The Epic Games Store now uses cloud save. The feature is already known from Steam and offers synchronization of game saves in the cloud. Also, next week you can get For Honor and Alan Wake for free.
About this: Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has now confirmed via Twitter a cloud save function for the Epic Games Store. You can thus save game progress outside of your own hard drive in the cloud and prevent data loss. The new feature was originally supposed to be released in mid-June.
Additionally, the online melee game For Honor and the horror game Alan Wake will be available for free in the Epic Store from August 2 to 9.
How can I activate cloud save? The feature can be enabled in the general settings of the Epic Games Launcher and should already be activated by default.
In the menu of your game, you can additionally check whether the cloud save feature is activated.
Are all games supported? Currently, only a few selected new titles support the new feature – including the currently free game Moonlighter. Support for additional games is expected to follow shortly.
This is For Honor and here’s how to get it: For Honor is an online melee game from Ubisoft. Players dive into a fictional world as knights, samurai, or vikings in brutal melee battles. In addition to a campaign, For Honor features a pronounced multiplayer. Innovative is the “Art of Battle”, the real-time combat system specifically developed for For Honor.
To get For Honor for free, you must first download the Epic Games Launcher and create an Epic account. Then simply add the game to your account during the mentioned period and keep it permanently.
Queen Azshara is not well received by the professional guilds in WoW. Viewers also find her terrible. Why is that?
For several days now, professional guilds like Method, Limit, or Aversion have been busy fighting the current final boss of World of Warcraft. However, Queen Azshara is extremely unpopular, not only among the raiders but also among the viewers. Although the race for the first kill is exciting with currently 7 guilds in the running, the fight is not enjoyable. There are many reasons for this.
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The Azshara fight is extremely complex: Although Azshara uses some annoying and outdated mechanics, the overall complexity of the fight is immense. There are not only adds to fight, requiring attention to “line of sight”, but also spell shields to fill and specific decrees to consider while simultaneously dodging mechanics or directing them to specific spots to harm an add. If these mechanics overlap unfavorably, it can quickly mean the end for the entire raid group.
The biggest problem here, however, is Phase 3.
What makes Phase 3 so difficult? In Phase 3, there is a lot to keep track of. Players need to kill 3 adds in a very short time while a fourth add (a Myrmidon) is still being tanked. This Myrmidon regularly throws spears at players in the raid, which must be directed to the correct positions and must not hit columns under any circumstances. The Myrmidon also needs to be killed, as another Myrmidon will appear shortly after. Having two of them active at the same time usually means a quick death for the group.
At the same time, Queen Azshara casts Arcane Missiles on all players in line of sight every 3 seconds. These not only deal damage but also increase the arcane damage taken due to a stackable debuff. All players must therefore take cover behind a column every few seconds to avoid accumulating too many stacks. By the way, the spear of the Myrmidon also dealt arcane damage.
And because all of this is not enough, the entire raid has about 50% – 60% less health, as the charging of the titan protection runes reduces the maximum health of the players for a long time – a mechanic that cannot be ignored. A single spear can mean death here.
Blizzard has already made adjustments: Some of the problems have already been fixed by Blizzard with hotfixes.
The spear of the Myrmidon now deals nature damage and no longer arcane damage (thus not amplified by Azshara’s Arcane Missiles).
The maximum duration of the phase has been increased from 2 to 3 minutes.
Arcane vulnerability (the debuff from Arcane Missiles) now lasts only 5 seconds instead of 7.
Mechanics are boring: Although the fight itself is very complex, many of the mechanics are “boring” to play. Sitting behind a column every few seconds and waiting for a debuff to wear off is simply not particularly exciting. Especially for a final boss, players had hoped for something more thrilling.
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Not a good boss for viewers: Additionally, Azshara is not a good boss for viewers. There are several reasons for this. First, the fight is extremely complex, making it difficult to follow the action. One has to keep an eye on adds, the charge state of various protective runes, and the positioning of the players.
Moreover, a large part of the fight does not take place against Azshara but against her minions, who clutter the entire battlefield with numerous abilities.
A mix makes for a terrible fight: All these factors lead to Queen Azshara being regarded by some professionals as one of the “worst final bosses of all time”. The combination of boring, clichéd mechanics, excessive difficulty, and poor viewer experience seems to be too much.
The last boss fight against Jaina handled that better. Although there were also challenging mechanics, they were clearly visible to viewers. One could really cheer when the raid had to break an ice barrier to avoid being met with a freezing death.
How do you like the boss fight against Queen Azshara? Do you find it interesting as a player and viewer? Or do you share the opinion that it is not fun?
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Streamer PaladinAmber regularly battles sexist remarks from trolls during her stream. However, she takes it with humor and ruthlessly exposes the troublemakers in a humorous way.
Who is it about? The Twitch streamer PaladinAmber has, like many female Twitch users, regularly faced guys in her stream who come at her with stupid, sexist remarks. Frequently, they ask if she will show her breasts or if she can meet users for dates and one-night stands.
While such behavior unfortunately seems to occur frequently and often goes unpunished, PaladinAmber has developed an effective method to put trolls in their place.
