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WoW veteran explains why MMORPGs are not as popular today

Andreas Bertits 29. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

MMORPGs are not as popular as they were during their heyday in the early 2000s. Former Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has commented on the reasons in an interview.

What did Mike Morhaime mean? The father of WoW explains that in his opinion there are now other games that can capture the social gaming experience better than MMORPGs.

This is also related to accessibility, according to him. The more accessible an MMORPG is, the fewer reasons there are to play together. If players can do much alone, then the title attracts a wider audience, but the social aspect is pushed into the background.

I believe this is a matter of accessibility and time investment. I wouldn’t say that MMOs couldn’t come back in the future, but perhaps there are other types of games that can capture the social experience even better.
I would also say that World of Warcraft has become less social over the years as we’ve removed some of the reasons for players to keep playing with the same group of people due to increased accessibility.
Mike Morhaime

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In this interview, Mike Morhaime talks about MMORPGs and World of Warcraft.

MMORPGs are struggling today

What indicates the declining popularity of MMORPGs? Looking at the situation of online role-playing games at the beginning of the millennium, around the release of WoW in 2004 and afterwards, it becomes clear that many more so-called AAA MMORPGs were released back then.

World of Warcraft was very popular, and other developers hoped to get a piece of that pie. But today, the situation is different. No major “Western” MMORPGs have been released in years. Even Asian games have a hard time here, as can be seen with Bless Online, which had to be shut down just a few months after release. Many MMORPGs that were released after WoW are now dead.

The MMORPGs that are announced mostly come from indie developers, have big visions, and encounter problems in implementing them. The situation surrounding Chronicles of Elyria shows how an indie developer team can become overwhelmed with its vision.

Loot shooters like Destiny 2 or The Division 2, on the other hand, are currently very popular. They offer a social experience and modern gameplay.

How was it like in the past? Mike Morhaime explains that he was completely surprised by the success at the release of World of Warcraft, as he did not expect that it would appeal to so many players right from the start.

I remember when we were working on World of Warcraft. One of the things that amazed me was the initial popularity of this game. I thought that we would reach at least a smaller audience at the beginning with the development of an MMORPG, and it would need to grow from there. But right away, the curve was much steeper than I had ever imagined.
I think World of Warcraft was the most social of all our games up to that point because there were groups of people experiencing adventures together.
Mike Morhaime

Of course, there are still MMORPGs today that are a lot of fun and excite many players. Which ones they are, we will tell you in the MeinMMO list of the 15 best MMOs and MMORPGs of 2020. You might even find a new virtual home in one of the presented online role-playing games.

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MMORPG ESO is bursting at the seams, now reinforces the EU servers

Alexander Leitsch 29. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has the strongest player numbers ever. This was reported by the Game Director of the MMORPG. However, the strong numbers are also leading to technical problems.

How is ESO doing? According to Game Director Matt Firor, the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls currently has more players than ever before. Reasons for this are likely the current Corona situation, the free weeks at the beginning of April, as well as the anticipation for the new Skyrim expansion Greymoor.

ESO was able to set a record on Steam in April.

However, with the increase in player numbers, technical problems are also accumulating. However, the developers are already working on these, Firor reported.

Input delay as a problem, more server capacity as a response?

What kind of problems are there? A major problem in ESO right now is input delay. This causes keystrokes not to be recognized at all or the desired actions to be executed only after a delay.

This is particularly a problem during large player gatherings, such as during castle sieges on the PvP map Cyrodiil or large PvE events.

What are the developers doing about it? In an initial action, according to Firor, the server capacities for PCs in Europe have recently been increased. The growth of players seems to be the greatest there. In addition, performance issues are still being investigated so that they can be addressed.

Generally, ESO struggles with various technical hurdles that have repeatedly caused problems in recent years. Therefore, a plan was released in September 2019 that aims to improve the MMORPG technically with each update.

Already with Update 24 in October 2019, the memory management was improved and the group search was completely redesigned. With Update 25, there was a significant reduction in the client size. With Update 26 and the release of Greymoor, there are to be further technical improvements.

ESO is one of the most successful theme park MMOs

What makes ESO so successful? The Elder Scrolls Online offers a vast game world with rich lore, many outstanding quests and plenty of tasks. Furthermore, it is very beginner-friendly and allows you to play anywhere in the world without restrictions since Tamriel Unlimited.

Another significant advantage is that it is one of the few MMORPGs on consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One. Many players are active there as well.

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Our colleagues from GameStar took a closer look at ESO in 2019.

However, ESO was not always this successful. At launch, many things were different, as MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn remembers. He summarized his release experiences in a column.

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Pokémon GO has new raid bosses and makes Machoke now stronger

Patrick Freese 29. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

New raid bosses in Pokémon GO have been available since April 29. We show you what has changed and why you need to be particularly careful with Machoke now.

What’s new? Shortly after the launch of remote raids in Pokémon GO, Niantic rotated the raid bosses that you can now find in the gyms. Here is the overview from April 29, 2020, with the new opponents at levels T1 to T5.

The good news: With remote raid passes, it is possible for you to participate in raids from home or a greater distance to the gym. Everything you need to know about the new remote raids in Pokémon GO.

Raid bosses in Pokémon GO as of April 29, 2020

Below we show you all the raid bosses that you can currently fight in Pokémon GO. In the legendary raids, Darkrai is present for one week.

Raid Level	Raid Boss
Level 1 (pink egg)	Wadribie Pionskora* Praktibalk* Toxiped Klikk*
Level 2 (pink egg)	Knuddeluff Alola-Kokowei* Kirlia Flunkifer* Anorith*
Level 3 (yellow egg)	Alola-Raichu* Kicklee Sichlor* Meditalis
Level 4 (yellow egg)	Smettbo Machoke Alola-Knogga* Smogmog Togetic
Level 5 (black egg)	Darkrai*

Pokémon marked with a star* can also be found in shiny form

Which Pokémon are worth it? It’s advisable to complete some raids at level 1 with Praktibalk. Its evolution, Meistagrif, is among the strongest Pokémon in Pokémon GO. You should also consider Sichlor, as its evolution, Scizor, is one of the strongest bug Pokémon the game has to offer. Machoke and Togetic are interesting fighters that you should consider.

You currently need fighting, bug, and fairy Pokémon as the strongest counters against Darkrai, the current legendary T5 boss.

What’s special? The raid boss “Machoke” was previously found as a T3 raid. A trainer filmed how he defeated Machoke with just a bunch of birds.

Now it has suddenly been moved up a difficulty level. You should take note of this if you were able to beat Machoke fairly easily before.

Players are surprised by the change. On reddit they write:

“Who decided to make Machoke T4?”
- “I almost lost a raid pass because of it”

“Defeating Machoke alone was always an important milestone for new players. It’s a shame that it’s now T4”

In addition to the new features in the raids, there’s a lot more waiting for you in May 2020 in Pokémon GO. A huge nostalgia event is starting and bringing the first Gen-8 Pokémon into the game. There will also be a huge finale. Together with the remote raids, you should also experience a lot as a Pokémon trainer from home in May.

