The start of Season 2 in the PvP league of Pokémon GO has been postponed. The reason is technical issues. An initial alternative date has been withdrawn.
What happened? Actually, the next PvP season in Pokémon GO was supposed to start today, May 1, 2020. However, issues are causing the start to be delayed. Niantic announced this on the official support account on Twitter.
Update from May 5: The new start date for Season 2 is on May 11, 2020. The developers wrote the following statement:
Trainers, we unfortunately had to address a technical issue before transitioning to Season 2 of the GO Battle League. Therefore, we are postponing the start of Season 2 to Monday, May 11, 2020 at 1 PM PDT (GMT -7). You will also be able to claim your rewards for the season’s end then.
As a note: 1 PM PDT corresponds to 10 PM German time.
Continuing with the original article:
Why is Season 2 not starting?
Niantic says: On the night of May 1, Niantic’s support account tweeted:
“Trainers, we have identified a technical issue that needs to be resolved before we proceed to Season 2 of the GO Battle League. For this reason, we are delaying the start of Season 2. We will release more details on our official channels soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”
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However, the developers had already published another one shortly before this tweet (via reddit). It stated:
“Trainers, we have identified a technical issue that needs to be resolved before we proceed to Season 2 of the GO Battle League. For this reason, we are delaying the start of Season 2 until the end of next week.”
They deleted the tweet shortly after. They removed the addition “until the end of next week” in the follow-up tweet. Apparently, Niantic is still undecided about the start of Season 2 and does not want to announce a fixed timeframe here.
It is possible that Season 2 will not be delayed until the end of next week, or even starts later.
In May, a huge nostalgia event in Pokémon GO is taking place, bringing you some cool rewards like legendary Pokémon. While the new PvP league is not running, there is plenty to do for you.
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The new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has a lot to offer – but a multiplayer mode is not included. However, you can still help friends.
For many players, the reveal of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is one of the big game announcements of the year. Plundering as an assassin in a Viking setting at war with England sounds like an exciting scenario and a breath of fresh air for the series. However, some fans were concerned that the game might lean too heavily towards multiplayer. This has now been denied by Ubisoft.
Does Assassin’s Creed Valhalla have a multiplayer mode? No. According to a developer statement to Eurogamer, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is meant to be a “single-player game with many online components.” Each player experiences their own campaign and must complete it alone. However, some features are supposed to be shareable through online components, allowing benefits for oneself and others.
This is how Ubisoft describes the new online feature. Source: Official Website of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Here’s how you can help friends: One of the advertised features is the ability to create your own Viking mercenary and upload it. Other players (like your friends) can then hire this mercenary and use them during their raids. So, even though you are not actively involved, at least you have a strong NPC on the front lines in your friends’ battles. And the best part: A portion of the loot your mercenary earns will be credited to you in your game.
This way, players can help each other without actually sharing a game environment or directly intervening in the action.
What are raids in AC Valhalla? Ubisoft explains it on the official website as follows: “Lead a group of pillagers and launch lightning-fast surprise attacks on Saxon armies and fortresses. Claim the riches of enemy lands for your clan and expand your influence far beyond the borders of your growing settlement.”
Will there be a proper multiplayer? As of now, no. There are no statements from the developers suggesting that a multiplayer mode for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is planned in the future. The game will primarily be a pure single-player experience with minor online features.
What does this mean for Assassin’s Creed on MeinMMO? Since the game has a clear focus on single-player, we at MeinMMO will not extensively cover the game. We primarily focus on games with a significant multiplayer component. However, if you want more news and information about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, console players can turn to our colleagues at GamePro, and PC players at GameStar.
The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online has some achievements on PC that you can unlock with your character. One of them seems so difficult that only a fraction of players have it.
What is this achievement? The MMORPG ESO, which is currently bursting at the seams, has quite a few achievements. One of them is “God Slayer of Sunspire”. It leads you to the trial in Sunspire in veteran mode.
Unlike the dungeons that you can also complete solo, you need a good group for this one. Especially since the achievement requires a nearly insurmountable task that includes all bosses and a time limit.
According to ESO-Database.com, only 0.09% of registered players worldwide have this achievement. On this portal, you can create characters and guilds and input data through a client. You can find the statistics of over 800,000 characters there.
All bosses, no deaths, and keeping an eye on the clock
Defeat Yolnahkriin, Lokkestiiz, and Nahviintaas along with their entire entourage in Sunspire (Veteran) after extinguishing their sacrifice fires and without any group member being killed, within 30 minutes of entering the temple. The timer starts as soon as you enter the corridor between the vestibule and the temple courtyard.
From the player journal
What does the achievement include? Those of you who belong to the 0.09% already know what needs to be done for this achievement. You must head to the Sunspire raid in veteran mode. To be precise, you even need to step it up and face the bosses in hard mode.
Then you will face some trash groups and three dragon bosses:
Yolnahkriin is a fire dragon that bothers you with exploding fire zones. Additionally, he applies debuffs and adds that can hit hard.
Lokkestiiz is an ice dragon. He also creates dangerous zones and a death ray, where you shouldn’t stand. Here, you can also expect adds that ideally should be pulled into zones.
Nahviintaas is the last boss and a golden dragon. His adds are a bit tougher. In addition, he requires even more movement from your group. For example, three group members must step through shadow portals and kill minibosses.
You must defeat the three dragons along with their servants. The clock is ticking, and you need to finish within 30 minutes. As a cherry on top, no one from your group can die; sounds easy, right?
What makes this so difficult? The Sunspire raid requires a lot of movement from the group. Even though the bosses themselves don’t move much, you as players need to move more. Especially in the hard mode of the veteran mode, as they have even more abilities here.
The dragons have many mechanics to watch out for. They continuously create zones, beams, adds, or anything else that can kill you if you aren’t careful for a second.
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In this video from User RNCesus, you get a good impression of what the fight against the last boss looks like.
Additionally, the success depends on the entire group. Not a single member can die. Other achievements like fishing in Elsweyr are also tedious, but at least you’re doing your own thing.
