A satirical article is currently causing trouble for the developers of Anthem: The magazine The Onion recently wrote a parody that apparently seemed too real to the players. A producer of the game had to clarify the situation.
The English satire magazine The Onion took advantage of the situation and wrote an article about Anthem. Normally, readers of the “news site” are always aware that the articles from The Onion are fictional satirical topics.
The article about Anthem apparently felt a little too close to the truth for some players.
While some players laughed at the article, others took it a bit too seriously.
What does the article say? The article teased with the headline: “EA announces a new business model where all Anthem characters will be deleted unless you send the company 300 US dollars in the next hour”.
The text was garnished with cheeky and of course fictional statements. Even alleged quotes were included.
It is said that EA CEO Andrew Wilson stated about the fictional business model: “The idea is simple: You send us 300 dollars in the next 60 minutes or we delete your Javelin permanently. Think about it. All your gear, gone. The time you’ve spent outfitting your Freelancers in Heart of Rage is over. Your stash full of weapons, also gone. Forever. Or you can just play along and send us the damn money.”
EA was supposedly asking players for 300 dollars. That was of course nonsense and completely made up.
After this statement from EA, players were supposed to find a countdown in the player lobby. This should display how many seconds the Freelancers had left to comply with the company’s demands.
In the end, an alleged quote from the CEO was added: “Tick-tock, you poor fools”.
How are players reacting? Overall, the satirical article was well received on Reddit. Many players apparently identified with the text and understood it as harmless fun.
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A Freelancer, however, took the topic a bit too seriously. He angrily addressed Executive Producer Mark Darrah on Twitter, asking what the company was thinking to speak to its players that way. Darrah responded: “Uh, you do understand that this is an article from Onion, right?”
The player’s reaction and Darrah’s response led to laughter on social media. Nevertheless, some players found it strange that the producer responded to this tweet, while BioWare had been extremely quiet in recent days.
In week 2 of Season 9 in Fortnite , you should search for an oversized phone, a large piano, and a giant dancing fish trophy. We show you the locations in this guide.
What kind of challenge is this? At the start of week 2 in Season 9, Fortnite has given you 7 new challenges again. You need to take out opponents with specific weapons, search chests in specific locations, and visit named places.
One of the tasks is a kind of puzzle. You are supposed to visit three special items: a phone, a piano, and a fish trophy. In this overview, we show you where to find the pieces and easily complete the task.
Here you should search: You will find the phones in the far north of the map, near Lazy Lagoon. The other one is located west of Fatal Fields. Choose one of the spots and check by the phone.
Grid E2 and Grid F9.
The large piano in Fortnite – Location
What is meant? The large piano refers to the piano keys that you find on the map. When you walk over them, you hear the corresponding tones.
Here you should search: You will find such a large piano north of Paradise Palms, just north of the mansion located there. You can find the point on the map here. Grid J5.
The trophy of a dancing fish – Location
What is meant? With the trophy, Fortnite means the fish that has been attached to wood. You have all seen it before:
Here you should search: You will find the fish southwest of the location Mega Mall. It has crashed through the roof of a house and is protruding somewhat. It is in Grid G6.
All tasks from week 2 in Season 9 can be found here:
Free and paid: For all 7 challenges, you still need the Season 9 Battle Pass for 950 V-Bucks (€9.50). If you don’t have a pass, only the three free tasks in week 2 are available to you.
All challenges of week 2 in Season 9
The free challenges
Reward
Get launched by 5 fans in different matches
5 stars/500 XP
Phase 1: Land at Snobby Shores Phase 2: Land at Fatal Fields Phase 3: Land at Sunny Steps Phase 4: Land at Dusty Divot Phase 5: Land at Happy Hamlet
5 stars/500 XP
Eliminate 3 opponents at Sunny Steps or Shifty Shafts
10 stars/1,000 XP
The paid challenges
Reward
Deal 500 damage to opponents with pistols
10 stars/500 XP
Visit an oversized phone, a big piano, and a trophy of a dancing fish
5 stars/500 XP
Search 3 chests at different named locations in a match
10 stars/1,000 XP
Phase 1: Eliminate opponents from at least 50 meters away
Phase 2: Eliminate opponents from at least 75 meters away
Phase 3: Eliminate opponents from at least 100 meters away
10 stars/1,000 XP
Get launched by 5 fans in different matches
How to complete the task: The new fans can primarily be found at the new locations on the Season 9 map. Especially in Neo Tilted, the roofs are full of them. Just make sure to use one each round, and you will complete the task after 5 attempts.
Pro Tip: If you haven’t completed the task with the sky platforms from week 1 yet, you can now finish both tasks at once.
Just go to a platform and use the fans available there. Otherwise, you can find a detailed guide to the fans on the map.
Land at different locations
How to complete the task: In this task, you need to use various places as landing zones. You must land at the following locations in the specified order:
Snobby Shores
Fatal Fields
Sunny Steps
Dusty Divot
Happy Hamlet
Eliminate 3 opponents at Sunny Steps or Shifty Shafts
How to complete the task: This task is not a problem at all. Simply kill opponents at the mentioned locations. Ideally with pistols and from various distances, then you will have completed the other two tasks here.
