When two of the most famous Fortnite players meet in a game, a spectacle is guaranteed. This was recently shown by Tfue and Ninja.
This is how they met: The two Fortnite giants faced off in the Gauntlet Test Event on March 19. The special thing: neither of them knew they were playing against each other.
However, the spectators had their fun, as Tfue quickly demonstrated why he is considered the best player in the world. With a spectacular trap kill, he took down Ninja.
Watch the spectacular kill here
This is what you can see: Since this happened at a tournament, both pros streamed the kill live. In the stream from Tfue, you can see that he eliminated “Player[271]” using a trap.
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This is behind the trap kill: Many players like to use traps to particularly humiliate an opponent. Being taken out by a trap during a build battle is often the highest punishment. Now Ninja also got caught by it, and the whole world could watch.
Is Tfue the better player? Of course, you can’t immediately conclude from one fight who the better player is. This is much more a snapshot. Based on tournaments, however, Tfue has definitely been more successful. He won a tournament last October and secured $250,000.
Nevertheless, Ninja is no slouch either; he just happened to catch the wrong moment here.
Recently, Tfue made headlines for allegedly being sick from all the gaming:
A coin toss is currently causing a stir in the Overwatch League. After a random decision and a mistake by the commentators, chief Nate Nanzer now promises that such a thing will never happen again.
Which coin toss is it about? The Overwatch League playoffs for the first phase of the 2nd season take place on the weekend of March 22. The best eight teams of the Overwatch League have been divided into four matchups to compete against each other.
In the playoffs, it gets serious after the “regular season” and ultimately it’s about who wins this phase of the season and takes home a prize pool.
These matches were determined based on the win statistics that teams achieved in the 1st phase of the regular season. Two teams, however, were exactly tied with one other team each:
Philadelphia Fusion and Toronto Defiant, both in 3rd place
San Francisco Shock and Seoul Dynasty, both in 6th place
Why are the placements important? They determine against whom a team plays in the 1st round:
The team that finishes 3rd plays against the 6th.
The team that finishes 4th plays against the 5th.
A team that finishes higher in the regular season has the chance for a statistically weaker opponent in the playoffs.
This is how the placement was decided: To decide which team gets 3rd or 4th place or 6th or 7th, the teams could either play an offline match or let a coin toss decide.
Fusion and Defiant opted for the coin.
The standings at the end of Phase 1
What went wrong: The first official coin toss of the Overwatch League was personally conducted by league chief Nate Nanzer. He tossed the coin. Heads stood for Toronto Defiant, tails for Philadelphia Fusion. The toss and the result were streamed on Instagram.
Even though the coin showed heads, Nanzer declared Philadelphia Fusion the winner. A mistake he could only clarify in a later stream.
This quickly led to confusion in the community.
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These are the consequences: Just shortly after the mishap, Nate Nanzer corrected himself in another stream and apologized for the mistake. However, he further responded to the incident.
In a reddit thread the league chief made it clear that such a thing will not happen again and the coin toss will not be used again:
Sorry for screwing that up. I PROMISE we will never decide something this way again.
This means that every tie will now likely be decided by a match between the tied teams. However, the coin toss might not even be the biggest problem of the Overwatch League.
What do you think about the coin toss?
The meta of the Overwatch League currently annoys many more people. However, this was celebrated with a funny scene:
Epic Games, the developers
behind Fortnite, have announced a new sponsorship program called “Epic
Megagrants.” They plan to spend 100 million US dollars on developers,
provided they use the Unreal Engine.
What is Epic Megagrants? Recently, Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney announced the start of the Epic Megagrants program. This is a massive funding pool amounting to 100 million US dollars.
This is intended to benefit developers, filmmakers, companies, and open-source projects that qualify for the program.
The money is likely to come mostly from the huge revenues
that Epic has made through the hit Fortnite.
100,000,000 US Dollars with No Strings Attached
How do you get the money? Anyone who wants to participate in the program just needs to sign up on the Epic Megagrants page and present their project as attractively as possible.
Epic will then review whether it is worthy and qualifies for the funding. There will be grants between 5,000 and 500,000 US dollars.
What are the conditions?
According to Tim Sweeney, the system has no strings attached and hidden traps. The only condition
is to use Epic’s Unreal Engine in the realization of the project.
The completed project does not have to remain associated with Epic in any way and does not have to be sold through the Epic Shop. So you can do whatever you want.
The funding also has no deadline; you can apply for money as long as the pool is not empty.
Why is Epic doing this? First of all, Epic is pushing the use of its Unreal Engine. That alone can only be good for the company. Plus, it looks good when a multi-million dollar company does not just hoard its money but also invests in charitable actions like the Megagrants program.
This kind of generosity has a tradition at Epic: There was
already a program called “Unreal Dev Grant,” which provided 5 million dollars for
Unreal Engine developers.
In Pokémon GO there are 4 new quests to solve. These reward you with rare plant Pokémon and also offer other great benefits.
These are the quests: The Plant Event in Pokémon GO is ongoing and gives players 4 new field research tasks. They are suitable for the plant type.
The quests are special because they bring you Pokémon that are rarely seen in other field research tasks.
These are the new quests
At first glance, the 4 quests may not seem very special, but if you look closely, especially 3 of the quests are very useful:
Catch 3 Bulbasaur or Chikorita
Reward: Encounter with a Venusaur
Evolve 2 plant Pokémon
Reward: Encounter with a Tangela
Evolve 5 plant Pokémon
Reward: Encounter with a Venusaur
Catch 10 plant Pokémon
Reward: 1000 Stardust
Venusaur is a reward from the quests.
That’s why the quests are so good: You get useful Pokémon like Venusaur and Tangela from the field research, and Chelast will also be useful in the future.
We will go through the research with you.
Catch 3 Bulbasaur or Chikorita: Let’s start with the seemingly worst quest. You get Chelast as a reward, a Pokémon that is relatively common.
Chelast could become really interesting in the future. If its evolution, Chelterrar, can learn the move Flora Statue during a potential Community Day, it will be very useful. So it’s not a bad idea to start collecting good Chelast now.