If you prefer to play the MMORPG alone, and ESO is perfect for that, you first need to find a suitable group. This group should consist of very good players who ideally are well-synchronized. If you’re not naturals, this process can take several raids.
What do you get for the achievement? Upon completion, you will receive, in addition to fame and honor, 50 points to your achievement account. Additionally, you can call yourself the God Slayer, depending on your character’s gender.
Are you bearers of this title? Did you find the achievement really that difficult?
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And if you’re already wandering around in the online world, be sure to visit the casino right away. The Pegassi Reaper is now on the podium and can be won by you.
The Pegassi Reaper – Now available as a prize in the casino
In GTA 5 Online, you can now grab a cash gift of 500,000 GTA dollars in May 2020 and hardly have to do anything for it. Take advantage of this now.
What is it? Rockstar Games regularly distributes cash gifts to the GTA Online community. Some of these come with a certain effort, such as the completion of 10 daily objectives. However, the cash gift in May is available for doing nothing.
While 500,000 dollars is not a lot in the world of GTA Online, it is no reason to ignore such a financial boost.
How to claim the cash gift in May 2020?
Here’s how to qualify: All you need to do to receive the gift is to log into GTA Online at some point in May 2020. It’s better to do this sooner rather than later so you don’t forget.
You don’t need to do anything else to qualify. However, if you’re already online, activities like treasure hunts are recommended. They provide relatively quick cash for a low effort.
When will the money arrive? You qualify for the gift immediately upon logging in. You should plan for up to 7 days of waiting time for the credit. The money should then automatically land in your account at the Maze Bank.
Where can you find more money?
What’s new? On Thursday, April 30, a new event week started in GTA Online. And it brings you several opportunities to earn cash again.
Triple GTA dollars and RP are available in competitive matches
Double GTA dollars can be earned in sales missions of your special cargo
And if you’re already wandering around in the online world, be sure to visit the casino right away. The Pegassi Reaper is now on the podium and can be won by you.
The Pegassi Reaper – Now available as a prize in the casino
The operators in Rainbow Six: Siege have various strengths and weaknesses and Ubisoft is continuously working to balance them. However, with a patch, the developers have apparently overdone it and need to backtrack.
Which operator is it about? It is about Ying, who received a buff with a patch on April 20. This has changed the attacker in many ways:
instead of Claymores, she gets smoke grenades to choose from
from her operator gadget, the Candelas, she can carry four instead of just three
the damage of her LMG T-96 LSW was increased from 43 to 46
The reason for her buff was probably that she was among the least played operators. As the official statistics from Ubisoft on April 8, 2020, show, Ying had one of the lowest play rates and a lower win rate than other operators:
Ying’s position before the buff. Image source: Ubisoft.
That was the problem with the buff: With the buff, Ying has apparently become significantly too strong. The biggest problem was the number of her Candelas.
These scatter several flash grenades in the room, which blind all affected enemies for some time.
Instead of being played little as before, she received significantly more attention and players complained that they could not enjoy the game for all the blinding:
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So Ying was nerfed again: In a tweet from the official Twitter account of Rainbow Six Siege, it is stated that on April 30, 2020, a nerf for Ying has come. The number of her Candelas was reduced from four back to three. The patch is currently only available for PC, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 to follow later.
In the initial reactions, players thanked for the quick resolution of the issue. From Twitter user BikiniBodhi it is stated:
What else is changing? Other issues that Ubisoft addresses with the patch are the XP cap for PvE missions as well as fixing a bug with the pop-up for resetting matchmaking ratings.
Whether the changes will help to curb Ying’s exaggerated strength remains to be seen. Should you still have problems against her, you can check out tricks from the pros of Rainbow Six, with which MeinMMO author Benedict Grothaus has already improved.
Perhaps the next over-buff won’t hit you as hard.
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On Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Warzone Thursday, April 30th, a surprising update was released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. This emergency patch reverses the most important change from April 28th: the “Most Wanted” contract is gone, and the old system is back in place. Let’s take a look at the patch notes.
In Warzone, players could now revive their entire team for free upon completion of the mission. However, players with this “Most Wanted Contract” also became targets: all other players on the map could know the player’s location and hunt them down.
Bounties suddenly missing – This massively changes Warzone
Because the power dynamic changed completely. Many players were used to going bounty hunting in the mid-game of Warzone. Without this option, a crucial part of the gaming experience seemed to be missing. The bounty hunting kept the rather dull phase in the middle of a Warzone match exciting.
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An expert called the removal of the bounty contracts a “very, very bad decision” and received a lot of agreement for this assessment.
The most significant change of the update is being reverted by Infinity Ward.
Patch Notes from April 30th for CoD Warzone and Modern Warfare
This is now the patch: In a kind of emergency patch on April 30th, Infinity Ward reversed this change. There are no more “Most Wanted Contracts” in Call of Duty: Warzone. Instead, the regular bounty contracts are back.
The gunsmith loadouts have been fixed and should reappear in matches
The timer in 3v3 “Cranked Gunfight” increases from 10 to 15 seconds
The timer in the “Infected” mode was adjusted when players are outside boundaries
The start timer in “Infected” has been adjusted
The update included a fix for when players got stuck
Priority: Secure the weekend
What’s behind it: Apparently, Infinity Ward underestimated the impact of the change and saw from fan reactions that the change wasn’t well received.
This once again shows how agile the Call of Duty team can react. It seems to be a high priority for the team to ensure that weekends can be played in peace. Such short-term emergency patches just before the weekend have occurred more frequently now.
Which Pokémon will appear during the Spotlight Hours in May 2020 in Pokémon GO as shown by the developers at Niantic, as well as the bonuses you can expect.
What happens in May? At the beginning of May 2020, the “Pokémon GO” developers at Niantic provide an overview of what to expect in the next four weeks.
The focus is on a new research breakthrough with Sheinux and four new Spotlight Hours. Spotlight Hours are events that are active once a week for one hour. During these hours, a Pokémon is in the spotlight, accompanied by a bonus.
This is always a good opportunity for you to earn a lot of candy for the respective Pokémon and to earn more experience points or Stardust due to the bonus. However, this can only happen if you have time to play.
