World of Warcraft Shadowlands brings a good feeling of finally discovering something completely fresh – because Blizzard managed to create new things without pressure.
I, Cortyn from MeinMMO, have spent a lot of time in the Alpha of Shadowlands in recent weeks and months. Since my heart beats primarily for the story of World of Warcraft, I am always looking for small details and rejoice when there are new races, new lore, and fresh background knowledge. That is exactly what awaits in Shadowlands in abundance.
In Battle for Azeroth, there were new areas with new content, but the underlying story was largely known. It was already clear what the Zandalari Empire was or how the Kul Tirans lived. While many small knowledge gaps were closed, it wasn’t something “completely new”. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it did lead to a lack of particularly large surprises.
New species and a lot of new lore.
In Shadowlands, that’s different. At first glance, there is little that is familiar. The big picture is the unknown, and there are only a few details that seem familiar – exactly the opposite of what we have experienced in the last expansions.
Shadowlands brings back the feeling of discovery
While leveling and playing the Shadowlands areas, I feel reminded of my best times in Vanilla WoW. The entire game world is new and still unknown. There are no major constants that clearly dictate how the story in an area should unfold. Back then, that was the case because I didn’t know all the details about Warcraft. I didn’t know exactly how the centaur tribes in Desolace operate and had no idea about the apothecaries of the Forsaken and their machinations.
In the beautiful “Bastion,” we land first. But there are many problems here as well.
Today, in Shadowlands, the “unknown” is back, even though I know pretty much most of the details about Warcraft. Still, I have no idea what these strange tree beings are or what purpose the fairies serve before entering Ardenweald.
I don’t know exactly what role the angelic Kyrians play and whether they are really as good and holy as they seem at first glance. It puzzles me why everyone in Revendreth carries strange gravestones on their backs. It’s new; I have to discover it to understand. I am not looking forward to the outcome of the story as such, but I first have to grasp the underlying concept of a new civilization again.
I feel like I am 15 years younger, experiencing World of Warcraft for the first time again.
Sure – there are always small parallels. Especially in Maldraxxus, much is reminiscent of the Scourge, and there we also meet many well-known heroes from the past. But it quickly becomes clear that the Scourge in Azeroth was just a small detail of a much larger construct that we are now experiencing in its entirety.
Of course, in the end, this only affects the story experience during leveling. It does not provide insight into how good the repetitive content like dungeons, raids, or Torghast will ultimately be. But at least the leveling experience offers a fresh game world that not only impresses visually but can also delight many lore veterans with fresh ideas.
The great thing about the Shadowlands setting is also that it is endlessly expandable – even beyond the Shadowlands expansion. Because the Shadowlands consist of countless realms and not just the five we get to know at the launch of the expansion.
Future patches could therefore add even more realms. The design of the capital Oribos even suggests this assumption, as the portals are arranged in such a way that there is still room for more.
This would make the Shadowlands infinitely expandable and could play a role in future expansions whenever a new realm from the Shadowlands – for whatever reason – needs assistance. The mere possibility of going to the Shadowlands creates an almost endless opportunity to add new realms.
This feels much more appropriate than the usual “Oh, there’s another island popping up from the sea,” which has often been criticized by players.
I love getting to know new areas, stories, and entire cultures in a game. If you feel the same way, then at least the leveling experience in Shadowlands will be among the most exciting things you’ve experienced in the past years in World of Warcraft.
Bots are a plague in MMORPGs and Final Fantasy XIV is no exception. A random boss monster ruined the evening for a group of bots and earned applause for it.
What happened? Player Akiha Rumiho wanted to quietly complete his quests in FFXIV to progress in the story. However, while exploring one of the areas of the MMORPG, he encountered a large group of bots that suddenly appeared at the teleport crystal.
They had apparently been killed by something and teleported back to the crystal. When they resurrected, they immediately hacked their way back to their farming spot. And were killed again.
After some searching in the area, the player discovered what was killing the bots:
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The hunting monster Ghede Ti Malice is a type of mini world boss in Final Fantasy XIV. There are such monsters in every non-instanced area and they are usually much stronger than other mobs.
Previously, Ghede, along with other hunting monsters, was regularly killed by players. Nowadays, hunting in low-level 50 areas is rather rare.
As a result, Ghede Ti Malice was able to slice through the groups of bots that appeared right next to him without disturbance. The bots were programmed to continuously move back to the spot where the monster expected them and were caught in a cycle of death.
Even though it probably wasn’t a major loss for the bots, the boss monster cost them quite a bit of progress. Another such hunting monster, however, has brought many laughs to the players.
This is what players say on Reddit: The creator of the video also posted it on Reddit, where it received support from other players.
While Ghede wasn’t celebrated massively with thousands of upvotes, some players still expressed their delight about the incident. The top comment in the thread even nominated Ghede for a position as a Game Master.
The fight against windmills
The problem with bots and RMTs (Real Money Traders) is not new in FFXIV or in many other MMORPGs.
Ban waves occur weekly and ban several thousand accounts at a time. Since early June, according to reports on the FFXIV main page, Lodestone, about 11,000 accounts have been banned for botting and gold-selling activities.
However, the botters don’t give up and continually create new accounts. That’s where the help from a monster in the game comes in handy.
A television show from the American network CNBC had many streamers laughing. An analyst claimed that no one knows the real name of the streamer Ninja.
This is the statement in question: CNBC was just talking about the closure of the streaming service Mixer. Internet and media analyst Laura Martin discussed the implications of the closure and mentioned the most famous streamer on the platform, Ninja.
She said, “There is a video gamer named Ninja, he has a real name, but no one knows what it is.”
This small yet incorrect statement quickly spread across social networks, and the streamer himself reacted to it.
Ninja doesn’t understand the world – Other streamers laugh
How does Ninja react to this? The streamer, whose real name is Tyler Blevins, reacted on Twitter with just a GIF to the analyst’s statement:
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The short clip shows a contemplative Pablo Escobar from the series “Narcos.” The GIF is often used when one wants to show that they are reflecting on their life and decisions.
Is Ninja keeping a secret about his name? On the contrary. Ninja is indeed a big brand, but he also provides insights into his personal life regularly.
His wife Jessica also has the last name Blevins and he often shows himself on Twitter together with her. She frequently refers to him just as Tyler. So, his name is definitely not a secret.
What do other streamers say about it? Other streamers also take the analyst’s statement very ironically. TimTheTatman simply writes “Who?” along with a laughing emoji.
The streamer colleague Lazerbeam claims: “I’ve never heard of Ninja. He can’t be that famous.”
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The Fortnite pro Svennoss is even quite harsh and says: “Imagine you work at a news office and are that bad at your job.”
Ninja himself probably finds all of this quite amusing. He signed an exclusive deal with Mixer in 2019 and even now, after the announcement of the closure, the streamer is still cashing in nicely.
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In Season 3 of Chapter 2 in Fortnite, you can earn some experience points through the new stamp cards. We will show you an overview of all stamp cards for Season 3 as a list. In Fortnite, you can find the cards in the Battle Pass menu.
What are stamp cards? Similar to the medal stamp cards from previous seasons of Chapter 2, you can earn experience points with stamp cards. However, these will only be unlocked once you have “discovered” them.
In the new stamp cards, the tasks do not reset daily; instead, they span the entire Season 3. Only the difficulty of the missions to be completed continually increases. The experience points you receive from the stamp cards help you level up your Battle Pass.
