In Season 7, two of the most popular weapons in the Crucible will be nerfed – the hand cannons Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten. What exactly is changing?
These are the weapons: The hand cannons Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten are two top weapons in the Crucible that came into the game with the launch of Forsaken.
They are tied to lengthy, challenging PvP quests and are difficult for most Guardians to obtain. However, for many, the effort is worth it – after all, you get two of the best weapons for PvP. But that might soon change.
What does Bungie have planned? As Bungie announced in the current “This Week at Bungie” blog, they plan to weaken these two top weapons in the upcoming Season 7. The changes are significant enough that they could disrupt the current PvP meta.
Bungie is aware that players have invested a lot of time and energy into obtaining these weapons or are still doing so. Therefore, they want to communicate these changes in a timely manner.
Why the nerf? The two weapons are very dominant in the Crucible – in Bungie’s eyes, too dominant. Their special perk “Magnificent Howl” is simply too effective.
This allows two rapid successive precision shots to grant bonus damage for a short time, until the next kill is made or a shot misses.
This effectively reduces the Time to Kill of the weapons to the point that many players feel that no other primary weapons can truly compete in direct duels.
Luna’s Howl
Here are the changes: Apparently, nothing will change regarding the quests for the weapons. However, the perk mechanics and the rate of fire of the weapons will be adjusted.
The fire rate of Luna’s Howl and Not Forgotten will initially be reduced from 180 to 150 shots per minute. These two hand cannons will then be the only precision hand cannons with 150 RPM. However, the recoil behavior and animation will remain like those of hand cannons with 180 RPM.
The perk “Magnificent Howl” will only grant bonus damage on body shots and no longer on critical hits when activated. As a result, the weapons can no longer two-tap in the Crucible, meaning they cannot kill with just two hits. After the perk change, two critical hits and one body shot will be required to down an opponent in PvP.
Not Forgotten
How are the fans reacting? This news has divided the fan base. Some are happy, as this could break the meta and allow other weapons to become more viable in the Crucible. After all, these two hand cannons are currently very dominant.
Others are frustrated that they have invested so much time and effort into obtaining these weapons, only to see it all devalued – just because Bungie listens to the “crying casuals” again.
Additionally, many fans believe that the weapons, in their current form, are a worthy reward for all the effort they require. It still takes skill to use these weapons effectively, and the perk is situational. Therefore, they cannot really understand this nerf.
Meanwhile, other players remain calm and want to wait and see how the changes will actually play out.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale new cosmetic items have been leaked. Check here to see what skins, outfits, pickaxes, gliders, and colors will be available in the shop soon.
The following cosmetic items have been found in the data for Update 8.5 . It is not guaranteed whether they will come to the game soon or at all.
The Upcoming Skins
Here are the highlights of the skins: Not many skins are known yet. However, the long-awaited double-rabbit set, Gemini, is expected to find some buyers. The Inferno bundle will also come soon, a special offer that should be available in the shop.
Gemini
Inferno
The Upcoming Pickaxes
Here are the highlights of the harvesting tools: A total of 3 pickaxes have been found. One of them, Longhorn, has been circulating in the data for a while. The Plasma Carrot should belong to Gemini. There is also an unknown red axe, which likely belongs to the Inferno bundle.
Plasma Carrot
Unknown Inferno Pickaxe
Longhorn
The Upcoming Back Blings
Here are the highlights of the Back Bling: Only one cute backpack with a frozen rabbit is known, which should belong to Gemini.
Cryo Hops
The Upcoming Gliders, Emotes, and Wraps
Here are the highlights: The Quinjet from the Avengers is a real eye-catcher and can be earned in the challenges for the Avengers mode Endgame . Additionally, three rather unspectacular gliders in various color patterns will be available.
Those looking for new emotes will have to settle for Lavish, a cheerful dance emote.
Rhino
Unknown Wrap
Divine
Burnmark
Jackal
Lion
Jaguar
Helium
Rush
Steadfast
Quinjet
Lavish
Several new wraps have emerged that are expected to appear gradually as rewards or in the shop.
Is that all? Not at all, as three variants of Battle Pass skins from Season 8 have also surfaced. You will likely be able to earn them by the end of the season as part of the extension. These are skin variants for the Master Key, the Rattlesnake, and the Elf Ember.
In Shroud’s streams, the former CS:GO pro frequently plays shooters. Currently, he is revisiting PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) and experienced a funny encounter with a “suicide bomber” there.
On the Erangel map in PUBG, there is a notorious bridge where fights often break out. Campers frequently gather there, hoping to catch passing players.
Shroud and one of his teammates were in a car, while an ally was following them on a motorcycle. When they drove past a barricade, the suicide bomber jumped out from behind it, having presumably waited in disguise.
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How did the story end? The bomber did not hit Shroud’s vehicle but the motorcycle and its rider following the two players driving ahead.
Shroud apparently found this situation very amusing. He initially shouted “ahhh suicide bomber” but then laughed after the explosion. It also seemed noteworthy that the motorcycle continued to drive down the street, burning and without a rider.
What do suicide bombers do in PUBG? As Dexerto reports, they are a type of player in PUBG who want to “troll” other players. They do not take the game seriously and aim to ruin the fun for others with these actions.
By blowing themselves up, they gain no advantage in the game with the kill, but solely aim to take other players down.
Fortnite has hidden a star again in Week 9 of Season 8, which you need to search for. We will show you the exact location.
How do I get the star? This secret star only appears if you have completed all challenges of Week 9 beforehand. If you haven’t done this, you will not find the star.
Here you must search for the secret star from Week 9
Where can you find a hint? After completing all tasks from Week 9, you will receive a new loading screen. There, a hint is hidden that shows the location of the star.