She humorously exposes them and verbally dismantles them with mockery.
Fake News Overlay Against Sexism
This is how the streamer deals with trolls: Often, trolls and stupid remark-makers on Twitch are ignored or quickly return after a ban. Either with a new account or by simply harassing other streamers.
PaladinAmber, on the other hand, believes that it is much more effective to expose and mock the trolls. Then they often realize how inappropriate their behavior is and may change.
This is how the streamer does it: Whenever someone makes a stupid remark, for example, wanting to see her breasts, she switches to a new overlay. For the breast request, it was a telemarketing screen. There she “sells” for 19.95 the option to open a new tab in the browser and see tons of online boobs. Just for 19.95!
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Another time, she uses a kind of breaking news overlay to expose a user who asked if she was bisexual or single. Immediately it turned into a breaking news segment where she announced the following:
“I am a female being on the internet, but I don’t want to date any of you. This just in: It is really possible that people on the internet do not want to have horizontal tango with each other or with any of you. Therefore I now announce, it’s none of your damn business! It doesn’t matter. I’m a buddy-girl on the internet and if you like my content, then you can hang out here. You can even subscribe to me. You can not do that and still hang out here. That’s cool too. But don’t ask me about my sexual preferences or dating!”
Does the Tactic Work?
This is how the trolls react: Overall, the behavior of the troublemakers on her channel has become less toxic, says PaladinAmber via Kotaku. She believes it is more effective to show people their behavior than just to ban them. One troll even apologized and said he wants to improve.
On the other hand, there are also some guys who enjoy being the target of PaladinAmber’s overlay attacks in her stream. They then come into the chat and intentionally say the most disgusting things just to see how she reacts.
But even here, people tend to ask for quirky instead of deeply offensive things, for example, asking the streamer to show her feet.
PaladinAmber also states that while her tactic is effective against trolls, certainly not every streamer is emotionally stable and quick-witted enough to pull this off constantly.
Two special weapons created some particularly crazy moments in the PvP of Destiny 2. One has already been nerfed, the second one will be nerfed soon. But soon Bungie will also honor the former reign of terror of these two guns. And so a Guardian will also benefit from it.
These are the weapons: Do you remember the laser show shortly after the release of Destiny 2? And have you also been recently shredded by a particular exotic weapon (at least on PC)? Then you should know
This is how Bungie honors these two weapons: Even though it wasn’t intended by Bungie, both weapons caused some crazy moments and a chaotic time in the Crucible.
That is why the developers have come up with something special to keep the memory of the two guns alive. Both weapons will receive their own emblem in the game, with Lord of Wolves even getting its own triumph.
This is how you get the emblems: The emblem for Lord of Wolves is called “Wolves unleashed”.
To obtain it, you must have participated in a Iron Banner match this year between 7:00 PM on June 18 and 7:00 PM on June 25 or between 7:00 PM on July 23 and 7:00 PM on July 30.
The emblem for Lord of Wolves
All Guardians who meet this requirement will receive the “Lost History” package in their mailbox after update 2.5.2 on July 30. This will unlock a unique triumph. Once you redeem this, you will receive the corresponding emblem.
To honor the time when skulls were melted by the laser from the Prometheus Lens, Bungie has designed the emblem “Prismatic Inferno”.
Emblem for the Prometheus Lens
All Guardians who participated in a Crucible match between 7:00 PM on December 8 and 7:00 PM on December 12, 2017, will gain access to this emblem.
What was so special about the Prometheus Lens? The Prometheus Lens was introduced with the “Curse of Osiris” DLC and quickly earned the nickname Gjallar-Laser, referencing the powerful Gjallarhorn from Destiny 1. It also brought back memories of the overly powerful Vex Mythoclast (pre-nerf).
Because the exotic trace rifle was absolutely overpowered, killing enemies in just 0.5 seconds. Sometimes it was enough to merely graze a Guardian with the beam to cause them to perish.
Prometheus Lens in action
As a consequence, almost everyone who had the weapon ran around with it in the Crucible. Then Xur sold the weapon, so that nearly all Guardians could have fun with the Lens before it was nerfed into the ground by Bungie. The Trials weekend following the sale at Xur went down in history as the laser show in Destiny 2.
What was so special about Lord of Wolves? Lord of Wolves is intrinsically a weapon from the first spin-off, but it made its return to Destiny 2 some time ago with Forsaken. This exotic shotgun was a solid weapon from the start but then significantly benefited from a buff during a sandbox update.
Lord of Wolves
Its perk “Release the Wolves” was so powerful that the weapon simply wiped out everything in its path. Even against an active Super, it took a maximum of two shots (salvos) to take down the opposing Guardian.
Especially on PC with mouse and keyboard, the weapon terrorized many players. Many fans raised their voices and demanded an adjustment to the weapon, which took away fun from numerous players in the Crucible. On July 30, it is now time, and Lord of Wolves will also be nerfed.
Another teaser for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been released. In it, we can see the start of a multiplayer round, and fans are still in awe.
What does the teaser show? There is not much information about the game to be seen. You see how a round starts in multiplayer, as you are dropped from a helicopter and enter the match.
