anime look of the game doesn’t bother you, I would definitely recommend trying Crystal Chronicles. It’s a sweet game, the lite version can be downloaded for free and offers the first 3 dungeons you can play. Give it a try.
In any case, I’ve already made plans for next week to explore dungeons together with some adventurers.
Irina Moritz
Community Manager at MeinMMO
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In August, the colorful battle royale game Fall Guys launched on PS Plus. Just 3 weeks later, it is now the most downloaded PS Plus game of all time.
Fall Guys was one of the free games for PS Plus in August 2020 just a few weeks ago. Now PlayStation announced on Twitter that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is the most downloaded game of all time on PS Plus. The official Twitter account stated:
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Notably, the release of the game coincided with its launch on PS Plus. The game has only been on the market for just over 3 weeks.
That’s why the game is so successful: The developers of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout deliberately chose PS Plus as the release channel for their new game.
The reason: a lack of a large marketing budget. Therefore, they teamed up with Sony. This free model has proven to be very successful: Rocket League once followed the same path and has developed well.
Multiplayer games like Rocket League or now Fall Guys benefit from PS Plus much more in the long run than pure single-player titles. This is a lucrative deal for both Sony and the developers of Mediatonic.
Fall Guys features absurd and chaotic mini-games. Fun is the priority, winning is secondary.
Fall Guys is colorful, chaotic, and very successful
What is Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout? Fall Guys brings mini-games and competitions into the battle royale format: Instead of equipping yourselves with weapons and eliminating all opponents from the map like in Fortnite, you must compete against a total of 59 other players in a series of crazy challenges in Fall Guys. It’s more about the chaotic fun than winning.
This is reminiscent of Takeshi’s Castle, a Japanese TV show from the 80s. Here, contestants competed against each other and had to complete crazy tasks from King Takeshi. The often ridiculous failures of others attracted many viewers, and it’s no different with Fall Guys: Succeeding through failure: Twitch loves it when TimTheTatman loses in Fall Guys.
The developers of World of Warcraft have announced that more realms will be linked. This has happened before. This time, the smallest German realms are up next, bringing several advantages for them.
Which realms are involved? In a new post in the official forum, Vyraneer from Customer Support announced that some realms are to be linked. They will be grouped together in the following clusters:
The Eternal Vigil / Silver Hand with The Consortium, The Syndicate, The Abyssal Council, The Argus Watch, The Death Knights, and Cult of the Damned
The Mithril Order / Council of Dalaran with The Night Watch, Explorer’s League, Deathwatch, and Circle of Cenarius
Lizard Cauldron, Mal’Ganis, and Taerar with Blackhand
The first two groups consist of role-playing servers, which have traditionally been less populated. According to wowprogress, each of these realms alone has fewer than 2,000 players and is among the smallest in Europe. For comparison: The largest German realm alone (Antonidas) has 13,026 players.
This is how it currently looks on the servers according to wowprogress.
join guilds and invite other players from the respective realms
All of this seemingly serves as preparation for the upcoming expansion Shadowlands, to help the otherwise sparsely populated realms become a bit fuller again.
Some of the realms have already played together using phasing and cross-realm features, especially for war mode. The biggest difference now is that players can trade with each other and raid mythically together.
New links – advantages and problems
Why is this important? More players are important for a healthy climate in pretty much all activities. They mean more activity in the auction house and more choice of players for guilds.
This allows for more raid groups to be formed and maintained for mythic raids, as they could not team up across servers for a long time. It also saves you a server transfer if you were planning to switch anyway.
Castle Nathria will be the first raid in Shadowlands. Thanks to the links, the smaller realms can also raid mythically well again.
Consequently, many players are glad that this link is now happening. Some even wish that all RP realms were linked together since they would harmonize well anyway.
They might actually connect the two links and set them together. I’m already praying to everything that listens.
However, some role-players see this critically. They are satisfied with smaller groups and the people they already know.
What should I pay attention to? If the linking occurs, you should keep some things in mind. Forum user Oryczy has put together a useful list in the forum. The key points from it are:
don’t create auctions until the switch to avoid duplicated or lost items
avoid using the guild bank until the switch. As an officer, take gold and important items into your inventory and store them there until after the transfer
it may happen that you can’t participate in mythic raids this week because the same rules apply as during character transfers
The merger is likely happening now so that no major problems arise at the release of the new expansion and shortly thereafter. There is no concrete date for this yet, but there are already several reasons that point to November 10 as the release of Shadowlands.
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In Valorant, agents Killjoy and Sage can combine their skills through a glitch, creating an ultimate “human tower”. This creates unfair advantages and should be fixed quickly.
What is this glitch? When Killjoy sets up her turret, Sage can raise her ice wall on the turret. If you jump onto the resulting wall, you will be pushed to unreachable heights.
The trick with the ice wall as a climbing aid has been in the game for a long time and is definitely intended that way. However, with the extra height bonus from the turret, you can reach places that were never intended for this.
Glitch with Sage and Killjoy leads to unfair kills
Why this is problematic: On some maps, especially on the new map Ascent, players can use this glitch to fire at their opponents shortly after the game starts. With the height advantage and the unexpected shooting angle, you can mow down the enemy with the weapon.
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Here you can see how an opponent team is surprised by the height advantage.
Resistance is hardly possible here and the glitch undermines the gameplay intended by the map design. Instead of fighting through the alleys and streets of the map, players simply glitch to unreachable places and distribute headshots. So be especially careful in Ascent when you start the game.
