It’s time: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and CoD: Warzone are finally launching the long-awaited Season 4 soon. Activision Blizzard just announced it. Find out here when exactly you can start with the new season.
Now it is finally official. CoD: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone have now announced a new start date along with a start time for the new Season 4.
Finally, it’s starting
The new start time for Season 4 for PC, PS4, Xbox One
When does Season 4 of CoD Modern Warfare and Warzone start? As Call of Duty just announced on Twitter, the new Season 4 will start tomorrow, June 11 – and quite early, at 8:00 AM German time.
The season launches simultaneously on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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Why the postponement? At the end of May, African American George Floyd died during a brutal police operation in the USA. This led to unrest and massive protests in many major cities across the country. Many people have since taken to the streets in the USA for more justice and against racism and excessive police violence.
With the postponement, the developers took a stand on the recent developments in the USA – like many other companies in the USA as well. It was meant to create space for the “Black Lives Matter” movement by holding back their own announcements and actions.
Likely coming in Season 4 as Operators – Captain Price and Gaz
What we already know about Season 4: There’s only a little concrete information available so far. Because not only was Season 4 postponed – the traditional roadmap, which is published shortly before the season starts, was also missing.
Do you have specific resources when searching for new games? Tell us whom you lend your ear and trust: How do you find your next game for PC, PS4, Xbox One, or mobile platforms?
June is the month when we bring the gaming fairs to your home with “Find Your Next Game.” Every day, there are articles, streams, and exclusive announcements that you can see with us on MeinMMO, GameStar, and GamePro.
“Find Your Next Game” is not just about games, but also about you. After all, you should find new games that weren’t on your radar before.
But where do you usually look for new games when we’re not throwing a big event full of announcements and game presentations from MeinMMO, GameStar, and GamePro?
In 2020, there are many ways to get information about new games:
There are ads and trailers that developers and publishers use to capture our attention
Reviews on gaming sites give deeper insights into new games and provide analyses from experts
Youtubers and streamers provide direct gameplay material and share their personal opinions
You can gather recommendations from friends and family, people you know personally and can rely on
Automated recommendations on gaming platforms like Steam or PSN search for games similar to your favorites that might match your taste
The community can leave their own reviews on games, and the sheer volume of them indicates a tendency towards good or bad
Metacritic combines scores from gaming media with those from users and provides an overview
And of course, there are the good old demos and beta tests, where you can form your own opinion about games
Do you have other resources where you search for new game recommendations and check if they’re good? Write them to us in the comments.
How can I vote? You can cast your vote in the survey tool below. You can select up to 3 different response options that best suit you.
Please note that the vote is final and cannot be undone once you have voted.
So tell us: Who do you listen to for game recommendations? Do you have a single trusted source or do you check multiple places? Let us know how you go about your search for new games.
The survey ends on June 14.
Have fun voting!
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The Greymoor addon has brought some changes to the vampire in The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). But besides its combat power, it is also great for farming. We at MeinMMO show you a build that allows you to run fast and get rich.
The update brought some changes to vampires. We want to introduce you to a build that allows you to get started with your new vampire.
What kind of build is this? This build is called “Speedy G”, is based on movement speed and gold farming, and originally comes from player Alcast, who has experimented a lot in ESO and often has helpful tips. We at MeinMMO do not want to withhold these from you, as the build is easily attainable and requires little time and money investment.
We summarize the most important information in this guide for you in English so that you can implement the build quickly and easily. Additionally, you will find skills, other important tools, and alternative equipment suggestions here.
Additionally, it is beneficial to play a Nightblade. They benefit from their ability to become invisible.
The advantages and disadvantages of being a level 1 vampire
You can also play the build with another class, but then you need to bring your vampire to level 4 or higher. At that level, you gain the talent “Unnatural Movement”, which allows you to become invisible while sprinting for more than 3 seconds. Additionally, you will need to compensate for a few deficiencies with equipment and skills.
What is the core of the build? With this skill setup and equipment, you achieve maximum speed of 200%. Higher is not possible in ESO. The catch is that you only reach it while sneaking and not just while sprinting.
With the appropriate equipment, you lose hardly any resources, so you can remain in sneak mode continuously. This way, you can move quickly across the map and avoid most fights.
How do you get rich with it? Ideally, you collect treasure chests or materials with this build, from which you can craft items to sell.
This way, you can earn up to 90,000 gold per hour. Ultimately, what you get out of it depends on your luck and the level of your crafting skills.
The skills and equipment in the guide
Which skills do you need to pack? With this build, speed is primarily what you are focusing on. Ideally, you don’t get into fights at all. Your most important skill is “Dark Stalker”. This allows you to lift the restriction when sneaking and sneak at normal movement speed.
This skill is crucial for the build
Another important ability is “Hidden Blade”. As long as you have that equipped, you can run 25% faster while sneaking. You will find it in the “Shadow” skill tree of your Nightblade.
To extract even more speed from your vampire, there are several options. One option is the additional skills:
Defensive Maneuver – Gives you 30% speed. However, the buff only lasts for 7 seconds, and you will be slightly thrown out of your invisibility for a brief moment. You can find the skill in the “Assault” skill tree of the Alliance War.
Concentrated Momentum – Also gives you 30% movement speed. This time for 12 seconds and without kicking you out of stealth. You can find this skill in the Psijic Order skill tree.
If you want to see what such a vampire looks like and which skills are also practical for combat, you can check out the video by Alcast:
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What equipment do you need? Ultimately, you are not necessarily constrained when it comes to your equipment with this build. What matters is that you focus on speed. The rarity is also not necessarily relevant. However, we at MeinMMO still have a few recommendations for you.
A very affordable way to assemble your gear is as follows:
5x Breaker – This gives you 10% movement speed in all circumstances
5x Darloc Brae Outfit – This grants you 670 health and 670 Magicka and Stamina back every second as long as you are sneaking and not blocking.
2x any Monster Set, e.g. The Bloodspawn – This gives you resistances when you take damage
3x Quick Transmutation Jewelry – At a purple item level, this adds, for example, 5%, totaling 15% additional speed
Which item you have in which slot is not that important. What matters is that you complete your set bonuses. This is especially true for the 5 pieces of Breaker and Darloc Brae.
Are there alternatives? Without additional skills and most set bonuses, you can also reach your speed cap of 200%. However, this is somewhat more difficult than the previously presented method. You would need the Mythic item Ring of the Wild Hunt for this.
You obtain this through the new antiquity system that came with Greymoor to ESO. The ring provides you with an additional 45% speed as long as you are out of combat and 15% while inside. However, it is not a must; you can compensate for this with the listed skills and sets.
With the Ring of the Wild Hunt and the skills mentioned above, you can do without almost everything else. Since you can easily reach 200% this way, you can play the build with entirely different equipment. However, for your resource management, we at MeinMMO still recommend the Darloc Brae set.
