Borderlands 4 chief warns: If you have a lousy gaming PC, don’t expect wonders from the Day 1 patch

Cedric Holmeier Cedric Holmeier Reading time 2 minutes

The head of Borderlands 4 was asked by fans how much performance changes when the Day 1 Patch arrives. However, the answer is likely to be disappointing to many.

Who is it about? Randy Pitchford is the CEO of Gearbox and the head of Borderlands 4. He has previously made headlines with polarizing statements, such as when he advised a fan to save money or work extra to afford Borderlands 4. The fan had approached him with a request not to raise the game’s price due to rising living costs.

With new posts on X.com, he is once again stirring discussions. This time it’s about system requirements and the optimization of the game. The website destructoid.com reported performance issues during the preview test of Borderlands 4. The head explained himself afterward.

Here you can watch the trailer for the launch week of Borderlands 4:

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Der Trailer zur Launch-Woche von Borderlands 4

Day 1 Patch brings no miracles

What does the head say? Randy Pitchford commented on the issue in two posts on X.com. He explains what the system requirements for Borderlands 4 mean. A player whose PC meets the “Recommended” requirements should be able to experience Borderlands 4 at 60 FPS in 2K on medium settings.

Players whose systems fall below the minimum requirements should not expect to be able to play Borderlands 4 at all. Randy Pitchford states on X.com: “Using a computer that does not meet the minimum requirements, one must expect that the game is unplayable.”

At the same time, the head also discusses the “Day 1 Patch” that Borderlands 4 will receive at launch. It is supposed to address core issues, make optimizations, and bring significant improvements. However, the head also asks for understanding that a new AAA game will not run buttery smooth on a weaker or older system.

How bad is the performance? We at MeinMMO have also received access to a test version before the release and have already gotten an impression of the performance.

MeinMMO editor Dariusz Müller assesses the performance as follows:

I am currently testing Borderlands 4 and was able to discuss a boss fight from the game and the corresponding mission in a preview. I had no performance issues during the boss fight itself, but fewer enemies were involved. During the mission, I experienced several FPS drops, especially when entering a new area of the fortress where many enemies greeted me and started shooting at the same time. The problem is that with each FPS drop, the game stutters briefly. This can be disturbing in a battle. I play Borderlands on PC and my system is somewhere between minimum and recommended requirements.

We cannot yet say how much the “Day 1 Patch” will actually affect performance. However, if the system falls below the minimum requirements, playing Borderlands 4 is probably not recommended, as the head states it will become unplayable.

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The clear words of the head faced criticism in the comments. They do not appreciate that even before the release, there are warnings about performance and that the head himself makes such cautionary statements. With Borderlands 4, many fundamental changes were actually supposed to happen: “Less Border, more Lands” The head reveals what will fundamentally change in Borderlands 4

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The delay of GTA 6 disappointed thousands of players, but one team celebrated so hard that they are “still hungover”

Caroline Fuller Caroline Fuller Reading time 2 minutes

The shift of the long-awaited and simultaneously feared GTA 6 caused mixed reactions among players and game developers, most of whom were rather disappointed. However, for a few individuals, this announcement was worth a proper celebration.

Which team celebrated the delay of GTA 6? The team behind the upcoming Ghost of Yotei from Sucker Punch was one of the few studios for which the delay of GTA 6 was the best news they could imagine. While other studios are anxious about their own release dates that could face fierce competition from the giant’s delay, the developers of Ghost of Yotei experienced quite the opposite. 

Before the delay, GTA 6 was targeted for late 2025, which could have overlapped with the release of Ghost of Yotei on October 2, 2025. But now, Rockstar decided to wait until May 26, 2026 for the release – allowing Sucker Punch’s open-world adventure to proceed in peace.

This caused such joy within the team that, according to their own statement in exchange with MinnMax (via YouTube), is still felt.

Here you can see the trailer for GTA 6, which will ultimately not appear until 2026:

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Rockstar Games presents GTA 6 in the second trailer

The delay of GTA 6 not only caused relief, but also wet and joyful euphoria

How does a team member express their feelings about the announcement from Rockstar? The co-creative director of Ghost of Yotei Nate Fox explained to MinnMax that the announcement of the delay of GTA 6 triggered such euphoria that the team had to celebrate extensively at first.

When asked by MinnMax if the studio popped champagne corks after the announcement, Fox simply replied: “We’ve all been hungover for several months. It was a great day” (exact timing on YouTube).

What makes their reaction so special? Sucker Punch was lucky that the delay of GTA 6 moved the release away from their own, rather than pulling it closer. Other studios were anxious about receiving such a long-awaited game like GTA 6 as a competitor to their own game and were even willing to delay their own projects.

For this reason, they are just some of the few that can be so happy about the shift of the title as they now feel “safe”. 

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GTA 6 will be released on May 26, 2026, as long as it is not delayed again. However, that seems unlikely, explains a former developer from Rockstar, who is very sure about that. Other rumors are just a pure “desire for attention”: Former Rockstar Games developer explains why you should not fear another delay of GTA 6 for now

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Dungeon Master of Dungeons & Dragons admits he has been cheating his players for 5 years – the community celebrates it

Alexander Mehrwald Alexander Mehrwald Reading time 2 minutes

A Dungeon Master from Dungeons & Dragons has been making his players live with a lie for years, withholding important information from them. And this seems to please not only them.

How is the Dungeon Master deceiving his players? Reddit user ASpookyShadeOfGray confesses to the community on Reddit that he has been designing puzzles for his players for 5 years that have no solutions. He himself is quite bad at designing them, and they tend to be too easy for his groups.

When he started making the puzzles more challenging, he noticed that the players often had better solutions than he did and often accepted their creations if they were better than his original. At some point, he had trouble creating a puzzle with a proper solution and thought that his players probably wouldn’t notice if there was no solution, as long as he didn’t tell them.

So he let them continue to find their own solutions, but without having a suitable one in hand himself. He opened the thread because he “just wanted to tell someone who won’t turn around and tell his players that he has been deceiving them for five years.”

But the community celebrates his approach and supports him in his decision.

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It often depends on the group

How does the community find his idea? In the community on the thread, his actions are well received. Many users celebrate the freedom he gives his players and the creativity that is fostered because there is no clear line they have to follow.

Many other Dungeon Masters join the conversation and explain that they would do it similarly and have had very good experiences with it – as long as they don’t tell their players. Because then it often happens that motivation decreases and the puzzles no longer appeal to the players, as the contemplation of the supposedly “right” solution is important.

Others argue that puzzles without a prior solution cannot be good puzzles. Because how could one design a good one if there is no solution to hold onto and demonstrate that it is a good puzzle? Again, other users find this approach especially good for players who struggle with seemingly easier puzzles.

Is the concept of the Dungeon Master advisable? In this case, the concept of the Dungeon Master seems to work well because the players enjoy his puzzles, even though there is no official solution for them. However, for other groups, it might be too open and lead to confusion or frustration, as there is no guidance or a nudge in the right direction.