What are the developers doing? This is really unfair and not intended by the developers. Therefore, the Sage-Killjoy glitch is likely already at the top of the list of issues to be fixed by the developers. The next patch 1.7 is expected in about a week. But perhaps the developers will implement a hotfix in the meantime to address this glitch.
Since this is clearly an unfair exploit, you should not perform this action. It is unfair to the opponents and exploiting such glitches could lead to consequences in the form of a ban.
The glitch with Sage’s wall is not the only problem that the new agent Killjoy brings to the game. Previously, the German engineer had a nasty exploit. She could place her turret in certain spots under the map, from where it would continually shoot at opponents and they could hardly do anything about it.
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The first Raid Hour with Heatran starts today, on August 26, in Pokémon GO. We will show you the start time, counters, and more information to help you fight against the Raid boss.
What kind of event is this? Every Wednesday, a Raid Hour runs in Pokémon GO. For you trainers, that means you will find nearly everywhere Level 5 Raids in the gyms around you. These are the legendary Raids.
Today, on August 26, the first Raid Hour with Heatran takes place. Well, actually, it’s not the first Raid Hour with this Pokémon, because it already happened in January 2020. But after more than half a year of absence, the boss is now back in the game, and today marks the first Raid Hour with him after this absence.
The Pokémon has been back in the game for only a few days and is expected to receive a lot of attention during today’s event.
Raid Hour today with Heatran – Start time and best counters
When does it start? Right on time at 18:00, the Raid Hour begins. Then, Level 5 eggs will hatch in gyms everywhere, and Heatran will be ready as an opponent. The event will end around 19:00.
What are the best counters? Heatran is of Fire and Steel types and is therefore weak against attacks from Ground, Water, or Fighting types. Ground attacks are doubly effective, so you should focus on these.
How many trainers are needed for the Raid? If you have strong Pokémon in your team, you can defeat Heatran with just two. With average counter Pokémon, you should plan for about 4 trainers to win the battle easily.
What does Shiny Heatran look like? The shiny version of Heatran is already available in the game and may also appear to you during the Raid hour. The visual difference is quite noticeable.
The shiny version of Heatran (right) is significantly lighter, and its eyes shimmer with a pink/purple outline
Are there more Raid Hours with Heatran? It is expected that there will be more Raid Hours with Heatran in the coming weeks. However, if Niantic plans other special events, other Pokémon might also appear in the Raid Hours on Wednesdays. Heatran can still be found as a Raid boss until September 10 at 22:00.
The MMORPG Project TL (PC, consoles) by NCSoft has been in development for a long time. Internal testing is now set to begin at the end of August. Many readers are still looking forward to the game because it brings some unique approaches.
What is Project TL? Originally, Project TL was developed as Lineage Eternal and was ready for initial testing in 2016. However, the feedback was negative and thus a major overhaul was announced, including the switch to the Unreal Engine 4.
A trailer for Project TL was released in 2017. However, there has been no gameplay shown so far.
What has happened now? As reported by the Korean website ZDNet, NCSoft has published a plan for internal testing of Project TL. These tests are scheduled to take place from August 31 to September 4.
This test is intended to determine whether a closed beta for the general public will be held later this year or not.
Project TL focuses on action-packed battles and has money in reserve
Why is Project TL so interesting? Although the MMORPG has been in development for years and there is very little information about the game, interest among our readers at MeinMMO remains high.
One reason is likely the promised action-packed combat system in an isometric perspective. This makes the gameplay reminiscent of Diablo 3, but in a large game world and with many players. The same principle is applied by Lost Ark, which has finally found a publisher in the West with Amazon.
Furthermore, behind Project TL is the company NCSoft, which has already developed good titles with Lineage, Blade & Soul, and Aion, and has published a well-known title with Guild Wars 2. It is one of the few companies that is expected to produce the next big MMORPG. NCSoft can access considerable revenues, mainly earned through the mobile market.
Kent Village – One of the concept arts from January.
What are the concerns regarding Project TL? The MMORPG has been in development for about 9 years and has undergone many changes. It is difficult to assess what Project TL actually is and how far the game has really been developed.
The low communication around the game is also concerning. Other than assurances that a beta will “soon” start, there has actually been no news since 2018.
For the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, there was a major leak concerning possible multiplayer modes. Find out here what might be coming soon for MP fans and how it differs from its predecessor Black Ops 4.
What’s the deal with the leak? YouTuber SalvationsElite recently posted a video containing a wealth of leaked information about the forthcoming multiplayer mode for CoD Black Ops Cold War. The video was subsequently removed due to a copyright claim, but the information about potential MP modes is still circulating.
By the way, there will be a major revelation about Cold War this evening.
This is how characters work in Cold War: Unlike in Black Ops 4, the playable characters (Specialists) will not have their own skills. You will secure your kills using weapons and your own skill, not with any special attacks or abilities that only one character possesses.
Why is this a good thing? The specialists with their skills were indeed a nice addition to the game and brought variety, but often the abilities were simply too overpowered. Matches were frequently decided by the use of skills rather than the players’ skill with their weapons.
The specialists with their skills were seen by many fans as a bad idea.
Therefore, the feature didn’t resonate well with many fans, and the developers will likely refrain from it. Your characters in Cold War will thus probably be just cosmetic options without unique abilities. They will resemble the operators from Modern Warfare more.
This is how the multiplayer of Black Ops Cold War could look
According to the leak from SalvationsElite, the following multiplayer modes are coming:
This is “Teams”: Here, soldiers of the CIA and the Russian Speznas fight against each other. Each player has 150 health points instead of the usual 100, and there is full regeneration. Stim-Packs are an additional loadout item.