You can get even more out of it
What else do you need? Besides the skills and equipment, there are a few other important puzzle pieces:
Mundus Stone: The Steed – This buff grants you 10% more movement speed
Buff food: Longfin Pasty with Melon Sauce. This increases your three main stats: health, stamina, and Magicka. Moreover, it is easy to obtain
Champion Points:
Abundant Harvest – This allows you to gather double the amount when lucky
Master Gatherer – This lets you gather faster
Both can be found in “The Lover”
Which race is sensible for this? The Khajiit are the most suitable race. This grants you additional bonuses to sneaking, making you less likely to be detected. The Khajiit are also high up in your ranking of the most popular races in ESO.
However, you can also choose any other race. The recommendations here are only for the optimal result. Race and class are always up to your preference; this build is possible with any combination, just a bit adjusted to your play style.
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Season 11 has brought new Umbral Engrams to Destiny 2 . MeinMMO shows you how to open and focus them to determine your loot at the Prism Engraver yourself.
This is new: With the start of Season 11, Destiny 2 wanted to give players more options to determine their loot themselves and effectively hunt for God-Rolls. This is now made possible by the Umbral Engrams.
We explain what this new feature is all about. In the season of arrival, the Umbral Engrams and their focusing become an important game element that seems quite complex at first glance but offers cool possibilities.
Getting Umbral Engrams: Obtaining Umbral Engrams is the easy part of the task, as the encrypted items drop pretty much everywhere in the game world. You can randomly receive some in almost every activity or playlist – compare this system to the regular, random Engrams.
To open the Umbral Engrams, you need to go to the Tower, to the Wanderer. We will go into the various possibilities that come with it in detail in this article.
Bungie has already extensively commented on the idea behind the new Engrams and their locations before Season 11:
Focus Engrams – All about the Prism Engraver in Destiny 2
This is how to open Umbral Engrams: If you have obtained an Umbral Engram, you cannot just open it. You need to first cleanse these items “possessed” by darkness. Bring them to the Wanderer in the Tower.
To the left of the NPC, you will find two devices:
the Prism Engraver
the Umbral Decoder
The Decoder is quite simple: Bring Umbral Engrams here and receive your loot. Essentially, this is a Cryptarch for evil items. However, through focusing, you can greatly influence the content of the Engrams yourself.
The Umbral Decoder is fed with focused Umbral Engrams and spits out loot
By using “Distorted Energy,” you can raise your seasonal rank here and earn rewards. The Prism Engraver offers a variety of functions:
Focus Engrams and thus determine which weapons or armor you receive
Here you can increase your seasonal rank and receive rewards – this requires “Distorted Energy”
Access to Bounties – These provide seasonal resources such as “Distorted Energy” and “Altered Element”
Through the “Gifts of Light & Darkness” tab, you unlock bonuses for seasonal activities, find more Umbral Engrams, or save resources when focusing – new bonuses are unlocked through ranking up the Prism Engraver.
Seasonal mods and a new ship are also available
The Prism Engraver has many functions
This is how focusing works: By focusing, you narrow down the potential loot pool of the Engrams. This way, you decide which loot your Umbral Engrams should contain.
Each week, you even have free focus options available, which you can increase up to a maximum of 6 through ranking up. Depending on the desired loot, the process costs different seasonal resources.
Depending on how precisely you want to define your loot, it costs more resources
Improved Arsenal focusing: Costs 100 “Altered Element” and significantly narrows the weapon selection – For example, you only have the new sword and the new bow as contents of the Umbral Engram. You need to unlock this focusing in the Season Pass (Rank 32 in the premium track).
Improved Armor focusing: Costs 250 “Altered Element” and a Trace Override and allows you to determine the stat value of the armor – For example, you can specify that the armors from the Umbral Engram are optimized for Discipline if you like to throw grenades. You need to unlock this focusing in the Season Pass (Rank 72 in the premium track).
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We have some additional tips that will make handling Umbral Engrams and their focusing easier for you. MeinMMO will continually expand this section throughout Season 11.
Use your Umbral Engrams: In the first hours of the new season, we have already found dozens of Umbral Engrams. We didn’t feel like we had to be particularly careful with them.
What should I level up first? First, utilize properties that save you resources. For example, there is the option to recover materials used with each decoded Engram – even if only in small amounts, it’s better than nothing.
You can’t really screw up with the bonuses under the “Gifts of Light & Darkness” tab. Before you can use the more powerful abilities, all previous bonuses must be activated first.
This bonus is significant: One of the later unlocks in “Gifts of Light & Darkness” grants you an additional alternative weapon perk and a chance for higher stats on armors – Making the Engrams considerably more worthwhile.
These weapons and armors are included in the new Umbral Engram
Collect resources quickly: Through the two weekly Bounties, you can quickly secure 1000 units of “Distorted Energy.” You can also farm this resource with three characters if needed.
The repeatable Bounties unfortunately only bring experience points, so do not prioritize them. You can also acquire needed resources through the Season Pass and seasonal Triumphs.
Take your time: Over the next three months, you will automatically level up by completing Bounties and seasonal activities, so you don’t have to rush to level the Prism Engraver.
Do you think it’s good that all activities now drop relevant loot and you can decide what’s in the new Umbral Engrams? Are you more interested in exotic weapons? Then you will find what you’re looking for here: Destiny 2: All new Exotics of Season 11 that are known so far
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In Pokémon GO, many trainers are currently battling in the new special research “Champion of Nostalgia Challenge”. You need to catch Dragon-type Pokémon, which is not easy.
This is the special research: Since the beginning of June, there has been the special research “Champion of Nostalgia Challenge”. You could obtain this if you solved all the researches related to the Nostalgia Challenge or spent money for it. At the end, the mysterious Pokémon Genesect is waiting for you, among other things.
On level 4 of 5, you need to catch a Dragon-type Pokémon. This is quite tricky, as Dragon-type Pokémon are among the rarest Pokémon in the game.
Catching Dragon-type Pokémon for Nostalgia Challenge
Wild: In the wild, Dragon-type Pokémon appear particularly rarely. Possible candidates for this would be Dratini or Bagon. For monsters like Swablu or Trapinch, you need to have significantly more luck.
Raids: The best opportunity for Dragon-type Pokémon is currently in raids. There you can still find Reshiram for a short time and after that Zekrom. Both are legendary Pokémon of the Dragon type. However, remember that you need multiple players for this.
Those who play alone can rely on Pokémon like Alolan Exeggutor or Bagon in raids. They are of the Dragon type and can currently be found at the raid bosses to Reshiram.
The raid bosses for Zekrom are not yet known, but Dragon-type Pokémon are also conceivable there. Through such raids, you can quickly complete the task.
The current legendary Pokémon are ideal for the special research.
