A new mobile RPG has appeared in stores for iOS and Android in Southeast Asia, China, and Taiwan. The twist: The playable heroes are gay. The game aims to support gay people and promote acceptance in certain countries.
What kind of game is it? The new mobile RPG is called GYEE and is being developed by Kiwifruit for iOS and Android. The motto of the game is: “Playing Gayly”.
GYEE revolves around the theme of being gay and playfully addresses issues that the gay and LGBTQ community still struggles with in some countries.
GYEE is currently available only in Chinese and English versions in Southeast Asia. Versions for Japan and North America are yet to come. There is no information yet about a version for Europe.
What is the game about? GYEE is a kind of hero RPG. You recruit various powerful heroes, the so-called Gyees, and form teams with them to embark on adventures. The special thing is: The Gyees are gay. About one in 20 people is a Gyee.
In the world of Luxium, they have a hard time because they are often not accepted or experience discrimination or even attacks for what they are. Nevertheless, they proudly show and stand by their nature.
In the game, there is a certain anti-Gyee sentiment and fear of the Gyees, which is why they are hunted by a faction. At the same time, the world is threatened by a dark danger. It is now the players’ task to support the Gyees.
In the countries where GYEE is offered (such as China and Taiwan), gay people are still often met with hate. GYEE wants to make a statement to help gay people there live better and more autonomously.
Connections also seem to be encouraged.
A twist is that both the game mechanics and the characters can easily be transferred to other games. They seem everyday, “normal”, and not “ostentatiously gay”.
The game mechanics additionally promote dealing with gay people who are self-accepting and secure in themselves.
After almost 2 months, hope was actually buried, but now there is light at the end of the horizon. A German RP realm for WoW Classic has appeared.
Update (October 22, 7 PM): The new RP-PvE server Celebras has been officially confirmed in the forum. It will go live on Friday, October 25 at 1:00 AM. Free transfers from all German PvE realms will be offered:
Everlook
Lakeshire
Razorfen
Original report: A large part of the German role players had already resigned themselves to the fact that there would be no RP realm in the German-speaking region in WoW Classic. Frustrated, most players had agreed on the realm Everlook and gathered there to simply engage in roleplay on a “normal” realm.
But now everything could change: An RP realm has appeared on the list!
What happened? Those who look at the realm list for German-speaking realms will find a new entry there since a few hours. A realm named “Celebras” with the addition “RP” is listed there, although it is still marked as “Offline”.
Celebras will be the new RP realm – currently still offline.
This is probably the result of months of complaints in the forum. Role players have been insisting on having their own realm since the launch, and the criticism regarding the lack of such has hardly diminished since then.
Will there be server transfers? Yes, free transfers will be available from the German PvE servers. This will be available starting on October 25 at 1:00 AM.
Otherwise, role players would have had to create entirely new characters, which could raise doubts among some role players about whether they should really dare to make the switch.
Why is the realm so important to role players? Roleplay largely thrives on immersion with the game world. On “normal” realms, there are always numerous players who do not care about roleplay and thus disturb the immersion. Only a few tavern evenings remain memorable when suddenly a mage named Xpówêrpáûlx jumps through the tavern and spams Blizzard or Arcane Explosions.
On roleplay realms, players mostly gather.
Cortyn says: Honestly, I am quite surprised that Blizzard is taking this step “so late” and offers a roleplay realm. This positively surprises me. The more I think about it, the better I find this late decision. Since the initial rush in Classic is over and most players have already settled into their realms, only “true” role players should be willing to switch to the new realm.
So it is quite possible that Celebras will become a true stronghold of RP.
Are you looking forward to the new realm? Will you switch or even start anew if there is no character transfer?
Thanks to our user Luriup for the tip.
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In Destiny 2 today, on 22.10., is Weekly Reset. Guardians have fresh weekly activities as well as new Nightfall Strikes and a new Flashpoint. But what else is there to do?
What’s happening in Destiny 2? Starting today, there is a new exotic quest available for Guardians. Completing it rewards you with the exotic bow Leviathan’s Breath. Here you can find everything about the quest:
Flashpoint: The Flashpoint is located in the EDZ this week.
Petra Venj can now be found (Curse Week 2) for one week directly at the landing zone of the Dreaming City. Additionally, the 6th Ascendant Challenge is currently active.
Powerful loot can be obtained from these sources in Destiny 2
The sources for powerful rewards have been revised with the release of Shadowkeep.
