Teamfight Tactics: New patch makes weak item a must-have – Patch notes

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

On the night, patch 9.15b appeared in Teamfight Tactics. It brought minor balance changes, mainly affecting the items.

What is the biggest change? The item Runaan’s Hurricane received a significant buff. A champion with this item attacks a second target automatically with each attack.

The damage to the second target was previously only 25% of the actual attack. This value has now been tripled to 75%.

Additionally, the item also activates on-hit effects from other items or abilities. In the current meta with marksmen and ice beings, this item is a must-have for Ashe or Volibear.

There is a special interaction with multiple versions of Runaan’s Hurricane. The second item also copies the attack of the first. Thus, with two items, you directly attack four targets, and with three items, even eight.

Guardian Angel gets the desired nerf

What items have been strengthened? In addition to Runaan’s Hurricane, there are also other items that received a buff:

  • Guinsoo’s Rageblade – The attack speed per stack has been increased from 4% to 5%.
  • Phantom Dancer – The holder can now dodge critical ability hits. This change particularly affects the champion Akali, who landed critical hits with her ability.
  • Sword of the Divine – The activation chance has been increased from 5% to 7%.
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What items have been weakened? In the current meta, particularly the Guardian Angel and Morellonomicon are very popular. Both received a small nerf with this patch:

  • Guardian Angel – The life after resurrection has been reduced from 1,000 to 800.
  • Morellonomicon – The burn damage has been reduced from 25% to 20%.
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The end of assassins?

Which champions have been buffed by the patch? Spellcasters are already very popular in their current form. Nevertheless, Veigar can still look forward to a buff:

  • Elise – Her attack damage has been increased from 40 to 45. The attack damage of the spiders has also been increased from 40 to 50.
  • Veigar – The ability damage has been increased from 300/500/700 to 300/550/800.

Which champions have been weakened? The last patch made the champions Cho’Gath and Pyke incredibly strong. The Void creature escaped a nerf, but Pyke and others have been affected:

  • Karthus – The ability damage has been reduced from 400/700/1,000 to 350/600/850, and the number of targets from 5/9/13 to 5/7/9.
  • Kayle – The mana required to activate the ability has been increased from 100 to 125.
  • Pyke – The stun duration has been reduced from 2/2.5/3 to 1.5/2/2.5.
  • Rengar – The attack speed bonus of the ability has been reduced from 0.4/0.7/1.0 to 0.3/0.5/0.7.
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The changes to Pyke and Rengar further weaken the assassins a bit, who were already struggling with a nerf in patch 9.14b.

Changes to Twisted Fate? The official patch notes mention changes to Twisted Fate, but these are not yet in the game. They have accidentally slipped into the list, as Game Designer Mortdog mentioned on Twitter.

We have to wait another week for the release of patch 9.16. This is expected to bring four new champions:

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5 Hardcore MMOs for players who want to invest a lot of time

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 7 minutes

Many players enjoy having a single game that they can play for years, one that evolves and allows them to dive deeper into it. MeinMMO presents five titles into which you can sink a lot of time if you want.

What kind of games are these? The games we present here come from different genres. However, they all share two things in common:

  • They are games where you can play together with many players.
  • They all offer the opportunity to invest a lot of time and continuously improve.

How was the selection made? Our five selected games are an unordered list, chosen based on the size of the player base, search interest, and personal assessments based on observations on MeinMMO. You will find some alternatives under each game.

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World of Warcraft

TitleWorld of Warcraft
GenreTheme Park MMORPG
Developer/PublisherActivision-Blizzard
PlatformPC, Mac
Release DateAugust 14, 2018 (Battle for Azeroth), February 11, 2004 (Classic)
Payment ModelSubscription with shop for cosmetics and boosters

What is World of Warcraft? World of Warcraft is currently the largest and likely the most well-known MMORPG in the world. In World of Warcraft, abbreviated as WoW, you dive into the world of the popular strategy game classic Warcraft and explore the world of Azeroth.

WoW has maintained itself for over 15 years and has offered seven expansions since Battle for Azeroth, each time expanding the game world, introducing new races or classes, and continuing the story.

Here are the key features:

  • Two factions, Horde and Alliance, that are in eternal conflict with each other and against foreign powers
  • 13 playable races with eight “allied races” and 12 classes
  • Arenas, battlegrounds, and open PvP
  • Quests, dungeons, and raids for player groups in PvE
  • Guilds and a group search tool for easier connections
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The long-term motivation of WoW: World of Warcraft offers many activities that can keep players engaged even after reaching the maximum level.

Raids as a king’s discipline in PvE offer tough challenges that players can spend weeks trying to overcome. PvP arenas provide the opportunity to compete with others and climb rankings.

If you prefer a quieter experience, you can spend time with pet battles, chase achievements by farming reputation, or explore every corner of the world or engage in hours of role-playing with other players. Additionally, up to 50 character slots are available to try out and level new classes or characters.

WoW continuously supplies players with new content. Recently, Patch 8.2 brought a new area and a new raid.

WoW Kul Tiraner Heritage Set and Mount

WoW is worth it for you if…

  • you are looking for an MMORPG that tells a story you can immerse yourself in.
  • you are into fantasy.
  • you prefer a tab-targeting system over action combat.
  • you want to play a game with millions of other players.

Alternatives to World of Warcraft:

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Destiny 2: Use this chest map in the ELZ, don’t wander aimlessly around

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

With this chest map, you will find all hidden chests in the ELZ of Destiny 2.

What do I need the map for? The ELZ is a new activity introduced with the Summer Event in Destiny 2. In it, you get to defeat mini-bosses, then take down a boss and look for chests with rewards.

However, these chests are quite well hidden in the ELZ, which is why many guardians run around aimlessly during the chest phase, hoping to stumble upon a chest.

This is the chest map: The locations of the chests have now been compiled and clearly displayed on a map on reddit. We embed the map here:

destiny 2 elz map

No more wandering around

Here’s how to read the map: At the bottom center is the spawn area from where you enter the ELZ. Use this as a reference point. Chests are marked on the map with red symbols:

  • The diamond symbol means that the chest is on the ground
  • The triangle symbol means that the chest is not on the ground but located somewhere higher, such as on a roof or in a higher floor.