As is often the case with Dungeons & Dragons, it primarily depends on the group composition. It primarily lies with the Dungeon Master to assess what type of puzzles suit their players, how much assistance they need, and how well they can design puzzles themselves or seek inspiration online.

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Dune: Awakening Server Status on September 9, 2025 – Maintenance Complete, Patch Notes for Chapter 2 and DLC Lost Harvest

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

The developers of Dune: Awakening have announced a server maintenance for September 9, 2025, to implement changes and fixes to the servers of the survival MMO. MeinMMO will inform you when you can expect to play again.

Update on September 9, 2025 – 11:17 a.m.: On the official Discord channel, the developers announce that the servers are back online and the new content is available. The patch notes for 1.2.0.0 can be found at duneawakening.com.

Update from September 9, 2025 – 11:07 a.m.: You can download the new update on Steam. The download size is 8.2 GB.

How long will the servers be offline? According to the developers, the servers of Dune: Awakening will go offline on September 9, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The maintenance is expected to last about 120 minutes. If everything goes according to plan, you should be able to return to the servers by 12:00 PM. MeinMMO will also update this announcement if there are any delays.

Why is the maintenance happening? Today sees the release of the DLC “Lost Harvest” along with a free content update. New features for all players include:

  • Main story continues
  • Character editing after creation
  • Dynamic encounters
  • Contracts in the Social Hub
  • New layouts for the Deep Desert
  • New archetype armors
  • New hairstyles and tattoos

The DLC brings:

  • New vehicle
  • New quest line with unique locations
  • New building elements and decorations
  • New armor and weapon skins
  • New swatches and emotes

It is currently unclear if all content will be available immediately after the maintenance or if it will follow later in the evening, as is usual with Steam.

What about the patch notes? They will be released only after the maintenance is completed. We will add these to the article as soon as they are available.

The trailer for the new content of Dune Awakening:

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What do I need to know about Dune: Awakening? The new survival MMO from Funcom was released on June 10, 2025, for PC and takes you to the desert planet Arrakis. However, you won’t encounter the familiar storyline from the books or movies, but rather an alternative timeline in which Paul Atreides was never born.

Hunger, thirst, sun, aggressive enemies – from the very first moment, survival is the focus of Dune: Awakening. By building better tools, gear, bases, vehicles, and weapons, you will gradually ease your daily life, allowing you to concentrate more on exploring the game world, mastering dungeons, or experiencing the story.

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In large parts of the game world, you can encounter up to 39 other players. Exceptions are the two faction capitals and the Deep Desert, a vast endgame area where PvP is active almost everywhere and which changes fundamentally every week due to a storm. You can find out more in our overview: Dune: Awakening – Everything about the release on PS5, Xbox, and PC

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Path of Exile 2: Lineage Support Gems – Effects and Locations in the List

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 8 minutes

In Path of Exile 2 has added a large collection of new Support Gems to the loot pool: the Lineage Support Gems. Which ones are there, what effects do they bring, and how can you get them best? You can find out here.

What are Lineage Support Gems? With the release of Update 0.3, Lineage Support Gems were introduced in Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict for the first time. These gems differ dramatically in appearance and functionality from the Support Gems that fans can create themselves through base gems.

They are powerful, can significantly change a build, and offer allusions to past enemies and characters that fans should know from Path of Exile 1 through their appearance. As some builds are now based on these Lineage Support Gems, we show you a list of all specimens and their effects in German and explain where you can reliably obtain these gems.

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All Lineage Support Gems in the List – Effects and Location

SymbolNameEffect
LineageLifetapAtaluis Aderlass• Manacosts from skills are converted to life costs.
• Supported skills deal 2 % of the damage as extra physical damage per 10 lost life.
LineageEinharEinhars Bestienritus• Supported skills can only deal damage to enemies with low life
• Critical strikes from supported melee skills against rare monsters grant two of their modifiers for 40 seconds.
LineageMeatshieldGehirn von Brutus• Minions of supported skills cannot take damage.
• Minions of supported skills cannot deal damage.
LineageArmourBreakUruks Verhüttung• Complete armor break with supported skills causes affected targets to permanently take 2% increased physical damage, up to 20%.
• Supported skills break 70% more armor.
PaquatePaquates Pakt• Corrupted blood deals 25% of your strength as physical damage per second.
• Duration of corrupted blood is 5 seconds.
• Loses 2% of maximum life per corrupted blood caused by supported skills.
• Supported warcries cause 5 stacks of corrupted blood.
LineageVilentaVilentas Antrieb• 50% of reductions to cast speed apply to supported skills.
• Also applies to projectile speed.
MonasticAiliths Glockenspiel• 10% chance to gain an energy charge for each spent combo when combo is expended with supported skills.
• This chance can exceed 100%.
LineageTecrodTecrods Rache• Creatures of supported skills die 10 seconds after their life is reduced to 0.
• Creatures of supported skills gain Soul Eater when their life is reduced to 0.
• Creatures of supported skills gain 20% increased attack and cast speed when their life is reduced to 0.
LineageDoedreDoedres Ruin• Supported skills create cursed ground.
• Enemies on the cursed ground of a supported skill are cursed while they remain on it.
• Cursed ground created by supported skills counts as hazard.
• Max 2 areas of cursed ground
• Triggers Doedres’ dark intent when enemies enter cursed ground created by supported skills.
AzadianRathas Angriff• Supported crossbow ammunition skills cannot reload.
• Supported skills load 3 bolts when you use the dodge roll.
• Supported skills load 3 additional bolts.
AmmoConservationArjuns Medaille• 35% chance to load a bolt into all crossbow skills when you deal a critical hit with the supported skill.
LineageKaomKaoms Wahnsinn• Supported skills create 3 additional columns.
• Supported skills have 20% lower attack speed.
• Supported skills deal 40% less damage.
• Supported skills have 30% less area of effect.
WildshardsSiones Temperament• Gain 1 Wildsplitter when casting supported spells.
• Supported skills have a 20% chance to fire 8 additional projectiles in a circle per Wildsplitter.
• All Wildsplitter are lost when supported skills fire projectiles in a circle.
TrialmasterIxchels Qual• Skills triggered by supported skills have between 40% less and 50% more area of effect.
• Skills triggered by supported skills have between 40% less and 50% more projectile speed.
• Skills triggered by supported skills deal between 40% less and 60% more damage.
• Skills triggered by supported skills restore between 0% and 20% of the costs when used.
LineageRomiraRomiras Vergeltung• 10% of damage from hits is first deducted from the supported companion instead of your life.
• You regain 200% of the damage taken in this way from supported creatures as life.
• Creatures of supported skills have 30% less maximum life.
TukohamaTawhoas Pflege• Totems created by supported skills have 50% more maximum life.
• Totems created by supported skills trigger Tawhoas’ revenge upon death.
LineageMercyPietys Gnade• Supported skills cannot kill enemies with hits.
DiallaDiallas Verlangen• +1 to the level of supported skill gems
• +10% to the quality of supported skills.
LineageKalisaChorusKalisas Crescendo• Enemies affected by curses from supported skills are pacified for the final 30% of the duration of the supported curse.
• Pacified enemies cannot be pacified again for 8 seconds.
LineageKulemakSpireKulemaks Herrschaft• Spells cast by you that affect an area around you or a target location also affect an area around supported victims.
• Spells deal 50% less damage when affecting areas around victims in this way.
LineageXophXophs Scheiterhaufen• Chaos damage from hits with supported skills is also factored into the magnitudes of igniting and burning.
• Supported skills deal 20% of [Fire|Fire] damage as extra chaos damage.
LineageEshEshs Glanz• Chaos damage from hits with supported skills is also factored into the chance to shock.
• Supported skills deal 20% of lightning damage as extra chaos damage.
LineageTulTuls Stille• Chaos damage from hits with supported skills is also factored into freeze build-up.
• Supported skills deal 20% of cold damage as extra chaos damage.
LineageUulNetolUul-Netols Umarmung• Break armor for 20% of the chaos damage dealt by supported skills.
• Supported skills deal 20% of physical damage as extra chaos damage.
RakiataRakiatas Fluss• Hits with supported skills treat the values of enemy elemental resistances as inverted.
GarukhanGarukhans Entschlossenheit• Critical hit chance of attacks with supported skills is rolled twice.
• Supported skills become usable once you move 20 meters.
• Supported skills become unusable after use.
LineageTacatiTacatis Zorn• Poison from supported skills deals damage per intoxication 1% faster.
RigwaldRigwalds Wildheit• Supported skills have 20% more attack speed when used in weapon set 1.
• Supported skills deal 15% less damage when used in weapon set 1.
• Supported skills have 10% less attack speed when used in weapon set 2.
• Supported skills deal 30% more damage when used in weapon set 2.
LineageUhtredLesserUhtreds Exodus• +3 to the level of supported skills when modified by no other supports.
LineageUhtredStandardUhtreds Omen• +3 to the level of supported skills when exactly one other support modifies them.
LineageUhtredGreaterUhtreds Wahrsagung• +3 to the level of supported skills when exactly two other supports modify them.
LineageDaressoDaressos Leidenschaft• Supported skills require 50% less fame to use.
LineageAhnChiselAhns Zitadelle• Supported skills have 30% less area of effect.
• Supported skills deal 30% less damage with hits.
• Walls of supported skills are instead created along a column.
LineageAtziriAtziris Verlockung• Curses caused by supported skills ignore curse maximum.
• Curses caused by supported skills are reflected onto you.
• Supported skills have 25% less curse effect.
ZarokhZarokhs Refrain• Supported spells echo 2 times.
AbyssKurgalKurgals Leine• Gain unholy power for 5 seconds when commanding creatures of supported skills.
• Creatures of supported skills gain unholy power for 5 seconds when commanded.
LineageDjinnVarashtas Segen• Supported skills deal 10% more damage for each different command skill used in the last 8 seconds.
LineageArbiterZündung des Richters• 20% chance to gain Flame Archon when igniting an enemy with supported skills.
LineageArakaaliArakaalis Lust• Supported skills deal 6% more damage with hits for each poison stack on the enemy, up to 30 stacks.
LineageAmanamuAmanamus Zehnt• 50% chance to gain an Abyss monster modifier when a servant from supported skills dies • Up to 3 Abyss monster modifiers can be obtained this way

