Bungie announces a new era for Destiny 2 – What the hell do they mean by that?

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For Destiny 2, developer Bungie has now announced that they will soon talk about a “new era” of the online shooter Destiny 2 and their own new era. What could they mean by that?

This is the statement from Bungie: In the last “This Week at Bungie,” Community Manager DeeJ made this announcement:

Once Season 7 has started and the raid belts have been distributed, we will look deeper into the future and share more about Bungie’s new era and Destiny 2.

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DeeJ – loves to speak in words of the XXL category.

Why is this exciting? Four questions arise from this statement:

  • When exactly will Bungie present this new era?
  • When does the new era of Destiny 2 and Bungie begin?
  • What does Bungie’s new era without Activision support look like?
  • What is planned for the new era of Destiny 2 – how will the shooter continue after the year with the Annual Pass?
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When will the era be discussed? That is probably the easiest question. It can only refer to the E3 2019. It basically starts on June 8, so that’s only two weeks away.

At the fair, Bungie also introduced previous expansions. However, this time there is no Sony press conference – so we’ll have to see where Destiny 2 appears.

DeeJ’s statement also means that we will learn nothing about Destiny 3 at E3 2019, as DeeJ specifically talks about the new era of “Destiny 2”, not the Destiny franchise.

Update 2.6.: Meanwhile, we know that the announcement will come even sooner. Information should already be available on June 6.

When does the new era begin? It is expected to begin in September 2019. Traditionally, that is the start of a Destiny year. However, in 2019, Borderlands 3 takes the release spot that had previously been reserved for major Destiny releases.

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What is the new era for Bungie? After the separation from Activision, Bungie is on its own, and Activision’s support studios are also gone.

The “fate” of Bungie now lies in their own hands, as Luke Smith once said.

They have broadened their scope as a studio, possibly looking to develop additional games and collaborating with Chinese companies.

We still do not know whether and how Bungie will present itself in this “new era”. At least many leaders who Destiny players knew for years have now left.

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Josh Hamrick, always wearing a hat – the new era of Bungie begins without him.

What is the new era for Destiny 2? This is currently completely open. It boils down to more or less three options:

  • Another Annual Pass (Year 2 for Destiny 2) or paid, small DLCs (Year 1 for Destiny 1 and 2)
  • Free updates and smaller expansions (Year 2/3 for Destiny 1)
  • A mega surprise would be if there were a “big expansion” like Forsaken in September 2019 – along with either option 1 or 2. Activision actually excluded this at the time with the comment that they expect no major revenues from Destiny in 2019.

Let’s see what the “new era” of Bungie and Destiny 2 will bring. One thing is clear: at the moment, Bungie’s communication still sounds like the “old era,” but the new one hasn’t started yet.

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Dead by Daylight: How the worst killer will finally become strong again

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The developers of Dead by Daylight announced how Freddy Krueger is to be revamped. The Nightmare Killer is finally going to be dangerous again.

What is the problem? Freddy Krueger has long been a playable killer in Dead by Daylight, but he fell out of favor with fans shortly after his release. It was not fun to play against him, and playing as him was a frustrating experience.

After months of delays, the developers of Dead by Daylight have finally announced his rework and revealed some initial details. He will get completely new abilities.

The new abilities of Freddy Krueger in Dead by Daylight

Overall, the entire set of abilities is being overhauled:

  • The sleep mode will be adjusted and is now something that happens passively with the survivors.
  • Additionally, Freddy can perform different actions in the dream world.
Freddy is laughing – his rework seems to be good.

This is how the new sleep rhythm works: The sleep now comes passively over the survivors; Freddy no longer needs to use it actively. The passage of time ensures that the survivors sink deeper into sleep. The most important thing is that Freddy can now attack the survivors at any time – regardless of which phase they are in.

Phase 1: In “micro-sleep,” the survivors can hear Freddy’s terror radius. However, they can only spot him in the distance for a few seconds before he becomes invisible and disappears. Only in direct proximity to the killer is he permanently visible.

Phase 2: Freddy is more recognizable as the survivors slowly transition into the dream world. What other gameplay impacts this might have has not been disclosed.

Phase 3: The survivor is fully in the dream world. They no longer hear Freddy’s terror radius, but instead hear singing. This makes it harder to judge the distance to the killer. Additionally, the survivor in the dream world can now be affected by Freddy’s dream abilities.

Survivors will still be able to wake each other up. Alternatively, there are objects on the map (apparently a table with a large alarm clock) that survivors can use to wake themselves up.

Freddy will be able to teleport to generators.

What are Freddy’s dream abilities? In the dream world, Freddy can manipulate the game world and place certain objects that can only be seen by survivors in deep sleep.

The developers are still uncertain if both of these abilities will come; one could also be made available through an addon:

  • Dream Snares: Freddy can place snares on the ground. Sleeping survivors who step into the radius of the snare trigger it and are significantly slowed down for a while.
  • Dream Pallets: Freddy can place “false” pallets in the dream world in locations where pallets would normally appear. These pallets look like normal pallets in the dream world but explode in a fountain of blood when survivors use them, thus having no effect.

Freddy can now teleport: Additionally, Freddy has received a new ability, as he no longer has to actively put survivors to sleep. Instead, he can now target a generator across the entire map and activate his ability. The targeted generator sprays blood to indicate that Freddy is materializing here before he actually arrives.

The generator sprays blood just before Freddy will appear.

When will the rework be released? There is still no exact date for Freddy’s rework. However, from the roadmap for Year 4 of Dead by Daylight, it can be inferred that the rework for Freddy is to take place in the “Mid Chapter Patch 12.” This would be in about 2 months, so early August 2019. However, this date might change.

Keep in mind with all these details that this is still “work in progress” – many details may change before the release of the rework.

What do you think about the developers’ ideas for Freddy? Will he be a cooler killer who resembles more of his movie counterparts? Or are they just making the problem worse?

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Players praise the ESO community: “Much friendlier than in WoW”

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 4 minutes

The players of The Elder Scrolls Online are considered particularly friendly. On Reddit, players praise the community of the MMORPG, which is said to be nicer and more helpful than, for example, in WoW.

Not only did Kai Schober, the Community Manager of ESO in Germany, point out in our last stream about ESO on MAX that the community of The Elder Scrolls Online is remarkably nice, friendly, and helpful.

Also on Reddit, the player “Warhungry” praises what he considers a great community of the game and compares it to World of Warcraft: “After three days in the game, I can already say that the people here are much nicer than in WoW. And much more helpful. And not as cranky as in WoW. I love this community!”

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The players in The Elder Scrolls Online are so nice

The kind words from Warhungry quickly resonated with the mentioned community. The thread received over 200 comments and 700 upvotes (as of June 1, 2019, at 2:45 PM). Some were simply pleased about the nice words:

  • “ESO is the Canada of MMOs”
  • “I raise my dorsal fin in greeting!” [Typical greeting of the Argonian lizardfolk]

Others provided clear examples of how they were positively surprised by the community:

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“I was level 30 and asked in the chat if someone could craft me gear for leveling. For a fee, of course. I received a private message immediately asking about my class and build. Shortly thereafter, I was given two full armor and weapon sets, and he even said to let him know when I am champion level 160, then I would get even more. I’ve never experienced something like this in 5 years of MMOs!”