What’s the deal with the chests? Depending on how many mini-bosses you defeat in an ELZ match, a certain number of chests will spawn after the boss phase. The locations are only shown for a short period. You need to remember in which directions you can run for the chests and then search in those areas.

With the map above, searching for you should be significantly easier now. The reddit post has already received around 4,000 upvotes. People are thankful for the work put into this map and are glad they don’t have to wander around anymore.

What’s inside the chests? When you open the chests, you will receive Solstice packages and key fragments that you can use to open the packages. These mainly contain materials and blue items. However, you can find out why you should hoard the Solstice packages for now here:

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This is how the new FIFA 20 career is: Fans celebrate this change

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 4 minutes

In FIFA 20, there are the first reactions to the career mode changes. Many fans are satisfied, while others express criticism. One change is especially well received.

This is what it’s about: Yesterday, on August 7th, EA Sports unveiled the most important innovations in the career mode of FIFA 20. These include a

  • comprehensive manager customization,
  • a new morale management
  • and a dynamic player potential.

We present all career innovations here in detail in German.

For many players, the career mode represents the most important mode in FIFA, which is why they were eagerly awaiting the new information about the FIFA 20 career. These should decisively influence their purchasing decisions. And after the career information took a long time to arrive, with expectations rising in the meantime, many fans reacted with: “What, is that all?”

fifa 20 career mode

“So much money for a new UI color”

This is what is criticized about the career changes: On reddit and in the comment sections on social media, thousands of players have already expressed their first opinions. The biggest criticism is that fans expected more. The scope of the innovations seems rather limited so far.

“To be honest, the career mode needs a complete overhaul. Hundreds of changes are necessary. I think it could be something fantastic, but…”, writes one user, referring to the fact that EA Sports has invested almost all resources into FUT for years while the career mode has been neglected.

On reddit, one user criticizes that EA Sports demands full price for a game that has only repainted the user interface color in career mode. He points to this image that EA Sports showed:

fifa 20 career screenshot

Other users agree: “Yes, the innovations are so disappointing” or “These features are unnecessary.”

Many fans also list innovations they would have preferred, such as an online career mode or finally realistic work with sponsors. We have summarized many career wishes here.

Some comments criticizing the new manager customization for allowing the selection of a woman for the first time were quite ugly. Corey Andress, the Community Global Franchise Lead, commented on Twitter about this. Some comments are “quite disgusting,” he writes, adding that these will be immediately blocked.

fifa 20 career woman
In FIFA 20, you can be a female manager

And one user jibes that he can hardly wait to play with Piemonte Calcio in career mode. This is a reference to the fact that Konami secured exclusive rights to Juventus Turin, forcing EA Sports to rename the club to FIFA 20 in Piemonte Calcio.

In the comments under our article about the career changes, there are also critical remarks:

  • Koro. writes that unfortunately, nothing groundbreaking is included again and that they didn’t listen to the community.
  • Vorstopper also writes that there is so much more possible.
  • And Chiefryddmz jokes: “I’m slowly realizing why they held these innovations back for so long.”

However, alongside this criticism, there is also a lot of praise. On reddit, the top comments are even mostly positive. Especially one change is well received.

fifa 20 career manager

“The dynamic potential will make the career unique”

This change is celebrated: The dynamic potential is particularly well received. It means: The better a talent plays on the pitch, the higher its potential can grow. However, if the talent plays poorly or does not get match practice, the potential decreases. This way, you can achieve a higher potential and therefore a higher overall rating for your talents through good performances.

Fans are excited that this innovation can make the career unique. Because now, you don’t have to choose the usual talents with the highest potential that everyone else takes, but you can develop your own star players.

Some users write that this is the only interesting innovation. The manager customization might be interesting for 10 minutes, and the new press conferences will likely become rather boring and repetitive over time, they speculate.

In contrast, with the dynamic potential, you have a feature with which you can consistently bring new talents into the limelight, which is definitely a good innovation.

fifa 20 sancho

It’s not that bad – is it?

Additionally, some players emphasize that EA Sports has definitely listened to the community with these features. Manager customizations and a comprehensive morale system were high on many wish lists. And just because many wishes did not come true, one should not belittle these innovations.

Finally, some joke that one must be satisfied that there are at least notable innovations in the career mode. This was not a given in the last few FIFA years.

In the MeinMMO comments, there are also positive voices:

  • Psycheater writes: “Yes, cool, it sounds really good with the improvements.”
  • And Manuel6584 believes that it is fundamentally an interesting expansion. But he hopes that this isn’t all.

If you now want to search for top talents whose potential you can then boost, you can find them here:

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Players of Borderlands 3 on the PS4 Pro must choose between graphics and performance

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

PS4 players of Borderlands 3 are facing a small dilemma. Do they want fancy graphics or a high frame rate?

There are only a few weeks left until the fans of the planet Pandora can finally dive into the new Borderlands 3. In the lead-up, more and more details about the game are being released, including some graphics settings and adjustments that players can make. This mainly concerns players on the PlayStation 4 Pro, as they have to make a difficult choice.

Borderlands-3-FL4K

This selection will be available: In a conversation with the PlayStation Blog, Gearbox explained that there is a choice for players on the more powerful PS4 Pro, namely the choice between two different graphics settings:

  • Best possible resolution (Favor Resolution)
  • Best possible performance (Favor Performance)

This changes the representation of Borderlands 3 on the PS4 Pro drastically.

This is what “Favor Resolution” does: In this mode, Borderlands always tries to achieve the best possible resolution at the expense of performance. Positively, this means that the resolution can go up to 4K, allowing for sharp images. Negatively, it means that the frame rate is limited to a maximum of 30 frames per second.