Deal 500 damage to opponents with pistols (Battle Pass only)
How to complete the task: Pistols are not the best weapons in the game, so it’s best to use a mode with respawn, where you can die a few times and ramp up your damage.
Visit an oversized phone, a big piano, and a trophy of a dancing fish (Battle Pass only)
Search 3 chests at different named locations in a match (Battle Pass only)
How to complete the task: This task is so easy that everyone will eventually complete it. Just make sure you visit three different locations and open chests there.
Eliminate opponents from various distances (Battle Pass only)
How to complete the task: Here you must eliminate opponents from various distances:
For the first kill, you must be at least 50 meters away
Kill number 2 expects you to be at least 75 meters away
For the final kill, you need to get a kill from 100 meters distance.
Ideally, you crouch as a sniper, lying in wait, and kill three opponents from maximum distance.
In The Division 2, significant resistance has formed in recent days. The cause is a single sentence: The raid is coming without matchmaking. Why is the situation so complicated for Massive and how can they free themselves?
This is the problem: Today, the 1st raid in the history of The Division 2 will actually launch. For a long time, almost nothing was known about the raid – it is coming about three weeks later than originally planned.
The agents have been waiting a long time for the raid and had high expectations for it – ultimately it is the activity they have been working towards and for which they optimized their builds.
Yesterday, players were informed that the raid would come without automatic matchmaking.
It was particularly unfortunate that the information was casually announced by a second-tier developer on Twitter. That was certainly not planned.
Since then, people have been up in arms. Just on our site MeinMMO, there have been about 600 comments on the issue in two articles – the US forum reddit is full of complaints.
After the tweet, all hell broke loose for Massive.
Players feel deceived and patronized
This is why players feel deceived: About a month before the release of The Division 2, on February 15, The Division 2 posted a small message on Twitter regarding the “online gaming experience.” It addressed various points, discussing how they want to ensure that everything is great.
One of the 7 subpoints was the statement that they would offer matchmaking for all activities.
Players now feel misled. This was supposedly one of Massive’s promises, they say.
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Massive would probably like to take back this tweet from February 15.
This is what Massive says about the accusation: Massive states in a statement in the Ubisoft Forum: As promised, all activities at launch were equipped with matchmaking. However, due to technical constraints and gameplay intentions, matchmaking could be omitted for some activities that come after launch.
You can’t just flip a switch and activate matchmaking for 8 players now.
This is why players feel patronized: Great criticism stems from the fact that players do not understand why they are not given the choice of whether to use matchmaking or not.
They see no disadvantages in allowing matchmaking – those who do not want to use it do not have to.
Massive seems to believe that the raid is “too difficult” for randomly assembled player groups – but players would figure that out themselves.
Players feel they are being forced into a mold that does not fit the way they want to play The Division 2.
“A lot of passion, even before the first one has played”
This is what Massive says: They basically say players should try the raid first before complaining.
The raid is intended for groups and clans who prepare, plan, and then execute their strategies.
It makes the team happy that so many agents want to tackle the new challenge.
Additionally, Massive leaves a back door open, saying they discuss the matter internally and with players. They listen to feedback and read comments.
Massive still does not believe that matchmaking is the best solution, but apparently, they are keeping the option open to backtrack on this. Anyway, it sounds in the statement no longer so determined.
Is the criticism justified? Massive’s position is understandable, but ultimately they are on lost ground. Massive is in the same situation that Blizzard was once in with WoW Classic:
They tell the players what is good for them. They explain to players why what they want is not right, but rather what the developers say is the right solution.
From this position, Blizzard could only lose, was mocked for years, and eventually gave in. The beta for WoW Classic ironically started today.
In The Division 2, it adds that the PR image really looks bad for Massive – they probably did not keep the promise on their radar. They cannot get out of this now – they should have been more careful in their wording.
He told players who wanted WoW Classic: “You think you want it, but you don’t want it” – just as the beta for WoW Classic has started.
This is behind it: The Division 2 is a game where people
want to play everything and see everything
want to play on their own terms
want new content that challenges them at their level, but is accessible to them
want to work towards something so that all the loot farming and building is worthwhile
Achieving all these goals is challenging. And all this hope is focused on the 1st raid.
The raid does not deliver in this form; rather, it is aimed without matchmaking at the “few upper percentiles” of players.
The concept is already difficult. The raid functions in its current form more as a “goal for players to strive for” than as an “activity that truly entertains people.” You can say that even before anyone has seen it.
What would be the best solution? The MMORPG World of Warcraft faced these problems years ago. The raids were only for the “elite,” and the rest could not see them.
Developers at Blizzard spent a lot of time creating content that hardly anyone played while the rest were bored.
Over the years, WoW found the solution to provide a “scaled-down raid” with matchmaking while the harder versions were then for pre-formed groups.
A similar solution is actually available for The Division 2:
The raid could exist on “story difficulty” with automatchmaking and toned-down loot
and in higher difficulty levels for established groups without matchmaking and with better loot
This system would also have disadvantages; the raids would become trivial, but it would better fit the gaming habits of the agents. Everyone could have something to do and experience the raid.