The leak mentioned possible maps:
One map will feature battles with 6vs6 players and take place in Miami, transitioning from the beach to the city, and even a nightclub is likely to appear.
Another map is said to be set in the desert, where ammunition crates will be strewn about.
This map is available for Ground War: In this mode, there will be a 12vs12 map. Three ships will fight each other, and players can zip-line between the vessels. The objective is to capture mission objectives. Additionally, parts of the ships may be underwater, requiring players to swim.
These modes are also coming: According to the leak, the following modes are set to be added as well.
Hardpoint: Here you need to capture and hold a point to generate victory points
Kill Confirmed: Here you collect kills by picking up dog tags from fallen enemies after shooting them
VIP
The latter could be a variant of the Safeguard mode, where you must protect and escort a defenseless robot from danger. It’s possible that instead of a robot, you will have to protect a VIP.
These are the possible scorestreaks/killstreaks: The following were revealed regarding special actions that you can earn in the game (through kills or mission objectives):
Recon Aircraft
VTOLs (vehicles that can take off vertically)
Helicopters with gunners
Cruise Missile
Napalm Strike
Artillery Strike
Flamethrower
When will official information about the multiplayer mode be released? The leaks should of course be taken with a grain of skepticism. Because in the end, everything could be quite different. So, anyone who wants to know exactly what the developers have in store for multiplayer fans will have to wait until September 9, 2020. That is when the multiplayer mode will be officially revealed.
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The end of Season 3 Chapter 2 is soon coming in Fortnite. But what about the live event that is supposed to take place at the end of the season? After all, Season 4 starts tomorrow and there’s little time left.
What’s happening in Fortnite right now? Season 3 in Fortnite is coming to an end after we fought through a flooded map. However, Season 14 starts on Thursday, August 27 and brings new content.
Here are the chances of a live event: In Fortnite, a rhythm has developed where you can already foresee whether a live event will take place or not. Normally, such events usually happen on a Saturday at the same time before the end of a season.
Another clue is the updates that are planned. Data miners filter these from the data and can see which update will be the last of a season. If no content for a live event is being implemented, one can assume that there will be none.
These two cases have occurred here in Season 3 and show that it is quite unlikely that there will be another event before Season 4 starts. It wouldn’t be the first time that there is no live event:
What does that mean? Although we didn’t receive a proper live event on the Saturday before the season ends, a small event did take place.
Between August 22 and August 23, 2020 the Anti-Apple Tournament took place. According to Epic, this was an opportunity to gather all Fortnite players one last time before iOS players are excluded from Season 4.
In the Anti-Apple Tournament, players could win the “rotten apple” skin
This is a consequence of the dispute between Epic and Apple. They have removed Fortnite from their app store and so it is not possible for players with iOS devices to download updates there. In plain terms: Players who play on iOS devices will remain in Season 3.
However, for all other platforms, a new season will begin soon. Therefore, we probably won’t see a live event at the end of Season 3, but maybe something bigger is on the horizon? After all, the new teasers promise a huge war with Thor, the god of thunder. So we can stay excited about what awaits us.
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Player Yilang “Doubelift” Peng (27) is one of the most well-known US professionals in League of Legends. He explains the problem many LoL professionals have: they are not team players but egoists who want to look good themselves. With this selfish attitude, they have become professionals. But that later harms them. Because they play the wrong champs.
What is Doublelift about? The US professional explains the problem of many professional teams: players would choose the wrong champions during the drafts. They play heroes that make them look good, but provide nothing for the team. Hardly anyone is willing to sacrifice themselves for the team and play a champ they don’t actually want to play.
According to Doublelift, it already comes down to how one becomes a professional in LoL:
Almost no professional player is where he is because he was a team player. Essentially, one became a professional because one played selfishly. You put yourself in a position where you could win, were the carry of your teams, reached high elo, and worked on your own game and learned more about LoL.
The path to becoming a professional does not lead through being a team player.
Doublelift
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Everyone wants to be the schoolyard bully in the LoL lane
This has consequences: Doublelift explains that this attitude of professionals, wanting to shine personally and not play for the team, leads to problems in the composition of LoL teams:
Players would like to play “Lane Bullys”: Champs that are strong in the laning phase and can put pressure on the opponent in the first minutes of a match. The players want to be active and shine themselves.
Almost no one wants to play a champ that runs against a strong pick in the laning phase. Because then you are under your own tower and trying to survive. You can’t shine like that.
The problem is that a team does not function if it mainly relies on champs that are strong in the laning phase.
This leads to teams being built that only function in the early game but do not scale, thus being weaker than the opponents in the mid-game and late-game.
Or the refusal to “pick a champ for the team” leads to major weaknesses in the lineup.
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What this is about: This is a conflict that many professional teams in LoL face: Who is the chief and who are his Indians? Even the superstar Faker is currently sitting on the bench in Korea because his coach believes there are too many in the team who want to give orders.
A team where everyone wants to be the star, get the most kills, and have the best plays will not work. Ultimately, there have to be people who subordinate themselves and set up the star.
You become a professional when you shine and stand out.
As a professional, not all 5 players of a team can shine, but there must be a balance.
These were the 2 stars of the Worlds 2019: Doinb (left) and Caps (right)
At the two strongest teams of the Worlds 2019, G2 Esports and FunPlus Phoenix, it was especially noticeable how flexible the players are and what a wide variety of champions they master. But none of them push themselves into the spotlight in every game. Although G2 Esports and FunPlus Phoenix both have many players who can “carry” a match, they take turns.
