Players who play Fallout 76 in survival mode can soon earn legendary weapons deliberately. These are guaranteed three-star weapons, but they are always limited to one week. So you need to hurry.
What kind of weapons are those? The weapons you can earn in survival mode are all legendary. They all have three unique attributes and deal considerable damage. We have compiled the weapons for you in the gallery below.
As legendary weapons, they can be sold but not broken down. So you can’t earn mods for other weapons through them. However, they will likely be of interest to the Legendary dealer, who is supposed to appear on May 23.
The dealer can break down legendary items or exchange them for other legendary equipment.
Here you will receive a weekly challenge each week, for which you need to complete some tasks. Once all tasks are completed, the challenge is considered fulfilled, and you will receive the weapon.
When can I earn the weapons? The first challenge starts on May 7. From then on, there will be a new challenge each week for corresponding weapons. You can earn the weapons on the following dates:
May 7-13: Resolute Veteran (legendary Gatling gun)
May 14-20: Commander’s Blade (legendary Revolutionary sword)
May 21-27: Nightlight (legendary Tesla rifle)
May 28 – June 3: Fisher’s Fritz (legendary harpoon gun)
June 4-10: Unstoppable Monster (legendary Deathclaw Gauntlet)
June 11-17: Salt of the Earth (legendary double-barrel shotgun)
Bethesda plans to continue regularly adding new challenges that will also reward you.
This is also happening in PvP: Based on feedback from the community, the leaderboard in survival mode will be adjusted. Instead of “Longest Survival” time, the main statistic is now “Players Killed”.
This will display the three players on the map who have killed the most other players. Bethesda is considering adjusting the statistics further.
PvE players now have more peace in adventure mode:
In Fortnite the first week of the qualifiers for the World Cup is over. Numerous players have already made a lot of money, including many cheaters and fraudsters. However, many of them have also been caught. Most wanted to bypass the region lock to qualify.
How does the World Cup in Fortnite work? The Fortnite World Cup is a gigantic tournament where a lot of money is at stake. In 10 weekly qualification rounds, each can win one million US dollars.
In July 2019, the finals will be about 30 million dollars, which the best players from the qualification rounds will compete for.
Cheaters win money and lose it straight away
This is how cheating happens at the World Cup: In total, Epic has banned 1,221 accounts for various cheating offenses. The reasons for the bans and the number of banned players are as follows:
The majority of players, 1,163 in total, were banned for 14 days for violating the region lock. They played in more than one region, which was not allowed. Among them were 196 winners who will no longer receive their prize money.
48 accounts, including 9 winners, were banned for 14 days. The reason: they shared their account with other players. That is also not allowed.
1 account was banned for 72 hours for intentionally logging out to deny an opponent points. This ban resulted from several reports from players.
1 account was additionally permanently removed from the game and received a permanent ban. It was said to have used cheat software. According to Epic, it got caught after just 5 minutes in the game thanks to anti-cheat software.
To continue ensuring integrity and fairness at the World Cup, Epic wants to further develop its anti-cheat software and hopes for active support from the community to put pressure on cheaters and fraudsters through reporting.
In Apex Legends the last major patch 1.07 was supposed to properly buff the legends Caustic and Gibraltar. However, the supposed blessing is more of a curse that is currently annoying both players of the two legends and their opponents.
Here are the problems with the two heroes: The 10 percent less damage seems to have triggered a lot of chaos in the code of the two heroes. Players report via Dexerto that Gibraltar (and probably Caustic) now takes damage even while wearing armor.
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That shouldn’t be the case since armor blocks damage until it is broken.
According to another player, it seems that the 10% less damage that Caustic and Gibraltar receive gets flipped into the opposite when wearing armor, causing the heroes to instead take 10% more damage directly to their health points.
This is another bug with armor: In general, armor seems to be completely bugged with the new patch for the two heroes. Some players report that they cannot rely on damage feedback when playing Caustic and Gibraltar.
This is how damage feedback works: Normally, Apex Legends indicates through differently colored damage numbers whether and what type of armor an opponent has left when hit.
This is extremely important, because when the color indication for armor appears, you shouldn’t engage in a prolonged firefight.
This is the problem with damage: However, if damage shows red numbers, that actually means that the opponent has no armor left and should die after a few hits. But that seems to be missing with Caustic and Gibraltar now.
You can see how this looks in the game in the video from streamer LeonBackwardsTV.
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Because diverse players on Reddit report that they shot heavily at the respective heroes and saw red numbers. But suddenly the symbol for broken armor appeared, and the opponents didn’t die.
They presumably had armor on, but the hit feedback didn’t reflect any of that. This currently makes it extremely difficult to fight effectively against these heroes.
“That explains a lot! I thought I was going crazy,” commented one player on this.
What is Respawn doing?Update (04/20/2019): Meanwhile, there has been feedback from the developer on Reddit. They are working on the problem and intend to fix it soon. However, no exact date was given.
According to Dexerto, developer Respawn has not yet responded to the bug. But since it appears to be a serious issue impacting both heroes significantly, the devs should hopefully react quickly and roll out a hotfix.
In the meantime, there are still other bugs, but one of them is more funny than serious.