To help you plan your May in advance and possibly keep your calendar free for the Spotlight Hours, we present you with the overview of the events in May.
When do the Spotlight Hours take place? The following dates are all on a Tuesday in May. Each event starts at 6:00 PM local time and lasts for one hour. Niantic made a combined event from Spotlight and Wonder Bonus Hours in April, which will now continue in this form.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
What bonuses are there? In the first Spotlight Hour in May, the Pokémon Shellder is in focus. Additionally, you will receive double Stardust for catching Pokémon during the event.
Shellder
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
What bonuses are there? In the second Spotlight Event, you will encounter the small Pokémon Sun Kern. In addition to these increased spawns, you will receive double experience points for catching Pokémon for one hour.
Sun Kern
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
What bonuses are there? The Pokémon Rockruff is in the spotlight and brings the additional bonus that you earn double candy for catching Pokémon.
Rockruff
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
What bonuses are there? The last Spotlight Hour in May features the Pokémon Bronzor. Additionally, you will receive double candy for sending Pokémon.
Bronzor
Also, participate in the huge nostalgia event in May. Gradually, research will be released, culminating in a grand finale. It is particularly worthwhile to participate, as legendary Pokémon are among the important rewards awaiting you. Combined with the Spotlight Hours, you will have a lot to do in May.
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Fortnite cakes can bring joy to any fan and become a highlight of a birthday party. Our author Eilyn shows you her recipe with pictures so that you can bake a cake yourself.
I will show you the entire process and how you can bake the Fortnite cake yourself, if you want to make a Fortnite fan happy or are looking for an activity when the servers are down again.
You will need these ingredients for the Fortnite cake
These are all the ingredients you need for the chocolate batter and the decoration. I baked the batter in a baking pan with a diameter of 26 cm.
You can adjust the ingredients according to the size of your baking pan. If you don’t like chocolate, you can simply skip the cocoa powder.
Ingredients – Batter
You will need:
6 eggs
1 packet of vanilla sugar
225g sugar
140g flour
45g cornstarch (Maizena)
40g cocoa powder (I used regular cocoa powder)
1 packet of baking powder
1 pinch of salt
All of these ingredients should be available at a grocery store.
Ingredients – Filling
For the filling, I chose whipped cream. It tastes good and is not difficult to make.
You will need for the filling:
1 package of whipped cream (500ml)
1 packet of cream stabilizer (ensures stiff whipped cream)
4 tbsp sugar
1 packet of vanilla sugar
Decoration with Fondant
To make it a Fortnite cake, you obviously need the right decoration. You can order it online or, as I did, simply make it yourself.
For the decoration, I used different fondants (a colored sugar mass). I ordered them from a bakery online and received them by post.
However, you can also pick them up at the bakery.
These are the colors I used:
Baby blue
Black
White
Purple
Green
Brown
You need to make these preparations beforehand
First, you need to preheat the oven. Since every oven is different, you need to assess how many degrees you need.
Normally, it is recommended:
Top/Bottom heat 180°C
Circulation 150°C
However, I had to preheat my gas oven to 200°C. So it may vary.
Next, you can prepare the baking pan. Line the bottom and sides with baking paper. Do not grease with butter!
This is what it looks like:
How to prepare the cake batter
Now we come to the first part of the preparation: The batter
1. Whip egg whites
First, you need to separate all the eggs. You separate the egg whites from the yolks. It’s best to make a small hole at the top of the egg and slowly empty the egg white.
Pour the egg whites directly into the large bowl where you will prepare the batter.
Once you have separated all the eggs, add a pinch of salt to the egg whites. Now whisk them until foamy with the mixer.
This is what it looks like when you have finished mixing:
2. Add sugar and vanilla sugar
Now you should gradually add sugar and vanilla sugar. It’s best to measure the sugar and mix it with the packet of vanilla sugar.
You can then pour this mixture directly over your egg white foam. Always add a little at a time and mix it in first.
You need to whisk until a white meringue forms and looks like this:
3. Add egg yolks
Now you should add the yolks one by one that you separated from the egg whites. It’s best to get a helper who adds the yolks while you whisk.
The mixture will take on a pastel color and looks like this:
4. Add dry ingredients
Measure out the flour, starch, cocoa powder, and baking powder. You can then sift this mixture over the batter. It’s best to pour it into the sieve and tap against it with your palm.
Important: Do not use a mixer here anymore! Use a spatula or large spoon to fold in the ingredients.
This is what it should look like:
5. Into the pan and into the oven!
The finished mixture just needs to be poured into the baking pan and put in the preheated oven.
The baking time is about 30-40 minutes. You can check if it’s done by doing a toothpick test.
Let it cool for 10 minutes and remove from the pan. To let the cake cool completely, leave it standing for a few hours. Otherwise, it will crumble when cutting.
The filling must still go in
Filling the cake is quite simple. You just need to:
Put whipped cream, sugar, vanilla sugar, and cream stabilizer in a bowl
Whisk with the mixer until the cream becomes firm
Once the whipped cream is ready, you can spread it evenly between the layers and cover the entire cake with it.
Finally, the decoration!
The cake is baked and filled. Now it should become a real Fortnite cake.
For this, the right decoration is needed. I chose a simple design that is not difficult to create.
Decoration with Fondant – Here’s how
For the decoration of the Fortnite cake, I chose fondant. It comes in various colors and you can cut out any shapes from it.
This is how it works:
Cut off a piece of fondant and roll it out
Place the prepared template on it and cut out
Refine with tools
Attach the fondant piece to the cake
I first covered the cake entirely with light blue color. Then I cut out a Fortnite llama, a round background, letters, clouds, and trees and distributed them on the cake.
For refining the decoration, baking tools are particularly helpful. With these, you can adjust the different fondant pieces.
These tools look like this:
Printable image templates
I used these templates for decorating the Fortnite cake. If you want to bake this cake, you can print this image and simply cut out the templates:
The finished Fortnite cake
The cake is finally finished! The making was not always easy, but it was fun. I am actually quite satisfied with the end product, considering that I have no great experience with cakes.