Where can you find the new gems? There are two options for how you can acquire such gems:

  • You farm various maps in your Atlas with the focus on reaching certain maps that have a “Deadly Boss”. These are tougher bosses than you are used to.
    • Here, there is a high chance of obtaining one of these gems, but they are not a guaranteed drop.
    • Note that some gems are also tied to specific activities and bosses, such as Zarokhs Refrain in the trials of the Sekhemas.
    • Some gems also drop in the surrounding map when you destroy furniture and urns or open chests. The chance is very low, though.
  • You go to Ange and open the currency exchanger with her.
    • There you can then purchase your desired gem for a certain amount of Exalts, Divs, or similar currencies.
    • Note that prices can fluctuate as you spend more time in the league and the market becomes saturated. So be quick and watch the prices.
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These were all the current Lineage Support Gems you should know about. New specimens are expected to be implemented over time to offer more build variations. Would you like to know what else The Third Edict has to offer? Then you can find an overview here: Path of Exile 2: The Third Edict – Everything about the release and innovations for Update 0.3

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You will soon be able to buy a “new” graphics card from Nvidia, but it costs more than a used small car

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 2 minutes

The RTX 5090 is currently Nvidia’s fastest graphics card. Now, an upgraded model has been shown in China with 128 GB of video memory. However, the price is significantly higher than the standard model.

What model is that? A “new” RTX 5090 with 128 GB of video memory has now appeared in China. The price is said to be on X.com around 13,000 US dollars. Converted, that’s about 11,000 euros.

For that money, you might currently get a used small car with a bit of luck, as prices are often significantly higher due to the current economic situation (via ADAC.de): Cars that you might get for around 11,000 euros include the Honda Jazz, the Kia Rio, or a Mazda 2.

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New RTX 5090 model has 128 GB of video memory

What is special about it? By default, the RTX 5090 comes with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory. The model presented here therefore has more than four times the memory. A modified Nvidia RTX graphics card, the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition, offers at least 96 GB of video memory.

According to I_Leak_VN on X.com, the model presented is not just a pure concept, as the leak posted a screenshot showing that the entire memory is actually recognized by the system. However, it is important to note that only the VRAM is said to have been significantly increased. The PCB and the chip are supposed to remain identical to the original RTX 5090.

Moreover, a selling price of 13,200 US dollars is even mentioned, indicating that it is potentially a commercial graphics card. This was reported among others by TomsHardware.com.

However, it should not be forgotten that purchasing an RTX 5090 in China is not entirely legal: The GeForce RTX 5090 and for several months also the original RTX 5090D may no longer be sold in China due to US sanctions.

Why would someone need so much video memory? Typically, graphics cards with a lot of video memory are aimed at professional users. Workstation graphics cards in particular require a lot of video memory to efficiently process and render complex scenes, large datasets, and detailed visualizations.

In science, such graphics cards are used in medicine and research, as huge image data, voxel models, or point clouds must be available in VRAM. Many AI applications also require substantial video memory.

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Battlefield 6 exaggerates completely, lets you tear down buildings like Thor

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 2 minutes

The teasers and leaks continue for Battlefield 6, this time with an official news update for your armory. A gadget has been presented, and it impresses particularly with its sheer destructive power in the video.

What has been presented? The X account Battlefield Bulletin, which generally deals with news about the shooter series, has uploaded a video (source: x.com) demonstrating the sledgehammer from Battlefield 6.

The hammer is versatile, as you can either tear down buildings or smash your opponents and vehicles with it. Fans are amazed at how effective their new gadget is, even asserting that it would turn your soldiers into the Nordic god Thor.