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All Stamp Cards – List for Season 3
How do I unlock stamp cards? The new stamp cards are not easily found in the menu; you must first discover them in the game. To do this, you need to unlock one of the missions. The missions are typically things you would do anyway in a match, like opening chests.
Here we will show you all 49 stamp cards that can be found in Fortnite and what you need to do to unlock them.
1. Survivor
How do you unlock the stamp card? For this card, there are 6 stages that you can reach. To do this, you must be “among the last 10” in various matches. For the last stage, you need to achieve this 500 times.
2. Victory March
How do you unlock the stamp card? This stamp card is about achieving a victory in various game modes. You do this for: Solo, Duos, Teams, Squads, and one currently unknown mode.
For this stamp card, it’s about securing victories
3. Collector
How do you unlock this stamp card? To unlock this stamp card, you need to have 999 pieces of every resource type in your inventory. So farm diligently or loot the materials from your opponents.
4. Resource Stockpile
How do you unlock this stamp card? This stamp card again involves resource gathering, but this time you simply need to collect materials indefinitely. By the end of the season, you should have harvested a total of 1,000,000 materials.
5. Provided by Nature
How do you unlock the stamp card? For this stamp card, you must pick up or use consumables. There are apples, coconuts, chilis, mushrooms, and other items that you can pick up or consume.
Overall, you need to collect 1000 consumables to complete the entire stamp card.
In Fortnite, there are many consumables that you can eat
6. Lumberjack
How do you unlock this stamp card? As the name suggests, you should chop down trees or, as done in Fortnite: destroy them with a pickaxe. You become the ultimate lumberjack after destroying 100,000 trees.
7. Supply Package
How do you unlock the stamp card? For this task, you should search supply drops. In Squads, you will surely be able to open a few drops to complete the challenge faster. Overall, you need 500 supply drops to fill the stamp card.
Open as many supply drops as possible
8. Llama Luck
How do you unlock the stamp card? The stamp card carries the right name because you need luck to find loot llamas in Fortnite. For a full stamp card, you need to search 100 llamas.
How do you unlock this stamp card? For this stamp card, you just need to shoot down a supply drop from the sky. As soon as you see one, shoot at the balloon until it has no hit points left.
10. Finder’s Keepers
How do you unlock the stamp card? For this card, you have to search for rare chests and loot them. To complete a full stamp card, you must complete these 6 stages and search a total of 100 rare chests.
11. Ammo Looter
How do you unlock the stamp card? This task is quite simple. For this stamp card, you just need to search ammo crates. A full card requires 10,000 searched ammo crates.
12. Treasure Hunter
How do you unlock the stamp card? You will complete this task in the normal Fortnite routine. You just need to search chests. To complete a full card, you need to search 10,000 chests in Fortnite.
In Season 3, you should grab every chest that comes your way
13. Executioner
How do you unlock the card? Those who eliminate many opponents will be rewarded with additional experience points in Season 3. For the executioner stamp card, you need to eliminate a total of 5000 players in Season 3.
14. That’s a lot of damage
How do you unlock the stamp card? While you eliminate your opponents, you deal them a lot of damage, and this is what you need for this stamp card. For a full card, you need to deal a total of 2,500,000 damage.
How do you unlock the card? The henchmen and their hideouts remain in Season 3. For this stamp card, you need to eliminate 1000 henchmen.
17. Weapon Whisperer
How do you unlock the card? The weapon whisperer mission forces you to try out all weapon types. You need to achieve an elimination with 6 different weapon types: pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, explosive weapons, and snipers.
Try out different weapons
19. Bullseye: Sniper eliminations (a total of 1000)
20. Out of town: Elimination from 150 meters away (a total of 50)
21. Trusted sidearm: Pistol eliminations (a total of 1000)
22. High explosives: Explosive eliminations (a total of 1000)
23. Spray and pray: Submachine gun eliminations (a total of 1000)
24. Call shotgun: Shotgun eliminations (a total of 1000)
25. Secure and load: Assault rifle eliminations (a total of 1000)
26. Choose your battles: Elimination with a pickaxe
27. Back on your feet
How do you unlock the stamp card? For this card, you need to be supportive and revive your teammates when they are down. You should do this a total of 500 times in Season 3.
28. Turn it on and off
How do you unlock the card? Here, you also need to help your teammates and bring them back into the game with a reboot bus when they are eliminated. You need to do this 250 times for a full stamp card.
How do you unlock the card? For this card, you need to fish at various fishing spots. Do this 500 times to fill the card.
30. Yeehaw!
How do you unlock the stamp card? For this task, you need to bait a shark with a fishing rod or harpoon, and then “ride” it. Let the shark pull you through the Fortnite map to unlock the card.
How do you unlock the card? For this stamp card, you need to fish for a total of 1000 fish in Season 3.
32. Dishwasher to millionaire
How do you unlock the cards? For this task, you need to upgrade your weapon to a higher rarity. It doesn’t matter which weapon you use. You need to do this a total of 250 times.
33. Gray to gold: Upgrade a weapon multiple times to different rarities
34. Weapon Expert
How do I unlock the cards? Here, you need to earn various weapon expert awards. You achieve this by dealing damage with different weapons in a match.
36. First!: Be the first to engage in various activities in a round (with medal award)
37. Centurion
How do I unlock the card? For this stamp card, you will need to play for a while as it is only unlocked when you reach level 100 in Season 3.
38. Bite-Sized
How do you unlock the card? Here, the aim is to complete the short challenges. Since these also earn you an additional 14,000 XP, you should execute them. For a full stamp card, you need to do 1000 of these.
You should complete these short challenges for the card
39. Weekly challenges: Complete weekly challenges (a total of 60)
40. Cash in: Used stamp card fields (a total of 200)
41. Completer: Completed stamp cards (a total of 40)
42. Leave your legacy: Achievements unlocked in Season 3 (a total of 50)
43. It’s green so green
How do I unlock the card? For this stamp card, you need to collect green XP coins on the Fortnite map. A complete card is achieved with 40 XP coins.
44. Purple is precious: Collect purple XP coins (a total of 20)
45. Good manners
How do I unlock the card? For a full card, you should thank the bus driver a total of 100 times before jumping out of the bus.
46. Real pull effect
How do you unlock the card? For this stamp card, you just need to use a whirlpool. You can find these mainly at the new location on the map: The Fortilla.
You need to dive into such a water whirlpool for the task
47. Watch Out! Item!
How do you unlock the card? In this task, you need to take an item from your inventory and throw it. This works just like throwing a grenade.
48. Shake it off
How do you unlock the card? For this task, you need to interrogate henchmen. Once you have a henchman down, interact with them to interrogate them. You need to do this a total of 100 times in Season 3.
49. Weirdly specific
How do you unlock the card? This task is quite strange. You are supposed to dance while being on a zipline and in the storm.
For this task, you need to dance while riding it
If you fill out all these stamp cards and collect all the experience points, you will surely have quickly leveled up to level 100.
In the League of Legends, there has been a really nasty exploit in recent days with heroes like Poppy or Kayn. Due to a bug in the system, even innocent players were banned because they had such poor stats that automatic bans were triggered. The exploit lasted for a week. Now Riot is finally addressing the issue and commenting on the problem and the victims.
This is the exploit: We reported on the exploit in LoL on June 20. If players used the ability Hexflash at a very specific time when the gates opened in the match, sinister players could exploit this. It could thus be deliberately triggered and exploited.