There would certainly be protests from some core gamers who feel that the raid should remain reserved for them and something special, but that would probably be tolerable.
However, such a change would certainly take longer, and until then, Massive will have to find a stopgap.
The mood has changed with a single sentence – it will be difficult to simply ride it out.
World of Warcraft has reached first place on Twitch among games with the most viewers – even if only for a short time. The reason for this was apparently the beta release of the Classic version of the game.
How well WoW performed: In the night of May 15 to 16, the first wave of invitations for the beta of WoW Classic was launched. Some players were able to spend the first hours in Vanilla and many of them shared this on Twitch with viewers.
Shortly after the beta was released, over 200,000 people were already watching streamers on Twitch play Classic at the same time. World of Warcraft thus reached number 1, even surpassing the leading game Fortnite.
According to sullygnome, Fortnite still had a slight edge in the past 24 hours, but at the moment (May 16 at 1:15 PM) WoW is still ahead of Fortnite, but only in second place with the most viewers behind League of Legends.
This is how it stood in WoW shortly after the beta started. Image source: reddit.
Why can hardly anyone play? The invitation to the beta of WoW Classic is carried out in waves, as is usually done with Blizzard’s beta tests. This means that interested parties are invited to participate at certain intervals.
With the first wave, relatively few players were invited, and accordingly, the demand was high among fans who also wanted to play. However, the invitations can only come directly from Blizzard, keys cannot be purchased.
Whether you were invited can be seen in the Battle.net launcher. When selecting the game in WoW, “Classic” appears at the top as a beta test. You will then shortly receive an email confirming that you have been invited, but you will not be asked to visit any sites.
In contrast to ARK, you experience the action from an isometric perspective, create a hero from multiple classes, and can only engage in PvP in special zones.
Where can you play it: If you want to play Durango, simply search for the game in the Google Play Store or in the Apple App Store. You can then simply start the download. It is a free-to-play game that you can download for free.
Durango is well received
What are the first opinions on the game? In the Google Play Store, Durango has received a very good average rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars. In the Apple App Store, the average rating currently stands at 3.9 out of 5 points.
Players are particularly impressed by the graphics, which for some have already reached console quality. Additionally, the gameplay is quite complex. There is a lot to discover and do. Team play is encouraged, but you can also manage well alone.
Dragonsbabali YT writes in the Google Play Store and receives the most likes for this: “I play the game for 10 minutes and feel a kind of addiction. The game is fantastic! Great graphics, exciting gameplay, controls are not hard and the story is nice. The controls, as mentioned, are straightforward… That’s true, but the rest of the game is quite complicated. I still recommend it!”
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What problems are there still? Currently, there are still technical issues, especially on iOS devices, which explains the lower rating compared to the Google Play Store. The game frequently crashes during login. In addition, some are annoyed that they have to give the game access to many data.
But generally, Durango is currently quite well received by players.
There are now good reasons to explore your city again with Pokémon GO! Niantic has added new spawn points, promising more Pokémon.
What’s new in Pokémon GO: On Reddit, numerous players report that the spawn points have changed. Most trainers report more Pokémon. However, some players also say that they have lost spawns.
The new spawns could also change things for trainers. It could lead to entirely new routes where one can catch Pokémon easily.
New Spawn Points in Pokémon GO – Why They Matter
What exactly are spawn points? Every Pokémon in the wild spawns at a specific spawn point. This point gets a Pokémon every hour at the same time.
Each of these Pokémon has a fixed spawn point
Now there are new spawn points. So at places where there has not been a Pokémon before, a Pokémon could now appear.
What the new spawns mean for you: New spawns also mean new Pokémon. So you should revisit areas in your city that you might have deemed unsuitable before. There could be new spawns that suddenly make these places interesting again.
Players especially report that something has changed at PokéStops. Now, significantly more stops are said to also have spawn points for Pokémon.
Generally, you should seek routes where many Pokémon spawn. This way, you can make the most out of little time. This could be particularly interesting for Community Days.
Are there only new spawns? It seems that many new spawn points have been added, but some old ones have been removed. Overall, there should now be more spawns.
Overall, it’s great news as there are more Pokémon to catch.
Why does Niantic change the spawns? The developers themselves have not commented on this. However, one can assume that they generally want to increase the spawns. This could also make playing in rural areas more interesting if suddenly there are noticeably more Pokémon to catch.
Moreover, they naturally want to attract players to the PokéStops. There are often PokéStops that do not have spawns around them. Why would one stop by here? This could change with the new spawns.
The attacks for the Community Day are known! Lohgock learns 2 new attacks:
This week in Destiny 2, you can continue the exotic quest from the mission “Zero Hour”. We explain how to solve the second step “Arc Configuration” and what rewards you can earn.
About this quest: Since May 7, numerous Guardians have been hunting the new exotic weapon Perfected Outbreak and its exotic masterwork catalyst. The weapon itself and the catalyst can only be obtained through the mission “Zero Hour” after completing a specific quest line. Additionally, the catalyst can only be leveled through this mission in parts.