This week, the loading screen looks as follows:
This is what the loading screen looks like in Week 9
This is the hint: If you look between the two skins, you will find a small drawing on the wall. The drawing shows a ship and the star on this ship.
The drawing in the background gives insight into the star
This is where the star is hidden: Logically, you need to search for the star on a ship. It is the Viking ship located in the snowy world.
Here you see the Viking ship. It is now covered in snow.
This video will help you: This video reveals the exact location for you. The star is located at the top of the ship.
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Watch out for campers: The locations of the secret stars are popular hotspots for campers. They are waiting there for you and want to score easy kills. So keep an eye on your surroundings.
If you want to see all the tasks at a glance, check here:
In Fortnite: Battle Royale the long-awaited Avengers mode Endgame has started. In it, you fight either for Thanos or the Avengers for the six Infinity Stones. Our Fortnite and Avengers fan Jürgen has played the new mode.
Because you fight in a 20vs20 format with respawns either as an Avengers team or Thanos’ Chituari army for six Infinity Stones that gradually appear on the map.
Fortnite plus Avengers! We like!
The Chituari have a total of 100 respawns and start fully equipped with a laser, an energy grenade launcher, and a jetpack. They cannot carry any additional equipment and cannot heal. However, they can harvest and build.
The Avengers have unlimited respawns as long as the Chituari have not found all six Infinity Stones. The Avengers are regular Fortnite heroes. They start with two weapons and a treasure map. This leads to one of five special Avengers items:
How does the new mode play out? In my first round of Endgame, I was assigned to the Avengers team. Fitting with the new Black Widow outfit that I had acquired earlier.
As soon as the round started, all Avengers ran around and grabbed cool weapons. Thanks to my treasure map, I found Thor’s mighty Stormbreaker Axe. It works similarly to the hated Infinity Sword from Season 7. You can deal damage in close combat and make huge jumps. You can also throw it and have it return to you.
After a bit of searching, you will soon have a very special weapon.
However, my first kill was still a Chituari who was camping stupidly on the horizon and whom I shot with the assault rifle.
Once I was in the fray, the action really kicked off. An Infinity Stone appeared and a few Avengers defended it against a horde of Chituari. My team was not fully assembled as some were still looking for weapons.
This is how the two factions differ: The Chituari, who start completely equipped and cannot pick anything up, did not have this problem, so they always move focused towards the respective stone, which at least at the start of the game automatically leads to a Chituari overpopulation.
Chituari don’t need to search for anything; they can go straight into battle!
This is why the purple aliens also burst easily, because although their lasers are quite strong, they have little chance against powerful weapons like Hawkeye’s explosive arrows or Iron Man’s repulsors. Thus, the aliens always pay a high price when they confront well-fortified Avengers.
However, if Thanos is there, the tide turns quickly, as the Titan takes down careless Avengers. However, he is not invulnerable either, because unlike in 2018, there are now strong Avengers weapons against him.
A Delightful Chaos!
This is how a round of Endgame develops: With each stone that Team Thanos loses, the tide turns more in favor of the Chituari. Because for every stone, all Chituari gain 25 additional points of health and shield, and Thanos learns new tricks.
Therefore, every round of Endgame becomes more intense and exciting as it progresses.
Once the first stone appears, the action does not stop.
The Chituari’s recipe for success is to limit their own losses until the last phase, while the Avengers are doing the opposite. They are usually superior individually and can also throw themselves at the enemy recklessly.
Until the “Endgame” at the end, because then their respawns suddenly disappear, and often an extremely close battle ignites between Thanos and his last Chituari and the remaining Avengers in a very confined space.
Conclusion: A Whole New Fortnite
This is why I like Endgame so much: I love the fast action of Fortnite, but I still don’t like building, and I would like various heroes like in Apex Legends. Endgame fulfills both desires for me, at least partially.
Because of the overwhelmingly powerful Avengers weapons and the Chituari with their grenades as well as Thanos’ superpowers, even mighty fortifications collapse like houses of cards. Of course, building is still useful, but by far not as relevant as in the regular modes.
And because of the different equipment of the two factions, each creates a unique gaming feeling:
The Chituari must – especially at the beginning of the game – tactically proceed as a team and optimally utilize “their” Thanos to drive away the Avengers and capture the essential stones. Only then can they become stronger and win in the end.
The Avengers, on the other hand, are initially a bunch of lone fighters who play differently depending on weapon selection and can effectively clear out the enemies. However, they are fighting a losing battle, because with every stone that is captured, the opponent grows stronger and their advantage fades.
This is how the new mode creates a unique tension that lasts from the first to the last second.
This is how Fortnite becomes fun for me again, and I hope that Epic will provide even more cool new modes in the future.
In this special, we present some builds that have been either spread or created by YouTubers. Some of these builds have already been compiled by invenglobal.com.
The “best” submachine gun build by widdz
This is the build: With this build, you should focus completely on crit chance on your mods. Also, the stats on your equipment should fit, otherwise, you won’t be able to unlock the necessary talents.
Widdz himself describes his playstyle as risky and offensive. You can choose your skills freely according to your preferences; skill power doesn’t matter in this build.
This is the build: With this build from YouTuber MarcoStyle, you can create a strong tank-healer. It is currently probably one of the most effective ways to play a build with skill power.
It’s all about the Chem Launcher booster. Because the effect of the skill can be stacked, and the healing effect becomes massive with the right mods.
However, make sure to have skill power on every piece. This is important to meet the requirements for the skill mods.
LMG build that is still strong with the next patch
This is the build: YouTuber NothingButSkillz has assembled a powerful LMG build that will also work with the upcoming balance patch Title Update 3.