A similar example was actually mentioned during our ESO stream about Elsweyr on MAX, where a player reported that she received 50,000 coins when she asked about mounts to buy a horse.

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Another player describes his three years in ESO as follows:

“My character name is Quen, and someone once wrote to me calling me an idiot because I had misspelled “Queen”. That was pretty much the peak of the meanness I have ever experienced in ESO. The ESO community is a picnic with teddy bears compared to other MMO communities.”

Are there no negative examples? Only in one aspect are not all players united in their view of the friendliness of the ESO community: Dungeons seem to occasionally cause negative moods:

  • “When you start trials [raids] and veteran dungeons, you’ll experience the same crap as in WoW and other MMOs.”
  • “Too many bad experiences. And then someone always talks trash like ‘How can you have champion rank 300 and not know how x or y works?'”
  • “Veteran dungeons on Xbox are really cancer! You get people at levels 500 to 800 who have no idea what they’re supposed to do and just keep insulting or kicking the player with the lowest level.”

But there are counterarguments that also apply in the dungeon area

  • “I was once insulted and kicked, and once someone explained everything to me again in a friendly manner.”
  • Typically, it is worse during double XP events. All the “elite players” come in droves and want to grab their rewards. And they are usually much less relaxed than the majority of players.

That’s why dungeons are still more relaxed than in WoW: One player finds the dungeons in ESO much more relaxed than in WoW. The reason is that in WoW with mythic+ instances, there would be a time limit, which would greatly encourage toxic behavior among players. In ESO, however, you can take your time and calmly explain the boss to the newcomers.

Jürgen’s conclusion: The ESO community is great

I, Jürgen, can only confirm the statements of ESO players. The community is very helpful and I’ve also received gifts from strangers, in my case fresh fruit.

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In dungeons, my teammates were usually friendly and helpful. I can only remember one time when I was insulted and attacked. And in that case, I really acted very dumb and probably deserved it.

But enough about me: What do you think about the statement that ESO has one of the nicest communities in the MMORPG genre?

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10 million see legendary tournament Fortnite Friday – 2 kids win

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The legendary tournament “Fortnite Friday” has now returned on Friday. And it was precisely the 15-year-old, whom his mother took out of school, who won the tournament with his partner, beating professionals like Ninja or Ghost Kamo. According to the organizer, more than 10 million viewers tuned in across all channels.

What is Friday Fortnite? In the early days of Epic, “Friday Fortnite” was the major tournament from the community.

The controversial content creator “Keemstar” recognized the hype around Fortnite early on and promoted Fortnite Friday with a sponsor. Every Friday, some of the biggest Fortnite stars at the time, such as Ninja, Tfue, or Myth, competed against each other.

They earned their first laurels, made a name for themselves, and drew attention to their Twitch channels.

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The controversial organizer Keemstar, Source Twitter

The tournament was popular, and millions tuned in every week.

However, the tournament series was discontinued in July 2018, when Epic Games itself started official esports tournaments on weekends and claimed Friday for itself.

Keemstar reacted quite disgruntled, claiming that Epic was stealing his players. The sponsor pulled out, and the series fell silent. Despite announcements to revive Fortnite Friday, nothing happened for months.

During that time, Keemstar frequently criticized Epic Games and declared them his personal nemesis.

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The tournament is back because FaZe no longer wants Tfue’s money

That’s why Friday Fortnite is back now: The return of Fortnite Friday is related to the drama surrounding Twitch star Tfue and his clan FaZe. When Tfue sued his clan FaZe, FaZe Banks came to an interview in Keemstar’s show and said that the clan had only made $60,000 with Tfue.

To show that FaZe wasn’t about the money, they donated the $60,000 to Keemstar so he can host Friday Fortnite again for 3 evenings. $20,000 is the limit on prize money that Epic allows for the tournament.

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The first tournament for $20,000 took place on Friday, 31st. From the money:

  • the winning duo received $10,000
  • and a randomly selected viewer received the other $10,000
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Stars like Ninja (Twitch) or Ceeday (YouTube) drove the viewer count up.

How many watched the tournament? According to statements from the organizer KeemStar, “Friday Fortnite” had a total of 10.1 million viewers across various channels. Ninja alone had 1.8 million.

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1.8 million watched Ninja alone.

This reach was achieved because many well-known streamers and YouTubers participated: people like TimtheTatman, KingRichard, MrBeast, Ricegum, Gotaga, Nickmercs, Mongraal and many more.

Because Keemstar doesn’t necessarily invite the best players, but those who have already built large channels.

Kids outshine the elite streamers

How did it end? The last 3 teams in the tournament were all known players, whom we have also covered in articles on MeinMMO:

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A scene from the tournament.
  • The tournament was won by two kids – NRMrSavage (14) and BenjyFishy (15) – BenjyFishy was a big topic in the media just last week because his mother took the 15-year-old out of school so he could have more time for Fortnite.

We at MeinMMO have also reported on the boy.

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Instead of rushing forward, The Division 2 is currently stumbling over annoying little things

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The online shooter The Division 2 launched in full sprint in March. But those who thought it would only move forward from there are now mistaken. Recently, The Division 2 often stumbles over its own ambitions and small issues, says our author Schuhmann.

It was like this at the beginning: In the first weeks, one had to pinch oneself almost to believe it: The Division 2 had the best start of an MMO shooter. The leveling experience up to World Rank 4 was solid and there was plenty to do.

The developers seemed attentive and close to the community.

But an MMO shooter is not a sprint; it is a marathon.

Already in the second phase of the marathon, when World Rank 5 came, first problems emerged. It became clear that not everything was as great as initially thought:

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So it went after the 1st update: Massive essentially said, “Everyone wait a moment, we need to catch our breath.” Then the team took a content break to work on the balance and test new ideas on the test server.

The message was clear: Next, the focus is on the raid, where everything should run optimally. This will be a first highlight for The Division 2.

However, when the race was started again, Massive hardly got out of the starting blocks.

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The raid, which many had been waiting for, turned out to be too tough a nut to crack for many on consoles – the raid was apparently only designed for mouse and keyboard. This caused a lot of frustration among gamepad users.

Moreover, the probably reasonable decision by Massive not to offer automated matchmaking demotivated many from even attempting the raid, crashing and cursing their way to improvement.

Players felt excluded from the start and complained.

Since Massive had previously canceled the planned increase of the gear score, there was hardly any reason for the agents to continue playing.

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AI bug dominated the last weeks

So it continued after the raid: Since the raid went live, Massive has made more setbacks than progress.

An annoying AI bug that came with the raid update caused enemies to behave not like in a tactical shooter, but to charge forward like complete idiots.

Massive seems to be struggling with this error in the current “State of the Game”. It is said that they know how annoying the bug is, also because they play The Division 2 themselves.