Lilith, playable class in Borderlands 1

This is what “Favor Performance” does: Those who opt for the best possible performance will experience a frame rate of up to 60 frames per second, resulting in a much smoother gameplay experience. However, this comes at the expense of resolution, which is then somewhat reduced. Graphical effects may not be as impressively sharp, but the chance of stuttering is low, even when a lot of action is on the screen.

Such graphics settings are rather unusual on consoles – normally, they are only found on PCs.

Whether such settings will also be available for the Xbox One X is not yet known, but it seems possible.

Do you think it’s good that developers offer such settings and options? Or is this kind of “nonsense” that one does not want to deal with exactly the reason why one buys a console at all?

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Pokémon GO: Community Day in September with Chelast and these bonuses

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

In September, the Community Day of Pokémon GO revolves around Chelast. We will tell you everything about the Shinies, bonuses, and start times.

In September, we can expect the first Pokémon from the 4th generation at a Community Day. The plant starter Chelast will be coming.

Additionally, there will again be bonuses to round out the Community Day. Here, we provide you with an overview.

Community Day in September – Bonuses and Date

When is the Community Event? For this Community Day, we will have to be patient. Only on September 15th, a Sunday, it will take place.

Niantic is returning to the old times and will run the event from 11 AM to 2 PM. The Community Day will no longer extend into the evening hours.

C Day Chelast
These bonuses will be available at the Community Day

What bonuses are available? Many players will be pleased, as this time there will be more Stardust again, after there was surprisingly a different bonus in August. You can find all the bonuses here:

  • Triple Stardust when catching Pokémon
  • Lure modules last for 3 hours
  • More Chelast will appear in the wild
  • An exclusive move (presumably for Chelterrar) will be announced later

Is there any information about the move yet? It is likely to be Flora Statue. This move could be learned by all plant starters on Community Days.

Flora Statue would significantly strengthen Chelterrar and would be a good choice for the plant Pokémon. However, it is not yet confirmed.

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Shiny Chelast, Chelcarain, Chelterrar

Will there be a Shiny Chelast? As on every Community Day, there will also be the shiny form of the event Pokémon here. Chelast is turquoise instead of green. You can easily recognize it.

Shiny Chelast
This is what the shiny family looks like

What are the chances of getting a Shiny? This chance is significantly increased. So during the event it will be about 1 in 25. In comparison, the normal shiny chance for Pokémon in the wild is 1 in 450.

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LoL: These are the best ARAM champions in patch 9.15 – Top list

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

The best ARAM Champions in S9 in League of Legends can be found here. Good ARAM Champs and the best were officially shared by Riot Games.

What is ARAM? ARAM is the name of a game mode in League of Legends. All Random, All Mid. In this mode, there are 2 bases and 4 towers on each side, and each team has one inhibitor and one nexus. The two teams meet on only one lane, with champions selected randomly.

What are good ARAM Champs? The developers at Riot Games have now announced which champions have the highest win rate in the Howling Abyss in Patch 9.15. These are the champions that win the most games in ARAM.

Where do the data come from? RiotMort is the Principal Game Designer at Riot Games. He shared the collected data on Twitter.

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The best ARAM Champs in 2019 – Patch 9.15 Tier List

Top 3: The 3 best champions in Patch 9.15 are ARAM Swain, Maokai, and Janna.

What makes the champions so good in this game mode?

LoL Bilgewasser Swain Skin

Swain has a win rate of 59.6% and fits very well into the game mode with his ability kit. He has options to poke. With his E ability “Nevermore”, he can target enemies. His ultimate “Demonic Wings” is particularly effective when many enemies are nearby. Since ARAM takes place all on one lane, this ability works perfectly with the mode.

LoL-Maokai

Maokai has a win rate of 56.2%. This can mainly be explained by the fact that the champion has a lot of CC. With his ultimate “Cocoon”, he summons a wall of brush that blocks the entire lane. This makes him a teamfight monster.

Janna has a win rate of 55.7%. Her kit fits perfectly with the ARAM mode, as her whirlwinds can annoy enemies. But more importantly, her ultimate “Monsoon” is an AOE heal that can heal the entire team. This is especially important in ARAM, where players cannot teleport to base to heal.

The Top 10 best ARAM Champions in Patch 9.15

We take a look at the 10 champions with the highest win rates in the mentioned patch.

ChampionWin-Rate
Swain59.6%
Maokai56.2%
Janna55.7%
Teemo55.3%
Sona55.1%
Trundle55.1%
Ashe55.0%
Garen54.9%
Lux54.9%
Ziggs54.5%

Riot regularly publishes the win rates for the ARAM game mode. This makes it easy to determine which champions are easier to win with. At least in theory. Because a good portion of skill is also part of it.

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How to level up in WoW from level 110 to 120 in less than 6 hours

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

If you want to complete the last levels of World of Warcraft in turbo mode, you should hurry up. For a few days, leveling is going really fast.

While many players see leveling as fun content in World of Warcraft, there are also a lot of players for whom it is just a necessary chore and who do not enjoy it. These players are looking for the perfect opportunity to get through the leveling areas as quickly as possible and dive into the endgame. Thanks to Timewalking, leveling is currently as fast as it has rarely been before.

This is how it works: Currently, the Timewalking: Cataclysm event is happening, until Tuesday, August 13. These dungeons give quite a lot of experience. If you wear a complete set of heirloom items, a dungeon gives between 50% and 75% of a level. Depending on which dungeons you get, you’ll need between 15 and 20 dungeons. With a good group, this can easily be done in 6 hours; experienced players can probably do it even faster.

Here are some tips for Timewalking: In Timewalking, your character’s level is artificially scaled down, so you deal less damage. However, you receive full experience for your actual level and can also utilize a few mechanics:

  • You can wear and use legendary items from Legion. They are activated when you are scaled down.
  • You can wear legacy gear that does not go up to level 120. Since you are at level 85 in the dungeon, it is perfectly fine if the level gear scales up to level 90.
  • Old set bonuses (such as from Legion) are also active again in the dungeons.

Here’s how to squeeze out even more percentages: If you want to speed things up even more, in addition to the heirlooms, you can rely on additional buffs.