In the online shooter Destiny 2, players are currently having trouble generating orbs. The annoying part: they are supposed to generate orbs for the new exotic weapon Arbalest. However, this is no longer possible in some activities.
What you need to do for the new weapon: To obtain the new exotic weapon “Arbalest”, players must collect 7 out of 12 specific achievements to earn the triumph “Celebrated Hard”. This is the new triumph tied to the “Frenzy” event.
One of the achievements “Green Light – Competitive” requires generating orbs in PvP or Gambit while being immersed in Frenzy Light.
The orbs are created after precision kills.
This is the Arbalest.
Here’s the problem: Bungie has disabled orb generation in four activities:
Why are the villains doing this? The issue lies in the increased occurrences of “Guitar” errors in Destiny 2 since the “Frenzy” event started. They were crashing Destiny 2.
The clever folks at Bungie figured out that it was due to orb generation in those modes where orb generation has now been disabled.
Bungie recommends the following to bypass the problem: Bungie says players should generate orbs in other modes such as:
Quickplay
Strikes
Patrols
Forging the Black Armory
or in the new Forest
So it is not a problem to obtain the Arbalest. It is rather annoying for “completionists” who want all 12 triumphs from the event.
Here’s how the Guardians are reacting: They are never happy when something is broken in the game:
Many do not consider generating orbs as their favorite task – they feel something is broken and players generally feel there are too few orbs and it is rather annoying.
One angrily says: I definitely won’t go to PvP for the achievement where everyone is throwing grenades like crazy.
Another Guardian in the forum criticizes additionally that Eva continues to issue daily bounties to generate orbs in Gambit. This task can’t be completed at the moment.
But many can probably get used to the change – everything is probably better than a game that crashes regularly. So now players find it difficult to complete all 12 achievements, and they remain at 11 out of 12 if they don’t want to switch to quickplay PvP – but at least it’s running.
Overall, it seems that the Frenzy event is not under a good star:
In FIFA 19, the TOTS event is coming up. What the Team of the Season is all about and what you can expect in 2019, you can find out here.
The Team of the Season event has a great tradition in FIFA Ultimate Team. Since FUT 12, it has been a staple of Ultimate Team. It’s starting up again soon.
What is the TOTS event? The TOTS event (Team of the Season) is arguably the biggest event of the FIFA year, where the best players of the season are honored and released in various teams as TOTS cards.
The cards receive extreme boosts and are considered endgame cards. Only TOTY and Icon cards have similarly strong values to offer.
Example from FUT 18:
FIFA 18 – Reus Gold-Karte – Reus TOTS-Karte
Estimated Release and Duration of the Event
When does it start? There has not been an announcement from EA yet, but a release could happen at any time. The event is most likely to start on one of the following Fridays. We expect the event either on May 3 or May 10.
How long does the event last? Normally, the event lasts about 5 weeks; we expect a similar duration this year.
The TOTS events of the previous years:
FIFA 18 – 27.04. – 04.06
FIFA 17 – 12.05 – 30.06
FIFA 16 – 29.04 – 10.06
FIFA 15 – 20.05 – 02.07
FIFA 14 – 23.04 – 30.05
FIFA 13 – 08.05 – 23.06
FIFA 12 – 12.05 – 02.06
The Possible Contents of the Event
What cards will there be? Here we can only speculate; however, the last years have shown that the TOTS events always follow a similar pattern. So it was in FUT 18:
Last year the event started with a TOTS team for the English 2nd division as well as with the community team, for whose players the community was responsible.
Subsequently, EA released a new TOTS team from the 5 major leagues in Europe each week. Each team consisted of 23 player cards. There were teams for these leagues:
Premier League
Bundesliga
Ligue 1
Serie A
La Liga
At the end of the TOTS event, the ultimate Team of the Season appeared with the best players from the previous TOTS teams of FIFA 18.
FIFA 18 – Ultimate TOTS Team
Will there be SBCs? It is likely that there will also be a variety of SBCs in FIFA 19. Last year in 2018, you could only obtain the TOTS Rest of the World players through SBCs, as these players were not included in the regular TOTS teams.
Weekly objectives should also be expected, allowing you to earn player cards without spending coins.
The Transfer Market Goes Crazy
Sell your top cards beforehand: During the TOTS event, prices typically crash significantly. Many FUT players sell their cards at this time to have coins for the new, fantastic TOTS cards.
Therefore, it is wise to sell your top cards before the event. Because during the ongoing event, almost all cards lose value.
Saving is worth it: Many FUT players have been looking forward to the TOTS event for weeks and save their coins and even packs. This can definitely pay off. Especially in saved packs, one can hope for TOTS players during the event.
How to Get the Cards
How to get the cards: The special cards are found in packs during the event. The TOTS cards replace their normal versions. The odds of pulling these players do not change.
Additionally, there will be the opportunity to buy the cards on the transfer market.
And surely there will be promo packs available throughout the event. Lightning rounds are also to be expected.
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In GTA Online, a time trial is now active for a limited time. If you finish within the required time, you will earn 101,000 GTA dollars. We will show you how easy it is to win the race.