Especially the final evolution of Chelast could become interesting.
Evolve 2 plant Pokémon: In this field research, you will receive Tangela. The Pokémon is hardly ever found in the wild and is only very rarely included in eggs.
Many players may be missing candies for the evolution. You also have a good chance of getting a Tangela with very good IVs. After all, the IVs of Pokémon from quests are generally very good.
Evolve 5 plant Pokémon: When you have evolved 5 plant Pokémon, you will immediately receive a Venusaur. After the Community Day with Bulbasaur, Venusaur may not seem special to some players anymore, but encountering such a Pokémon like this is still very cool.
Furthermore, Venusaur is a solid plant attacker. Even without the Community Day move Flora Statue, you can collect numerous Bulbasaur candies, as the catch with a Pinap Berry gives you 20 candies.
Catch 10 plant Pokémon: This quest may be the highlight. Currently, plant Pokémon can be found everywhere, and thanks to the quest, you also get an extra 1000 Stardust.
The quests reward you with a lot of Stardust
You essentially double your Stardust when catching, as a single plant Pokémon without bonuses gives you 100 dust. If you catch 10, you get 1000 Stardust and then extra dust from the quest.
The plant event also brings 2 new Shinys. These are something very special:
In The Division 2, World Tier 5 is still a while away. Additionally, there is new information about the Castle Settlement and bugs.
The State of the Game just aired on March 20. This is a weekly livestream where the developers talk about the current state of The Division 2, announce new content, or discuss bugs and upcoming patches.
Initially, Massive’s Hamish Bode and Yannick Banchereau emphasized that The Division 2 is doing quite well. The launch went smoothly, and the servers are running stable. It was a very strong start – and from this foundation, it can continue.
In the Twitch chat, users continuously demanded that Massive should announce a start date. Rumors circulated that World Tier 5 would open its doors this week.
This is what Massive says: However, it was said that the rumors are not true. World Tier 5 will definitely not be unlocked this week.
The Black Tusk appear in the endgame
Only in the near future will it be announced when World Tier 5 goes live. And then it will take a while until it actually happens.
You definitely have a few days left to reach the endgame and level up to World Tier 4.
What content will World Tier 5 actually deliver? So far, the following information is known that will be unlocked soon:
You can attack Tadil Basin, the base of the Black Tusk, to reach World Tier 5
Gear Sets will be unlocked
The Gear Score cap will be increased to 500
Weekly invasions
The heroic difficulty
Massive emphasized that they will first fix the most pressing issues before the new content goes live. To ensure that the base gameplay experience is as optimal as possible for everyone.
If the Castle Settlement is gray, then it fits
More information about bugs and issues:
The Castle Settlement is currently causing discussions, as it appears grayed out on the map for players – and does not show a green symbol like the other settlements. It has now been emphasized that this is currently “normal”. It looks odd, but it is normal. A problem with Castle Settlement progress was fixed a few days ago, which prevented communication with Agent Kelso.
They are working on headshot sounds
When playing with other agents, missions like “Visit this NPC” can cause issues. This will be fixed.
Daily and weekly resets are currently not occurring properly. You would need to be online 24 hours a day for everything to reset correctly. That will also be fixed.
Clan XP is slightly bugged
When playing with other players who have significantly higher or lower levels than yourself, there are multiple issues. Armor does not scale correctly, NPC damage needs adjusting. This will be fixed with a client patch.
Players who lose weapon skins should be able to regain them soon. A fix is being worked on.
When logging in, it may happen that the character looks different than normal. Usually, logging out and logging back in helps. But that will also be fixed.
Cool stats about The Division 2: Massive revealed a few statistics that have been collected since launch:
5.5 billion headshots have been achieved so far
123 billion shots have been fired
3.9 billion NPCs have been killed – that’s quite a lot of nasty characters
The Asia MMORPG Astellia is set to release in our region this year. With the Astels, it aims to stand out from other games. We reveal what exactly is behind it.
What are Astels? Astels are small summons that assist you in battle. They are designed to support you while you explore the game world on your own.
At the same time, they also introduce a new tactical component to the game. Since you can use up to three of a total of 21 Astels simultaneously, it’s up to you how you combine them.
Additionally, all Astels can level up and be improved by players. You can equip them with gems that enhance their stats.
An Astel in Astellia
How do I obtain Astels? Astels can normally be collected while playing. Some are obtained through story quests, while others are dropped as rewards from tough enemies or dungeon bosses.
If you receive a duplicate Astel, it will be consumed immediately and grant experience points to the Astels already in use.
A player character with three Astels
Many different combinations
The special thing about this system is that you can combine the Astels freely. They can be used for healing, as mages, or as tanks.
What can the Astels do? Each Astel takes on a specific role on the battlefield:
Knight
Warrior
Assassin
Scholar
Muse
Mage
Archer
Knights are the tanks, while Warriors and Assassins focus on melee damage. Mages and Archers deal ranged damage, while Scholars and Muses take on the role of healers.
To summon and maintain an Astel, a resource is needed. The stronger the summons, the more resources they consume.
The Astels from the Korean client
How many Astels are there? Currently, there are 21 different Astels, which can be divided into three strengths:
Servants – Weak Astels, easy to earn, require little resources
Guardians – Stronger Astels, require more resources
Saviors – Strongest Astels, but only available for a short time
Each of the seven combat roles is represented once in each strength.
Tactical aspect of the Astels: It can be tactically wise to use the stronger Astels and thus take temporary control of the battle.
However, it can also be useful to summon a weaker Astel and thus benefit from the reinforcement over a longer period.
Additionally, there are special combo attacks that can be executed together with the Astel. A player Assassin can teleport behind the opponent using a backstab and deal a lot of damage.
If he has an Assassin Astel by his side, this also executes a teleport to the opponent and carries out a joint combo attack with the backstab.
Can Astellia succeed in our region?Things are currently going well for Astellia in Korea. Therefore, the developers want to bring it to the West. Many changes are being made for this.
The game will be Buy-to-Play and some content like gender-lock will be disabled. Many Pay-to-Win elements will also be omitted. Additionally, the MMORPG is expected to be released in German.