This is what the finished Fortnite cake looks like:
Your Nintendo Switch needs new content for May 2020? Then you can find five offers here that could be worthwhile for you.
Are you looking for games that can sweeten your free time on the first weekend of May? The Nintendo eShop has a few offers that could enrich your Switch.
Here you will find a mix of games that are suitable for both multiplayer and solo players.
Cuphead
Genre: Shoot’em up | Offer: €14.99 instead of €19.99 | Valid until: 06.05.2020 | Players: 1-2
This is Cuphead: If you see Cuphead for the first time, you might think: Oh, this looks like a nice game. Great, nostalgic cartoon visuals, driving jazz music in the background, and friendly-looking main characters – this is definitely something nice for a break.
All these descriptions are true – except for the last one. Because if you lose yourself too much in the famous Cuphead atmosphere while playing, you’re dead. The levels, which split into larger boss fights and platformer missions, can be played at different difficulty levels. And even the easiest is already brutal.
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In the video from IGN you can see what Cuphead looks like
In Cuphead, you jump and shoot either alone or together in couch co-op through beautifully designed levels, where behind every – really every – corner the “Game Over” could be waiting. Whether it’s a nicely looking flower, suddenly sinking platforms, or suspiciously looking giant turnips – everything in this game is designed to put an abrupt end to your cup existence.
Cuphead is extremely difficult, but not unfair – and that’s what makes it incredibly exciting. When you die, you know every time why. The sense of achievement when you beat a boss or a level after what feels like a hundred failed attempts is all the greater.
This is Overcooked 2: Overcooked 2 clearly falls into the category of games that are fun with multiple people. The controls are quick to learn and the easily accessible principle seems simple at first glance:
You are in a kitchen
You have to create dishes from various ingredients
Then serve them and wash the dishes afterward.
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Sounds easy? Wrong! Your kitchen quickly transitions from simple restaurants to environments like a magic school, a mine, or outer space. The dishes become more complicated, elements like teleporters and floating platforms make your path more difficult. It becomes increasingly challenging not to bump into each other and prepare the dishes against the merciless ticking clock.
If you play together, it is essential to keep a cool head and work as a team. If you succeed, Overcooked offers lots of fun that is also suitable for kids. If not, Overcooked 2 will quickly push you to your limits with the proven formula from Overcooked 1.
By the way: The first part is currently on offer as well. You can currently download it for €6.79 instead of €19.99.
This is Trüberbrook: Trüberbrook was created in collaboration with the German publisher Headup Games and the bildundtonfabrik. It comes with its own charm: You travel as the young American physicist Tannhauser to the remote Trüberbrook – a sleepy little place in the German province.
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But the seemingly harmless place harbors dark secrets that unfold throughout the story. In classic adventure style, you work your way through puzzles and mysteries to advance in the story driven by strong twists.
All of this happens in an unusual look: All landscapes were crafted as miniature sets by hand in the workshop and then transferred into the game. This creates a unique look for Trüberbrook.
Genre: Racing game | Offer: €1.75 instead of €34.99 | Valid until: 06.05.2020 | Players: 1
This is ATV Drift & Tricks: If you are looking for racing games on the Switch, you quickly end up with Mario Kart. But if you want a more realistic racing game, you should definitely check out ATV Drift & Tricks.
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Normally, the game is quite expensive, but it is currently on offer for only €1.75. ATV Drift & Tricks lets you go off-road on quad bikes on muddy, snowy, sunny, or sandy tracks. You can drift through the desert, explore the jungle, or zip through the mountains.
You shouldn’t expect a highly polished racing game, but it is worth a look: If you just want to do a couple of laps, you can’t go wrong with this offer.
Genre: Shoot’em up | Offer: €1.49 instead of €14.99 | Valid until: 17.05.2020 | Players: 1-2
This is RIVE: RIVE is a classic shoot’em up: You fly from left to right across the map and shoot pretty much everything that gets in the way of your little spaceship’s cannons.
This mainly involves various types of robots that you can turn into scrap. You can then spend that scrap in the shop to acquire upgrades for your ship.
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RIVE comes with varied levels – sometimes you fly through a lava world, sometimes you land underwater. There are bosses that can quickly push you to your limits – because RIVE is not easy. The difficulty level is quite challenging.
In the Ultimate Edition, however, you can rely on support by tackling the challenge in co-op. Overall, RIVE is a pretty fast-paced affair that, although it has been around for a few years (Release on Switch: 2017), is definitely worth checking out for the price.
Destiny 2 aims to improve its seasonal model and address an annoying problem – the pressure to always play and the fear of missing out if you don’t. This is how the seasons are set to change in year 4.
Many criticize this: New content for Destiny 2 is largely introduced in year 3 through seasons, with the current Season 10 running now.
What many find particularly annoying in the third year: Numerous seasonal content, whether weapons or armor, can be only obtained during their respective season. Once the season ends, they disappear – along with seasonal activities and large parts of the now seasonally told story. Currently, there is no way to revisit this later.
This essentially creates the pressure to constantly stay engaged every season and clear its content – regardless of whether one finds it appealing or not. Many fear that if they don’t, they will completely miss out on essential content like items or storylines and will no longer be able to obtain or experience them. And that does not sit well with many.
Thus, the game would mutate from fun, from a hobby to stress and almost to work, according to numerous guardians – including our author Sven Galitzki.
If someone takes a break, whether forced or because they are not particularly interested in the content, they will be punished by the game. But that is set to change this fall.
This is how the seasons of Destiny 2 will change in year 4
As the developers announced in the current “This Week at Bungie” blog, they have clearly heard this feedback and criticism and want to make improvements accordingly. The following is planned for the fourth year of Destiny 2 (which begins in fall 2020):
Better storytelling: Each season tells a story that then carries over into the next season and thus advances a larger narrative.
In Season 10, we support Zavala and Ana in the fight against an orbital threat
For year 4, they want to further connect the seasonally told story between the individual seasons. But the most important thing: players should be able to revisit the seasonal story of a year at any time – regardless of when they join.