Many players are celebrating this teaser for Modern Warfare. Overall, the mood is very positive, as the previous teasers and details have been well received everywhere.
What was said about this: In line with the teaser, Activision also released a short text. It describes the scene in more detail:
It is day 215. Operation “Gun Runner” is in full swing as you drop out of a helicopter. As you crouch on the side of the helicopter, you hear a radio conversation and sit next to Operator “D-Day,” who is holding an assault rifle (with a short stock). It looks like you have chosen an assault rifle with a long barrel and a hybrid sight. As you jump onto the broken concrete ramp near this train station, you move out immediately and are ready for your first enemy contact.
What you have seen is one of the tactical entries of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare; this shows an entry into the multiplayer map currently referred to as “Gun Runner”. These entries usually happen between the moment you choose your multiplayer loadout and the start of the MP match.
What does this mean? It is something completely different from what we have known so far and allows a round to start dynamically.
However, there will also be other start sequences than these. What other sequences will look like is not known.
How are fans reacting? They are once again thrilled by Modern Warfare. We show you some statements from players on Reddit:
Overwatchjsi: “So cool, the game looks phenomenal. I hope they don’t ruin it with microtransactions.”
III-Urban-III: “I really wish they wouldn’t release a new CoD next year, but keep this one going with content updates.”
Vampire_Prince10: “Damn, such an intro for a map is so cool.”
When will there be more info? Modern Warfare will present the first gameplay on August 1. At 7 PM German time, you can watch the new gameplay on Twitch.
What do you think of this teaser? Are you now just as excited about the multiplayer?
The MMORPG Worlds Adrift is coming to an end. Today the gates close, but it will be celebrated with a big party.
Why is Worlds Adrift closing? As the developers have already explained, the MMORPG just couldn’t achieve the success that the team had hoped for and which would have been necessary for long-term operation.
Furthermore, the development simply took too long and focused too much on the functionality of the game and too little on exciting content. The problem with griefers was something the developers could never really get under control. Constant attacks robbed newcomers of the fun right from the start.
In the end, the team had no choice but to cease operations now.
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When do the gates close? Today marks the end. However, Worlds Adrift invites all players to participate in a big party.
This party starts today around 4 PM. It will last about six hours and then the lights will go out. After that, fans of Worlds Adrift will have to say goodbye.
What can players expect from the party? The developers promise it will be a very special event. The end of the world will be celebrated appropriately.
How are the fans reacting? Players are sad because they have already developed an emotional bond with the MMORPG and actually found the game quite good. They want to gather one last time for the party to give Worlds Adrift the worthy farewell it deserves.
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Worlds Adrift is not the only MMORPG that has said goodbye to its community with a big event.
Final Fantasy XIV: The first version of the MMORPG was released in 2010 but could not captivate the fans. Therefore, the version was discontinued at the end of 2012. The developers made meteors and even the moon rain down on the fantasy world of Hydaelyn, and huge armies clashed. Subsequently, the world was reborn in the new version of FF14.
Devilian:The action RPG was closed in March 2018. Players of the online game gathered together at the end in the game to celebrate one last, big party together. The end was then rather unspectacular with a “Stopped Working” error message.
Bethesda has deployed a new hotfix to the servers of Fallout 76 . This only affects the PvP mode, but affects all players equally. The best players are now an even greater threat.
What kind of hotfix is this? The new hotfix was released on July 25 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It ensures that the top-ranked players in the Survival Mode are no longer displayed on the map.
Since a patch that also brought special PvP weapons, the top 3 in the rankings are the players with the most kills. Their positions were previously visible on the map, allowing other players to hunt them. This is no longer the case.
How large is the hotfix? The size varies depending on the platform:
For PC, the hotfix is about 50MB
For PS4 and Xbox One, the size is nearly 1GB
If the patcher indicates a larger size, Bethesda claims it’s a display error. The actual size is as stated here.
Hotfix from July 25, 2019 – Patch Notes
How are players now more dangerous? Due to this small change, it is now more difficult for other players to find the best ones on their server. Previously, it was quite easy to directly hunt down the top players and thus find exciting battles.
Since they are no longer displayed on the map, the best players can potentially get more kills. After all, they are no longer visible to every opponent at all times and can sneak around more easily.
What changes for me? However, since only up to 32 players can be on the huge map, battles may also become generally rarer. Kills will become more valuable, as the best players can no longer be simply hunted.
Anyone who wants to be in first place now has to put in the effort. Because the change also means that no players (and thus potential kills) will flock to the top players anymore. The fight for the top will definitely be more strenuous now.
What else is changing in PvP: Along with the change on the map, the weapons for PvP have been adjusted:
The damage multiplier in PvP has been removed. Weapons now deal similar base damage as in Adventure Mode
Some damage bonuses from upgraded weapons have been reduced. This makes battles more balanced, and certain builds are no longer too strong
The maximum damage that a weapon can deal in PvP has been lowered
Battles should become more exciting again and also last a bit longer, instead of players being simply shot from behind.