Here you can find out where to currently obtain powerful gear:
These are the tiers for powerful gear: Powerful loot is now divided into several tiers that grant you various 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)
Peak Gear (+5 or more above the power level. The only gear that goes above 950 and up to a maximum of 960)
Additional tiers obtained through the seasonal artifact do not count towards the average power level and thus do not factor into the drop calculations
These are the sources for powerful rewards:
Tier 1:
Weekly Flashpoint
Prime Engrams
Gunsmith Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Eris’ weekly story mission Luna’s Call
Complete 3 Nightmare Hunts
Zavala’s Vanguard Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Complete 3 Vanguard Strikes
Complete 5 Nightfall: The Nightfall. Higher difficulty levels grant greater progress
Crucible for 4 matches in a core playlist
Crucible for 4 matches in a rotation playlist
Shaxx Crucible Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Vagabond Gambit Bounties – Complete 8 of his bounties
Every full rank-up in Gambit or Crucible
Tier 2:
Weekly matches in Gambit – Complete 3 games in Gambit or Gambit Prime
Clan reward from Hawthorne
Vex Offensive: Killing an Overlord grants a chance for a powerful drop
Starting from October 25, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be available – in most places also in the PS Store. However, this will not be the case in Russia, confirmed the official Twitter channel.
This is the status of CoD Modern Warfare: The new Call of Duty installment is officially set to release on October 25. The PS4 version will be playable in Germany starting at 00:00. Some players reportedly are already playing the game or selling “preview versions”.
However, it will be difficult for PS4 players in Russia to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Modern Warfare removed from PS Store despite “fictional story”
This happened: Shortly before the release of the game, it was finally announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare would not be available in the PS Store. The official Russian Twitter channel confirmed this:
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CoD Russia shared: The tweet states that Modern Warfare revolves around a completely fictional story, which is meant to please all players. However, Sony Interactive Entertainment decided not to distribute the game in the Russian PS Store.
They are now looking forward to the digital release of the game on PC and Xbox – here, the launch will also be on October 25.
How surprising is the ban? Already in September, it hinted that CoD: Modern Warfare might not be available in the Russian PS Store. The beta of the game was removed from the store shortly before launch. It had only been announced shortly before that – however, there was no official explanation of the reasons.
If you are still unsure whether you should get the new CoD installment, you can find answers to the most important questions here:
Halloween is coming soon in Fortnite. After the update 11.01, 2 of the most popular Halloween skins were found in the data. Epic seems to be going all out this year.
Which popular skins are meant? These 2 outfits are among the rarest and most popular skins. The Skull Trooper and Ghoul Trooper are the ones being referred to.
The Skull Trooper is currently in the shop: The Skull Trooper has returned today after update 11.01, along with the Skull Ranger skin in the item shop. The set is available until 2:00 AM, so you need to hurry.
Additionally, there is a set with a glider, a pickaxe, and a back accessory. The Skull Trooper has also received another style variant.
Leak suggests return of the Ghoul Trooper: Data miner HYPEX found some leaks that show the Ghoul Trooper in other variants. There is a variant that closely resembles the Brainiac skin and a pink version.
This could be an indication that the skin might return to the shop this year.
This is what the skin variants look like:
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The most successful German streamer, MontanaBlack88, is currently dissatisfied with the situation on Twitch. After a 7-day ban, he is now talking about unequal treatment. Twitch is not responding to his emails, even though he is one of the biggest streamers in the world.
Initially, the streamer seemed quite understanding and apologized for his behavior. He didn’t want any stress with Twitch.
Now, after a few days, he does not see the situation as lightly anymore. He is complaining on Twitter about unfair treatment.
Twitch punishes users very differently
This is what the streamer says: On Twitter, MontanaBlack addresses his community with “honest words” and writes that he is not averse to leaving Twitch if there were a good alternative.
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He says that Twitch handles punishments very differently. For instance, a female streamer who shows her breasts only gets a 3-day ban while he gets banned for 7 days because a colleague streamed without his knowledge and he got upset there.
In another tweet, he asks his community whether they find it fair that he, as one of the biggest streamers in the world, still has not received a response to emails sent to Twitch after 4 days.
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He stated that the context and intention behind the streamer’s actions are taken into account and acted upon.
The Twitch CEO Emmett Shear
In MontanaBlack’s case, however, this principle does not seem to work. After all, he asserts that he was unaware of the ongoing stream and otherwise would not have had such an outburst.
So, there is not really an intention here.
How long will MontanaBlack be banned? The streamer’s ban ends on October 25th. If Twitch does not respond to MontanaBlack’s emails by then, he will return in time for the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Just before the release of Modern Warfare, a streamer was also banned, but then immediately unbanned:
The update 11.01 is here in Fortnite and we show you a major change that will completely alter the leveling system.
What did the update bring? The update likely brought some bug fixes. What has changed in the game is not clear because Epic has not released any patch notes.