With the exploit, heroes like Poppy or Kayn were able to use certain abilities globally, meaning across the entire map.
In extreme cases, it looked like Poppy was just standing in the fountain and using the ability Q every few seconds to kill an enemy somewhere on the map by smashing them with her hammer.
There were then screenshots circulating from Poppy games, where the yordle casually achieved 300 or even 500 kills without ever dying. No wonder, she didn’t even leave the base.
On one day, there were suddenly intense kills with Poppy.
LoL thought victims were trolls deliberately playing poorly
So why were people banned? Players on the opposing team often had stats like 0/35/0. They died 35 times but didn’t kill anyone or assist in a kill.
Such stats are usually only seen in players who deliberately sabotage a match by playing particularly poorly. Automatic bans are then issued.
Because when players “tilt”, getting so angry at their teammates that they completely lose control, it sometimes happens that they “intentionally feed” – this is known as “inting” and is so annoying in LoL that Riot imposes automatic bans.
As some players report, they received such bans as victims of the Poppy exploit, which they felt was extremely unfair: because they did nothing wrong, they were just completely powerless against an exploiter.
This is what players look like in LoL when they “tilt.”
LoL resolves issue, unbans innocent victims upon request
This was the problem: A Riot employee reached out relatively quickly, announcing a hotfix for the issue, but communication in the last few days has not been very clear. Players remained relatively in the dark.
This is now the statement: Lead Gameplay Designer of League of Legends, Mark “Scruffy” Yetter, tweeted last night:
The full fix is finally live and should resolve the problems with Poppy Q, Kayn W, and other such abilities. If the problem persists, players should reach out.
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Additionally, Yetter states that “innocent victims” of the exploit who were banned will be unbanned. They just need to write a ticket to support, and they will take care of it.
They have also unbanned players who were seen as “intentional feeders” just because they were playing against an exploiter in the past few days.
Even stars like Uzi sometimes lose control.
In 2018, there was a curious report. Player Jian “Uzi” Zihao, then the best ADC in the world, was at the Worlds with his team and spent his time between matches in Korea’s Solo Queue. However, Uzi somehow managed to get himself banned for “intentionally” playing poorly:
In GTA Online, there are two time trials active again that will reward you with a lot of money for little effort. We will show you how to solve them and quickly have 202,000 GTA Dollars more in your account.
How do you earn the money? On Thursday, the time trials in GTA Online rotated again. There is one for regular cars and one for the small RC Bandito cars with remote control. To win, you must reach the finish line on time in each race.
With our guides, this is very easy. That way, you can earn 101,000 GTA Dollars per successful race.
How to win the races
Which races are those? In the online world of Grand Theft Auto V, you currently find the time trial “Raton Canyon” for the regular cars. It is located in the west of the map.
On the other side, to the east, you will discover the race for the RC Banditos on the map. The race is called “Davis Quartz”.
Time trial Raton Canyon: In our tests, we had the best results with motorcycles. The track goes over a lot of slippery terrain where bikes like the Tron Bike “Shotaro” or the BF400 perform well.
Right at the start, do not follow the arrow, but take a shortcut over the highway at the top. After that, it goes a bit cross-country until you land on the gravel road leading to the finish.
Time trial Davis Quartz: With your remote-controlled vehicles, you will go on unpaved tracks. Therefore, expect a lot of uncontrolled driving and try to anticipate how you will take the next curve before the checkpoint.
Are you now in the online world, excited, and want to fill your account? We show you 12 ways to quickly earn a lot of money in GTA Online in 2020. This way, you can earn millions of GTA Dollars and buy the fastest and coolest land or aircraft that GTA 5 has to offer in multiplayer.
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In EVE Online, a huge battle raged this week between many different factions, but the occasion was a happy one. The birthday of a player was celebrated.
What happened in EVE? On Tuesday, June 23, over 2,000 players gathered in two massive armadas in EVE Online to shoot at each other for hours in a place where the sun never shines in EVE.
PCGamer reports that representatives from almost all major player alliances in EVE were present. Many well-known faces from the community and even some developers from CCP Games made appearances.
Even the servers of EVE faced problems during such a large gathering of players in one system, forcing developers to intervene.
They deployed additional network resources and a feature called “Time Dilation.” This causes fights to slow down so that the servers can manage the massive amounts of rockets, lasers, and projectiles. Although it wasn’t the largest PvP battle in EVE, it was still massive.
Players brought some of their biggest and most expensive ships, which were joyfully turned to wreckage in this mock battle. Hundreds of billions of ISK, the in-game currency of EVE, were lost in the process. But it all served a good purpose.
In EVE Online, nearly unrestricted PvP takes place. Players form large alliances and engage in battles against each other.
Over 2,000 Friend Requests in One Night
This was the occasion: The reason for the carnage in space was the birthday party of player Chappy78. Originally, he just wanted to gather a small fleet with his friends and perhaps engage in one or two fun battles.
However, word spread quickly. Chappy was contacted by a community manager from EVE who encouraged him to make a post in the official forums, and soon the number of participants grew into the thousands.
On Discord, Chappy received countless friend requests overnight, and in-game chats expressed players’ congratulations and stated that they would be present for the battle.
However, he did not realize how large the battle would actually be until he arrived at the battlefield and saw it with his own eyes. Chappy himself told PCGamer:
It was incredible. I have seen a lot and fought many fun battles [in EVE], but I have never been in a fight that was so big and monstrous.
Although the birthday party was supposed to be a joyful event, it was mixed with bad news for Chappy. A week earlier, he had been diagnosed with cancer, making this birthday likely to be his last.
The support he received from the EVE community was overwhelming. People wished him well and encouraged him.
Even the notorious ruthless gankers “Code” from EVE Online, who attack and rob defenseless players, supported Chappy. When he accidentally landed in the dangerous area of Uemada, they did not attack him.
I arrive in Uemada and suddenly, no joke, around 20 people surround me. I had way too much money [in cargo] with me […] Then suddenly all the private messages popped up. They said: “Chappy, we will be there for you tonight. We will escort you and make sure that your cargo gets to where it needs to go.”
Chappy to PCGamer
And they did. About 20 players escorted Chappy through the system, targeting every combat ship that tried to get close to him. They protected him until he arrived in Tunadan, where the big battle was supposed to take place.
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Players created special screenshots and videos of the event. Here is one of them.
In the reddit and forum threads about the event, which the community referred to as “World War Chappy,” many players expressed that the action brought them to tears.
I cried when he asked everyone to shoot his Phoenix so he could have everyone’s signatures on his kill mail.
It regularly happens that extraordinary events and huge battles take place in EVE. Players lose ships and cargo worth thousands of euros. However, it is rare for them to have such a beautiful and at the same time sad trigger.
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The Pokémon GO grandpa has done it again! The Taiwanese retiree has always used many phones to play Pokémon GO, but now he is running around with 64 smartphones at the same time.
What kind of player is he? Known as “Pokémon GO grandpa”, Chen Sanyuan from Taiwan has been playing since August 2018. At that time, he played with “only” 11 phones at the same time. On his bicycle, the retiree built a phone holder so that all 11 smartphones can be open at the same time.
However, grandpa evolved further. In November 2018, he played with 15 smartphones and a hip holder, which made him half a cyborg.
His development afterwards was even faster. Pictures emerged where he was seen with 23 smartphones at the same time. In November 2019, it was even 45 smartphones. Now he has done it again and was spotted with 64 phones on his bicycle.