Thus, the ADC of FunPlus Phoenix set a record in the final: He achieved 21 kills in 3 matches without dying a single time. This was only possible because the star of the team, Doinb, subordinated himself in the match, chose the more defensive Nautilus, and played “for the team.” He then initiated the plays that another finished with kills.
In the decisive games, Doinb was seen acting more supportively and initiatively as Nautilus.
The range of Doinb during the World Championship ranged from offensive and spectacular killer champs like Rumble to totally defensive champs like Malphite or Galio. Doinb was able to shine in both roles from the midlane.
With Nautilus, Doinb did not achieve as glorious a statistic as with Rumble or Ryze: Nautilus was the champion with whom he died the most (via lol.gamepedia). But it was also the champ with which he earned by far the most assists for his team and ultimately brought success.
This is what made FunPlus Phoenix so strong and ultimately the world champion.
Doublelift is so clearly the star of the USA that he was even featured in a LoL video.
Doublelift, who appears analytically here, is still an active LoL professional and changed teams before the season. The LoL veteran is not only an excellent player and entertaining streamer but also quite the loudmouth.
Sometimes it goes well, but in June 2020, it went horribly wrong:
In Pokémon GO, Niantic has adjusted the spawns again. Many players are finding more monsters – however, not all locations are affected.
What has changed with the spawns: Via Twitter, the developers of Pokémon GO shared an older post discussing increased spawns of Pokémon around the world. Originally, the spawn points were altered in 2019, but the announcement has now been supplemented again.
In the update, Niantic explains that the places where Pokémon can appear may change like the real world:
“The locations where Pokémon can be found may change every month,” the developers explain. These changes are meant to relate to the trainers’ efforts to “explore the world around them and interact with the world of Pokémon GO.”
Many trainers are finding more Pokémon at their doorstep
What trainers are reporting: With the update to the announcement, the spawn points in the game seem to have changed as well. Several players are reporting noticeably more spawns at locations where previously there were few or none at all. Especially trainers in smaller areas could benefit from this, after the home-play improvements made it easier for players in rural areas.
“8 new spawns around my house, thanks Niantic,” says user Klose2001 (via reddit).
“Mine jumped from one spawn point to 7, that’s crazy,” shares another user (via reddit).
“My quite rural house had 0 before March 2019, then 9, and now 19 [spawn points]. I bet it has to do with me leaving Pokémon GO open every night and hatching eggs with GPS drift,” another user shares (via reddit) about a significant increase.
Gaping void in front of the house? That should change!
Where are the new spawns coming from? In the community, players are wondering if the spawn points, in light of the update from the developer’s message, are directly related to the players’ activity.
After all, the spawns are supposed to change monthly. Accordingly, there’s a bit of anxiety: “Hopefully, this doesn’t mean that my house, which has been without spawns for four years, will soon return to that norm,” fears user TAMUfootball (via reddit).
However, some players report having experienced the exact opposite:
“I originally went from 4 to 2 [points], now from 2 to 1. Yay, I can hardly wait for the next update,” reports user “foladar“. Some other players, who had similar misfortune, tell of comparable problems.
The submachine gun MP5 has been rampaging since the beta phase as one of the strongest weapons in the game through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and has long remained unchanged. Now there has been a change – just before the world championship.
Calling the MP5 in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare the king’s weapon would be fair to the submachine gun. Many professionals, especially in the Call of Duty League, rely on the all-round MP and benefit from its pleasant recoil, combined with good range and strong damage. It is also extremely popular among many regular players.
However, trust in the weapon is slowly waning. After some nerfs, the MP still performs really well and can hold its own in the meta, meaning the currently most efficient tactics. But now there has been a small change to the weapon, which is the only firearm for some pros that they regularly use in Modern Warfare – and this does not sit well just before the upcoming world championship.
What have they done to the MP5? In response to the initial outcry from the pros, CoD expert and YouTuber JGOD analyzed the weapon and compared it to old gameplay footage. He was surprised that he could not find any changes.
But then he got the crucial hint – they changed the “folding stock”. Since a nerf to the “no stock” attachments pros have been using the “FTAC folding”. The part now has a different look:
The yellow edge shows the previous shape of the MP with folding stock. Source: YouTube JGOD
Why is this such a big deal? What might not even be noticeable to a layman poses a problem for pros. Weeks of training are partly undermined because all reactions were practiced with the previous weapon layout.
If there had been a bit more time, the excitement might not be so great. But changing one of the weapons many pros use just 4 days before “Champions Weekend,” the grand finale of the CDL season, really frustrates some professional players.
What are the reactions? Especially one pro expressed his displeasure about the last-minute changes: Matthew “Skrapz” Marshall, who plays for the team London Royal Ravens.
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Austin “Easy Mac” O’Neil plays for the team Atlanta FaZe and is also not thrilled about the stealth changes, but only sees the visual adjustments. Skrapz even goes a step further and says: “Bro, not just the appearance has changed. It bounces more.” JGOD could not find evidence of increased recoil in his analysis. But according to Skrapz feeling, the developers have adjusted something here as well.
Developers promised no changes for pro weapons before the Champs
This whole situation is also such a big deal because the developers previously emphasized that they do not want to make changes to the competitive weapons of pros. “Skrapz” is rightly angry: “It’s about 3 million dollars next weekend and the MP5 has been messed with (the most important weapon). They want to screw us over 100000000000%”:
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On August 10, community manager Ashton Williams announced some weapon adjustments on Twitter. Doubts arose back then, and user @CalebSayer pointed out that it might not be a good idea to change the balancing so close to the “Champs”. Williams responded, saying: “That changes weapons they don’t even use.” As it looks up to this point, this is not true.