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Soldiers tear down buildings like Thor

How good is the sledgehammer? You can use the sledgehammer either to demolish houses or to damage enemies and vehicles.

When it comes to demolishing buildings, nothing probably comes close to the hammer. You only need 1–2 hits on any exterior wall, and the multi-story building collapses.

You can also destroy floors to navigate deeper or higher through the building. It is important that if you are heading towards the basement, you factor in the height of your fall. In the worst case, you might pull off a cool stunt only to break your legs.

The second area of focus is close combat, where the hammer can kill opponents with just one hit. Regarding vehicles, you should preferably use explosives. The hammer inflicts too little damage and has a slow handling, which makes you more vulnerable.

What do fans say about the hammer? There are two sides in the community with opinions on the sledgehammer. The first group celebrates the new gadget. It is powerful, disastrous, and just right to surprise opponents.

The second group, however, is very skeptical about the effectiveness of the hammer. They are uncertain if the hammer might be too powerful and unrealistic. In real life, one cannot demolish a multi-story building with just two hits.

Usually, explosives took on the job of destroying buildings, but due to the hammer’s effectiveness, it is now much more profitable to save these for tanks or other strategic maneuvers.

It remains to be seen whether DICE will reconsider and tone down the sledgehammer a bit. In any case, many are looking forward to the sheer destructive power of the new title, and they can hardly wait to jump in on release. You can also find more information in our overview: Battlefield 6: All important information on release, beta, and crossplay

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There is a doppelgänger of Gandalf in Middle-earth who suspiciously resembles another legendary wizard

Christoph Waldboth Christoph Waldboth Reading time 2 minutes

In Movies often require trickery to create the desired effect in a scene. In the case of The Hobbit, there was a problem with Gandalf, for which a wizard from another magical realm was used for assistance.

What was the problem? During the filming of The Hobbit, the team around director and Middle-earth mastermind Peter Jackson faced a problem, as is not unusual on a set.

In one scene, Galadriel actress Cate Blanchett had to lift the lifeless body of Gandalf. This refers to the sequence in the fortress of Dol Guldur in the third part of the series, where Gandalf is freed from his prison. The wizard was once again played by Ian McKellen, who was, however, much too heavy to be lifted and carried around by Cate Blanchett.

Moreover, the movement was supposed to appear graceful and effortless, after all, Galadriel is a powerful elf. To solve the problem, the film crew resorted to an ancient trick and brought a wizard from Harry Potter into play.

Ian McKellen faced other difficulties on the film set that did not exist at the time of The Lord of the Rings.

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How was the problem solved? Instead of the real Ian McKellen, a dummy, which was supposed to look very similar to him, was used. But not only that: On set, it became clear that the Gandalf replacement bore a striking resemblance to Dumbledore from Harry Potter.

It’s not particularly hard: In the making-of material for the film, of which you can see a snippet on YouTube, Ian McKellen explains that he and Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon are often confused. McKellen even almost played in Harry Potter.

Especially in costume and with the long, gray beard, the two look remarkably similar. On the set of The Hobbit, several people immediately noticed that the dummy even looked more like Dumbledore.

This went so far that the dummy in the shooting schedule, where everything important for the workday is noted, was named “Gandalf Dummy (Michael Gambon)”. “Dummy” stands for “placeholder” in this case.

The filmmakers stated that the fake Dumbledore played a bigger role in the scene than Ian McKellen and therefore naturally had to be named in the shooting schedule.

Michael Gambon, who passed away in 2023, would be happy about appearing in the Hobbit films at least in this way – Ian McKellen thinks in the making-of.

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Although Dumbledore doesn’t really play a role in the world of Middle-earth, this story is an amusing anecdote that connects the two wizards. On MeinMMO, we posed a question that probably burns many fantasy fans’ minds and came to a conclusion: In a fight between Gandalf and Dumbledore, there would be a clear winner

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The director of the anime One Punch Man explains why season 3 of the anime will not be as good as season 1

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 2 minutes

In the upcoming autumn season 2025, fans are particularly looking forward to an anime. One Punch Man will finally continue with Season 3. However, the director is confident that Season 3 will not reach the level of Season 1 again.

What is the big problem with One Punch Man? Season 1 was celebrated by many fans for its grand animations. But for Season 2, the animation studio changed from Madhouse to J.C.Staff. Consequently, there were many quality drops in the anime:

  • The fight scenes have less detail and appear less dynamic
  • The character designs fluctuate in their proportions and details
  • Metallic surfaces, like those of Cyborg Genos, suddenly have an inappropriate shine effect

Additionally, the focus shifted from protagonist Saitama more towards the introduction of new characters and the development of the antagonist Garou. Fans therefore hope that this will change for Season 3, as the anime is one of the most anticipated continuations (see MyAnimeList).

Another major problem for some viewers is that the director has changed again. They hold onto the fact that he has made some Hentais in the past (via Reddit). However, director Shimpei Nagai now speaks out and explains that Season 3 will indeed not be as good as Season 1.

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One-Punch Man: Special Announcement for Season 3 of the Anime

Director knows that One Punch Man will not be as good as before

What is the reason? On X.com, Nagai justifies himself that Season 3 will probably not be as good as Season 1. He writes that all his heart and soul will be invested in the season and that the reason lies with the structure of the animation studio itself:

[…] It will probably not reach the first season. But the film is marked by the persistence and ingenuity of the creators. Please at least accept that. Nowadays, there are many companies financed by large corporations. A large part of the talent has been attracted by these companies. But as I always say, I want to support JC Staff, which is committed to improving working conditions and promoting its employees. Please stop with the harassment and the persistent questions that I cannot answer due to confidentiality agreements. I sincerely ask you.

J.C.Staff does not receive the funding like other, larger animation studios, but has better working conditions. 

However, the statement does not rule out that Season 3 could still be better than Season 2. Nagai has previously tweeted showing that he is doing everything possible to make Season 3 a big success. He is even sacrificing sleep for this. 

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When does Season 3 come out? One Punch Man starts on October 5, 2025, with a recap of Season 2. The anime will then be available shortly after its release in Japan on Crunchyroll.

If you are a big fan of One Punch Man, another anime might be for you. Mashle: Magic and Muscles seems to have a similar sense of humor to the anime about Saitama, but adds a touch of Harry Potter: An anime is a mix of One Punch Man and cream puffs – Gets Season 2, releases fitting trailer

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Path of Exile 2 convinces even the veterans with the new season and one thing can make it even better

Cedric Holmeier Cedric Holmeier Reading time 2 minutes

The developers of Path of Exile 2 have not fulfilled the great desire for a new class in the ARPG with the new season “The Third Edict”. Players are still drawing a positive conclusion and are just hoping for a change.

How is Path of Exile 2 doing? Since the start of the new season “The Third Edict” on August 29, 2025, Path of Exile 2 has been full of players again. Even more than 10 days after the launch, over 220,000 players log in daily during peak times, according to SteamDB.

While most players had demanded a new class, the developers did not fulfill this player wish and instead focused on long overdue improvements to in-game systems such as trading, crafting, a story expansion, and a new season mechanic.