PvP: If you play a lot in PvP mode, you can also encounter a Dragon-type Pokémon there. From rank 7, you can meet a Bagon. This is of the Dragon type and completes the quest for you.
However, there are no other Dragon-type Pokémon here, and you need some luck to actually obtain Bagon.
Are there any other tricky tasks? For the special research, the task involving Dragon-type Pokémon is the most difficult. Other tasks are somewhat lengthy, such as winning in 15 raids, but they can be managed over time.
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a player impressively achieved 24 kills in a very short time. For this, he found an almost perfect spot in the game mode “Infected.”
Here is the situation: The reddit user Watermelonjokes shared a clip of the situation, explaining that he joined a round of “Infected” late.
There, he hid in a house and waited for the numerous enemies that were already lurking on the map when he joined. In the end, it was a total of 24 kills for the player.
Enemies run to their death like zombies
This is the clip: On reddit, the video has already received nearly 8,000 upvotes (June 10, 3:50 PM). We show you the clip here:
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On the map Hackney Yard, the player hides in a single-story house and places claymores on the stairs leading up. It doesn’t take long before a whole horde of enemies come running, hunting the player.
The claymore explodes, and the player fires entire magazines from the shotgun at the enemies, who spawn again and run straight back into the house. The Origin 12 is otherwise not particularly popular, but here it showcases all its strengths.
In the end, it’s 24 kills within just 30 seconds. After that, the player is finished off with a knife, as the horde of enemies takes advantage of the moment he is reloading to reach him.
Why is it so easy? The culprit is the game mode “Infected.” Here, you start as a “normal” player, and an “infected” player must infect all others as well. As an infected, you only have knives at your disposal, putting you at a disadvantage against normal players with weapons.
Many factors contributed to this. The normal player had a shotgun that is good for close combat. Additionally, he was in a house that had only one staircase as an entrance. The enemies had to come through the narrow hallway to reach him.
Due to all these points, it looked a bit like all the infected players were running towards the stairs like zombies. After all, they had to get close enough to their enemies.
In another video, 12 campers are taken out. There, a Juggernaut wiped out an entire enemy nest and blew away all the players inside. They were completely helpless, as the Juggernaut is better armored and therefore hard to defeat.
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In Call of Duty: Warzone there seems to be a problem with the loot at the moment. Players have found a way to start a match already with armor and money. This disrupts the fairness in the Battle Royale.
What advantage is this? Some players have found a way to start a round in Warzone already equipped with gear. Normally, everyone should only start with a pistol and two armor plates.
However, players have managed to equip three full armor plates and take up to $800 in cash before even jumping out of the plane.
On reddit, user Aviationist posted a picture showing his gear. The plane is just flying over Verdansk, and it is already evident there that he has more loot than he should.
In the lower left, it can be seen that Aviationist has more loot than he should have.
Aviationist is using an Xbox controller, so he is presumably playing on the Xbox One or with the controller on PC. Whether the exploit occurs on PlayStation 4 as well, we cannot say for sure.
How does this happen? Apparently, players manage to take loot from the warm-up phase before a round. Normally, anything they pick up there should be reset upon entering the plane.
However, there is apparently a bug that allows the loading time for the Battle Royale to be exploited. This only works for armor plates and money. Weapons and ammunition get removed again.
Since this is likely an exploitation of a bug, we will not explain exactly how players manage this. MeinMMO also advises everyone not to replicate this. You risk getting your account banned. Cheaters are a significant problem in Warzone and are so disliked by many players that they even disable crossplay.
Unfair Advantage – Especially at the Start
With the extra armor plate, players have the advantage of running less risk of being killed immediately, especially at the beginning of the game. They can engage in a fight early on, for example at the most popular and best landing spots, and eliminate opponents with the pistol because these can withstand less.
Additionally, the money is an advantage to quickly acquire the most important items in Warzone or to buy cheaper items quickly while others still have to loot. The lead is not great, but in the first minutes of a round, it could mean crucial seconds.
If you quickly find a supply station, you won’t be missing much money to buy yourself a plate bundle or a shield turret.
So far, there has been no response from the developers. We cannot say for sure when and if the bug will be fixed. Currently, many players are still speculating about the start of Season 4 after the leak was wrong, and whether this currently has priority for the developers.
Genre: Augmented-Reality-Mobile-Game| Developer: Warner Bros. Games and Niantic| Platform: Mobile| Release: 06/22/2019
The AR game Wizards Unite will celebrate its first anniversary in June 2020. The successor to Pokémon GO is still enjoyed by many players and continues to evolve. In our “Find Your Next Game” series, we will show you everything that has happened in the past year.
What is Wizards Unite? The AR game comes from Warner Bros. Games and Niantic. Warner Bros. holds the license for Harry Potter. Niantic is responsible for the mobile hit Pokémon GO. They have mainly transferred their “augmented reality” mechanics to Wizards Unite.
In Wizards Unite, however, you don’t hunt Pokémon; instead, you try to save the wizarding world of Harry Potter. You must free objects and bring them back to the wizarding world so that the world of magic is not discovered by the Muggle world (that is, normal humans).
Wizards Unite – The Pokémon GO for Graphics Lovers
These are the contents of Wizards Unite: In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, you are a wizard fighting against numerous creatures from the Harry Potter universe. All of this takes place in the real world: The inns or greenhouses are real attractions located in your city. The collectible objects, including the figures and items that you need to free, are scattered throughout your city.
Wizards Unite incorporates many other elements that you can explore while walking through your city:
Over 100 different creatures or objects that you know from the Harry Potter series must be battled or freed using magical energy
All these collectible objects can be gathered in your registry for later viewing
In fortress battles, you can team up with friends to face stronger opponents and earn rewards
Choose between 3 professions that must work together in fortress battles
Portmanteaus can only be opened after you have traveled a certain number of kilometers – This is the equivalent of eggs in Pokémon GO
Daily tasks give you an incentive to check the game regularly
Build friendships and send each other gifts every day
In the fortress, you can choose between different chambers.
The fortress battles are among the core elements of Wizards Unite. They represent the greatest MMO factor in the game. In fortress battles, you can determine how strong your opponent is and what rewards you receive from the battle through the use of rune stones. It is important that players with different professions are present at the start. They complement each other and are crucial for victory.
In the fortresses, you can really cast spells. There, you attack your opponent with spells or defend yourself with them. If you execute your spells well enough, you can eliminate your opponents.
You can also use the same spells in the most important part of Wizards Unite: in the battle against Found Guardians, who guard your collectible objects. You can drive away the Found Guardians with your spell and send the collectible objects back to the wizarding world.
Here you have to free Harry Potter from a Dementor, who is a Found Guardian.
What is the goal of the game? There is no definitive end. You must try to save the wizarding world and therefore drive away the Found Guardians. One of your goals should be to collect all the collectible objects in your registry.