But there’s more to be gained there. In the heroic version of “Zero Hour,” the Guardians stumbled upon another exotic quest. This quest consists of three parts and apparently leads to a new exotic ship in the end. Furthermore, valuable additional percent can be obtained for catalyst progress.
After last week’s step “Null Configuration”, we now continue with the “Arc Configuration.” Here’s how the second quest step goes.
The Arc Configuration – How to solve the riddle in the vault
What do you need to do this week for the Arc Configuration? Compared to the first quest step “Null Configuration” from last week, not much has changed. Until you reach the ignitable plates in front of the vault, basically everything is the same – including the path.
For the Arc Configuration, you need to find three different keycards and collect 49x SIVA particles in the heroic version of “Zero Hour” – all in one go. If you fail or abort the mission, you have to start over.
The pressure plates in front of the vault room: In front of the vault room, you will find ignitable floor plates that must be walked over in a specific pattern. This week, you should walk over them in this order:
The sequences at the terminals and consoles: Once you have overcome the pressure plates, you will enter the vault room, where the actual Arc riddle needs to be solved. The procedure itself is exactly the same as last week. Only the sequences to be entered are different for the Arc Configuration.
How to crack the Arc Configuration
Although a large part of this riddle phase remains the same, we have explained it here in detail due to its complexity, so you don’t have to switch between multiple articles.
What you need to do now: The vault room remains unchanged. There are three terminals in the main room and seven side rooms, each with seven consoles. One player continuously operates Terminal 1, a second handles Terminal 2, and the third takes on the role of the runner and activates the consoles.
What is important for you are Terminals 1 and 2. Terminal 3 can be ignored.
How to read correctly: Player 1 activates Terminal 1. On display: two blue circles, each with 12 segments. Each circle has a specific segment highlighted in color.
To make the riddle easier, fans have numbered the segments as shown in the image. The yellow segments and their numbers are what is important.
The seven side rooms are color-coded and each contains seven consoles. All side rooms are structured based on this pattern, and all consoles are numbered as shown in the image:
The solution: Player 1 reads the numbers of the highlighted segments from left to right. This number pair is now to be compared in this table. Note: The sequences are now different from those in the Null Configuration the previous week.
Now look up this number combination in the table (Column Terminal 1). Then, slide all the way to the left to Column Siva Terminal in that row. That way, you can identify which room the runner must go to (color) and which console he has to activate (number).
Once the runner has activated the corresponding console, the player at Terminal 1 can continue his task and read the next number pair. This process repeats 49 times.
You don’t have to finish the mission, by the way. So don’t worry if the mission timer keeps running. Additionally, every successful activation of a console grants extra time.
What do you need Terminal 2 for? Occasionally, it may happen that a number combination from Terminal 1 appears multiple times in the table, leading you to different rooms (as shown in the image).
In this case, the player at Terminal 2 reads his numbers and compares them with the Column Terminal 2 behind the previously encountered number combination from Terminal 1. If the numbers for Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 match in that row, then slide all the way to the left and you will know exactly which room and which console the runner needs to go to.
You can watch the explanation of the riddle again in the video by Venero TV:
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This is the reward: Once you have mastered the riddle, the Ark Configuration will now also be checked off in the repair blueprint. This means you are one step closer to the exotic ship and will likely only need to complete the Solar Configuration next week.
On top of that, you will receive 67x SIVA particles and an additional 13% for the progress of the Perfected Outbreak’s masterwork catalyst. This way, you can already reach a total of 67% this week and have the chance to fully level up the catalyst next week.
Here you can find out how to master the Null and Solar Configurations:
This test phase starts next: From May 29 to June 19, it will be possible for players who are at least 18 years old to register for the Korean beta of the MMORPG A:IR.
When does the beta start? A start date has not yet been announced. Since the registration phase lasts until June 19, the Closed Beta will likely begin in summer.
In the upcoming Ghost Recon Breakpoint, you will be stranded on the fictional island of Auroa. But you will not be alone on the island, as the game will feature a Social Hub.
This is the Social Hub: Players will find themselves in the next installment of the Ghost Recon series on the island of Auroa and will be hunted by the hostile Wolves. Early in the story, players will encounter the small village of Erewhon, which is located in a hidden cave and serves as a hideout from then on.
Erewhon is also a Social Hub where up to 16 players can gather, meet, and arrange activities.
Erewhon is located in a hidden cave and offers you a refuge.
Here’s why the Hub is important: Besides meeting other players, Erewhon also plays a significant role in the rest of the game. The cave is where much of the story is set to unfold. There, you will meet your allies and talk to various characters.
Additionally, in Erewhon, you can buy items, new gear, and weapons as well as unlock further missions.
You can also choose additional modes of Ghost Recon Breakpoint in the Hub. This includes the new PvP mode and raids that are scheduled to be added to the game at a later date. Thus, the Hub becomes a central hub for the entire game and all future features.
This is what players are saying: The news about the Social Hub in Breakpoint has resulted in mixed feelings among players so far. Some compare Ghost Recon Breakpoint to The Division and feel that the game sounds more and more like a Division 3.