As an example: If someone starts in March 2021 or returns, they can go back and experience the narrative content of Season 12 and 13.
Essentially, they want to do it like in the Forsaken Annual Pass, where the content built upon each other continuously throughout the year and nothing disappeared.
Activities should remain throughout the year:Currently, seasonal activities disappear at the end of the corresponding season – regardless of whether they were well received or heavily criticized. From Season 12 onwards, this is set to change. Then the core experience should remain and be playable beyond the end of the season.
The Sundial was the core element of Season 9 – Now it has disappeared from Destiny 2
Guardians who join in one of the later seasons should receive the opportunity to dive directly into the older activities of past seasons – but without having to meet the original prerequisites from the old season to do so. However, the core experience should remain intact.
Bungie emphasizes, however, that there will still be moments when old content will be removed to make way for new content and story to unfold (likely at the end of a year with a big expansion). Because Destiny 2 cannot grow indefinitely.
The seasonal rewards will remain: Since seasonal activities are set to remain available throughout the year, players will need a reason to jump into the “old” activities from previous seasons of a year. Therefore, seasonal rewards will also remain throughout the year after the season ends.
In Season 10, Rasputin provides his powerful weapons
This aims to relieve players of the pressure to obtain everything within a season. The rewards should come from the original activity, but some selected items should also be obtainable through other core activities of Destiny 2 like Strikes, Crucible, or PvP.
So, for example, if you are no longer interested in the Sundial, you could earn some of the specific weapons in a strike.
By the way: To already take this into account in the current year 3, an Engram will drop in the upcoming Season 11 that will contain some selected weapons from Seasons 8, 9, and 10.
Fall expansion is basically confirmed: Bungie summarizes their plans as follows:
The seasons will be changed so that they remain available and playable throughout the entire (respective) year. The Destiny experience should grow year by year and offer a constantly evolving world and numerous reasons to play. Each year there will then be a major step forward in the form of a new expansion.
The arrival of the Pyramid ships is imminent after 6 years
It looks like Destiny 2 will continue for the time being – with an improved seasonal model and a major annual expansion. Thus, one can expect with great certainty that the 4th year of Destiny 2 will be ushered in this coming fall with a major expansion.
The Nostalgia Challenge 2020 with Mewtwo in Pokémon GO has been unlocked. We show you what the new special research offers in tasks and rewards.
What is it? The Nostalgia research Kanto is part of the big May event that Pokémon GO is launching. The Kanto research is the first part of the quests. Then there will be Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.
What happened before? On the evening of April 27th, Niantic released the new special research “Nostalgia Challenge”. However, this was not unlocked for all trainers. If you did not unlock the research, it is not your fault. You just need a bit more patience.
Niantic wrote on Twitter that the research was unlocked for some trainers before the actual start. “Event details will follow soon. In the meantime, trainers who received the research can complete it. However, they will not receive it again. Sorry for the confusion.”
We will show you the individual steps, tasks, and rewards of the new special research “Nostalgia Challenge”.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 1/9
Task
Reward
Catch 3 Pokémon of type Grass, Water, or Fire
10 Poké Balls
Take a snapshot of a Bug-type Pokémon
5 Nanab Berries
Catch a Rock-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Golden Razz Berries, and an encounter with Onix.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 2/9
Task
Reward
Battle in a raid
Encounter with Clefairy
Send 3 Pokémon
10 Super Potions
Catch 1 Water Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Silver Nanab Berries, and an encounter with Starmie.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 3/9
Task
Reward
Evolve 3 Pokémon
10 Ultra Balls
Hatch an egg
Encounter with a Pokémon
Catch an Electric-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Golden Razz Berries, and an encounter with Raichu.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 4/9
Task
Reward
Give your buddy a snack
Encounter with Gastly
Send a gift to a friend
Encounter with Dratini
Catch a Grass-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Silver Nanab Berries, and an encounter with Tangela.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 5/9
Task
Reward
Earn a Candy by walking with your buddy
10 Hyper Balls
Make 3 great throws
Encounter with Chansey
Catch a Poison-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Golden Razz Berries, and an encounter with Weezing.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 6/9
Task
Reward
Take a snapshot of a Ghost-type Pokémon
Encounter with Hitmonchan
Catch a Fighting-type Pokémon
Encounter with Lapras
Catch a Psychic-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Silver Nanab Berries, and an encounter with Alakazam.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 7/9
Task
Reward
Take a snapshot of an Ice-type Pokémon
10 Hyper Potions
Evolve a Pokémon
Encounter with Aerodactyl
Catch a Fire-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Golden Razz Berries, and an encounter with Arcanine.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 8/9
Task
Reward
Use 6 Power-Ups on Pokémon
1 Charged TM
Battle against another trainer
1 Star Piece
Catch a Ground-type Pokémon
500 Stardust
Stage Reward: Upon completing this step, you will receive 1 Rare Candy, 2 Silver Nanab Berries, and an encounter with Nidoking.
Kanto Challenge 2020 – Step 9/9
Reward
3,000 XP
3,000 XP
3,000 XP
Stage Reward: As you already know from other special researches, you simply collect the rewards in the last step without a task.
As a stage reward, you will receive 10 Rare Candies and an encounter with Mewtwo. As trainers have already discovered, this Mewtwo knows the move Psystrike.
Additionally, you can now play Pokémon GO even more effectively from home. The developers at Niantic have now activated Raids from home, which you can join with special raid passes. Along with the new research that can also be easily solved from home, you will be well occupied for the event.
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The new legend for the upcoming Season 5 of Apex Legends has been officially revealed and is already in the game. However, you can’t play it just yet.
What kind of legend is this? Respawn and EA have today introduced the new legend Loba for the upcoming Season 5 with a new “Stories from the Outlands”. The video is titled “Legacy of a Thief”.