You yourself should become stronger over time and can level up. You can also use gifts from your friends for this, as well as gain XP through various actions in the game.
Wizards Unite is a bit more complex than Pokémon GO. Among other things, there is a skill tree that you can level up. For this, you need to collect books and then take classes. When you complete the classes, your skill tree grows, allowing you to unlock additional abilities. For each of the 3 professions (Auror, Magizoologist, and Professor), there is a separate skill tree that you can level up.
The skill tree of the Professor is already fully developed here.
An exciting point is that you can create all important items yourself. By cultivating plants and brewing potions, you can create XP boosters and other useful items. With the tonic for trace detection, for example, you can attract more collectible objects to your area. Although you can buy the items in the shop, all items can also be crafted yourself.
Anyone who has not yet played Pokémon GO will likely be amazed by the aspects of connection with the real world. Inns, greenhouses, and fortresses are all places that exist in the real world. You can visit them yourself and interact with Wizards Unite there. This way, you can discover places in your city that you may have never paid attention to before.
For Harry Potter fans, Wizards Unite provides the perfect setting: Every character and creature that had even a small role in Harry Potter can be found in Wizards Unite. This starts with Harry Potter himself and his friends and ends with magical creatures, such as the Hippogriff Buckbeak.
A great AR game in the shadow of Pokémon GO
How successful is Wizards Unite? You can simply look at the download numbers in the app stores:
PlayStore for Android: Over 10 million downloads and nearly 300,000 ratings, which gave an overall 4 out of 5 stars
App Store for iOS: Download numbers not known, but at least 8600 ratings gave an overall 4.3 out of 5 stars
If you look at the numbers for Pokémon GO, the game seems almost tiny:
PlayStore for Android: Over 100 million downloads and over 13 million ratings, which gave an overall 4.1 out of 5 stars
App Store for iOS: Download numbers not known, but at least over 26,500 ratings gave an overall 3.8 out of 5 stars
It must be noted that these data do not accurately show how many players are still actively playing both games. They are just the pure download numbers.
Compared to Pokémon GO, Wizards Unite is nearly tiny.
This is what makes Wizards Unite different from Pokémon GO: Despite the significantly lower player numbers, Wizards Unite keeps introducing features that Pokémon GO players envy. For example, there is a start button for fortress battles here, so you don’t have to wait the usual 2 minutes. This is something trainers have wished for the raids in Pokémon GO for years, yet it has never come.
Wizards Unite’s stunning graphics are also widely admired. The magical creatures are beautifully animated and look almost like they do in the Harry Potter movies.
Wizards Unite offers many features that are truly remarkable, yet it still stands in the huge shadow of Pokémon GO. Because there is one problem it hasn’t overcome yet: why should one stop playing Pokémon GO and start playing Wizards Unite? The target audiences of both AR games overlap significantly. Wizards Unite has not managed to capture a large portion of players for itself.
What has recently changed in Wizards Unite?
These were the COVID-19 adjustments: Similar to Pokémon GO, Wizards Unite was also significantly affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The central idea of Wizards Unite, going out and exploring, was heavily restricted worldwide due to lockdowns.
The developers responded in April 2020 by introducing the traveling knight into the game. With him, you can now engage in fortress battles from home and fight with other players who are also staying at home in a fortress. This way, you will always find fellow players for your fortress battles without having to leave your house.
Due to COVID-19, several other things were also adjusted, such as the finding of magical energy throughout the game. Previously, this energy could be obtained only by visiting inns. Now it can simply be found on the street.
The traveling knight brings fortress battles to your home.
This has been changed long-term: In Wizards Unite, there have been several long-term adjustments over the past year. For example, the registry where you collect the found objects has been revised.
Previously, you could collect them to reach ranks. Once the ranks were full, further encounters with these collectible objects did not seem worthwhile. Now, these ranks repeat again, earning you prestige ranks the more often you collect the collectible objects.
Is Wizards Unite worth it in 2020?
Wizards Unite remains a hidden gem among AR games even a year after its release. It doesn’t yet have the player numbers and thus the attention that Pokémon GO has, but Wizards Unite does not need to hide behind its big brother.
The developers keep introducing new events to the game. Brilliant events take place regularly, highlighting special collectible objects. Additionally, every month there is a Community Day that should entice you to go outside.
Especially during the COVID-19 crisis, Wizards Unite reacted admirably, making it significantly easier to play from home.
Generally, the developers pay close attention to the community and implement features that are in demand. This is a point that Wizards Unite likely does better than Pokémon GO. In Pokémon GO, there is often criticism that Niantic does not listen to its players.
Pros
Brilliant graphics for a mobile game
Almost every creature from the Harry Potter series is represented there
Hardly any bugs that degrade the game experience
Regular events always bring new challenges
The 3 professions make the AR game deeper and add the typical MMO factor of classes to the battles
Cons
The powerful competitor Pokémon GO captures many players from the target audience
Encounters with collectible objects are often lengthy and not easily resolved while walking
The entry is slightly more complex and requires more time to understand
Potential: Positive Future
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a brilliant game that holds a lot of potential. The major problem currently is that it is overshadowed too much by Pokémon GO. The target audience of AR fans is well covered by Pokémon GO, and Wizards Unite has not really managed to capture a large new audience for itself yet.
The developers are continuously working on the game: Especially through the many events, players never get the feeling that there is nothing to do. The team listens to the fans’ desires and earns points with the community.
The team now needs to ensure that more interested parties take a look at the AR game. It offers a lot of potential, and especially fans of Harry Potter can dream and feel like real wizards in this game.
If Wizards Unite continues like this, it could experience significant growth, as summer is approaching and people are beginning to go outdoors more after the peak of the COVID crisis. There are good opportunities to explore the city with Wizards Unite and engage in some wizard battles against Found Guardians.
Noah Struthoff
Editor at MeinMMO
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The largest streamer on Twitch, Turner “Tfue” Tenney, is reportedly cheating in Fortnite: Battle Royale. At least that’s what a professional player claims: Tfue is said to be using forbidden macros and key binds, it is said.
This is the situation: The Fortnite professional Williams “Zayt” Aubin, who was among the favorites at the 2019 Fortnite World Championship, accused 6 other players from the Fortnite scene of cheating.
He made this accusation in Twitter posts, which he deleted shortly afterwards. However, screenshots were secured. In the first post, he said he would expose all professionals who use “double movement macros”.
Below, he showed a screenshot from the official Epic Games site, where the rules for the FNCS Invitational tournament were listed. It clearly states that the use of such programs is prohibited.
Which professionals are allegedly cheating? In another tweet, he allegedly pointed his finger at the Fortnite professionals Tfue, UnknownArmy, Zexrow, BuckeFPS, Khanada, and Kreo. But the tweets were quickly deleted and Zayt also did not provide any evidence for his accusations.