Specifically, it has been confirmed that there is indeed a problem with legendary loot. This should drop more frequently in the future. However, the work on the solution will slightly shift the “Meat” event from July 30 to August 1:
In Pokémon GO you can now find various raid bosses from Team Rocket. We show you an overview of all current Pokémon in raids.
That’s why there are new bosses: A Team Rocket event is currently running, which is why the raid bosses have changed. Numerous Pokémon that Team Rocket has battled in the console games are now in the raids.
In addition to the new Pokémon, there are still numerous counters against Mewtwo in the raids, as the special Mewtwo with armor is still the level-5 boss.
What’s special about the list: Currently, the pool of possible raid Pokémon is extremely large. Sometimes there are 9 different Pokémon at one raid level. Normally, there are usually 4 to 5 Pokémon here.
Which bosses are worth it? As a counter against Mewtwo, you should rely on Despotar and Gengar. They are among the top counters.
Also interesting is Sniebel, as its evolution Snibunna is a top counter and this Pokémon can also be shiny since the event started. In raids, you have a good opportunity.
This is what the shiny family of Sniebel looks like
Which Pokémon can be shiny? The list of possible shinies is long again. Especially in the small raid levels, many possible shinies are included:
The PlayStation 4 will soon receive the new firmware 7.00. Some players can already test the beta version. What are the new features?
How can you get firmware 7.00? Currently, only selected users have access to the new firmware. These players can invite 19 more friends to join. So if you have such an invitation, you can bring in additional testers.
The general public will, therefore, be excluded for now, and the new firmware will still be tested.
This fan request has been fulfilled: Many PS4 players have complained about the small party size on the console. Until now, you could be in a party with 8 participants and talk.
Now the group size is increased to 16. So those playing with many friends can now talk in larger parties.
This feature was already included in a previous test firmware but was ultimately removed along with the test version. Now there is another attempt.
Fewer restarts required: What will also please many players is fewer restarts. If the PS4 needs to perform minor system updates, it will not restart afterwards, but it should run in the background.
However, this probably only applies to minor updates. Larger versions will still involve a restart.
You can now change the picture: A HDR option also comes with the new firmware. As players report on Reddit , you can now adjust your picture to be brighter or darker step by step.
This feature has also been requested by some players, as it allows them to better adjust the picture to their preferences.
An update has been announced for the heavily debated Shai class of the MMORPG Black Desert Online. This update transforms the class, originally designed for “Social,” into better fighters.
What is a Shai? The Shai class (and race) was introduced to the MMORPG Black Desert Online in June. It is a support class that aids its allies with buffs, healing, and shields. It is the first healing class in the online game. However, it can also attack with a boomerang.
The Shai are not really designed for combat, but rather for the “Social” part of the MMORPG. They are meant to play differently, allowing players to focus on the social aspects of BDO.
However, many players want to be able to fight with their characters. This has led to a desire for the Shai to become more effective in combat.
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New Musical Talents
What does the update bring? Pearl Abyss has announced that the Shai class will receive new abilities and can unlock talents as a result.
From Level 56, you will complete a quest line that grants you the magical leaf of the Maestra, the “Sol” item, which allows you to learn music.
You will decide based on the abilities whether you want to play a “Tring” in the form of a lute, the “Tute” with a flute, or the “TamTam” on three drums. Depending on the instrument, you will unlock further abilities that you use in combat. The main abilities include:
Misty Haze – a beautiful sound that puts the listener to sleep
Harder, Faster! – an energetic sound that strengthens your allies
Forest’s Echo – a sound with the power of nature that prevents your enemies from moving
The new update makes the class significantly more relevant for combat. It’s worth playing Shai now even if you’re not just in the “Social” area, but also want to experience adventures and fight.
When is the update coming? The Shai class will receive the new abilities on July 31st.
A Controversial People
How are the Shai currently received? When the race was announced, there were controversial discussions about their appearance. The Shai are small and delicate, resembling children. Therefore, the model for the “western” version of Black Desert was given pajamas. The Shai people in our version do not wear regular underwear.
This has led to discussions about “preemptive censorship.” Additionally, many find the pajamas unattractive. Pearl Abyss explained that they wanted to consider cultural differences in various countries. Nevertheless, this discussion is still ongoing in the community of the MMORPG.
Nonetheless, the Shai class has managed to win the hearts of many players. Especially those who like such cute races, so-called “Loli” races, appreciate the Shai and are now looking forward to the update that will give the class even more depth.
Moreover, many are glad that the Shai can now be better utilized in fights and can be used more diversely.
The current final boss of World of Warcraft is too hard. For days, the professional guilds have been failing against Azshara. Now a nerf is coming that could signal the end.
Queen Azshara has proven to be quite a tough final boss in World of Warcraft, at least in the mythical mode. The big professional guilds like Limit and Method have already racked up several hundred attempts and are barely managing to bring Azshara to 50% of her health. However, the subsequent phase transition has so far almost always spelled death.
Azshara is still holding her own – especially due to her minions.
What is the problem? The battle against Queen Azshara has many phases where there is a lot to keep track of. Especially the third phase is currently nearly impossible to clear. Additional enemies (adds) appear here, which must be defeated quickly.
