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?
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.
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.
Champion
Win-Rate
Swain
59.6%
Maokai
56.2%
Janna
55.7%
Teemo
55.3%
Sona
55.1%
Trundle
55.1%
Ashe
55.0%
Garen
54.9%
Lux
54.9%
Ziggs
54.5%
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.
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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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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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.
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:
Additionally, the CEO of Gearbox, Randy Pitchford, is a controversial figure and has been involved in trouble several times. He is said to have given the voice of Claptrap a wet slap.
Others responded to the hashtag and said it was nonsense, people would still buy Borderlands 3 even if they called for a boycott
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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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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
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:
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.
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.
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.
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:
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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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.
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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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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
Source: TheXclusiveAce
For the Allegiance, they are
Spetsnaz
Jackals
Chimera
Source: TheXclusiveAce
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.
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.
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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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:
What you need to know about Rayquaza – Counters, shiny, attacks
What attacks does Rayquaza know?
Attack
Type
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.
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.
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%).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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
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Game slots with the most important games of gamescom
In Destiny 2, a way has been discovered to farm mini-bosses efficiently in the ELZ. Until now, the lengthy grind has only caused frustration.
This is why many Guardians are currently frustrated: Countless players are currently working on upgrading their Solenwende armor in Destiny 2. At some point, everyone faces the task of eliminating 100 mini-bosses in the ELZ.
The problems with it:
This is a very time-consuming task. Only kills count if you deal damage to the mini-boss yourself. As a team, you can typically take down about 7 mini-bosses per match, out of which you might have shot at 4 or 5. So you need to play around 20 matches, which takes hours including player searches and loading screens.
What prolongs the situation: After the mini-boss phase, many Guardians leave right away to start a new ELZ match, where they can kill more mini-bosses. Hence, it often happens that you are assigned to an ongoing match during the player search where it’s only left to fight the final boss – who, by the way, does not count towards the 100 mini-bosses.
This is the farming trick: Clever Guardians have discovered a way to bypass this endless grind, which only leads to frustration and poor player experience. That is, with a Psion, which counts as a mini-boss and spawns quite frequently.
Here’s how it works:
Search for an ELZ match where the Cabal appear.
Play through the mini-boss phase until the final boss phase starts. The 3 Cabal brothers should come.
Kill 2 of the 3 Cabal bosses.
A “Engineer Psion” with a yellow health bar will then spawn. When he enters the ELZ, this is indicated with a prompt on the left side of the screen. He comes in on a Cabal transport ship. You can’t miss him.
Kill the Psion.
Repeat this.
Notes:
The Psion respawns every 20-45 seconds after you have killed him.
Since the final boss phase has no time limit, you can farm all 100 mini-bosses in one match, saving yourself the loading times.
It’s best to stay together in the middle of the ELZ (where the loot chest spawns at the end), as the Psion seems to always spawn near the players.
The fastest way is to do this in a fireteam.
This farming method may not be particularly fun, but it allows you to quickly tick off the mini-boss task. Because this currently isn’t fun at all.
Is this a forbidden exploit? With this trick, you won’t gain more loot or any gameplay advantages at the end. You’re just saving time and nerves. On reddit, this tip has already received over 1,000 upvotes. People thank for sharing and say that it makes farming much more bearable. The discoverer of this trick is a “hero”.
Have you already struggled through the mini-boss task or do you still need to tackle it?
The online shooter Anthem quietly released the major Cataclysm update for PS4, Xbox One, and PC yesterday. They are now releasing a gameplay trailer that explains the Cataclysm update. We ask: How are players reacting after the first few hours to the new update?
That was strange yesterday: Although players have been waiting for months for the new update for Anthem, the patch itself came without much warning or announcement.
It was actually thought that BioWare would celebrate the release of the patch. It was expected that they might do a live stream and extensively present the features: After all, there is a lot in the patch, and it has been a long time coming.
But the 12 GB patch (PS4, Xbox One) or 15 GB patch (PC) was simply there yesterday.
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This is what you see in the gameplay trailer: The new trailer aims to introduce what quietly crept onto the servers yesterday.
At the center of the trailer is the new event “Cataclysm.” BioWare promises a race against time, where players can determine how risky and difficult they want it to be.
Those who like challenges are advised to leave the rifts.
The “Cataclysm” event is expected to be expanded and improved weekly. Players can buy cool and powerful loot in special shops.
Reactions to the update are mixed but rather positive
These are the first reactions: The initial reactions to the update are mixed but overall positive. The smaller aspects are particularly praised:
The gameplay changes with new items for all slots are great for players who have not been able to create a perfect build for months because there simply was no strong item for a slot in Anthem.
Or that the “Grandmaster levels 2 and 3 are not as brutal anymore” – here enemies now have much less HP and shields (via reddit)
These are two issues that have been a problem for hardcore players for months and are now resolved in Anthem. On reddit, these changes are explicitly praised – although there are also those who say, “This should have come a week after the release.”
Hardcore Anthem players are also pleased about the new items.