How do you earn the money? Once a week, time trials rotate in the world of GTA Online. This type of race can be found in the open world of GTA 5 Online. So you don’t have to join any game mode.
Drive to the starting point of the race. There, the required time will be indicated. Then you have to speed across the map to the finish point. You can earn 101,000 GTA dollars.
Which race is active this week? Until April 25th, the time trial “Maze Bank Arena” is active. As the name suggests, it starts at the Maze Bank in the south of the map. From there, you go a few kilometers north to reach the finish.
If you manage to beat the time of 01:17.8, you will receive 101,000 GTA dollars in your account.
How to Win the Maze Bank Race in GTA Online
The course of the race: The route is quite clear, you will practically just follow one road. The start is a bit tricky, and it gets tight just before the finish.
This is how the drive goes: During the race, you should avoid accidents to arrive on time at the finish. To take the fastest route, a perfect start is crucial.
At the finish marker, position yourself facing north and drive through the middle pedestrian path, down the stairs, across the road to the main road. In pictures, it looks like this:
Follow this pedestrian path straight ahead, zoom down the stairs at the end, and end up on the road
Once you reach the road, drive across it, over the grassy area, and then turn right to get onto the main route
Practice the start briefly to get a feel for the right turn onto the main road. After that, just follow the road northward.
In the last section of the route, it gets tight again, as the road is only two lanes until just before the finish. So watch out for oncoming traffic there.
From this point, it is still about 1 kilometer on the narrow route to the finish.
Video Guide: You can get an overview of the route in this video from GTA-Series. It also clarifies how the start of the race should go.
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Can you repeat the race? Yes, you can repeat the race, but you will only receive the 101,000 GTA dollars once. After that, you’ll only get $2,000 to $4,000 as a consolation prize.
Which car should you use? Take the fastest car from your garage for this race. Speed is particularly important here.
Unfortunately, you can no longer participate in time trials with the Vigilante. We used the Warrior in our later attempt and were able to easily beat the best time with it.
Don’t have a Warrior in your garage? That’s not a problem. We show you here on MeinMMO the fastest cars from GTA Online. Grab one of the top cars from the list and practice racing with it. Once you have mastered one of the fastest cars, you can win many time trials with it.
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Every week, from Friday night to Saturday, vendors in The Division 2 receive new items.
We only show items that can be obtained at world rank 5. If you see other items at world rank 5, please let us know in the comments.
We only present the high-end items in the offer, because these usually have better stats.
The best weapons from the vendors
DZ South – LVOA-C (Rifle) with Ranger (For every 5m you distance from an enemy, your weapon damage increases by +2%), Jass Hands (+10% Reload speed) and Sneaky (With this weapon holstered, your resistance to sticking is increased)
The White House – P416 – Military version with Nearsighted (Increases stability by +35%, but reduces crit and optimal range by 20% each), Stability (+15% Stability) and Protected Application (Increases armor by 10% when a skill is active)
Campus – “China Light Industries knee pads” with reduced cooldown and Veiled (When your armor is destroyed, enemy skills are disrupted for 10 seconds)
The White House – “China Light Industries mask” with crit chance, damage against elite and boost (+10% reduced cooldown)
DZ West – “Providence Defense knee pads” with health points and Self-Regulating (+20% increased armor regeneration)
DZ South – “Murakami Industries backpack” with armor, skill strength, crit damage, and talents Ruthless (+15% damage against elite) and Efficient (Using an armor kit has a 50% chance of not being consumed)
DZ East – “Station Grip gloves” with crit damage, shotgun damage and Surgical (+8% crit chance)
DZ East – “Murakami Industries knee pads” with armor and entrenched (Headshot hits from cover regenerate 5% armor)
The secret vendor Cassie frequently changes her location.
This is what Cassie has this week:
SR-1 (Sniper rifle) with the talents Resentful (Kill with an active status effect grants all team members within a 15m radius a bonus of +20% crit chance for 10 seconds), Jazz Hands (+15% reload speed) and Double Duty (Reloading an empty magazine gives it 20% free ammunition back.)
Invisible Hand (AUG assault rifle) with the talents When Empty (Reloading empty magazines grants +30% weapon handling for 10 seconds), Allegro (+10% rate of fire) and Rooted (Skill damage and healing are increased by +25% for 10 seconds when you are in cover)
MP512 (Submachine gun) with the talents Close and Personal (A kill from a maximum distance of 7m grants bonus damage for 5 seconds), Allegro (+10% rate of fire) and Protected Reload (When reloading, you receive +10% bonus armor)
“Airaldi Holdings” gloves with shotgun damage and Terminated (+15% skill damage for 5 seconds when you destroy enemy armor)
In Pokémon GO this weekend Shiny Pottrott is appearing more frequently. The small event is already running and you can find Pottrott everywhere in the wild and in raids.
How long does the event last? The increased spawns of Pottrott are limited to this weekend only. Tomorrow, April 21 at 10 PM, the small event ends.
In addition to Pottrott, you can now also find Lapras as Shiny. However, this Pokémon does not appear more frequently in the wild.
Shiny Pottrott and Lapras in Pokémon GO
Why are these Shinies available now? This is connected to the Safari Zone in Singapore. This event is currently taking place in the Asian city and provided players with both Shinies already on Thursday.