Huge Bicycle Holder and Major Sponsor
These pictures have surfaced: The retiree was now seen with a huge bicycle holder and numerous smartphones. The mountain of phones is so high that Sanyuan can hardly see over it. He has to look through the phones to pay attention to traffic.
In one picture, however, you can also see that there are still some phone holders free. He can therefore upgrade to about 70.
There is still some space for new phones. Source: Yanwu on Facebook
What’s behind it? Meanwhile, the Pokémon GO grandpa has become a real brand. In March 2019, it became known that the company Asus supports the retiree from Taiwan. They provided him with 21 new smartphones at the time and even presented the device together with the retiree on stage – of course firmly mounted on his bicycle.
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, by the way, has not supported the trainer. According to the guidelines, this playing is actually illegal. A trainer is supposed to have a maximum of one account. Two accounts are therefore already prohibited. 64 accounts, of course, as well. Nevertheless, it must be said here that Niantic is not really strict about this rule. There have been no cases so far where trainers with 2 accounts were banned.
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The latest Call of Duty game is so far referred to as CoD 2020 or Black Ops 5: Cold War. The title seems to be quite advanced if a new rumor is to be believed. Warzone is also supposed to play a role in CoD 2020.
This is the rumor: It comes from YouTuber XclusiveAce, who has made accurate predictions in the past and is considered a trustworthy source in the community. XclusiveAce released a video in which he said he has “a lot of new information about Black Ops 5” from a leaker. This allegedly included gameplay and new map information. The identity of the leaker has not been revealed.
The alleged leak has now been spread by CharlieIntel and streamer Drift0r – we refer to these sources here.
This video from XclusiveAce, which our sources are referring to, is currently no longer available. It is suspected that Activision was involved in the deletion of the video.
Rumor speaks of a new Warzone map and a lot of water
What about Warzone? In Drift0r’s video, it is said that with the release of the new CoD, a new Warzone map is also supposed to appear. This map is said to take place in Russia.
Furthermore, the rumor confirmed that the setting of the new CoD is supposed to be the Cold War. This would also fit with the Warzone map.
The Warzone is also supposed to play a role in the new CoD
What about the new CoD? The game is said to be already very far in development. The source mentions that the campaign is already fully playable, but some animations are still unfinished.
Moreover, it has been said about the game that it is actually in good condition and the multiplayer maps are almost finished.
Several further details have allegedly been leaked:
The regular mini-map is back and comparable to the ones before Modern Warfare
In the multiplayer maps and the new Warzone map, water will play a major role and you should also be able to navigate through it, including swimming
Unlimited sprint is back
So far, about 10 maps have been developed – one of them is very small and takes place on a boat in the Black Sea
Scorestreaks are supposed to return
Currently there is no “Ghost” perk in the game
Just like in Black Ops 4, there are supposed to be 150 health points, which can regenerate themselves
There is no Gunsmith – creating a class is still supposed to be “unique”
In the new CoD, there is no Gunfight. The 6-vs-6 mode is standard here
How trustworthy is it all? Of course, one must view the rumor with caution. The alleged leak remains just a rumor for now. Nevertheless, XclusiveAce is known and appreciated in the community. On reddit, this rumor is spreading like wildfire.
In March of this year, there was a major leak regarding the new CoD. There is supposed to be a Zombie mode again. Additionally, the campaign is said to cover the Cold War, with characters Alex Mason and Sgt. Frank Woods returning. The leak briefly mentioned the future of Warzone.
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Rocket launchers were once a true force in Destiny 2, but they have not played a significant role for quite some time. With this build, rocket launchers are now fun again.
The rocket power is back: For a long time, rocket launchers were considered a universal strategy for almost everything in Destiny 2 – especially those with cluster bombs. Whether it be bosses, majors, enemy groups, or other guardians in PvP – this weapon class cleared everything away.
But those days are over. For quite some time, rocket launchers have not played a real role anymore (in PvE); there are enough other powerful alternatives – such as the swords from Season 11 currently.
However, the Season of Arrival not only made swords trendy again with new models (yes, swords were also good in Season 10) – it also brought a cool new mod with it. With its help, players can revisit the glory days of rocket launchers and wipe away anything that stands in their way – including in the new Contact Event.
If you want to feel the former power of rocket launchers again, you should definitely try this build. In his video, YouTuber Rick Kackis shows how it works:
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We now present the whole thing compactly in English.
Strong rocket launcher build for Season 11 – Here’s what you need and how to do it
Solar armor pieces: First, you need armor pieces with Solar affinity and seasonal mod slots. Because everything related to rocket launchers comes through the slots of the Solar armor.
Furthermore, the mods cost you a lot of energy. Therefore, it is advantageous if you have already leveled the armor pieces to masterpiece or far along. Therefore, it might even be advisable to forgo an armor exotic.
The most important mod: The essential mod is called Silver Bullet (Argent Ordnance) and requires 5 Solar energy to be used. However, it functions somewhat differently than described, which does not make it worse but even more valuable.
Flatten everything with a rocket salvo
As it is described: When you are charged with light and deal damage to a powerful enemy with a rocket launcher, the rocket launcher damage is significantly increased for a short time. A stack of “Charged with Light” is consumed in the process.
However, in practice, the mod works somewhat differently than described. If you switch to the rocket launcher while “Charged with Light”, you receive a damage buff of 20% for a short time. After a hit, one charge is consumed. Thus, with 4 stacks of “Charged with Light”, 4 rockets (or shots) receive the Godslayer Warheads buff. By the way, you don’t even need powerful enemies – it can be a red bar too. It works with any enemy.
In short: Each rocket does 20% more damage per charge.
The Wardcliff Coil
Supporting mods: With some additional mods, the build’s effectiveness can be further increased. That’s also the reason why you need so many highly rated Solar armor pieces. The following modifications are also recommended for the build:
Explosion Radius: Charges you with light when you quickly eliminate multiple enemies with a grenade or rocket launcher. That’s exactly what you will mostly do with this build.
Charge Up: Charges you with light when you collect Spheres of Light (for example, through masterpiece weapons or after Super)
Constraining Darkness: With this artifact mod, Void grenades apply a 20% debuff to your enemies (for example, bosses).
Heavy Finisher: Finishers generate Heavy ammo, but consume half of your Super energy. This way, you can replenish ammunition even if nothing drops for a while. However, this cannot be equipped simultaneously with Constraining Darkness – here you have to decide.
Overload: You can gain 2 additional stacks of “Charged with Light” – up to a maximum of 5.
Ammunition finder, looter, and loader mods for rocket launchers.
You can also transform pistols into monster weapons in Season 11:
The weapon: While this build can work with several rocket launchers, it is best to go for the exotic Wardcliff Coil. This rocket launcher is good against bosses, strong for clearing mobs, and unlike other exotic representatives, can be upgraded to masterpiece, allowing you to generate Spheres of Light for charging directly.
The Guardian class: In principle, you can use any Guardian class for this. However, Void classes can additionally benefit from grenades with Constraining Void.
How to play the build: It’s not really complicated and is actually very fun – especially in the new Contact Event. Charge yourself with light, spam rockets, find or generate ammo, and let rockets rain down. Just wipe everything out.
A user sent their PS4 Pro for repair. They not only receive their console back. The special thing about it: This is not the first time, as some users report.Because Sony seems to be increasingly gifting players who send their PS4 for repair. We present to you how this is received by users.
What happened? The user metsfanatic525 published a post on reddit. He explains that he sent his PS4 Pro to Sony to have it repaired.