FortniteIntel asked the Fortnite professional Zayt for a statement on this topic. He responded: “So far, there is no evidence against anyone except Tfue.”
Professional is convinced that Tfue is cheating
What does the Fortnite professional say? Even though Zayt cannot confirm that the other 5 accused players are using these cheats, he seems firmly convinced that Tfue is indeed cheating.
What are the professionals supposed to have used? The “double moving” allows “mouse and keyboard” players to move in one direction while looking in another. This also affects a player’s movement, making it easier and faster to run to the left or right.
But it can also help when building, as PC players can place building objects on the sides while running forward. This can be easily achieved by binding the movement keys to two different keys.
In a video, player “staht” shows how double moving affects the game. (via YouTube)
However, it becomes cheating when one uses macro software to bind the keys differently. With this software, one can assign the keys to just one keystroke, thus only needing to press one button to achieve the same benefits. But exactly this behavior, simulating pressing multiple keys with one key, is prohibited by Epic in its rules and thus would be considered “cheating.”
And this cheat is now being accused against professionals like Tfue. It is also not the first time that Tfue has been accused of cheating. For example, Ninja thought he encountered an aim-bot, which turned out to be Tfue who simply had such good aim.
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The tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege is hosting an extended free weekend on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. For a whole four days, you can play one of the best shooters for free. MeinMMO shows you where to find the download and what you can try out.
When is the free weekend? The free weekend starts tomorrow, Thursday, June 11, and ends on Monday, June 15. The exact times, however, depend on the platform:
PlayStation 4: June 11, 15:00 – June 15, 15:00
PC: June 11, 15:00 – June 15, 22:00
Xbox One: June 11, 9:00 – June 15, 19:00
For PC and PS4, Rainbow Six can already be downloaded in advance. For Xbox One, the download starts with the event itself. You will also need Xbox Live Gold. To play multiplayer on PS4, you need PS Plus.
Where can I find the download? Depending on the platform, you can find the download in different areas:
This is what the demo offers: While you play, you will have no limitations; the entire game is available to you. All maps and modes that Rainbow Six offers can be played, including:
the Terrorist Hunt, a PvE mode solo or co-op with friends
“Situations,” which explain game-relevant mechanics
quick or re-evaluated matches against other players
The only limitation is that you will only have access to the first 20 operators, as in the demo in March. All others must be unlocked first. However, all progress will carry over if you choose to purchase the game.
Jordan “Thermite” Trace from the FBI (left) and Monika “IQ” Weiss from GSG 9 are two of the playable operators.
During the event, some editions are discounted by up to 70%. We recommend the Deluxe or Gold Edition for the quite useful contents instead of the only slightly cheaper Standard Edition.
In the free demo, you can play with all players who already own Rainbow Six Siege or who also take advantage of the free weekend. If you want to start together with friends, this is the optimal opportunity.
Many bugs have been fixed and new content has been regularly added, such as maps, operators, and events, like the recent “Grand Larceny” event with unique skins.
The next season is already set to start in June, the 3rd season of year 5, where the new operators Ace and Melusi will be unlocked. This expands Rainbow Six with additional operators featuring interesting mechanics for even more tactical gameplay. There is no official release date yet, but June 16 is the most likely date according to many sources.
Ace (left) and Melusi, the new operators.
Siege also impresses with a strong Esports scene, which has already grown large in Germany. Currently, the GSA League is running, which we at MeinMMO accompany as media partners. Eight teams from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland compete for €40,000 in prize money. During the first matchday of the league, more than 7,500 fans were tuning in at peak.
The exceptional player Rextroy is going wild in WoW again. This time he unleashes dozens of guards on his clearly confused enemies, who almost immediately die.
Meanwhile, it has almost become a ritual to report on the WoW player Rextroy. He manages to repeatedly find strange game mechanics that he can then use for cool or funny videos. This time is no different as he uses dozens of guards to simply overwhelm Hordes. The “blame” lies with a mechanic that is quite important for the game.
What can be seen in the video? In the clip, we see Rextroy on his Alliance Death Knight, being chased by dozens of friendly guards. As soon as he approaches a Horde player or is attacked, the guards pounce on the Horder and usually chop them up in a fraction of a second.
You can watch the whole madness here:
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How does it work? Rextroy explains at the end how he was able to pull so many guards behind him. He just had to pull an “Ancient Protector” from Tiragarde Sound to Boralus.
The Ancient Protectors, like many other NPCs, have a special mechanic. They cannot be harmed by other NPCs when they are below a certain percentage of HP. So when the Ancient Protector is at 80% of his health, he only takes damage from other players. This mechanic exists to make the world feel alive and to give the impression that NPCs are fighting each other.
Rextroy exploits this to kite the Ancient Protector through Boralus. The NPC draws the aggro from all the guards, but because of his protective mechanic, he cannot be killed.
The exceptional player Rextroy always provides great moments – whether as a Paladin, Death Knight, or Shaman.
The result is that Rextroy is chased by the Ancient Protector, who is in turn being chased by dozens of elite guards. The interesting thing is: the guards still intervene in the fight against Horde players and attack them if they get too close. This way, Rextroy was able to lead the guards with him and deliberately send them after Horde players, who simply explode in a storm of Kul Tirans.
What do you think of this trick? A cool thing that Rextroy used? Or a serious exploit that should be punished?
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While Greymoor, the latest expansion for the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, was released on PC in May, players on PS4 and Xbox One had to wait longer. In the meantime, they can also start playing. We tell you what you need to know about the release and the download size.
Update June 10 1:30 PM: ESO was released almost on time on the two consoles and can now be played by you. There don’t seem to be any major issues at this time. We have updated the article from June 9 accordingly.
When was Greymoor released for PS4, Xbox One?
The new expansion for ESO was released for PS4 and Xbox One on Wednesday, June 10.
The new expansion has to be purchased once. Unlike DLCs, it is not included in ESO+.
On PS4, you cannot pre-order Greymoor yet. The expansion can only be purchased on release on June 10.
In the Xbox Store, you pay 39.99 euros for the digital upgrade. However, this requires a purchased version of ESO. Greymoor combined with all previous expansions costs 59.99 euros. The digital collector’s editions cost 10 euros more each.
What pre-order bonuses are there?
Whoever ordered the Greymoor expansion before release receives various bonuses, including a new costume, a companion, a treasure map for Western Skyrim, and a War Horse of the Festival Breaker.
To receive the pre-order bonuses on PS4, it is sufficient to purchase Greymoor between June 10 and June 22.
The pre-order bonuses for Greymoor.
Greymoor impresses with cool events and a lot of nostalgia
What does Greymoor offer? With the new expansion come areas from Western Skyrim and the Blackreach into play. The area of the expansion is supposed to be the largest so far.