Shiny Lapras in the Safari Zone in Singapore
Now Shiny Pottrott and Lapras have been released worldwide. Just like in the Safari Zone, a Shiny spawns more frequently all weekend long worldwide.
How do I find Shiny Pottrott? You can really find this Pokémon everywhere in the wild. The shiny rate of Pottrott is still widely discussed, but it seems that it is increased again. So you have better chances of getting this Shiny than other shiny Pokémon in the wild.
This is what Shiny Pottrott looks like.
Pottrott also appears in raids. It is a Level 3 raid, but you cannot defeat Pottrott alone.
How do I find Shiny Lapras? The shiny rate of Lapras in the wild is not increased. So far, only a few players have reported finding a shiny Lapras, which is why the shiny rate cannot really be determined.
This is Shiny Lapras
You can increase your chances of finding Shiny Lapras by completing the quest “Win 5 Gym Battles.” This will reward you with a Lapras, which can also be Shiny.
That’s why you should take advantage of the weekend: If you really want a Shiny Pottrott, you should take advantage of this weekend, as Pottrott is rather rare outside of events.
You won’t have such a good chance for Shiny Pottrott anytime soon again.
Shiny Meltan is returning to Pokémon GO. We have all the info for you:
Although the world of Conan Exiles is dark, rough, and barbaric, some of the items there are simply strange. We present to you our 3 most peculiar finds.
What are these items? All the items we introduce to you have a use that may or may not be practical. However, they are more to be understood as a gimmick that can bring a smile to players’ faces, as obtaining them can be quite an effort.
What kind of potion is this? The potion does, as the name suggests, make your “equipment” bigger. Specifically, it means: your character’s penis will be larger. Even before release, the penis slider caused a stir in Conan Exiles, but with this potion, really absurd sizes are possible.
What is it good for? It has no practical use. According to the description, it is supposed to increase your “charisma,” a value that does not even exist in Conan Exiles. The potion has no other known effects besides the visual one. It does not work on female characters at all.
Where can I get this potion? To craft the potion, you first need to find the recipe and then mix the potion with water, Graulotus, and alchemical base in the cauldron. We have provided a detailed guide on how to obtain the equipment potion.
On the left is the maximum size for character creation, on the right is the effect of the potion.
2. The Battle Spatula
What kind of item is this? The Battle Spatula was added with one of the latest patches in March 2019. It is a giant spatula that you can use as a weapon. Its description reads:
A mad chef from Zingara once transformed a spatula into a razor-sharp instrument of destruction to ensure absolute customer satisfaction.
What is the spatula good for? The spatula counts as a high-quality axe that can smash shields and cause enemies to bleed. It inflicts 51 health damage, making it one of the strongest craftable one-handed axes.
How do I obtain the Battle Spatula? To craft the Battle Spatula, you need the power fragments that were added in March. You get these from bosses in the unnamed city and from small chests scattered throughout the city.
With the fragments, you need to interact with the Archivist in his black library, a shelf full of scrolls directly behind him. Here’s how to find the Archivist in Conan Exiles. You will then receive random recipes for redeeming the fragments.
If you receive the recipe for the Battle Spatula, you can craft it at the blacksmith’s workstation using the following resources:
What kind of item is this? The Dead Leg is a particularly grotesque item. The Dead Leg is a severed human leg that has been repurposed into a mighty war hammer.
What is the Dead Leg good for? The Dead Leg is a high-quality two-handed mace and serves to crush the armor of opponents. Severed legs have existed before, but the Dead Leg is significantly stronger. It inflicts 54 health damage and is among the strongest hammers, surpassed only by legendary items.
How do I obtain the Dead Leg? Similar to the Battle Spatula, you first need to learn the recipe through the new power fragments. Once you have learned it, you can craft the Dead Leg at the blacksmith’s workstation. You will need:
In FIFA 19 the “Team of the Tournament Knockout Stage” has been announced. The promo starts today on Friday evening, April 19th, and brings new special cards. We will tell you what time it starts and what you can expect.
This is the “TOTKS”: The “Team of the Tournament Knockout Stage”, or shorter “Team of the Knockout Stage”, consists of the best players from the past Champions League rounds.
It is comparable to the “Team of the Group Stage” – players receive special cards that relate to their performances since the Round of 16. These cards not only come with improved stats, but position changes are also possible.
New Champions League Cards
This is the time the TOTKS will arrive: The loading screen for Ultimate Team shows a countdown that expires on Friday evening at 7 PM. At this time, the new event will start – so everything as usual.
These are the TOTKS cards:
These are the TOTKS cards for the Champions League
These are the TOTKS cards for the Europa League
Unusual Timing: That the TOTKS appears now feels somewhat unusual. The knockout phase of the Champions League has not yet been completed: the semifinals and the final are still to come.
It is quite possible that we can expect another promo related to the Champions League at the end of the tournament.
How to Get the New TOTKS Cards
From Packs: As usual, you can pull the cards from the new event from packs with a bit of luck.
On the Transfer Market: FUT players who got lucky are selling these cards on the transfer market. Since this event mostly has top cards, the prices are likely relatively high.