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Fortnite: English Patch Notes for Update 12.50 – Nerfs a Weapon

Eilyn Rapp 29. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

Update 12.50 in Fortnite is here and brings bug fixes, a nerf, and a map change. We show you in the German patch notes what has changed in the game.

The patch notes for the battle royale mode in Fortnite have not been published by Epic Games. However, we summarize the biggest changes that have been noticed so far.

A weapon has been nerfed

Which weapon is it? The Heavy Sniper has received a nerf. Body shots with the epic sniper rifle now deal only 126 damage instead of 150. The legendary version deals 132 damage for a body shot.

It seems that the wishes of pro Ninja have been heard, as it has now received a significant nerf.

Popular location finally named

What has changed? The location “Risky Reels,” which was known from Chapter 1, is now on the current map. However, this location was not named on the map.

After the update 12.50, it can be discovered as a “new” location, it is shown on the map, and is now easy to find.

Bug fixes

Which bugs have been fixed? With update 12.50, two bugs related to challenges have been fixed. The following were fixed:

Local challenges do not appear when entering a new location
“Block damage with the Kingsman” challenge was not counted correctly

The bugs that have been fixed and all other bugs that Epic is currently working on can be seen on the Fortnite Trello.

New in Save the World

What’s new? In Save the World, the pirate vibe emerges, and some pirates have been sighted on the horizon.

Pirate hero available in the event shop: The constructor “Blakebeard Blackheart” increases the damage with cannonballs by 20%.

He will be available in the event shop starting May 2, 2020, at 2:00 AM.

New bow available: The “Powder Shot” bow can shoot husks with powder kegs. These explode after 2 seconds to deal damage to the husks.

The bow will be available in the event shop starting May 2, 2020, at 2:00 AM.

Another bow available: Another bow is coming to Save the World. The Xenon bow allows you to hit multiple husks with one shot.

You can find the Xenon bow in the standard llamas, not in the shop.

All other changes to Save the World can be seen on the official Epic Games page.

The update is not that big except for the two bug fixes and the map changes at the location Risky Reels, which is now a named location and clearly shown on the map. However, some players might still be pleased with the nerf of the strong Heavy Sniper. They wanted a nerf or for it to disappear entirely from the game.

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Today’s update is the last for Star Wars Battlefront 2 – DICE says: “Vision complete”

Andreas Bertits 29. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

On April 29, the online shooter Star Wars: Battlefront 2 will receive its final update. As the vision of the game is now complete, the developers want to focus entirely on a new Battlefield.

When is the Battlefront 2 update coming? The Battle for Scarif is scheduled to be rolled out today, April 29, at 11 AM across all platforms – PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

What exactly is included in the last update of Battlefront 2? There are a number of new features related to the Age of Rebellion.

The “The Battle of Scarif” update introduces the planet Scarif from the movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story into the modes Supremacy, Co-Op, and Instant Action.
Also included are Hoth, Death Star II, Tatooine, and Yavin 4.
Additionally, the planet Crait will be added to the Heroes Vs. Villains mode.
New skins for some heroes and enemies are also part of the update.
There will also be balancing optimizations.

These are exciting new features for a game that has undergone significant development over the past few years. Only at the end of 2019 did an update related to the movie Star Wars: Episode 9 – The Rise of Skywalker lead to a significant increase in player numbers.

Is this really the final update? According to Dennis Brännvall, Creative Director at the developer studio DICE, today’s Scarif update is indeed the final one. While there will still be events such as double XP, no new content is planned.

The blog post is titled “After more than 2 years of free content, the vision for Star Wars Battlefront 2 is now complete.”

As the game continues to live on with the community and players, we hope to hear many exciting stories from you for years to come.
Dennis Brännvall, Creative Director at the developer studio DICE

This means that essentially DICE is handing the game over to the players, who are meant to experience their own stories with the existing content. In this way, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is expected to run for many years.

Battlefield moves into focus – likely no Battlefront 3

What comes after Battlefront 2? The team is now focusing on the development of the next game in the Battlefield series. Dennis Brännvall revealed to PCGamesN at gamescom last year that there are no plans for a Battlefront 3.

Sequels are of course still viable, or else we wouldn’t make them. But there isn’t the same demand for them as before.
Dennis Brännvall, DICE

Dennis Brännvall mentioned that the team is now focusing on a new Battlefield.

In the long run, the studio is focusing on the future of Battlefield, which we will bring to players in 2021.
Dennis Brännvall, DICE

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The trailer for Battle for Scarif marks the end of Star Wars: Battlefront 2.

What do players think? The community is sad about the end, but also grateful to the developers for a wonderful time.

crimsonbub on reddit says: “It’s disappointing to have come this far and now they seem to be dropping updates. It doesn’t mean we won’t get anything anymore, but it won’t be the same.”
BigFish1293 thanks the developers on reddit: “Thank you to the team that revived this game and brought it to such a high standard. Even though we didn’t get Ahsoka, I’ll accept what we have.”
suicideinredditform is on reddit sad: “I just feel kind of weird, kind of abandoned, like I didn’t really appreciate the game at this point. It feels really strange and I don’t know why I feel this way, since it probably won’t die that quickly.”

If you would like to check out other online shooters, you can view the MeinMMO list of the 11 best multiplayer shooters 2020 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Perhaps there is something in there that interests you as much as Star Wars: Battlefront 2.

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With Valorant Patch 0.49 you can finally see where someone is shooting from

Jürgen Horn 29. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

Valorant has finally received the update with the ranked mode with patch 0.49. However, the ranked system is currently inactive. But there is a new indicator that shows you where you’re getting hit from.

This is included in patch 0.49: The beta of Valorant finally received the highly anticipated patch with the ranked mode in April with update 0.49. It is supposed to finally allow ranked games in leaderboards.

Hopefully, only players with similar experience levels will be playing together now, making the games fairer.

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Where is the ranked mode? The necessary files are already in the client, but according to a tweet from Riot Games, the mode will only go live when everything is stable. So it shouldn’t be long now.

Patch Notes in English – What else is included in Update 0.49

These are the additional contents of the patch: Among other things, there were the following fixes and adjustments in version 0.49. The adjustment of the UI regarding incoming damage is particularly interesting. Because now you can see much better where you are being shot from. Additionally, there is more feedback in the game when health and ammunition are low.

HUD and UI

New indicator for damage you take. You will now see better when you are being attacked and from where the shots are coming.
There are additional displays for low ammunition or health.
The character portrait has been removed from the players’ mini-map. This way it should be more distinguishable from the player icon.
Use of voice chat will now be indicated above the heads of characters.
The spike icon now has a different color, making it easier to see.
A bug was fixed that incorrectly displayed fully charged ultimates.
The ping elements now fade when you aim.

Gameplay and Balance

The agent Omen is now immediately vulnerable after his teleport and no longer appears as a dark shadow when he switches his shadow form. It is now finally clear when you can hit him or not.
You can now only hear Omen’s appearance from a range of 2,250. Previously, he was too loud, and his sounds in the game revealed too quickly that he was coming.
The agents Omen and Breach received visual adjustments.