If the update comes out as it is currently being tested on the PTS, this build should do well both in PvP and PvE. Additionally, the build reaches a quite high skill power of 1899.
These are the details:
Specialization: Demolitionist
Attribute distribution: 2/11/7
Brand sets:
3 Gila Guards
1 Douglas & Holding
1 Murakami
1 Petrov Defense Group
Active, important armor talents:
Explorer (+10% weapon damage to enemies marked by the pulse)
Unbreakable (When your armor is destroyed, 25% of maximum armor is repaired, and using a repair kit within the next 5 seconds does not consume the repair kit.)
Devastating (+5% weapon damage)
Empowered (+10% skill power)
Compensated (Weapon damage is enhanced with a low chance for critical hits)
On the Ropes (Weapon damage increases by 25% when all skills are on cooldown or reach 0 charges.)
Primary weapon: M60 E6 black market version with
Out of the Loop (Weapon damage increases by 25%, weapon handling, however, decreases by -35%.)
Allegro (+10% rate of fire)
Secondary weapon: MG5 with
Out of the Loop (Weapon damage increases by 25%, weapon handling, however, decreases by -35%.)
Extra (+20% magazine capacity)
Skills: Pulse (Scanner) and Chem Launcher (Booster)
You can watch the full build in the video:
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In Pokémon GO, a new Shiny is expected to be available in just a few days. Shiny Wadribie is finding its way into the game through an event in Korea.
How does Shiny Wadribie enter the game? In Korea, Pokémon GO is celebrating Korea Week. During this event, special Pokémon spawn in specific locations in Korea.
The official announcement mentions Shiny Wadribie, a shiny Pokémon that is not yet in the game.
This means for Germany: So far, every Shiny in such events has been released worldwide shortly after. Therefore, Shiny Wadribie will certainly soon be available in Germany as well.
Everything we know about Shiny Wadribie
This event is happening in Korea: There was already a Korea Week last year, and this year such an event will also take place.
The Korea Week in Pokémon GO
From May 3rd to 12th, this week is running throughout Korea, and special spawns, including Shiny Wadribie, will be available from May 4th to 6th in specific shopping centers in Korea. Additionally, Pokémon such as Corasonn, Fukano, and Wailmer will spawn more frequently there.
Moreover, there will again be some letters of Icognito present on-site. This is common at such events.
Here’s why German players should be excited: The Shiny will be released there, but will surely be catchable worldwide afterward. Whether it will be available right on May 4th or only after the end of the event remains to be seen.
This is what Shiny Wadribie looks like
This is what makes Shiny Wadribie special: The special aspect of Wadribie is its evolution. Only female Wadribie can evolve, and this gender is quite rare.
Thus, it will be quite a challenge to find a female Shiny. Only in this way can you also get Shiny Honweisel.
The update 0.141.0 is here. We tell you what changes it will bring to Pokémon GO:
A user on Reddit has extracted some new images from a website for Borderlands 3. These are cool drawings of the heroes.
Currently, there is a bit of calm in the flow of information surrounding Borderlands 3. Most are waiting for the gameplay reveal on May 1st. Reddit user amitkilo has meanwhile checked out the Shift website (which distributes Gearbox goodies, such as golden keys in Borderlands 2) and discovered some cool drawings.
The playable Vault Hunters from Borderlands 3 can be seen.
The first artwork features Amara, who summons additional arms with her Siren powers to heat things up for enemies and make their lives hell in close combat.
Zane is featured in the second image and is aiming his revolver directly at an enemy. In his right hand, he holds a detonator that is sure to trigger death and destruction or at least a small fireworks display somewhere nearby.
Moze is armed with a knife and a (far too large) weapon while striking a pretty cool pose. With her canteen and helmet, she clearly seems to be the team’s soldier.
The last image shows the entire team, including FL4K. So far, FL4K has not been given his own image but can stand above everyone else with crossed arms.
Are you excited for Borderlands 3 and craving every morsel of new information? Or are you just waiting to see how the game turns out?
The developers of Black Desert have released their roadmap for the second quarter of 2019. Apparently, a new mount, new areas, and new group content are set to arrive in the game by the end of June.
What are the biggest innovations? Among the new announcements are two new regions. One is the underwater ruins, which is supposed to provide a new high-level area with new monsters and a world boss. This area has been available in Korea since the summer of 2018.
The other new region is Star’s End. In this area, players are supposed to obtain the new BlackStar weapon. According to the previous experiences from Korea, the area is very challenging and has several prerequisites, including level 57+, 320+ DP, and the completion of all Mediah story sections.
The new underwater ruins from Black Desert
Are dungeons coming now? Besides the areas, there will also be new group-based content. According to the developers, this content is expected to bring entirely new experiences to the MMORPG.
What other innovations are to come? Big innovations are great, but the developers are also planning some smaller contents to arrive in the game:
Doom, a new mythical horse intended for experienced riders
New adventures in the Mediah storyline
The new Great Marni Stone
The Garmoth Chase, where you can earn new rewards
New life skill updates and the long-awaited Manos gear
The new mount Doom
When are the innovations supposed to come to the game? You can already look forward to the Doom mount very soon. It is set to arrive in the game next week.
For the remaining innovations, there was only the announcement that they are expected to arrive within the second quarter of 2019. This officially runs from early April to the end of June. The short time frame also raises skepticism among the community.
Stars End – The new Black Desert area
This is why players are skeptical: Even though the announced changes are generally well received, many players do not believe that Pearl Abyss can meet the timeline.
After all, it is already the end of April, and only two months remain for many major innovations. Additionally, they have been lagging behind the Korean version significantly. With all these innovations, they would be almost caught up.