  • For a few more days, there’s the “Yay!” buff from the Darkmoon Faire, which grants 10% extra XP.
  • This adds on top of the leveling potion available for warfront tokens (5 tokens for 1 hour of potion) and provides another 10%.
  • If that still isn’t enough, you should complete an incursion from Horde or Alliance in Kul Tiras or Zandalar. That gives another 10%.

With all these buffs, the time can be pushed down to just under 5 hours if you have a capable group.

Now is therefore the perfect time to level up a few twinks to max level.

Are you diligently leveling your twinks? Or are all your characters already at level 120?

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Call for boycott against Borderlands 3 trending on Twitter – What’s going on?

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 2 minutes

On Twitter in the USA today, on August 7th, the hashtag BoycottBorderlands3 trended for four hours. Players are angry at the studio Gearbox and the publisher Take-Two behind Borderlands 3 for taking action against a YouTuber. But that seems to be just the tip of the iceberg.

What a trend it was? From our perspective this afternoon, on August 7th, the hashtag #BoycottBorderlands3 trended for several hours on Twitter. It didn’t quite make it to the top of Twitter trends, but stayed around places 4 to 7 for 4 hours.

With the trend, people are calling for not buying Borderlands 3.

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YouTuber says Take-Two went hard against him

What triggered the hashtag? A few days ago, on July 29th, we reported that the developers of Gearbox streamed Borderlands 3 on Twitch. They “accidentally” uploaded 4 hours of gameplay there.

This happened during a stream on a developer channel that appears to be intended for testing.

Some had speculated it could have been a PR stunt, but it appears to have been a test stream that Gearbox wanted to keep secret. However, it was discovered.

Similarly, in April 2019, first gameplay of Borderlands was discovered and spread.

https://twitter.com/atomic_alicorn/status/1159015249565102085
He has a whole bunch of reasons to find Gearbox silly.

The YouTuber SupMatto, who creates a lot of content for Borderlands and maintains about 138,000 subscribers on YouTube, created thumbnails from this stream.

As a result, Take-Two allegedly issued 7 copyright strikes against SupMatto’s channel and even sent two private detectives to his home. The YouTuber made this known.

The detectives wanted to know from him how he discovered the test channel. From SupMatto’s perspective, it was already well known among hardcore fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRR-C1OCIWM

When these actions against the YouTuber became known, anger formed against Borderlands 3. This is no way to treat a fan and content creator. Other YouTubers said: If a company treated me like this, I would never touch another game from them – no matter how much I like them.

This impulse led to the call for a boycott.

Crossfire around Borderlands 3 that has nothing to do with the game

Why did the hashtag trend? The incident involving SupMatto is not the only thing bothering people about Borderlands 3 right now. However, the issues have nothing to do with the game or any design decisions, but with everything surrounding it:

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He argues that boycott calls are pointless. People may call for a boycott but still buy it themselves.

Apparently, all of this contributed to the hashtag gaining traction for a few hours today. Whether the anger really affects the sales numbers of Borderlands 3 remains to be seen.

Update August 8th, 10:48 AM: The reaction from 2k is now out. They explain their viewpoint on why they sent private detectives to the YouTuber and leaker for Borderlands 3.

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Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo decide on new rules for loot boxes

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 2 minutes

Loot boxes are to become more transparent. This has recently been decided by the three major console manufacturers Microsoft (Xbox One), Sony (PlayStation 4), and Nintendo (Switch) in collaboration with the US organization ESA.

What has been decided? Under the direction of the US agency “Federal Trade Commission”, the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) announced that it has agreed with the three major console manufacturers Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo on a new approach to the controversial topic of loot boxes.

From now on, all new games with loot boxes and updates that add loot boxes to existing games must follow clear rules. The chances of obtaining items of different rarities must always be displayed. This is intended to regulate the wild gambling nature of loot boxes.

Thief Lootbox Jürgen

If one knows that there is only a 0.001 percent chance of getting a certain item, they might not spend a fortune on real money in the cash shop and can better calculate how much acquiring a specific loot will likely cost them.

“This approach would also be compatible with the Apple and Google approach on mobile platforms. We believe that together this provides a comprehensive approach to ensure that consumers receive the information they need to make informed purchasing decisions when it comes to paid loot boxes.”

Michael Warnecke from the ESA via GameSpot

Is a turnaround in loot boxes coming?

How binding are the agreements? The agreement to make loot boxes transparent has been made on a voluntary basis. This is likely a preemptive response by the major manufacturers to possibly upcoming regulations, such as the already implemented loot box ban in Belgium.

Triggered the debate: Loot boxes in Battlefront 2

Furthermore, besides the aforementioned manufacturers, several publishers are also ESA members and are reportedly participating voluntarily in the agreement. Although no names were mentioned, known ESA members include:

  • Activision Blizzard
  • Bethesda
  • Disney
  • Epic Games
  • Square Enix
  • Take-Two
  • Ubisoft

It is therefore quite possible that something will soon change regarding loot boxes in the games of the aforementioned publishers and that the boxes will become more transparent.

China had a similar law several years ago

Is this already the case elsewhere? Yes, in China, a similar law was enacted at the end of 2016.

Therefore, we already know the exact odds for card packs in Blizzard’s Hearthstone, which also operates in China.

The odds for loot boxes in League of Legends (LoL) or Overwatch have also been known since then.

Recently, however, EA made headlines again with loot boxes:

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Ninja has many more $$$ subscriptions on Mixer than before on Twitch – But there is a catch

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 3 minutes

What was the start of Ninja on the streaming platform “Mixer” like after he left Twitch? The numbers look good, especially among the important subscribers that bring in money. We show you what it’s all about.

This is the backstory: On August 1, the famous Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced that he would be leaving the live streaming platform “Twitch.TV”. He has signed an exclusive deal with Microsoft, which means he will only stream on the live streaming platform “Mixer”.

This is a big step, as Ninja’s channel had a proud 14 million followers on Twitch. Now, people wonder how many he will have on Mixer and if he can continue his success on Microsoft’s platform.