Maps

The double doors on Haven are now blocked by a visual barrier. This way, Sage should not be able to exploit the spot as well with her wall.
Cypher can now place his camera on the boxes at point A on the map Haven without any issues.
Diverse exploits on the maps have been fixed.
The surfaces on Bind and Haven have been made more consistent.
Radionite boxes now have a different color to look more uniform.

Observer Mode

“Ghost Cheat” is now a new option in custom games with cheats enabled. This way you can fly over the map in “no-clip mode.”
Ability HUD is invisible when switching to the drone camera as an observer.
By leaving the camera, you now switch to the last observed player if they are still a valid target.
When switching through players as an observer, the entire team is cycled through first, followed by the other team.

Additionally, there are various smaller adjustments and bug fixes, including a shift of the shotgun crosshair by one pixel. Riot sarcastically commented: “We assume that shotguns will become at least 4,000% deadlier because of this. After all, it’s a whole pixel.”

Did you know that you can shoot through walls in Valorant? This is not a bug, but a feature that still works. Where and how you can optimally shoot through walls at opponents, you can find out in our article on so-called “wallbanging.”

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CoD MW & Warzone: Update 1.20 is finally live – Here are the patch notes

Maik Schneider 29. April 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Warzone there is a big update 1.20 today. Included are cool new skins and gunsmith features, in Warzone there are new rules and a fresh contract, as well as a lot of adjustments. Here you will find information about the most important changes and an excerpt of the patch notes.

What’s happening with today’s update? The main content of the large update was already known. The patch brings a lot of new content to the game and could put a smile on the faces of many soldiers with the new skin options:

Master Camo for favorite weapons
Frankensteining / Frankensmithing for blueprints
Shoot the Ship with “Boosted” and “Grind”
New LMG – Bruen MK9
Gas changes in Warzone
“Most Wanted” contract for revives
New item “Armor Satchel” allows you to carry 8 plates
A reporting feature in the kill cam

With the community update, Modern Warfare already gave us a good overview of the upcoming changes. Here you can find more information about “Master Camo”, “Frankensmithing” and the changes.

Big Update 1.20 on April 29 – Huge Download for PS4, Xbox and PC

How is the update going today? The update went live at 8 AM this morning, April 29, and was about 30 GB on PC. On consoles, the patch is significantly smaller at 10 GB, but console players still need to download the “Data Pack 1”.

If you want to start the multiplayer, Spec Ops, or the campaign, you need the “Data Pack 1” with an additional 15 GB (on PS4 it’s even more than 18 GB). As soon as you want to play one of these modes after the patch, CoD redirects you to an “Installation Menu”, from which you must load the “Data Pack 1”. Once the pack is finished, you just need to restart CoD.

You do not need the “Data Pack 1” for Warzone. F2P players can skip the download.

What does the playlist look like now? The duo mode required in Warzone is also not included in the playlist with update 1.20. In fact, everything in Warzone remains the same. However, there are two completely new gunfight concepts entering the playlist, plus the popular modes “Shoot the Ship” and “Reinfected Ground War”.

Warzone Playlist

Solos
BR Trios
BR Quads
Plunder Trio

Modern Warfare Playlist

Blueprint Gunfight – Gunfight with blueprint weapons
Reinfected Ground War – Ground war with “Infected” rules
3v3 Cranked Gunfight – Crazy gunfight with anti-camper rules
Shoot the Ship 24/7 – Moshpit on small maps with Grind and Cranked

Comprehensive Patch Notes for Update 1.20

Call of Duty has put together a hefty patch package this time. Here are the most important changes from patch 1.20:

General adjustments

New challenge tab in the main menu of multiplayer
Removed exploit on Hackney Yard in “Infected” rounds
Fixed some “Out of Bounds” exploits
Controller players can now set a “Deadzone” for their sticks

Weapon fixes

The challenges for the SKS no longer grant skins for the Renetti, the new weapons of season 3 apparently felt connected
SKS unlocks were not working properly
Fixed an issue where Alex’s “Hard Wired” skin would be visible with thermal sights despite being “Cold-Blooded”.

Warzone changes

XP tokens are now displayed correctly
Revived teammates sometimes returned incorrectly to the game and could not interact with loadout drops, for example
Adjusted speed and size of the gas circle
Trucks are back in solos – but slower, with less acceleration and a larger turning radius
Scoreboard is now visible in the pause menu
New item “Armor Satchel” allows you to carry 8 plates
Plunder rating – After a plunder match, you now receive special “coins” that are worth more the more cash you have at the end.

PC

Players with a Vega64 GPU experienced increased graphics bugs
CoD could crash on starting the Spec Ops mission “Crosswind” with a GeForce 900 Series.

What else is there to know? The list here is a selection of the most important changes but leaves out some details. But now you already have a good overview. In addition, there are also a handful of changes in the co-op mode Spec Ops, which are partly very specific and fix issues in certain situations.

You can find the complete patch notes on a website by Infinity Ward.

The changes from 1.20 are very extensive and particularly the new skin options are likely to be well received. Less well received by some players were the many cheater bans. There are players claiming they were banned unfairly and are now demanding answers from the developers via petition.

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Pokémon GO: Darkrai counters – The best attackers in the raid

Noah Struthoff 29. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

In Pokémon GO, you will now encounter the mysterious Pokémon Darkrai in raids. We show you the best counters and an overview of CP, player counts, and additional information.

How long will Darkrai be available? With the introduction of the Remote Raid Passes in Pokémon GO, the developers are rotating the raid battles. Darkrai will appear starting April 28, 2020, at 10:00 PM and will stay in the game for a week, appearing in Level 5 raids.

On May 5, Darkrai will switch positions with the Altered Form of Giratina.

Use these counters against Darkrai

What is effective? Darkrai is a Dark-type Pokémon, so Fighting, Bug, and Fairy types are effective in battle. However, regarding Pokémon specifically, the Fighting type is the best here. The Fighting Pokémon are the strongest.

These are the best counters:

Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere
Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
Hariyama with Counter and Dynamic Punch
Conkeldurr with Counter and Dynamic Punch
Togekiss with Charm and Dazzling Gleam
Toxicroak with Counter and Dynamic Punch
Scizor with Counter and Close Combat
Blaziken with Counter and Focus Blast
Gardevoir with Charm and Dazzling Gleam
Granbull with Charm and Play Rough
Pinsir with Bug Bite and X-Scissor
Ursaring with Counter and Play Rough
Scyther with Fury Cutter and X-Scissor

In general, it is important to pay attention to the right attacks for your Pokémon. It is not effective to use one of these Pokémon if it has completely different moves.

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Besides these 10 top counters, there are also several other Pokémon that can be effective in battle. Just pay attention to the moves of the Fighting, Fairy, and Bug types.

How many players are needed for Darkrai? The mysterious Pokémon can be easily defeated with three players. However, if you do not have the top counters and are below level 30, you should definitely be five or six.

You can also defeat Darkrai with just two players. However, the weather must be favorable and your counters should be at maximum level.

All important stats of Darkrai

Darkrai at 100% IV: In raids, Darkrai can reach 2136 CP. This is a specimen with 100% IV. When it’s cloudy, it can reach a maximum of 2671 CP.