Although no new class has arrived, the developers have managed to convince the veterans with their new update, as they now show in their first conclusion.

Here you can see the trailer for the update:

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Path of Exile 2 shows Season 2 in the new trailer, brings Act 4 and 3 interludes into play

Positive conclusion from the veterans

How is the season received? With the veterans who have been accompanying Path of Exile 2 for a long time, the new season is very well received. They explain on Reddit that the update was just right, especially compared to the previous season, which had loot problems.

Players write on Reddit:

  • JustRegularType: “I skipped version 0.2, and 0.3 definitely feels like a step forward. It’s not perfect yet, but it feels like they are moving in the right direction.”
  • Local-Operation2307: “Patch 0.3 was very, very good compared to 0.2. I’m just still bored at the endgame and stop playing after a short time.”
  • Majinlord: “I had a lot of fun. Loot feels good. Abyss feels good, aside from the performance and a strange bug where my ‘rhoa’ gets stuck for 20 seconds. Crafting finally feels viable. That’s a big win for PoE 2.”
  • Slee777: “Aside from the terrible performance, I enjoy it when it doesn’t crash.”

What do players wish for? Although the season is well received, veterans have one thing they wish from the developers. They would like to see a mid-season patch in a few weeks that buffs weaker classes and builds to pave the way for a new run with a different character.

The same goes for Reddit user TrottoStonno: “However, I hope for a balancing in the middle of the league. Their intent was to create MUCH more options for endgame abilities and builds, and I don’t think they’ve achieved their goal.”

Whether the developers will adjust the balance again in a few weeks or whether they will focus on the next big update of the predecessor Path of Exile (1) remains to be seen.

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That the developers have not fulfilled the player wish for a new class and still made the veterans happy shows that the developers know exactly what players really want. What many also want are the exclusive skins from China: Path of Exile 2 has special skins only for a certain region, the head reveals now if they will come to the West

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Dune: Awakening receives its biggest update today and the 1st DLC – What is free, what do you have to pay for?

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

On September 9, 2025, the first real content DLC “Lost Harvest” for Dune: Awakening will be released. Additionally, all players can look forward to free content updates. MeinMMO breaks down what you need to pay for and what will be available for free.

What exactly will be released on September 9, 2025? Today, all fans of Dune: Awakening can look forward to 2 different content packages:

  • The paid DLC “Lost Harvest” (in German: “Die verlorene Ernte”).
  • A free update introducing Chapter 2, bringing new features for all players.

What content can I play from today without additional costs if I own Dune: Awakening? The complete patch notes are not live yet, but we already know which highlights are expected in the free update:

  • Continuation of the main story of Dune: Awakening with Chapter 2
  • A new option allowing you to later customize your characters’ appearance (the service costs Solari)
  • New dynamic events in the Hagga Basin
  • New contracts in the capitals (Social Hubs)
  • New layouts for the Deep Desert
  • New archetype gear sets for all classes
  • New hairstyles and tattoos
  • Comfort improvements like the ability to name storage boxes and vehicles

The trailer showcases the new content of Dune: Awakening:

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Dune: Awakening receives new story quests and another vehicle with Chapter 2

Which new content do I need to purchase the DLC “Lost Harvest” for? The first real content DLC for Dune: Awakening includes the following content:

  • A new side quest series
  • 3 new Imperial test stations that you can explore
  • The new vehicle “The Treadwheel”
  • New building parts and decorations for your bases
  • The Thumper emote
  • 4 cosmetic weapon skins, 2 cosmetic armor skins

Season Pass or Individual Purchase?

How much does the DLC “Lost Harvest” cost? You can purchase the DLC individually for $12.99 (the Euro price is not yet set, but it will likely be similar to the dollar price), or you can get the Season Pass for Dune: Awakening, which includes all 4 announced DLCs and costs 24.99 Euros. The Season Pass for Dune: Awakening is also part of the more expensive Deluxe or Ultimate versions of the survival MMO.

The DLC “Wildlife of Arrakis” was already released in June, but it only came with a few animal statues. After Lost Harvest, the two content DLCs “Raiders of the Broken Lands” and “The Water Wars” are planned for release in 2026.

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If you want to try out the contents of the free update without buying Dune: Awakening right away, you can soon do so. From September 11 to September 14, a so-called “Free Weekend” will take place for the first time. You can find all the information here: The new update of Dune: Awakening comes a day earlier and you can try it for free on Steam

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Pokémon GO brings a new monster that you can get more easily as Shiny directly

Paul Kutzner Paul Kutzner Reading time 2 minutes

A new event has been announced for Pokémon GO. You can expect a new monster and an increased Shiny chance for 2 monsters.

What kind of event is this? The new event is called Total Normal. It will start on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM and run until Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 8:00 PM.

As the name of the event suggests, Pokémon of the Normal type are in focus. Additionally, the event brings some strong bonuses as well.

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Pokémon GO: The Season “Stories of Transformation” in the Trailer

Total Normal – All Event Contents

Which monster is making its debut? With the start of the event, you can evolve Dummisel into Dummimisel for the first time. In the main Pokémon games, there are 2 forms that Dummisel can evolve into: the two-segment form and the three-segment form of Dummisel.

Which form Dummisel takes here is determined by chance. You can only get the three-segment form with a 1% chance. How exactly this will work in Pokémon GO is not yet known. However, it is assumed that the form will also be randomly determined during the evolution.

To evolve Dummisel, you need 50 candies of the monster.

Which Pokémon have an increased Shiny chance? During the event, you can find 2 monsters easier as Shiny. These are Dummisel and Ditto, fitting with the new evolution. The monsters that Ditto can transform into and encounter will also change starting from the event. Which ones those are is not yet known.

What bonuses are there in the event? In addition to the increased Shiny chance for Dummisel and Ditto, the event brings you 2 more bonuses. These include double the amount of candies when catching Pokémon and double the amount of experience points when evolving monsters.

What monsters are there in the event? If you’re out in the wild during the event, you can find event-related Pokémon. These are:

  • Wiesor*
  • Dummisel*
  • Haspiror*
  • Ohrdoch* (rare)

All monsters marked with a * can also appear as Shiny.

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Additional contents of the event: The event brings you various field research tasks again, in which you can obtain various items, experience points, and encounters with Pokémon like Miltank, Pandir, and Dummisel. Collector challenges are also part of the event again.

You can also purchase a new item for your avatar in the in-game shop as soon as the event starts. This is a Dummimisel jumpsuit.

For $1.99 (about €2), you can also purchase a paid, limited research task. In this, you will receive 5,000 experience points, 2 Lucky Eggs, and encounters with Dummisel. If you buy the research in the Pokémon GO web store, you will additionally receive 5 Ultra Balls.

In addition to the Total Normal event, there are many other events, raids, and contents waiting for you in September. If you want an overview of what they are and when they take place, feel free to take a look at our overview of all events in September 2025 in Pokémon GO.