The story of Loba shows how she became a thief after her father’s death and has become better at her “profession”. It also reveals the reason Loba comes to Apex Legends: Revenant. We have embedded the video here for you:
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What can Loba do? There is no official information about Loba’s abilities yet. However, several leaks from the past claim to know her skill kit (via Dexerto):
“Burglar’s Best Friend” – Throws a slide and teleports to the location
“Supply for Demand” – Hold to select a loot type. Displays the selected loot in an area, even through walls
“Eye for Quality” – Loba can see loot through nearby walls
“Black Market Boutique” – Places a device that steals all loot in the vicinity
Loba herself has already been mentioned in the relevant leaks and has now been confirmed. So it’s quite possible that these abilities are accurate as well.
When does Loba come? Season 5 starts with the end of the current Season 4 on May 12, 2020. From then on, Loba will presumably also be playable as a new legend. However, she can already be found in the game.
Those in the main menu can see Loba lurking behind the player banners. She frequently uses a short teleport, which could indicate her first ability. Here’s a short clip of her:
The highly anticipated remastered campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now available on PC and Xbox One. This means that both platforms finally catch up with PlayStation 4.
MW2 campaign now available for all platforms: After the campaign of Modern Warfare 2 was exclusively released for PS4 on March 31, it is now available for PC and Xbox One since today, April 30. It has arrived as promised a month after the PS4 exclusive.
As before on the Sony console, the remaster is available as a bundle with various contents:
a UDT Ghost skin
2 weapon blueprints
a weapon talisman
a finisher
a taunt
a animated calling card
an emblem
2 Battle Pass tier skips
The bundle costs €24.99 for both PC and Xbox One. Here are the links to the shops:
What do I get in the bundle? When you purchase the remaster, you get the campaign of Modern Warfare 2 in its updated version. If you are not sure whether you should spend money on it, find out here, who it is worth it for.
The possibly legendary mission in the history of Call of Duty “No Russian” belongs to Modern Warfare 2 and could be the reason for the remaster not being released in Russia.
The game comes as a standalone. You do not need Modern Warfare (2019) as a base game to play the remaster. You only need Modern Warfare or the free Warzone if you want to secure the digital contents of the bundle.
Modern Warfare ranked number 1 in the sales of games in March in the PS Store due to the remaster. The bundle and digital contents are evidently quite popular.
Will the multiplayer come? The multiplayer of Modern Warfare 2 is considered by many fans as the best in the entire series. However, with the current offer, only the campaign is being remastered.
The respective leaker “TheGamingRevolution” has already made a name for himself with accurate predictions before, but whether this will also be the case for Modern Warfare 2 remains to be seen.
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On May 7, Microsoft will finally show the first gameplay of the new Xbox Series X. Various partners are expected to present their games on the next-gen console.
What kind of event is this? Microsoft is hosting a special “Inside Xbox” livestream on May 7 at 5:00 PM German time. The focus will be on the first games and gameplay of the Xbox Series X.
The event will showcase games from various partners, as Aaron Greenberg, the manager of Xbox Games Marketing, revealed via Twitter. Own titles like Halo: Infinite are not expected to be on the program.
One game featured is the new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, as Ubisoft announced via Twitter. They will present the first gameplay trailer for the new adventure.
Which studios and games will be shown otherwise is not yet known.
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How are the gamers reacting to the upcoming event? The announcement has sparked many positive reactions on Twitter. Some relate to the ongoing battle between Sony and Microsoft consoles. For example, Twitter user DanielElenio writes:
“PlayStation, you lost the console war early this year.”
He refers to Ubisoft’s announcement of the gameplay trailer for Valhalla. But overall, it’s looking good for the new Xbox Series X. It impresses on paper with more teraflops. A “trump card” could also be the console’s price.
Will the Xbox win this time? Yet even in the previous generation, the PS4 significantly outperformed the Xbox One in sales figures. Will it be different this time?
On April 23rd, a patch with many new features for Borderlands 3 was released. However, there were also some serious bugs. The first of them have now been fixed in a hotfix.
Technical issues became rampant, in the form of crashes, frame rate drops, and incorrect scaling. Some players reported in a thread on reddit that Borderlands 3 was almost unplayable, especially on consoles.
Mayhem 2.0, the major update from the patch on April 23rd.
What’s in the new patch? The patch from April 30th, which is scheduled to be deployed on all platforms by 9 PM our time, addressed both technical and content issues regarding drop rates.
Although not all issues may be resolved, the update should noticeably improve the situation for many players.
Additionally, the patch launches the new event “Galactic Loot” for the planet Promethea, which is part of the new Cartel Hunts.
Patch brings adjustments to Mayhem 2.0
What does the update change in Mayhem 2.0? A major focus of the patch is on loot adjustments in Mayhem 2.0. The patch notes say:
The drop rates for legendary items in Mayhem mode have been adjusted.
The drop rates for anointed gear in Mayhem mode have been adjusted.
Another loot change relates to the contents of the second DLC “Guns, Love, and Tentacles”. A bug has been fixed where enemies were dropping only common and rare items.
Giant Heads, one of the modifiers of Mayhem 2.0
What is being done about the technical issues? In terms of technical adjustments, changes were made to the O.P.Q. system, which led to stability issues due to an excessive number of drones being generated. Therefore, the secondary fire rate has been reduced.
Additionally, two Mayhem modifiers have been disabled that caused problems. Another issue involved areas where players or NPCs could get stuck. A total of 5 of these spots have been adjusted.
Ubisoft has today introduced the new adventure game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in the first official trailer. Here you can find all the details that the first moving images reveal about the game.
This is shown in the trailer: Ubisoft has today, on April 30, released a cinematic trailer for the new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. In this, the developers already share a little about the story.
The trailer begins with an English king, who is according to GameStar Alfred the Great. He laments the Viking raids on his land and how they invade but do not defend it. After the brief introduction, a wild battle follows as a result of a Viking raid.
In this, the presumed protagonist engages in a fight with a seemingly overpowering opponent, apparently a heavily armored Templar. He is pressured, but through a vision beforehand, he knows that the Nordic god Odin is with him and defeats his opponent with the typical hidden blade, the weapon of the assassins. We have embedded the trailer for you here:
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What is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla? Valhalla continues the famous and popular “Assassin’s Creed” series. The setting apparently takes place in the Viking era. King Alfred suggests that Valhalla will set around 886.