What moves does Darkrai learn? The Pokémon can master strong Dark-type moves, including:

Fast Moves: Snarl, Feint
Charged Moves: Dark Pulse, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast

Is Darkrai useful? The mysterious Pokémon is definitely useful in battle. So it is worth it to do as many raids as possible from home during the week. You can find a complete analysis of Darkrai here.

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Fortnite servers down – What is included in the update 12.50 today?

Eilyn Rapp 29. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

Today, on Wednesday, April 29, the Fortnite servers across all platforms (PC/Mac, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, iOS, Android) will go down. During this time, the new update 12.50 will be deployed. What’s in the new patch?

What’s happening today in Fortnite? The update 12.50 will be deployed across all platforms today. Fortnite Status announced the patch on Twitter.

Update 10:50 AM: The update 12.50 is now available. In the German patch notes, we show you what has changed in the game.

The update could bring new content and possibly make map changes.

Before players can embark on an adventure, the Fortnite servers will first be taken down.

Fortnite servers will be taken down – when and for how long?

Downtime starts in the morning: Downtime will begin at 8:00 AM German time. At 7:30 AM, you may join one last match. After that, the servers will be unreachable and Fortnite will be down.

How long will the maintenance take? Based on experiences from the past weeks and months, the work should be completed by noon at the latest.

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However, technical issues or other delays may extend the maintenance work. If this is the case, you will be informed here.

When will the patch notes come? It is likely that there will again be no patch notes for the Battle Royale mode from Epic Games.

If this is the case, we will compile the major changes and publish them for you here on MeinMMO in the form of German patch notes.

What new content does update 12.50 bring?

What’s new in the Battle Royale mode? The announcement from Fortnite Status states that update 12.50 comes from “The Agency”. This could indicate map changes in that location. These things could still come:

EP boost, allowing for faster leveling
New challenges
New gameplay options

All further information on the extension of Season 2 and what Epic has planned for it can be found here.

What does the update bring for the “Save the World” mode? Unfortunately, it’s still unclear what new features the update will bring for the Save the World mode. However, a questline may return and replace the blockbuster questline.

After the update, keep an eye out for “The Agency” on the Fortnite map, as you can influence the story of Season 2 if you choose Team Ghost or Shadow. Your choice could bring changes to the map. Since Fortnite Status has given a hint about this, it’s even more likely that something will happen there.

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Legends of Runeterra is now available for iOS & Android, update completely reshapes everything

Benedict Grothaus 28. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

LoL developer Riot has already released the major update 1.0 for the card game Legends of Runeterra today, April 28. The huge patch completely overhauls the game and brings a ton of new features, including the highly anticipated mobile version.

What’s included in the update? In today’s update 1.0 “Rising Tides” for Legends of Runeterra, the beta status of the card game is being removed, and it is officially released. Or at least it will be by April 30, as the developers write. Apparently, the distribution takes a while. The new update brings:

a new region: Bilgewater
120 new cards, including 11 new champions
six new keywords
a bunch of new cosmetics like boards, card backs, and champions
a login bonus – log in daily and receive a reward each day, and on the 7th day, even a new deck

We have embedded the trailer for the update here for you:

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Additionally, with today’s release, the mobile version will be released, which is expected to appear on PC after the patch process is completed. Here you can find the download:

After players slowly lost interest in Legends of Runeterra back in February 2020, the mobile version could bring a resurgence.

The competition has already proven this. Hearthstone for smartphones was quite successful, even surpassing the PC version back in 2015 and is among the best mobile games:

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Patch notes and highlights for update 1.0

What kind of new region is this? Bilgewater is a port city and home to the pirates Miss Fortune and Gangplank.

The region has a strongly maritime theme, which is reflected in the new keywords:

Deep: Gains +3/+3 when there are less than 15 cards left in the deck
Scout: Prepare for the attack when scouts are the only units attacking for the first time in a round
Vulnerable: This unit can be challenged by opponents
Attune: When I am summoned, refill 1 spell mana
Plunder: Activates the ability when played if damage was dealt to the enemy Nexus this round
Toss: Destroy X cards from the bottom of your deck (no champions)

With these new keywords, completely new decks are likely to emerge soon, which will replace even the 5 strong decks of the first LoR champion. Until then, players will have to experiment a lot.

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What new cards are there? The total of 120 new cards mostly belong to the new region Bilgewater. However, there are also 11 new champions, one for each region and five for Bilgewater. For a complete list of new cards and champions, Riot refers to various sites like mobalytics.

If you want to build new decks soon, you can get cards faster without having to buy them with a trick. The paths of the regions have been slightly adjusted with the update, however.

What new cosmetics are there? The new cosmetics from “Rising Tides” include:

10 new card backs
one new game board
2 new champions
10 emotes

Those who played the beta will receive a special reward: the Luna Poro. You can secure the cute, blue furball by logging into Legends of Runeterra by Friday, May 8 at 8:59 AM.

The complete list of changes and patch notes can be found on the official website of Legends of Runeterra.

Details on iOS and Android

For the new mobile versions of Legends of Runeterra, there is some information from the developers about what your iOS or Android device should be able to handle. The minimum requirements are:

for iOS

iOS 9
Arm64 processor
more than 1GB RAM – it can work with less, but may cause issues

for Android

OS 5.0
2 GB RAM
GPU Adreno 306 or similar or better

The update is potentially the last chance for Legends of Runeterra not to fade into obscurity. Whether “Rising Tides” can turn things around remains to be seen. Currently, players will likely first have to deal with the new cards, new decks, and a new meta.

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Destiny 2: Weekly Reset on April 28. – The Guardian Games go into Round 2

Philipp Hansen 28. April 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

In Destiny 2 the Weekly Reset takes place again today, April 28. Players can look forward to new weekly activities, powerful new loot, and the spring event continues.

What does it look like in Destiny 2? Last week, the Guardian Games started, challenging the classes to compete against each other. The event continues this week and awaits with powerful exotic rewards.

Players are excited to see if the Titans will emerge victorious again this week. On April 29, you can watch live as we from MeinMMO participate in the Guardian Games and hunt for Team Warlock medals.

Let’s take a look at what the new Destiny week has in store for you.

The Key Information on the Weekly Activities from April 28 to May 5.

These Nightfall Strikes are available: In the regular Nightfall (Power level 820), you can choose from these Nightfall Strikes:

Sea of Shadows
Tree of Probabilities
The Swarming Core

In Nightfall: The Trial by Fire, you’ll go into this strike:

Exodus Crash

Recently, the ultimate challenge for strike lovers has become active: Top Performer.

Strikes and Story Missions are available with the following modifiers:

Solar Flare
Grounded
Challenger

You’ll have to put up with the Flare modifier all week, the others change daily.