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Dune: Awakening – Switching factions, how does it work and what are the consequences?

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 3 minutes

Whether you join the Dune: Awakening Atreides or Harkonnens can be very important. But what do you do if you have chosen the wrong faction? MeinMMO summarizes all the important details about switching factions for you.

How can I switch factions in Dune: Awakening? If you have already joined the Harkonnens or Atreides but are dissatisfied with your choice, you can initiate a one-time faction switch.

To do this, travel to the Anvil Trading Post in the Eastern Vermillius Rift. There you will find the two representatives of each side:

  • Levenbrech Maxim Kazmir of the Harkonnens
  • Lieutenant Anton Tolliver of the Atreides

With them, you can initiate the betrayal of your current faction through a dialogue option.

Update from September 9, 2025: Today, a new update and content DLC are being released, which may bring new players to Arrakis. We have therefore checked the guide again.

If this option is not available there, another contact person is available in the respective capital for the faction switch:

  • Thurif Hawat, who stands at the back end of the Ornithopter landing pad in Arrakeen.
  • Piter De Vries from Harko Village, whom you can find opposite the fast travel pilot.

When you select the appropriate dialogue option for betraying your current faction, a warning will pop up again that you must confirm again in order to proceed with the switch. After that, you will receive a new quest to implement the planned betrayal.

Attention: At times, none of the NPCs from the opposing faction had the dialogue options for the faction switch available. Whether this was a bug or if the current quest progress for the Harkonnens made switching to the Atreides impossible is unclear.

The future of Dune Awakening in the video:

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Dune: Awakening – Das ist die Zukunft des MMOs

Consequences and Unlocks

What consequences does betrayal have?

  • Once you have betrayed a faction, you cannot return.
  • If you had an active mission for your old side at the time of betrayal, it will disappear from your quest log.
  • If you belong to a guild that is part of faction A, and you switch to faction B, your character will automatically be removed from the guild.

You retain all purchased unlocks: All acquired schematics and building options from your old side remain yours even after the switch. You can first bring a faction to level 5, unlock and purchase everything, then carry out the betrayal and also level the other faction to level 5 and acquire everything there.

Interesting: According to player ConCon (via YouTube), by switching you take on the level you had achieved with your first faction. ConCon was level 5 with the Atreides, committed the betrayal, mastered a quest, and then automatically reached level 5 with the Harkonnens.

How important are the factions at all? They are essentially important for joining a guild. Followers of the Atreides cannot join a Harkonnen community, and vice versa, similar rules apply. Otherwise, with the choice of faction, you primarily determine access to the respective quest line and the associated faction trader.

You can learn more about this here: Dune: Awakening Landsraad, factions and guilds – what you need to know about Atreides versus Harkonnen

What do I need to know about Dune: Awakening?  The new survival MMO from Funcom was released on June 10, 2025, for PC and takes you to the desert planet of Arrakis. However, you will not encounter the familiar story from the books or films, but an alternative timeline in which Paul Atreides was never born.

Hunger, thirst, sun, aggressive enemies – from the very first minute, survival is the focus of Dune: Awakening. By building better and better tools, equipment, bases, vehicles, and weapons, you increasingly ease your daily life, allowing you to focus more on exploring the game world, mastering dungeons, or experiencing the story.

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In large parts of the game world, you can encounter up to 39 other players. Exceptions are the two faction capitals and the Deep Desert, a massive endgame area where PvP is active almost everywhere and which fundamentally changes every week due to a storm. You can find out more in our overview: Dune: Awakening – Everything about the release on PS5, Xbox and PC

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A player defeats a boss in Diablo 4 more than 3,000 times and shows: Getting perfect gear is almost impossible

Nicole Wakulczyk Nicole Wakulczyk Reading time 2 minutes

To get strong gear, players in Diablo 4 defeat the toughest enemies in the game. One of them has analyzed after 3,500 boss kills: getting perfect equipment is nearly impossible without other players.

Which boss has the player defeated? The player has defeated the boss Belial in Diablo 4 a total of 3,500 times. His primary goal was to obtain the unique “Ophidian Iris” as a 4GA version (an item with 4 greater affixes) for his Sorceress. The amulet was newly introduced in Season 9 in the loot pool of the hideout bosses.

Then he had the idea that he could take a larger sample since he was already making thousands of runs. However, the result of his analysis is rather sobering, especially for those hoping for really strong boss drops.

Even the cheeky treasure goblins can drop uniques:

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Die neuen Goblin-Varianten in Diablo 4 im Video

Without trading, one rarely gets useful items

In his Reddit post, the player shares several graphics that break down all his loot from the runs at Belial. The special thing about this boss is that you can choose the loot from the pool of all hideout bosses at Belial. He himself mostly chose Andariel’s loot table, only resorting to Urivar in the last 150 runs.

The numbers are impressive but not necessarily encouraging. Of a total of 31,601 items, only a tiny part was really strong loot. The player even received more mythic uniques than 3GA or 4GA items combined. It is unclear how many of those mythics had greater affixes.

Specifically, he collected in the 3,500 runs:

  • Items with 1GA: 8,638
  • Items with 2GA: 689
  • Items with 3GA: 67
  • Items with 4GA: 20
  • Mythic Uniques: 101
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Why is it nearly impossible to get perfect gear this way? His conclusion from the runs is that it is extremely unlikely to get a usable 3GA or 4GA without trading. Those are precisely the most sought-after drops, which also enhance the strongest builds in Diablo 4 with their greater affixes.

In total, he was able to collect 87 items with 3 or 4 greater affixes, but had to invest enormous amounts of time for that. On top of that, you need “Veils of the Traitor,” which you get from Belial when he spawns randomly after another boss fight, to open his chest after the boss fight. For his runs, the player bought the veils. He did not obtain the desired unique amulet with 4GA in the 3,500 runs.

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Could he sell any of it? Partially, yes. In another graphic, he shows that he was able to sell a total of 17 items: 2 with 2GA, 2 with 3GA, and 13 with 4GA. Why it wasn’t more is likely due to several factors:

  • Some items are account-bound.
  • Many players only look for very specific uniques or mythics.
  • Not everyone uses the trading system.
  • The GA items do not have the “right” greater affixes.
  • Many players have already moved on from the current season.

But not only the loot itself is often criticized by the community. The lack of a loot filter is also currently a topic among the players of Diablo 4. Meanwhile, the developers also see that the current system is reaching its limits and needs improvement.

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Dune: Awakening – Erythrite Crystal finding and farming

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

Erythrite Crystal are one of the most important resources in Dune: Awakening. MeinMMO tells you where you can best farm the crystals.

Where can I find Erythrite Crystals? The crystals occur underground, so it’s best to farm them in the depths of Hagga Rift. Grab a vehicle or aircraft with inventory expansion and head to the mineral extraction facilities located on the intermediate levels of the gorge.

Update from September 9, 2025: Today, a new update and content DLC are being released, which may bring new players to Arrakis. We have therefore checked the guide again.
Dune: Awakening - Find and farm Erythrin crystals
Look for Erythrin crystals in the marked areas of Hagga Rift.