Critically viewed:
The technical condition of Anthem – Some are still experiencing crashes and issues.
That it took so incredibly long – originally, the update was scheduled for May.
Especially in the YouTube comments, where a broader audience is addressed, Anthem receives some backlash.
What about the event itself? The “Cataclysm” event is currently perceived neutrally by many freelancers. They have not formed an opinion yet.
Cataclysm is something different and offers variety, but it likely doesn’t wow many. At the moment, other changes are in focus rather than the new content.
But overall, it seems that people are glad there are reasons to play and talk about Anthem again.
Two new mounts have landed in the shop of World of Warcraft. Players are really angry about it.
Last night, the shop in World of Warcraft got an influx of new mounts once again. The two alabaster mounts, which were originally available in the Collector’s Edition for the 15th anniversary of World of Warcraft, are now available in the shop as well. Those who want the two mounts have to shell out a proud 25€. It’s not surprising that this is only “medium” well-received by the community.
There are a lot of thumbs down: The two announcement videos of the mounts have already received a lot of thumbs down after just one day. The English video has 16,000 downvotes, which is over 90% of the ratings given. There are also a lot of nasty comments that seem to strike a nerve with many players. For example, Kai writes (translated):
“[The mounts are] a good metaphor for the current state of World of Warcraft: The same stuff you remember, but the color, the life, and the soul have been ripped out.”
Under the German video, LetsEinfallslos002 comments:
“25 Euros for unpainted mounts for the birthday as THE BIG THING for the fans for the 15th anniversary. HA, I say, HA! I laugh!”
In summary, the sale of these two mounts at the price of 25€ and especially in the context of World of Warcraft’s anniversary is received very poorly.
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The sale was already announced earlier: Blizzard had already revealed in advance that the mounts would also be available in the shop later and are not exclusively tied to the Collector’s Edition, yet the fans are still angry. The sheer number of mounts in recent months is seen by many players as simply outrageous and they do not understand why a subscription-based game needs that.
In addition to regular loot, many agents hunt for so-called Backpack Trophies in The Division 2. In this guide, we introduce new pendants that have been added to the game with Title Update 5 and the “Episode 1” DLC. We also show you the locations where you can find these collectibles.
What are Backpack Trophies? They are purely cosmetic pendants that your agent can wear on their backpack. These trophies are often well hidden in the game world or awarded for specific achievements, making them a sought-after means of individualization for many agents.
Some Backpack Trophies from The Division 2
These Backpack Trophies are new: The Title Update 5 and the “Episode 1” DLC recently brought new content to The Division 2, including 5 new backpack pendants.
You can obtain these within the Expeditions at the Kenly College site as well as in the two new classified assignments. Where exactly – you can find out here.
The new Backpack Trophies from the Expeditions at Kenly College
Three of the new trophies can be found in the respective wings of the Kenly College. These can be found and collected by all players. Please note that you have to start a mission in the respective wing to obtain the new backpack pendants.
By the way, here’s what else awaits you in Kenly College:
How to find the Baby Barrel Trophy in the Kenly Library
The Kenly Library was the first of a total of three expedition sections that went live for players. There you can snag the Baby Barrel Trophy.
To do this, you need to shoot a yellow control box near the supply room in the Octagon in a still locked room. Once this is destroyed, the door to this room opens. On the table, you’ll find a large barrel. Right next to it, you can search the table. If you do this, you will receive this new backpack pendant. You can see the exact location and process in this video:
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How to find the Mushroom Friend Trophy in the Kenly Subway Station
In the second expedition section, you will receive the mushroom pendant for your backpack. Deep within the tunnels of the subway station, there is a spot where mushrooms grow from the ground. If you search the area there, you will find this new trophy. The location can be easily overlooked. So just follow the agent’s route in this video:
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How to find the Throwback Tommy Trophy in the Kenly Student Union
The third and final backpack trophy from Kenly College can be found in the Kenly Student Union. There you need to search a side table next to a sofa in a cozy reading nook. There you’ll get the teddy for your backpack. Follow the agent’s path in the video:
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The new Backpack Trophies from the Classified Assignments
The other two trophies can be found in the new Classified Assignments Central Aquarium and NSA Site B13. However, these missions are only available to Year 1 Pass holders. Accordingly, not all agents can collect these two Backpack Trophies.
You need to start the missions, and the trophies can only be obtained during them. They are marked in blue on the map.
How to find the Sushi Trophy in the Central Aquarium
To obtain the Sushi Trophy, it is important to search the body of a dead civilian during the mission. There you will find a key for the upper laboratory that you need for the pendant. This will allow you to enter the otherwise locked room where the new trophy is located. You can see the exact process and route here:
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The Pizza Pendant is located in a massive underground NSA complex – right near the crash site of Air Force One. In the server room, you walk across a bridge in a kind of cave with a large fan in the rock wall. You need to deactivate this. Afterwards, you will access an office through the ventilation shaft behind it, where you will receive the new pendant. You can see how this works in detail here:
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We present to you 3 strong decks that will make a good impression at the start of the latest Hearthstone expansion “Saviors of Uldum”. We show you decks for Mage, Paladin, and Warlock.