Crucible: In PvP, you can prove yourself with Lord Shaxx in these playlists:

Private Match (Core Playlist)
Rumble (Core Playlist)
Control (Core Playlist)
Domination (Rotation Playlist)
Breakthrough (Rotation Playlist)
Elimination (Core Playlist)
Survival (Core Playlist)
Survival: Freelance (Core Playlist)
Classic Mix (Core Playlist)

Settlement: The mysterious Nomad provides as a modifier

Void Flare
Grenadier

for you

Escalation Protocol: Those who successfully fight through the Escalation Protocol on Mars have chances at:

the legendary Sniper Rifle IKELOS_SSG_v1.0.1
the legendary Shotgun IKELOS_SF_v1.0.1
the legendary Submachine Gun IKELOS_MP_v1.0.1

The Flashpoint this time is for Guardians on Io, so visit Asher in the area “The Rift”.

Petra Venj can currently be found (Curse Week 2) for one week directly at the landing zone of the Dreaming City. She sends you on a mission in the 3rd Ascendant Challenge.

These are the Sources for Powerful Loot in Season 10 of Destiny 2

This is how Powerful Loot is structured in Destiny 2: Powerful loot comes in several tiers, giving you different power boosts. Accordingly, higher tiers also grant you higher power boosts.

Tier 1 (up to +3 above the current power level)
Tier 2 (up to +4 above the current power level)
Tier 3 (up to +5 above the current power level)
Top Gear (+5 or more above the power level. The only gear that goes over 1000 and up to a maximum of 1010)

For your information: Power levels earned through the seasonal artifact are not considered for the calculation of the power levels of your drops. The average of gear and weapons is decisive here.

Sources for Powerful Loot in Season 10:

Tier 1:

Weekly Flashpoint
Primus Engrams
Weaponsmith Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
weekly story mission: Luna’s Call from Eris
Complete 3x Nightmare Hunts
Zavala’s Vanguard Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Complete 5x Nightfall: The Trial by Fire. Higher difficulty levels grant greater progress
Crucible for 4 matches in a rotation playlist
Shaxx’s Crucible Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Gambit Bounties from the Nomad – Complete 8 of his bounties
Every full rank-up in Gambit or the Crucible

Tier 3:

Seraph Bunker
Trials of Osiris

Top Gear:

Raid “Garden of Salvation”
Nightfall: The Trial by Fire with a team score of 100,000 or more
Nightmare Hunt (Grandmaster)
Dungeon (Pit of Heresy)
Trials of Osiris
Level up the Seraph Bunker to Level 7

Since update 2.8.1, previously powerful rewards have been promoted to Top Gear. These include:

Crucible for 4 matches in a core playlist
Complete 3 Vanguard Strikes
Clan reward from Hawthorne
Complete 3 games in Gambit or Gambit Prime

Eververse Bright Dust Highlights

These are the Bright Dust highlights of this week:

The exotic Sparrow “Second Place”
The exotic emote “Perfect Swing”
The exotic multiplayer emote “Participant Trophy”
The legendary emotes “Highscore” and “Lowscore”
The exotic ship “Outsider”

For MeinMMO author Sven, the Eververse is currently causing some issues that really dampen his enjoyment of the game.

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MMORPG receives largest update in years – Is it still worth it in 2020?

Alexander Leitsch 28. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

The MMORPG Age of Conan, released in May 2008, received one of its biggest updates in years in April 2020. But how is the game doing? And is it still worth starting in 2020?

What kind of game is this? Age of Conan was a huge success for developer Funcom at release. With wild barbarians, brutality, and a lot of naked skin, the title was able to sell more than a million subscriptions in the first five weeks (via Hemscott).

However, due to a lack of endgame content, bugs, and a slow rollout of content, the great and lasting success never materialized.

In 2011, Age of Conan transitioned to a Free2Play model with optional subscription under the name “Unchained.” Since then, while the game has not achieved outstanding numbers again, as the statistics from steamcharts show, it is still being developed to this day.

Unique setting and combat system, but showing its age

What makes the MMORPG special? Age of Conan takes place in the harsh world of Conan the Barbarian. It has an age restriction of 18, as there are visible breasts and blood. The game’s setting is generally very dark compared to many current MMORPGs.

One special feature is the combat system, which places a lot of emphasis on combos and action. You have the choice of 12 different classes. Additionally, there are options for sprinting and climbing walls, which not every MMORPG offers.

In 2018, special Saga servers were launched, which play like limited seasons in Diablo.

What are the problems? The game has aged, and it shows in every corner. The combat system feels more static than in modern games, there are many invisible walls, and the quest system feels outdated.

In addition, there are noticeable restrictions for Free2Play players compared to subscribers, including:

Less XP
Fewer tokens and reputation with factions
A maximum of gold and fewer simultaneous quests that can be in the quest log.

This leads to a feeling of very slow progress, along with some grinding.

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New update Onslaught brings new area and new items

What’s in the latest update? On April 28, the new update Onslaught was released, introducing a new area from the original short story “Colossus” from 1933. Here you will encounter the sorcerer Thugra Khotan, who wants to subjugate the world.

The update brought, among other things, the following innovations:

New areas
New quests
New game modes, where waves of enemies attack, getting stronger with each wave and bringing better loot
Various new weapons and armors

You can find the complete changes in the official patch notes.

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Is Age of Conan worth it in 2020?

How many players still play Age of Conan? As usual, the developer Funcom does not disclose how many active players the MMORPG has. In the official forum, users recommend joining one of the large guilds to experience the world together with other players.

Age of Conan was released on Steam in February 2013, where the numbers can be tracked. In the last 30 days, an average of around 102 players have been playing Age of Conan via Steam.

The numbers have remained fairly stable between 70 and 140 average players since release. This makes Age of Conan one of the few MMORPGs that do not benefit from the current boom on Steam.

Who should try Age of Conan? If you enjoy trying out older MMORPGs and like a brutal world, it might be worth checking out Age of Conan again in 2020. Any fan of Conan the Barbarian should at least take a look at it.

However, if you want to try a more modern game in the same universe, you should check out Conan Exiles. Although it is not an MMORPG, Conan Exiles is one of the best survival MMOs of 2020.

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Predator: Hunting Grounds Launches on PS4, PC – Metacritic Reviews, Twitch Numbers

Schuhmann 28. April 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

The new game Predator: Hunting Grounds (PC, PS4) is published by Sony, but starts unusually weak. The first tests on Metacritic are mediocre, and there is also no success on Twitch, which one perhaps hoped for from the multiplayer game.

This is the game: Predator: Hunting Grounds is an asymmetric multiplayer game:

one player is the killer, the spider-like Predator. He is a relentless hunter and relies on alien high-tech technology
the other 4 players become marines, who have their own tasks to complete and must take down a drug cartel in the jungle

The game was released on April 24, 2020, and costs about €40.

“SF version” of summer hit 2017

That was the hope: Developer Illfonic scored a surprise hit in 2017 with a similar concept.

Although Friday the 13th: The Game received relatively weak reviews (61% via metacritic), the game exploded on Twitch. The horror game combined asymmetric action with a well-known film brand about an overpowered killer. Viewers on Twitch loved it:

upon release, 125,328 viewers watched Friday: The 13th simultaneously
the horror game then settled relatively high on Twitch. In May 2017, it was game No. 7 by average viewers
in June, it still held 11th place – it maintained that for a while

Friday: The 13th: The Game became a surprise success and a summer hit in 2017 without major marketing, through Twitch and word-of-mouth.