Our author Irie conducted an in-depth interview with the developers:
The first season of Apex Legends brought a Battle Pass and many changes. But only one new feature is loudly celebrated in the community: the new legend Octane.
Who is Octane? Octane is one of the playable legends in Apex Legends. His playstyle is based on speed and crazy stunts. Octane’s abilities all revolve around him becoming faster and more agile while caring little for himself.
Many fans enjoy the playstyle, famous streamer Dizzy has been playing Octane almost exclusively since his release.
Shroud had a lot of fun with Octane even before his release.
Why is Octane so popular? The new legend Octane brings variety to the game. He’s new, and simply for that reason, fans are eager for him. His fast-paced playstyle and new abilities also fit perfectly for many players in Apex Legends.
Octane is a crazy character with funny quotes and abilities that many players apparently wished for. His appearance fits wonderfully into the desert landscape of the Apex Legends map.
The combination of looks, skills, and craziness makes Octane so popular with fans. He just fits.
This is the downside: Octane’s popularity has reached a point where some players leave the lobby if they can’t play Octane.
This is how the community celebrates Octane: Despite this negative effect, Octane is riding the hype wave. The fans are already creating memes for Octane, comparing him to characters from the popular Borderlands or sharing cool scenes from the game and their own creations.
Even his backstory is being discussed by the fans. Octavio “Octane” Silva is as a character a tribute to a record holder from Titanfall 2, who is the basis for Apex Legends:
The reddit user Cash_Mayo set a speedrun record in a gauntlet by catapulting himself forward with a grenade. This is how “Octane” lost his legs and it explains his finisher with the grenade.
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On the other hand, some fans are also sharing humorous jabs at Respawn. One user compares Octane, due to his appearance, to the Overwatch hero Junkrat.
What about the Battle Pass?
Amidst the hype of Octane, the actual feature of season 1 is somewhat overshadowed: The Battle Pass. It was supposed to bring new content and reignite players’ interest in playing. Instead, it disappoints many fans, including our author Jürgen.
In Anthem, you can fly around in the air with your Javelin for a long time.Although flying is integrated into the gameplay, there is currently no clear focus on it in the game. Air races or obstacle courses could provide a lot of fun and variety.
Here is the idea: Who wouldn’t want to prove their flying skills in Anthem and compete against friends in a race? Or maneuver through a swarm of Wyverns with skilled aerial maneuvers, as well as in the first cutscene before the Heart of Rage?
The world of Anthem seems to be made for this, but currently, flying only serves the purpose of traveling from point A to point B.
This is how flying is used in Anthem: The only challenge that tests your flying skills is the spherical echoes. You must collect these during certain battles and turn them in at a Shaper relic.
It can be challenging on higher difficulty levels to collect the glowing spheres under enemy fire, but it feels more like a tedious task than an intense speed experience.
Whether there will be more complex mechanics in the future remains to be hoped.
Flying is only used for moving around or collecting echoes.
This is why flight races fit into Anthem
The mechanics are already there: To hold flight races in Anthem, not much more is needed. The most important aspects are already included in the game:
All Javelins fly at the same speed
There is an overheat gauge that limits flight time
There are target rings that you can fly through
You can cool your engines using the environment
There are several movement modes (double jumps, hover mode)
There are “Shaper tubes” that allow you to cover larger distances quickly and without overheating
There are various weather conditions that can affect the Javelin
The target rings currently only serve as guides. This could be expanded in various ways in the future.
What else would be needed for a flight race? Since all Javelins fly at the same speed, a race would require the ability to temporarily increase a Javelin’s speed. The target rings could act as a course to show players where they need to fly.
Once you pass a ring, you could receive a significant speed boost that subsides after a few seconds. To prevent the thrusters from overheating so quickly, the rings could also temporarily suppress heat buildup.
Comparison to the ‘Sparrow Racing League’ in Destiny: The SRL in Destiny 1 follows a similar principle. The motorized space bikes, known as Sparrows, are all about the same speed, but the drivers receive a speed boost when they zoom through certain boost gates on the track. The one who passes the most gates and maintains the best line is usually the winner.
In the following video, you can check out the races:
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The SRL can only be found in Destiny 1. Currently, there are no such races in the second part of the shooter series.
Flight sports have great potential: In Anthem, there are countless ways to make this idea more exciting and large-scale.
You could incorporate the Anthem of Creation, which, for example, generates a huge storm and unleashes countless Wyverns. You could engage in impressive aerial battles in hover mode while strategically cooling your engines through inverted waterfalls.
Flight races would give Anthem a PvP foundation for the first time without significantly disrupting the game’s balance. You could compete against renowned racing pilots, set lap records, and unlock aerodynamic armor pieces for the Javelins.
Ideas for future mission types
Dominion Lancer Pursuits: A mission type where you chase an enemy Dominion Lancer through the air. The target rings serve as guides. After you have chased him long enough, he will be forced to land, where you will ultimately face him in a final showdown.
When you are in flight mode, you can influence your speed by steering.
Obstacle course with boss fight: In this expedition, you will test your flying skills. For example, you will fly into a Wyvern nest, having to dodge incoming waves of enemies.
Due to the fire attacks of the Wyverns, the Javelin will overheat immediately and crash upon getting hit. You would need to cleverly circumvent the enemies while zipping through narrow passages and tunnels. After successfully completing the course, you will reach the interior of the nest, where a mini-boss awaits you.
A game scene in the campaign shows exactly this: A Ranger pilot battling against a horde of Wyverns in the air.
If you defeat the mini-boss, you must immediately escape the nest before it goes up in flames. A timer for this already exists in the game. A final small obstacle passage ultimately brings the team back out into the open, as everything behind them goes up in flames.
Seasonal competitive races: Similar to the SRL in Destiny, a limited-time event could challenge the competitive spirit of the Freelancers.
Bastion could host the “Javelin Racing League” as a celebration, inviting pilots to a friendly speed competition. Target rings distributed around the last city would outline the course. Shaper tubes, underwater passages, and spider webs could provide for the most exciting flight paths.
Underwater, the Javelin is a bit clumsier to control. The hover mode and dodging maneuvers are disabled while diving.