The difficulties with the suicide NPCs were due to three problems that interacted:

  • The NPCs apparently could not perceive players – they lost their direction and when trying to run behind the player, they just stormed blindly towards them
  • there was a bug that briefly accelerated NPCs
  • NPCs also had difficulties with climbing stairs

This caused the bug to “look worse than it actually was,” as one developer said.

Parts of the problem were fixed on Friday. Further bug fixes are expected to come soon.

So it continues: Massive is currently not revealing how it will proceed, there are only some hints:

  • it is said that a 4th specialization and more content shall come
  • additionally, a “second raid” is planned for sometime later, here Massive wants to learn from the previous experiences
  • and they want to address a variety of current small and large player complaints, which they have all on their radar, but need time
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In the last State of the Game, a lot was discussed about the small problems that had recently plagued development.

We can only hope that the runner “The Division 2”, which had such a great start, will now recover again. Especially the AI bug was annoying in a “tactical shooter”, as one can also see from the developers’ comments.

They are proud of their AI, which is based on the experiences from part 1. In a tactical shooter, everything stands and falls with the enemy AI.

Just as quickly as the AI charged forward last time, agents wish the same for Massive – they should try to be a bit more tactical and skillful.

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Fortnite: Fortbyte #26 – With Bunker Jonesy at the Snow Bunker

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 3 minutes

In Fortnite: Battle Royale you can now find Fortbyte #26. You can find Puzzle Piece 26 when you search with Bunker Jonesy near a snow bunker. Where this is supposed to be and how to get Bunker Jonesy, you will find out here.

Where is the Fortbyte? Fortbyte number 26 is located on the island south of Happy Hamlet in the snowy area of Fortnite. You can find it on grid square C10 in the southwest of the map.

There is not only a strange bunker entrance. There is also a small wooden cabin. And inside it is the Fortbyte.

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Get the Fortbyte number 26 in the snow bunker

This is how you can collect the Fortbyte: Unfortunately, you can’t just take the Fortbyte with you. Instead, you need to show up as the Bunker Jonesy known from the brutal trailer there. This skin is available only at level 23 in the Battle Pass of Season 9.

If you are not actively wearing the skin, you cannot take the byte with you. Also, you should be careful when landing there. Because the island is not particularly well equipped with loot.

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So whoever gets a weapon first could quickly shoot down the rest of the freshly landed players.

Is there also a video? Diligent YouTubers have already discovered the location in advance due to leaks and prepared videos. You won’t see the byte itself there, but it is there. We have verified it specifically for this purpose.

https://youtu.be/R1jklR5lWUo

What are Fortbytes and how do you collect them all? Fortbytes are virtual puzzle pieces. You find them throughout Season 9 of Fortnite. Every day, another byte is added. If you have 90 of them, you can unlock the new bonus skin for Season 9 and admire a picture.

We have put together an overview of all Fortbytes so far for you here:

All other Fortbytes in Fortnite:
Fortbyte #6 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #7 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #8 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #13 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #16 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #17 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #22 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #31 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #41 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #47 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #50 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #55 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #64 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #72 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
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Fortbyte #77 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #79 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #81 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
Fortbyte #82 – Location in Season 9 of Fortnite
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The most popular Overwatch mode is UNO – Here’s how to play it

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A new statistic about Overwatch is providing entertainment. The most popular mode in the Workshop is apparently the card game UNO. What makes the Workshop mode so popular?

Since the last patch, Overwatch players have much more freedom when it comes to creating their own game modes. With the Workshop, players can not only modify existing game modes, but also let their creativity flow and create completely new game modes for Overwatch.

The Game Director Jeff Kaplan has now released some statistics that are bound to raise some eyebrows in confusion. Because the most popular Overwatch mode in the Workshop is the card game UNO.

How is Uno played? Uno in Overwatch follows exactly the same rules as the well-known card game in the physical world. All players stand in a circle and take turns playing cards that are displayed on the screen. There are also the typical, somewhat chaotic cards, such as skipping a player or the popular “+4” card, which allows you to refill your hand immediately.

[Workshop] UNO Update 2.0 | Over 50 new locations on 25 maps! from r/Overwatch

Here’s how you can play it yourself: If you want to try Uno yourself, just use the following code in the Workshop: WMVZC

The mode is still being improved and refined, such as with visual effects when players are skipped or only have one card left in hand.

Why should you play UNO in Overwatch? UNO in Overwatch is the perfect example of how much is possible with the Workshop when you are willing to invest time and effort.

It’s also a light-hearted break from all the serious matches where payloads are pushed from point A to B. A quick round of UNO, where you overwhelm your friends with extra cards, is the perfect change of pace.

Workshop popular in all regions, especially in Korea

In Korea, they love chaos: Jeff Kaplan further explained in his post that the Workshop is used more intensively in Korea than in the rest of the world. Here, a mode called “High Blood Pressure Marathon” is particularly popular. This is a wild mode, “without cooldowns, infinite ultimates, and some other crazy things”.

More crazy game modes: The developers have repeatedly expressed astonishment in recent days about the modes players have designed and how much creativity they have displayed. Some of the quirkiest game modes are presented here:

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Call of Duty removes Zombies – Modern Warfare aims to show real horror

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The upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will do without a popular game mode. Unlike in previous installments of the series, this time there will be no zombies. The developers prefer a realistic setting over a colorful pop culture bloodbath.

Why do the developers not want zombies anymore? In an interview with PlayStation Lifestyle, Jacob Minkoff, Campaign Director of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, stated that there will be no version of the popular zombie mode in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

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As a reason, he mentioned that they value a realistic setting and that zombies would have no place there.

“We want to create an authentic world that feels realistic. We don’t have the flexibility to cram zombies in. That would compromise the feeling of playing in a world that feels realistic and authentic and references our contemporary conflicts and realities.”

Together with the developers’ statement that the new Call of Duty should be controversial and shocking, one can assume that Infinity Ward prefers to showcase the horrors of modern warfare rather than rely on exaggerated pop culture splatter stuff like zombies.

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However, there will still be a coop campaign that builds on the single-player campaign. This takes place in October 2019. For that reason alone, a zombie setting for coop is already excluded.

This is what the players say: When it comes to zombies, the Call of Duty community is divided. Some players love zombies above all else and viewed the coop rampages against the undead hordes as the highlight of each CoD title. These fans are understandably disappointed and express their opinions as follows on Reddit:

  • “I’m seriously bummed that there are no zombies. I’ve been waiting 2 years for the story to continue [from Infinite Warfare]!”
  • “But I like zombies!”
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In WWII there were Nazi zombies last.

Other players on Reddit find zombies silly and are glad they are finally gone:

  • “Yes, please no zombies!”
  • “I’m so fed up with zombies!”

The majority of players like zombies in general but don’t need them in every Call of Duty game, and certainly not in Modern Warfare:

  • “I like zombies, but they shouldn’t come every year. Zombies should stay with Treyarch [the original zombie developers] and the other studios should find their own coop mode.”
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A super zombie in Black Ops 4.