The new Workshop is already bearing fruit in Overwatch. Blizzard has even implemented a test version of “Battle Royale.”
This morning, we reported that Blizzard wants to implement a new feature called “Workshop” in Overwatch. The feature is already on the PTR and allows players to create their own game modes and variations of heroes.
The first fruits of that can already be admired – including a “Battle Royale” mode. It was even already part of the preset variants.
This is how Battle Royale looks in Overwatch: In Blizzard’s Workshop, the mode is called “Fire Dome” and is played on the “Capture Point” maps. All players appear at different points within the map and fight against each other in classic “Team Deathmatch” style. The respawns are clearly a difference from typical BR matches.
As time progresses, the dome over the map shrinks more and more until it ultimately disappears completely.
This YouTuber shows how it looks in action:
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Battle Royale with many bugs: However, the “Fire Dome” also has some disadvantages and bugs that simply haven’t been fixed yet. When someone dies, they probably respawn at a location that is already outside the dome and immediately catch fire.
In a BR mode, there should actually be a permadeath. If you die, you’re out. That would still need to be improved.
The fact that the dome completely disappears should also not be intended. Here, players must improve and experiment until the game settings meet what fans desire.
Since the maps can’t be changed in size, a “proper” Battle Royale with multiple square kilometers of area will probably not be possible.
More crazy modes in development: The community is already busy creating more crazy game modes. For example, there is “Silver Surfer Mei” – here Mei has been modified on a map so that she can run faster when she freezes the ground right in front of her feet. This allows her to slide across the map like in turbo mode.
If you want to try out the Workshop yourself, you need to download the PTR of Overwatch on PC. Once the patch goes live, the Workshop will also be available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
What do you think of the Workshop and its modes so far? Does Overwatch still need a Battle Royale? Or should we better stay away from that?
For week 9 in Season 8, you need to ride 3 geysers in Fortnite without landing. It’s simple at the right spots. We will show you where that is.
This is the task: The challenge in week 9 is called “Ride on 3 different geysers without landing”. To complete this task, there are mainly 2 suitable locations for it.
We will show you where you need to travel to make it the easiest.
Here you can most easily ride 3 geysers without landing
Visit these locations: Geysers are everywhere on the Fortnite map, but they are not always close together. We will show you 2 places where you can complete the challenge the fastest.
You can find many geysers at these two locations
What’s special about these places: There are particularly many geysers at these 2 spots. You just need to ascend briefly and then you can easily land on the next geyser.
You don’t have to cover large distances or search for suitable geysers.
These are the locations: The first location is located right at the hot springs, west of Risky Reels. You will find the geysers all around the water.
These are the geysers at the hot springs. Source: Gamewith
The second location is around the lava landscape, south of the big volcano. Among the lava, there are also some geysers that you can use. Just be careful not to jump into the lava, as it will cost you unnecessary health.
These are the geysers at the lava landscape. Source: Gamewith
This is how you ride the geysers: To ensure you have no problems while flying, here is a description:
Enter the first geyser and you will be launched upwards
Open your glider directly in the air so you can look for more geysers
Position yourself with your glider right above the next geyser and slowly descend
Once you are in the right range, the next geyser will launch you up
Geysers can be found all around the map
This video will help you: So you have no issues with the challenge, we are embedding a video here. It shows you how to best use the geysers at the hot springs
After a strong start in February, Apex Legends is feeling a bit shaky at the moment. Finnish top player Lucas “Mendokusaii” Håkansson has some tips on how the game could regain its greatness.
Who is Mendokusaii? Mendokusaii is a top player in Apex Legends, who currently holds the world record for solo kills in Apex Legends with 36 kills in solo vs. trio. (As of April 25 at 1:30 PM, via Dexerto)
Mendokusaii comes originally from the competitive scene of CS:GO and also played in the Overwatch League, where he placed seventh with the Houston Outlaws during the inaugural season.
At the moment, Mendokusaii is primarily known as a streamer on Twitch for Apex Legends in the community.
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1. A ranking system: The most important point according to Mendokusaii is that Apex Legends needs some form of ranked mode. Even a basic queue for players who want to compete against others would suffice. With features such as:
a leaderboard
top 500 ranks
rank rewards
This would motivate players who have reached level 100 both in the game and in the battle pass and are waiting for more content. While Respawn develops, this basic mode would give players something to do.
People are missing a ranking system
2. Faster balance patches: Respawn should respond more quickly when the community criticizes something, rather than relying on numbers like in the problem with Mirage. It is important to listen especially to competitive players.
Player feedback should not be ignored in favor of statistics that seemingly contradict it.
Issues such as the frequently mentioned hitboxes should also be addressed. Mendokusaii cites Pathfinder as an example, whose hitbox adjustment increased his win rate but is now too small for his model. Currently, Apex Legends is not planning weekly updates.
An adjustment could be a nerf for Pathfinder.
3. More transparency: The communication between developers and players has been a topic of discussion for a long time. Many fans feel unheard because Respawn hardly communicates what is being worked on.
According to Mendokusaii, there should be more transparency about what is currently being worked on, especially when there is little to do in the game.
More clarity about updates is desired
4. Different game modes: Mendokusaii also strongly demands game modes such as solo and duo modes, which have been discussed for some time. They should serve players who want to play them. Those who do not want to ignore them and continue to play in squads.
He also expresses the idea for special game modes like “Skull Town Only,” where players enter with armor at the start of the game to practice against each other in a deathmatch, preparing for normal matches.
Currently, there is only a squad mode for three players
5. Buff instead of nerf: Closely tied to balancing, Mendokusaii points out that it would be more important to strengthen certain aspects rather than weaken others. He specifically addresses weapons like the Wingman, which was nerfed.