Moreover, a location with other players is not well received by story lovers. For instance, tal17717 on Reddit says: “I’m not against a Social Hub, but they removed the AI companions so that you feel like a lone wolf in the world. Now you can go to the Hub where about ten other ghosts are hanging out? That seems strange to me.”
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Recently, Fallout 76 has really received many cool features. This includes some new items for the Atomic Shop, the shop for microtransactions. A group of theme skins based on the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse really hyped our author Benedict – and then disappointed him.
This is the skin in question: Fallout 76 has received several limited edition skins of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse in recent weeks. These are known from biblical stories as:
The White Horseman (Abuse of power, known as Pest in Fallout 76)
The Red Horseman (War)
The Black Horseman (Famine)
The Pale Horseman (Death)
Each of these skins costs about 14€ with 1400 atoms in the Atomic Shop and was strictly limited to 7 days each.
A few days ago, on May 14, 2019, the Atomic Shop received an update and the last Horseman, “Death,” was finally available. “Death” is available until May 21. However, it’s not much more than a white-painted power armor with black markings on it.
Why am I so disappointed? Despite some very controversial items in the Atomic Shop like the repair kits, Bethesda has, in my opinion, put a lot of effort into new skins. So much so that I have spent money multiple times to acquire them.
The first new skin I purchased was the Raider skin for the excavator power armor, because it usually looks so dull. Then came the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, of which I didn’t find “Pest” particularly appealing, but immediately wanted to buy “War” and “Famine”.
Hyped by their cool appearance, especially with Famine, I was really looking forward to “Death” as the most popular and well-known horseman. I expected a fluttering cape, scythes, or skeletal patterns. Not chalk drawings on metal.
The Raider skin for the excavator power armor has already encouraged me to buy.
These are the skins of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
This is what “Famine” looks like: My absolute favorite skin from the collection is “Famine,” a black skin for the power armor adorned with many ornaments that look like cooled fire and truly look like something that brings a cruel death.
The skin looks a bit like my beloved Chaos Space Marines or a really fanatical Black Templar from Warhammer 40k, and this was already “only” the often mocked horseman “Famine”.
This is what “War” looks like: “War” also grabbed me. The skin is a mix of white and red metals, with bones and blades everywhere on the armor, protrusions on the head, and skulls on the knee pads.
“War” really looks like the horseman who spreads war in the world and acts as a harbinger of brutal battles.
This is what “Pest” looks like: Fallout 76 reimagined the first Horseman of the Apocalypse as disease and plague instead of the biblical white horseman, who represents abuse of power.
The horseman “Pest” was the first skin from the horseman series and does not fall short of its two following colleagues. “Pest” is a sickly green skin for the power armor with red plague boils and protrusions everywhere.
Additionally, the eyes are glowing red and sickly. It looks as though the horseman would infect anyone who merely looks at him or gets too close. A good start a few weeks ago.
“Nuclear Winter” sounds like an update that takes place after a great war and where misery and destruction will play a significant role. The four Horsemen of the Apocalypse fit in perfectly as harbingers. Hopefully, a bit more impressive than “Death”.
For now, however, “Wild Appalachia” is up first, and today, on May 16, the legendary vendor from Fallout 76 finally appears along with his offers:
Ihr wollt mehr zum Spiel? Auf unserer Fallout-Seite auf Facebook findet Ihr alle News und spannende Specials. Wenn Ihr nicht alleine durch Appalachia streifen wollt, findet Ihr in unserer Fallout-Gruppe andere Vault-Bewohner
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In The Division 2, the new patch brought fresh content for solo players: the Classified Assignments. In these, one feels like Rambo, although they should actually put emphasis on the story. The Classified Assignments were one of the main contents for the €40 annual pass.
What are the Classified Assignments? At the start of the €40 annual pass for The Division 2, Massive announced that they would bring “Classified Assignments.” In total, holders of the annual pass should be able to play 8 of these “Classified Assignments.”
The contents of the annual pass – here are also the Classified Assignments.
Little was known about them. It was said that they meant “8 secret missions that deal with the fall of D.C.”
This was the question beforehand: The situation with the Classified Assignments is delicate and poses potential conflict, because:
the missions are new “content” tied to the €40 annual pass
but Massive stated that the annual pass actually only contains “goodies” and nothing that one necessarily needs to enjoy The Division 2
The assignments must therefore not be “too good” so that people do not feel pressured to spend money on the pass out of fear of missing out. Because they were assured that they do not need to do so, and DLCs in The Division 2 are free.
The assignments must be good enough that annual pass players do not feel cheated. A strange balance.
How secret are the assignments? The assignments are not secret at all. When you log in, you are sent to a blue zone, where the entrance is not directly marked but easy to find.
The National Bond weapon cache is the first classified assignment in The Division 2.
The first assignment is near the White House, the second mission unfolds after completing the first.
I needed about a minute or maybe two to find the entrance – and my sense of direction in The Division 2 is usually really bad. It takes me forever to find a target for a bounty.
What are the classified assignments like? They are cool, small missions that come across as “solo adventures.” However, you can also play them in a group – but the difficulty level seems to stay on “normal.”