This is nonetheless a significant leap in time, as the predecessor Odyssey was set in ancient times. In Odyssey, players could also choose a female assassin.
As GameStar reports, this will also be possible in Valhalla. The protagonist Eivor can be male or female, and it is purely an aesthetic choice. This does not change the story.
Odyssey offered Kassandra as a playable character – will Valhalla also feature a female protagonist?
The locations of Valhalla are apparently Scandinavia and England. The trailer suggests that there will again be some form of sailing, as in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag.
It looks like you can fight with the stereotypical Viking axes and not just with hidden blades and swords. Instead of an eagle, the protagonist will likely have a raven of Odin as a companion.
For more details, you can also check out our colleagues at GameStar and GamePro:
On which platforms will Valhalla be released? Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is confirmed for the following platforms:
PC (Epic and Uplay)
Stadia
Xbox One
Xbox Series X
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
In the trailer, the logo of the Xbox Series X has already been displayed. The information on the official page for the game confirms that Valhalla will be released for Microsoft’s next-gen console as well as on the PlayStation 5.
In Japan, Odyssey was also released on the Nintendo Switch. In Germany, this has apparently not yet been planned for Valhalla.
When will Assassin’s Creed Valhalla be released, and what will it cost? The release date is “Holidays 2020,” which means the end of the year. This is a rough period that usually refers to the time shortly before Christmas, between October and December.
The price will vary depending on the edition, between €59.99 and €199.99.
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In Call of Duty: Warzone, a new contract arrived in the war zone with update 1.20. Although it is actually pretty cool, many players are complaining about it. Because another important contract was removed.
What is this new contract? Since the huge update 1.20 on April 29th, you can earn the strong rewards of a new contract in Call of Duty: Warzone. If you activate “Most Wanted” you will be visible on the maps for 5 minutes as a small, red crown and thereby exposed to a large risk.
If you survive your bounty timer, the contract grants your fallen team members a respawn. So instead of stuffing the $4,500 into the buy stations, you bring your buddies back to the battlefield. At least if everything goes smoothly – Unlike the CoD streamer “TimTheTatman” who celebrated too early.
In “4 player BR” you can save up to $13,500 with 3 fallen team mates. The highest reward a contract can yield in the Warzone and a strong opportunity for surviving players to give their team a new chance. But the contract hasn’t been received as well as one might think at first glance. Because another important contract almost completely disappeared from the Warzone: The bounty hunting.
With “Most Wanted” you can bring back fallen team members.
“Most Wanted” displaces “Bounty” – Significantly changes the match flow
Why was bounty so important? In the Warzone, matches often follow a certain pattern:
Landing at a hot spot with full action
Somehow maintaining concentration during the mid-game
In the endgame, things heat up every second and opponents can come from all directions
The obligatory visit to the gulag in between
To spice up the rather dull mid-game and not lose focus during that time, bounty contracts were often relied upon. Here you got a target displayed on the map and could then hunt the enemy specifically. Often, the target was also part of a team, which was almost like a side quest completed at the same time.
This brought several minutes of action that would otherwise probably have been spent camping or with the rather quiet contracts “Recon” and “Looting”. While it could always go wrong, bounty hunting was the best contract to maintain your momentum after a good start. Here again are the contracts at a glance:
How does this now affect the matches? Especially now at the start of the new contracts, the matches are playing out quite differently for some players. Instead of promoting action in the mid-game with bounty contracts, the inclination to camp increases as wounded teams want to revive their members with the contracts.
There were already many ways to participate in the game again after being knocked out:
Team mates can revive
There are self-revive tokens
After a complete death, you go once to the gulag
Fallen team mates can be bought back for $4,500
Now, there is one more respawn opportunity, and towards the end, even more players are likely to be populated in the match. During a round on the update day, there were up to 7 “Most Wanted” contracts activated simultaneously. In a “BR 3 player” mode, that means potentially 14 opponents returning to the battlefield.
While this could settle down a bit when more aggressive teams start hunting the camped “Most Wanted” players, overall, the mid-game is likely to suffer from this subtle change, making the endgame even more intense. However, this now gives us more time to uncover the secret story about the bunkers.
Pro says “Bad decision” and thousands complain along
What do the players think about it? There is some backlash here, although the criticism is not specifically about the new contract, but about the swapping of the contracts. Even some prominent players voiced their opinions, like former world champion Tyler “TeePee” Polchow from 2014.
He says on Twitter: “Removing bounties from the Warzone is a very, very bad decision and I am not happy about it at all.”
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The tweet has already received over 13,000 likes and the comments below speak a clear language:
@Potthoff: “Most of the time, teams were on the bounty hunt to give the game some meaning until the last circles, sigh.”
@OlafFBLV: “Wait… They added this [contract] and removed bounties? What a mess, man.”
“@Maven: “The flow of the game feels really strange now. I was used to hunting from bounty to bounty to bounty, haha.”
There are sporadic reactions that are quite glad about the change. Players who prefer to play quietly, sneak or hide during phases of the match instead of pushing, no longer have to worry about being randomly selected as a bounty target. These players can now execute their tactics undisturbed.
Will this stay like this? If the negative opinions solidify in the coming days, a reaction from the developers is quite expected. It is very likely that we will soon see bounties back in the major BR game modes of the Warzone.
By the way, bounties are still available in the solo BRs. In addition, trucks are back in solo mode. After long complaints, the unfair vehicles that turned the endgame of the Battle Royale into more of a demolition derby have disappeared.
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In Pokémon GO the big Kanto event for the nostalgia challenge is just around the corner. We give you an overview of all the information.
When does the Kanto event start? It starts at noon on May 1 at 1:00 PM local time. You can benefit from the bonuses until May 8, for a whole week.
The event takes place as part of the nostalgia challenge and is the first part of this series that will take place throughout May.