Now he has received his repaired console back – additionally, there was a letter from Sony and a PS4 game as a gift included:
Thank you for your continued support of PlayStation, its products, and services during these unpredictable and challenging times. As a token of our gratitude for your loyalty, we included MLB: The Show 20. We continue to do our best to provide the best support in the future.
In a further post, metsfanatic525 explained that his console was still under warranty. So he didn’t have to pay anything for the repair: “Mine was under warranty, so it was free.”
The letter and the gift from Sony, Source: reddit.com
What does the user do with the game? In a post, the user explains that he unfortunately already owns the game. But he also reveals what he wants to do with the game: “I actually already have it, but I thought it was just a nice gesture, I’ll give the copy to my brother for fun.”
And the user CynicalRaps even has an explanation for this gesture:
They gave it [the gift] to everyone who sent their system for repair. I don’t know what qualified one for that, but a friend in real life did the same and also received a copy…
MLB The Show 20 – this game was given to the user by Sony with his repaired console.
PS4 user receives a game as a gift from Sony – here are the reactions
Most users greatly appreciate the generosity, but some have their issues with a free game:
As desertcombat06 writes: “The Show is one of my favorite sports games. I know it’s not a title with heavy punches (ha), but still a big gesture with a fun game.”
The user LynxMachine adds: “Judging by the fact that the letter refers to the pandemic, I suspect Sony is being nice to everyone.”
The user HolyCulture1983 experienced something similar, but isn’t quite as enthusiastic about the gesture. He writes: “I sent my PS4 here in Korea for repair, and as a similar gesture, a soccer game was installed on my device. The problem is that I’m somehow worried about my trophy average, and I hate sports games. And they started the game once to make sure it works… I was unnecessarily stressed and annoyed by their kind gesture until I saw that I could delete the trophy list with 0% completion.”
Are you looking for a great PS4 controller? Then check out our article, here we present you the best PS4 controllers 2020 and tell you which controller is best suited.
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The streaming platform Twitch has banned the streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm. According to several sources, the ban is permanent. His subscribers will receive their money back. There has not yet been a clarifying comment from Twitch about why the Twitch star was banned, but speculation is rampant.
This is the ban: When streamers are banned on Twitch, their channel is locked. Automatic services report this. The ban against Dr Disrespect was detected and tweeted by a bot yesterday at 21:01 our time.
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or even permanent exclusions from the platform for repeat offenders or behavior that borders on criminal (body painter is too naked).
Subscribers of Dr Disrespect get their money back
In this case, the ban seems to be serious.
As the site Kotaku reports, paid subscribers of Dr Disrespect are being compensated. They are getting their money back.
This indicates that Twitch has revoked Dr Disrespect’s partnership status, which would be very serious. Revoking partnership status does not happen for temporary bans but only for the most severe violations.
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This is what Twitch says: Twitch does not provide any further information. They never do:
They do not publicly say why a streamer was banned.
Nor do they state how long a ban lasts.
Twitch’s official statement is that they take “appropriate actions” when they have evidence that a streamer violates community guidelines. This applies to all streamers, regardless of how prominent they are.
When information comes, it is only from the streamer themselves.
Allegedly Dr Disrespect himself does not know what is going on
This is what Dr Disrespect says: At the moment, the streamer is not saying anything himself. According to his friend, the streamer Tim The Tatman, Dr Disrespect has informed him that he does not know what is going on. He is talking to Twitch to find out why his channel was banned.
“He’s talking to Twitch to figure out what happened.”
TimTheTatman says Dr Disrespect is in talks with Twitch to try and find out why he’s been banned. pic.twitter.com/5BGpALWNPH
Dr Disrespect’s wife is known under the name “Mrs Assassin.” She thanked the fans for their support in an Instagram story (via instagram). It is overwhelming how much love, support, strength, and kindness flows from the arena.
The story appeared a few hours after the ban of her husband was announced.
This is what the rumors say: The eSports journalist Rod “Slasher” Breslau reported on Twitter that Dr Disrespect is permanently banned. The ban has nothing to do with “DMCA” – so there are no copyright violations involved. Breslau learned this from “sources.”
However, the journalist does not know more, as he explains on Twitch.
A streamer, Shannon “ShannonZKiller” Plante, wrote in a tweet that she had also heard that the ban is permanent. The situation is “serious.” She says the “Doctor is done and not just on Twitch” – the tweet was later deleted.
As the U.S. site Kotaku reports, she also learned from “3 sources close to Twitch” that the ban is permanent (via kotaku).
Twitch gives streamer a big deal first – then comes the ban
This makes the ban so strange: Twitch just signed a multi-year exclusive deal with Dr Disrespect in March 2020. As the site Kotaku reports, Dr Disrespect is supposed to earn $10 million per year with the deal.
Nothing has actually happened in the last few days for which Dr Disrespect should be banned. At least, nothing has become known. However, there is a video from the end of Dr Disrespect’s last stream where he seems to be acting strangely.
In the video, he says: “We will get through this, Champions Club. I know it’s tough. Life is a bit strange right now. We will get through it, okay. Fuck.”
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At the moment, Twitch is under pressure to take strong action. There have already been calls for the CEO of Twitch, Emmet Shear, to step down: he is not in control of his platform. However, it is completely unclear whether this situation is related to Dr Disrespect’s ban.
Dr Disrespect is a character. Behind the macho with the huge mustache is Guy Beahm. He rarely addresses fans as himself and explains what sometimes goes wrong as “Dr Disrespect.” After his ban at E3 2019, he spoke to fans:
Blizzard has trolled players of World of Warcraft hard. For a year, they puzzled over a mystery that doesn’t even exist …
The “Secret Finding” community of World of Warcraft has already celebrated some successes. They found several hidden mounts and even the Belt of Timegold, but also various pets. But one riddle left players clueless for more than a year. Now Blizzard has revealed: Gotcha, the riddle you are looking for doesn’t even exist.
What is it about? It is about the “Pearl of the Abyss”. This is a toy that had already been discovered during data mining of World of Warcraft on the PTR of Patch 8.2. It was a toy associated with Nazjatar and had the (translated) description: “You feel compelled to place the black pearl on your head… why would one do that?!”
For almost a year, players have been searching for this toy and have invested a lot of time in it. Now Blizzard has said: The toy was just a placeholder; it never made it into the live version of the game.
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Where does the information come from? Russ Petersen, the Lead Rewards Designer for World of Warcraft, revealed this on Twitter. There he explained: “The Pearl of the Abyss was never obtainable. I am not sure why it was mentioned in the Hotfix patch notes in September 2019, as it was removed from the toy box in June. Sorry for the confusion.”
Players are upset – searched in vain for a year.
This is why players are angry: What is particularly frustrating is that Blizzard clearly communicated that the “Pearl of the Abyss” was available in the game. It was specifically mentioned in the patch notes of a hotfix. Since then, players have been searching for this pearl, and collectively invested thousands of hours of playtime to solve one of the last mysteries of World of Warcraft.
That it took Blizzard almost a year – as Patch 8.2 has been live for that long – to finally correct this angers some players.
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In the preview of Hades, GameStar reveals to you why the action RPG is already celebrating huge successes before its release – and ignites an absolute action firework.
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GamePro reveals how developers Breaking Walls are taking on a very special project with Away: The Survival Series on PS4 and PC, making a buffer-headed glider a small hero.