The first assignment takes place in a bank, the second in a theater. You feel excited as an agent to see a new environment, but the missions are not particularly challenging gameplay-wise.
You mow through enemies like a fat kid through strawberry cake (or like I do through strawberry cake). At times, I felt like I was in an arcade shooter and not in The Division 2.
If you are used to playing group missions, constantly hiding and playing carefully, this is a change. I felt like I was playing the missions like Rambo and the normal enemies fall over if I just aim vaguely in their direction.
This does not contribute to creating a tense atmosphere that the scenario aims for.
Pretty mean: In the theater, the hostages apparently serve as target practice.
What does this have to do with the “Fall of D.C.”? The missions themselves have little to do with it. The assignments are basically “Here the True Sons (bank) or Hyenas (theater) have settled, and the agent must eliminate them.”
There is also a small story to make the mission feel more urgent, but it’s not particularly special.
However, in the missions, there are 4 recordings each that tell a story via audio about how the institutions in D.C. are failing:
The bank employees are instructed to burn the money but do exactly the opposite and try to secure advantages for themselves. Thus, they contribute to spreading the dollar flu.
In the theater, the story of a failing police force is told and how neighbors suddenly become beasts.
Both stories are short and well done. They match what one usually knows from The Division 2. It’s nice here that the stories are compactly told and easy to find. In the open world, you have to piece them together more often.
There are also attachments for the backpack to be found.
The recordings are clearly marked on the map – for two, you have to think a bit and solve smaller puzzles, but it’s almost impossible to miss the recordings. Especially since at the end of the mission, you are asked if you have already found all 5 items and want to leave.
This is my assessment: I played both missions briefly yesterday – they are not a big deal. The missions are clearly structured, enemies arrive in waves – many red ones, in the end, there is sometimes an elite.
The second mission is significantly tougher than the first, but still easy. It could be that it only seemed harder to me because at that time I was completely in John Wick mode, looking for no cover anymore, but just shooting wildly.
I found the stories and missions interesting and entertaining, and I will also play the next 6 missions, listen to the story, and look at the environment.
There was nothing world-shaking in the loot for me, but I am also quite well equipped.
One should be able to finish the mission in the coming weeks, but that does not seem particularly meaningful to me. At the moment, I see no reason to go back in or play it with multiple players.
However, it may be rewarding for players with a lower gear score – but there should be quite a few at 500 at the moment.
This was the loot of one of the end bosses. (I have gear score 500 here).
Classified Assignments are “more of the same” in The Division 2
Are the Classified Assignments worth it? The Classified Assignments are small, entertaining mini-story missions, without much challenge, to see even more stories and places of The Division 2 that match the quality of the base game.
For those who can’t get enough of The Division 2, the Classified Assignments are certainly a good thing:
The Classified Assignments are definitely a nice bonus for players who already have the annual pass.
But for those who considered getting the annual pass just for this, they are missing out on nothing world-changing if they forgo the purchase.
It has been as Massive said so far: The annual pass of The Division 2 is not necessary; you can also do well without it.
In PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Stream snipers are a problem for many professionals. But sometimes they also pull off funny pranks on popular streamers.This time it was Shroud who got hit.
What was the fuss about? Professional streamer Shroud was playing PUBG with a buddy. Suddenly, his teammate said: “Look up in the tree, there are some wild animals. Do you have your sound on?”
And indeed, shortly after, monkey sounds could be heard. The joke was: There are actually no monkeys in PUBG!
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So the monkeys entered the game: Did the developers secretly patch new wild animals into the game? Not at all, because it was just two stream snipers disguised as monkeys.
Such monkey masks are now available in PUBG. But instead of ambushing Shroud, which they might have managed to do, the two “monkeys” decided to entertain the streamer with their monkey business.
Via voice chat, the monkey screeching was broadcast live from the jokesters to Shroud and Co. The two players were quite amused and watched the show for a while.
This is what the monkey masks in PUBG look like. Source: Dexerto
Close the door, monkey dead
This is how the monkey safari ended: “What noise does a monkey make when it dies?” wondered Shroud’s buddy and put the theory into practice immediately. A few gunshots later, the monkeys lay stretched out in the grass and the screeching ceased.
“This is a real nature documentary here,” Shroud’s buddy quipped as a one-liner, then the two moved on to earn a chicken dinner.
The Japanese magazine Famitsu conducted an interview with the developers of Monster Hunter World. They revealed some interesting information about the upcoming expansion Iceborn.
What was revealed in the interview? The developers shared a bit more about Iceborn, but also mentioned that fans can expect more information at E3. The story picks up after the campaign of Monster Hunter World. You can only play the DLC after you’ve completed the main story.
You won’t just be exploring new areas, but also returning to previous locations.
Hoarfrost Reach is said to be the largest area in MHW so far. Therefore, there will be opportunities to move quickly from A to B.
You can warm up in hot springs to reduce cold effects.
You can also wear winter clothing.
With the “Clutch Claw,” you gain an additional way to control monsters. This works differently from riding.