Everything about the Kanto event in Pokémon GO
What bonuses are there? The Kanto event is of course all about Pokémon from the 1st generation. Here are some bonuses to enhance the experience:
Pokémon like Bluzuk or Chaneira appear in the wild
Kanto Pokémon appear in raids and in 7 km eggs, such as Bluzuk, Machollo, Onix, Schlurp, Tangela, Sichlor, Pinsir, Lapras and Evoli
Pikachu with Charizard hat appear in the wild
Shiny Bluzuk appears for the first time in Pokémon GO
Double XP on catches, raids, and eggs
The 3 starter Pokémon Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle are the focus this time.
This special research is coming: All trainers who haven’t had it yet can tackle the special research “Nostalgia Challenge: Kanto” starting from the event’s kickoff. This quest series was previously accessible to some trainers due to a bug.
At the end of the research, a Mewtwo with Psystrike awaits you, which could even be a Shiny with some luck.
What can be said about the spawns? With Chaneira and Bluzuk, two very interesting spawns have already been announced. Bluzuk is likely to be interesting as a new Shiny for everyone, and Chaneira is considered to be a rarer Pokémon outside of events, so you have a good chance of finding a Shiny here.
However, there are also a plethora of other Shinys from the 1st generation that you might encounter during this event. In our Shiny list, you can see which Shinys from Gen 1 are currently available.
This is what the Shinys of Bluzuk and Omot look like.
Is the XP bonus worth it? If you want to level up, you should focus especially on raids. You can earn 40,000 XP through a level 5 raid with an activated Lucky Egg. You can now comfortably participate in raids from home.
With the current raid boss Darkrai, it’s even more worth it, as this mysterious Pokémon is really strong and easy to defeat. So invest some remote raid passes and secure the double XP or even quadruple XP with a Lucky Egg.
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In Fortnite: Battle Royale, players were accompanied by Deadpool for weeks. Now you can even play a mini-game of his, which is quite hidden. We will show you where to find and play it.
What is this mini-game? You will find a small game where you have to accompany Deadpool while skiing. You control him and make sure he doesn’t hit any obstacles.
The time of day changes constantly, and you even have to look in the dark to ensure he safely rides down the mountain. In the meantime, evil Peelys with red eyes and sharp teeth are chasing you.
Here you will find the hidden game
Where do you need to search? First, you need to go to the battle pass menu, where you will find yourself in the agent headquarters. There you will see a golden ventilation shaft. You must click on it to enter Deadpool’s secret room.
Behind the golden ventilation shaft is Deadpool’s secret room
Once you reach the secret room, click on the computer as if you were opening the challenges to unlock the Deadpool skin.
However, you do not need the challenges here and must close them again so that Deadpool’s computer desktop becomes visible.
On the left side, you will find a few folders and at the very bottom, a Deadpool icon that you must click on. On the PS4, you need to press the triangle button. On the Xbox One, that would probably be the Y button.
You need to press this icon to start the mini-game
The game will open shortly, and after a brief countdown, you can start right away. Control Deadpool safely down without hitting the obstacles or being caught by evil Peelys.
If you prefer to watch the tutorial or the game itself in video form, you can do that here:
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However, you will not only find Deadpool in his secret hideout but also on the Fortnite map, and you can even fight against him. So if you prefer to see Deadpool directly in the game, you should check out the yacht, which changed after the Deadpool event. He is throwing a huge party there.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the BR Warzone are great, but also really huge. This leads to real storage problems on consoles. How much space do comparable games consume?
This frustrates players: Currently, CoD: Warzone is probably the hottest shooter and excites over 50 million gamers. But even though everyone wants to play, some gamers can no longer cope with the game’s escalating storage appetite, including updates.
Especially on consoles, the hard drive storage is struggling under the heavy data load. As of now (April 30), the full version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare along with Warzone takes up 184.5 GB on the PlayStation 4.
Everyday situation of a CoD player before an update: When one of the updates for the shooter is coming, I look forward to the upcoming bug fixes and new content, but I also worry. Because how big will the patch be this time, is the available hard drive space enough? The big update 1.20 was, for example, almost 30 GB and increased the required storage again by several precious gigabytes.
Instead of anticipation, planning is needed. It is not uncommon for older games to be removed from the drive or moved from the faster SSD to the internal HDD. Some players, however, do not have extra storage on board, and some PS4 models only come with a standard 500GB hard drive.
If you subtract CoD and the system files, there is hardly any space left for other games. This is not a hypothetical problem, but is becoming a serious issue for many players. It almost feels like CoD wants to push all other games off the hard drive.
This is how the developers are reacting: The start of Season 2 was marked by an update of about 68 GB, leaving players with clenched teeth. In response, developer Infinity Ward apologized. Production Director Paul Heli explained that this update was so large to make future patches as well as the game itself smaller.
Ghost arrived with Season 2 and a huge patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Now, two months later and in the middle of Season 3, the new update is indeed smaller. But to call about 30 GB small would be an understatement. Interestingly, the patch is at least split into 2 parts on consoles (via GamePro). Owners of the free version of Warzone need only 10 GB of that.
How much storage do other top games consume in comparison?
Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare really such a big space eater? We take a look at comparable games on the PlayStation 4. Please note that here the actual used space on the hard drive is indicated. Store figures may differ.
Other PS4 games are this big:
Destiny 2: 98.9 GB
The Division 2: 108.2 GB
Apex Legends: 47.2 GB
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End: 60.8 GB
Warframe: 32.7 GB
This is what my PS4 hard drive looks like on April 30
Especially MMO shooters with large worlds, instances, many missions, or raids like Destiny 2 and The Division 2 consume huge amounts of storage. In comparison, Warframe almost seems tiny, but relies on procedurally generated levels in many missions (except for the two large maps).
Apex Legends manages with just under 50 GB and offers comparable content to Warzone but does not take up a large multiplayer shooter including campaign on the drive.
Why is Call of Duty so big? The multiplayer mode and the battle royale Warzone need parts of the main game to function. In that sense, you have 4 CoD games on your storage:
Regularly new skins, maps, or operators are added, consuming even more storage. Although Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone together offer a lot of content that partially justifies the data volume, it does not change the acute problem.