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Genre: Multiplayer Online Game| Developer: Crystal Dynamics| Platform: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Stadia| Release: 09.04.2020 | Interview Partners: Scott Amos, Shaun Escayg and Phil Therien
We at MeinMMO interviewed the developers of Marvel’s Avengers about the multiplayer aspect of the game. Here you can read what they told us.
The new game set in the Marvel universe is an action game where you can play as familiar characters like Thor or Black Widow in missions. The game tells its own story: The Avengers disbanded for 5 years after a severe accident and the destruction of San Francisco.
Marvel’s Avengers features an extensive multiplayer mode, where you are sent on missions around the world. We had the opportunity to ask the developers about the multiplayer in more detail.
Among your group are the well-known Avengers from the Marvel movies such as Thor, Hulk or Iron Man, but also characters that only comic fans might know, like Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel).
How does the multiplayer work? From previous information drops, we already know that Marvel’s Avengers multiplayer is designed for 4 players. You choose a hero that appeals to you the most and complete missions together with other players.
Each hero can only appear once in a multiplayer mission. In the game, these missions are called “War Zone”. Therefore, you cannot take on everything with 4 Hulks, even though it would be really funny.
With the recent stream, many new details about Marvel’s Avengers were revealed, and MeinMMO readers actively discussed them under the news article. One of the questions raised there was how significant the multiplayer component in Marvel’s Avengers actually is. We asked the developers from Crystal Dynamics about this in our interview.
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In a stream, Marvel’s Avengers showcased gameplay of the multiplayer mode. You always play in a team with 3 other heroes.
The War Table is your gateway to the multiplayer mode
The multiplayer of Marvel’s Avengers begins and ends at the War Table. The War Table is the menu through which you can access the multiplayer mode. There you will find all the missions that you can complete together with your friends or random players.
The game’s director Scott Amos told us that fans can dive into this mode right from the beginning of the game. Although he does not recommend it, as the single-player campaign provides a lot of story and content, it is possible if you want to.
The premise for multiplayer missions: At the center of the conflict in Marvel’s Avengers is the organization AIM, led by the notorious Marvel villain M.O.D.O.K. AIM also plays a significant role in multiplayer, as Phil Therien, the multiplayer mode director, explains:
As soon as you have played the campaign and rebuilt your Helicarrier, you can check out the War Table and get the feeling that AIM is a global threat. The Avengers are back together, the individual factions have gathered, but what now?
AIM has taken full advantage of the time while the Avengers were busy stopping what was clearly only a small part of their plans. You look at the War Table and see all the things happening on a global level.
Phil Therien, War Table Director
Scott Amos emphasized that the multiplayer missions are all grounded in the game’s story. They provide additional information about what the organization AIM and the various minor characters like Maria Hill or Hank Pym have been doing over the years following the Avengers’ dissolution.
Who are AIM and M.O.D.O.K?
AIM (Advanced Idea Mechanics) is an organization founded after A-Day, when a Helicarrier exploded over San Francisco, completely destroying the city. They initially present themselves as a benevolent organization looking to support humanity with the help of science, but that’s misleading. In secret, they experiment on humans who have developed special abilities as a result of the explosion in San Francisco.
M.O.D.O.K (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) was originally George Tarleton, a scientist who wanted to help humanity. But during the events of A-Day in Marvel’s Avengers, he became disfigured and now hates superheroes.
Both AIM and M.O.D.O.K are well-known villains from the Marvel universe.
Multiplayer missions without other players? That’s possible
How does the gameplay work in multiplayer? All the content available at the War Table is supported by matchmaking. No one gets left behind. This was very important to the developers, according to Phil Therien.
Another important aspect of gameplay in multiplayer is that you can also play it solo. This happens by entering the multiplayer missions where the roles of the other 3 team members are taken over by AI.
Once you have leveled up the heroes and given them gear and outfits, they will carry over into multiplayer.
The special thing about our game is that it focuses on the team experience. It ensures that regardless of how you play, it’s supported by the game.
For us, it was important that there is matchmaking for everything. You can play with people or AI if you want, but you are always part of an Avengers team. It feels naturally different whether you play with players or with an AI. But fundamentally, it remains an Avengers game. That’s a pretty big achievement for us because it sets us apart from others.
Phil Therien, War Table Director
So it’s up to you how you want to play the multiplayer of Marvel’s Avengers. If you feel like teaming up with your friends to take down AIM’s robots and soldiers, you can dive in as a group.
If you prefer to leisurely gather materials for your Helicarrier on your own, you can do that with your hero team, which is controlled by AI.
Your War Table will display the missions on the map that you can undertake.
Learning from other players: According to Scott Amos, there are certain advantages to playing multiplayer with other people.
These lie in the build diversity that Marvel’s Avengers offers for your heroes. The characters have different abilities that they can perform at any time. So when you assemble your own team, they will do what you expect from them.
When you play with other people, you will encounter versions of the Avengers that you have never seen before and can come up with interesting strategies, according to Amos.
The War Table Director Phil Therien provided an example for this:
Let’s say you’re in a War Zone and about to attack an AIM base. Obvious situation: The base stands in the open field, we are a bit further back, watching it and noticing that there are turrets and people, a big exosuit moving around. Then we consider: Okay, how do we want to approach this?
If you and I are playing as Hulk and Iron Man, then Hulk can go in first, use all his defensive skills, draw the aggro of the enemies, and then Iron Man flies over and shoots them all with his lasers. Okay, that sounds like something I’ve seen before, but that’s not how I play.
I would say: Use your lasers, go into melee, gather the enemies into a big group and stun as many as possible. I’m going to be standing on a cliff as Hulk and throwing huge boulders at the enemies, charged with cosmic energy, like a crazy catapult. And suddenly, my Hulk is a ranged character throwing these large glowing red boulders and you ask, “Can Hulk do that?” Yes, he can because you can build him that way.
And seeing that in multiplayer is super cool because you suddenly play completely differently than you did before. That’s a strategic aspect.
Phil Therien, War Table Director
Therien says that it simply becomes much more interesting to play with other people on a strategic level. For example, you can coordinate your support abilities or various damage types with them to receive truly good bonus effects.
If someone says, “Hey, this fight is really hard. We should approach it defensively. We’re going to go in close and try to stun as much as possible to control the enemies.” Why not? That’s cool. And it develops quite organically with the people you’re playing with.
Phil Therien, War Table Director
Once you have selected a mission, you will be taken to the location by a jet. On the way, you can adjust your skills and loadouts.
“War Table is a living organism”
What missions will there be? In the interview, Phil Therien also provided some examples of the types of content players can tackle in multiplayer:
Story: You can help SHIELD rebuild after the events of A-Day. This will earn you faction points. Alternatively, you can play missions that tell how one of the heroes spent the years after A-Day. For example, you will see how Bruce Banner tried to cope with being the Hulk.
Bosses: You can face well-known and lesser-known villains from the Marvel universe, such as Abomination, who attentive fans discovered in one of the trailers.
Secrets: You can complete a mission where you find a secret SHIELD hideout that gives you coordinates for a mysterious camp. And this camp then becomes its own mission, providing you with further special rewards and loot. You can also search certain locations for hidden artifacts that influence your heroes’ powers.
Collecting and Grinding: You can gather rare resources, upgrade your Helicarrier, or simply farm EXP and gear for your heroes.
Some of these missions are a kind of “endgame content”; however, for Avengers it’s a bit different. We haven’t created content that only 3% of our players will ever reach. That’s not something we find exciting.