Why are there even zombies in Call of Duty? Call of Duty is developed alternately by three studios: Sledgehammer, Infinity Ward (the developers of the upcoming installment), and Treyarch. Treyarch first introduced zombies in Call of Duty: World at War in 2008, bringing the groaning undead in a dedicated coop mode.

Since then, zombies have become a sort of trademark that every other studio wanted to feature as well, which is why the last CoD from Infinity Ward (Infinite Warfare) included a zombie mode.

The last zombie mode was found in Treyarch’s Black Ops 4. There, the creatures even appeared in the Battle Royale.

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Monster Hunter World shows new moves from Iceborne for 2 weapons

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Capcom has released new videos for the DLC Iceborne in Monster Hunter World. The new moves of the Switch Axe and Charge Blade are showcased, and they are impressive.

What are these videos about? Capcom published two new mini-trailers for the expansion Iceborne. They demonstrate new moves for two of the 14 weapon classes: Switch Axe and Charge Blade.

Where do the videos come from? The videos originate from the official website of Monster Hunter World. More videos showcasing new moves are already listed there. We have embedded the English versions from the official Twitter account of Monster Hunter World in the article.

This is shown in the Switch Axe trailer

Highlights: The hunter uses the new Grasp Claw to jump onto the head of the Anjanath and immediately goes into the attack. The narrator in the video mentions that the hunter charges the axe at the same time.

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What is the Switch Axe? The Switch Axe can switch between an axe mode and a sword mode. The axe mode is powerful and has a long reach, while the sword mode is fast and delivers explosive finishing blows.

This is shown in the Charge Blade trailer

Highlights: The hunter uses the slinger with the drawn Charge Blade, which was previously only possible with Sword & Shield. This makes the Charge Blade even more versatile, and the hunter attacks directly onto the Uragaan.

A new brutal axe strike is also shown, which gives the swing of the axe “a new twist” and deals more damage.

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What is the Charge Blade? The Charge Blade seamlessly switches between its mobile “Sword & Shield” mode and the powerful axe mode. Energy absorbed from the Sword & Shield can be unleashed with the axe, causing additional damage.

Will there be more new moves?

Yes, Capcom has extensively reworked the weapons for Iceborne. This is also related to the new Clutch Claw, which enables new moves. There will also be new armors and completely new weapons, as new monsters are coming to Iceborne.

Capcom has already released a series of trailers showcasing new weapons, armors, moves, and details about the Clutch Claw, which you can see here:

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Anthem now has a new roadmap, but it is empty – players mock

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In the online RPG Anthem , Electronic Arts has now revamped the English-language homepage and outlined a new roadmap. However, this is not well received by players, as it is nearly empty, and the little progress that is mentioned is met with mockery.

This is the situation: In recent days, several gaming sites, including MeinMMO, reported that the roadmap for Anthem is still at the status of February 2019.

The homepage had promised just a few days ago that the Cataclysm event would start in May.

However, BioWare had already overturned the plans for this roadmap a month prior and canceled it: They are working on another update that aims to solve major issues with loot.

For the new update, BioWare has scrapped the previous content plan. The team has not yet provided a schedule to share with the players regarding when these contents will arrive.

BioWare did not even want to discuss the exact contents until the patch is approaching:

  • Many once-promised features for Anthem have been postponed indefinitely.
  • However, the homepage still showed the status with many promises of what would come to Anthem in April and May.
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The German homepage of Anthem still promises a super May.

This has now happened: The English-language homepage with the roadmap of Anthem (via ea.com) has been radically revised. Now only the little additional content that is already in the game is visible:

  • Legendary Missions
  • Fixes, optimizations, and improvements
  • Challenges
  • weekly alliance missions
  • and the refresh of a vendor
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Players mock: Anyone who has to consider such trivialities as progress has a problem.

No further content can be discerned on the page, no target specifications, no month names, nothing.

Scrolling down the roadmap, players only see “locked symbols” for Act 2 and 3. The roadmap on the homepage no longer shows any content.

How does it look on the German homepage of Anthem? It remains unchanged. It still states that the Cataclysm begins in May 2019.

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This is being discussed: In general reddit/Games, where all players are talked about, the new roadmap for Anthem was the biggest topic there on Saturday morning our time.

But here, Anthem has long been a symbol of everything going wrong in gaming. For months, ridicule, schadenfreude, and mockery have poured over Anthem, just like in the previous months over Fallout 76.

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There is a torrent of mockery and ridicule over the new roadmap:

  • A roadmap that consists of “fixes, improvements, and optimizations” is just really bad.
  • Another person quips that the roadmap should rather indicate when the servers will go down.

In Anthem’s own subreddit, where players gather, the criticism is no milder:

  • A freelancer says: If you have to list a “vendor refresh,” you are probably grasping at straws.
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What’s behind it: BioWare is sticking to the course it has taken: They want to introduce updates only when they are ready. Therefore, it was actually only consistent to adjust the roadmap like this – BioWare or EA should have done this better already 30 days ago when they communicated the plan changes and were criticized for it.

So BioWare is now getting flack twice for the same decision.

At the moment, BioWare and EA can likely only lose, no matter what they do, because every action has a negative external effect.

Nothing significant has changed in the situation of Anthem in recent weeks – recently, BioWare had presented their plans for how to proceed with Anthem.

All of this will take time, and during this time, criticism and mockery will continue to pour down on BioWare and Anthem.

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Destiny 2: Foolish Alien Xur forgets weapon at home – Bungie gets him a new one

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 2 minutes

This is also a rarity in the long history of Destiny and Destiny 2. The exotic items vendor, Xur, simply forgot the weapon on May 31st. Now Bungie has fixed the error. Xur is now selling the exotic auto rifle Suros Regime.

What’s going on? Although Xur is no longer as popular as in the glory days of Destiny 1, when everyone hoped he would bring the Gjallarhorn, some fans still remember the old tentacled face.

The disappointment was even greater when they discovered Xur in the tower hangar on Earth yesterday, ran to him, and in horror realized that the Agent of the Nine simply had no exotic weapon in his offerings.

When asked spontaneously, he didn’t want to explain himself, just mumbled that his will didn’t belong to him and smiled in a calm manner as is his way.

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There were some disappointed faces in Destiny 2 yesterday. The Guardians took the opportunity to insult Xur extensively like in the old days. On reddit, someone called him a “tentacled bastard.”

On MeinMMO, Guardians wondered if this had ever happened in all these years.

Has this happened before? In fact, this happened in the early days of Destiny 1 as well. In July 2015, Xur also didn’t have an exotic weapon.

Back then it was even said: Bungie couldn’t change this and there really was no weapon that weekend.

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What does he have now? Bungie fixed this last night. At 2:00 AM our time, Bungie Help tweeted that the problem of Xur not selling a weapon had been resolved. Players can now buy the SUROS Regime from him for legendary shards.

What can the Suros Regime do? The SUROS Regime returned to Destiny 2 with the DLC Warmind. It was also an excellent PvP weapon at times – but has actually been overshadowed by other exotic weapons in the last few weeks.