However, we are already aware of a significant change. It concerns the leveling system and may please some players.
Leveling will finally be easier
How does the new leveling system work now? After the update, the distribution of experience points has been significantly increased. When performing certain actions, you now receive much more XP than before.
When you open a chest, you now receive about 800 XP (previously 263 XP)
When you open an ammo crate, you now get about 700 XP. (previously 244 XP)
So you receive more than double the amount of experience points. This should make leveling up in the Battle Pass much easier now.
Weekly challenges provide more XP? The dataminer iFireMonkey posted on Twitter that there will likely be an increase in XP rewards from the next weekly challenges.
Instead of 14,000 XP as a reward per task, you would now receive 54,000 XP.
This way, you could unlock a new tier in the Battle Pass much faster. You would need only about 2 challenges to unlock a tier.
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What was the leveling system like before the update? After players noticed how difficult it was to level up in the Battle Pass, there will finally be a solution for it now.
To level up in the Battle Pass, you need about 80,000 XP. There are various ways to collect experience points, such as:
In a match, by opening chests and ammo crates and eliminating or assisting in eliminating opponents
With just one move, the Hearthstone pro Rdu directly forces his opponent to concede. Was that all RNG? Or cold calculation?
Just like in most card games, chance (RNG) plays a significant role in Hearthstone as well. Often, luck determines victory or defeat. However, the pros of Hearthstone are masters at utilizing the RNG mechanics in their favor to achieve the desired outcome. This was demonstrated by Dima Radu, known as Rdu, in a match at the Legend rank – far, far up in the leaderboard.
What happened? Even though it was only the 5th turn, the opposing Shaman had already built quite an impressive board. 6 minions were ready to attack, including Aviana, which reduces the cost of the first card played by both players each turn to 0. But Rdu took advantage of this, taking his time to think: “How do we finish him off?”
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He then decided to play the Tortollan Pilgrim. Normally, the minion costs 8 mana, but thanks to the opposing Aviana, it costs 0. As a battle cry, it discovers a spell from the deck and casts it on random enemies. Rdu firmly expected a Fireball and got it, leaving only two enemy minions remaining.
A dedicated Destiny 2 fan has meticulously recreated the “Pikass” revolver – even with that exotic something special. The community is thrilled by the creativity.
This is the weapon: The exotic revolver Pikass is probably the most iconic hand cannon alongside the Last Word and the Thorn that exists in Destiny 2 today.
The weapon belonged to the charismatic hunter Cayde-6. During the campaign of Forsaken , the Guardians embarked on a quest for revenge to avenge the fallen Cayde. At the end of the western story, players held his weapon “Pikass” in their hands as a memento.
One of the exotic perks of the revolver is called “Memento Mori” (Latin for ‘remember your mortality’).
If you reload after a kill, the damage of the projectiles increases. To signal this, the weapon glows blue and it smokes as if the magazine were burning.
The special something
This is what makes the replica so special: An enthusiastic Destiny fan has recently paid a special tribute to this emotional weapon. The “hobby gunsmith” and cosplayer Nick is active on Twitter under the name WardcoProps.
He documents the construction of the “Ace of Spades” (Pikass) and other objects from the Destiny universe with many tweets. For months, he has been working meticulously on the current replica.
To mimic the special smoke effect of “Memento Mori”, the crafty builder has incorporated a vaporizer and an aquarium pump along with lighting elements.
This is what the community says: The Destiny fan community, as well as other cosplayers, are overwhelmingly enthusiastic. We show you some exemplary reactions:
The Destiny community is creative: The loyal fanbase of Bungie’s space shooter has made their mark with their creativity before. You can find a selection of other examples here:
Dataminers have found new clues about Team Rocket and their leader Giovanni in the files of Pokémon GO. He could soon intervene in the events.
What has been discovered: Dataminers found the item “Giovanni_Map” in the game files. There is not much more information about this item yet, but speculation surrounding it is huge. The same item was also found for the 3 team leaders of Team Rocket. Here, the item is called “Leader_Map”.
Additionally, individual files for each day of the week were discovered, which allude to an invasion by Team Rocket. So it could be that each day of the week is controlled separately and receives a Rocket invasion.
This could be behind the findings of the dataminers
What could the map mean? It’s possible that the map could be used to find Giovanni or the Rocket team leaders nearby and then attack.
On the right side of the picture you see Cliff
The player Frankuro sees a connection to another AR game. In Draconius GO there was also a map that transported you to another world. He could imagine that this map could immerse players in the world of Crypto-Pokémon.
Especially interesting is that for the team leaders’ maps, text files have also been found that are called “Leader_Map_Fragment”. This means that one might first have to search for fragments of a map before being able to use it.