Instead of nerfing such weapons, weaker weapons should be buffed to make them viable. He sees a similar situation with the legends.
Instead of taking something away from legends or nerfing them, as is now planned for Wraith and Lifeline, other legends should simply be made stronger and receive new nuances. Players love the legends for what they can do. Taking something away from them is wrong.
There is currently a major discussion about Mirage, Lifeline, and Wraith
For Week 9 in Season 8, you need to dance between three ice sculptures, three dinosaurs, and four hot springs in Fortnite . We will show you a map of the exact locations.
What is the task? The task is divided into three parts. They are called as follows:
Stage 1: Dance between three ice sculptures
Stage 2: Dance between three dinosaurs
Stage 3: Dance between four hot springs
This task is quickly completed if you know the exact locations well. We will show you the exact locations of the 3 spots.
Dance here between ice sculptures, dinosaurs, and hot springs
Where you need to search: We will now show you a map that shows the 3 locations. If you land there and dance, you will complete the task.
Here you will find the 3 places to dance
What you need to pay attention to: It is important that you visit the ice sculptures first, then the dinosaurs, and finally the hot springs. Only then will the task count correctly.
These are the locations: To help you finish the search even faster, we will describe the locations to you here:
Stage 1: The ice sculptures are located in the snowy world, southwest of Polar Peak. There are 3 well-known skins in Fortnite as sculptures.
Stage 2: Here you need to fly into the desert world of Fortnite. The dinosaurs are located southwest of Paradise Palms, right by the road.
Stage 3: The hot springs are located at the very north of the map, west of Risky Reels. You will see the springs large on the map. You can’t miss them.
The ice sculptures
The dinosaurs
The hot springs
This is how the task is considered completed: To complete the task, you just need to stand between the items and perform a dance emote.
This video helps: We will embed a video of the 3 locations here. This way you definitely won’t miss the spots and can easily complete the challenge.
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The Epic Chef Tim Sweeney explains that in the future, they would forgo exclusive deals in the Epic Store, but Steam must cooperate. If Valve lowers their share from 30% to 12%, Epic is even considering bringing their own games, like Fortnite, to Steam.
What does the Epic Chef say? Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, tweeted that Epic would stop pursuing exclusive deals for the Epic Games Store if Steam provided developers and publishers on the platform with 88% of the revenue. And that without major conditions.
Then they would even bring their own games to the Steam Store.
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The addition “without major conditions” means for Sweeney that
the games have access to all online systems like friends or accounts
games can interact across different platforms and stores
the store does not receive revenue from other platform stores
purchases made in a platform’s store can be used anywhere
What is it about? On Twitter, the topic of exclusive deals in the Epic Store came up again. Therefore, certain games are (temporarily) only available for purchase in the Epic Store and not on Steam, for example. Like Borderlands 3.
Sweeney says that these deals would stop if Steam did not collect 30% of the revenue from publishers and developers in the Steam Store, but only 12%, with the remaining 88% going to the creators. Just like it’s done in the Epic Store.
At Steam, it is structured. Developers receive at least 70% of the revenue from sales of their content. If certain sales figures are reached, 75% or even up to 80% of the revenue goes to the developers.
That Steam collects 30% of the revenue from sales in the Steam Store is the “#1 problem for PC developers, publishers and anyone who uses these businesses for their livelihood,” says Sweeney on Twitter. “We are determined to fix this and this is the only approach that will bring about significant change.”
According to him, Valve is currently like the tax authority for developers.
FIFA 19 is no longer the same game it was at release after several patches. What are the best ways to succeed in the current meta? Marcel “DonChap28” Deutscher reveals the best tips and tricks.
This is DonChap28: Marcel “DonChap28” is one of the best FIFA professionals in Germany. He plays for the agency “L4K Sports” in the “Team Paranoia”. Learn more about his career here:
During a MAX Stream, we asked Marcel Deutscher: What tips and tricks should one follow to succeed in the current meta of FIFA 19? The professional had plenty of insights – we present the best ones here!
This is how FIFA 19 has been since the January update
This is the problem with patches: In the FIFA Ultimate Team mode, there are frequent updates that fix certain gameplay issues. “Unfortunately, it often goes in the wrong direction,” comments Deutscher.
Important gameplay elements have been changed too drastically from the pros’ perspective: “I actually found the game really good at first. It was very skill-based, with Timed Finishing and goalkeeper control. Then came a patch or two – those were fine,” explains Deutscher. The problem was the big patch at the start of the year: “Since then, the gameplay has been completely different.”
Not everyone is thrilled with the patches
This has changed: Above all, Timed Finishing has been severely weakened. Many pros had adjusted their playstyle to this mechanic.
It only brings about half as much: “If you shoot ten times with the same setup at green Timed Finish from 18 meters, then I expect the game to make the ball go on target ten times. Or at least score, unless the opponent moves the goalkeeper well,” says Deutscher.
Timed Finishing was one of the biggest innovations in FIFA 19 – and stronger at the beginning of the season
Now it is as follows: “You have green Timed Finish ten times and the ball goes out once, scores once, and once the goalkeeper saves it. The variance is just too great.”
The best way to score
This is how the pros have changed their game: So, a new reliable way to score had to be found. Following the patch, it became clear that crosses are now extremely successful – especially a very specific one.
The “El Tornado” cross is currently the best way to score: When you come down the flank with an outside player who has 5-star skill moves, you can apply this special trick: Hold L1 (RB) and flick the stick first in your running direction and then toward the goal. The player lifts the ball, allowing you to execute a volley cross.