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The special feature of Suros Regime:

  • The lower half of the magazine deals bonus damage and has a chance to restore health.
  • Furthermore, sustained fire increases the rate of fire
  • when aiming, the fire rate decreases, but the damage increases.

Now the world is back in order. What else he has in store, you can read here:

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The Division 2: Vendor Reset on 31.5. – The best offers

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 2 minutes

Today, on the night of May 31, the Vendor Reset occurred in The Division 2. You should check out these offers to possibly get a good weapon, a piece of armor, or a talent that you are missing for your build. We are mainly looking at Cassie Mandoza.

This is the Vendor Reset: Every week, on the night from Friday to Saturday, the items offered by the vendors are replaced with new items.

What do we consider good offers? With the huge selection and the current loot system, there are many factors that determine the value of an item.

We particularly pay attention to the talents and attributes of a piece of gear or a weapon. Because you don’t have to use them; you can use them for recalibration. Here are the best offers at World Tier 5.

These are the best items from the vendors

Weapons:

  • Cassie Mandoza – Margaret’s Swap Chain (MP7 submachine gun)
    • Active Talent: Unyielding (Switching to this weapon grants maximum weapon handling for 5 seconds. Kills refresh this buff)
    • Passive Talent: Stable (+15% Stability)
    • Holstered/Equipped Talent: Oiled (When the weapon is holstered, the weapon swap speed increases by 10%)
  • Cassie Mandoza – The Virginian (1886 rifle)
    • Active Talent: Boomerang (On critical hits, there is a 50% chance that the round returns to the magazine. When a round returns to the magazine, the next shot deals +20% increased damage)
    • Passive Talent: Extra (+20% magazine capacity)
    • Holstered/Equipped Talent: Transfer (As long as it is holstered, the equipped weapon receives a handling bonus based on the weapon type)
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Gear:

  • Cassie Mandoza – 5.11 Tactical Backpack
    • Active Talents: –
    • General Talents: Self-Regulating (+20% Armor Regeneration) and Ruthless (+10% Damage to Elite Enemies)
    • Stats: Crit Damage (+4%), Weapon Damage (+4.5%), Armor (+6595)
    • Mod Slots: 1 Additional Protocol
  • Cassie Mandoza – Murakami Industries Backpack
    • Active Talents: Efficient (When using a repair kit, there is a 50% chance that the repair kit is not consumed)
    • General Talents: Strengthening (+10% Health on Kill)
    • Stats: Health Points (+8%), Weapon Damage (+2%), Crit Damage (+7.5%)
    • Mod Slots: Defense Protocol
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Where can I find Cassie? The secret vendor Cassie changes her location every two days. To find her, you have to find the spy. On this map, you can see some possible locations of the spy. However, it is not a complete list.

You can also find an overview of the entire vendor offers on the page rubenalamina.

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With this chalice, there will soon be some of the best gear from Destiny 2

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 4 minutes

With Season 7, Destiny 2 is getting a new activity for 6 Guardians – the Menagerie. There, Guardians will receive a Chalice that plays an important role in the Season of Opulence. With this Chalice, you will get stronger and receive increasingly powerful loot.

What’s the deal with the Chalice? Recently, Destiny 2 also introduced the new, mysterious 6-player activity – The Menagerie, alongside Season 7. There, Guardians must prove their worth against Cabal Emperor Calus and can acquire various exclusive Menagerie loot.

The so-called Chalice of Opulence plays a crucial role here. Bungie has now explained how it works.

What lies behind the new activity “The Menagerie” can be found here: The Menagerie: With this new 6-player activity, Destiny 2 aims to engage group players

What you need to know about the Chalice of Opulence in Destiny 2

What is the Chalice of Opulence anyway? It is a new item from Season 7 that Guardians will receive in the Menagerie from Calus and subsequently need to assemble and upgrade it further.

The Chalice will serve as a source of gear pieces that you can earn through the Menagerie.

Why is the Chalice so important? The rewards will initially be limited. However, by upgrading this Chalice, it becomes stronger and helps you to acquire increasingly powerful loot within the Menagerie.

Bungie emphasizes that the Season of Opulence would offer a new way to earn some of the best gear pieces in all of Destiny 2 and points to this Chalice. It will certainly play an important role during the Season of Opulence – at least for Guardians with the Forsaken Annual Pass.

How do you get the Chalice? The Chalice of Opulence will be available to all owners of the Annual Pass as part of the introduction quest for the Menagerie. You will receive it from the current raid vendor Benedict 99-44 in the Tower.

How does the Chalice actually work? In short: First, you need to assemble this Chalice. After that, you can insert special runes into it to earn loot through playing the new activity.

You will earn runes by

  • Completing weekly bounties
  • Opening weekly chests on the new Nessus barge
  • Using a new consumable that rewards you with a rune after a strike, a Gambit match, or a Crucible match. This item will also give other players in your fireteam a chance at an additional rune

Once you have earned runes, you can insert them into the Chalice. Then, you need to complete the Menagerie to earn loot. If you master the Menagerie, you will receive gear determined by your rune choices.

Each rune influences what loot you receive and also part of its attributes – depending on how you socket the runes in the Chalice.

This is how you can improve the Chalice and the loot: There will be a range of new triumphs and bounties that will reward you with the new currency “Imperial Coins”. A special consumable will also give you a chance at these coins.

You can then use the currency to upgrade the Chalice with a variety of perks that offer a wide range of effects for the Chalice.

For example, you can earn more powerful rewards per week. Or you may gain the ability to specify certain weapons and even their masterwork stats, which you earn through the Menagerie.

With the Chalice, you will still need to grind for the perfect roll, but then you will have the option to target an item, optimize it, and upgrade it to a masterpiece. RNG will therefore play a significantly smaller role on the path to desired loot.

You can also choose how you want to upgrade your Chalice first:

  • For example, you can initially unlock additional rune slots for more control over item specialization
  • Or unlock upgrades that grant you more runes or greater rune variety
  • Some upgrades also allow you to earn more Imperial Coins through various activities

The choice is yours.

What do you think of this Chalice mechanic? A true enhancement for Destiny 2? Or completely unnecessary?

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Fortnite: Drama about Twitch star Tfue takes a Hollywood turn

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The drama surrounding the Fortnite player and Twitch star Turner “Tfue” Tenney takes a turn like a sports movie. The stress with his clan FaZe is driving him closer to his duo partner Dennis “Cloak” Lepore, who is also in the FaZe clan.

This is the duo: Tfue and Cloak are considered a well-coordinated duo in Fortnite. Together, they won the “Fall Skirmish” in October 2018, a major tournament with a prize pool of $510,000.

Now this weekend, the two will try again to qualify for the Fortnite World Championship: a hot tournament with only 50 duos allowed worldwide.

Because Tfue is such a popular streamer on Twitch, he and Cloak have played together for so long and have won a lot, the two are considered one of the best-known Fortnite duos in the world.