What do these pieces of information mean now? For now, these are findings from dataminers. Officially, there’s been nothing from Niantic about this yet. Therefore, one must always consider them with some caution, as the developers can still change a lot here.
Currently, however, things have gone quiet around Team GO Rocket again. Niantic isn’t tweeting about it anymore and is now actively promoting the current Halloween event.
When could more happen here? The new findings are now in the files and could go live at any time. However, it is quite conceivable that Niantic will release some teasers about Giovanni beforehand. So, one must be patient for a while.
In FIFA 20, the best players compete in the Weekend League for the best rewards and Top 100 placements. However, it is allegedly said that US professionals are coordinating to avoid competing against each other. A YouTuber sounds the alarm.
The FIFA YouTuber “Nick – RunTheFUTMarket”, who usually focuses on trading tips, has received interesting information. It is said that US FIFA professionals are coordinating in a Discord channel to avoid facing each other in the Weekend League player search.
The advantage would be to avoid tough matches against professional players, thus making it easier to secure a spot in the Top 100.
This is what the YouTube video is about
This is what the YouTuber says: “Nick – RunTheFutMarket” is confident that he has gathered sufficient information to prove that this practice is indeed being applied. He has gained access to a Discord channel of US FIFA professionals and aspiring professionals.
From there, the YouTuber shared screenshots showing how the members coordinate with each other about when the player search can be used and when it cannot.
According to the screenshot, the players decide together not to go into the player search to avoid facing a strong colleague. It is also evident that the members inform each other about when they are playing and when they are taking a break.
They also seem to be monitoring a specific player and waiting for him to be in the player search. The FIFA YouTuber suspects that the professionals are actively hunting for easy matches against FIFA streamers.
Who are the players in the screenshot? The most well-known player in the screenshot is likely JukeZ. He plays professionally for Chicago Fire and is regularly found in the Top 100.
What would be the advantages for the pros? Since FUT matches are played between each other in a region like North America and additionally drawn by skill, matches among FIFA professionals in FUT Champions (also known as Weekend League) are inevitable. Staying out of each other’s way would thus be a huge advantage.
Moreover, players can qualify for large FIFA tournaments from EA Sports through Top placements in the Weekend League. It involves high prize money and international titles.
This is what EA Sports says: So far, the developer has not commented on the issue.
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At minute 6:33, the FIFA YouTuber explains the alleged conduct of the FIFA professionals in detail.
This is how the community reacts
This is what the community says: On reddit, the video is creating a stir and providing plenty of discussion material. User SarkHD writes: “I don’t think we can call these people ‘pros’ if they are afraid of opponents who are better than average. I hope EA will do something about it.”
And also Kieran1996cfc wants EA to intervene: “This issue needs to become big, EA cannot ignore this. ‘Jukez’ and the other ‘pros’ should not be allowed to play FIFA professionally anymore.”
Other users are skeptical and see nothing new in the method, like InPetRileyWeTrust: “They probably won’t do anything. I bet this is happening in other regions too.”
Overall, Reddit users are shocked by the behavior of the FIFA professionals and are in favor of some changes being made to matchmaking.
The MOBA League of Legends (LoL) is currently extremely popular in Korea. LoL has always had a high status of popularity there, but now it is by far the most played game in PC bangs.
This popularity is clearly recognizable in South Korea, as League of Legends accounts for 50% of the games played in PC bangs. That’s what they call the internet cafés there.
The Twitter user @SaintSnorlax pointed out the latest statistics. He posted a screenshot showing how LoL has now broken the 50% play rate barrier in the PC bangs. This data comes from the site Gametrics.com
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What are the other games? With over 50% share of the play rate, LoL has maintained an extremely high lead over the other spots in the top 10. The game in second place achieves “only” 9.12%. The names of the games behind are:
Why is the play rate increasing now? LoL introduced several innovations for its 10th anniversary. Among them are many new games from Riot Games, but also rewards for players who actively play LoL during this time. This could be one of the incentives for players to immerse themselves even more in LoL right now.
There are blue essences, anniversary symbols, eye skins, rare “little legends” eggs, skin splitters, WM tokens, and more. You can see an overview in the following image:
Additionally, the game mode “Teamfight Tactics” is now a significant part of LoL and is played through the same client. These player numbers are also likely to influence the play rate in the PC bangs.
In TFT, there were huge changes recently with Set 2, which we will introduce to you here in more detail:
The Vendor Reset in The Division 2 now takes place in the middle of the week and brings agents new trade goods as early as Tuesday. The vendors come with some impressive items – you should not miss out on an LMG mod.