We have content designed to challenge you both in teams with other players and with your own team of heroes. You will be able to fight through AIM’s underground facilities, which we call “Hives.” They are doing some pretty wicked stuff there; I can’t tell you much about it yet. But it’s really cool.
Phil Therien, Wartable Director
Therien compared the War Table to “a living organism.” Depending on what you do in the multiplayer missions, you will unlock further missions. The more you uncover what AIM is plotting, the more new missions you unlock, according to Therien.
This creates a kind of “chain reaction” that unlocks even more missions. This can happen by:
Gathering reputation with different factions
Leveling up your heroes
Solving multi-stage missions that keep unlocking new sequels
Additionally, the developers are working on implementing more missions in the future.
Therien also mentioned that the missions are not static. There will be a certain base amount of tasks at the War Table, but there will also be missions that rotate in and out. Hotspots are also planned that may only be active on a weekend because AIM has something nasty planned again.
Each hero has a support ability that assists their teammates. For example, Thor grants other heroes an invulnerability shield. You can tell that Hulk is glowing blue.
Where will the missions take place? There are also several distinct regions. The missions take place in different locations. AIM and the Avengers should feel like a global presence.
Therefore, the developers wanted to take players to cities, forests, deserts, the Antarctic, secret underwater bases, even into the Earth’s orbit, according to Therien.
So when you go into a War Zone, you go to one of the locations of these regions – and we have many of them. All of this is designed so that we can continue adding more content after launch.
Phil Therien, War Table Director
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As a reward for completing many multiplayer missions, players can earn resources such as EXP and faction reputation and, of course, the most important thing in such a game: loot.
According to game director Scott Amos, with rarity not only the stats of the equipment change. Other properties are also improved. These include:
Perks that the armor can have
The number of perks
The strength of the perks
We also have something we call “Prime Gear”. We have these specific sets of equipment for the heroes, where at higher levels you can try to get these special rolls with perfect stats for exactly the build you want to have. And that’s precisely the incentive to pursue them.
Phil Therien, War Table Director
In the loot boxes, you will find not only gear with stats and perks but also skins.
In terms of loot, we also learned from games like Destiny, as Therien mentioned in our conversation.
The strength of the armors naturally increases with the difficulty of the content. In challenging missions, which include fights against Marvel villains, you can expect more powerful armors with new perks.
The equipment is designed to enable you to customize your heroes to your liking and adapt them to your playstyle, alongside the skills system.
Marvel’s Avengers will be released in a few months, on September 4, and we will then be able to see for ourselves the variety of customization and the size of the multiplayer.
You had my interest. Now you have my attention.
I must say honestly that I was very skeptical at first. As an Avengers fan, a multiplayer game in the Marvel universe is very cool for me, but the scant information that came after the reveal sounded pretty thin.
With the additional information from the War Table stream and interviews, my interest has been rekindled.
As someone who values story in games, I am glad that the multiplayer missions will also contribute new information to the story and lore. This gives me another incentive to play them alongside the loot.
The customization options for the heroes also sound like a lot of fun and a long-term engagement for those who enjoy tinkering and trying different builds.
There are still many uncertainties: How does matchmaking work? How does loot distribution work? How does communication with other players happen? But the basic framework for Avengers looks good to me, and I look forward to more information.
Irina Moritz
Community Manager
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Today, June 26, Xur is back in Destiny 2 . Where is the mysterious vendor hanging out this weekend and what Exotics has he brought for the players?
What’s happening in the Destiny universe?Season 11 has now reached its third week, but promises to have a few tricks up its sleeve. A real sensation might await us with the upcoming Exotic “Fallen Avatar”.
Let’s take a breath and see what Xur brings the Guardian this week.
All info about Xur on June 26, 2020 – PS4, PC, Xbox One, Google Stadia
This is Xur time: At 7 PM, right at the daily reset, Xur appears in our solar system. You have until June 30 at 7 PM to admire and shop in his inventory – just as suddenly as he appeared, he will then disappear until the next Xur day.
Xur will do almost anything for legendary shards
What does Xur have on offer? As always, MeinMMO takes a close look at the mysterious vendor’s offerings. You will find out whether useful Exotics are included for you.
The gamesweekberlin could not take place due to the Corona crisis, but indie games that many of you may not have on your radar are now being honored. Dev Booster will be awarding the prize for the best indie game today. We at MeinMMO are an official media partner and support the event.
This award ceremony is about: Normally, small development studios should have the opportunity to present their new indie games at gamesweekberlin. Since this is not possible due to the Corona crisis, they now have a digital space for it.
At “gamesweekdigital: Dev Booster” tomorrow, on Friday, June 26, the winner of the best indie game will be crowned. We will tell you how you can participate and which games are in the selection.
Dawid Hallmann, founder of MeinMMO.de, says about the event: “There are many promising game concepts and developer talents that deserve to be heard and supported. We want to set a sign here. This is also an initiative we are currently reinforcing with our launched initiative ‘Find Your Next Game’ on MeinMMO, GamePro, and GameStar, in which we will of course introduce the winner to our community. “
How to join live
How can you be part of it? If you want to watch the award ceremony live, you can easily check out the Twitch stream of gamesweekberlin. We’ve embedded the channel here:
The finale will be broadcast live today, June 26, starting at 4:00 PM. The organizer calls the event a “show among friends and other well-meaning people.”
The best indie games – The nominees
Which games are up for selection? In total, over 30 games were nominated that you probably have never heard of. Now the jury has agreed on 8 games that will compete for the crown of the best indie game in the grand finale:
Dawnblade (Action RPG for Android devices)
Cave Digger (Adventure Game)
Grid Fight (Action Tactics Game)
First Class Trouble (Multiplayer Game)
Gatewalkers (Action RPG)
Unbound – Worlds Apart (2D Singleplayer)
The Red Solstice 2 – Survivors (Co-op Action Game)
Speed Limit (Pixel Art Arcade)
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In the end, only one of the games can take home the title of best indie game 2020 and enjoy prize money and free events. Additionally, the winner will be extensively featured on MeinMMO.
However, every participant wins something, as the indie games all get their moment and thus attract attention from the viewers.
Who determines the winner? The jury consists of 5 people who already have a lot of experience in the gaming field. Among them are Nico Baletta (Program Director at devcom), Valentina Birke (Project Manager at Super Crowd, responsible for the Indie Arena), Dawid Hallmann (Head of Digital Publishing at Webedia Gaming), Michael Schade (CEO of Rockfish), Philomena Schwab (Co-Founder of Stray Fawn Games).
The show will be moderated by Melek “m3lly” Balgün and NerdOverNews.
Disclaimer: MeinMMO is a media partner of gamesweekdigital: Dev Booster.
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In addition, he uses a shotgun and a submachine gun, both without a scope but with a silencer. This makes aiming not only more difficult, but the silencers also result in damage loss on the weapons.
CTZN uses rare weapons with unusual attachments.
Rogue, on the other hand, employs a strategy in which the team splits up and applies strong pressure from many different sides in the attack. This carries the risk of being picked off individually, but it puts G2 in a position where they must react quickly in different directions.
Why did they do that? During a short break, commentator Tobias “ShatterxX” Richter explains that the choice of weapons for these situations is not as unusual as it may seem.
Shotguns are stronger when fired from the hip than most other weapons. Since the map they are playing on, Border, has many tight spaces where action can happen quickly, shotguns can reliably secure kills here.