Fortunately, you can recognize Erythrite from a considerable distance by its red crystals. For extraction, you need at least a Cutteray Type 2. Higher Cutteray levels can improve your extraction efficiency, but aren’t necessary.

Cobalt paste in large quantities

What do I need Erythrite for? You can process the collected Erythrite into cobalt paste at a chemical refinery. You’ll need this resource for numerous recipes like building sand bikes, buggies, and ornithopters, as well as for tools or equipment parts.

More tips and tricks for Dune Awakening in the video:

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Dune: Awakening: 7 schnelle Tipps, die das Spiel euch nicht verrät

What do I need to know about Dune: Awakening? The new survival MMO from Funcom was released on June 10, 2025, for PC and takes you to the desert planet Arrakis. However, you won’t find the familiar storyline from the books or movies here, but rather an alternate timeline in which Paul Atreides was never born.

Hunger, thirst, sun, aggressive enemies – from the first minute, survival is the focus of Dune: Awakening. By continuously crafting better tools, equipment, bases, vehicles, and weapons, you ease your daily life, allowing you to focus more on exploring the game world, mastering dungeons, or experiencing the story.

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In large parts of the game world, you can encounter up to 39 other players at most. Exceptions are the two faction capitals and the deep desert, a vast endgame area where PvP is active almost everywhere and changes drastically every week due to a storm. You can find more in our overview: Dune: Awakening – Everything about the release on PS5, Xbox, and PC

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Radiation in Dune: Awakening – This is how the toxic zones affect you and what you can do about it

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 3 minutes

In the world of Dune: Awakening, there are life-threatening regions with high radiation. MyMMO reveals how radiation affects you and what options you have to protect yourself.

How does radiation affect Dune: Awakening? The first radiated zone you will encounter on Arrakis is likely The Anomaly from the Western Vermillius Rift. You can already recognize it from a distance by the color shimmering flicker in the air. However, there are more radiated areas in the world, such as near some shipwrecks.

Update from September 9, 2025: Today, a new update and content DLC are being released, which may bring new players to Arrakis. We have therefore checked the guide again.

If you enter this zone without proper protection, the radiation level rises to 1 (you can check the radiation level at any time using the shortcut T) and a debuff indicator starts to fill up.

Dune: Awakening - Radiation
The radiation in the anomaly is clearly visible due to the flicker in the air.

This radiation indicator has 150,000 units and warns: danger of immediate death. And indeed, you are at risk of (almost) immediate virtual death if this indicator fills completely. Why almost? Because the radiation will only send you to the ground after a slight delay of a few minutes.

So, do not underestimate radiation just because it does not immediately negatively affect your health points (unlike poison or fire). If you leave the radiated zone in time, the radiation effect will slowly decrease again.

Additional tips for survival on Arrakis:

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Dune: Awakening: 7 schnelle Tipps, die das Spiel euch nicht verrät

The good old iodine tablet

How can I protect myself? There is actually no complete protection. However, you can prepare to survive long enough within the radiated areas to bring home the loot found there.

  • Build the Radiation Suit Type 4: 90% radiation mitigation (requires clothing fabricator for production)
  • Build the Radiation Suit Type 5: 92% radiation mitigation (requires clothing fabricator for production)
  • Build the Radiation Suit Type 6: 93% radiation mitigation (requires advanced clothing fabricator for production)
  • Iodine tablets: Accelerates the breakdown of radiation in the body and protects the body in combination with a radiation suit from radioactive radiation – additional 3% radiation mitigation for 10 minutes (requires survival fabricator for production)

Note that you must have completed the fifth trial of Aql in order to tackle the necessary research for radiation protection. Also important: The Type 4 suit only protects up to a radiation level of 4. Once the radiation increases, you will need better suits.

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What do I need to know about Dune: Awakening? The new survival MMO from Funcom was released on June 10, 2025, for PC and takes you to the desert planet Arrakis. However, you won’t find the familiar plot from the books or films, but an alternative timeline in which Paul Atreides was never born.

Hunger, thirst, sun, aggressive enemies – from the very first minute, survival is the focus of Dune: Awakening. By building better tools, gear, bases, vehicles, and weapons, you can increasingly ease your daily life, allowing you to focus more on exploring the game world, mastering dungeons, or experiencing the story.

In large parts of the game world, you can encounter up to 39 other players. Exceptions are the two faction capitals and the Deep Desert, a vast endgame area where PvP is active almost everywhere and which fundamentally changes every week due to a storm. You can find out more in our overview: Dune: Awakening – Everything about the release on PS5, Xbox, and PC

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Dune: Awakening Codes in September 2025 and how to redeem them

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

The developers of Funcom occasionally provide codes for Dune: Awakening, through which you can unlock in-game goodies like skins and blueprints. MeinMMO will tell you which codes are active and how to redeem them.

Which codes are currently active? Currently (September 9, 2025), you can use a code to secure an in-game item for Dune: Awakening:

  • WAKE-THE-SLEEPER: You unlock a blueprint for the Frameblade Knife.

Where do I redeem the code? Go to the official website of Dune: Awakening and log in to your account via the “My Account” section at the top right using the Steam link. Once you are in your account manager, navigate to “REDEEM KEY” on the left.

Then copy the active code into the corresponding field. Make sure that no unwanted spaces have snuck in, as the code will not work then. If the code is active and entered correctly, the website should show you which in-game goodie you can receive. Confirm the process. After a while, the item should appear in your blueprint collection.

Update from September 9, 2025: We have checked whether there are any additional codes for Dune: Awakening. This is not the case.

The release trailer for Dune Awakening:

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Dune: Awakening presents new action-packed trailer for the release of the game

Are there expired codes? Currently none.

What do I need to know about Dune: Awakening? The new survival MMO from Funcom was released on June 10, 2025, for PC and takes you to the desert planet Arrakis. However, you will not encounter the familiar storyline from the books or films, but rather an alternative timeline where Paul Atreides was never born.

Hunger, thirst, sun, aggressive enemies – from the first minute on, survival is the focus of Dune: Awakening. By building better tools, equipment, bases, vehicles, and weapons, you will increasingly ease your daily life so that you can focus more on exploring the game world, mastering dungeons, or experiencing the story.

More about Dune:
There is currently a golden age for survival games on Steam, and not just thanks to Windrose
von Ody
Dune: Awakening finally overcomes its identity crisis, fulfilling the greatest wish of PvE players
von Cedric Holmeier

In large parts of the game world, you can encounter a maximum of 39 other players. Exceptions are the two faction capitals and the Deep Desert, a vast endgame area where PvP is active almost everywhere and which fundamentally changes every week due to a storm. You can find out more in our overview: Dune: Awakening – Everything about the release on PS5, Xbox and PC

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Dune: Awakening – Coriolis Storm, Wipe and Landsraad Election – The most important dates in a typical week on Arrakis

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

Every week, the world of Dune: Awakening goes through a cycle where the destructive Coriolis storms and the Landsraad elections play an essential role.