Components and inscriptions that extend flight time would either be advantageous or excluded for fairness. Players could be allowed to create entire racing loadouts or impose various restrictions for equality.
Javelin training as a world event: To provide some variety in the world events, Freelancer Yarrow could insist on giving the player some flight training.
If the weather conditions are right and the thermals are good, he could suggest a few target exercises, where you must collect echo-like items within a certain time or perform certain stunts, such as “Stay in a dive for 5 seconds” or “Do a loop”.
Alternatively, similar challenges could also be added to the Cortex.
In the game world, many constructs would make for a cool race track.
Why flight races would be good for Anthem: Flight races and aerial challenges would greatly enrich the fun component in Anthem and provide players with a refreshing alternative to the grind for loot.
Most of this is already integrated into the game and works, so it’s only a matter of time before BioWare meaningfully incorporates these mechanics into a game mode.
Many players would be pleased if there were something in Anthem that focuses on fun and skill rather than just the best possible equipment.
What do you think? What kind of flight sports would you like to see in Anthem? Let us know in the comments!
The then publisher Insel Games encouraged its own employees to write reviews about their game “Wild Buster: Heroes of Titan.”
All of the publisher’s games were subsequently removed from the Steam platform. Guardians of Ember also suffered significant reputation damage and only managed to achieve 100-200 concurrent players thereafter. Marketing without Steam was simply too difficult.
The new publisher Gameforge wants to make the past events forgotten and believes in the success of the hack and slash MMORPG. The game already entered closed beta in January, and now there is the open beta.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTPrjxuVcw
This is new in the MMORPG: Gameforge has made numerous changes to the game. There are:
Improvements to gameplay, missions, character customization, UI optimization, and more
Greater language diversity (German was already there)
What you get on top: Players who register for the beta will receive special items. It doesn’t matter if you are joining for the first time or already have experiences in the game.
You will have to fight against such beasts.
This is what Guardians of Ember offers:
The game has a total of 4 races and 6 classes with over 300 abilities.
You can prove your skills in over 60 dungeons.
You can also compete with other players in horde mode. Up to 10 players can fight against each other there.
The game reminds at many moments of Diablo and markets itself on its website with the phrase “WoW meets Diablo.”
Do you want to join? The open beta is now free for everyone. You need to download the beta from the official website of the game. It has a total size of 7 GB.
There are also other games that are similar to Diablo. Here are our alternatives:
In The Division 2, you can craft and recalibrate equipment. Here are all the information and tips for crafting at the crafting station, for recalibrating station, and for the materials in the guide.
In The Division 2, you obtain equipment not only by killing enemies and looting their drops. You can also loot containers, buy items – or craft the stuff yourself.
This is done at the crafting station in the Operations Base, where you can craft items.
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How to unlock the crafting station
How to activate crafting: The crafting station is made available to you early in The Division 2. You just need to reach the first level of the Theater settlement, and you will get the NPC Inaya al-Khaliq for the White House.
Location of the crafting station: Walk straight through the main entrance of the White House past the quartermaster, turn left and go directly through the first gate on the left side. There, Inaya is next to the crafting station.
Inaya is waiting for you here
How crafting works in The Division 2
Basic information about crafting:
You can craft items (weapons, armor pieces, mods, projects) at the crafting station
The prerequisite is a blueprint of the item you want to craft
Blueprints can be bought, found, or obtained as rewards (e.g. through projects and missions).
For crafting, you need certain materials which you can discover throughout the open world (through boxes, backpacks, due to enemy kills etc.) or obtained by disassembling excess equipment.
The crafting station needs to be upgraded to craft higher-quality items.
Information about blueprints:
The blueprints in your possession scale with your character. If you get a blueprint at character level 5, you can craft items at level 5. When you reach level 6, you can craft items at level 6 with the same blueprint.
To craft better items than “blue” items, you need to upgrade the crafting station. This requires many materials, and you need to have progressed sufficiently in the game. There are several upgrade levels – you need to upgrade the station from blue items to purple items, from purple items to high-end items and in the endgame from world tier to world tier:
You need many materials to upgrade your workbench
Information about crafting materials
You have 2 standard materials:
Closure components – needed for crafting weapons. Can be obtained through disassembly
Protective material – needed for crafting armor. Can be obtained through disassembly
Here are the other crafting materials:
Steel – needed for firearms, often found with the True Sons
Ceramics – needed for armor pieces, often found with the Outcasts
Polycarbonate – needed for various items, often found with the Hyenas
Carbon fiber – needed for lightweight equipment components, often found with the True Sons
Electronics – needed for enhanced equipment components, often found with Hyenas
Titanium – needed for lightweight but durable weapons, often found with the Outcasts
Printer filament (purple quality) – needed for mods (for gear and skills), obtained by disassembling mods
If you need a specific material, you can play a mission from the corresponding faction and have the chance to obtain a relatively large amount of this material through enemy kills and upon mission completion.
Note: In the endgame, the Black Tusk can drop all rare crafting materials.
Carbon fiber, electronics, and titanium are rarer than ceramics, steel, and polycarbonate.
Additionally, crafting costs you E-Credits, which you can obtain by selling items or loots (sewing kits, cameras, solar calculators, etc.) that you find everywhere.
These are high-end materials: In addition, there are many high-end materials with which you can craft armor pieces of certain brands:
High-end crafting materials
You obtain high-end materials for the brand sets by disassembling equipment pieces of that brand.
You should not craft weapons or armor pieces at the start. Because you level up relatively quickly and find better loot soon, so the crafted items will only be useful for a short time.
It’s best to save your materials for the endgame – specifically for World Tier 5 – as soon as it goes live. Because the required materials are the same for all world tiers and levels, and you will benefit most and longest if your items are at the highest possible Gear Score.
What you can already craft in advance: Weapon mods. If you find a weapon mod blueprint, you can create the mod directly. Because it remains permanently with you and always has the same stats – no matter when you craft it.
So only use your materials before World Tier 5 to craft weapon mods and to upgrade the crafting station.
Unlock the benefits “Crafting Materials” and “Disassemble” with SHD Tech at the quartermaster to increase storage capacity for materials and to obtain more materials when disassembling.
White House in The Division 2, where you can craft and recalibrate
Information about the recalibration station
How to unlock recalibration: While crafting is unlocked early in the campaign, recalibration is only possible after a few gameplay hours.
You need to recruit Emma Richards at the Campus settlement, which is possible after three missions for the Campus settlement.
Location of the recalibration station: This station is located directly to the right of the crafting station.
How recalibration works:
With recalibration, you can transfer a talent or a stat bonus from one item to another item
You first need an item that has the desired stat to transfer that stat to the other item
The items must belong to the same category. In other words, to recalibrate a chest piece, you need another chest piece that has that stat. The same applies to weapons.
An example: In this screenshot, a stat bonus on a mask is replaced through the stat bonus of another mask by recalibration:
The item that “donates” the desired stat bonus is destroyed after recalibration
Recalibration costs credits and materials
Recalibration does not work with items you crafted
Advantage (compared to Division 1): You now know directly what new stat you receive on the item after recalibration. The randomness is removed.
However, you first have to find an item that has the stat you want.
In the video by MarcoStyle, you can see crafting and recalibration in motion:
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In FIFA 19Ultimate Team, TOTW 27 (Team of the Week) has been introduced. Find out which players made it here.
What is the Team of the Week? Every week, 23 players are chosen by EA Sports for the Team of the Week. These players then receive upgraded Inform cards, which are available in packs for one week.
The best players in TOTW 27: The strongest Inform card with an overall rating of 90 goes to Di Maria. De Vrij (86) and Richarlison (86) also received very strong new cards.
Last weekend, Lionel Messi scored a hat trick against Betis Sevilla. This was reason enough for many experts to expect him in TOTW 27. Therefore, it is quite surprising that he did not receive an Inform card.
This would have been by far the strongest card of the Team of the Week 27.
The new Inform card of Di Maria: This week, Di Maria receives his third TOTW card in FUT 19.
3rd Inform Card Di Maria (90
Compared to his last Inform card, a lot has improved. All stats received a nice boost. However, his shooting and passing attributes made the biggest jump.
Shooting: 81 -> 87
Passing: 86 -> 90
All Inform Cards of Di Maria
It is also interesting that the new Inform card of Di Maria has received a position change. You can now place him in the forward position. And that’s not a bad idea, given the new top stats of this card.
Players from the Bundesliga in TOTW 27: This week Delaney (84), Kruse (84), and Weghorst (84) made it into the Team of the Week.
Bronze or Silver TOTW cards can also be found in the corresponding Bronze and Silver packs.
The chances of actually pulling a card from the TOTW, however, are very low.
On the Transfer Market: The Inform cards from the Team of the Week will also be found on the Transfer Market. Here, the prices for the best players are extremely high.
The German development team Sandbox Interactive has announced the transition of Albion Online to a free-to-play model. The MMORPG will then be free to play.
When will Albion Online be free-to-play? On April 10 at 12:00 PM our time, the switch in the payment system is scheduled to take place. From then on, all players who want to play Albion Online will be able to access the servers for free.
The game client for the game is available on the official website and needs to be downloaded. Alternatively, the game can also be played via Steam.
What changes with the transition? To currently play the MMORPG Albion Online, you must purchase one of the starter kits. These include access to the game, gold, a premium account for a limited time, and special items.
These starter packages previously cost between 30 and 100 Euros. They are currently reduced by 34%. However, they will be completely removed with the transition to free-to-play.
Those who purchased such a package in advance will additionally receive:
A mount skin
Gold
and premium currency.
This also applies to all veterans of Albion.
Otherwise, there are no changes to the game system. All free-to-play players will receive full access, and the premium system will remain in place.
The new ghost wolf as a reward for veterans
New Patch brings randomized dungeons and a new tutorial
Together with the announcement of the payment system switch, Sandbox Interactive today released the Oberon update. This brought among other things the new dungeons.
What are randomized dungeons? This type of dungeon is designed to provide players with variety. Entrances appear randomly in the open world and are not shown on the map.
When entered, they are supposed to be randomly generated. The strength of the enemies depends on the area you are in. In safe zones, the dungeons should also be doable in small groups. In the Outlands, however, only in larger groups.
The rewards are supposed to depend on the difficulty of the dungeons. Each visit should, according to the developers, be worthwhile. Completing a dungeon should take between 15 and 40 minutes.
What else did the patch bring? The Oberon update also brought reworking of the tutorial and the quality of the game:
A brand new tutorial for a better start for free-to-play players
Improvements in crafting and transmutation times
New settings for graphic options
Improvements to client performance
Protection against spam in chat
Some balance changes
The trailer for the Oberon patch
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How has it been for Albion recently? The Nimue update from November 21, 2018 was very well received by the players. The innovations in GvG and several other changes have also pushed player numbers up.
In the Steam charts, the MMORPG saw an increase in November and also in January and February of this year. At peak times, about 560 players played Albion Online via Steam simultaneously.
Sandbox Interactive published the latest FAQ with their player numbers. Between 9,500 and nearly 11,500 players log in daily.
Currently, 35 people are working on the development of Albion. However, they would like to expand the team if the game allows it. Originally, more than 50 people worked on the game. In early 2018 many of them were laid off.
Roadmap gives players hope: A general roadmap for the game has also been published in the forum. The goal of the upcoming updates is to revise the Outland map and to gather players for PvP.
Additionally, further changes to faction wars and guild fights are planned.
What is Albion Online?
Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG set in a medieval setting. The focus of the game is on the economy and on PvP. There are also some interesting features for character customization and player housing.
More about the structure of the game and an initial assessment can be found in our review from August 2017:
The new mobile MMORPG Era of Legends has been released for Android devices. The role-playing game features a lot, but strongly resembles the MMORPG classic World of Warcraft.
What is Era of Legends? Era of Legends is a mobile MMORPG released on March 19, 2019, for Android. Apple users will have to wait a bit longer; an iOS port is not yet available but is expected to come.
The setup is quite classic: You create a character from eight different classes and play with other people.
You have an open world with dungeons, quests, and loot to explore and conquer. You can find a first gameplay impression in the embedded Youtube video.
These are the features of Era of Legends: Era of Legends offers both PvP and PvE features. You can fight bosses and monsters with friends in raids or battle other players in arenas in 3v3 or 5v5 matches.
That’s why it looks like WoW: The trailer shown above strongly resembles some aspects of the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The characters shown could also be adventuring in Azeroth:
The sorceress from Era of Legends could also be a gnome from WoW.
Also, some other creatures like the griffons particularly with their armor look like the armored griffons from World of Warcraft. Moreover, many of the features appear almost copied:
3v3 and 5v5 arenas are popular modes from PvP in World of Warcraft
Mounts, pets, and skins (“transmogs”) are also popular to collect in WoW
some sound effects sound the same
All of this makes Era of Legends look very much like World of Warcraft, just in a mobile version.
Griffons in Era of Legends.
An armored white griffon in WoW. Image source: wowhead.
Apex Legends offers free loot boxes in the Battle Pass for Season 1. But if you don’t want random loot, you can currently use a simple trick to make the loot more specific.
What is the problem with the loot boxes in the Pass? The Battle Pass for Season 1 in Apex Legends contains several free loot boxes at certain levels. These include a guaranteed epic item once and later a legendary item.
The problem is that there are tons of items in Apex. Your guaranteed Epic or Legendary loot can also be a skin for a hero you don’t play, a silly banner, or an alternate look for the unpopular weapon Mozambique.
In Belgium, there is no random loot, only crafting parts.
This is how crafting works: The crafting parts can be specifically converted into loot. Exactly the stuff you want. You simply select the desired object in your weapons or legends menu and click on “Unlock”.
Here’s how many crafting parts you need:
Common: 30
Rare: 60
Epic: 400
Legendary: 1,200
This is how much crafting parts you get in Belgium: Belgian players regularly receive crafting parts. In total, there are:
Level 26: 250 parts
Level 43: 60 parts
Level 53: 60 parts
Level 73: 60 parts
Level 83: 60 parts
Level 86: 800 parts
Level 93: 60 parts
That adds up to 1,350 crafting parts, enough to craft any legendary part immediately. Overall, this is less than you would get from loot boxes, which would guarantee 5 rare and one epic and legendary item each. But the prospect of guaranteed loot instead of RNG loot is more attractive to many players.
No one wants a legendary Mozambique!
This is how you bypass the loot boxes: So if you don’t want random loot, you have to move to Belgium or use this trick. Because according to some Reddit users, it’s currently quite easy to set your region to Belgium by adjusting your account on the EA website.
How that works is explained in the following video.
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Wait, is that allowed? Apparently, yes, but don’t expect this workaround to last forever. EA surely won’t be happy that you are circumventing loot boxes so easily. It’s quite possible that additional restrictions will be implemented soon to ensure that you are really Belgian.
However, according to a Reddit user, this action might also send a signal to EA that loot boxes are simply not well-received by many players and that this needs to change.
Shiny Sonnfel and Lunastein are now live in Pokémon GO, but these shiny Pokémon are something truly special. They are the first regional shinies in the game.
This is what makes the shinies so rare: Lunastein and Sonnfel are not found all over the world. While Lunastein can be caught here in Europe, Sonnfel can only be found in other regions of the world.
For us German players, this means that Sonnfel cannot currently be caught. Therefore, a shiny of that Pokémon is even rarer.
This is known about Shiny Sonnfel and Lunastein
Here you can find the regional Pokémon: Since the event that has started, the two Pokémon have swapped their locations. This will continue to be the case after the event ends.
The two regional Pokémon Sonnfel and Lunastein
Lunastein can now be found in Europe, Asia, and Australia, while Sonnfel appears in North and South America as well as in Africa.
This is what it means for German players: We will only find Lunastein here for now. If you want a shiny Sonnfel, you will need to travel to other regions of the world.
How rare Lunastein is: In the current plant event, Lunastein can be found quite frequently. However, once this event is over, that regional Pokémon is likely to be much harder to find. It will become a very rare shiny.
If you absolutely want a shiny Lunastein, you should take advantage of the current event as much as possible.
This is what the shinies of Lunastein and Sonnfel look like
Is there still a chance for Sonnfel? The regional Pokémon have already swapped their regions last year. A further change cannot be ruled out.
This is why it’s so special: Lunastein and Sonnfel are the first shinies that are regional. All other shinies can be caught worldwide. For Sonnfel, you now have to travel or hope for another change.
Currently, Lunastein and Sonnfel are not in raids. However, these bosses are available:
In Fortnite a new weapon has gone live today: the Stone Throwing Pistol. This pirate weapon was previously torn apart by the community, but now it proves to be useful or at least interesting. It allows for wonderful jumping and avoiding fall damage.
What the new weapon can do: The Stone Throwing Pistol came today in the new update to Fortnite. It deals high damage but has significant drawbacks:
You can only fire one shot with it, then you have to reload
the reload takes an eternally long 3 seconds
the Stone Throwing Pistol only works at close range
it also knocks the player back and the target opponent back
What players said before the patch about the weapon: Players were relatively shocked when they learned the “pure” stats of the weapon through datamining. Especially the three-second reload troubled them.
In their eyes, the weapon seemed completely useless. They saw hardly any way to finish off an opponent with it.
If you were reloading it, you would simply get shot.
Moreover, there are already many pistols and handguns in the game, and an additional one seemed pointless and unnecessary to the players.
This is how the weapon is now used in Fortnite: A few hours after the update went live, first stunts on reddit show that the weapon indeed has some utility.
However, not because it deals damage, but because it knocks the player back.
The first videos demonstrate how the thing is used effectively.
Here you see a player using the Stone Throwing Pistol to catapult themselves through the air, switching to a shotgun while in flight, and then taking out the opponent.
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One can be curious about what ways the resourceful Fortnite players will find to use the weapon to their advantage. Perhaps the weapon will even find use in competitive play.
Recently, there was fear of the powerful hamster, Kugler, but now he is being thrown far away with impulse grenades: even fun items have to be balanced and countered.
A bug during the recent maintenance work on Destiny 2 allowed some players to take a look at the Eververse rewards of the Spring event “Revelry.” Here’s what they look like.
What is this bug about? During the Update 2.2.0.2 on March 19, maintenance was performed. In principle, all players should have been returned to the title screen by 5:45 PM if they had not loaded the update.
However, some Guardians unexpectedly remained in the game and noticed some strange things happening in Destiny 2. Apparently, it was due to a bug.
This event set seems to be available through the event itself and not from engrams
Bug grants early look at event rewards
How did the error manifest? Some players received items from the Eververse that they hadn’t actually earned.
For instance, one Guardian simply had the weapon ornament for the Thorn in their inventory – even though they neither owned the weapon itself nor had drawn the ornament from an engram before.
Others had various items in their character’s equipment slots that didn’t belong there at all. Some players reported having brand new ghost shells in the emblem slot or different engrams in armor or weapon slots.
Source: Reddit user MurderToysx
How could the rewards of the Spring event be viewed? Some fans found a completely new type of engram in their inventory – a so-called Glimmering Engram. Currently, this is not available in the game.
However, fans and experts are sure that this engram will be included in the Spring Festival “The Revelry” and will include corresponding Eververse event rewards.
After looking at the contents of the engram, many fans feel validated in this assumption. Not only the items, but also the description of the engram clearly indicates that the contents will only be available during the Revelry.
Warning, potential spoilers ahead! Continue at your own risk.
What’s inside the Glimmering Engram – The Highlights
Some players have already inspected the new engram and captured the contents in pictures and videos. Many items thematically align with the Spring theme.
From the event engram, you will receive:
7 ships, one of which is exotic
8 sparrows, 2 of which are exotic
An event-specific armor set for each Guardian class (separate from the event armor seen in some promotional images for Season 6)
5 emotes, one of which is exotic
8 ghost shells, 2 of which are exotic
4 ghost projections
numerous shaders and teleport effects
We have summarized the highlights for you below:
The exotic Lapin shell:
The exotic Ladybug shell:
The exotic Auroral Sparrow:
The exotic Sparrow Equinox Edge:
The exotic ship Mayfly:
The exotic emote Perfect Swing:
Many other items can be seen in this YouTube video by Keynen S:
https://youtu.be/iQNv1poMqCQ
What is known so far about the Spring event? The Spring event “The Revelry” is free for all owners of the base game and independent of any additional content.
The event starts on April 16 and runs until May 6. It takes place in the Everforest, among other locations, and offers specific armor sets (not just the sets from the event engram). Whether or what additional event rewards will be available during the Revelry is currently unknown.
Apex Legends has finally released the highly anticipated Battle Pass for Season 1. Our author and battle royale fan Jürgen has also been eagerly waiting for this. But what he got in the end made him very unhappy.
Do you remember the feeling when you were a little kid and received a gift, and in your imagination, there were all sorts of amazing things in the package? And then you open it, and it’s just a pair of lame socks in a box!
A huge disappointment that really ruins your mood. And that’s exactly how I felt yesterday with the new Battle Pass from Apex Legends.
High Expectations
This is what I expected: Those who know me know that I love gifts. This even includes loot boxes and battle passes. I just love unlocking rewards in a game that I enjoy.
When the pass finally arrived, I immediately threw 9.50 Euros at it and looked forward to the cool rewards!
But what was that? There were three rather lame skins at the start. Well, surely more will come. But nope! The majority of the pass seems to consist of some stupid stat trackers with numbers.
Hey, what’s up with that? And then there are only a few quotes for the intro, banner graphics, and colorful weapon skins. In the end, there’s one – admittedly very cool – skin for the Havoc.
These are the only new skins in the Battle Pass. Seriously?!?
What’s missing in the pass? But all the things I wanted were not in the pass. Because I wanted:
cool kill animations
more quotes (not just for the intro)
and especially crazy skins for the cool heroes in the game!
Especially the cool skins were always a reason for me to spend money in Fortnite and grind for hours!
Instead, I now have a few boring jungle fighter skins and otherwise only new looks for weapons, half of which I don’t even favor. Great job, Respawn!
Endless Grind for Lame Rewards
But okay, there’s no point in complaining. Now I’ve already bought the thing, and at least a few of the weapon skins, the quotes, and the cool level 100 Havoc are somewhat cool.
Wow, so much grind!
So, I started Apex last night and played for a good hour. That should bring me two to three levels in the pass, right?
How bad the grind is: Nope! After a good hour of gameplay with randoms – including a win – I had just over half of level 2 filled!
Wow, with 100 levels total, this will be tough for an average player to complete the pass in 90 days. Moreover, I miss the constant feeling of receiving rewards that I have gotten so used to in Fortnite.
Even a win didn’t bring a level in the pass.
That’s why the buddy bonus is dumb: And yes, I know that you get a big multiplier when playing with buddies, but I usually play Apex very late at night when none of my buddies are still online.
Why are there no challenges? The fact that Respawn does not offer challenges and quests to get bonus XP or levels in the pass doesn’t help either.
I get that the tasks in Fortnite and PUBG were sometimes quite silly, but for the developers to say, “We’d rather do nothing and give you an intense grind so you can get to know the pass” seems to me a pretty lame and cheeky excuse.
Hey, where are the challenges?
Instead of bringing dumb challenges, they could have thought about what they could do better. That the developers have already proven their good thoughts on improving the BR genre with all the wonderful gameplay ideas in Apex.
The fact that they come across as so unimaginative and conservative regarding the Battle Pass and the first season really makes me sad. In my opinion, Respawn wasted a big opportunity and fell far short of the possibilities.
But enough whining. Apex is still fun, and I’ll do my best to grind through the pass. But there remains a feeling of deep disappointment.
Do you feel the same way, or do you actually like this Spartan approach in Season 1?
A new patch is online in Overwatch. Along with the new hero Baptiste, changes are made to many heroes. Most heroes are getting buffs – except GOATS.
What’s in the patch? The biggest highlight in the patch is the new hero Baptiste. Baptiste is a combat medic who functions in Overwatch as a hybrid healer and DPS. He can heal, boost, and even make his team immortal while dealing good damage himself. You can find Baptiste’s abilities in detail in our article.
Other highlights from the patch include
Buffs for many non-GOATS heroes
Adjustments to how armor works
Adjustments to knockback and damage boosts
Many changes have already been tested earlier on the PTR. We will show you what changes in detail and what impact it has in the patch notes.
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What’s changing for the heroes: Most of the revised heroes simply receive a buff to their damage or shorter cooldowns. The buffs for McCree and Soldier 76 are particularly interesting.
Soldier 76 generally deals more damage per shot from his pulse rifle and can shoot faster after sprinting. Additionally, his Tactical Visor can now target Junkrat’s tire and Baptiste’s Immortality Field and destroy them.
McCree receives a big buff.
Which heroes are getting nerfed? A nerf is particularly given to three heroes that are often played in the currently popular GOATS composition:
Lúcio’s speed boost increases speed less significantly. However, his wall ride is faster.
Zarya’s alternate fire doesn’t grow with increasing charge but always has a diameter of 2 meters.
Zenyatta’s Orb of Discord now only increases the damage the target takes by 25% instead of 30%. However, he deals more damage with his regular shots.
Ana also receives a small nerf. Her Nanoboost now heals only 250 (previously 300). All nerfs weaken the particularly unpopular GOATS meta among viewers. How strong the impact is will soon show, as the patch will also be applied to the Overwatch League.
Zenyatta’s nerf could hit GOATS particularly hard.
What’s changing with shields and damage: All beam weapons, such as the attacks from Mei, Winston, or Symmetra, are now only reduced by 20% from armor (previously up to 50%). Damage-over-time effects are no longer reduced by armor at all. Details about the adjustment of armor were already given beforehand.
Additionally, the boosting of projectiles, such as by Mercy’s damage boost, will now be calculated when they are fired. Previously, the calculation occurred upon impact, which led to seemingly incorrect calculations in some cases.
Knockback effects should now be more consistent. Flying heroes can also now be slowed or knocked back.
The Division 2 is now being used to illustrate how many issues Anthem still has. That is really annoying, says our author Schuhmann. Especially when considering the past of The Division.
It is in the nature of things: People like comparisons.
It is also right and important to compare games to explain to potential buyers what they can expect from a game and what they cannot.
Anthem and The Division 2 can certainly be compared. Both games differ significantly from each other, but they target the same player base that is supposed to buy and play the game:
To clarify what a game will be like, I find comparisons excellent.
Also, comparisons are perfectly okay to help people decide which game they should get at the moment.
However, when that leads to a rivalry between two groups, it annoys me every time.
In 2014, there was a battle between ESO and WildStar.
This was in 2014: We had a similar situation in 2014:
The Elder Scrolls Online, a fantasy MMORPG, was released in April 2014
WildStar, a science-fiction MMORPG, in June 2014
Both games were quite different but targeted the same buyer demographic and somehow that turned into a battle of ideologies.
The great battle of 2014 was also a battle of aesthetics
Even beforehand, fans of both games were at each other’s throats, declaring how the other game would fail:
When ESO started with major issues, WildStar fans made their jokes.
When later WildStar struggled, ESO fans returned and asked: “So, where are you now?”
At least back then, it was still mocking at eye level.
This time it is different:
In 2014, both games started under similar conditions:
Both were “big online games” from new teams.
Both had significant launch difficulties and struggled to find their way.
Both received similar criticisms and faced similar headwinds.
Now with The Division 2 and Anthem, there are similarities, but two major differences:
The Division 2 is a sequel from the same team that made almost the same game back in 2016 – Anthem is a new game
Anthem receives a lot of criticism – The Division 2 is still in its “honeymoon” phase and is being praised.
Where is Anthem headed?
This is what is being said: Just in the last few days, major “This is how to do it right, BioWare” articles have appeared on US sites:
On TechRadar it states “After Anthem, The Division 2 now shows BioWare how to make a looter shooter”
On Insider it reads “A new game set in the ruins of Washington, D.C. is the new best shooter and Anthem should be ashamed.”
In comments on our site The Division 2 is frequently referenced and praised in articles about Anthem.
One user writes:
Since last week I have been playing The Division 2, and it feels so immediately after Anthem as if it were a single, realized looter shooter dream – technically/gameplay/quality of life/balance/game mechanics/world/story/immersion/variety/loot spiral/AI/combat dynamics/scope/depth – EVERYTHING is eons ahead of Anthem
The fans of Anthem are driven to fury by this. They cannot hear it anymore.
The Division 2 was born in pain
Why is The Division 2 currently so good? The Division 1 was down for a year in 2016, and the developers admitted: “Our game is not fun.” The Division 1 was ridiculed and scorned.
Apparently, Massive has drawn the right lessons from this: The original team seems to have started developing “The Division 2” back in 2016 while other Ubisoft studios dealt with repairing and improving The Division 1.
The Division 2 is in 2019 in a completely different situation than Anthem, as the developers have learned from the mistakes of the first part. They also had the opportunity to do so.
With Anthem, we are where The Division was three years ago. A studio in the search phase.
Yes, The Division 2 can really be a role model, but: Massive took three years to achieve this.
That’s why I find the comparison understandable, but annoying: Currently, I find comparisons between Anthem and The Division 2 more annoying than truly helpful. They lead to players being put in a bad mood. They are not productive.
Ultimately, both games are in different situations.
The comparison seems to be, at the moment, as if someone wanted to sprinkle salt in the wound or kick someone who is already down.
The comparisons of Anthem from the perspective of The Division buyers, who are glad to have made a “correct decision”, I find understandable – yet they annoy me somewhat.
It seems a bit like the behavior of a “bad winner” who has forgotten that they were just as down three years ago.
By the way: Two years ago, we made an article to give hope to the then quite dejected fans of The Division 1.
Back then, we compared the situation of The Division 1 with that of The Elder Scrolls Online, which had struggled over the last three years and had transitioned from a crisis game to a new MMORPG hit.
I find such comparisons, in retrospect, really good.