What does a vendor reset mean in The Division 2? To continually improve their build in The Division 2, the game offers voluntary agents some options. Even the smallest enemy, every mission can hold the desired item, you just have to complete them.
But vendors also play an important role in building efficient equipment combinations. They are spread throughout the whole open world and bring new goods every week, from which agents can generously serve themselves. For example, good attribute values can be purchased multiple times and distributed across their own equipment.
The vendor at the campus has a decent mod for Chem Throwers
Vendors this week (22.10) with good mods
What items can be used this week? The overhaul with TU6 has also changed the offerings of the vendors. Vendors now offer equipment and skill mods. Some of these can be recommended without hesitation this week.
Attack System: Weapons
Vendor: White House
Specialty: +5% LMG Damage / +3% Rifle Damage
Attack Protocol: Critical
Vendor: Clan Level 30
Specialty: +4% Critical Hit Chance
Supplement System: Electronics
Vendor: Campus
Specialty: +203 Skill Power Chem Thrower
Magnetostrictive Material
Shield Mod
Vendor: Clan Level 30
Specialty: +27.1% Deflector Precision
Requires 2,965 Skill Power
Microfilling Resin
Firefly Mod
Vendor: DZ West
Costs DZ materials
Specialty: +195.3% Skill Speed
Requires 2,930 Skill Power
The slow-starting Christmas business is providing agents with some strong mods for fine-tuning the build, making a visit to their capitalist friends worthwhile. In particular, the attack mod with +5% LMG damage is certainly still missing in one or another weapon collection.
The clan vendor has the named holster “Smith” available
What does the named item of the clan vendor look like? The clan vendor has a very special piece for all pistol fans and cowboys on offer. The named holster “Smith”, part of the pistol brand Richter & Kaiser, comes with the talent “Perfect Smith” and already has a good damage attribute with +14% damage from critical hits.
Episode 2 available for everyone starting today
What else is going on in The Division? Today, the Pentagon missions start for all players who do not own the “Year 1 Pass”. The new content takes you deep into the former Department of Defense of the USA and is again full of explorable details and deadly enemies.
The developers are proud of the update and look forward to crazy content and the new builds that will emerge from their work. No wonder that someone becomes a little emotional, like one of the project managers of The Division 2 on Twitter.
How do you like the offerings this week? What is there?
With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the popular CoD series is doing many things new or different from previous series installments. If you are considering purchasing the latest title in the “Call of Duty” series for PC, PS4, or Xbox One, there are a few things you should know.
Only a few days left until the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare celebrates its release on October 25 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
With Modern Warfare, Call of Duty (again) has a heart for single player
This is changing in the campaign: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 completely forwent a single-player campaign in 2018, disappointing many fans. Because even though Call of Duty is primarily played for its multiplayer by most players, the single-player story always had a loyal fan base.
But this year there is good news. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will provide single-player lovers with a full-fledged campaign.
What is the campaign about? You will take on the roles of members of various SpecOps operators.
The focus of the single-player experience is on modern warfare through the mentioned special forces and intelligence services in various current crisis areas of the present. These include scenarios in the Middle East as well as anti-terror operations in European cities like London.
The campaign is set to contain controversial and shocking elements and paint a realistic picture of the asymmetric conflicts of today. It will remain grounded – you will search in vain for wall runs, building-high jumps with exoskeletons, or crazy futuristic equipment.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 is a reboot – not a sequel
What does Modern Warfare have to do with earlier CoDs? In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, you will experience a lot of new things, but you will also encounter a familiar face like the legendary SAS Captain Price. However, those expecting a continuation of the story from the previous Modern Warfare series may be disappointed.
Because Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 is, story-wise, neither a sequel nor a prequel, but a reboot of the CoD sub-series “Modern Warfare”.
What does this mean for the experience? Specifically, it means: The story plays completely independently of the previous events of the predecessors in a whole own, new interpretation of the game universe.
Actions that took place in Modern Warfare 1 – 3 may not have occurred in this new Modern Warfare world.
If you encounter familiar characters from previous installments, they may not necessarily be the same people as before.
Characters who died in the predecessors may also reappear in Modern Warfare 2019 without any problem.
No Zombies, no Battle Royale – This is what the multiplayer offers
What does the multiplayer of CoD Modern Warfare offer? For many fans, the multiplayer part is the decisive factor in whether they will buy a Call of Duty or not.
Here too, the latest CoD installment aims to bring fresh wind into the franchise. There will be numerous tried-and-tested modes, but also some new formats – both for PvP and coop:
What you will search for in vain: Those hoping for a zombie mode or for battle royale like Blackout from Black Ops 4 will be disappointed.