A quick fix could solve this, right? Theoretically yes, but the motivation behind it is currently not quite clear. This morning (August 26), one of the most well-known CoD pros Seth “Scump” Abner commented on this:
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He doesn’t specify where he gets his information from, but the statement is clear: “The MP5 will not be reset for the playoffs. lol” With that, hopes for another “reversion” of the MP5 are more or less dashed. The pros are rightly angry.
Guild Wars 2 has revamped the mount Skimmer on August 25. It can now also be used underwater. We at MeinMMO reveal to you how to unlock the new ability.
This is how the Skimmer becomes an underwater mount: First, you need to obtain the Skimmer as a normal mount. How to do this is revealed in our guide to the mounts in Guild Wars 2.
After that, you need to unlock the first 4 masteries that were already available before the August 25 update, as well as complete the story of Path of Fire.
With the character who has completed the story, you must now finish the collection “Find Sibaha”. You need to strictly follow the order of events.
Find Sibaha – Here’s how
Read Adra’s letter: For the first step, you need to read a letter you receive in-game. If you don’t receive it immediately, you need to visit a major city (e.g., Lion’s Arch) or directly the Elon Riverlands (an area in PoF).
Get information from Adra in the Skimmer camp in the Elon Riverlands: Here you need to find Adra, the heart vendor, and talk to her about current events.
Here begins your journey, at the heart vendor who originally sold you the Skimmer.
Check the area around the port of Amnoon for hints about Sibaha’s whereabouts: For this task, you need to talk to the harbormaster of Amnoon. You will find him in the city of the same name in the Crystal Oasis.
Here you will find the harbormaster.
Find the mysterious Charr in the Desert Highlands: The Charr is located at the waypoint Hellwater in the Desert Highlands.
The Charr is not far from the waypoint.
Find the “famous water djinn” or speak with someone who knows him: This djinn is Zommoros from the Mystic Forge. Here you can either talk to the merchant Myani directly at the forge in Lion’s Arch or with the djinn himself in the sixth raid wing.
Ask the Quaggan of Moshpoipoi about Sibaha: For this step, you go to the Icebrood Coast to the underwater village Moshpoipoi. There, you talk to Warden Laamaa, whom we’ve marked on the map here:
Underwater in a house, you will find Warden Laamaa.
Help the Quaggan defend Moshpoipoi against the Icebrood: A defense event regularly appears around the village. After speaking with Laamaa, you simply have to wait for it to happen and then participate in the event.
Discuss with Warden Laamaa: After the event, you need to return to Laamaa and speak with her again.
Find the “helpful Largos” in Whispering Bay: The following tasks are probably the most annoying regarding the new Skimmer. You need to find the Largos Aaminah. However, she only appears during a specific event chain in Malchor’s Leap. You will find her either at the Quaggan village or somewhere in the events.
This underwater village starts the event chain and also returns multiple times.
Help Aaminah deal with the Risen: In this step, you must complete one of the events where you fight against the Risen with Aaminah. It could be against a Risen Krait priest or escorting Quaggan refugees. It doesn’t matter which event you participate in.
Get information from Aaminah: Finally, you must speak with Aaminah again. However, you need to be quick because she disappears after completing the “refugee event”. This would require a repeated wait for the entire event chain.
Look for Sibaha around the Krait-infested waters at the Maelstrom Summit: Aaminah reveals to you that you can find Sibaha at the Maelstrom Summit in the middle of a Krait prison on the wooden structure.
Here you will find Sibaha, in the middle on the structure.
Get a cage key from Sibaha’s Krait captors or from the Champion: To obtain the key, you can either defeat the Champion Krait on the wooden structure (guaranteed drop) or kill regular Krait (chance of drop).
Free Sibaha from her cage: With the key, you return to Sibaha and free her from the prison.
Meet with Sibaha in Lion’s Arch: Sibaha is located in Lion’s Arch after her release, below the Guild Hall.
For the last steps, you need to go to Lion’s Arch.
Achieve “Silver” placement or better on Sibaha’s advanced Skimmer course: To complete the collection, you must finish the corresponding race that takes place with Sibaha and achieve at least the Silver rank.
Once you have completed the race, you can level up the mastery that will then unlock the Skimmer as an underwater mount.
The PSN is down for maintenance due to the new firmware 7.55 for the PlayStation 4. Thousands of players are now waiting with error codes like CE-30035-1 for it to continue. What is going on and how long will it take?
Update – 1:30 PM: There are more and more reports from players who can play normally again. For them, it was enough to install the new firmware update 7.55.
Meanwhile, on the official PlayStation website the patch notes are already available. According to these, the update 7.55 improves the system’s performance.
Original message – This is the problem at the moment: Currently, there are reports from players that they cannot connect to the PlayStation 4 services. They are receiving various error codes, such as:
CE-32899-1
NP-34957-8
NP-39226-2
Additionally, players report that they cannot select their PlayStation 4 as their primary device or access their games. There are issues connecting to the server to verify licenses:
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What do these codes mean? Each of these error codes indicates a connection issue and suggests maintenance work or network errors. Sony advises checking your connection. In this case, it seems to be originating from PlayStation itself.
So far, there have been no reports from PlayStation or Sony themselves addressing the issues or stating how long the maintenance will last. According to the official support page, all services are online.
Where is the problem coming from? Players report that after starting their console, they are prompted to download the new firmware update with version number 7.55. It is about 470 MB in size.
Apparently, this update is currently the reason why players cannot connect to the PSN. According to the patch notes, the update is supposed to improve system performance.
If an update does not start for you, check your system settings to see if a new version of the firmware is available and manually download and install it. This ensures you can bypass the issues as quickly as possible.