In addition, you can expect:
A dark main story and many creepy side quests, containing a total of 30 hours of new storytelling.
The Storms of Grief / Hawworstorms – A group event in the open world.
The new antiquity system is one of the highlights of the expansion.
Is it worth it? Anyone who has enjoyed playing The Elder Scrolls Online so far will hardly be able to pass on the new expansion. But Greymoor also appeals to another target group: fans of Skyrim.
The expansion strongly emphasizes the nostalgia factor and brings back familiar places like Solitude or the Blackreach. Furthermore, the MMORPG can be played very well alone, except for some dungeons and trials for 12 players. The mass of players streaming into the new areas is said to be one of the reasons why there were release issues.
In Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare, players are waiting for the start of Season 4, which was originally set to begin on June 3. Now there are indications that it will take place on Wednesday, June 10. The release time is also known.
Update 13:17, 10.6.: The dataminer’s finding has turned out to be incorrect. On the morning of June 10, Season 4 did not start. At the moment, there is no start date for Season 4 in CoD Modern Warfare and Warzone.
Activision’s support only states that there is still no start date for Season 4, but players should keep an eye on the official channels.
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However, it likely won’t take too long before Season 4 starts.
Original report:
When does Season 4 start? The recently found release date for Season 4 is Wednesday, June 10, at 8 AM our time. That is exactly one week after the original release date of June 3, 2020.
Where the information comes from: The dataminer “TheMW2Ghost” found a file in the data indicating this release date.
Other dataminers have confirmed this finding: The date for Season 4 actually appears in the files, it is reported. This has been confirmed by multiple sources.
Call of Duty will likely wait for developments in the USA
How likely is it that it will start then? It is understandable even without datamining that Wednesday, June 10, is the logical start for Season 4.
Because the start of the season was not delayed due to technical reasons or because something was wrong with the build, but out of respect for the current situation in the USA. Therefore, it is likely that Activision Blizzard wants to maintain the normal update cycle and schedule, just shifted by a week.
Nevertheless, the start is not certain, as there is currently a dynamic situation in the USA that could escalate further at any time. If the unrest in the cities continues to escalate, it is quite possible that the start of Season 4 will be postponed once again.
In some parts of the USA, there have been civil-war-like conditions in recent days. A contentious issue is that police are using surplus military equipment. Therefore, a military shooter like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is in a difficult situation.
“MeinMMO, GameStar, and GamePro express solidarity with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and do not tolerate any discrimination. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all who advocate for respectful coexistence in our communities. Our thoughts are with all affected. Take care of yourselves.”
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In the MMO New World, you create a character and can level it up and equip it. Now, new details have been released that deal with the topics of attributes and abilities.
What does character development look like? In New World, which is currently still in alpha, your character starts at level 1 and without special equipment or skills.
During your adventure, you level up by collecting experience points up to level 60. With each level up, you receive attribute points that you can spend in five different primary attributes. Additionally, you learn new weapon skills through the use of weapons.
The latest blog post from New World now reveals more details about character development. These have been positively received on reddit, also because the structure is kept simple and intuitive.
Simple systems for attributes and weapons
How are the attributes structured in New World? Your character in New World has 5 different attributes:
Strength – Determines how effective melee weapons are. Heavy weapons like a warhammer depend solely on strength, while light weapons like one-handed swords also benefit from dexterity.
Dexterity – Determines your skill in ranged combat. Light melee weapons also benefit from it.
Intelligence – Determines how well you can handle mage weapons like fire staffs. Also enhances weapons with magical effects like the flaming sword.
Focus – Improves mana regeneration and reduces cooldowns of skills.
Constitution – Determines the value of your hit points.
At the start, each character has 5 points in all primary attributes. With each level up, you receive a new point that you can distribute.
When you reach 60 distributed points, you hit a soft cap, beyond which the distribution of further points loses effectiveness. In addition to level-ups, you can also obtain more attribute points through jewelry.
5 primary attributes to choose from
Can I redistribute attribute points? If you have distributed your points incorrectly or want to change your build, you can reset the attribute points. However, this will cost you gold.
Upon release, however, the redistribution is supposed to remain free at first, so players can try things out.
How do I learn new weapon skills? Whenever you defeat enemies with a weapon, you gain experience points for wielding that weapon. Each weapon has two skill trees with active and passive skills.
For each level up of a weapon, you receive a point that you can spend in the trees. This distribution can be reset for Azoth.
This is what the talent tree of the throwing axe looks like.
New World offers 16 different “professions”
How are the “civil skills” structured? In addition to attribute points and weapon skills, you can learn additional skills that resemble professions or life skills from MMORPGs.
Available options include:
4 gathering skills – Mining, Skinning, Logging, and Harvesting.
5 refining skills – Smelting, Stone Masonry, Woodworking, Tanning, and Weaving.
In New World, however, you do not have to choose one skill; you can learn and level all of them simultaneously. However, if you want to reach the highest levels in all areas, you will probably have to invest a lot of time.
An overview of the various “civil skills” in New World.
Is New World a full-fledged MMORPG?
Officially, Amazon calls New World an “open-world MMO” and has so far avoided the term MMORPG. However, on reddit, the presented content related to character development was immediately compared to other MMORPGs:
Elveone writes on reddit: “Well, I already knew that, but now it’s official for me – this game is an RPG and not just a survival game. The skills for weapon mastery make the difference for me.”
Another user Nevada955 is excited: “Finally some RPG content, I’m happy and hyped, great news.”
Other users in the thread, however, are skeptical and describe New World as a “lackluster MMORPG without special features” (via reddit). For them, Amazon’s game looks more like standard fare.
There seems to be ongoing criticism that has existed since the highly publicized overhaul in December 2019. Back then, New World moved away from forced PvP and began focusing more on PvE content. This led to two groups fighting over the soul of the game.
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In Pokémon GO today, the last raid hour featuring the legendary Pokémon Reshiram is happening. We will provide you with all the important information and why it is worth it once more.
What is a raid hour? This event takes place every Wednesday in Pokémon GO and brings increased legendary raids for one hour.
Currently, everything revolves around Reshiram, as this is the last raid hour with the legendary Pokémon. It will then be replaced by Zekrom.
Raid hour today with Reshiram – Start time and counters
When does it start? The raid hour starts today at 6:00 PM local time and lasts exactly one hour. During this time you will find legendary raids at almost all gyms.
Which counters should be used? Reshiram is of the Fire and Dragon type and is therefore vulnerable to the types Dragon, Rock, and Ground.
The best Pokémon are Rayquaza, Rameidon, and Rihornior. However, in suitable weather, other Pokémon can also be useful:
Sunny weather: Especially use Ground-type Pokémon
Windy weather: Dragon-type Pokémon are particularly strong
Partly cloudy: Rock-type Pokémon are the right choice here
How many trainers are needed? Reshiram can already be defeated by two players. With three players, it is even possible at level 25. For the raid hour, we recommend a group size of 5 to 6 players. This way, the raids go faster, and you can defeat more Reshiram within the hour.