There are only 2 minutes for this, as after that the adds go into an enrage and kill the raid within seconds. The adds also enrage when Azshara drops to 50% health, initiating the next phase.
This is also the reason why the best pulls of the guilds Method and Limit are at around 50% remaining health of Azshara and little progress is being made.
7 guilds are at 7/8 bosses. Image source: wowprogress
This is how Blizzard plans to improve things: Meanwhile, the developers have announced a clear nerf for Azshara. They are increasing the enrage timer for the adds that appear in the fight to 3 minutes. This gives raid groups a full minute more time to defeat the respective enemies and prepare for the phase transition. This should result in the adds rarely going into an enrage – unless Azshara reaches the magical 50% threshold too early.
Is that enough to defeat Azshara? Whether the nerf is enough to finally bring Azshara down will likely be shown in a few hours. However, it should not be forgotten that the Naga lady still has around 50% of her health remaining and that the professional guilds need to master further mechanics in the last phase. In any case, the nerf should ensure that the guilds can soon push well below the 50% mark.
Are you following the “World First” race regarding Queen Azshara? Which guild do you think deserves the first kill?
In a short while, Destiny 2 will receive the new update 2.5.2. This patch will address numerous issues and bugs that have been plaguing Guardians for some time. What is changing?
This update is about: Next Tuesday, July 30, the new update 2.5.2 will be released. This patch will not only bring the new summer event, Solstice of Heroes, to the game but will also tackle some annoying problems that Destiny 2 is currently facing.
What’s changing in Destiny 2 with update 2.5.2
Where is the information coming from? In the recent “This Week at Bungie” blog, Bungie revealed the changes players can expect next Tuesday. They have only presented a few highlights, and there will be more changes coming. However, these will only be published in the respective patch notes on the day of the update.
Eisenbanner grind for the armor quest will be easier: Since the start of Season 7, set pieces of the new Iron Banner armor have to be obtained through a quest. However, many Guardians felt that this was too grind-heavy, and some steps were artificially prolonged. Many fans were annoyed by this new quest.
As announced by Bungie, the requirements for some steps of this quest will be adjusted for future Iron Banner events, such as:
The number of required grenade kills will be reduced by 50%. Grenade kills by allies count just as much as your own. Many Guardians believe this is one of the most annoying steps ever.
The number of required sword kills will be reduced, and sword kills by allies count just as much as your own.
Penalty for cheating in the Bad Juju quest is coming: Not everyone has earned the Exotic weapon Bad Juju from Season 7 honestly. Some Guardians have cheated in this quest and taken shortcuts on the necessary tributes. Bungie will now take action against this.
An annoying triumph for the tribute hall will be adjusted: There was long confusion about how to earn two tributes.
Finally, Bungie explained that they can only be earned by playing a weapons and armor loadout that consists of specific Calus items, meaning it exclusively comes from the following activities:
Leviathan Raid
Taken King Raid Zone
Starfire Protocol Raid Zone
The Menagerie (Opulent set pieces for armor)
“Crown of Sorrows” Raid
Bungie is soon making life easier for Guardians. Here’s what’s changing for these tributes:
The tributes “Gladiator of the Emperor” (Earn Valor in the Crucible) and “Rogue in Uniform” (Earn Infamy in Gambit) no longer require a full Calus gear loadout to make progress.
Players will now earn more progress, just like with other tributes, the more Calus items they equip.
Sword drops in the Menagerie will be adjusted: For some players, the new class swords from the Menagerie were a mystery. They are reserved for the heroic mode of this activity. While many received them right away upon their first heroic completion, others haven’t seen them at all. This is set to change as follows:
On the very first successful run of the heroic mode in the Menagerie, the corresponding class sword will drop with 100% probability.
In all subsequent successful runs, you will have a 25% chance of receiving a sword.
Annoying performance issues will be fixed: Destiny 2 has been facing performance issues for some time. These should now be resolved with the new update.
For example, the extremely annoying issue where players could not spawn during a Crucible match will be fixed.
Notifications about successfully completed bounties and quests should also be displayed correctly again.
What do you think about these changes? Is there any urgent issue in Destiny 2 in your view that needs addressing? Keep in mind that this is just a sample selection and not a complete list of all changes.
In Pokémon GO a new event around Team Rocket has started. For the first time, there are Shiny Rettan and Shiny Smogon to catch, but also 2 other shinies are new.
What kind of event is this? Team Rocket is back and has also brought this event. There are 4 new shinies, special raid bosses, and eggs that contain Team Rocket Pokémon.
How long will the event last? The events have been running since last night and will continue until August 1st. It will end at 10 PM German time.
All about the Event with Team Rocket
What are the bonuses? The main factor here is clearly the new shinies. There are 4 of them. Otherwise, it revolves around Pokémon that you already know from the anime and the console games in connection with Team Rocket.
The following 4 Pokémon can now be shiny: Rettan, Smogon, Sniebel, and Zubat
Special Pokémon are hatching more frequently from eggs
New raid bosses dominate the arenas
What’s up with the shinies? While Niantic announced Rettan and Smogon as shiny, Sniebel and Zubat have been confirmed by diligent players.