The map also has many walls and floors made of wood and other destructible materials. With shotguns, these walls can be easily torn down, destroying the opponents’ cover, usually to the defenders’ disadvantage.
The silencers, on the other hand, are difficult to explain. It is possible that it was simply a tactic to unsettle the opponent. Just last week, a player from WarKidz secured a victory with a silencer, but only in a single situation:
G2 narrowly escaped a loss. So far, the team has always won, until this first tie, and has thus maintained a perfect record in the ranking. The team had even a fair share of luck, as is especially evident in a scene where CTZN avoids death when the recoil from an attacker saves him from a grenade:
Rogue, on the other hand, has two new players in the roster with whom the team still needs to find its rhythm. If that hadn’t been the case, G2 might have lost.
From fans and in the chat of the match, there are ongoing accusations that G2 is trolling and not taking the entire match seriously. If that is the case, it almost cost them a victory. Therefore, it is not advisable to copy the gameplay style of G2 from the evening of the 7th – you risk giving away a victory unnecessarily. For starting in Rainbow Six, you can find 5 tips in our guide.
If you want to watch the entire match and all plays of the professionals, you can find the game in the embedded video starting at 3:35:40:
Results from Matchday 7
Here’s how the other matches went: The match between G2 vs. Rogue is the highlight of the evening, but the rest of the teams in the GSA League performed well too. Many quite clear results have been achieved:
What’s next for the GSA League? Now, after the seventh matchday, all first halves are completed. From now on, the second halves will begin, in which the teams face opponents they have already fought against.
Most teams should have collected plenty of information and prepared better. Therefore, in the coming weeks you can expect stronger gameplay from the pro teams, but also finally see which of the two newcomers, DIVIZON or FACT, will be the stronger team in the end.
It’s no secret that professionals in shooters like to deviate from the norm, and this is often the case in Rainbow Six Siege. However, what the professionals of the GSA League demonstrated on Matchday 7 runs counter to everything you think you know about Rainbow Six.
Who are these professionals? It’s about G2 Esports against Rogue. Both teams are well-known professionals and also play in the EU League (formerly Pro League), which has also been running since Monday, June 22.
In the currently ongoing GSA League, which is now taking place parallel to the EU League, G2 and Rogue faced off yesterday, on June 25, and pretty much ignored everything that players typically know as standard or “meta.” The result is an extremely close match with a tie, the first in the GSA League.
The match excited thousands of players. Over 6,500 players tuned in that evening to watch the match of the two top teams. The constant back and forth of the professionals even inspired some memes:
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Interestingly, the two teams had played in the EU League just a few days earlier, on Monday, June 22. G2 Esports had previously defeated Rogue quite clearly with a score of 7:2. Both times, it’s the match of the day.
G2 ignores the meta and gets punished for it
Why this match is so interesting: Although G2 Esports is currently considered one of the strongest teams in Europe and even the world, they faced some issues in the match that evening. They start strong but are then caught up by Rogue.
While G2 does manage to build a small lead repeatedly, Rogue quickly equalizes it shortly thereafter. This is evident in the round victories, as well as in the rounds themselves, where G2 struggles to hold an advantage for long before Rogue levels it out again.
G2 presents strategies in the match that rarely or never occur in the competitive scene of Rainbow Six because they do not belong to the strongest or “meta” strategies.
In the last round, it was even 6:5 in favor of Rogue, and G2 had to push themselves hard to avoid a loss. At this point, even the professional team can no longer afford experiments.
What did the professionals do differently? Already in the first round, CTZN from G2 plays the operator Amaru, who is hardly played anyway. Amaru’s special gadget, which allows her to pull through windows and hatches, is generally considered situational to weak.
In addition, he uses a shotgun and a submachine gun, both without a scope but with a silencer. This makes aiming not only more difficult, but the silencers also result in damage loss on the weapons.
CTZN uses rare weapons with unusual attachments.
Rogue, on the other hand, employs a strategy in which the team splits up and applies strong pressure from many different sides in the attack. This carries the risk of being picked off individually, but it puts G2 in a position where they must react quickly in different directions.
Why did they do that? During a short break, commentator Tobias “ShatterxX” Richter explains that the choice of weapons for these situations is not as unusual as it may seem.
Shotguns are stronger when fired from the hip than most other weapons. Since the map they are playing on, Border, has many tight spaces where action can happen quickly, shotguns can reliably secure kills here.
The map also has many walls and floors made of wood and other destructible materials. With shotguns, these walls can be easily torn down, destroying the opponents’ cover, usually to the defenders’ disadvantage.
The silencers, on the other hand, are difficult to explain. It is possible that it was simply a tactic to unsettle the opponent. Just last week, a player from WarKidz secured a victory with a silencer, but only in a single situation:
Should I copy the tactics?
G2 narrowly escaped a loss. So far, the team has always won, until this first tie, and has thus maintained a perfect record in the ranking. The team had even a fair share of luck, as is especially evident in a scene where CTZN avoids death when the recoil from an attacker saves him from a grenade:
Rogue, on the other hand, has two new players in the roster with whom the team still needs to find its rhythm. If that hadn’t been the case, G2 might have lost.
From fans and in the chat of the match, there are ongoing accusations that G2 is trolling and not taking the entire match seriously. If that is the case, it almost cost them a victory. Therefore, it is not advisable to copy the gameplay style of G2 from the evening of the 7th – you risk giving away a victory unnecessarily. For starting in Rainbow Six, you can find 5 tips in our guide.
If you want to watch the entire match and all plays of the professionals, you can find the game in the embedded video starting at 3:35:40:
Results from Matchday 7
Here’s how the other matches went: The match between G2 vs. Rogue is the highlight of the evening, but the rest of the teams in the GSA League performed well too. Many quite clear results have been achieved:
What’s next for the GSA League? Now, after the seventh matchday, all first halves are completed. From now on, the second halves will begin, in which the teams face opponents they have already fought against.
Most teams should have collected plenty of information and prepared better. Therefore, in the coming weeks you can expect stronger gameplay from the pro teams, but also finally see which of the two newcomers, DIVIZON or FACT, will be the stronger team in the end.
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A player in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare cleverly secured two kills by secretly blocking his opponent. The opponent could not understand what was happening.
This is the situation: A player was on the map Crash when he wanted to take out a nest with 2 opponents. The player skillfully blocked one rushing opponent, who did not notice it at all. The enemy seemed to have an extreme tunnel vision, as he overlooked his adversary right in front of him.
The clip is very popular on reddit and has already received over 11,000 upvotes (as of June 26 at 2:30 PM).
One blocks skillfully, the other notices nothing
This is the clip: We embed the relevant video of the funny kill here:
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While the player shown sees a few opponents on the first floor of a building, he smells the easy kills. He climbs the ladder, but just at that moment, one of the enemies runs toward him. Since he is already on the ladder, blocking it, his opponent cannot get past him.
Instead, the soldier with the Maze operator keeps running into the player and simply cannot get away. However, he does not look down, otherwise he would have discovered his adversary.
When the opponent then goes in the other direction, the player seizes his moment and blows him and his teammate away from behind.
Viewers react amused to the clip. They cannot understand how the player could be overlooked on the ladder. The reddit user xXCLOWNEYXx says: “I am still amazed where the first guy was trying to look.”
Another player accidentally landed a kill by mistakenly placing a claymore. His opponent did not notice and ran directly into the explosive trap. This led to numerous laughs on reddit, as you rarely find such an opponent in Modern Warfare.
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