Why Reshiram is worth it: You should take advantage of the last raid hour of Reshiram. It is the best fire Pokémon in the game and is worth your time.
So far, it is not known when Reshiram will return, which is why you should already have a good team of the legendary Pokémon now. A detailed analysis of Reshiram’s usability has been explained in another article. There, you will also see all the important data about the legendary Pokémon to be well prepared for the raid.
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InValorant the former pro and now top streamer shroud is one of the best players. See how good the “human aimbot” is and how he effortlessly takes out a 4:1 disadvantage here.
Who is shroud? The former CS:GO pro Michael “shroud” Grzesiek is known for his great skill in shooters. He was actively involved in the development of the gunplay of Apex Legends and is also referred to as a “human aimbot” due to his immense precision.
However, a strong performance in a round of Valorant could now earn shroud the additional title “human wallhack”, because through experience, timing, and nerve strength, he anticipated the actions of his opponents to the second and won a completely uneven encounter against 4 opponents.
shroud plays like clockwork, killing enemies solely through timing
Here was the situation: shroud and his team were aggressively pressured on the map Bind at point A. The opponent pushed relentlessly and three of shroud’s teammates were already dead. Confident of victory, the opponents continued to advance, and despite shroud’s resistance, who quickly took down one enemy, his last buddy had to bite the dust.
Shroud immediately struck back and avenged his friend. But it was still 2 against 1, and shroud had a sniper rifle with which he could only shoot slowly, but very accurately. A determined attack from the enemies would probably have finished him off, but shroud knew exactly how the opponent worked and stayed calm.
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That’s why shroud doesn’t need a wallhack: He simply turned around and took aim at the spot where he was sure the opponent would attack. He was so sure of it that he even counted down from 3 methodically. And as if he had foreseen it, the enemy appeared exactly at 0 in his scope. Boom, bullseye!
shroud played the agent Sage and had no reconnaissance skills or even a wallhack to see through walls. His action was simply the result of much experience and stoic calm.
“You’re really insane!”, shroud’s teammate admitted in awe. And even though it was not shown in the clip anymore, shroud stated that he also took out the last enemy and thus saved the round single-handedly.
Raph Koster, the former lead designer of Ultima Online, was a guest on a livestream of “Find Your Next Game”, hosted by MeinMMO and GameStar. He also talked about the term “MMO”. He finds the acronym dreadful and explains what it actually entails.
What does MMO stand for? Originally, the word MMO was somewhat of an abbreviation for MMORPG, which stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.
However, over time, the term evolved. While battles with 300 or more players were the norm in Dark Age of Camelot, WoW established smaller player counts for relevant content like dungeons, raids, or PvP battlegrounds. It removed a bit of the “Massively” from MMORPG.
Raph Koster, who is among the founding figures of MMORPGs as the lead designer of Ultima Online, finds the abbreviation even dreadful and explains why in the “Find Your Next Game” livestream. He also describes what constitutes MMOs and what fascinates him about online games.
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Raph Koster’s statement in the recording (from hour 2 minute 20).
Diving into another world, that’s what makes it special
What does Koster say? During a discussion about how difficult it is to make MMO fans happy, Koster explains why the term MMO already complicates things:
What actually makes a game an MMO? First of all, MMO is a terrible designation because all it tells you is: Massively Multiplayer Online…something. It’s really a dreadful abbreviation.
It all started with MMORPG, and then other terms came along, like MMORTS, MMOFPS, and so on. Before, we called them MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons), but we also tended to say online world or virtual world.
Raph Koster in the livestream from MeinMMO and GameStar
Raph Koster is currently working on a new project that is expected to use cloud technology.
What defines an MMO? While Koster acknowledges there is a technical definition of MMO, it doesn’t play a significant role for him. Instead, he wishes to immerse his imagination in a world that doesn’t exist:
The technical definition is: it must simulate space, it must provide a place to move, it must be able to represent the avatars, it must be persistent, those kinds of things.
I like to summarize it this way: Be where you can’t be. Be someone you can’t be. Along with other players. That’s the true idea of entering an online world.
Raph Koster in the livestream from MeinMMO and GameStar
In this context, he criticizes games that are categorized as MMOs but resemble a sport or competition instead. For him, there is too little exploration of the world and too much “going into a match” together.
What resembles a world in Destiny 2 the most is actually the lobby and the city areas. And you don’t spend much of your active playtime there. But that’s the part of the game that feels like an MMO.
Raph Koster in the livestream from MeinMMO and GameStar
For him, there is nothing against instances, after all, World of Warcraft even made these small group contents popular. But WoW has “the much bigger lobby, namely a large part of the game”.
For Koster, such an open world plays an important role.
Parallel worlds in which we can escape or become better people
What fascinates Koster about MMOs? In the following discussion, Koster talks about how MMOs are like a parallel world that players can escape into.
Especially in these times of Corona, but also protests and injustices, Koster even sees this as useful:
If we look at the real world and all the things happening right now, then it has a great value to be able to go to another place and try out different behaviors. Ways to be better to each other, ways to understand how important every person is.
And that is one reason why the social aspects play such an important role. It teaches you to recognize that all the different ways to explore a world are valid. That all other people have feelings and rights and are important.
Raph Koster in the livestream from MeinMMO and GameStar
Gordon Walton, who has previously worked on Mass Effect, SWTOR, and Crowfall and was also part of the livestream, agrees with Koster. He explains the differences between single-player and multiplayer games:
The difference between single- and multiplayer lies in how relevant it feels. That’s what makes multiplayer games special: My behavior and my efforts are recognized by others.
In a single-player game, the game tries to keep you relevant, as it wants you to keep playing. But you know that everything is just a construct.
But you can trick your brain into feeling that it’s not a construct because real people are involved. My friend Jonathan Baron says that the human heart feels no difference between a virtual world and reality. It’s the same for us and our hearts. We can’t separate that.
Gordon Walton in the livestream from MeinMMO and GameStar
Koster adds to this statement that online worlds have a nice aspect: It can be about how special you are yourself, but also how special the other players are. For him, that is a nicer definition of online worlds.
Gordon Walton, the current Executive Producer of the MMORPG Crowfall.
The start of Season 21 is the next big event in Diablo 3. It seems that at the beginning, they aim to deliberately avoid competition from Path of Exile.
What is known about the new season: In the Blizzard forums, Diablo 3 has now announced when the current Season 20 will end. This will happen on June 21 at 5:00 PM German time.
Usually, it takes one to two weeks before the new season will start. This pattern is known from previous season episodes.
So, it is assumed that the new Season 21 in Diablo 3 will start on June 26 or, more likely, on July 3. Both are Fridays. The typical days when these events launch in Blizzard’s ARPG.