Fortnite-Ninja-bedient
This was Ninja’s well-known setup on Twitch for a long time.

How did the start on Mixer go? Ninja had his first livestream at the Lollapalooza Festival on August 2 with an average of about 65,000 viewers. A viewer shouted from the audience to Ninja, “You sold out” – but overall, the stream was a success.

Aside from this criticism, the numbers look interesting:

  • As of August 6 at 2:40 PM, 719,828 people follow his Mixer channel.
  • His channel has been viewed over 4.3 million times.
  • Ninja shared the number of subscribers on Twitter on August 3. He wrote: “We just reached over 500,000 subscribers on Mixer. How could we celebrate this better than with a cake?”
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What is the difference between followers and subscribers?

  • Subscribers are people who have taken out paid subscriptions. The cost of a subscription on Twitch is $5, while on Mixer it is about $6. They are credited to the streamer accordingly.
  • Followers, on the other hand, follow a streamer for free and there is no payment involved.

Ninja achieves a new record never thought possible

This is why the many subscribers are so special: Ninja had his personal subscriber record on Twitch with 269,000 subscriptions in the spring of 2018. At that time, this was considered an incredibly high number on Twitch.

“Normally” people have a maximum of 50,000 subscribers on Twitch. A bombastic number of 53,000 subscriptions was reached by Tfue at the height of his fame in January 2019.

The record subs for Ninja were achieved through cooperations between Fortnite, Twitch, and Amazon. Ninja later said that he would never reach such a high number of paying subscribers again.

The new 500,000 is therefore a staggering number for the streamer. It is estimated that there are now about 650,000 subscribers on Mixer. More than double the numbers he achieved on Twitch, which have been considered absolute exceptions for over a year.

Sponsored by Microsoft

What is behind this high number of subscribers? The subscriptions do not come from nowhere. There is currently a promotion by Microsoft on Mixer. Anyone who subscribes by September 30 can secure a free 1-month subscription to Ninja’s channel.

Normally, such a subscription costs $5.99 on Mixer.

They do not have to be paid for themselves, but are likely sponsored by Microsoft. How much money ultimately goes to Ninja is unclear.

1 million subscriptions on Mixer – number is even higher than expected

Update 7.9.: In the article, we estimated that Ninja would now have 650,000 subscriptions. There are even more. As Ninja himself announced on Twitter, he now has 1 million subscriptions on Mixer.

He feels better than he has in a long time.

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His old channel on Twitch still attracts viewers daily. However, there are no more Ninja streams. Twitch had an interesting idea on how to handle the channel:

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New event in Pokémon GO brings gifts and a little frustration

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In Pokémon GO, the gift event is currently active. But this also brings frustration to trainers who now have to spend a lot of time unpacking the colorful boxes.

What kind of event is this? On Monday, August 5th, the Gift Event in Pokémon GO started. This is meant to further strengthen the friendships between trainers.

What are the bonuses? Niantic came up with some ideas for the bonuses to make the gifts that you can send to your friends in the game more interesting:

  • All eggs from gifts will hatch after 2 kilometers in the incubator but can contain all Pokémon from the 7-KM eggs
  • During the event, you can open 30 gifts per day
  • You can also store 20 gifts in your bag
  • The new shiny Mobai is now in the game and can be hatched

Long unpacking time of gifts annoys players

What is the problem? At first glance, the new bonuses look good. There are more gifts and cool Pokémon that can now be hatched even faster. So why the frustration?

Trainers can open more gifts per day than before. But opening the gifts has always been a thorn in the side of many players. Because it is time consuming.

Although the gifts are important, as they increase the friends level and you receive items like Poké Balls from them.

Each gift has to be opened individually. There is no “Open all gifts” button. So you need to invest several seconds for each gift to complete the opening and collecting of items. At first glance, this sounds like a luxury problem.

But with 30 gifts in a row, that adds up to a few minutes spent mindlessly opening gifts.

Because you can currently receive even more gifts per day, some trainers are frustrated.

What players demand: On Reddit , players again suggest “There should be a button to open all gifts at once”.

The player Twoninjas2015 writes that opening gifts currently consumes too much time during which one cannot play. This is a problem for trainers with little time.

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A player ate a PS4 card because one can no longer build in Fortnite

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Fortnite: Battle Royale has surprisingly introduced a building ban in the new zone Tilted Town, which forced a player to consume a whole PlayStation Store gift card.

Why did someone eat a gift card? The Reddit user and Fortnite fan AuraxisKnight recently ate a gift card for PlayStation in a video. With great effort, he bit and swallowed piece by piece of the tough, reinforced cardboard. But why?

It all started when AuraxisKnight boasted just a day ago that Epic would probably never patch a building ban zone into the game. That would never happen; if it did, he would genuinely consume a whole gift card for PlayStation 4.

Fortnite Tilted Town Surprised Title

But now since update 10.0 that has indeed happened: Epic has actually created a zone with the new location Tilted Town that allows no building or breaking activities. The distinctive feature of Fortnite is at least no longer present here.

Therefore, the Reddit user had to follow through on his words. He approached it so dutifully that he had already consumed parts of the card before he thought of recording it all.

However, the rest of the card consumption made it into the video that we’ve embedded here.

As promised, me eating a PlayStation giftcard because epic added a no build zone from r/FortniteCompetitive

A Man of Action

This is how the community reacts: The thread with the video of the card feast was well received on Reddit. The post received over 4,000 upvotes and tons of comments. Many Reddit users praise AuraxisKnight’s commitment:

  • “You are a man of your word! Immediate upvote. You are certainly someone you can rely on.”
  • “Now you can not only say that Epic is ruining the health of the game, but also that of its players and the community!”
  • “I’m now waiting for the guy who swears to eat his socks if the mech doesn’t disappear by the end of next week!”
  • “Respect, bro, you keep your word!”
  • “A man of action, respect! Epic, look at what you’ve done to this guy!”

Warning, do not try this at home: With all the respect that the action has evoked, you should still not attempt this. While cardboard is not toxic in itself, consuming printed and treated cards is not healthy.