Through Squad Building Challenges: EA has announced that during the event, 4 more players will be unlockable through SBCs. De Ligt is being started here, whose SBC has already begun.
TOTKS-De Ligt (89)
With Weekly Tasks: As we had already suspected, you can also earn additional cards through weekly tasks. Here are the cards and the tasks:
Henderson – No icons allowed. Win 8 Online single matches with 11 rare gold-English players and receive 1 TOTT-Jordan Henderson (Untradeable)
Wass – Achieve 10 separate Rivals wins with LaLiga players and receive 1 TOTT-Daniel Wass (Untradeable)
Joao Felix – Achieve 5 separate Squad Battles wins (Min. Difficulty: Pro) with Portuguese players and receive 1 TOTT-Joao Felix (Untradeable)
You can unlock these players with the weekly tasks
These Were the TOTKS Predictions
The Predictions for the TOTKS: There are also predictions for the “Team of the Knockout Stage”, which indicate how the new squad might look. Logically, players whose teams are still in the competition are in the foreground. These are at this time: Ajax Amsterdam, Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur, and FC Barcelona.
Among others, the user “Tillian” has made the following predictions on FUTWIZ, considering both Champions League and Euro League players:
The world of Albion Online is set to grow. Albion Online aims to ensure that new players have a better entry point after its free-to-play launch, as they are currently experiencing some difficulties.
Here’s how the entry will be made easier: In a notice on the official website, the developers of Albion Online explained that they will soon expand the world. In total, three new areas will be added to enlarge the game world.
As seen on the official map, the game world is expected to be about half larger than it is now.
What’s the benefit? The update is a response to the success after the free-to-play launch of Albion Online. With the larger map, more territories will be available for players and guilds to settle. Territories offer useful areas where owners can gain various benefits depending on the territory type:
So far, many areas are already occupied by guilds, especially since thousands of new players have joined even before the F2P launch. New players currently have few chances to obtain territories at all. That is set to change.
Many areas are already controlled
These areas are being added: Albion Online has specifically planned three new areas:
Siluria, about the size of Cumbria
East and West Glouvia, approximately the size of East and West Anglia
The territories will not grant season points during Season 6, but they will provide energy and loot chests. Therefore, they primarily serve as preparation for the upcoming seasons for new guilds.
The new territories can be reached through city portals in many towns.
Portals will be marked
When will the new areas be released? The new areas are planned for early May 2019. The territories in these areas that can be claimed by guilds will be made available in two waves.
This will occur on the second invasion day of Season 6, on May 18.
Territories are particularly interesting for guilds that want to participate in the faction wars:
Today, Xur is visiting Destiny 2. What does the mysterious Agent of the Nine have for the Guardians today? And where can you find him? All about Xur’s location and inventory this weekend.
This Destiny week is all about the indulgence. This brand-new Spring event is currently in full swing. There, Guardians can enjoy a new activity, secure various new event cosmetics, or earn the second new weapon exotic of Season 6 – the Arbalest.
Here you will find all the important information about the event:
Additionally, Xur is visiting the Guardians today and bringing exotic goods.
All information about Xur in Destiny 2 on April 19th on PS4, Xbox One, and PC
Since Xur occasionally has Forsaken Exotics with him and his Fate Engrams can also contain exotic items from the Forsaken expansion, this mysterious merchant has become more interesting for many Guardians again. Is there something missing or a useful roll for you today? You can find out here.
When Xur arrives
The Xur time: Xur now appears regularly on Fridays at 7:00 PM. He makes himself comfortable on a planet of his choice and begins selling his exotic goods. The Agent of the Nine stays until the reset on April 23rd at 6:00 PM.
Where is Xur? You can find him at this location today
Xur’s position: This week Xur is located in the EDZ on Earth.
Xur’s inventory and his exotics from April 19th to April 23rd
Weapon:Wardcliff Coil – Rocket launcher for 29 Legendary Shards
Hunter:Raiden Flux – Chest armor for 23 Legendary Shards
1. Perk row: Increased health regeneration, Increased resilience
In Pokémon GO you can promote your cities for upcoming live events. If you are lucky, Niantic might choose your location and host a GO Fest or a Safari Zone there in 2020.
How to promote your city: Niantic is calling all players, as well as tourism boards or city administrations, to apply for a live event in 2020.
If your city is deemed suitable, a live event by Niantic could be held there in the upcoming year.
How to promote your city for live events
How do I participate? If you believe your city is ideal for a live event, you can share this on Twitter, or register on the website of Niantic. There, you will fill out a questionnaire and send your application directly to Niantic.
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Niantic created a video about applying for your cities.
Your city must meet these criteria: You not only have to feel that your city is suitable, but also Niantic. There is a long list of criteria that you must meet. We have included a selection of the list below:
Is there a park that is at least 20 hectares large?
Is the park located in the center of your city?
Are there good network and Wi-Fi connections?
Are there enough hotels around the park?
Is the city administration favorable towards such an event?
Is the density of PokéStops and gyms high?
Are there enough parking spaces?
Is the park of historical interest?
You can find the complete list of criteria from Niantic on their website.