The trailer shows the green nectar of a Palico. This helps you once when you’ve been knocked out. There are no health restrictions with this item.
All weapons can use the Slinger, even if they are not sheathed. However, the sword and shield take it a step further with a new element.
The Dual Blades allow you to perform powerful strikes after Double-Slash combos while dodging. In Demon Mode, you can hold onto the monster with the “Clutch Claw” after the second “Rotation Slash.”
The light bowguns can be upgraded to reload while dodging. It is also possible to load multiple shots.
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What is particularly interesting? During the interview, the developers revealed that Iceborn will be expanded with additional, free updates. So if you buy the DLC, you will receive new updates with additional content over time, just as was the case with the main game.
What these updates will include will be revealed later.
What do fans think of the information? The Monster Hunter World community is really looking forward to the DLC and the many innovations. The Clutch Claw is something that many find interesting, even though it is still not entirely clear how exactly it can be used.
Also, the fact that the DLC will receive additional, free updates after release is well received by players.
Charge Blade says on Reddit: “I’m really looking forward to the updates. For me, it would have been fine if we had only received the expansion.”
To open his beer, this Twitch streamer wants to use a special item. After a brief poll, he decides on his headset. And then the dilemma is big.
Who is it about? The Twitch streamer Jayden “xDwn” Saunders has a relatively small channel on the streaming website with nearly 1,300 followers. He streams various games like Doom or Fortnite.
However, his clip from May 15 has already received over 65,000 views. In it, he tries to open his beer bottle with an expensive headset.
Why does he open his beer with a headset? Before the action, he talks in the stream about wanting to open his beer with “some item from his room.”
It should be something special. “Something that you believe I can’t use to open a beer,” he says in the voice chat, “I’ll open the beer with that.”
In the voice chat, someone then says “headset” and the streamer accepts the challenge. He then takes off his red headphones and applies them to the bottle. He explains beforehand that it is a twist-off cap and not a crown cap.
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Before the attempt, he says that he doesn’t want to break the headphones. Then he fails the first time and tries a different technique. This time he is sure he would only damage the headset, but not break it.
This is how the attempt ended: With the opening attempt he destroyed the headset. He was left holding only a strap with ear cup from which a cable was dangling. “I didn’t think that would happen,” says the streamer afterwards, who looks visibly affected by the mishap.
Shortly thereafter, he set up a new donation goal: he wants 300 Australian dollars for a new headset. When asked, xDwn revealed that he also paid about 300 Australian dollars for the headset from the clip.
Alcohol on stream can also look very different. Here, Fortnite player Tfue celebrates his entry into the World Championship with a champagne shower:
However, many agents had different expectations and were already looking forward to the raid – even without a clan or a fixed group. After all, The Division 2 promised a player search for all in-game activities. Now they have to look for other ways to find players.
How are fans reacting? While some players welcome and support this decision by Massive, many fans are angry and disappointed. Many cannot understand this decision despite the explanations from the developers.
However, after processing the initial shock, the community on Reddit is already working on a solution. In addition to possible approaches and suggestions for Massive, some affected players in the subreddit of The Division 2 have now come up with a kind of workaround. It is intended to help all players without a clan or fixed group, but also for too small squads – and indeed within the game.
This is what the community’s workaround looks like: Players who are looking for a raid team or other players for their own team in-game should go to the heli-pad in the operations base, that is, at the White House. Since the raid NPC, in the form of the pilot, is standing there and the helicopter is intended for the raid anyway, they want to use this location as a gathering place for everyone who wants to join the raid.
If actively looking for players, one should perform the jumping jack emote there. This way, you communicate to the other players that you are still available or still searching.
Since not every agent is on Reddit, this location and this signal should be shared with as many agents as possible outside of Reddit.
This is where like-minded individuals can meet in-game for the raid
Especially at the raid start, it is hoped that one or the other player can still find a raid team even without matchmaking or external means, or that entire random teams can form – and indeed within the game.
Everything about the raid start: The raid “Operation: Dark Hours” opens today, May 16, at 6 PM right after the maintenance on The Division 2’s servers. Here you will find everything you need to know about the start of this new PvE top activity:
Apex Legends offers you another package of free skins if you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber. What is included in the bundle and how to get it, you can find out here.
What’s in the PS Plus package? The 2nd package from Apex Legends for PS Plus subscribers includes two hero skins, two banners, and two weapon skins. Here are the items in the package in detail:
Two exclusive weapon skins, this time for the automatic shotgun Eva-8 and the R-99. Both of these weapons also feature the purple speckled look.
Lastly, Mirage and Lifeline get a cool banner with the same pattern.
How do I get the package? To get the package, you must be a subscriber of PlayStation Plus. This not only gives you the Apex Legends package, but also includes two free games for your PS4 every month.
If you want the package, just follow the link here:
Can I get the skins without PS Plus? No, that’s not possible. You definitely need a PS Plus subscription if you want these goodies.