All new shinies at a glance
All shinies look significantly different from their normal form, so you don’t have to worry about missing them.
These Pokémon can be found in eggs: A total of 16 Pokémon are said to be found more frequently in eggs. Here’s the list:
Rattfratz
Rettan
Sandan
Zubat
Mauzi
Machollo
Magnetilo
Sleima
Nebulak
Traumato
Tragosso
Smogon
Kramurx
Sniebel
Hunduster
Fiffyen
What else is happening at the event? Currently, Team Rocket can be found almost everywhere. The spawn rate at the PokéStops is very high.
What Pokémon are spawning more frequently? Especially the spawns of Rettan and Smogon are increased. Otherwise, you are also more likely to find Pokémon that are also frequently found in eggs.
What do you think of the event? Will you go on a shiny hunt?
In Borderlands 3 an old acquaintance returns, who initially had nothing to his name. Now he owns an entire planet.
In a few weeks, the long-awaited release of Borderlands 3 is finally coming. This much-anticipated loot shooter continues the story of its predecessors and brings back some characters from Tales From The Borderlands. The main character of the game, Rhys, is also back in action – in his new role as CEO of Atlas.
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Who is Rhys? Rhys was one of the protagonists from Tales from the Borderlands. At that time, he was still an employee of Hyperion, but always aimed to step into the shoes of Handsome Jack. He almost succeeds too well because an AI modeled after Handsome Jack ends up in his cyborg components and tries to carry out its own plans.
Although Rhys was portrayed as a “loser” in the game, he evolves into a calculating and witty hero, who ultimately reaps his reward – control over the Atlas corporation.
What is Rhys’ role in Borderlands 3? In Borderlands 3, Rhys is the current CEO of the mega-corporation Atlas. Thus, Rhys is also on the planet Promethea, where Atlas’s main base is located.
Here, for the first time, the technique of the Eridians was found, the strange aliens from Borderlands 1. Atlas decoded this technology and created their own weapons from it.
The planet Promethea is currently under the control of Rhys and Atlas, although the weapon manufacturer is in open war with Maliwan (another arms manufacturer). Aside from that, there are also plenty of other creatures on Promethea that want to dominate the city planet and assault the automated turrets of the weapon manufacturers.
Rhys has a funny last name: The trailer also revealed the long-unknown last name of Rhys: Strongfork, which translates to something like “Strong Fork”. Whether this rather strange name has a backstory, we will surely learn during Borderlands 3, as players will likely have quite a bit to do with Rhys.
Are you looking forward to finally seeing Rhys again? Or did he annoy you to no end in Tales From the Borderlands?
Today, July 26, shortly after the release of Title Update 5, there will be emergency maintenance for The Division 2on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. There will be several hours of downtime, so the Division servers will go offline. Here is everything you need to know about the maintenance process as well as the patch notes.
Unscheduled maintenance is coming: Yesterday, Thursday, the usual weekly maintenance was skipped. However, for today, Friday, emergency maintenance has now been scheduled – luckily, not during prime time.
When is The Division 2 offline today and when can players return?
Here’s the official schedule for today’s work on the Division servers:
The maintenance is set to begin at 9:30 AM German time. At the same time, the server downtime will start.
According to Massive, the maintenance work is estimated to take about 3 hours. During this time, you will not be able to play – at least not The Division 2.
If everything goes according to plan, the servers are expected to be back online by 12:30 PM German time. Then you can dive back into the battles for D.C.
What changes today during maintenance? The primary reason for the maintenance appears to be an issue with the Defender Drone. This skill has been faulty since the release of Title Update 5. Using this drone can cause the skill user to become completely immune to all incoming damage for a period of time.
Especially in PvP, this phenomenon currently ruins the experience for many players – especially when encountering a full team that exploits this bug.
What do the patch notes say? The official patch notes are now available – here’s what’s included:
A bug has been fixed that made the Defender Drone temporarily invulnerable to its user.
A crash issue was resolved that sometimes caused the game to crash when a team member was kicked.
A problem was fixed where the Firefly skill could not target more than 3 enemies.
A problem was resolved where the notification for level-ups or new field expertise was not displayed correctly.
FIFA fans have been wanting new features for Pro Clubs for years. In FIFA 20, it seems to finally be happening. Learn everything about the updates to Pro Clubs here.
EA has released a new blog post, which discusses the changes and new features for the Pro Club mode in FIFA 20. According to EA Sports, they listened to fan feedback and reworked the popular mode based on that. We are excited.
This is the “Pro Clubs” mode: Pro Clubs is a FIFA game mode where you create your own player and take control of them. You choose a playing position and play that in online matches to improve your Pro player.
The focus is mainly on the cooperative fun that you can have with friends.
EA announces new features: EA Sports has overhauled the Pro Clubs mode for the first time in several years and announced many new features, additionally, they want to fix well-known bugs. Among the biggest changes is the creation of the Pro player. This process has been completely redesigned and now offers more options.