The building ban zone is alongside the mech a hotly debated topic in Fortnite. However, not everyone finds the building bans terrible:

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Xbox One: Error 0x87dd0006 prevents signing in to Live

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A bug is preventing Xbox One users today, on August 7th, from signing into an account on Xbox Live and using the Xbox Game Pass. An old acquaintance is apparently to blame: Error 0x87dd0006 is currently causing the issues.

In the late afternoon and early evening on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, error 0x87dd0006 occurs on many Xbox One consoles and prevents logging in and signing in. As a result, players no longer have access to purchased content.

Which services are affected? According to the official Xbox Live support page, both “general Xbox Live services” and “TV, Music, and Video” are currently restricted.

In this case, signing in to Xbox Live is particularly affected.

Xbox Live Outage: Error 0x87dd0006 – Developers are working on a solution

When will a solution be available? Currently, according to the status page, developers are already working on a solution. The official Twitter account of Xbox Support has already announced that a team is addressing the issue.

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Those affected must therefore be patient for the time being. We will keep you updated at MeinMMO if there are any developments.

Update 6:10 PM: According to the status page, live services are available again. According to a tweet, progress is said to be apparent. Players are encouraged to try logging in again.

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Error Not Occurring for the First Time

This has happened before: Users of the Xbox One were already plagued by the same error 0x87dd0006 in February 2019. At that time, it also prevented access to accounts as well as the creation of new accounts.

Xbox Live Status August 19
The current status – it looked similar in February as well.

Players were particularly annoyed by the incident at that time, as the Anthem demo was running at the same time, which many players wanted to test.

Players have also had problems logging in at other times. However, it seems that significantly more players are affected again this time.

How long did it last? The problem in February was resolved after just over an hour. In the meantime, there was a brief update, but it had not helped all players.

A workaround or temporary solution was also not known. So it is likely to be a waiting game this time as well.

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This Hearthstone combo provides 2,500 armor, making it nearly invincible

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

In the wild mode of Hearthstone , a crazy combination is possible. In just one turn, a player can collect over 2,500 armor!

In the wild mode of Hearthstone, different rules apply than in the Standard format. Since all cards of the game are allowed in wild mode, players can create quite powerful and sometimes even absurd combinations that can completely decide a game in just one turn. This is also helped by the 135 new cards from Rise of Uldum. One of these combos has now been shown by Reddit user Devola4. He generates 2,566 armor points for his Druid in just one turn.

2.5K Armor in Wild Ranked… I spent the next 7 turns just sitting there laughing from r/hearthstone

This is how the combo works: The combo makes use of a new card that Druids have received, as well as some cards from past expansions.

  • First, you need the “Bane of the Array” from Rastakhan’s Rumble. This minion starts with 5 attack and 10 health, but its attack is doubled every time it destroys a minion on the Druid’s turn through “Overwhelm.”
  • Then the Druid uses Flurps’ marvelous Glop (Dr. Boom’s Lab), which gives him 1 Mana each time a friendly minion dies.
  • Now the Druid casts the spell ARGH! BEES!!! (Rise of Uldum) on the Bane. This allows the Bane to kill a total of 8 minions, which doubles its attack value 8 times – in the end, it has a whopping 1,280 attack.
  • Finally, he casts Earthly Scales (Journey to Un’goro) on the Bane twice in a row. This gives it +1/+1 and grants the Druid the attack power of the minion as armor.

Together with the Death Knight Druid’s hero ability, that’s a proud 2566 armor!

The Druid is essentially immortal: The end result of the combo is that the Druid can practically no longer lose. Even if the opponent were to deal 32 damage every turn (for instance, by four 8/8 giants), removing the armor would take 47 turns. However, since a Hearthstone match ends automatically after 45 turns, this is essentially impossible.

Hearthstone Rageface Druid title

If both sides just waited and hoped that the Druid would eventually die from “fatigue damage” when he has no cards left in the deck, removing the armor would take 72 turns.

So if someone manages to pull off this combo, they have at least secured themselves a “draw”.

The combo is of course difficult to pull off, and usually in wild mode, a match is decided before that. But if it succeeds, the Druid has good reason to be pleased.

What do you think of such combos? Should they even be possible in Hearthstone? Or does it ruin the fun of the game?

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How the New Operators of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Work

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The playable characters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are referred to as Operators. An exclusive report from Game Informer has now revealed new details about unlocking, factions, skins, and other aspects of the virtual fighters. Here’s what we know so far.

What kind of information is this? The release of the 2019 reboot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on October 25th is approaching. Accordingly, there are more fresh information and new details about various features and areas of the game – such as

In the new print issue of Game Informer, developers offered a closer look at how the Operators function in Modern Warfare 2019. Additionally, some streamers and YouTubers who have already tried the game were able to share their insights.

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Operators in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Here’s what we know so far

What are Operators actually? Operators are often referred to as members of military or police special forces. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, they are various characters that you can select and play in multiplayer.

How do the Operators work? Modern Warfare 2019 departs from the specialist system that was used in, for example, Black Ops 4.

The individual Operators do not have any special individual abilities. None can do something that another character cannot achieve. Each Operator is purely cosmetic. What matters will be your loadout and skill. However, each character has numerous appearances, personalities, voices, execution animations, and skins.

Modern-Warfare-Sniper

By the way, even though the Operators can visually differ greatly, the hit boxes, or hit zones, of the individual characters are all identical – even if, for example, a female character appears slimmer than a robust male counterpart. Apart from (depending on clothing and environment) a possibly slightly better camouflage effect, there are no gameplay-relevant differences – regardless of which Operator you choose.

What about the factions? The characters not only accompany you in the multiplayer battles themselves. At the beginning, each player selects one character from a faction. Depending on the conflict side, one of your two figures will always be displayed in lobbies. Additionally, you can set your absolute favorite and display it in all relevant menus.

Source: TheXclusiveAce

The Operators are initially roughly divided into two factions, the Coalition and the Allegiance – essentially a kind of West versus East. Each faction consists of a standard soldier, with whom one begins, as well as 3 subgroups.