What are Coriolis storms? Coriolis storms appear once a week in Dune: Awakening, destroying everything in the Deep Desert and then reshaping the regions of the endgame zone. All areas of the Hagga Basin and the two capitals of the Harkonnen and Atreides are not affected by the storms.

What is the Landsraad election? The Landsraad is a powerful political alliance of the great noble families within the Empire. In Dune: Awakening, the Landsraad consists of 25 houses, whose representatives you can meet in the game, and for which you must complete tasks as part of a guild once a week to influence the regularly held election.

The faction that can win the election is allowed to determine an active decree for the upcoming week. Such a decree might be that one of several possible traders becomes available to the winning faction, selling special recipes and some of the best items in the game.

All further details about the politics can be found here: Dune: Awakening Landsraad, factions, and guilds – what you need to know about Atreides vs. Harkonnen

Update from September 9, 2025: New week, new cycle on Arrakis. Please note the dates for the Coriolis storm and Landsraad election.

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Timeline of the Coriolis storms and elections

What does a typical week in Dune Awakening look like? The main milestones of each week are the Landsraad elections and Coriolis storms:

  • Sunday, at 8:00 p.m.: The current Landsraad phase ends, and a 24-hour window for the decree election of the new phase begins.
  • Monday, at 8:00 p.m.: Voting on the decree ends, and a Coriolis storm sweeps through the Deep Desert starting at 7:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, 5:00 a.m.: A new Landsraad phase starts and runs for 6 days, the Coriolis storm ends, the Deep Desert has been reshaped – Please note the information about server maintenance on September 9, 2025.
  • Rest of the week: With your guild, you complete the tasks of the houses to decide the upcoming election for your faction and visit the Deep Desert at your leisure.

By the way, you can open the Landsraad overview with the shortcut “L”. There you can also see which decree is currently active.

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Also important: The radio stations of Arrakis and the internal warning system announce upcoming Coriolis storms well in advance. Bring your belongings out of the Deep Desert into the safe Hagga Basin in time! If you haven’t discovered the radio yet, check it out here: Dune: Awakening has a hidden feature that has already sweetened every trip for you in GTA

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The 10 most powerful Hogwarts students in the power ranking who attend school with Harry Potter

Linda Baumgartl Linda Baumgartl Reading time 7 minutes

Students at Hogwarts learn far more than just theory. Even though they are still in training, they should not be underestimated. But which Hogwarts students are actually the strongest?

What was the ranking based on? In 1991, Harry begins his first year at the wizarding school Hogwarts. For six years, he learns spells, potion making, flying, and so on, before he begins hunting for Voldemort’s Horcruxes.  

In this ranking, we look at all the students who were at school with Harry at the same time. Former Hogwarts students do not count, as that would nearly encompass all the characters from the series. When sorting the places, we mainly focused on the following aspects:

  • Magical power
  • Intelligence and success in school
  • Skills in dueling
  • Special talents

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Place 10: Seamus Finnigan

  • House: Gryffindor
  • Age in the first part: 11 years

Harry’s classmate from Gryffindor was initially quite clumsy at magic. He regularly set things on fire or blew them up. What was initially a nuisance turned out to be extremely useful later. In the Battle of Hogwarts, he used his explosive abilities to blow up the access bridge.

Seamus also developed into a solid student. Especially in the subjects of Charms, Transfiguration, and “Defense Against the Dark Arts,” he was above average. The latter was also thanks to his training in “Dumbledore’s Army.”

Overall, Seamus Finnigan may not have been the most extraordinary student that Hogwarts has seen. However, I would still prefer not to face his pyrotechnics in a duel.

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Source(s):
  1. harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki
  2. cbr.com
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Since his 14th birthday, Papaplatte has been keen on a rare mount from WoW – now farming for 11 hours straight to fulfill his dream

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 3 minutes

The Time-Lost Proto-Drake has been one of the rarest and most sought-after mounts since its debut in Wrath of the Lich King in World of Warcraft. A certain Papaplatte has been craving this creature for many years. That’s why there was an 11-hour long farming marathon on Twitch now.

Why is there a farming marathon? The well-known streamer and YouTuber Papaplatte announced on September 7, 2025, the hunt for the Time-Lost Proto-Drake from World of Warcraft. The self-proclaimed goal: “Today we save my childhood.” Papaplatte’s wingman: the YouTuber and streamer BastiGHG.

Before starting the hunt, Papaplatte explains that he has been searching for this dragon since he was “13, 14, or 15” years old. However, he has never found it. Until now! But on the “Day of Days”, that is supposed to change. They will farm until the dragon is defeated and the mount is looted, so goes the plan.

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What is the difficulty? Unlike many other opponents in WoW that can drop mounts, the Time-Lost Proto-Drake, fortunately, rewards its conquerors with a 100 percent chance. The difficulty lies in finding this dragon in the Storm Peaks of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.

The bronze-colored lizard can randomly appear at various locations around the Temple of Storms, from where it then makes one of several possible rounds through the zone at a high altitude. Once defeated, it also takes a considerable amount of time for it to respawn – reports range from 1 to 72 hours (Source: wowhead.com).

Who is Papaplatte? Kevin Andreas Teller is a German web video producer, podcaster, and one of the largest content creators in the country. His main channel on Twitch has 3 million followers, and his main channel on YouTube has 1.26 million subscribers. There are also various secondary channels. Recently, there was some beef in the streaming community as one of his ex-editors publicly complained about him. In the end, it seems the dispute could be settled.

“I GOT HIM”

How does the hunt end? When a well-known content creator farms a mount in WoW for hours live, he usually doesn’t stay alone. Papaplatte was eventually able to rely on several spies watching the airspace of the Storm Peaks of Northrend.

And indeed, after 10 hours and 53 minutes, the long-awaited message finally appeared in the chat: Time-Lost Proto-Drake sighted! With his druid, the streamer immediately headed to the specified position to take down the flying fiend in flight form. The fight itself lasted – unsurprisingly – only a few moments.

Just before the 11-hour mark, the long-farmed reins finally landed in Papaplatte’s inventory: “I GOT HIM. I GOT HIM.” You can check out the rest of his joyful screams in this short clip on YouTube. The full stream can be found on Twitch.

How does the community react to the successful hunt? Alone under the YouTube clip, there are 12,136 thumbs up and more than 135 comments.

  • linah1998 writes there: “I had the stream running in the background all day, and it was such an awesome finale. Finally … the TLPD.”
  • flon3070 almost missed the finale: “I was there the whole time, fell asleep, and his screams woke me up, that’s why I didn’t miss it.”
  • obstgarden also had fun: “The stream was mega legendary and exciting throughout. I’m so happy for him. And thanks to BastiGHG for taking the time.”
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In another article on MeinMMO, some other very rare mounts from World of Warcraft were discussed because these had significantly higher drop chances during an event. Fingers crossed that Blizzard will bring this bonus back from time to time: WoW: 5 rare mounts you should farm now with the mount buff

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