Player customization
This is new: In FIFA 20, there will be a completely new editor for creating the Pro player. This will retain all features of the old editor and offer additional customization options, including:
Free face modeling
Precise adjustment of skin tone
There will also be changes to the attributes and physical characteristics of the Pro Player, including:
Weight and height affect the player’s movements
Stamina has been reworked – choosing too much stamina will affect other skills
House Rules Cups – Each week there will be a new cup that players can compete in online, with the house rules rotating each day.
Practice Match – In practice matches, you can play alone or with your friends in Pro Clubs against computer-controlled teams. Here, the strength and behavior of the CPU opponent are fully adjustable.
When playing the “All” position, stamina no longer drains too quickly
In the free-kick wall, large midfielders and forwards can now also stand, not just defenders
The celebrations after winning a tournament can be fully viewed
The goalkeeper can be captain again without affecting the game’s stability
Visual enhancements: In addition to gameplay changes, Pro Clubs will also improve visually. The stadium atmosphere and broadcast graphics are expected to look better and visually match the other online modes of FIFA 20.
Additionally, you can now celebrate goals with your whole team, as after a goal, not just the scorer is in the spotlight anymore. The camera zooms out and shows the entire team.
This opens up all doors for choreographed celebrations with friends.
What do you think of the changes in Pro Clubs? Are there any more features you think are missing? Tell us on Facebook.
In Destiny 2, the summer event Solstice of Heroes is just around the corner. Many Guardians are already looking forward to it. However, this also brings a change that concerns many fans. What’s going on?
What is the Solstice of Heroes? The Solstice of Heroes is an annual summer event that marks the end of the respective Destiny year, in this case, the second, allowing Guardians to celebrate their achievements and accomplishments.
Traditionally, there are also a variety of new theme-inspired cosmetic items through the Eververse. However, this year the Solstice event gets a significant change from Bungie.
This is what the change is about: Although there will still be many event-specific items through the Eververse during the Solstice of Heroes 2019, these can no longer be earned in the form of event engrams. The event engrams for the Eververse will be completely removed for the Solstice. Whether this will also apply to subsequent events is not yet known.
The individual event items can then be purchased directly from Tess Everis’s shop using real-money currency Silver and the in-game currency Glimmer. Each event-specific item will be guaranteed available during the Solstice event for Glimmer.
Previously, every level-up after reaching the maximum character level during events rewarded players with double Glimmer engrams: one from the respective season and one event engram, from which the event-specific rewards were obtained—alongside the existing Eververse offerings.
There was a duplicate protection for event engrams. An item could only be obtained again once all items from the event loot pool were already collected. Players considered this a fair and balanced method to obtain event rewards.
What does this mean for players? Specifically, this means: Apart from the armor, you will now receive event-specific rewards if you pay for them—either with Silver or Glimmer. You can no longer earn them.
If you
only have limited Glimmer reserves and have little time during the event to earn more
and/or do not acquire enough Glimmer by dismantling existing Eververse items
then it might be difficult for you to collect all the desired items from the summer event.
What do the fans say? Although the prices for the items are not yet known, many players fear that Guardians with little Glimmer may be pushed to reach for their wallets if they really want to have this or that item.
In the past, you had a good chance to earn everything completely for free through the event engrams—given enough time. Many fans now say that the event has lost a lot of its appeal for them since they have little Glimmer but do not want to spend money on the new items.
Many consider the event engrams in their previous form to be one of the best decisions Bungie made regarding the previously criticized Eververse, and therefore cannot understand this step.
Others support this change because now each event item can be specifically purchased with in-game currency. Chance is completely eliminated, provided you have enough Glimmer or, if necessary, Silver—a change many players have desired for some time, especially when they have little time to play.
Whether it will indeed become easier to acquire sufficient Glimmer remains to be seen. Some think it is conceivable that Bungie wants to prevent larger accumulations of Glimmer.
What do you think of this change? Right decision? Or do you wish for the event engrams with the previous system back?Let us know in the comments.
Guild Wars 2 has announced legendary runes and sigils for the upcoming patch on Tuesday, July 30. Players fear, based on initial information, that the costs for this new feature could explode.
What is special about the legendary runes and sigils? In Guild Wars 2, armor pieces can be upgraded with runes and weapons with sigils. Besides the actual attributes of the weapon, these upgrades provide additional bonuses.
Legendary equipment has the unique feature that the attributes can be changed freely at any time. This was not possible with runes and sigils before. They had to be manually swapped constantly.
How do the new runes and sigils work? In the first step, you need to create a legendary upgrade at the Mystic Forge. This is then applied to an armor piece or weapon.
After that, you can change the values of this legendary upgrade at any time. These upgrades can be applied to any armor and weapon and removed without an extractor.
However, they have no special effect. They can also be combined with existing exotic runes to obtain the set bonuses.
The image shows how to select any rune in a legendary version:
Why are players skeptical? To create the new version, the Mystic Forge is required. A new gift must be used, which must be unlocked during an event. And this gift is causing players concerns.
A data miner found the Gift of Upgrades weeks ago, which could have been introduced into the game specifically for this purpose. It requires:
250x Piles of Shimmering Crystals
250x Talisman of Brilliance
250x Talisman of Skill
250x Talisman of Power
The prices of these materials were already high beforehand and have exploded now. The talismans cost between 55 silver and 1.2 gold. For each upgrade alone, that would be over 700 gold.