Players like Coman can deliver the deadly Tornado cross from the wing
This is why the Tornado cross is so strong: “The El Tornado crosses have a slightly different trajectory than normal crosses. They fly a bit higher and then drop down,” explains DonChap28. If you have a strong header at the end of the cross, the goal is almost guaranteed – because defenders take a bit longer to react with this variant: “If you also hit green Timed Finish, the chance of scoring is very high,” says Deutscher.
But since not every player can execute the Tornado, an alternative is needed. This is provided by the chip cross: Instead of the Tornado, you can perform a chip by pressing the right stick while releasing the left stick, putting your crosser in a similar position. This cross variant has also proven effective.
Charging attackers are hard to stop when heading
Realism Criticism
This is being criticized: The issue with the extremely strong crosses is that almost all pros now use these moves: “The game is going too much in that direction. You hardly see anything other than El Tornado and chip crosses anymore.”
The game is becoming increasingly unrealistic. Especially in the case of the Tornado cross: “That a Ronaldo wins almost every header duel, I don’t find that so bad,” says Deutscher: “That’s realistic. Just this cross – I’ve never seen a player in my life make that kind of movement.”
The El Tornado requires a lot of skills – and almost never happens in real football
The ideal formation for the meta
This is how you should set up your team: If you are focusing entirely on winning, the cross meta currently works best. Marcel Deutscher explains how the perfect setup looks: “The most common formation is the 4-2-3-1 formation. Usually, you choose fast players on the wings,” explains Deutscher.
Due to the current meta, a different type of player is recommended for the LOM and ROM positions: “I’d rather have two players strong in headers there.” In the stream, however, Deutscher chose Bayern, who do not have the right players for that role:
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These skills your offensive players should have: The advancing offensive players are ultimately those who want to send the ball into the net with their heads. At the same time, they should also have a high skill value to be able to execute the Tornado cross. Ideal would be players like Cristiano Ronaldo, TOTY-Mbappé, Eusebio, or Flashback-Ibrahimovic.
CR7 is the perfect attacker for the meta
Since such players are extremely expensive, one could also opt for a variant with a 5-star player and a heading monster: “Aubameyang or Timo Werner also win a lot of headers.”
For the position 10, Deutscher recommends a strong playmaker who acts as a focal point in the offense. In defense, the pro also sometimes relies on heading strong center-backs on the outer positions to better intercept the crosses.
Individual tactical settings
This is how Marcel Deutscher sets his tactics: DonChap28’s game is characterized by high possession values: “Typically, I play defensively on four or five bars and ‘Balanced’, because I like to be the type who also presses a bit more offensively,” explains the pro: “I set the offensive play to ‘Balanced’ or ‘Possession’, because I want to have at least 65 percent possession in each game. As long as I have the ball, I don’t concede a goal.”
Those who play more dominantly should not choose too defensive an approach
In addition, Deutscher opts for a wide game in attack with many players in the penalty area, to perfectly exploit the cross meta.
However, the offensive style should be adapted to personal preferences: “In ‘Possession’, you have to send players yourself with L1 and call them with R1. In ‘Balanced’, they also go deeper, ‘Long Ball’ speaks for itself. ‘Fast Build-Up’ is good for countering.”
These player instructions will move you forward: “I don’t give any instructions to the outside players,” explains Deutscher: “The striker should stay central. Use ‘Mixed Attack’ for strikers like Lewandowski, who don’t necessarily win a running duel.” Furthermore, ‘Stay Forward’ should be selected so that the striker acts as a passing option up front.
A strong forward like Lewandowski is the ideal passing option
“I give the playmaker ‘Stay Forward’ and ‘Free Roam’,” Deutscher explains further. In defense, strong coverage is mainly ensured: “For the midfielders, you must set ‘Stay Back While Attacking’.” And above all: “As a standard, ‘Cover Wings’ is set. In my view, that’s nonsense because the two in front of the defense shouldn’t cover the outside players.”
Select ‘Cover Center’ for your midfielders instead of the default setting
Deutscher usually keeps his outside defenders back during attacks, as they always work a bit forward. However, it is important that the outside defenders actually stay in their positions and do not move into the center: “Set ‘Overlap’ for attacks.”
Your outside defenders should ideally also stay outside
With these settings, the team is perfectly set up for the cross meta. But what if your opponent is also a true crossing master?
The perfect counter to the meta
This is how you adjust to the meta: If your opponent masters the cross meta perfectly, Deutscher recommends a variant of the so-called “Cement Tactic“. For this, the team must be set extremely defensively in the tactics tab.
The 4-3-3 makes you strong defensively and offers good counter opportunities
“The best counter is the 4-3-3 formation,” explains Deutscher. If you set the defensive behavior to “Drop Back” and lower the team’s depth, suddenly well eight to nine outfield players defend right at the penalty area: “This makes it extremely difficult for the opponent to get into the penalty area.”
With such a defensive setup, it becomes difficult for the opponent to deliver crosses
This is how you can score yourself: Now you should select one of your midfielders and defend with him at the edge of the penalty area. Leave the rest to the AI defense – until you win back the ball: “Choose offensive ‘Fast Build-Up’ to counter well after regaining possession. Or ‘Possession’ – if you want to play really unpleasantly,” says Deutscher.
In the Cement tactic, it can get quite crowded in your own penalty area
However, lurking for counterattacks is advisable because: “You completely go defensively – and thus my team always pushes higher, which I cannot directly influence. And eventually, you might win the ball and can push forward quickly on the wings.”
These tricks you should know
This is how you outplay the opponent’s defense: If your opponent also uses a bunker strategy, some skill moves can help break through the barrier. Marcel Deutscher recommends two simple tricks:
La Croqueta/Iniesta Trick: With this trick, you can easily dribble into the penalty area and draw a penalty. It works like the normal ball roll (Right stick sideways to the direction of motion), but with L1. You need at least 4-star skillers for this trick.