The developers themselves later said: Reviews were not as important in 2017, the games had to work on Twitch.

Predator sinks on Twitch

This is how it is now with Predator: Hunting Grounds: The SF game cannot reach the success of Friday: The 13th on Twitch:

At its peak, 38,593 viewers were watching, but that was a lonely peak that quickly fell.
Currently, the game sits with 5,522 average viewers in 51st place on Twitch. You have to scroll a long way to find it.

Twitch would normally be in an April slump because hardly any new games are released. But Valorant is such a hit on Twitch, that one doesn’t notice the slump in new games.

Furthermore, LoL, Fortnite, GTA V, CS:GO, and many other games are currently thriving.

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Metacritic shows mediocre reviews with 59% for Predator: Hunting Grounds

This is what initial tests say about Predator: Hunting Grounds on PS4: The reviews on Meta-Critic are even worse than those for Friday: The 13th three years ago. The new game only has 59% on PS4.

The worst review came from “Push Square” with 40%. They said the game would have fit better on the PlayStation 3. It would provide a few hours of fun, but it gets exhausted quickly because it brings too little content. (via Push Square)

IGN, who praised the game during beta, gave it 50%. Predator: Hunting Grounds does not allow players to fully live out the power fantasy of being a hunting alien. The game also does not offer top-notch gameplay. There are strong moments, but they are too rare. (via IGN)

Game Informer at least gives it 73% and recommends the game for “fans of the film.” (via Game Informer)

This is how players evaluate:

There are no Steam reviews, as Predator: Hunting Grounds is only playable on the Epic Games Store and not on Steam
The user score on Metacritic is at 69%, 10 points higher than the critics’ opinion

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Predator: Hunting Grounds is brutal and for movie fans

These are the themes of the fans: On reddit, fans discussed mainly two things in the first 4 days after release:

There is a discussion about whether the Predator is too weak or whether “noobs just can’t play him” – generally, the killer could probably be a bit more dangerous, especially when beginners are playing as Aliens
Otherwise, players indulge mainly in the spectacularly brutal “finishing moves,” in which the Predator takes the spine of the victims. The film-like brutality was also praised in Friday: The 13th. There is thus a parallel

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A week ago, we asked on MeinMMO: Twitch hit or weak PS4 game?

At the moment it seems that Predator: Hunting Grounds is not able to replicate the success of Friday: The 13th: The Game. It seems that several factors came together at that time, which are missing in Predator: Hunting Grounds.

It is especially surprising that despite Corona, the game slump, and such a strong brand, there is almost no hype. The title seems to be under the radar of most players, as if it had activated its invisibility, for which the Predator is known.

Evolve Lazarus — In the worst case, the Predator faces the fate of Evolve: annihilation.

The fear: Asymmetric multiplayer games, which already lack players at launch, have generally not had a good run.

Thus, Evolve was released in 2015 and received some recognition and praise. However, the game never really took off. In 2018, the lights went out for Evolve. Some fans still miss the monster hunt today.

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The new ESO expansion Greymoor is coming later – Has a new release date

Alexander Leitsch 28. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

The next big update for the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is set to be the Greymoor expansion. However, the release is slightly delayed due to the Coronavirus and working from home. It is not the first title to be released later because of this.

Update April 28: In another letter to the community, Game Director Matt Firor announced the new official release date:

Greymoor is set to release on PC/Mac on May 26
On PS4 and Xbox One, the expansion will arrive on June 9

What happened? In a message to the community, Game Director Matt Firor spoke about the release of the new expansion Greymoor. He informed players that Update 26 and thus Greymoor will be delayed by about a week compared to the original release plan.

Originally, the expansion was supposed to launch on May 18 for PC. This is now expected to be delayed to the week of May 25 to May 30.

The test server, on the other hand, should not be affected by the delay. It will launch as planned on April 20.

Greymoor is delayed, also on console

What is the reason for the delay? The delay of the expansion is attributed to the fact that everything is slightly delayed due to the shift to working from home.

This is the first time that work is being conducted from home in this manner and it is an adjustment. However, everything is reportedly going well. Therefore, the delay should be short.

What about the consoles? On Twitter, some fans of the game asked whether the delay applies only to PC or also to the consoles PS4 and Xbox One.

The developers confirmed that the delay also applies to the consoles:

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Not the first delay due to the Coronavirus: With Greymoor, it is not the first and probably will not be the last title affected by a delay.

The major Wastelanders patch for Fallout 76 was also delayed by a few days. The reason for this was the work from home.

The Last of Us Part II, on the other hand, delayed its release for logistical reasons. Currently, it is unknown when the popular title will be released for PS4.

No voice acting for French players

What other restrictions does the Coronavirus bring? German and English players currently only have to expect the release delay. However, for French fans, the expansion will be somewhat more restricted.

At launch, there will be no voice acting available, as there is currently a lockdown in France. Consequently, voice actors cannot continue their work.

Although the texts and subtitles will be available in French, the voice acting will initially remain in English. Currently, there is no information on how long the recordings will be delayed. However, Matt Firor points out that regular recordings typically take about 2-3 months.

By the way, if you want to try ESO for free, you currently have the chance. Until April 13, you can explore Tamriel.

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FIFA 20: Title Update 16 brings improved ping display – but not for everyone

Julian Schröder 28. April 2020 Reading time < 1 minutes

In FIFA 20, Patch 1.20 has been released. This introduces a new connection monitoring option in the game, but not for everyone. We have the patch notes for you.

When will the update be released? Today, on April 28, the patch has already been released for PC players. Console players will have to be patient as usual. For PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the update is likely to be released in the coming days.

Patch Notes: What does the update bring?

What’s new: With the new Title Update 16, EA Sports brings a connection monitoring option during ongoing matches into the game. Players should be able to see precise information about their connection quality during an online match.

Which exact information will be visible is still not known.

Who receives the new feature? EA has announced that only a small part of the player base will initially be able to use the improved ping display. For most players, the practical function will initially be grayed out and thus not activatable.

This may upset some players, as connectivity issues are a major topic in FIFA 20, and just about every player will have already had their experiences with connection issues. And it seems that EA is also focused on the issue, as only in Title Update 13 did they introduce a long-overdue ping display.

These changes are also included in the patch: Aside from the new connection monitoring, the other innovations are rather unspectacular.

EA states that the following changes have been made:

Updates to various kits and advertising boards
The ticker with the lineup now shows the correct lineup
In VOLTA, changes to your avatar are now displayed correctly

You can find the complete patch notes in the FIFA forum of EA .

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Pokémon GO: Huge Nostalgia Event brings first Gen-8 Pokémon

Max Handwerk 28. April 2020 Reading time 4 minutes

In Pokémon GO the Nostalgia Event starts in May 2020. This sends you on a journey through the generations – and brings the first Gen-8 Pokémon in the finale.

When does the Nostalgia Event take place? The Nostalgia Event will run for almost the entire month of May. It starts on May 1 and ends on May 29. During this time, there will be limited research every week to complete the Nostalgia Challenge. The twist: Every week, the challenges will focus on a different region – culminating in a grand finale.