What is a “Fustercluck?” The word does not exist in English either. It is a play on “Clusterfuck”. That’s what you call a complete mess. The German translation would be a “damn chaos” or a “huge muddle.”
Because “Clusterfuck” contains the profanity “Fuck,” Gearbox has twisted and distorted it in Borderlands 3 by swapping syllables. This fits the theme of the DLC, which is completely crazy and chaotic. Everything gets mixed up, even the word to describe this chaos.
Just as one turns “Scheiße” into “Scheibenkleister”, they also toned down the word in English.
In German, we do not have the problem with “Fuck,” so a play on words is not necessary and does not fit: Which word would one want to twist? You could have turned a mess into a “Maschlassel” or a “Kuddelmuddel” into “Muddelkuddel”, but both were probably deemed too bold to sell it to the people.
Neither “Schlamassel” nor “Kuddelmuddel” has such a strong “Fuck” in it, as the English “Clusterfuck” does, to represent a completely insane situation.
Part of the vocabulary of 7th grade German “Futhermucking.”
The futhermucking Krieg
This problem also arises here: In the English trailer, the hero of the DLC is introduced as “futhermucking Krieg.” This is the same idea as with “Clusterfuck”: Because the English “Motherfucking” is considered a taboo curse word, yet belongs to the colloquial language, it has been transformed into “futhermucking.”
Here too, the German translator raises the white flag and accepts the word “futhermucking” as it is.
Otherwise, the translator made a brave effort in the subtitles:
From “Catch the Locomöbius” comes “Erwisch den Lokomöbius”
From Choo Choooo, it becomes “Tschuu Tschuu” in German (the use of Us is limited in German)
Only a maximum of 2 “U”s, no 4 “O”s as in English. German does not like anything excessive.
From “angry anthropomorphic brain train into a strange portal” it becomes “follows an angry, anthropomorphic brain train into a mysterious portal”
Vaulthalla is Kammerhalla in German
In any case, that must have been a tough moment for the German localization team of Borderlands 3 when they first saw the English source. However, the work of the translator is apparently not fully appreciated by the fans:
The mean thing is:
The German trailer has only 330 views
The English trailer has 451,692 views
In Destiny, there were “hot” translations as well.
We at MeinMMO have often dealt with the German translation of English words. One of the hottest topics came up in 2016 – when the German translation of Destiny called an event “the Anbruch.” What a Scheibenkleister:
The new trailer for Borderlands 3 must be a gigantic challenge for any translator. How does one translate words like “Fustercluck” and “Futhermucking”? The German translator decided: Not at all. In German, the DLC will be called “Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck.” Our author Schuhmann takes a closer look at this.
This is so hard to translate:Borderlands 3 announced a new DLC yesterday. It will be the 4th DLC for the shooter overall. The Vault Hunters embark on a journey into the mind of Psycho Krieg, and it seems it will be just as crazy as it sounds.
In English, the DLC is called “Borderlands 3 – Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck.”
In German, the DLC is called “Borderlands 3: Psycho-Krieg und der fantastische Fustercluck.”
There wasn’t even an attempt to translate the word “Fustercluck” into German in any way.
The German trailer for the DLC uses the English voices but provides German subtitles and also translates the captions in the trailer into German.
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What is a “Fustercluck?” The word does not exist in English either. It is a play on “Clusterfuck”. That’s what you call a complete mess. The German translation would be a “damn chaos” or a “huge muddle.”
Because “Clusterfuck” contains the profanity “Fuck,” Gearbox has twisted and distorted it in Borderlands 3 by swapping syllables. This fits the theme of the DLC, which is completely crazy and chaotic. Everything gets mixed up, even the word to describe this chaos.
Just as one turns “Scheiße” into “Scheibenkleister”, they also toned down the word in English.
In German, we do not have the problem with “Fuck,” so a play on words is not necessary and does not fit: Which word would one want to twist? You could have turned a mess into a “Maschlassel” or a “Kuddelmuddel” into “Muddelkuddel”, but both were probably deemed too bold to sell it to the people.
Neither “Schlamassel” nor “Kuddelmuddel” has such a strong “Fuck” in it, as the English “Clusterfuck” does, to represent a completely insane situation.
Part of the vocabulary of 7th grade German “Futhermucking.”
The futhermucking Krieg
This problem also arises here: In the English trailer, the hero of the DLC is introduced as “futhermucking Krieg.” This is the same idea as with “Clusterfuck”: Because the English “Motherfucking” is considered a taboo curse word, yet belongs to the colloquial language, it has been transformed into “futhermucking.”
Here too, the German translator raises the white flag and accepts the word “futhermucking” as it is.
Otherwise, the translator made a brave effort in the subtitles:
From “Catch the Locomöbius” comes “Erwisch den Lokomöbius”
From Choo Choooo, it becomes “Tschuu Tschuu” in German (the use of Us is limited in German)
Only a maximum of 2 “U”s, no 4 “O”s as in English. German does not like anything excessive.
From “angry anthropomorphic brain train into a strange portal” it becomes “follows an angry, anthropomorphic brain train into a mysterious portal”
Vaulthalla is Kammerhalla in German
In any case, that must have been a tough moment for the German localization team of Borderlands 3 when they first saw the English source. However, the work of the translator is apparently not fully appreciated by the fans:
The mean thing is:
The German trailer has only 330 views
The English trailer has 451,692 views
In Destiny, there were “hot” translations as well.