How much does it cost? Essentially nothing. The skins are included in the PS Plus subscription without any additional costs. However, the subscription itself is paid. The PlayStation Plus subscription is available – depending on the minimum duration – in three price categories:
12 months: 59.99 Euros (equivalent to 5 Euros per month)
3 months: 24.99 Euros (equivalent to 8.33 Euros per month)
1 month: 7.99 Euros
More skins for Apex Legends can be found in the Battle Pass for Season 1. Additionally, the 2nd season is planned soon. You can find out more about it here:
In Fortnite , the latest patch 9.01 has met the wishes of professional players. The drum gun saw a hefty nerf – even the dreaded hamster ball had to take a hit in the new update. This pleases the pros of Fortnite: Twitch streamer Myth even thanks Epic with an emotional video.
This is how the drum gun was nerfed: The base damage drops from 26/27 to 22/23.
Epic says that after the weapon was retrieved from the vault by players, it turned out to be stronger than they had hoped. Therefore, they want to weaken the weapon without destroying its flair.
The Tommy Gun swings between favorite weapon and hated weapon.
This is how the vehicle was nerfed: The vehicle now has only 150 health points instead of 200.
Epic says the vehicle should be a fun and exciting means of transportation – but it was too strong defensively, so they want to weaken it.
An extremely agile and surprisingly stable hamster ball.
This is what it’s about: Both nerfs come after constant and loud protests from streamers and eSports players who want to qualify for the Fortnite World Championship.
In recent months, they have had very little good to say about Epic and have consistently and publicly complained about Epic, the balance, and the direction that Fortnite is headed.
Myth has made an ironically meant thank-you video to Epic. He apparently sees this as a turning point and comeback.
In the tone of a sports coach rallying his team, he shouts into the camera – much to the delight of his viewers. He puts on quite a show, it’s amusing.
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However, Ninja is not satisfied yet; he still wants the drum gun completely removed from the game.
On the forum Reddit , Epic is surprisingly getting praise for the patch. Overall, the changes are considered solid, according to the most upvoted comments.
It’s considered a decent patch; the vehicles are now being hunted by snipers. Additionally, the explanations from Epic are praised as a progress in communication.
The challenges of Week 2 in Season 9 in Fortnite have been leaked. This time there are few puzzle tasks. We will show you what might be coming your way.
What kind of leak is this? Weekly, Fortnite: Battle Royale presents its players with new tasks in a season. They can expand their Battle Pass and unlock cosmetic items and V-Bucks. So completing the tasks is worth it.
Before the challenges are officially introduced this afternoon, on May 16, a leak has already spread. This comes from data miners who have taken a close look at the game data.
How credible is the leak? These tasks were already discovered by data miners a few days ago. It’s possible that the Update 9.01 on Wednesday has changed the tasks.
Keep in mind that the challenges may still change until this afternoon. Nothing is guaranteed yet.
Search 3 chests at different named locations in a match
Eliminate opponents from at least 50 meters, 75 meters, or 100 meters away
What do the challenges offer in addition? The leak also shows that large XP rewards await you. It is said that if you complete 4 challenges from this week, you will receive 5,000 experience points. Completing 6 tasks will reward you with a new Fortbyte.
The Fortbytes have been in the game since Season 9 and can be unlocked through various actions. In our overview, you’ll find everything you need to know about the Fortbytes and how to unlock them.
We will present the official challenges on MeinMMO this afternoon and show you guides to the tasks. Keep an eye on our Facebook page so you don’t miss anything.
On Pokémon GO, the Community Day with Cyndaquil starts on Sunday! Accordingly, two moves were revealed that Typhlosion can learn.
These are the moves: Not surprisingly, Typhlosion can learn the Charged Move Overheat like any other Fire starter. However, it is surprising that a second move comes to Typhlosion.
Thus, Typhlosion will learn the move Flame Charge through TM. This was always one of the exclusive moves for Typhlosion in the console games.
What we know about the two new moves
Which move is better? This is currently a hot topic of debate among many players. Overheat has two charge bars, while Flame Charge even has three charge bars.
Typhlosion learns two moves during Community Day.
For gym battles and raids, Overheat is likely the better alternative. However, in PvP, Flame Charge performs better as it charges its Charged Move significantly faster.
The differences here are minimal, but both moves greatly enhance Typhlosion.
This is how strong Typhlosion will be with the new moves: Among the best Fire attackers, Typhlosion rises to the top with these two moves. Although the currently best Fire attacker Moltres can withstand more, it deals slightly less damage per second.
This is how you can get the moves: There is a big difference here. Typhlosion learns Overheat in the usual way on Community Day. You need to evolve it between 3 PM and 7 PM for it to learn the move. TMs do not help here.
Flame Charge, on the other hand, can be learned through TMs. This way, you can also teach the move to already evolved forms of Typhlosion.
The Community Day will take place on Sunday this time.
What happens after Community Day? This is currently unclear. Overheat will no longer be learnable after the event. However, Flame Charge might still be learnable after the Community Day. After all, you teach this move with TMs, which suggests a long-term move.
Nevertheless, we recommend that on Sunday, during the event, you equip appropriate Typhlosions with Flame Charge. After all, we are not sure if the move will remain available afterwards.
The 3rd GO Fest for 2019 has a location! It will take place in Yokohama:
