Elder Scrolls Online fans, pay attention: Since 01.04, there are cat costumes in the style of the Khajiit in the Bethesda Gear Store. Price: a whopping 100,000 dollars.
Looking for a cool outfit for your kitty? Check out the Bethesda Gear Shop! For 100,000 dollars, you can find stylish outfits for fashion-conscious kitties. What, that cheap? Is that a joke? Unfortunately, yes.
The costume does indeed exist in the Bethesda Gear Store, a kind of real-life shop for The Elder Scrolls Online, but purchasing it is not possible.
If you try to add the costume to your cart, you get the message “Happy Jesters Day” – “Happy April 1st.”
Since the release of the costumes was on April 1st, we can assume that it is an April Fool’s joke.
However, you can still find the costumes in the shop.
Pets can be quite expensive
Here’s what’s available
The joke was well executed. The folks at Bethesda spared no effort and dressed a cat in a few funny outfits.
But as it looks, the kitty was not impressed. In all the pictures, she looks quite grumpy.
“Dude, you have five seconds to take this eye patch off me, or you’re going to need two of them yourself!”
Five wonderfully quirky costumes were offered:
Proper Alfiq Banker
Diligent Alfiq Merchant
Venerable Alfiq Clan Matron
Cultivated Alfiq Men’s Outfitters
Alfiq Parasite Carrier
Unfortunately, the names were not matched to the photographed costumes.
Wait a moment, what is an Alfiq? Alfiqs are one of the 17 known Khajiit races and are the most similar to the cats from our world. They are just as small and also walk on four paws. However, they are just as intelligent as their larger relatives and also understand the human language.
Cats can cosplay too!
My cat really wants one of those costumes! What should I do? Well, you have to use your creativity. Take your grandma’s old rug and cut out a piece. Now you have a nice Khajiit cloak.
In an oriental jewelry store, you are sure to find a nice necklace that looks similar to the ones in the pictures.
“I’m the boss, you’re human”
A matching headgear is also quickly organized. Take a washcloth and wrap it around the cat’s head. You now have the authentic look of a purebred Alfiq from Elsweyr!
A Khajiit not only needs something nice to wear; he also needs drugs:
The Chinese company NetEase is working on the release of the Fortnite clone “BuildTopia” and interest in the game is high.
The developer and publisher NetEase last made waves here in the West when it was announced that they were working on the mobile game Diablo Immortal.
Now they are also coming out with a game that looks quite similar to a popular battle royale title from Epic.
What is BuildTopia? At first glance, one cannot help but compare BuildTopia to Fortnite . The graphic style of the game, as well as many of the animations, are very similar to Epic’s BR hit. But there are also similarities in gameplay.
Currently, the game is in a closed beta phase. Now, NetEase has received approval for a launch of BuildTopia. You can watch a gameplay video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyjqIWQFYKQ
Originally, the game was called “FortCraft“. The name was meant to indicate from which games the main features were borrowed, namely Fortnite and Minecraft.
What are the prospects for success for BuildTopia? BuildTopia is not the first BR game that NetEase has released. With “Rules of Survival” and “Knives Out”, it has already brought two such games to the market.
And they have provided the company with substantial revenue. “Knives Out” alone is supposed to have generated around 465 million dollars in profit, at least according to the analysis firm Sensor Tower.
Knives Out is another battle royale game from NetEase. It has a more realistic graphic style.
Therefore, a similarly large success is expected from BuildTopia as it combines elements from several highly popular games. It is also supposed to be as accessible as possible and function on older smartphone models to reach as many players as possible.
Whether Epic will take action against this copy of their game is still unknown. PUBG, on the other hand, has previously tried to eliminate “Rules of Survival” and “Knives Out”:
Several months ago, Niantic announced that trainers all over the world would soon be able to submit suggestions for PokéStops in Pokémon GO . But to this day, that is still not possible in Germany. Why is that?
What is the problem? Pokémon GO connects the real world with a mobile game. At interesting locations in the real world, such as the Eiffel Tower or a football stadium, you can find a gym or a PokéStop in Pokémon GO.
But these can also be local interesting places like cafés or shops in a smaller town.
These stops and gyms are important for players. You get items there that can be used in the game or battle in raids against rare monsters to catch them afterwards.
You get important items for playing from PokéStops. Such as Poké Balls.
In many places, there are few or no stops and gyms. Especially in rural areas, this is a big problem. In cities, such interesting places can be found everywhere. In the countryside, sometimes there’s nothing within a radius of kilometers. Players have few opportunities to collect items there.
And currently, you can only suggest stops if you play Ingress. But not everyone wants to do that.
What Niantic has announced: Because the stops and gyms currently rely on reports from Ingress (another game by Niantic), there are currently only a few stops. Niantic wants to change that.
Already in September 2018, the developers announced that they would test the function for submitting PokéStops in Brazil and Korea as a beta phase. After that, they intend to roll out the program to other countries.
Players are excited: Finally, there should be opportunities to suggest stops themselves
Players can suggest spots that they consider important as PokéStops using the function. Other trainers will then verify whether the suggestion meets the criteria, and if everything is fine, the location will become a stop or gym.
In places with few stops, this function is urgently desired.
Why do we still have to wait? The function for submitting PokéStops is still in a beta phase, so it is still being tested. Gradually, Niantic is enabling individual countries to try out this function.
There is no official information on which country will be invited to the tests next.
Which countries are already part of the tests?
India – Since May 9, 2019
Denmark – Since April 24, 2019
Taiwan – Since April 11, 2019
El Salvador – Since March 27, 2019
Guatemala – Since March 27, 2019
Nicaragua – Since March 27, 2019
Costa Rica – Since March 27, 2019
Panama – Since March 27, 2019
Honduras – Since March 27, 2019
Belize – Since March 27, 2019
Ecuador – Since March 27, 2019
Bolivia – Since March 27, 2019
Colombia – Since March 27, 2019
Uruguay – Since March 27, 2019
Paraguay – Since March 27, 2019
Suriname – Since March 27, 2019
Venezuela – Since March 27, 2019
Guyana – Since March 27, 2019
Indonesia – Since March 14, 2019
Peru – Since February 27, 2019
Vietnam – Since February 14, 2019
Argentina – Since January 31, 2019
Thailand – Since October 31, 2018
Mexico – Since October 17, 2018
Brazil and South Korea – Since September 18, 2018
Recently, on March 27, 2019, there was a big wave of new countries allowed to take part in the tests for suggesting PokéStops. If Niantic continues at such a rapid pace, there will soon be many more countries able to submit stops.
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How do you submit suggestions for PokéStops? When the function is enabled, it will initially only be for players who have reached level 40. There are certain criteria to be considered for new stops because not every location is interesting.
We have an introduction for you that you should consider when the suggestions for PokéStops are activated.
The biggest streamer on Twitch is Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. Since his rise through Fortnite, he has sworn off his former foul-mouthed self. But during the World Cup qualifications for Fortnite, the “Old Ninja” made a comeback.
This is how Ninja cursed: The streaming star was recently on a European trip, visiting Paris, Salzburg, and Warsaw. In Paris, he probably ate one baguette too many.
In his latest stream, he advised an opponent he had just defeated to eat a “baguette,” the biggest one he could find. He should stuff the whole thing in.
However, Ninja didn’t actually say baguette.
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This was the situation: Ninja (in the Mercy tribute skin) felt that another player (in the notorious Soccer Skin) had been stalking him for 6 minutes. Ninja thought the other player was a stream sniper deliberately hunting him down to eliminate him.
Streamers like Ninja have the problem that they want to stream their games live to interact with their chat. However, this also makes them susceptible to stream snipers, who can see them, know where Ninja is, and deliberately hunt him down.
That’s why cursing is so unusual: Ninja was considered an aggressive player during the days of Halo and H1Z1, often flipping out and insulting people while streaming.
Overall, the evening went quite well for Ninja – despite the stream sniper.
Some older fans criticized this: Ninja would be pretending and is a “sellout,” having sold out for success and not being the Ninja of old.
Therefore, the glimpse of “Old Ninja” is now a reason for joy for some veteran fans, while perhaps some younger fans have shown irritation.
In Ninja’s chat during the moment, most fans were amused, with many “Lols,” “Yes,” and “hahahahs.” On reddit, the clip also receives rather positive feedback: One would act the same way if being stalked like that.
Generally, Ninja’s haters should also eat a baguette, it is said there.
The clip has already received 190,000 views in a short time.
According to The Division 2 , the defensive skills are apparently too weak, as Massive now acknowledges. Therefore, hardly any agent plays a so-called “Tank.” Massive aims to change this with the next patches.
The game was supposed to be characterized by the use of as many different builds as possible, granting various advantages. Loot was meant to feel meaningful and bring a lot of variety to the gameplay.
Gear sets are part of different builds and determine the playstyle.
The three “main builds” of The Division 2 should be as follows:
Players can prefer weapon damage (the red talents) to deal the most damage with weapons, like in a classic shooter – like with a sniper build
Agents can prefer items that increase skill power (the yellow talents) to excel with their skills, control enemies, or heal teammates – a kind of tech specialist
and players can focus on defense (the blue talents) to draw fire, endure a lot, and create space – these are the tanks
That was at least a theory: Within these 3 main areas, there could have been different variations.
Offense is the best defense in The Division 2
This is what Massive says about the tank problem: In practice, “Tanks” are too weak, as Massive now admits.
The developer agrees with fan complaints that “tank builds” in The Division 2 currently are not worthwhile. There are too few advantages to go for hit points and armor.
Massive states: The problem lies in the fact that the best way to avoid damage in The Division 2 is to eliminate enemies as quickly as possible:
Those who are dead deal no damage
when enemies are dead, they do not shoot at you, you do not have to crouch in cover and can deal more damage yourself
the problem gets worse the further you progress into the endgame – the damage you deal becomes increasingly important
However, Massive does not want to make “Tanks” necessary by simply increasing the hit points of enemies and prolonging fights. Because that would cause the enemies to feel like bullet sponges again – this is something Massive definitely wants to avoid.
After all, it was one of the major criticisms of Part 1, why a guy in a hoodie can take eight shots from a machine gun.
This is how The Division 2 plans to solve the problem: In further patches, they aim to overhaul the talents overall. Defensive skills on gear should become significantly stronger, so that every “Defensive” role also feels important.
Massive wants to take a look at the overall balance and adjust it so that more builds play a role in The Division 2.
Especially at higher difficulties, they want to adjust the lethality of enemies to ensure a better experience. Healing should also become more important.
One can be curious about how The Division 2 will change in balance in the coming weeks and months.
An artificial intelligence from the OpenAI project has defeated the pro-gamer team OG in DOTA 2. However, some limitations had to be imposed in the game.
Who fought against each other? In a friendly match on April 13, 2019, the champion team OG competed against five special bots.
OG is somewhat like the reigning world champions of DOTA 2. They won The International in August 2018, a massive tournament with a prize pool of over 25 million US dollars.
The bots were operated by the artificial intelligence developed by the OpenAI project. The OpenAI project was originally initiated among others by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
A demonstration of this AI took place at The International 2017, where it defeated pro-gamers like Dendi in 1v1 matches .
For this match, the AI learned to play DOTA 2 in teams and demonstrated what it can do in the “Best-of-three” tournament.
What strategy does the AI use? The bots won the first game against the pro-gamers by using several aggressive strategies. This is referred to as “Snowballing” and it is based on the principle that the first kills in a match provide the foundation for victory.
While humans ignored their losses, the AI revived its fallen heroes early in the game by spending in-game money.
This is usually considered a “Noob Move.” Greg Brockman, one of the developers of OpenAI, stated that humans tend to plan in the long term and work towards “Late Game.”
We see this happen in test games all the time: the bots buy back, the humans laugh, and then the humans lose. Hard to know if it’ll happen here too…
These were the special conditions for the matches: However, special conditions were necessary to enable the matches against the AI.
The number of variables, meaning the combinations of characters, abilities, items, etc., in a DOTA2 match is virtually infinite. To avoid overloading the computational capacity and memory load of the AI, both teams were only allowed to choose from 17 heroes.
But even well-known eSports analysts like Rod Breslau have wondered how AI will evolve in the future.
Furthermore, the game mode “Captain’s Draft” was used and the summoning and illusions features were disabled.
This is what the “Captain’s Draft” mode looks like for the viewers of a match.
How were the reactions? The guys from OG took the defeat with humor. They referred to themselves as #TeamHuman and promised on Twitter to become stronger in the future.
This is not the first time that an AI wins against real players in a game. It started with chess and has expanded to other games, such as StarCraft 2.
Nevertheless, fans and other professionals were surprised by the outcome. DOTA2 player and AI specialist Mike Cook remarked on Twitter:
It is interesting to observe these team fights. How humans and bots initiate a confrontation and how the bots respond (or do not). […] What would we ideally expect from the bots here? To anticipate and respond to the human strategy? In this case, it was neither one nor the other.
But even well-known eSports analysts like Rod Breslau have wondered how AI will evolve in the future.
The roleplay in GTA Online is currently extremely popular. Some of the major streamers spend many hours daily in the RP world. One streamer held a special in-game concert that attracted thousands of viewers.
What makes GTA roleplay special: In recent weeks, GTA 5 roleplay streams have consistently been at the top of the streaming platform TwitchTV.
Major streamers like Sodapoppin and Lirik entertain their millions of followers by taking on roles of police officers, FBI agents, aggressive gangsters, or teenagers. This allows viewers to see a new side of their favorite streamer, providing great entertainment.
To stand out among these big streamers with millions of followers, one must come up with something special. The streamer MikeTheBard managed to do just that a few days ago with great success. He captured the attention of thousands of viewers.
This is how the concert went: MikeTheBard used the new “Twitch Sings” feature for his GTA roleplay stream. This is a feature for streamers who want to stream karaoke. With this feature, he could connect his stream so that he, as a player, could play the song and voice in the stream.
A clip shows him in a bar while the streamer sings Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” There are countless covers of the song on YouTube. Anyone who has sifted through them knows that the song can also be messed up. However, MikeTheBard was able to impress with his version. Listen for yourself:
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Not only can the streamer impress with his voice. He plays several instruments. While performing Ozzy Osbourne’s “Mama, I’m coming home,” MikeTheBard grabbed the electric guitar and belted out a short solo.
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The audience grew: Of course, it didn’t take long for viewers to gather around this talent. The news of the concert spread through the in-game tweet system. It was streamed over Mike’s in-game radio station.
Streamers like Lirik and Vader appeared in the bar and watched the concert. They shared the experience with thousands of their viewers in the live stream. Together with Mike’s own viewers, several thousand attended the virtual concert.
The clips of the concert are already achieving up to 166,000 views individually on Twitch. From Vader’s perspective, the concert looked like this and even featured a mosh pit while Mike performed Bohemian Rhapsody:
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For Mike, the concert was a significant moment. In his GTA streams, he plays the role of “Hubcap Jones, an old washed-up rocker,” he explains Kotaku.
In his role as Hubcap Jones, he threw the rest of his band out of the group and is now the owner of a fully functional in-game radio station. “Hubcap is all about rocking, peace, love, drugs, and having a good time at any cost. He also loves his wife Karen.”
You have a few days left to secure yourself a chunk of money in GTA Online with this race:
If you encounter naked players wandering aimlessly on your travels through Appalachia, there’s a reason for that. Some fans of Fallout 76 have been engaged in a rather crazy challenge for some time now.
What is this challenge? It involves the “Nukashine Challenge”. Since the Alcohol Update of Fallout 76, players can brew Nukashine, a strong liquor that causes blackouts.
The players drink the liquor and then wake up at a random position on the map. The challenge they set for themselves is to find their way back to their C.A.M.P. Without help.
The challenge has been ongoing for almost a month now, but it is still popular with players, as a report from PCGamer shows.
Naked through Appalachia – good luck
This is how the Nukashine Challenge works
This is how you can participate: If you want to try it yourself, you can easily join in. You only need some Nukashine. You can either brew it yourself or buy it, possibly even at our reader Philipp’s bar.
You then put all equipment in your chest and keep only:
a simple knife without effects
a can of food
a bottle of water
Drink the Nukashine and you will see the world slightly distorted at first. Eventually, everything goes black, and you wake up at a random position again. Now you must make your way back to your C.A.M.P. naked.
You woke up somewhere on the map and now have to find your way back to the C.A.M.P.
These are the rules: On reddit, fans have established some rules for this:
no fast travel
you may collect items but may not use workbenches
you may cook
friends may not give you items
but you may beg from strangers
you may only team up with other naked Vault dwellers
the C.A.M.P. must not be moved.
For particularly adventurous players, there is even a “Hardcore Mode”. In this, you must drop all combat and stealth perks and may not use the map. Good luck!
In The Division 2, players have stumbled upon a hidden cult. We explain how you can find the Morovian Society yourself.
What have players discovered? Some attentive people in the Division community have noticed small wooden owl figures in the mission on Roosevelt Island.
After players have met certain conditions, they were able to interact with the owls. The owls open a hidden door and players can listen to a secret voice message.
The message tells about the “Morovian Society” and that “their plans have been set in motion.” Players suspect that this society is part of the many secrets of The Division 2.
How to get into the secret room? To reach the secret room, you must complete a series of steps in the correct order.
Play the mission on Roosevelt Island in Invaded mode, regardless of the difficulty level
To interact with the owls, you need to clear the last room and defeat the final boss
You can now freely explore the mission area. It is circular, so you do not need to teleport back to the entrance.
Once this part of the puzzle is completed, the search for the owls begins. There are a total of seven of them, and there is a candle in front of each owl that you must light.
These candles must be lit in a specific order for the secret door to open. If you do everything correctly, their flame will be green. As soon as you make a mistake and light the wrong candle, the flame will turn red, and you will have to start over.
The candles must be lit in the following order:
You will find the first owl near Emeline’s room. Before the tunnel that you normally jump into during the mission, go right to an open area. There you will find the owl.
You will find the second owl after the room of the last boss. Just follow the path that leads you back to the entrance. The owl is on the left side there.
The third owl is located quite early in the mission area. In the room with the crashed plane and a “This is our territory” sign. The owl is on the right side in front of the entrance to the tunnel formed by the plane.
The fourth owl is directly to the right after you exit the tunnel that leads from Emeline’s room.
Owl number five can be found in the initial area of the mission. There is a section with a wooden bridge. The owl is on the left side at the end of this bridge.
The sixth owl can be found after the area with the burning hole in the ground and enemies throwing Molotov cocktails. There is a short green section afterward. You will find the owl on the left side, next to the body of a girl.
The last owl comes shortly thereafter. In the area marked as “Camp Area E” on the signs. In the eastern section of the area, across from the “Crops” sign, you will find the owl.
On Imgur, players have compiled screenshots of the owl locations in a gallery.
The game allows you to explore a lot to activate all the owls in the correct order. Once that happens and you hear the call of an owl, return to Emeline’s room.
To the left of the first owl, there is a tunnel that leads to the secret room. Open the door, and you will enter a room with a large owl.
If you salute this owl now, the secret voice message will play.
What happens next? It is currently unknown how the puzzle of the Morovian Society continues, but players are busy searching for new clues.
It is suspected that the remaining members of the secret society now belong to the Outcasts. Therefore, it would make sense to initially scour all the Outcast areas and missions.
Handsome Jack is one of the most popular villains ever. Although Jack was defeated in Borderlands 2, there is strong evidence that we will have to deal with the villain again in Borderlands 3, at least according to MeinMMO author Robert.
What role did Handsome Jack play in Borderlands 2? In the second installment of the series, Handsome Jack, the head of the weapon company Hyperion, engages in a race with the Vault Hunters. They aim to open a legendary vault on the planet and setting of the game, Pandora.
Since we are in contact with Handsome Jack throughout the entire story, we experience many dramatic, but also comedic moments. While this makes us hate the main villain even more, it also builds an emotional connection.
In the end of Borderlands 2, Handsome Jack is ultimately defeated by the Vault Hunters. Ultimately? No, in fact, Jack appears once again.
Handsome Jack – The Main Villain from Borderlands 2
This is how Handsome Jack was revived in “Tales from the Borderlands”: Jack died at the hands of the players, but a part of him continues to live on as an AI. One of the two main protagonists of the Telltale episodic series Tales from the Borderlands, Hyperion employee Rhys, accidentally introduces the AI as a cybernetic update. Throughout the story, Jack threatens to take control of Rhys and thereby become “reborn”.
However, this does not come to pass. Rhys removes the implant associated with Jack.
Players then had two options: to destroy the equipment (and thus Jack) or not to destroy it. Coincidentally, Rhys, including the Echo Eye, also appears in the announcement trailer for Borderlands 3. Coincidence?
Rhys – Protagonist from Tales from the Borderlands
According to the Borderlands Wiki, more people chose to destroy the implant, meaning Handsome Jack should definitely be history. However, the first trailers for Borderlands 3 suggest otherwise. In them, Rhys is seen WITH the Echo Eye.
Reasons why Handsome Jack is likely to play a role in Borderlands 3: The real Handsome Jack is dead, that’s something we can say for sure. However, this does not mean that he cannot have an influence on the story of Borderlands 3, which is supported by the following points:
In the first released trailer “Mask of Mayhem”, Handsome Jack’s mask makes a brief appearance. While it is unclear whether this is merely a simple flashback, it could also be a glimpse into Borderlands 3 and his role in this installment.
In the announcement trailer, posters can be seen stating “Honor the Father”. This phrase is connected to the new cult “Children of the Vault”, led by the Calypso Twins. It is not impossible that the two siblings have some kind of relation to Handsome Jack. If by father, Jack is indeed meant, can they succeed in bringing him back?
From Tales from the Borderlands, we know that Jack can also “live on” as an AI within technical devices. Who’s to say that only Rhys had such an implant? Theoretically, there could be dozens of these devices.
The mask of Handsome Jack in the Mask of Mayhem trailer
Why didn’t Jack simply use a New-U station after his death? Perhaps Jack was never dead, but was revived at a New-U station, did not confront the Vault Hunters again due to his inferiority, but instead fled to devise a new plan. While this sounds interesting in theory, it is not practically possible.
Under Troy’s face are the telling words “Honor the father”
All in all, Gearbox will not be able to ignore Handsome Jack in the new Borderlands 3. The character has greatly shaped the series. However, it will be intriguing to see in what form we will meet the charismatic fellow again.
What do you think? Will Handsome Jack return in Borderlands 3, and if so, how?
The big Twitch Rivals tournament took place at Apex Legends over the weekend. During TwitchCon 2019 in Berlin, there was a prize pool of $500,000 in the shooter. But this time, star player Dizzy did not take the victory; a clever team secured the high ground and thus the best placements.
These were the rules of the tournament: The series “Twitch Rivals” is somewhat like its own e-sport series of the streaming service Twitch.
For TwitchCon in Berlin, they had put up a prize pool of $500,000. The tournament took place on April 13.
A total of 144 players participated: 48 teams with 3 players each.
In the qualifier, 20 teams competed against each other in 2 leagues. They played 4 matches. The best 6 teams advanced.
8 additional teams were directly invited to participate in the finals.
In the finals, the 12 best qualifiers and the 8 invited teams competed against each other. In this “Grand Final”, 3 matches were played.
It was played in “Private Games”. There were no randoms involved, only the “Top Teams” played against each other.
The prize money was evenly distributed for the best placement and for the most kills per match. The teams with the most prize money at the end would receive even more money as a bonus reward.
Who were the stars? There were two outstanding teams, both of which clearly won their qualifiers.
One team was the previously dominant team “NRG”: The 18-year-old Coby “dizzy” Meadows and streamer King Richard, along with Twitch star Ninja, dominated the first tournaments of Apex Legends in February 2019.
Ninja was not in Berlin, however. The third player on NRG was aceu.
Who won the finals? The final indeed came down to a competition between NRG and Rogue.
NRG had significantly more kills but could not win the matches. Despite 57 kills in the 3 final matches, the squad only placed 7th, 8th, and 9th. They go home with $41,000.
Rogue, on the other hand, achieved 31 kills, won two matches, and finished second in the third match. Thus, they won the tournament and around $75,000.
The large difference in prize money is due to the “bonus money” that was added. Originally, both teams were close together. However, Rogue received $50,000 in bonuses, while NRG only received $20,000.
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This is what the matches looked like: The key for Rogue seemed to be better positioning. While Dizzy’s team got fully consumed in fights, Rogue rather secured the “high ground”, utilized the death zone better for themselves, and was able to exert pressure on others without coming under pressure themselves.
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How was the tournament received? According to initial reactions, players like Dizzy were quite impressed to play Apex Legends at a LAN in person and in custom matches. This is a very different Apex Legends from what is usually played.
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Our ghosts are our loyal companions in Destiny 2. However, one player claims that there are far better companions in the Destiny universe than ghosts: Arc Souls!
Player explains who is the coolest: In a post on the Destiny subreddit, user Nesayas1234 is currently trying to convince his Guardians that ghosts are not the best companions in the Destiny universe. In the humorous post, he lists reasons why players should rely not on their ghosts, but on something else entirely: Arc Souls!
These are Arc Souls: The Arc Soul is not a companion, but a skill of the Stormcaller Warlocks. If you use the subclass tree Elemental Attunement, your Warlock’s Rift creates an Arc Soul that hovers above you or allies and supports you in battle.
A legion of Arc Souls helps to bring Calus to his knees. Source: YouTube
Here’s why the Soul is better: Nesayas1234 presents the advantages of ghosts and Arc Souls and compares them to each other. In his opinion, the Souls clearly have the upper hand:
His points about ghosts include:
They can betray or abandon you
They constantly make embarrassing jokes during missions
They need to be defended while hacking a door that could just be walked around
They are not Dinklebot
They have no weapons
And the worst of all: They work for their Guardian, not with them
The ghost looks utterly unhappy.
Arc Souls on the other hand:
Do not question their Guardians
Are extremely loyal
Do not speak and do not distract Guardians
Would definitely have a really sweet voice if they could talk (so sweet that it would even make Dinklebot proud)
Are helpful in combat
The most important thing for an Arc Soul would be: To protect a friend
The most important thing for the Arc Soul would be to protect its friends.
This is what the players say: Readers on the Destiny subreddit are having a great time with this post. Especially the points about Dinklebot are causing laughter.
Only on one point are the players divided: The Arc Soul may be cool, but our ghost can revive us. Other Guardians have already found an answer to this: Arc Souls kill everything, so Guardians do not need to be revived. Not dying is better than reviving.
What do you think, who is the cooler companion? Ghost or Arc Soul?
In the new time trial of GTA Online you earn 101,000 GTA$. It is called Up-n-Atom and basically follows just one road all the time. How you can earn a lot of money in 2 minutes, we show you here.
How do you earn the money? The time trials in GTA Online rotate weekly. These are races held on the open map without you needing to join a game mode.
For this, you just drive to the start of the race, confirm that you want to go, and then speed along the route to the finish. However, time is tight. If you have an accident, you have almost lost.
What is the race this week? The time trial for the week until April 16 is “Up-n-Atom”. This takes you from the Up’n’Atom burger in the north of the map to North Chumash. This is located southwest of the starting point.
You have only 1:41.3 minutes from the start to crossing the finish line.
If you manage to rush through the finish line within the time limit, you get a whopping 101,000 $. And that with a time investment of less than 2 minutes.
You can see the route of the race here on the map.
The 2 marked spots with exclamation marks indicate tight turns
This is how the ride goes: Actually, there are no particular features in the first half of the track. Drive on the shoulder or on empty lanes of the road whenever possible. Follow the road’s layout.
It gets interesting at the exclamation marks on our map. There you can expect narrow passages where you might have to ease off the gas or maybe even brake harder. The turns are not visible. The traffic is therefore hard to predict.
Just before the finish, you need to leave the main road; the finish is at the beach. It is best to drive across the field down the hill. When time gets tight, do this at full speed and hopefully fly over the finish line.
Can the race be repeated? You can race again, but you only get the 101,000$ reward once. After that, there are only consolation prizes of 2000 $ to 4000 $.
Which cars should you take? As always, we advise you to use the fastest car from your collection.
The fastest cars in the game include the Vagner and the Itali GTO. With those, you can complete the race even more easily within the given time.
But if you have a Vigilante, the Batmobile, at the start, you should be able to grab victory even easier and pocket the cash. The rocket boost, available every few seconds, is a big help.
Do you find Battle Royale games like Apex Legends, PUBG, or Fortnite cool? Then grab a paintball gun and join this huge spectacle.
What kind of event is it? In a press release from HushHush, it was reported that the website aims to help an anonymous millionaire organize a Battle Royale for 100 players in real life. HushHush is somewhat like Amazon for the super wealthy.
As PCGamesN reports, the spectacle is not as deadly as one might initially think. Players use paintball guns and shoot at the touch-sensitive body armor of other players.
When and where does it take place? The tournament is planned to be held on a private island. According to current plans, the event will take place in winter and last for 3 days, with 12 hours of competition each day. At night, camping literally takes place on the island.
The organizer will provide food, camping gear, weapons, ammunition, and armor, as well as all other essential equipment.
Right now, the organizers are looking for a talented game maker to bring the idea to life. They are supposed to work on it for 6 weeks and earn £1,500 per day, which is roughly €1,700.
What is known about the millionaire? The website HushHush was approached by the millionaire because he wanted to buy a private island for the event. He wants to remain anonymous.
He is a big fan of the Battle Royale genre and wants to implement it as safely as possible in reality. Medical professionals are supposed to be available throughout the event.
Will it be the only tournament of its kind? That is still uncertain. As the founder of HushHush.com, Aaron Harpin, explains, there could be more events of this kind in the future:
“If the competitions this year are successful, then it is something that he [the millionaire] wants to bring as an annual event, which is very exciting.”
Right now, the organizers are looking for a talented game maker to bring the idea to life. They are supposed to work on it for 6 weeks and earn £1,500 per day, which is roughly €1,700.
A Twitch streamer from Fortnite was donated $5,100, but the donor requested a refund via PayPal – apparently for sadistic reasons. He wanted to see the streamer suffer. In the end, the streamer seems to have come out on top.
This is what happened to the streamer Jodyx3: The New Zealand Fortnite streamer Jordyx3 has about 25,000 followers on Twitch – so he is rather a small streamer compared to the Twitch giants who earn $10 million a year.
Jordy received a total of $5,100 from the viewer “ChubaPapi21” spread over 4 donations. That’s about €4,500.
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The donation looked like a breakthrough on Twitch in October.
That was a real stroke of luck for the streamer, a warm rain.
Jordy writes that the money really helped him financially since Twitch had become his only income. He decided in mid-2018 to switch from carpenter to full-time streamer.
But the luck didn’t last long. About 6 months after the first donation, a chargeback of the full $5,100 occurred. The streamer’s PayPal balance was deep in the red.
The chargeback just fell within the time frame – two days later, a refund of the money via PayPal would no longer have been possible, Jordy wrote on Twitter.
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If $5,100 are charged back at once, the account can slip away.
This is what was behind the chargeback: The streamer tried to find out why the donor requested a refund. It could be that the donor himself had fallen into financial difficulties and now needed the money.
After all, Jordy had talked repeatedly with the donor over Twitch in the 6 months following the donations and even met him at Pax Australia. There, “ChubaPapi21” was strange and had disappeared to get drinks but hadn’t come back.
When Jordy began to investigate, the social media accounts of the donor were deleted.
However, a stranger contacted him, asking what he intended to do about the chargeback. He had been waiting in the last streams for Jordy to explain his difficult situation with chargebacks.
After a bit of research, it turned out that the “stranger” was the original donor who had changed his name. The alleged donor made it clear:
he only donated the money to Jordy to later charge it back
then he wanted to enjoy the pain he caused everyone
and would feel the satisfaction of not caring about how others feel
The streamer published the conversation with the “donor”, who said strange things. He apparently takes great pleasure in the whole action and aims for streamers to first joyfully appreciate the donation live on Twitch and then later be just as visible live on Twitch about the chargeback.
The “donor” seems pleased to have this influence on the lives of others.
The streamer published his dialogues with the “donor.” Source: Twitter
The streamer then tried to reclaim the money via PayPal, but had no chance.
Jordy also said he discovered that the donor had done this with other streamers like Sodapoppin or LegendaryLea years ago.
This is how it ended: In the end, the story moved so many people that the community helped him out of his PayPal trouble and donated $5,000.
So for Jordy, the matter ended well – unless another chargeback comes along.
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What’s this with “chargebacks?” What has the cool-sounding name “Chargeback” in English, means bureaucratically in German, Rückbuchung.
Those who spend their money via financial services like PayPal can also request a refund without providing reasons.
180 days wait after large donations
This is the problem on Twitch: There are trolls on Twitch who have the bad habit of sending large sums of money to a streamer, who are then happy about this donation, but then the rude awakening comes: The donation is suddenly charged back via PayPal.
Streamers who don’t pay attention and happily spend the donated money can get into trouble.
Moreover, it’s simply annoying when money is taken away that one was previously happy about. Especially when one then hears: “Haha, and you can do nothing about it, you victim.”
This is what you can do about it: On reddit, other streamers advise their colleagues: Keep the money from such large donations for now and don’t touch it. You might be trolled. You should wait at least 180 days before you’re sure the money is safe, until the timeframe for chargebacks has expired.
Most streamers, however, only wait 30 to 60 days until they feel that the money is “safe.”
In our overview, we summarize all known information about the future plans for The Division 2.
What comes next? After the endgame truly started on April 5th with Tidal Basin and World Tier 5, the raid for 8 players is next in line.
When the raid will start and what else is known about the future of The Division 2 is shown in our roadmap of everything that is currently known.
Invasion: Battle for D.C.
The Tidal Basin update was already the first part of a major package called “Invasion: Battle for D.C.”.
There are still 2 more parts to come. The 1st raid will start later in April, shortly after a new specialization is expected to follow.
This has already happened:
April 5 – Tidal Basin Update: Brought World Tier 5, the Tidal Basin stronghold, and several other new features and changes. The highlights of the patch notes.
April 5 – May 2 – Invasion-Apparel Event: An event where you can obtain special containers with cosmetic items. All information can be read on our site.
“Coming Soon” – new specialization: The 4th specialization is also part of Battle for D.C. Not much is known about it. Its unique weapon will be a minigun, as revealed in the trailer and speculated by some fans. When exactly this specialization will come is still unclear.
You can also watch the trailer for the first updates of the year here:
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What happens after the Invasion updates? Three DLC episodes are planned for the time afterwards:
Planned for Summer 2019: Episode 1 “D.C. Outskirts”
Planned for Fall 2019: Episode 2 “Pentagon – The Last Castle”
Planned for Winter 2019: Episode 3
Exact dates are not available yet. Massive does not want to commit just yet, as the technical status of the game is considered more important, and they want to deliver content only when the game is in good shape.
This is what we know about Episode 1: “D.C. Outskirts” takes players to the suburbs of Washington D.C. and provides new story missions. Additionally, there will be a new game mode that sends players on a search for a lost convoy.
This is what we know about Episode 2: In “Pentagon – The Last Castle”, agents will need to recover important information from the Pentagon, the government complex of the Department of Defense.
This is what we know about Episode 3: We have no details about the last episode at all. The only certainty is that it will tie together the threads of the main story and conclude it.
It will also pave the way for the second year of The Division 2.
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According to the trailer, each of the episodes will also bring a new specialization.
How many specializations are there then in total? This is currently somewhat unclear.
Massive has confirmed a new specialization for each episode. With the 3 existing specializations from the base game, that would total 6.
However, the 1st new specialization has already been announced as part of the Invasion updates. Apparently, the specializations are not strictly tied to the releases of the DLC episodes.
Are the new contents limited to the 3 episodes? The official Ubisoft website states that there will also be new content between the episodes.
As soon as fresh details are known, we will update this overview.
Will the DLC episodes cost money? No. The Year 1 expansions are free for everyone.
What advantages do Year Pass holders have? Those who purchased the Year Pass can play the story content of each episode 7 days earlier and have immediate access to new specializations as soon as they are released.
PvP content and other things that could provide a competitive advantage are not to be accessible.
What do you think of the plans? What would you wish for the future?
Not everything went smoothly with the last update:
Blizzard recently announced the next PvE event for Overwatch. A new skin for Wrecking Ball Hammond was announced via Twitter, along with a possible meme-style highlight intro.
Through social media, Blizzard is already sharing small snippets of the upcoming cosmetics available during the event. A new skin for Wrecking Ball the Hamster has been showcased. The developers may have also revealed a possible new highlight intro. For the hamster, the developers seem to be going all out with the meme offensive.
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Was that a highlight intro? A new skin for the tank Wrecking Ball was shown on the official PlayStation account via Twitter. The “High Roller” skin comes with plenty of bling, and the hamster himself sports a stylish pair of sunglasses. In casinos, players who gamble with particularly high sums are called “High Rollers”.
However, a particular animation has drawn special attention, which the Overwatch Twitter account posted not on its main page, but as a reply to another user. The animation shows Hammond dramatically turning to the audience, reminiscent of the well-known meme “Dramatic Chipmunk” (via YouTube). Due to the quality, players are wondering if Overwatch has leaked a new highlight intro for Wrecking Ball.
Is this perhaps a new highlight intro? Source: Twitter
This is what players are saying: The new “High Roller” skin is bringing good vibes to Overwatch players. On Twitter, they respond to the announcement: “Who cares about McCree? This hamster is wearing sunglasses!”
Other users come up with funny facts so that the skin can remain lore-relevant during the event. For example, Hammond might have landed in Junkertown, became champion, and was rewarded by the Queen, or the hamster could be the chairman of the Shimada clan.
A hamster as the chairman of the Shimada clan? Source: Twitter
However, it is the supposed new chipmunk intro that has players excited. They hope that it indeed turns out to be a highlight intro. Other players can hardly believe that Blizzard would actually implement a meme into Overwatch.
In The Division 2 a player took a closer look at everything during his hiking tours and found 15 mistakes. One finding already led to changes in The Division 2.
What did the player do? While exploring the vast game world of The Division 2, the Reddit user Total-Khaos closely examined the environments.
He examined street art and especially checked signs for spelling errors. He found 15 mistakes and published a compilation album (via Reddit) on Imgur. These are his snapshots.
15 mistakes in the world of The Division 2
Why did the player do this? According to his own statements, many of these errors simply caught his eye, and he started taking screenshots of them.
They seem to bother him quite a bit:
I don’t know how you feel, but some of these mistakes break the immersion completely for me.
On April 10, Albion Online switched to Free2Play. This change gave the MMORPG a significant boost, both in its own client and on Steam. However, the success also has some drawbacks.
How is Albion Online performing on Steam? In the news about the success of the Oberon update, we have already looked at the official player numbers of Albion. And now, additionally, the MMO from Germany is available for free on Steam.
And even there, the MMORPG is doing well. According to Steamcharts, Albion Online averages around 1,141 players in the last 30 days and peaked at 9,573 players (April 14, 2019, 09:38). However, the MMO has only been free since April 10. The average has been significantly higher since that day, as you can see from the following graph.
This means that Albion Online is even more successful in player numbers than at its Steam release. Back then, fewer than 3,000 players logged in at peak times.
Player numbers on Steam for Albion Online. Source: Steamcharts
How is Albion Online performing on other platforms? Besides Steam, you can also play Albion Online via its own client, on Mac OS or Linux. There are even versions for Android and iOS, but these are not fully supported yet.
The total player count is thus likely higher than those currently on Steam.
Even before the Free2Play release, interest in Albion significantly increased, as shown by the graphic from the developers of Sandbox Interactive. However, it is important to note that this does not refer to players online simultaneously, but rather the active players spread throughout the whole day. Therefore, it cannot be compared with the simultaneous players on Steam.
Albion Online player numbers until April 1
The many players also bring problems
The fact that a large number of players does not only have positive aspects is something the developers are experiencing firsthand. Currently, there are queues and also some lags and even exploits.
How long are the queues in Albion Online? Already at our announcement about the Free2Play release, MeinMMO user mmogli reported that he is currently in the queue in position 1,812.
Even in the Steam reviews, the queue is frequently mentioned as a negative reason. And this in combination with the premium account.
It is noted that especially Free2Play players are queuing. Premium users can skip the queue. The developers justify this by stating that they do not want to scare away loyal players with the influx.
Alone on April 10, this led to 485 negative reviews for Albion Online, most of which revolved around open PvP or queues. In contrast, there were also 309 votes that rated the MMORPG positively.
I have been playing the game for several hundred hours outside of Steam. It’s not for everyone. Very grind-heavy, the graphic style is an acquired taste, there is only one server, and it is located in the USA, which gives us Europeans a slight disadvantage regarding ping. But the completely player-driven economy and the thrill of running for your life in the Blackzone, not to lose all your gear and gathered resources, make the charm of the game for me. Apart from Eve Online, I haven’t found another game that offers these possibilities. Albion just packages this in a fantasy setting.
However, the developers have acknowledged that the queues are a problem, even though they were announced in advance. Even now, Albion is trying to improve the situation.
This is what Albion Online is doing against queues: To reduce waiting times and also to curb the lags in the MMORPG, improvements were made to the network infrastructure yesterday.
These improvements are primarily intended to curb packet loss, which in turn should eliminate lags. At the same time, the number of possible players should have increased.
In fact, the queue on Saturday, April 13, at 3:00 PM was very short, and we were able to start playing within a few minutes.
How the developers are addressing exploits: With additional players, the chance of bugs being discovered also increases. A gold exploit was found, which has since been fixed by the developers.
There was an emergency maintenance on Wednesday. However, the developers refrained from resetting the servers because only a few players were affected and the problem did not cause significant damage to the game’s economy.
All accounts involved in this exploit have been temporarily suspended. Additionally, accounts that benefited from the low gold prices without having applied the exploit themselves will also be reviewed.
The developers want to clarify what penalties the players will receive on a case-by-case basis.
What’s next for Albion Online? Even before the latest Oberon update, the developers gave a preview in March of the future of Albion Online.
A variety of improvements are planned, especially on the Outland map and generally in PvP. Hotspots are also to be created where players will meet more frequently for duels. Additionally, adjustments in GvG are also planned.
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Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG where players have many freedoms. There is no fixed quest or class system. Who or what you are is largely defined by the equipment you wear.
You write your story through your actions in the game world:
For getting started in the MMORPG, we have summarized some tips for you:
Treyarch had to temporarily remove 3 Maps from the Infected mode playlist in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 due to an exploit that gave players a huge advantage.
What has been removed in Black Ops 4? The maps Hacienda, Arsenal, and Frequency are now temporarily no longer in the playlist of the Infected game mode. When they will return is unclear.
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Which mode is it about? The new Infected mode in Black Ops 4 has only been available since Tuesday, April 9, first for PS4 players in the game.
This is a multiplayer mode that pits 2 groups against each other. On one side are infected zombies, on the other side are soldiers. The goal of the zombies is to infect all the soldiers. If they fail to do so within the given time, the soldiers win.
Why was the exploit so severe? The community has already figured out how the glitch worked. With a certain key combination, players can jump through specific walls or doors.
With this, they can reach areas behind walls or other parts of the map that are normally unreachable.
This brings enormous advantages in this game mode, as soldiers can hide from the nasty zombies. If the zombies don’t know how to get to the area outside the map, they can’t infect the soldiers and will inevitably lose the round.
Here, a player uses such a glitch to get into the walls. Source: YouTube
As DualShockers writes, the maps are still available in other game modes of Black Ops 4. So one wonders whether these exploits only exist in the Infected game mode or if they are just not as severe in other game modes.
Treyarch is working on a solution: This topic is quite well-known on Reddit. Players are already posting guides on how to perform the glitch to reach the exploiters as zombies behind walls.
Treyarch also responded to these threads on Reddit, stating that they are already working on a solution to the problem.