For the Coalition, they are

  • SAS
  • Warcom
  • Demon Dogs
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For the Allegiance, they are

  • Spetsnaz
  • Jackals
  • Chimera
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How many Operators are there? According to current reports from some streamers and YouTubers who have already tried the game, there are currently a total of 20 characters in multiplayer:

  • one standard soldier per faction
  • 3 Operators per subgroup

It is still unclear whether more will be added at launch or if appearances will be changed through skins.

Source: TheXclusiveAce

How can you unlock additional Operators? As Game Informer revealed, you will start with the standard Operator and can then unlock all available characters in the game through gameplay.

It is not known whether this will also apply to Operators that may be released later.

In each faction, you can achieve progress by playing and accordingly unlock more characters from the subgroups.

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This is how the Operator skins work: There will be additional skins for each Operator. How these are obtained – whether also through gameplay or through potential microtransactions – is currently unknown.

However, what the developers revealed to Game Informer is that skins determine the complete appearance of each Operator. There will be no specific items like shoes or headgear. Each skin embodies a total appearance.

Some of these skins have already been known since the start of the pre-orders for the various game editions:

What about microtransactions? Currently, there are no official details on this. However, Operator skins seem to be becoming a big deal in Modern Warfare – after all, it seems that alongside Operator selection, it is the only other customization option for the in-game character. Thus, some fans strongly predict additional microtransactions.

Check out all currently known Operators:

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Pokémon GO: Everything you need to know about today’s legendary raid hour

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Today, on August 7th, the legendary raid hour with Rayquaza starts in Pokémon GO. We will show you the most important information about shiny chances, counters, and the raid times.

What is the legendary raid hour? During a legendary raid hour, tier 5 raid bosses appear in almost all gyms in Pokémon GO. Today, on August 7th, the event featuring Rayquaza takes place. This is a popular dragon Pokémon that can even appear as shiny.

The shiny form of Rayquaza is black and highly sought after by players in Pokémon GO. Therefore, if you have the opportunity, you should definitely participate in the event today. Due to the numerous raids, the chances of this shiny are increased.

Raid hour starts at 6 PM

When does the event take place? The time for the event is limited. Today, this Wednesday, the event lasts exactly one hour. From 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, the raids with Rayquaza will take place wherever gyms are available. If a raid is still active at a gym at 6:00 PM, Rayquaza may appear there delayed or not at all. Afterward, the gym bosses will change back to a selection with more variety.

Players are particularly happy about the raid bosses in August:

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What you need to know about Rayquaza – Counters, shiny, attacks

What attacks does Rayquaza know?

AttackType
Dragon Tail (Fast)Dragon
Aircutter (Fast)Flying
Outrage (Charged)Dragon
Aerobatics (Charged)Flying
Ancient Power (Charged)Rock

Countering Rayquaza – Here’s how: The dragon Pokémon that is the focus of today’s raid hour can be easily countered by Mamoswine and Glaceon. These are the strongest attackers against Rayquaza.

If you do not have these two Pokémon, you should check here: Getting to the top counters for Rayquaza is quite easy.

Other good counters include Snibunna, Mewtwo, Rosanna, Articuno, and more. We have compiled the strongest counters for you, including their movesets.

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What are the chances of getting at least one shiny? The chance of a shiny Rayquaza is statistically 1 in 20. So, you have good chances today.

This is shiny Rayquaza

A few tips and tricks for today’s event:

  • Prepare yourself before the event for which gyms you want to visit – Choose a route with gyms close together
  • Coordinate in advance with friends in local Pokémon GO groups about who will be where when
  • Try to meet in large groups. This way, you can complete the raids faster and tackle more battles in the hour

In the coming days, you should put in some effort:

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How interest in the MMORPG ESO has developed since the launch

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The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is one of the most popular MMORPGs in Germany. This is revealed by a look at Google Trends. Since the release on PS4 and Xbox One in 2015, the MMORPG has been consistently stable in player interest – every summer, the online role-playing game reaches a peak.

What is Google Trends? The service “Google Trends” shows how the overall search interest in a game looks like.

Normally, the interest at the release of a game is highest, and then quickly declines. This is the case with every game and nothing special.

However, it is interesting to see how interest develops over the years. Most games never regain significant interest after the release. But The Elder Scrolls Online is one of the few exceptions.

The reason for this is a decision that was heavily criticized in 2014. At that time, Zenimax postponed the originally announced release for PS4 and Xbox One indefinitely.

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The development of search interest in ESO, according to Google Trends.

Where is ESO popular? The title The Elder Scrolls Online is a typical “Western title.” It is most popular in Canada and the USA. But Germany comes very close in interest (98%).

Here in Germany, people are into The Elder Scrolls Online. In our article about the most popular games in Germany, ESO ranked strongly at number 2, with only WoW being more popular.

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Very rocky release

What is also interesting: ESO had an extremely difficult release in 2014. Bugs and exploits plagued the game. The endgame was a disaster for many. ESO could not meet the high expectations that games like Skyrim had raised.

This crisis is perfectly reflected in the graphs.

At that time, the interest in The Elder Scrolls Online fell like a stone. By June 2014, the online role-playing game was relatively at a low point. The hype had faded.

The decision to postpone the PS4 and Xbox One version of ESO indefinitely was particularly harshly criticized. However, it turned out to be a wise move, as it gave ESO a second chance.

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April 2014 was the release of The Elder Scrolls Online – and a tough time for the MMORPG.

At the lowest point of The Elder Scrolls Online, the turning point came

When was ESO really bad? The low point was reached in October 2014. At that time, the game was already considered dead and failed or on the sure path there.

Only one-ninth of the original interest in The Elder Scrolls Online remained – and only half a year had passed since the release.

At that time, however, Zenimax was already working on comprehensive changes. They had summoned guilds to their headquarters in Maryland to discuss significant changes to the MMORPG.

And then the turning point came.

TESO-Gauner
March 2015 marked the turning point for The Elder Scrolls Online. At that time, they let go of the subscription model.