Next year, a Safari Zone might take place in your city
Tonight, on April 19th, we could expect a legendary raid hour in Pokémon GO. Numerous players from New Zealand and Australia are reporting that legendary eggs are appearing on gyms everywhere. It is now clear that the raid hour is also taking place in Germany.
What have the players reported? In New Zealand and Australia, legendary eggs appeared everywhere at exactly 6 PM local time. Every gym that hadn’t had an egg yet spawned a legendary raid.
This strongly resembles the legendary lunch breaks, which always took place at noon. Now it seems there is a legendary evening hour.
Update: The legendary hour is also running in Germany. From 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, legendary raids featuring Latios and Giratina are spawning more frequently on the gyms.
How likely is this event for Germany
This is strange: Niantic always announced the legendary lunch breaks in advance. Now players from distant countries are reporting the same concept for this event, but nothing was announced beforehand.
This image was shared by a player from New Zealand. Source: Reddit
Additionally, both Latios and Giratina are hatching from the eggs. A legendary lunch break was always limited to one Pokémon.
This is definitely certain: The later it gets, the more time zones are reporting about this event. There is indeed this legendary evening hour.
Players from Japan and East Asia have now also reported these occurrences.
Will this event also be held in Germany? This is not confirmed. However, if more and more time zones report it, then it will likely be the case in Germany at 6 PM as well.
Make sure to pack enough raid passes if this event starts here as well.
It definitely doesn’t hurt to head outside at 6 PM. If a raid hour doesn’t start, then you can at least do some legendary raids, as the spawn rate of those is increased anyway.
What do I get from this raid hour? If this event truly starts today, on April 19th at 6 PM, it is definitely worth taking advantage of this hour.
After all, there is Shiny Latios, and Giratina is also among the most useful Pokémon in the game. A few raids that you can complete during this hour should pay off.
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Today, on Good Friday, an update has been released for Fortnite . Patch 8.40.1 (2.16 by another count) fixes some quirky bugs. We take a look at the patch notes in English.
What kind of update is this? Today’s patch is an out-of-schedule update. Normally, Fortnite only patches once a week on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The update today became necessary because too many bugs and issues were present in the large update on Wednesday, which apparently disturbed players.
The latest update arrived around 12:00 PM today, despite it being Good Friday.
False message caused panic: Players had mistakenly been shown that they had dropped to a lower arena division. This was just a display error, and now the display is correct again.
The bizarre beard growth is probably the quirkiest bug in Fortnite. Source: YouTube
Crazy beard bug: In the new limited-time mode “Deep Fried”, the beard of the skin Blackheart grew uncontrollably until it blocked the entire field of view. The update has brought this under control.
In “Deep Fried”, nameplates and indicators for allies were also disabled.
Issues in Air Royale: In the new airplane mode “Air Royale”, there was a bug that caused all bushes to disappear after playing a round there.
The bushes were then gone in all game modes.
Mobile issues in Fortnite: Those playing on a mobile device who pressed the weapon or building keys too quickly could cause functional disruptions. This bug should also have been fixed by the new update.
The camouflage mode is still missing in Fortnite.
So far the reaction to the patch: There are already the first reactions on Twitter regarding the patch. However, criticism of Epic with “Revert” continues to dominate here.
Even World of Warcraft is full of small and large references to Game of Thrones. We show you a few that you might have overlooked.
At the start of the final season of Game of Thrones, there is hardly another topic in gaming. Suddenly, the Night King, Winterfell, and various gnomes are on everyone’s lips. It’s time to take a look at World of Warcraft and examine how much “Game of Thrones” is actually in WoW – or conversely, how much WoW is in Game of Thrones. At least in one scene, the creators apparently borrowed quite obviously from Blizzard.
Warcraft had a Night King before it was cool
The largest parallels between Game of Thrones and World of Warcraft can be found in the role of a major antagonist. The Night King, who leads the White Walkers and their undead in Game of Thrones, has strong similarities to Arthas Menethil, the former Lich King.
Both come “from the icy north” and try to overrun the kingdoms in the south and make them their subjects. They are also both powerful necromancers capable of reanimating fallen foes in large numbers and integrating them into their own army.
But the similarities do not stop there. Especially one scene from the last season caused amused smiles among World of Warcraft fans. The resurrection of a dragon as an undead servant is something that Arthas Menethil did in his cinematic of “Wrath of the Lich King.” There he awoke Sindragosa from the ice.
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One scene is almost a 1:1 copy. As the undead dragon flies over the armies of undead soldiers in Game of Thrones, surrounded by a grim atmosphere with the cold, inhospitable landscape in the background, WoW fans immediately recognized where it came from.
The exact same scene was also seen in the cinematic. When comparing the two scenes side by side, it is hard to deny that one work has borrowed from the other.
Of course, the books “A Song of Ice and Fire” existed before Warcraft 3 – but the exact portrayal of this undead army with the dragon probably had its origin in Warcraft.
Both sides likely borrowed heavily from one another.
Many small references in World of Warcraft
But World of Warcraft does not hide the fact that the developers are apparently great fans of A Song of Ice and Fire and have incorporated numerous Easter eggs into Azeroth.