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He wants to get out of his contract with FaZe and is causing quite a stir.

Here’s why the partnership was in danger: Both are in the clan “FaZe”, but Tfue has announced that he will leave the clan. He even filed a lawsuit against FaZe, citing serious complaints:

It would have been conceivable that the partnership with Cloak could fall apart due to these accusations.

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Banks says: Cloak didn’t think much of Tfue at first

This could have caused personal stress: Additionally, one of the clan leaders, FaZe Banks, added fuel to the fire.

In a video, FaZe Banks explained that he had to persuade Cloak to consider Tfue. At that time, 72hrs had left FaZe and Banks was looking for a replacement, as he said.

But Cloak, the captain of the Fortnite team at that time, was not at all convinced by Tfue.

Cloak reportedly said: “I know who he is. We’re not interested. He knows how to get kills, but he has no idea how to build. We don’t want to play with Tfue.”

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Cloak’s first reaction to Tfue was probably “Meh.”

However, he then gave him a chance after Banks pushed him, and it clicked right away. The two became a dream team.

His relationship with Tfue, however, is rock solid and is even getting stronger. Tfue will now move in with him after leaving the clan.

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Cloak says he feels a bit sorry for Tfue and his girlfriend, Corinna Kopf, that they have to move from sunny Los Angeles to rainy New Jersey. But hey, at least he’ll have 0 ping. Because nearby, in New York, there’s an internet hub.

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Somehow like in a Hollywood sports film, where friends stand closer together when things get tough. Even though Tfue now has to leave Hollywood, where he previously lived and streamed in the FaZe clan’s gaming house.

Now it will be exciting to see if the advantage with the “0 ping” is enough for them to qualify for the Fortnite World Cup in duos, a tournament for millions of US dollars.

Tfue has already qualified for the Solo World Cup:

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This story could have caused suspicion in the partnership between Cloak and Tfue. But the opposite seems to be the case.

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Tfue and Cloak remain a duo, moving in together

Will they stay together? On May 20, Cloak sent signals that he would continue the partnership with Tfue. Cloak says he had known Tfue from H1Z1 and PUBG. He considered Tfue to be an incredibly good solo player who can’t play with others.

He was mistaken.

On May 20, Cloak still claimed he wanted to keep playing with Tfue and that FaZe was a super clan with super people.

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About a week later, Cloak gave another statement on the stream. He was more skeptical about his own future with FaZe, saying he wanted to talk to the clan and find out what’s next for him.

His relationship with Tfue, however, is rock solid and is even getting stronger. Tfue will now move in with him after leaving the clan.

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Somehow like in a Hollywood sports film, where friends stand closer together when things get tough. Even though Tfue now has to leave Hollywood, where he previously lived and streamed in the FaZe clan’s gaming house.

Now it will be exciting to see if the advantage with the “0 ping” is enough for them to qualify for the Fortnite World Cup in duos, a tournament for millions of US dollars.

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Pokémon GO: All Field Researches and Rewards in June 2019

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 4 minutes

The field research in Pokémon GO remains the same in June! There is a new shiny and another Pandir form from the quests. We provide you with all the information about the rewards.

After 4 months, new field research finally arrived in Pokémon GO in May. Niantic had already announced the update and implemented the new quests last month. The quests will continue in June.

There are numerous opportunities to find shinies in the quests, and another shiny has been implemented into the game.

List of Field Research in June 2019

This is what the quests are about: Many quests from the months before the update have remained. They often reward you with different Pokémon than before.

In addition to the new field research, there are also 4 possible shinies in the research breakthroughs. It’s worth completing a research every 7 days.

We have categorized the quests for you into different areas and list all field research here:

Hatch Eggs

Pokémon GO Chaneira
Chaneira is usually obtained from an egg quest
  • Hatch an egg
    • Reward: Encounter with an Owei or Spoink (can be shiny)
  • Hatch 3 eggs
    • Reward: Encounter with a Magmar
  • Hatch 5 eggs
    • Reward: Encounter with a Chaneira

Catching Pokémon

Pokémon GO Fukano Shiny
You can receive shiny Fukano from one of the quests.
  • Catch 1 dragon-type Pokémon
    • Encounter with Dratini (can be shiny)
  • Catch 5 Pokémon with weather bonus
    • Reward: Encounter with a Quapsel or Vulpix
  • Catch 10 Pokémon
    • Encounter with a Teddiursa or Karpador (can be shiny)
  • Catch 5 fighting-type Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Kapilz
  • Catch 5 water-type Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Jurob (can be shiny)
  • Catch 10 ground-type Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Digda (can be shiny)
  • Catch 5 flying, psychic, or dark-type Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Fiffyen (can be shiny)
  • Catch 3 electric, normal, or poison-type Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Plusle or Minun (both can be shiny)
  • Catch 7 plant, water, or fire-type Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Fukano (can be shiny)

Special Throws

Pandir number 4
The new Pandir form number 4
  • Land 5 excellent curveball throws in a row
    • Reward: Encounter with a Pandir (form 4)
  • Land 3 excellent throws
    • Reward: Encounter with an Anorith, Liliep or Nebulak (can be shiny)
  • Land 3 excellent throws in a row
    • Reward: Encounter with an Onix
  • Land 5 good throws
    • Reward: Encounter with a Voltoball or Kleinstein (can be shiny)
  • Land 3 fabulous throws in a row
    • Reward: Encounter with a Larvitar (can be shiny)

Gym Battles & Raids

Pokémon GO Zobiris Shiny
You can obtain shiny Zobiris from quests
  • Fight in a raid
    • Reward: Encounter with a Meditie (can be shiny)
  • Win a level 2 raid or higher
    • Reward: Encounter with a Zobiris (can be shiny)
  • Win a level 3 raid or higher
    • Reward: Encounter with an Amonitas or Kabuto (both can be shiny)
  • Win 5 raids
    • Reward: Encounter with an Aerodactyl (can be shiny)
  • Win a gym battle
    • Reward: Encounter with a Glumanda, Bisasam, or Schiggy (all can be shiny)
  • Win 3 gym battles
    • Reward: Encounter with a Rossana
  • Win 5 gym battles
    • Reward: Encounter with a Sleima (can be shiny)
  • Fight in a gym
    • Reward: Encounter with a Menki or Makuhita (both can be shiny)
  • Fight 5 times in a gym
    • Reward: Encounter with Machollo (can be shiny)
  • Use a super effective charge attack in 7 battles
    • Reward: Encounter with an Elektek

Use Berries

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One of the rewards from the current quests: Schlukwech
  • Use 10 Sananabeeren to catch Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Krakeelo
  • Use 5 berries to catch Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with an Ultrigaria
  • Use 5 Nanab berries to catch Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Schlukwech

Other Quests

Shiny Taubsi
Taubsi is one of the rewards. Of course, it can also be shiny
  • Trade a Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Driftlon (can be shiny)
  • Use a power-up 5 times
    • Reward: Encounter with a Glumanda, Bisasam, or Schiggy (all can be shiny)
  • Evolve a Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with an Evoli or Taubsi (both can be shiny)
  • Send 10 gifts to friends
    • Reward: Encounter with an Alola-Kokowei
  • Earn 5 candies by walking with your buddy
    • Reward: Encounter with a Bummelz
  • Send 3 Pokémon
    • Reward: Encounter with a Shuppet (can be shiny)
  • Evolve a Pokémon using an item
    • Reward: Encounter with a Panzaeron

New Pandir Form Number 4

In June, there will be the same Pandir form as in May. So you will get the Pandir form number 4 from the quest “Land 5 excellent curveball throws in a row”

Pokémon GO Pandir Overview
At the top right is the current Pandir form

This is what the Pandir looks like: The number 4 has a large red spot on its left cheek. On the right side, it also has two small spots. In the picture, it is the Pandir at the top right.