For all six armor pieces and four weapon slots, one would need over 7,000 gold. For that amount, you could easily buy all the runes and sigils in the game in multiple copies along with large bags for storage.
This new feature is, from the perspective of many players on Reddit, not an improvement but rather aims to rip gold from players’ pockets.
How is the recipe for the Mystic Forge unlocked? To get the recipe for the legendary upgrades, a community event in Lion’s Arch must be carried out first.
On July 30, along with the release of the patch, an event will begin where players can use piles of shimmering crystals in exchange for loot bags.
Once enough has been donated by all players, the recipe will unlock globally for everyone.
This new feature also comes again without a new episode of the Living World. Small patches are piling up, which our author Alexander Leitsch appreciates:
Wolfenstein: Youngblood will be released today, on July 25 on PC. Shortly thereafter on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. During the pre-test, our author Benedict noticed an Easter egg that everyone should see.
What is this Easter egg? While playing and testing the new Wolfenstein, I noticed some slot machines that are standing around in the catacombs, the resistance base, during my second session. You don’t even need co-op for them.
Unlike the machines elsewhere, these can be used. And they run “Elite Hans”, a quite old-looking but very amusing game that proves to be a fantastic Easter egg at first glance.
The “Elite Hans” machines in the catacombs.
Elite Hans, or: The Story of Wolfenstein
Who or what is Elite Hans? Elite Hans is a character in Wolfenstein: Youngblood who has a game series of the same name. You can play “Elite Hans 2: The New Order” at the machines. (Note: The character is written with a hyphen, the game without)
The games are integrated with old 3D graphics with many pixels and rudimentary controls. You can aim left and right and move on a level, similar to the old parts of Serious Sam or DOOM.
Elite Hans himself is a blue-eyed, blonde fighter in his games who fights against Americans, Soviets, and other opponents to escape from buildings that look heavily like prisons.
The character has existed in Wolfenstein for a longer time. He was already used as propaganda in the direct predecessor “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus” and even a video game about Elite Hans was playable.
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That’s why the game is so important: The “Elite Hans” series and specifically “Elite Hans 2” is visually almost an exact copy of the classic game “Wolfenstein 3D” from 1992. Almost everything looks identical.
The only difference is that you play as a war veteran in “Elite Hans” who takes on the Wiesenau Circle and fights B.J. Blazkowicz – that very Blazkowicz who is the protagonist of the Wolfenstein games.
A major and important factor is: The game is a lot of fun. In my first session, I needed nine levels and 15 minutes for the first of the two episodes (“Escape from Wolfstone”). I haven’t quite finished the second episode (“Operation: Terror”). However, after my impressions of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Elite Hans really captivated me.
How does Youngblood handle this? What I find splendid about the Easter egg is how Youngblood implements “Elite Hans”. There is quite a bit of backstory available for “Elite Hans” here, unlike in the predecessors.
You can find a cassette in the game where a Swedish resistance fighter explains the character of Elite Hans and the game series. A sequel to the game called “Return to Castle Wolfstone” was also supposed to be released, but it never came due to the revolution in America.
He also says that he would like to access the source data. He would then want to create a game where you play as a resistance fighter. And to make it sound a bit more Germanic, he would name it “Castle Wolfenstein” … Well, does it ring a bell?
Anyone who wants to see Elite Hans can play Youngblood on PC starting July 25 at 7:00 PM. The release for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch is on July 26.
The Diablo MMO Pagan Online finally has a release date and will be officially launching soon. The developers have planned a ton of new content and features, including a function that the community has long desired.
What is Pagan Online? This game is an action RPG like Diablo that you can play online with other players. It takes place in a wild world shaped by Slavic mythology where you drop down from the sky as a hero to smash a lot of monsters and collect loot in fast-paced action.
The game is being developed under the aegis of Wargaming and is currently available in Early Access for PC. That is set to change soon, as a release date has finally been announced.
Release and a ton of new content
When is Pagan Online coming? The release date for the game is set for August 27, 2019.
What does Pagan Online cost? You can buy the game at launch for 24.99 Euro. The early access version is currently available on Steam for 16.99 Euro.
What else will be included in the release? Similar to the infamous “Big Fucking Patch” earlier in July, the release update of Pagan includes a lot of content:
Complete story campaign with 8 acts and new maps and bosses
Two more heroes, an ice construct with two weapons and a guy who burns everything
You can make legendary weapons even more powerful and upgrade them to “Fabled Weapons”
Ultra-rare gear sets
Looting and crafting will be revamped to become more meaningful
Each hero will get a new skill tree
Endgame content for those who have seen everything else
Finally Controller Support
This is what players wanted the most: In addition to all these goodies, there’s another feature that the developers say was particularly close to the fans’ hearts. Pagan Online was designed for PC gamers and only utilized control via WASD.
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However, an “overwhelming majority” of players would have liked to connect a gamepad and play with it. Action RPGs are simply more fun for many players like that.
Therefore, the developers came to a realization, and with the launch on August 27, the long-awaited controller support for Pagan Online will also be added.