For example, there is the “Axe of the Iron Price” to be found in the expansion Mists of Pandaria. The “Iron Price” is a concept from Game of Thrones. Instead of paying for things (the “gold price”), one pays the Iron Price – which usually means killing the person who owns what one wants. This is especially practiced by the Ironborn, to which the Greyjoys belong.
In the expansion “Legion”, rogues could obtain a legendary item called “The Empty Crown.” The item has a small flavor text that says: “It is hard to put a leash on a dog once you have placed a crown on its head.” These words are taken verbatim from Tyrion Lannister.
In Stormshield (the capital of the Alliance in Warlords of Draenor), you can find an NPC named Amelia Clarke – a clear reference to actress Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys. Hunters can even notice something quirky about her: Amelia Clarke is not a humanoid, but a dragonkin!
Amelia Clarke – once an important merchant, now just a reference to Game of Thrones.
The Shado-Pan in Mists of Pandaria should also be looked at briefly, as they have many parallels to the Night’s Watch. After all, they have been protecting a wall for years and ensure that nothing gets over that wall. While they are not undead, but Klaxxi, the task is identical. They even have the same sayings as the Night’s Watch, namely “We are the watchers on the walls” and “I am the sword in the darkness.” Both are taken from the Night’s Watch oath.
The Shado-Pan – strongly inspired by the Night’s Watch. Even with the same sayings!
Another prominent figure can be found in the Mage class hall. There is Melis, the Mistress of Flames. With her burning sword and red robe, she is a clear reference to Melisandre, the “red woman” behind many a curse. Her famous words “The night is dark and full of terrors” appear similarly. Melis says when you talk to her: “The night is dark and full of demons.”
These are just a few of the Easter eggs you can find related to Game of Thrones in WoW – there are several dozen, and some of them have probably not been recognized yet.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
The All-Stars of the Overwatch League are coming in May. During the event, there will once again be two exclusive skins for heroes. These have now been leaked, and it seems that the healers Mercy and Lúcio will be the lucky ones.
What skins are these? The two skins will represent, as previously at the last All-Stars event in 2018, the Atlantic Division and the Pacific Division of the Overwatch League.
Mercy will receive the Atlantic skin, a rather airy costume in blue and purple with a crown reminiscent of heavenly gods and heroes. Her outfit features symbols of moons and stars.
The Pacific skin goes to the healer Lúcio, enveloping him in impressive armor of white and gold. In addition, Lúcio receives character-appropriate green ornaments and a flowing green mane on his helmet.
Where did the leak come from? The leak appeared on two different sites. The reddit user bata12 showed the above image, but he could not confirm its authenticity.
Around the same time, however, the operator of the YouTube channel “Unit Lost” and consultant for the OWL team London Spitfire, Tom “Stylosa” Stewart, tweeted the same skins with the comment: “I just became a Mercy main.”
The leak comes from a very reliable source.
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How can I get the skins? Last year, the skins were available for 200 League Tokens through the Overwatch League menu in Overwatch itself. 200 tokens cost €9.99 or can be obtained for free by watching the Overwatch League on Twitch.
The All-Stars Skins from 2018
What are the All-Stars? The All-Stars event of the Overwatch League takes place over two days during the league’s season. The first event concluded in August after the finals, while Season 2 will start on May 15 during the regular matches.
During the All-Stars, fan-chosen teams compete against each other. Fans vote for their favorites from the divisions, creating an Atlantic team and a Pacific team. You can vote on the official website of the Overwatch League until April 28.
Who will you vote for? Which skin will you get?
The pros for the next season of the OWL could be featured in a show:
The developers of Dead by Daylight want to significantly improve their “Endgame”. For this, there are now quite radical changes in store that will bring tension.
The last minutes of a match in Dead by Daylight could be frustrating for killers. After the gates were opened, survivors could still troll, tease, and mock the killer. After all, there was no real danger anymore and no pressure to leave the map. But that is going to change now. The endgame of Dead by Daylight is being massively revamped!
What was the problem with the endgame? In Dead by Daylight, the end of a match can stretch on for a long time. If the last survivor decides not to leave the map and instead just continues to sneak around, they can keep the killer trapped in the match for hours. Trolls often do this to force the killer to leave the game with a disconnect – then they earn no points.
The new endgame leads to spontaneous sacrifices.
There were also often unpleasant moments when the killer and the survivor found the hatch (Falltür), the last escape route for the last survivor, at the same time. This led to the so-called “Hatch Standoff”. The killer and the survivor look at each other and wait – often for many minutes. Since the killer can “grab” a survivor jumping into the hatch, the player who acts first loses. This was boring and frustrating for both parties.
This is how the new endgame will be: With a trailer, the developer Behaviour has now revealed how the “Endgame Collapse” will play out. This is a completely new phase of the game that occurs at the end of a match. The “Endgame Collapse” begins as soon as a gate is opened or the hatch is closed – the killer can do this with this update.
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Then a 3-minute timer begins, which is represented for all players by a counting down bar. The bar runs at normal speed when all survivors are on their feet and runs slower when survivors are down or hooked. If the timer reaches the end, all survivors still in the game are instantly sacrificed. The Entity appears and simply impales the corresponding survivor on the spot. In that case, the player is considered sacrificed and gives the killer the corresponding victory and blood points for it.