Dragback: Stops the ball and pulls it back with R1. Serves to gain space.
How “La Croqueta” works, you can learn in this tutorial by FIFA pro and Charcoal Cup opponent Proownez:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta0lMpOvIsE
If you also use the El Tornado or chip cross, it will be hard to defend against you. You can find more tips from Marcel Deutscher here:
In Fortnite: Battle Royale you need to solve all sorts of tasks and challenges in Week 9 of Season 8. Here you will learn how to rock them!
Free and paid: All 7 challenges are only available if you purchase the Battle Pass of Season 9 for 950 V-Bucks (9.50 Euro). Without the pass, you can only complete three free tasks.
All Challenges of Week 9 in Season 8
The free challenges
Reward
Phase 1: Land at Loot Lake
Phase 2: Land at Lucky Landing
Phase 3: Land at Salty Springs
Phase 4: Land at Lonely Lodge
Phase 5: Land at Haunted Hills
5 Stars/500 XP
Search 7 chests at Polar Peak or Lonely Lodge
5 Stars/500 XP
Ride without landing on three geysers
10 Stars/1,000 XP
The paid challenges
Reward
Phase 1: Dance between 3 ice sculptures
Phase 2: Dance between 3 dinosaurs
Phase 3: Dance between 4 hot springs
10 Stars/500 XP
Deal 500 damage to opponents from below
5 Stars/500 XP
Revive a teammate at the reboot bus
10 Stars/1,000 XP
Eliminate opponents in 5 different matches
10 Stars/1,000 XP
Land at different locations
This is how you complete the task:
You need to land at one of the following locations in a total of 5 different matches:
Phase 1: Land at Loot Lake
Phase 2: Land at Lucky Landing
Phase 3: Land at Salty Springs
Phase 4: Land at Lonely Lodge
Phase 5: Land at Haunted Hills
Search chests
This is how you complete the task: This task is nothing special. Go to one of the two locations (or both) and open a total of 7 chests. You can also split this across as many matches as you like.
Deal 500 damage to opponents from below (Only Battle Pass)
This is how you complete the task: For this, you need to shoot at an opponent above you from below. So aim at flying opponents or enemies in fortresses.
Revive a teammate at the reboot bus (only Battle Pass)
Eliminate opponents in 5 different matches (only Battle Pass)
This is how you complete the task: Achieving at least one kill in five different rounds should be doable for everyone at some point. Ideally in a mode with respawn, like the new Endgame mode!
Our editor Irie is here today (April 25) from 4 PM on the MAX stream and will chat with you all. Do you have questions? Now is the time to ask them.
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In Fortnite: Battle Royale a dream has come true for many fans. Because with Black Widow, for the first time a real Marvel skin is available in the shop. Fans have been waiting for this for a year.
What does the Black Widow offer look like? Since Update 8.50, Black Widow is the first Marvel skin available in the Fortnite shop. There are a total of 3 items:
Black Widow Skin: An outfit showing the famous Avengers heroine Natalia “Black Widow” Romanova. It costs 1,500 V-Bucks (15 euros)
Black Widow’s Combat Stick: A pickaxe shaped like Black Widow’s combat stick. Costs 800 V-Bucks (8 euros).
Black Widow’s Pirouette: An emote that performs a complex kick choreography. Costs 200 V-Bucks (2 euros).
The three items are available in-game for an indefinite time and likely will only return during future Marvel crossovers. Additionally, a second Avengers set has been announced for early next week.
Fans have waited 1 year
Why is the Black Widow skin so sought after? On Reddit and others, fans are going crazy. Because over a year ago, when the first Infinity War movie came out in 2018 and Epic surprisingly brought the Thanos mode, fans hoped for matching Marvel skins, including Black Widow.
But Epic only brought Thanos, and the mode disappeared without leaving lasting marks in the form of skins. The superhero theme from Season 4 also did not bring any “real” Avengers skins, but various outfits that looked quite similar to Marvel heroes. Among them Omega, who resembled Ultron or Carbide, who looked like Iron Man.
Previously, the Rust Lord from Season 3 was often associated with Star Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy. It seemed that Epic might not have been able to obtain the necessary licenses to bring in the real heroes.
Now Epic seems to have enough influence (and certainly money) to get the real Avengers. Since Black Widow is one of the most popular Avengers and the skin is likely to be extremely rare, many fans according to Reddit are currently throwing their money at the skin.
“I am so happy I was wrong!” (Many fans no longer expected real Avengers skins)
“Damn, I have no money!”
“Just spent 50 bucks on V-Bucks. I love this game!”
“Hopefully, this is the only Avengers skin, for my wallet’s sake!”
“Oh my god, we are really getting Avengers skins?!?!?!”
What else could come? Since Black Widow is only one of two announced Avenger sets, fans are currently speculating. Black Widow is a female character, so the second one is likely to be a male hero.
Therefore, many are currently expecting Iron Man, Hawkeye, or Thor. Hawkeye would be quite likely as a counterpart to Black Widow. On the other hand, many fans wish for Thor’s axe Stormbreaker as a harvesting tool and that would fit with a Thor set.
Some fans would also be happy about Captain Marvel, the new heroine in the Marvel universe, even if that would then be two female skins in a row.
Is there more to come? An interesting detail is that the skins do not have a regular rarity, but are only called “Marvel”. A hint that Epic may take on more official characters from pop culture franchises in the future? The start of Episode IX of Star Wars at the end of 2019 would be interesting in this case…
What do you think about the 2nd Marvel skin? And will you get Black Widow?
The race for the First Kill of Uu’nat in World of Warcraft is on. However, the guild Method is not leading this time.