Numerous Shinies in the Quests in June

In June, there will again be numerous shinies that you can obtain from the quests. Many Pokémon were already available last month, but some monsters are also new.

This shiny is new: Players have been reporting shiny Jurob since early May. You can obtain it from the quest “Catch 5 water-type Pokémon”.

Shiny Jurob
First reports about shiny Jurob. Source: Reddit

In addition to shiny Jurob, you also have numerous other opportunities for shinies, such as with Shuppet, Driftlon, or Digda, which has been appearing as shiny since the Ground Event.

Stay up to date: To make sure you don’t miss any news, follow our theme page on Pokémon GO on Facebook and join our relevant group.

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Dead by Daylight shows new killer Ghost Face – ability, perks and release

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

Dead by Daylight has revealed all details about Ghost Face. We’ll tell you what the new killer from the Scream movies can do, what perks he has, and when he will appear.

As part of the big stream for the 3rd anniversary of Dead by Daylight, the developers have released a lot of details about the upcoming changes and innovations in the 4vs1 horror game. The most eagerly awaited announcement was the full reveal of Ghost Face, the next killer in Dead by Daylight. We’ll tell you what the killer with the iconic mask can do.

This is how Ghost Face’s abilities work: As already known through the leaks, Ghost Face will be able to switch to a crouching position and move stealthily. According to current plans, he will be able to do this without losing movement speed.

Ghost Face is like a “bad Peter Parker” – at night he kills people and reports about his own murders as a reporter during the day.

While he approaches, he can peek around corners and “stalk” the survivors. This happens individually, so he has a unique stalk progress for each survivor. Once he stalks a survivor for 4 seconds straight, they will be marked as “Exposed” for 20 seconds, meaning they will go down in one hit.

The interesting thing is: Survivors can break the “stalking” if they look directly towards Ghost Face for at least one second and spot him.

This time it is the killer who must sneak and not be detected until he strikes!

Ghost Face is not only crazy but also playful – he enjoys killing!

Here are Ghost Face’s perks: Like all other killers, Ghost Face comes with three unique perks that are only available to him at the start. As usual, the perks can also be unlocked in their “teachables” variant and then made accessible to other killers.

  • I’m all Ears: If survivors perform a hasty action outside your terror radius (such as rushing over pallets, jumping out of lockers, or climbing through windows), their aura will be shown to the killer for a few seconds.
  • Thrilling Tremors: If the killer interrupts a survivor (for example, pulls them away from a generator, grabs them while vaulting over a pallet or window, or pulls them away from a totem), all generators that are not being worked on will be blocked by The Entity for 16 seconds and shown to the killer. This lets the killer know which generators are currently being worked on.
  • Furtive Chause: When the killer hangs his obsession on the hook, he gains a token, up to a maximum of 2/3/4. Each token decreases the terror radius during the chase by 4 meters. If a survivor rescues the obsession from the hook, they become the new obsession. If the obsession dies, the killer loses all tokens.
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When does Ghost Face appear? The official release date for Ghost Face is June 18, 2019, which is in almost 3 weeks. However, the test server will start next week on June 4, where Ghost Face will be tested extensively.

The cost of the chapter with Ghost Face has not yet been revealed.

Please note that the information provided is still preliminary and may change before the release of Ghost Face.

Are you excited for Ghost Face, his perks, and abilities? Or do you think this killer is too silly for Dead by Daylight?

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Destiny 2: Xur today – location and offer on 31.05.

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Today, on May 31, we are visited by Xur – for the last time in Season 6. Here you will find all about Xur’s location and inventory this weekend.

This week was all about the upcoming Season 7, which starts next Tuesday (June 4). To keep you well-informed about what awaits you in the Season of Opulence, we have summarized the most important information for you here:

All information about Xur in Destiny 2 on 31.05. on PS4, Xbox One and PC

Additionally, today the mysterious Agent of the Nine, Xur, is making one last visit in the waning season of the Vagabond. Will we find one or more missing Forsaken exotics from the noodle face at the end of Season 6? Let’s find out together.

When Xur arrives

The Xur Time: Xur appears today, Friday, at 7:00 PM in a random location somewhere in the world of Destiny 2. He will sell four selected exotics and some other items until next Tuesday, when he leaves with the start of Season 7 on June 4.

Where is Xur? You can find him at this location today

Position of Xur: Xur is currently located in the Tower Hangar on Earth.

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Xur’s current position

Xur’s inventory and his exotics from 31.05. to 04.06.

Weapon: This time, Xur seems to have forgotten to pack the Gjallarhorn and has no weapons with him at all.

Update 01.06.: Bungie has corrected this. Xur is now selling the SUROS Regime.

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Hunter: Fr0st-EE5 – Leg Armor for 23 Legendary Shards

  • 1. Perk Row: Increased Mobility, Increased Resilience
  • 2. Perk Row: Fusion Rifle Loader, Hand Cannon Loader, Range
  • 3. Perk Row: Scout Rifle Scavenger, Special Ammo Finder

Titan: Aeon Safe – Gauntlets for 23 Legendary Shards 

  • 1. Perk Row: Increased Mobility, Increased Resilience
  • 2. Perk Row: Fusion Rifle Loader, Hand Cannon Loader, Impact Induction
  • 3. Perk Row: Sniper Rifle Scavenger, Machine Gun Scavenger

Warlock: Wings of Sacred Dawn – Chest Armor for 23 Legendary Shards

  • 1. Perk Row: Increased Mobility, Increased Health Regeneration
  • 2. Perk Row: Calm Bow Aiming, Calm Fusion Rifle Aiming, Calm Kinetic Aiming
  • 3. Perk Row: Scout Rifle Reserves, Special Ammo Finder

Fate Engram for 97 Legendary Shards

Five of Swords, the free challenge card for customizing the Nightfall strike

Invitation of the Nine for 9 Legendary Shards (Year Pass exclusive)

A compact summary of Xur’s inventory can be found in this video by Nexxoss Gaming:

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Next week not only starts Season 7. We will finally find out how Destiny 2 will continue in its third year:

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Most popular Hearthstone fan site Hearthpwn is closing – What now?

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

For many Hearthstone fans, it was a small shock. The most popular fan site and database with thousands of deck ideas, Hearthpwn, is closing. Where should one go now, which site takes on the same function as Hearthpwn?