Because zombies have already been excluded from the game, battle royale will not be available at launch, although some leaks speak of a possible release afterwards.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare offers Cross Play: With Modern Warfare 2019, it is for the first time in the history of Call of Duty possible to play across platforms.
Specifically, this means: Players on PS4, Xbox One, and PC can play together or against each other in multiplayer.
Detailed information about this feature can be found here:
No loot boxes, no season pass – This is how new content will be available now
This is what many fans feared: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was heavily criticized for its aggressive microtransaction policy and loot box mechanics.
In the eyes of many critics, Black Ops 4 had more microtransactions than many free-to-play titles and was generally too focused on squeezing as much money as possible from players.
Weapons that were packed in loot boxes were particularly heavily criticized.
Many feared that this direction would also be found in Modern Warfare 2019, but they were wrong.
This is what to expect in Modern Warfare: In Modern Warfare, there will no longer be these loot boxes and supply drops. They are also not to be implemented afterwards. Instead of loot boxes, a seasonal battle pass system will be introduced. All content that affects gameplay will always be unlocked through play.
Additionally, there will no longer be a paid season pass for post-launch DLCs and content. After the release of Modern Warfare, new maps and modes will also make their way into the game – but free for all players and simultaneously on all platforms.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare pre-order or buy
If you are thinking about pre-ordering or buying Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, you have different versions to choose from – whether digital or physical on disc.
In addition to the prices, the various editions also differ in their contents. A suitable overview with detailed information about the individual editions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare can be found here:
Can my PC run the new CoD? The system requirements
Console players do not have to worry about this aspect, but some PC players may wonder if their hardware is good enough to enjoy the new Modern Warfare.
In Destiny 2 you can earn the ritual weapon “Randy’s Throwing Knife” since Season 8. Why the quest for the scout takes so long and how you can progress quickly and effectively, you can read here.
This is what the quest is about: To call the ritual weapon “Randy’s Throwing Knife” your own, you must complete a series of tasks in the Crucible. During the quest “Clarification through Fire”, Lord Shaxx requires from you:
Achieve 450 kills with scout rifles in PvP.
Earn 2,100 glory points in the competitive playlist.
Defeat enemies and receive PvP medals until you reach 100%.
There is still work to be done
What is the problem with this quest? Many Guardians complain that the quest takes an eternity. It is also unclear how to achieve progress with certain criteria. The step “Defeat enemies and [receive] medals” is the biggest annoyance.
A precise explanation of which defeated enemies and which medals count remains a mystery from developer Bungie to the players. Additionally, it seems that progress is bugged in some cases, as indicated by some player comments and an article from Forbes.
This will guarantee you progress: We show you what actually counts for the individual steps and how you can efficiently obtain Randy’s Throwing Knife.
Kills with the scout rifle only count toward progress if you make the last and fatal shot. Assists and the like do not count for this quest step.
The 2,100 glory points are relatively self-explanatory. Enter the competitive playlist solo or with up to two allies and grind until you reach the rank “Famous”. Thanks to the latest changes, this should no longer be a big problem.
The last quest step is poorly worded. Defeated Guardians do not give you any progress, and if they do, it’s so little that it’s absolutely negligible because you would complete the quest in what feels like 10 years. However, multi-kill medals (double kills, triple kills, etc.) and weapon-specific medals (multiple kills with a weapon class in one life) do count.
Your percentage display increases fastest when you use fusion rifles for this quest step. For the medal “Cold Fusion”, you need two kills with fusion rifles in one life. This gives you up to 2% each time.
With the exotic fusion rifle Jotunn, progress should be particularly easy. The Rumble mode is especially recommended for this step.
Let it rain seeking fire with Jotunn
What are ritual weapons all about? Ritual weapons have replaced the previous top weapons since Season 8. They can all be earned through a quest from the respective overseers (Lord Shaxx, Commander Zavala, and the Drifter) of the specific activity.
The ritual weapons have no unique perks, unlike weapons like the Recluse. You have the choice between several fixed perk combinations. These were specifically tailored by Bungie for the corresponding activity from which they originate.
Randy’s Throwing Knife
What Randy’s Throwing Knife can do: The scout rifle is in the kinetic slot and requires primary ammunition. It belongs to the rare rapid-fire family and fires automatically with a rate of fire of 260.
The scout rifle deals 47 damage on critical hits and 28 damage on body shots. With 4 headshots and one body shot, you need 0.93 seconds to eliminate an enemy Guardian in PvP.
You first choose between the perks:
“Quickdraw” – increases stability and reload speed on precision hits.
“Snapshot Sights” – increases handling while aiming down sights and lets you use the sight extremely quickly.