Is there a deliberate avoidance of Path of Exile?
What is happening at Path of Exile? This ARPG is constantly being filled with new content – the next comes in the form of the Harvest league in Path of Exile. During this league, players gather seeds they find during their adventures. These are then planted in the grove and supplied with life energy so that eventually monsters grow from them that must be defeated.
In Path of Exile, players will soon plant their enemies themselves
In summary:
Path of Exile starts on June 19 with the Harvest league
On June 21, Season 20 of Diablo 3 ends
The start of Season 21 in Diablo 3 is expected on June 26 or July 3 – this is not officially known yet
What stands out? It seems that Blizzard is deliberately choosing to go around Path of Exile here. The start date of the Harvest league of PoE has been known since June 2. Only on June 9 did Blizzard officially explain when their current season will end.
Players who like both Path of Exile and Diablo 3 do not have to choose between the two major events in the games. Instead, they could theoretically play Path of Exile for one to two weeks before switching to Diablo 3. Thus, the ARPG audience is not being split.
This has not always been the case – Diablo was unfortunate in confrontation
This is how it went in Season 20: The current Season 20 of Diablo 3 started on March 13, 2020, simultaneously with the Delirium expansion of Path of Exile. This was criticized by players.
Players predicted a “ghost season” for D3. They accused Blizzard of “madness” – they should have started the season at a different time.
The then-community manager of Diablo stated at that time that they could not have started the season earlier. It was important to fix last-minute bugs or balance changes.
She wrote at that time that such scheduling overlaps can happen repeatedly. “It is more an unfortunate coincidence than anything else.” (via reddit)
It seems that they do not want to leave the start of Season 21 to any unfortunate coincidence and are now deliberately making room to avoid overlaps.
However, the testers still have some issues with Season 21 of Diablo 3. The season bonus is troubling them. In solo play, it is currently overwhelmingly strong, while in other areas it is rather weak.
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On the evening of June 9th, Bungie presented the future of Destiny 2 in a prepared stream. It was the most important stream since 2017. At the beginning of the stream, there was silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. That was the duration of George Floyd’s struggle for life.
This was the expectation: People thought Bungie would start the stream with much spectacle and a trailer. Bungie needed a bang after some difficult months to wake up and motivate the fans again.
But the stream did not begin with the presentation of the new expansion “Beyond Light”, but with a map and silence.
Bungie remained silent for as long as George Floyd’s struggle for life lasted.
This is why they stayed silent: As stated on the displayed maps, the struggle for life of African American George Floyd lasted 8 minutes and 46 seconds. He was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis on May 25th. Since then, unrest has prevailed in the USA. The “Black Lives Matter” movement fights against racism and discrimination in the USA.
Bungie let the full 8 minutes and 46 seconds pass to emphasize how long Floyd lay on the ground without anyone intervening until he died.
This is how it is viewed: Bungie received a lot of praise for the action. They would use their platform impressively to stand up for the movement, it was said by Twitch streamer Teawrex.
As people in Seattle say, this is not just lip service. Many Bungie employees are seen at protests in the streets of Seattle, even CEO Pete Parsons is among them.
As MeinMMO staff member Irina Moritz experienced, the community in other streams was moved by Bungie’s gesture during the Destiny 2 reveal. For example, streamer GladdX also remained silent for the entire 8 minutes and 46 seconds, and mostly positive comments were made.
On MeinMMO, user Chris Ze said: “Great! Huge respect to Bungie for this action with the nearly 9 minutes! It really makes you realize how damn long Mr. Floyd had to suffer.””
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The CEO of Bungie, Pete Parsons, demonstrates on the streets of Seattle.
This is how the stream went: It was an unusual stream for Bungie in unusual times. Normally, Bungie announces new expansions in live streams and the announcements follow a fixed pattern:
the streams start about 15 minutes before time with static images and a soundtrack
at some point, you hear the moderator DeeJ doing a sound check
the stream starts in a studio atmosphere
This time the stream was completely pre-recorded – due to Corona. In the main part, you saw the two front figures of Destiny, Mark Noseworthy and Luke Smith, discussing content and directional decisions. In between, there were always trailers and inserts.
In one segment before the stream started, Bungie employees talked about working from home.
As the stream was about to begin, there was silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
This was the main part of the stream. The two front figures were having a conversation.
This is why the stream was important: Later in the stream, Bungie presented the realignment for the next 3 years. Bungie feels completely committed to the game Destiny 2, will bring 3 expansions by 2022 and go “All In”.
This was certainly the most important stream since the announcement of Destiny 2 in the summer of 2017.
There was a lot to see during the stream.
If you want to read in detail what Bungie shared during the “most important announcement” in years, you can follow it in our live ticker for the stream. The full stream is also embedded there – with the silent 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
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In the stream “Find Your Next Game,” we at MeinMMO will talk about the MMOs and MMORPGs that we will play in 2020 and 2021. There will also be an exclusive reveal from our chief editor, Schuhmann. So tune in!
Who will be seen in the stream? During our stream for “Find Your Next Game“, we will introduce your “Next Games”. In the stream, you will see our team:
Alexander Leitsch – MMORPG expert from MeinMMO
Leya Jankowski – Brand Manager of MeinMMO and often present at preview events and interviews
Dawid Hallmann – Founder and still the head of MeinMMO
and
SCHUHMANN
Yes, you read that right. Schuhmann, who has been writing articles for you for years, steering the Destiny ship on course, and regularly chatting with you in the comments, is no longer an unknown face with question marks (for you). No, he will introduce himself to you. With a microphone and webcam!
What will be streamed? You can look forward to professional perspectives on the universe of upcoming online games. Whether MMO or MMORPG – what are we actually playing in 2020 and 2021?
But these are not dull, boring game presentations like you might have seen elsewhere. No. We will also critically analyze the games. After a participant briefly introduces the respective MMO or MMORPG, they have to face critical questions from the other participants and, if they can, defend their game.
You see here, the concept offers plenty of explosive material. And you also play an important role. Because at MeinMMO, we have always placed high value on what our community thinks about the games we cover.
Our stream on Twitch and YouTube fits wonderfully with this concept, as we expect your questions in the chat regarding the games presented.
When does it happen? The stream will take place on Wednesday, June 10, starting at 7:00 PM. We will be on air for about an hour. Mark your calendars!
Where can I watch? You can find the stream on MAX’s Twitch channel (Monsters and Explosions) and also on the GameStar YouTube channel.
https://www.twitch.tv/monstersandexplosions
What else is planned? Throughout June, we will provide you with articles and streams related to “Find Your Next Game.” You can view our complete program here:
Program Overview
Stay updated on Find Your Next Game: All information, dates, and what to expect from us in the coming days and weeks can be found in our program schedule.