The latest Hearthstone expansion has been live for almost a day, and many players are still experimenting with the new cards. If you can’t come up with a solid idea and are struggling to create a deck with cards from Saviors of Uldum, we have some decks that should make it easier for you to start the new expansion.
Simply copy the “code” from the deck into Hearthstone, and the game will automatically attempt to assemble the respective deck and will also tell you which cards you might still be missing in your collection. The dust costs show what the deck would cost if you do not own any of the cards.
1. Mage Deck: Big Spell Mage
Code for the deck list: AAECAf0EBu72Asb4ApaaA4qeA9igA9alAwyKAZwCqwTLBJYF4Qf7DIOWA5+bA6CbA8KhA4ukAwA=
Dust cost: 12460
As the name suggests, the “Big Spell Mage” deck by Dog relies on large, devastating spells and minions. There is a bit of chaos programmed in, as the deck makes use of the card Puzzlebox of Yogg-Saron, which can sometimes backfire. In any case, the deck provides plenty of fun and some chaotic outcomes.
How to play the deck: The deck relies on many tested and popular combinations, such as the Call of the Summoner or Khadgar. However, a few new cards have also been incorporated into the deck:
You can use King Phaoris to utilize the spells in hand to bring out really large minions onto the battlefield.
Luna’s Pocket Galaxy ensures that these minions only cost 1 mana, making life difficult for the opponent.
Coupled with the Sand Witch of the Naga, you can artificially increase the costs of your spells so that King Phaoris summons stronger minions.
2. Paladin Deck: Quest Paladin
Code for the deck list: AAECAZ8FBPH+AqCAA5OlA4SnAw209gLW/gLZ/gLh/gKRgAPMgQOaoQOgoQPFoQPypQP0pwPKqwOWrAMA
Dust cost: 8520
The Quest Paladin is an idea from professional player Trump and uses quite a few new cards. Nevertheless, the costs for the deck are manageable and should be affordable for most players. In case of doubt, you may have to sacrifice a few old legendaries…
How to play the deck: The new Paladin deck in Hearthstone relies on completing the Mummification quest as early as possible. This allows the Paladin to create copies of existing minions with their new hero power. If you use this effect on cards with the addition “Resurrect”, you will soon have a battlefield filled with numerous minions that keep returning. This is further enhanced with some mechanical minions. These can be summoned again through Kangor’s Endless Army, keeping their magnetic upgrades.
Most opponents will likely not be able to withstand this overwhelming army of returning minions for long.
3. Warlock Deck: Zoo Warlock
Code for the deck list: AAECAf0GAtkHgqUDDjDCCPH3Aqr5Avb9Avr+ArSRA4idA7WfA/qkA/ukA/ykA4GlA/2nAwA=
Dust cost: 4960
Also from Trump is the Zoo Warlock, which relies on the good old strategy of simply overrunning the opponent. This is achieved through minions that strengthen each other and usually have an immediate impact on the game. With its relatively low dust costs, this deck is also a good option for those on a budget.
How to play the deck: Like all good Zoo decks, this mix relies on quickly overwhelming the opponent. This is achieved through numerous effects that allow the Warlock to generate minions. The deck also uses hardly any spells, as most problems are dealt with by minions that are “buffed” beforehand.
It is also helpful to play Dark Pharaoh Tekahn as early as possible. Because then the minions have strong stats of 4/4 (instead of 1/1) for the rest of the game and become real threats.
Have you experimented with the cards from Saviors of Uldum yet? Which deck are you currently having success with?
In Fortnite , Twitch streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney has encountered an extremely rare bug and fell victim to it. His reaction is unusual: Silence instead of angry protest.
Tfue secured the high ground to take out opponents with the height advantage and go for headshots and kills. He seemingly wanted to edit a way down to land on a launch pad below him.
But something went wrong while editing the stone floor. Strangely, the ground beneath him disappeared into thin air with a slight delay, and Tfue fell to his death. It happened so quickly that it is hard to see exactly what happened. But Tfue is incredulous.
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This time, however, Tfue seems petrified. He makes a strange facial expression, raises his hands to chest height, and apparently does not understand the world anymore.
Everyone in the chat is wondering what that was exactly. Maybe lag?
Epic’s workaround: Take it slow
What kind of bug is this? Tfue may have fallen victim to a bug that Epic already has on their “Trello plan.” If you edit things too quickly, they may not have the form they are supposed to have. The bug has been on Epic Games’ “We need to fix this” list since July 17.
As a workaround, it is suggested to edit more slowly, which is likely an impossible task for Tfue.
Epic has a similar bug listed as “must fix” on their Trello board. Source: Trello
The bug seems hard to reproduce. There is also the question of whether Tfue really encountered exactly this bug or if something else went wrong.
Tfue has been on his way to becoming the biggest streamer on Twitch since Ninja’s departure, but at the moment he has several fronts open.