We at MeinMMO have often dealt with the German translation of English words. One of the hottest topics came up in 2016 – when the German translation of Destiny called an event “the Anbruch.” What a Scheibenkleister:
For Call of Duty: Warzone as well as the regular Multiplayer in Modern Warfare, there is something free this weekend. If you watch the CDL Champs games this weekend, you can win valuable prizes.
What can you win? It is common in the Call of Duty League (CDL) to reward the viewers of the e-sport events as well. There are skins for Warzone and Modern Warfare. But for the CDL Champs final, there’s even more to be won. You will receive a cool golden knife, a mystery item, various stickers, and cards, as well as a Champs Pack.
This is worth $14.99 and contains the following items:
3 legendary blueprints
2 charms
3 cards
3 emblems
3 sprays
55 stickers
How to get the items via CDL
What you need to do: To participate, you first need to register and log in at the official CDL site. Then you need to link your account on PlayStation, Xbox, or BattleNet with the CDL account. The games themselves will also be streamed live on the CDL site over the weekend from August 29 to August 30. Watch live and you will receive the items.
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How does the distribution of items work? The items and packs are available if you watch the CDL Champs games. Depending on the date and time spent watching, items will be gradually awarded. The exceptions are the Champs Pack and the Mystery Drop. These will be randomly distributed to viewers at certain intervals.
The remaining items are obtained as follows:
CDL Champs Knife Blueprint: Watch for 30 minutes on Sunday
CDL Champs Pack: Code will be randomly awarded to viewers on Saturday and Sunday
Glory Isn’t Given Emblem: Watch for 15 minutes over the weekend
Glory Isn’t Given Sticker: Watch for 30 minutes over the weekend
Glory Isn’t Given Spray: Watch for 1 hour over the weekend
TBD Team Calling Cards: Watch for 1.5 hours over the weekend
TBD Team Calling Cards: Watch for 2 hours over the weekend
TBD Team Calling Cards: Watch for 2.5 hours over the weekend
TBD Team Calling Cards: Watch for 3 hours over the weekend
Glory Isn’t Given Calling Card: Watch for 4 hours over the weekend
Since the CDL Champs is a top-tier pro tournament, you are less likely to encounter unsportsmanlike behavior there. This is in contrast to an action by the developers. They require for a specific achievement that you humiliate your dead opponents with the gesture of Tea-Bagging.
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In the MMO shooter Warframe a new major update has been released featuring another Open World. It has a quite disgusting theme but really cool features. MeinMMO shows you the contents at a glance.
What kind of Open World is this? “Heart of Deimos” is now the third Open World in Warframe after the Plains of Eidolon and Fortuna.
The new update “Heart of Deimos” is inspired by a world dominated by mutants and plagues, and follows this theme with most of the new content. The new Open World offers worm-dug, constantly changing tunnels and huge flies as means of transportation. They work like the K-Boards from Fortuna, but are grosser.
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The players’ ship even changes through a parasitic organism that settled in a room some time ago and now tinkers with the Warframes when you feed it enough items. Quite trippy. We have embedded the demo of the new update here:
When does “Heart of Deimos” come out? The release date for the new update was August 25, 2020. Heart of Deimos is released as a free update for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
New Features – Modifiable Warframes and New Suits
How can I modify frames? As one of the new features, the developers introduced the parasitic plant Helminth. It has already “infected” an area of your ship, the part that was previously inaccessible. Helminth eats your resources and even your Warframes.
What you no longer need from your inventory can be fed to Helminth to level the plant. As it gets stronger, it grants you access to special abilities or can absorb skills from Warframes.
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This isn’t a bad thing, because you provide Helminth with certain abilities this way. It can “eat” certain skills from Warframes to replace skills on other frames.
What is the purpose of this? In this way, you can build your own Warframe with the strengths of your favorite frames. If you like exactly one ability on one of the suits and miss it on another, you can simply transfer it and remove an unpopular skill from the new frame.
Helminth also has some of its own abilities that the plant can transfer to the frames, with each suit able to contribute only one specific ability. Ultimates are all excluded.
What are these new combat suits? If you don’t like the combined Warframes, you can hunt for “Necramechs” in the new Open World. These are large mechs that you first have to fight in “Heart of Deimos”.
They resemble zombie variants of Transformers and behave similarly. You can leave your Warframe to enter one of these defeated Necramechs and control it from there.
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You can even customize and build the Necramechs as you like. Later, you will get your own one that you can summon anywhere, not just in Heart of Deimos.
This is the new Warframe Xaku: As usual, a new addition also brings another Warframe. This time it’s Xaku. The frame was created by the community itself and is a truly strange construct. The frame was pieced together from the remains of other Warframes and looks accordingly.
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He has curious skills that allow him to steal weapons from enemies and then use them against foes. Additionally, he can “undress” himself and run around as a bizarre skeleton. His wildly flying pieces of exoskeleton cause devastating damage.
Contents and Features of the Open World
What does the Open World offer? The Open World consists of wide plains with insects and monsters on one hand and underground tunnels on the other. These are dug by worms that are constantly fighting on the world.
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The two worms responsible for the tunnels also cause the shift between day and night. Depending on which of the two worms has just defeated the other and thus dominates the overworld, it is either bright or dark.
Unlike in the Plains of Eidolon, where enemies become stronger at night, in Heart of Deimos the day is apparently more difficult. Community Director Rebecca Ford says:
The death of one means the rise of the other, a war destined to repeat itself endlessly. The glaring orange sun signifies the rise of a contaminated power that players are better prepared for.
If you want to move faster on the world, you can take one of the strange beetles or flies that populate the world. They are relatively harmless but can be used as a biological hoverboard substitute:
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There will also be a fishing opportunity again – although this time the fish can fly. Additionally, there is a fast travel system in the form of a large worm.