The red ground indicates that the “Endgame Collapse” is nearing its end.
Especially cool: Both survivors and killers can open the gate to force the “Endgame Collapse”. So if the killer is tired of the annoying survivors who simply won’t approach the gates and prefer to troll him instead, he can start the timer himself.
A hatch is guaranteed: Also new will be that the hatch now always appears for the last survivor, regardless of how many generators have been repaired. Previously, (number of living survivors +1) generators had to be repaired for the hatch to appear at all. The killer can now close the hatch, which in turn activates all generators and initiates the “Endgame Collapse”. The remaining survivor must then open one of the two gates to escape.
In the endgame collapse, there is little time left.
New endgame fits the story: Story-wise, the “Endgame Collapse” is the collapse of the game world. The Entity wants the trial to end and begins to destroy the world – because all maps in the game stem from the mind of the Entity. In addition to the countdown bar, players see reddish, threatening cracks all over the map that indicate the coming doom.
The update will likely go live with the next “Mid-Chapter” patch – so in a few weeks.
Cortyn says: I believe I have never been this excited about an announced update as I am now. The “Endgame Collapse” solves many of the problems that matches in Dead by Daylight had. The trolling of survivors will become nearly impossible or at least difficult. That every match now has a fixed endpoint that both sides can enforce is really good and helpful. This should alleviate a lot of frustration from Dead by Daylight that trolls can currently cause.
A successful tech startup in the USA is now using the online shooter Fortnite as a workplace activity. The CEO believes this is a good way to engage its young millennial employees.
What kind of company is that? The company is called Podium and is based in Utah, USA. They have grown from 50 employees to 480 in just a few years, as reported by Quartz .
The company is a typical rapidly growing tech startup. They help other companies analyze customer feedback better with their software and have attracted investors.
What is the company’s problem? The company has young employees, known as millennials, who were born between 1981 and 1996. According to the CEO, they make up about 80% of the workforce.
The leadership team, consisting of 8 people, is, however, older.
The problem with such a structure is that the leadership is far removed from the employees. This is undesirable as it hinders communication and collaboration.
This is how the CEO came up with the idea: As the company’s CEO, Eric Rea, recounts, he heard about Fortnite at the end of 2018 when one of the Podium executives played Fortnite with his two teenage sons over the weekend.
Rea then installed Fortnite on his smartphone and was immediately drawn to the game. He then opened a Fortnite channel in the company’s Slack and noticed that about 25% of the employees also played Fortnite.
Since then, Fortnite has regularly been played in the company. People play during their lunch breaks, when a meeting ends early, or for relaxation.
The good thing about Fortnite is that it is not tied to a console – people can play it anywhere and anytime on their mobile devices.
Fortnite runs on tablets and modern smartphones.
Here are the benefits of Fortnite for the company:
Rea explains that the main advantage is that it makes him and the leadership much more approachable. In the game, everyone is equal.
Fortnite is a natural way to build a team. It alleviates stress and helps the team communicate and collaborate better.
MeinMMO says: Many companies struggle with the millennial generation. If Fortnite helps to overcome barriers and increase productivity and collaboration, that is a good thing.
This surely won’t turn into a gaming orgy that paralyzes the office for hours, but collective gaming can be a valuable team-building measure and fits more into everyday life than “forced togetherness” in some amusement park.
What impact does this have on Guild Wars 2? ArenaNet’s Linsey Murdock explained that the layoffs and the associated restructuring mainly affected new projects. When these were halted, some of the employees returned to the Guild Wars 2 team.
This means that Guild Wars 2 is not as heavily affected by the layoff wave. Linsey Murdoch said: “Many people who were pulled away from Guild Wars 2 for other projects are now returning. There have been hardly any changes in the core team of the MMORPG.”
According to Murdock, work on Guild Wars 2 continues as usual. The finale of the current season is approaching. Plans for the fifth season of the MMORPG are also progressing, and this season will definitely come.
However, the team is reconsidering some aspects of the development of Guild Wars 2. A kind of routine had set in, and now they are thinking about how to “refresh” everything a bit.
How is Guild Wars 2 doing? According to Linsey Murdock, the game is doing well. “Guild Wars 2 is still very successful,” she said. “We believe in the brand and the game. Every game loses players over time. That is also the case with Guild Wars 2. It’s just happening slower than expected for us. Guild Wars 2 still generates enough revenue. It is not going away.”
What about future projects? Some new projects have been canceled, but according to Linsey Murdock, a developer studio like ArenaNet is always working on new ideas. This is the only way a company can remain viable. She does not see the projects that have now been canceled as lost; they are just on hold.
This is how ArenaNet wants to take care of its employees: With significantly fewer employees, one might think that the remaining employees have to work harder. But that is not supposed to happen.
It is always asked whether something can be achieved without crunch time, and no one should be forced to work overtime. No one should burn out because they are working too much.
Murdock herself explains that she has not once been asked in 13 years if she is working overtime. According to her, ArenaNet has a healthy corporate culture where employees are cared for, and that should remain so.
So Guild Wars 2 will remain with us and will be expanded with a new season of the Living Story. This should at least reassure the fans for the time being.