In March 2015, things started to look up

When did the turning point come? Already in March 2015, ESO was able to initiate its upswing with the transition to a buy-to-play title. They dropped the subscription model – and immediately interest in ESO shot up. They were once again at a quarter of the interest at launch.

Later, in June 2015, ESO made a comeback with the release on PS4 and Xbox One.

With 87%, ESO in June 2015 was once again nearly as interesting as at launch in April 2014 – but a significantly more mature and better game.

The interest from this second launch was maintained for much longer than the first time:

  • In 2014, the launch hype had nearly completely faded after 2 months
  • In 2015, it took 4 months for the hype to largely cool off

The surprise: In 2014, after this cooling phase, it continued to drop. In 2015, ESO maintained its level.

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MMORPG ESO has been stable since 2015

This is how it has been since then: What stands out is that ESO has virtually not gone through any significant valleys since then. Since November 2015, the MMORPG has been stable, with minor fluctuations up or down, but the changes are relatively small.

ESO has actually never fallen significantly below the low point of October 2014. But it is also far from the hype of the console release.

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Things are going well for The Elder Scrolls in recent years.

ESO has become the MMORPG of June every year

ESO remains relatively constant at a level, so it has a solid baseline:

  • Things get quieter for ESO at the end of a year, when only smaller DLCs are released like Scalebreaker in 2019. From September, they then leave the field to major competitors or single-player titles
  • The game regularly creates highlights in the summer when the main addon like Summerset or Elsweyr comes. June was the strongest month of the year in 2017, 2018, and so far, 2019.

ESO is running slightly slower in 2019, which is normal for an MMORPG as it gets older, but it remains considerably stable after such a turbulent first year.

It would have been hard to believe in 2014 that ESO would run so stable and without major fluctuations from 2016 to 2019.

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FIFA 19: Update 1.17 is now live – The gameplay is still being worked on

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FIFA 19 has received a new update today. It is update 1.17 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Here’s what’s included.

This is the new patch: Today, on August 7th, update 1.17 went live for PS4 and Xbox One. It has been available for the PC version for a little longer.

This is how large the update is: Depending on your platform, you will need to download around 2 GB. The PS4 version is exactly 2 GB in size.

You must download and install the update to play FIFA 19 online again.

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Gameplay responsiveness is further improved – also for FIFA 20

What’s changing: The patch notes mention that EA Sports has made technical changes to gameplay responsiveness.

The developers have been working for months to improve the “responsiveness” in FIFA 19 matches, meaning that the game reacts faster and more reliably to what you input. This is intended to be enabled by better network infrastructure.

Among the changes are:

  • how quickly the game tries again to send gameplay data to the network when the first attempt fails
  • and reducing the maximum time buffer between receiving gameplay data by the game and the graphical representation on the screen.

What exactly changes regarding gameplay responsiveness with today’s update is not yet known. However, the efforts should not only have a positive impact on FIFA 19 now but also on FIFA 20. You can read the pitch notes article here.

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What else changes with update 1.17?

Changes in Ultimate Team:

  • A problem will be fixed where in some scenarios the dynamic image and the 2D image of player objects disappeared.
  • A problem will be fixed where some users got “frozen” causing FUT connection drops.
  • A display error in the FUT club statistics will also be fixed.

Audio issue:

  • An audio issue will be fixed where the Premier League anthem sometimes was missing in the team welcome scene.

EA Sports thanks the players for all the feedback at the end of the patch notes.

When you can play the demo of FIFA 20, we will take a look at it here:

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gamescom plans big opening with 16 titles – Probably something for Destiny 2

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The new “Opening Night Live” show at gamescom 2019 promises world premieres and new footage of games. We will show you what to expect.

In a few days, gamescom 2019 will start. Even before the trade visitor day and the fair days, a new show will kick off at the fair that you shouldn’t miss.

What kind of show is it? The Opening Night Live is a show where there will be announcements from publishers, world premieres with new footage, and guest appearances from stars in the gaming scene. Hideo Kojima is confirmed, who will give previews of Death Stranding.

In the stream, an overview will be shown of what will happen during the gamescom week.

“There will be updates and reveals for highly anticipated games set to release in the coming months, and new projects will be announced,” explains Geoff Keighley, producer and host of gamescom.

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What content will be shown? A program for the Opening Night tweeted Geoff Keighley:

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When does the Opening Night take place? On Monday, August 19, the show will start at 8:00 PM German time.

How can you watch? The Opening Night will be streamed live. You can also watch on-site at the fair, but you will need to get one of the limited tickets. Here is the link for ticket registration for Koelnmesse. More than 1500 visitors can watch live on-site.

Which publishers are at the Opening Night?

The following 16 publishers are currently confirmed for the Opening Night:

  • 2K
  • Activision
  • Bandai Namco
  • Bungie
  • Capcom
  • Electronic Arts
  • Epic Games
  • Google Stadia
  • Koch Media / Deep Silver
  • Private Division
  • Sega
  • Square Enix
  • Sony
  • THQ Nordic
  • Ubisoft
  • Xbox Game Studios

What about Destiny 2? Bungie is on the list of publishers participating in the Opening Night. However, a detailed program is not yet available. A new trailer for the “New Light” Free-to-Play transition or for the Shadowkeep expansion, which was recently delayed, is conceivable.

Perhaps Bungie will also announce more information in connection with Google Stadia. Destiny 2 is one of the launch titles for the new platform.

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Several independent game studios will also present new announcements during the show. Will you be watching the Opening Night?

Watch our livestream of the fair

This year we will have a booth at gamescom and offer you a big live show. Together with Gamestar.de and Gamepro.de, we present the ultimate show that no gamer should miss.

Gamescom Together

The content includes:

  • Game slots with the most important games of gamescom
  • Live interviews with well-known developers
  • Video game tournaments and more

The program runs from Tuesday to Saturday.

With our gamescom-together stream, you will be well entertained during the fair days

gamescom will take place after the Opening Night from August 20 to 24 in Cologne. We have compiled the highlights for online gamers at gamescom 2019.

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