What about the story? We don’t know much about the story of Heart of Deimos yet. Apparently, horror, contamination, and parasites are the main themes, and Helminth already gives a glimpse of what influence all this might have.
However, there is still little concrete information regarding the story of the update. Only one scene has been shown so far, in which the “Mother” speaks: a seemingly human woman who is part of a flesh plant:
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Her flesh plants are said to exist all around the planet, and they are said to serve to communicate with the “Mother” and complete quests.
Warframe is completely free to play. If you want to check out Heart of Deimos, you can do so now without having to pay. However, if you want to wait a little longer, you can also play on the new consoles, as Warframe is even coming out for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
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Pokémon GO has finally spoken about Mega Evolutions again after a long silence. An image gives first hints, data miners have found even more. The first Mega Pokémon are likely confirmed.
What’s new? On the evening of August 25, 2020, Pokémon GO tweeted an image about Mega Evolutions. It shows three items that apparently represent Mega Energy.
Mega Energy works similarly to candies in Pokémon GO. You need to collect it to perform a Mega Evolution. These stone-like items in the image apparently represent this resource.
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The Pokémon GO team states: “Trainers, we have big news coming your way. Or should we say, MEGA news? Stay tuned.”
This is what trainers see: The image of the announcement quickly circulated in the player community. Some noticed that the colors of the energy are not randomly chosen. Similar to candies, there is energy for special Pokémon.
In the shared image, players recognize the color patterns of Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise. They seem to be among the first Mega Evolutions that will be unlocked.
However, data miners have now found even more info after the new tweet.
Data Mining: These Mega Pokémon are now in the code
This has been leaked: Shortly after the announcement, data miners rubbed their hands together, as there was an update for the game. The “assets” were updated—meaning the graphics of the Pokémon and content.
The data miners from PokeMiners have transferred the changes into a graphic and published it on reddit.
In the graphic, you can see that the assets for the following contents are now part of Pokémon GO, even if they are not yet accessible to players.
This is important: Keep in mind that this leaked info does not come officially from Niantic, but has been extracted from the code of Pokémon GO. It is unclear which of these found Mega Evolutions will find their way into the game first or if all will be released at once.
The big autumn DLC of Destiny 2 brings a lot of new content but also removes old content. Fortunately, 18 items that clutter players’ inventories are being removed.
Numerous locations, entire planets, as well as quests and activities, including the story campaigns, will be vaulted. MeinMMO has summarized why this is happening and what you need to know about the rotation system:
However, during the streamlining mandated by Bungie, there are some things that players would gladly part with and would prefer to say goodbye today rather than in autumn, if they weren’t such notorious pack rats.
These items will disappear: Since the corresponding planets or activities are disappearing, all these items will also become useless and can no longer be found.
Simulation Seeds (Mercury)
Seraphite (Mars)
Alkane Dust (Titan)
Phaseglass Needle (Io)
Resonance Stem (Mars)
Drifter Synth (Gambit)
Guardian Synth (Gambit)
Intruder Synth (Gambit)
Collector Synth (Gambit)
Calus Token (Leviathan)
Rune Finder (Menagerie)
Modulus Report (Forge)
Design of the Black Armory (Forge)
Ballistic Log (Forge)
Forge Polymer (Forge)
Obsidian Accelerator (Forge)
Goblet of Opulence and all Runes (Menagerie)
Powerful Synthesizer and all Particles (Gambit)
Most of what you find on the list clutters the inventory – some can be found in the quest tab.
This is the problem for many: The 50 slots in the inventory are notoriously overcrowded for many Guardians. Also, because some items cannot even be dropped and stored in the vault – but for some players the vault with its 500 slots is bursting at the seams.
Many Guardians are collectors through and through. This applies not only to weapons. Hands up, who still carries the “Expired Noodle Soup Coupon” as a memento of Cayde or hoards some faction tokens in the inventory just in case.
However, the disappearance of all these items should finally clean up the inventory that has reached its limits for many. Except for the very worst pack rats, as vaulted content could one day return … .
Should you dismantle everything now? We recommend waiting a bit longer before starting the cleanup. While you can already exchange tokens and synths, you won’t get much for them. Who knows if Bungie will introduce attractive dismantling rewards just before Beyond Light.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has not even been officially revealed yet, but data miners claim to have found the release date for the new CoD 2020 – also for the multiplayer reveal.
Where does the information come from? Recently, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone received a big mid-season update. And this patch not only brought various new content for the current CoD installment but also proved to be a real treasure trove for data miners and leakers.
Because in the new game data, numerous details about the new CoD 2020 – namely Black Ops Cold War – were apparently found. Among other things, the description of the game and the arsenal have already been leaked. However, diligent data miners found even more.
Data miners find possible release date for Black Ops Cold War
Keep in mind, the following information is not officially confirmed. So take it with a grain of caution.
When could the release happen? As the website known for reliable “Call of Duty” news, CharlieIntel reports, data miners have apparently already discovered the release date for the new Call of Duty 2020.
According to the data miners, the release date is said to be the 13th of November as indicated in text files and legal notices regarding the different found editions (of CoD 2020).
The original source was already deleted on Twitter due to copyright violations, but CharlieIntel is not known for spreading misinformation. Moreover, some interpret the deletion as a sign that there might actually be something to the information.
Date for multiplayer reveal discovered: Additionally, according to CharlieIntel, the data miners have also found the date for a multiplayer reveal in the text files.
This is supposed to take place on September 9. Here, however, the tweet was still available.