You have a choice
The second perk selection consists of:
“Zen Moment” – damage dealt with the weapon increases your stability.
“Kill Clip” – if you reload after a kill, damage is briefly increased (63 damage for critical hits and 37 damage for body shots).
You have to decide whether to play with Randy’s Throwing Knife reliably and accurately or potentially become more dangerous shortly after a kill.
Are these tips helpful? Have you already earned the ritual weapon in the Crucible? Let us know in the comments.
An exploit introduced by the ArchePass is currently causing a money flood in the MMORPG ArcheAge. This is ruining the economy, which is why the publisher Gamigo is threatening consequences.
What is the problem? World boss quests that players can complete with the ArchePass are currently having a very negative impact on the economy in the MMORPG. Gamigo has since intervened in the situation.
What kind of exploit is this? Due to the exploit and a seemingly faulty reset of the dungeons, it is possible to complete world boss quests up to 17 times a day. Each time nets you 50 gold. If you play multiple accounts, you can amass a lot of gold in the game in a very short time. You just have to “farm” the world bosses.
A precarious situation
How is this affecting ArcheAge? The game is currently flooded with gold. However, there are currently no real activities that consume a lot of gold, leading to inflation.
What does Gamigo say about the situation? The publisher is aware of the problem. There has even been an official statement. In this, Gamigo threatens all consequences to those who exploit it.
What do these consequences look like? This is currently unknown. It is only stated that exploiting the exploit goes against the user conditions and there is no tolerance here. There could now be bans.
Why is the situation still somewhat unclear? Gamigo will currently want to investigate the full extent to see how much the exploit has already affected the economy and how many players are affected. Whether there will be a reset of the servers to an earlier state is still unclear. However, it cannot be ruled out.
In addition, Gamigo must weigh carefully how to handle bans if many players have indeed exploited this exploit. The company does not want to ban a large part of the player population.
What do players think about the situation? There is dissatisfaction. On the one hand, because this exploit is even in the game and disrupts the economy. On the other hand, because those affected are the ones who own the ArchePass, which leaves a bad taste for some.
Additionally, many now fear that Gamigo will take harsh measures and impose many bans. This would be particularly fatal for all who wanted to secure good properties quickly, now that the land rush is starting.
WarDance writes in the official forum: “Shame on me for thinking that the dungeons were reset and thus a maximum of 17 ArchePass quests per day was allowed and intended.”
Varsava explains: “I think Gamigo is still figuring out how exactly to intervene without rushing it. This could damage the game even more.”
When the new Hearthstone champion wants to show his trophy, it breaks into two pieces. Cheap quality or intentional?
When it comes to Hearthstone esports, there have been enough negative reports and protests in recent days and weeks. A small mishap at the “Hearthstone Championship” tournament now seamlessly joins in.
Because the champion’s trophy broke seconds after he received it. Or is it not such a big deal?
What happened? The Canadian player Eddie Lui was able to defeat his opponent Lo Tsz Kin and thus take home the prize money of $95,000, along with the title of “Bucharest Master Tour Champion”. When he receives his trophy ceremonially, the joy is great – at least for a moment.
During the award ceremony, a small camera shot shows Eddie Lui with the trophy, wanting to lift it up to hold it high – right then it “breaks” into two pieces and one half falls to the ground.
Eddie Lui seems to take it with humor and laughs amusedly. The commentators are shocked for a moment, but then they too start laughing and assure that it will be “fixed”, yet they just can’t stop finding it amusing. You can see the relevant part in this video (at 01:53:56):
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This is what Blizzard says: Kotaku has requested a response from Blizzard regarding the incident and has also received one. It states that this is indeed intentional, as the trophy consists of two parts.
One is the “star” that rests on the base and the base itself. This is designed so that winners can transport the trophy more easily.
Why neither the player nor the commentators knew this, however, remains questionable.
In the end, the situation is probably not as dramatic as perceived by the people in the stream. It is probably not a “cheap trophy” that breaks in the winner’s hands, but rather just an object consisting of two separate parts.
Path of Exile (PoE) is currently “dominated” by Necromancers. Most players choose this class, which has implications for the servers.
Which class are most POE fans currently playing? Statistics show that most players of the action RPG Path of Exile are opting for the Blight League with the Necromancer. This is not unusual, as certain classes and builds simply work better in some leagues.
However, the Necromancer shows a peculiarity. Even at level 70, in hardcore mode, on PS4 and Xbox One, he is preferred. Almost half are even playing a Necro! Normally, though, class choice varies slightly depending on level and platform.