If you want to analyze the latest trend in the Hearthstone meta or simply play a fun, trendy deck, you visit the site Hearthpwn.

For years, it was a go-to place for both pros and amateurs who wanted to succeed in Blizzard’s card game or discuss deck ideas. With just a few clicks, decks could be imported into the game. But that will soon be over. The Hearthstone fan site is closing on June 28.

Why is Hearthpwn closing? Hearthpwn was part of the larger “Curse” network, which commented on the matter at the request of Inven Global and explained:

“We are proud of what we have created with Hearthpwn and grateful to the community that has supported us along the way. (…) The decision to archive the site was difficult, but unfortunately, we were not able to justify the necessary resources to keep the site alive.”

This
at least “hints at” the fact that traffic has collapsed and interest in Hearthstone has declined.

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What is an alternative for Hearthpwn? The smart minds behind Hearthpwn are not completely disappearing but want to create a new site called “Out of Cards.”

Hearthstone will still be a focus here, but they also want to broaden their scope and cover other card games, such as Magic: The Gathering Arena. This should help mitigate any problems if interest in Hearthstone declines.

Is interest in Hearthstone declining too much? The thesis that Hearthstone is waning aligns with Blizzard’s recent financial figures. Because a few weeks ago, they revealed that the general player interest in Hearthstone had declined and new expansions were not received as positively as they had been in the past.

This became particularly clear when a market research firm revealed in February 2019 that Hearthstone lost nearly 52% of its revenue in the direct comparison between February 2018 and 2019. A threatening downward trend that will likely affect niche fan sites.

Whether “Conspiracy of Shadows” could counteract this trend, we will probably find out in a few months when new financial figures are released.

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FIFA 19 TOTS: The Team of the Season of La Liga with Messi

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 3 minutes

The next TOTS in FIFA 19 is ready! This time, the cards are from the Spanish La Liga. We show you who made it into the team.

The La Liga Team of the Season: The league has also ended in Spain, and EA has determined which players made it into the La Liga TOTS.

In total, there were 20 spots available, which could now be claimed by the best players of the season.

The Team of the Season of La Liga

TOTS

These are the strongest players: Two players from the Spanish champions FC Barcelona, Messi (99) and Suarez (98), were really strong. Griezmann (97) and Benzema (96) were also really strong.

Starting XI:

Team
  • GK: Oblak (95)
  • CB: Pique (96)
  • LB: Jordi Alba (94)
  • RB: Jesus Navas (89)
  • CB: Djene (93)
  • CM: Pablo Sarabia (94)
  • CM: Parejo (93)
  • CM: Canales (90)
  • ST: Suarez (98)
  • RF: Messi (99)
  • ST: Benzema (96)

Substitutes:

Substitution
  • GK: Ter Stegen (93)
  • CB: Hermoso (87)
  • CM: Santi Cazorla (93)
  • CAM: Benega (89)
  • LW: Griezmann (97)
  • ST: Iago Aspas (94)
  • ST: Borja Iglesias (90)
  • ST: Ben Yedder (93)
  • LF: Dembele (94)

The new TOTS card of Messi: Messi’s card with a 99 rating certainly overshadows all other cards.

This is not surprising, as the Argentine had an outstanding season and led his team to victory.

Turkish Süper Lig

Another league: In addition to La Liga, there are now also TOTS players from the Turkish Süper Lig. The following players made it into the team:

Süper Lig

How to get the new TOTS cards

From packs: You can obtain TOTS players, just as you have done in the past, from packs:

The chance of getting a TOTS card is still relatively low. So don’t expect to pull one in your first pack. The transfer market is therefore a better alternative.

Here’s what you need to consider on the transfer market: On the transfer market, you can specifically buy individual TOTS players. However, be aware that the prices of players are extremely high, especially when a new team is released.

It can also be worth waiting a bit before buying. Experience shows that TOTS players become slightly cheaper over time.

What is the Team of the Season exactly?

This is how the event works: The Team of the Season (TOTS) is always seen as the conclusion of a FUT season. For many players, this event is considered the most important event of the whole season because many blue cards enter the game, which are extremely strong.

What players look forward to: During the entire TOTS event, over 200 special cards are expected. Each week, there is a new TOTS, consisting of at least 23 players.

Players are looking forward to this time as a flood of very strong cards hits the market.

In comparison to the TOTY event (Team of the Year), there were only 11 strong cards there.

How strong are the cards? The cards are among the best cards in the game throughout the entire season. You have the chance to play with real endgame cards.

Often, these cards offer an upgrade of up to 10 points. This is enormous, as seen in the case of Ibrahimovic.

Comparison of Gold card with TOTS card
Comparison of Gold card with TOTS card

Regardless, TOTS cards behave like normal Inform cards. While they are active, they replace the normal Gold cards of the players.

What is your highlight in this TOTS? Will you buy some players?

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Pokémon GO finally adds an attack that everyone has been waiting for

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO two new moves were found by dataminers. This includes a Fairy-type move that has been eagerly awaited.

What moves were found? In the new update 0.145.0, numerous new features were discovered. Among them were also two moves that might soon come to the game:

  • Charm: A Fast Move of Fairy type
  • Hyper Beam: A Charged Move of Normal type

Especially the Fairy move is generating excitement, as it is the first Fairy-type Fast Move that could make its way into the game.

What’s behind the new moves

What can Charm do? There is still not much to say about the power of the move. In the console games, Charm was a move that lowered the opponent’s attack and did not deal damage.

Fairy
Fairy-type Pokémon could finally become more useful

However, the fact is that Charm will be introduced as a Fast Move in the game. This is extremely important, as so far Fairy attackers have a major problem: Their stats and Charged Moves are strong, but they simply had no Fast Move of that type. Therefore, this type has been quite useless so far.

This could change with Charm. Which Pokémon can learn the move is still unknown. In the console games, at least none of the best Fairy attackers could learn it.

Where Charm might be used: Players are hoping for an upcoming Community Day with Trasla. There, Charm could be available as an exclusive move for Gardevoir.

Gardevoir
Gardevoir is a candidate for Charm

What can Hyper Beam do? The move has a major issue: It is of Normal type. This type has no strengths or weaknesses, which means it can’t be effectively used anywhere.

Where Hyper Beam might be used: Hyper Beam could also be an exclusive move for Community Day. It would indeed be conceivable if the Normal Pokémon Slaking could learn this move.

C Day Bummelz
Hyper Beam could be introduced on Community Day with Bummelz

So far, it was said that Slaking is supposed to learn Body Slam, but since the Community Day with Chikorita, we know that having 2 moves for such a day is also possible.

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When will the two moves come? So far, they have only been found in the update. Niantic has not officially announced them yet. If they actually appear at the mentioned Community Days, it would be the case for Hyper Beam in 2 weeks.

Charm could then come at the earliest in August. Before that, with high probability, Treecko is expected to be the Community Day in July.

What do you think of the new moves? Would you welcome a Fairy-type Fast Move?

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