This is how the Nostalgia Event works

One region per week: You will receive a research series every week consisting of eight sets with three different, time-limited “projects” each. These will revolve around well-known regions and generations from the main games. Sequentially, you will travel to:

Kanto (May 1 to May 8)
Johto (May 8 to May 15)
Hoenn (May 15 to May 22)
Sinnoh (May 22 to May 29)

In these weeks, you will encounter Pokémon from the respective generation and region more frequently to complete as many research projects as possible.

What do the rewards look like? The rewards for the Nostalgia Event are worth it. Depending on the region, you will receive different bonuses and exciting Pokémon as rewards.

Kanto Rewards

This is what you get in week 1 from May 1 to May 8: In the Kanto week, you will receive 10 special candies and a meeting with the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo with Psycho Cut upon completing eight sets. All tasks of the Kanto Nostalgia research can be found here. The following bonuses also apply:

You will encounter Kanto monsters like Chansey and Bluzuk more frequently. Bluzuk can be obtained as Shiny.
From 7 km eggs, you can hatch more Bluzuk, Machop, Onix, Slurpuff, Tangela, Scyther, Pinsir, Lapras, and Eevee.
You can catch Pikachu with Charizard hat.
There will be double Catch, Raid, and Hatch XP.

Johto Rewards

This is what you get in week 2 from May 8 to May 15: In Johto, you can also grab 10 special candies. You can encounter Ho-Oh with Earthquake if you complete all task sets. The following also applies:

More Johto Pokémon like Dunsparce and Porygon2. Dunsparce appears as Shiny.
From 7 km eggs hatch: Lanturn, Yanma, Girafarig, Turtwig, Dunsparce, Skarmory, Protto, Porygon2, and Phanpy.
Pikachu is wearing a Umbreon hat.
You will receive double Stardust from catches and Raids.

Hoenn Rewards

This is what you get in week 3 from May 15 to May 22: Hoenn also has 10 special candies to offer, along with a special Pokémon. Here, you will find Groudon with the move Fire Punch. Additionally, you can find:

Hoenn monsters like Swablu, Surskit, and Whismur – Swablu also as Shiny.
Lotad, Swablu, Nincada, Swablu, Sableye, Breloom, Treecko, Feebas, and Bagon from 7 km eggs.
Pikachu with Rayquaza hat is in the wild.
The hatching distance for eggs and the buddy candy distance are halved.

Sinnoh Rewards

This is what you get in week 4 from May 22 to May 29: Sinnoh offers 10 special candies and the Pokémon Cresselia, which knows Leaf Storm. Additionally, the fourth week offers:

Sinnoh Pokémon like Cherubi and Charizard – Charizard also in Shiny.
From 7 km eggs hatch: Cranidos, Shieldon, Charizard, Lickilicky, Snover, Wailmer, Drifloon, Munchlax, Riolu, and Mantine.
Pikachu with Lucario hat.
One-hour Star Pieces, Incense, and Lucky Eggs.

Grand Finale with Genesect and Galar Pokémon

This is what the finale looks like: The finale consists of the special research “Champion of the Nostalgia Challenge 2020”. To receive it, you must have completed all four limited researches from the previous weeks.

New Pokémon from Gen 8: Together with Dr. Willow, you will then encounter Pokémon from the Unova and Galar regions, which have been missing in Pokémon GO so far. This brings the first Generation-8 monsters into the game. The mysterious Pokémon Genesect, which has only been available as special research before, can also be challenged.

The rewards look like this in total when you complete all four stages of the final research:

Encounter with Genesect
Five special candies
Encounter with the new Galar Meowth
Encounter with the new Galar Gengar
Prof. Willow’s glasses for your avatar

New Pokémon will also be available for other players: If you have not unlocked the Champion research, you can still receive some of the bonuses.

This means that starting June 3, the Gen-8 monsters Galar Meowth, Galar Zigzagoon, and Galar Flapple will be newly available in the game for all players. All three can also be evolved into their Galar evolutions.

Additionally, Galar Gengar will be newly introduced into the game. All four Pokémon will also be available from 7 km eggs.

Furthermore, there will be increased Unova spawns. However, for Genesect, you will initially have to complete the Champion research.

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Google wants to help small teams build huge MMORPGs like WoW

Alexander Leitsch 28. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

Google is currently working on Project Chimera, which aims to help developers create large game worlds. This should allow smaller studios to more easily create MMORPGs.

What is behind Project Chimera? The team behind Google’s project is asking whether massive game worlds could be programmed faster and more easily through machine learning.

The idea was presented by Erin Hoffman-John, Head of Creative at Stadia Research and Development, in an interview with the Magazine MCVUK. He says:

What if a team of 14 people could create a game on the scale of WoW? That’s an absurd goal, isn’t it?
The thing with games like WoW is that they rely heavily on repetitive content creation. Artists and writers essentially do repetitive work. A large part of the investment goes into that.

This work is supposed to be at least made easier for developers.

Could machines create entire MMORPGs?

How will the work actually look? According to Erin Hoffman-John, games like World of Warcraft are 70% content and 30% or even less code.

This content, in turn, could be created by machines if they are given a concrete template and a basic structure. Many quests and tasks in MMORPGs are already very similar and repetitive. It’s quite possible that we wouldn’t even notice a difference between machine-generated and handcrafted tasks.

Moreover, the machines could help with balancing, as the Head of Creative describes:

By having the game played millions of times by “Learning Agents” trained in the fundamental rules of the game, balance could be tested very quickly.
Even a small developer who might not have access to hundreds of testers could thus have access to this learning tool to optimize the game.
It [the program] can learn the game by itself without a script being created, and then reveal where problems in the balance lie. It allows testing theories about game design against what is actually happening in real time.

Can this work? The fact that machines can already learn the rules and balance of games very quickly is demonstrated by Google’s AI, which can defeat professionals in Starcraft 2.

Additionally, Google is currently researching a way to let raid bosses learn during combat, making them harder or even unbeatable.

Also regarding storytelling, there are already examples of how AI creates them. One of them is AI Dungeon 2, which creates its own old school text adventure together with the player. The stories are sometimes still very bizarre and sometimes incomprehensible, but it shows the direction in which AI development could go.

Not only Google wants to improve the creation of MMORPGs

What techniques are currently being developed? In addition to Google’s Project Chimera, the company Improbable is also trying to help small developers. Through their “Wundertechnologie” Spatial OS, a large game world should be created quickly and easily using a cloud system.

The two systems, however, do not necessarily exclude each other, as Spatial OS places more emphasis on server structure, while Project Chimera focuses on filling it with content.

Some former developers from Guild Wars 2, on the other hand, are focusing on creating a better interaction in the online world to create a game with “Zero Latency”.

While MMORPGs are considered a dead genre in many respects, there seem to be new and interesting developments in the technical areas for games of this kind.

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Apex Legends is “best international multiplayer” at the DCP – Is it still worth it in 2020?

Benedict Grothaus 28. April 2020 Reading time 3 minutes

At the German Computer Game Awards, Apex Legends (PC, PS4, Xbox One) received the award for “Best International Multiplayer Game 2020,” beating numerous competitors. We’ll show you what still makes it so good in 2020.