The Necromancer is particularly popular starting from level 90
Power leads to problems
Why is the Necromancer so popular? The class recently received an overhaul after the melee fighters, making it significantly stronger than before. Especially the many summons make the Necromancer an almost unbeatable hero. Players run through the levels with an army of summoned undead creatures, basically steamrolling everything.
What is the problem? The more creatures are summoned, the more it affects the game’s performance.
My-Life-For-Auir writes on Reddit: “My Necro is running with 21 Phantasms, 15 Skeles, 12 Zombies, 4 Spectres, 2 Skitterbots, 2 Carrion Golems, an Animate Guardian, and 44 Vaal Skeletons. This crashes the Blight maps.”
Im_relevant says: “I created a Necro because my friend had so much fun with it. Midway through the campaign, I thought we couldn’t play together in the maps anymore.”
Cephiuss writes: “What if this league was just a stress test?”
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Is this really such a big problem? It is indeed a problem for the game’s performance, but PoE fans largely love the Necromancer. He simply feels extremely powerful and relevant. Quite different from before when the Necro was rather the least popular among classes.
It’s a bit strange that so many suddenly play the Necromancer in Path of Exile across the board. That he is so powerful and causing the servers to strain also seems odd. Nerfs may come soon. So, you might not want to get too attached to your powerful Necro.
Just before the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Twitch streamer FormaL had a shocking moment. He was temporarily banned on Twitch, but initially had no explanation for it.
Which streamer is it about? It is about the professional Matthew “FormaL” Piper. He has participated in various CoD tournaments and is currently mainly active in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Yesterday, on October 22, he was surprised by a ban and didn’t quite know what he had done wrong. He wrote on Twitter that he would let his viewers know when he has more information.
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Ban only lasted briefly – it would have been disastrous
This was then explained: Few hours later, FormaL gave the all-clear. His ban was lifted because it was a misunderstanding.
He was accused by Twitch of saying hateful things in the stream, but it was not him, but a fellow player. So Twitch unbanned FormaL, and he can stream as usual.
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That would have been particularly bitter: This Friday, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is being released, and if FormaL had actually received a 7-day ban, he would have still been banned at the release of the new CoD title.
FormaL is one of the biggest CoD streamers in the world, and such a release is essential for him. According to TwitchMetrics, he is the biggest Black Ops 4 streamer and ranks 99th among the most viewed English-language channels. He has over 378,000 followers on Twitch and also has 20,000 subscribers there.
Are such erroneous bans known? This is not the first time that Twitch has incorrectly banned streamers. For example, in May 2019, the LoL streamer TF Blade was banned because he allegedly said a swear word. After strong protests, this ban was lifted, as he had not said the word.
Twitch repeatedly shows how tough they are against toxic streamers. Recently, the German streamer MontanaBlack was banned for 7 days. He had a meltdown during a friend’s stream, for which Twitch directly punished him.
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We take a look at the 5 best games for the PlayStation 4 (PS4). Which ones are they and why have they received the highest ratings on Metacritic?
What are these games? Here, we list the five games that, according to Metacritic, are “the best” for PS4. They have received the highest ratings in the Metascore.
Metacritic has served as a reference point for video game ratings in the gaming community for years. The platform compiles the scoring from major gaming websites to calculate a “Metascore” that can range from 0 to 100 points.
Bonus – Persona 5
What is Persona 5? In the RPG Persona 5, it’s about the inner and outer conflicts faced by a group of high school students. In the story, you’ll meet the protagonist and some companions. Together, the protagonist leads a double life. On one side is the classic life of a student attending classes. On the other side, however, you battle through adventures with supernatural abilities – the themes can be quite mature and sensitive, addressing issues such as depression or sexual abuse.
The gameplay is in the typical style of Japanese role-playing games and quite fast-paced. There are also action-packed cutscenes.
What is the Metascore? The Metascore is 93 out of 100 points.
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What makes Persona 5 so good? The press praises the game for its unique style and the depth of the story.
Level – 100 points: “The brilliant Japanese RPG that nails you to your chair for a hundred hours. And yet you think it’s not enough. Finally, the whole world will learn about the extraordinary nature of this series.”
Gameblog.fr – 100 points: “Boys and girls, Persona 5 is simply the new king of Japanese role-playing games and it can even be Game of the Year 2016. The story is so profound, the combat system so well executed, the art so amazing, and the music so groovy. I fell in love with this game immediately and I’m pretty sure you will too.”
GamesBeat – 97 points: “Persona 5 is full of style and confidence. Persona 5 knows it’s something special and you will soon realize it too.”
Why is there this bonus? Because the 5th place on the next page is somewhat “controversial”, we decided to include the sixth place here. For Persona 5, the user score is significantly higher than that of the game in 5th place, which is why we didn’t want to withhold this must-play from you.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