Originally, players of World of Warcraft assumed that the Raid “Crucible of Storms” would not deliver an exciting race for the First Kills. After all, it was supposed to be just a small filler raid. Beforehand, most fans were sure that the “race” was already over before the raid even opened in Europe.
However, this was not the case. On the second day since the raid opened, only four guilds have defeated the first of the two bosses. Despite the time advantage, the First Kill by the “Unresting Cabal” did not go to a US guild, but again to Europe. However, the current winner is not Method, who won the battle for Dazar’alor, but the guild “Pieces”.
This is how it stands in the “World First Race” in the Crucible of Storms
The current standings, after the first boss, are as follows:
Pieces (EU)
Limit (US)
vodkaz (US)
Method (EU)
So far, only four guilds have managed to defeat the first boss in mythic mode. However, more guilds are expected to follow in the next hours, allowing even more professional players to tackle the second and final boss, “Uu’nat”.
Why is Method lagging behind? Method already announced in advance that the Crucible of Storms is not very important to the guild. After all, it is just a “small” raid and not a completely new raid tier, like the battle for Dazar’alor. Additionally, it is important to know that some Method players are currently tied up with the “Mythic Dungeon International” and are participating in the dungeon tournament. These players cannot currently support the raid.
You can follow the progress of the other Method players in the stream:
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In any case, the race remains exciting. Which guild will first claim victory over Uu’nat is currently still uncertain. We will report on this as soon as the First Kill has been achieved.
Are you interested in the race for the First Kills? Have you already checked out the Crucible of Storms?
Elite Dangerous continually attracts new pilots, but not all of them stay. The space sim is considered particularly inaccessible for newcomers and deters many beginners. However, this has changed with the latest update.
The focus was on numerous “Quality of Life” improvements aimed primarily at newcomers and previously deterred space pilots.
For the previously harsh and ruthless start, there are now some cool features making things significantly easier.
These 4 things make starting in Elite Dangerous easier now
The most important changes for newcomers are: There have been numerous smaller quality improvements, such as
a tidier menu structure,
a more comfortable character creation
and additional useful details for navigation.
However, especially the following features should make life significantly easier for new pilots:
New starter area – exclusively for beginners
This is how it was before: Newcomers previously started normally in one of the starting systems in Elite Dangerous. However, these systems were freely accessible to all players and did not differ fundamentally from the rest of the expanses of space. There was no safety net.
In short: The still fresh pilots were simply thrown into the deep end – without a real explanation of what they should do or which content is suitable for beginners. Moreover, they could be attacked at any time by experienced players.
This is how it is now: This has now changed with the update. New pilots now start in an area specially created for them, a kind of starter zone. This area can only be used by them, experienced commanders have no access here.
Here, specially simple missions are offered, allowing newcomers to initially gain their first experiences and solidify the basics before being released into the infinite expanse of space. These missions can also be easily mastered with the starter ship.
This is intended to avoid overwhelming the players, as has often been the case in the past. Only after completing a specific mission can newcomers leave this protected area.
What is the Pilot’s Handbook? The codex of Elite Dangerous, where you can find numerous information about the game and a knowledge database, has now been expanded with another useful feature – the Pilot’s Handbook.
This is a sort of guide with the most important information on all essential areas of the game.
What is it used for? Previously, Elite Dangerous left players quite alone when it came to diving deeper into the game and its numerous mechanics.
What can you do in the game?
How do you navigate?
What should you, for example, consider as an explorer?
Which equipment is particularly important?
And what does this equipment actually do?
For all these questions, players previously had to intensively search the internet or needed the help of an experienced pilot.
However, even that was not always easy, as the information in German was not always as extensive and helpful as necessary for newcomers. All this can now be found compactly, easily accessible, and succinctly explained in the game itself (also in German).
Alongside the integrated practice missions and videos, this feature represents a significant relief and helpful orientation for beginners.
Advanced Landing Computer
This is why the landing computer is important: Especially at the beginning of a space pilot’s career, one of the most challenging tasks is docking and undocking at a space station. Many newcomers have lost their ships during this maneuver.
Many stations rotate around a certain axis to maintain gravity within. Access to these stations is very tight and can easily turn into a frustrating and sometimes even fatal trap during high traffic.
The same applies to leaving and landing at a station. This is exactly where the landing computer comes into play.
What the landing computer can do: The docking computer relieves the pilot of this challenging phase. Previously, the computer could only land. With the latest update, it can also safely bring you from inside the station into space.
This way, beginners can initially focus on other important basics, such as navigation, and can choose to learn this maneuver themselves later.
Moreover, this computer module is now standard on your first ship and all smaller beginner ships since the latest update. It does not need to be purchased or installed separately.
Supercruise Assistant
This is why the supercruise assistant is important for beginners: This new module helps new players with flying and navigation in supercruise mode – a faster mode of movement within a system.
As a result, beginners can initially focus on other things and do not have to direct their full attention right away to the initially complex-seeming flight method.
This is what this assistant does for you: This optional module simplifies supercruise flight to a selected destination within the system. While it does not take over direction control, it manages the most critical tasks during this flight phase.
The ship will automatically maintain the correct speed when approaching the target, preventing you from overshooting the target – a mistake that can happen not only to beginners but also to many experienced pilots.
The correctly timed exit from supercruise – for instance, for landing at a station or on a planet as well as for resource extraction – is also regulated by this assistant.
This module has also become standard on your first ship since the latest update.
Are you interested in Elite Dangerous, or has the game previously overwhelmed or even deterred you with its inaccessible nature and complexity – now is the best time to try your hand as a space pilot.
Has Elite Dangerous intimidated you so far? Are these changes reason enough for you to give the game (another) chance?
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