When the winners of the German Computer Game Awards in all categories were announced on the evening of April 27, 2020, Apex Legends was among them. Some readers on MeinMMO were apparently surprised, as the comments under the article show.

Apex Legends caused a huge stir upon its release and has received constant updates since then. Several changes have been made, fulfilling long-standing wishes of fans. Nevertheless, it does not seem to be a clear favorite for the “Top Multiplayer Game 2020” as it has seemingly faded from the spotlight in recent months.

Is Apex Legends worth it in 2020?

What is currently happening in Apex Legends: The battle royale is now running Apex Legends Season 4, which you can still play until May 12, 2020. Season 4 started on February 4, 2020, and brought, among other things:

the new legend Revenant, introduced with a bloody trailer
a new weapon: the sniper rifle Sentinel
a fresh Battle Pass with many new cosmetics to unlock

Especially Revenant has provided joy among players with his unique abilities and the really good PR campaign he was introduced with. The now fourth new legend brings more variety and new fun to the game.

What else is new? The developers have also introduced numerous updates within the seasons and with them new events. Recently, on April 7, the “old customs event” started, with a permanent duo mode introduced and the map King’s Canyon returned. The two maps rotate in the selection.

The duo mode is a feature that players have long wanted and has been tested repeatedly in events. It is now permanently available for King’s Canyon and the new map World’s Edge. Only ranked matches continue to be restricted to trios.

This is the trend with Apex Legends: The initial enthusiasm for Apex Legends from February 2019 has diminished somewhat in the last 12 months.

The events that were held regularly have also led to frustration with the community, such as over expensive skins.

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However, recent changes like the duo mode and map rotation have apparently brought reconciliation and new momentum. In the subreddit for Apex Legends, fans are still actively discussing, including the new features.

Apex Legends – Still good in 2020?

While there are no official player numbers, the activity on Reddit alone still indicates a strong core of players who stick with Apex Legends. The battle royale offers strong shooter gameplay, which was already praised in Titanfall, the universe in which it is set.

The rounds are always good for fast, intense action and a pleasant “flow.” Additionally, features that are still so good today that other shooters want to copy them.

Apex Legends still remains popular: In the past 30 days, Apex Legends was only 19th among the most viewed games on Twitch (as of April 28, via sullygnome). During this time, the game lost 22.6% of its average viewers.

Apex Legends thus falls behind long-term hits like World of Warcraft and Fortnite, but also behind new Twitch hits like Valorant or Call of Duty: Warzone. Nevertheless, it is still more popular on Twitch than genre colleague PUBG.

MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus says: Although I play less Apex Legends than before – there is just too much else to do – I still have a lot of fun when I fire up the game again. In fact, it still captivates me more than the new CoD battle royale Warzone can at the moment.

Whether I personally would call it the “best multiplayer game,” I cannot say. However, Apex Legends is still a top-notch game in 2020. Since it is free, it doesn’t hurt anyone to give it a chance. So: Yes, for me, Apex Legends is still worth it in 2020.

Webedia Gaming supports the German Computer Game Awards as a media partner. The nominees were determined by a panel of experts, which includes GamePro editor Rae Grimm. MeinMMO is part of Webedia Gaming.

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A new Spotlight Hour in Pokémon GO brings Pidgey and home bonus

Noah Struthoff 28. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

Tonight, on April 28th, a spotlight hour will start in Pokémon GO again. This time it’s all about Pidgey and a bonus that’s perfect for at home.

What is a spotlight hour? During this event, a Pokémon will appear more frequently for one hour. Additionally, the spawns are generally increased, and a suitable bonus completes the whole event, but only since a few weeks.

This time it’s all about the Pokémon Pidgey from the first generation.

All about the spotlight hour with Pidgey

When does the event start? It starts at 6 PM local time. You have exactly one hour to collect the bonuses.

What bonuses are there during the event? The highlight of the hour is the Pidgey, which will appear more frequently. Besides the spawns, you will also receive double XP when evolving Pokémon.

You can spend the spotlight hour perfectly at home, light a incense, and diligently evolve Pokémon in the meantime. If you’re quick, you can even make slightly over 100,000 XP in one hour.

Is Pidgey worth it? The Pokémon is probably regarded by many trainers as the epitome of gaining XP. This is because at the beginning of the game, one mainly evolved Pidgey to gain a lot of XP.

Back then, such mass evolutions were the fastest way to gain XP, and Pidgey was the most common Pokémon, so there were always enough candies available.

However, for those who do not have nostalgic memories of Pidgey, they can look forward to the shiny form, as the pigeon Pokémon can also be encountered in its shiny version. So if you still need a shiny here, you should definitely go on the hunt.

What’s next for the spotlight hour? There are currently no details available on this. Pidgey was the last Pokémon announced for the spotlight hour. A Pokémon for the upcoming Tuesday is not yet known.

Instead, there is now information about upcoming raid bosses for May. Three familiar faces are returning to the game.

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Middle-earth instead of Corona quarantine – MMORPG to Lord of the Rings invites for free

Andreas Bertits 28. April 2020 Reading time 2 minutes

The governments are advising people to stay at home as much as possible during the current corona crisis. To ensure you have a lot to play, the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO) is currently offering many game contents for free.

Update April 28: The campaign will be extended until May 31 (via LOTRO). Until that time, you can use all playable contents of the two MMORPGs The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online for free.

What kind of campaign is this? Standing Stone Games explained that they want to help people who have to stay at home to have some fun.

That’s why it is currently possible to play both MMORPGs The Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online completely for free.

This means you don’t need to spend any money on additional contents, even if they are normally paid.

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Even addons like Morder are currently free in The Lord of the Rings.

A very nice campaign

What exactly does the campaign involve? The contents of the two games are free until April 30. In addition, there are some events. This applies to everyone, including newcomers.

For The Lord of the Rings Online, this includes:

All quests, instances, and skirmishes, including those in expansions (also new expansions like Minas Morgul), are accessible to everyone until April 30.
The curator will return from March 26 to April 30.
From March 26 to April 6, there will be a 10% XP boost.
The Baggins birthday event takes place from March 26 to April 6.

For D&D Online, you can look forward to:

All dungeons and raids, including those in expansions, are accessible to everyone until April 30.
The Buddy Bonus of 5% XP is active from March 20 to 29. This is in addition to the weekend events.
The Mimic event is active from March 26 to April 6.
The anniversary event is active from March 26 to April 30.

Players are happy

What do the players think about it? Many players are enthusiastic about the campaign:

Neves_Space_Corps writes on reddit: “This is an amazing act of kindness from SSG. Thank you very much!”
ndomiel agrees: “This is one of the greatest things ever. Hats off to SSG for showing this rare light of kindness and love in these dark times.”
Even subscribers like Hothcookies find this good: “I literally signed up the day before because I thought I would have more time during the corona crisis. I’m not upset at all and am happy to continue paying once this whole debacle is over, just to do my part in keeping a great game and a great company running!”

Now is the perfect time to check out one of the MMORPGs again. If you enjoy The Lord of the Rings Online, you can be excited that the developers have big plans.

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