Here are all 7 Christmas skins from the shop in Fortnite

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In Fortnite: Battle Royale the well-known skins from Christmas 2017 are coming back. Learn everything here about outfits such as the Red Nosed Raider, Nutcracker, Mulled Wine Agent, and Gingerbread Man.

Currently, Fortnite is gradually bringing back the well-known skins from Christmas 2017 to the shop in Season 7. If Epic follows the trend, all seven skins from 2017 should eventually become available again.

Red Nosed Raider, Gingerbread Man, and the Mulled Wine Agent

These skins are available for the Christmas theme: There were a total of seven Christmas skins released back then. They are:

  • Mulled Wine Agent (800 V-Bucks): A soldier wearing a sweater and Christmas hat.
  • Yule Ranger (800 V-Bucks): The male counterpart to the Mulled Wine Agent wears a ushanka instead of a Christmas hat.
  • Codename E.L.F. (1,200 V-Bucks): This funny skin is a dapper Christmas elf.
  • Red Nosed Raider (1,200 V-Bucks): The “Reindeer Skin” is a woman with a red nose and antlers. In English, the skin is called “Red Nosed Raider.””>
  • Ginger Gunner (1,500 V-Bucks): The Gingerbread woman has a smiling face looking at the world. A gingerbread skin to nibble on.
  • Advent Agitator (1,500 V-Bucks): The Gingerbread Man doesn’t look very happy. There are indeed some legends about the Gingerbread Man.
  • Nutcracker (2,000 V-Bucks): The “Nutcracker” was one of the first legendary skins in Fortnite.
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Here’s how to get the Christmas skins: All these skins should gradually become available in the in-game shop. The offers are renewed every 24 hours. The skins will likely appear more than once during the holidays.

Epic might also be planning a bundle offer for several or even all skins. Additionally, it could very well be that around Christmas you can use the gifting feature again.

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Are there also new skins? So far, only the evil Santa “Sergeant Winter” has appeared as another Christmas skin in the game. However, the trailer for Season 7 shows some nasty snowman troopers.

They will certainly come as skins later. Moreover, it is highly likely that Epic will bring even more skins with Christmas relevance to the shop. During Halloween, numerous new spooky skins, including the Spider Knight, the Vampire, or the Scarecrow, were introduced into the game.

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Those who do not like WoW now will not like it even after 8.1

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

The latest update of World of Warcraft is just around the corner. However, Patch 8.1 will not please all players – at least that’s what Cortyn thinks.

After long weeks of testing, the Patch 8.1, Tides of Vengeance, of World of Warcraft is just about to be released. Starting next Wednesday, December 12, 2018, players will be able to experience the new content – the patch can already be downloaded now.

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But those who believe that Patch 8.1 brings great salvation to all are mistaken. Patch 8.1 improves many systems, but does not eliminate the fundamental problems introduced with Battle for Azeroth that upset many fans.

A lot of fixes for self-made problems

The core of Patch 8.1 is not the new content itself. The most important changes concern the systems of Battle for Azeroth that did not run smoothly:

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However, even here Blizzard is taking a half-hearted approach and does not have fixes for everything. Enhancement Shamans are looking completely left out and will not receive the overhaul they have been eagerly awaiting.

Among shamans, the joke “Maybe in the next addon” is already circulating – it would be sad if that turns out to be true.

A big patch that brings little

Although Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance is planned as a “major content patch” and takes up a hefty 16 GB on the hard drive, the actually playable content at launch is rather sparse.

In summary, there are very few “new” contents.

  • The Paragon rewards may be negligible for many players. Those who do not want pets or toys will surely not farm world quests again – the major incentives for repeating world quests are simply lacking.
  • The Warfront “Darkshore” along with the area Darkshore, where there are new world quests and some rare enemies that lure with new rewards. All of this is, similar to Arathi, primarily an undertaking every two weeks for a few hours. The world quests here are certainly an exception.
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  • Two new islands, which must first be part of the rotation to appear. With bad luck, you won’t see them for weeks.
  • A few quests of the War Campaign to continue the story. However, this will be, at least in part, tied to the new raid that opens in January.
  • The pet-battle dungeon Gnomeregan is only for enthusiasts. Those who do not like pet battles will leave that aside.
  • The faction incursions are the new “Legion invasions” with accompanying world quests. These are particularly well suited to retrofitting twinks.
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In summary, I unfortunately come to the conclusion that Patch 8.1 will only bring back a few players. Because those who could not relate to Patch 8.0 of Battle for Azeroth fundamentally will not find much in Patch 8.1 that convinces them now.

However, those who have had fun in Battle for Azeroth so far are likely to benefit from the changes and continue to stay engaged.

What is your assessment of Patch 8.1? Will it make World of Warcraft a better game? Or does the patch simply not offer enough?

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Monster Hunter World: Announcement is coming – Fans hope for something big

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 4 minutes

Today, December 10, an announcement regarding Monster Hunter World is forthcoming. Fans are excited and expressing their wishes for upcoming content.

What happened? At the Game Awards, the developers of Monster Hunter World announced news. As the official game site confirms, a live stream will start today at 3 PM. In the stream, new information is expected to be revealed.

Fans have eagerly awaited this and are already speculating about what the news might be. Many are also expressing their wishes, such as G-Rank, a new map, and new monsters.

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New Information about Monster Hunter World – What Fans Want

In recent months, fans have often discussed how Monster Hunter World should continue. The battle-hardened monsters are rather unsatisfying for a large part of the community and are only rehashes of monsters that already exist in the game.

For a while now, there haven’t been any new monsters, armors, or weapons on Xbox One and PS4. Therefore, there is also a list of things that many players would wish for.

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G-Rank

What does G-Rank mean? Normally, Capcom releases a base game for Monster Hunter, such as Generations. Following that, an Ultimate version is released, like Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. In this version, G-Rank is included. G-Rank is the highest difficulty level in Monster Hunter.

The difference from the normal difficulty level:

  • Monsters have more hit points
  • deal more damage
  • are larger
  • have new movesets
  • attacks vary more

Additionally, there is a load of stronger equipment.

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A New Map

From the beginning, Monster Hunter World has faced criticism that the map diversity is too low. There are a total of five areas that differ greatly from one another.

However, those who are in the endgame often end up on the same map: the Home of the Elder Dragons. Even without this problem, players have grown tired of the five maps after many hours of play and are wishing for some variety.

Speculation about an Ice Map: In the past, there have often been rumors and supposed leaks about an area covered in ice and snow. In fact, this would fit. So far, in Monster Hunter World there are

  • a forest/jungle
  • a large desert
  • the coral highlands
  • the rotten vale
  • the home of the elder dragons

All of these maps are not particularly cold or wintry. Therefore, an ice map would bring the necessary variety. Moreover, there is currently only Legiana as an ice monster in the game. Thus, several monsters could be introduced that focus more on the ice element.

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Alleged Leaks and Speculations

These rumors persist to this day: Even before the release of Monster Hunter World, there was a leak. This leak contained a list of monsters that were either already in the game or were yet to come.

The leak was correct about monsters like Devijho, Lunastra, and possibly Kulve Taroth. However, two monsters from the leak have not yet appeared: Oroshi Kirin and Alatreon.

What is special about Oroshi Kirin? This dark subspecies of Kirin is of the ice element type. Therefore, its attacks deal ice damage as well.

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What is special about Alatreon? Alatreon is an Elder Dragon that can use four element types (Fire, Ice, Dragon, Thunder).

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There are also persistent rumors about Lagiacrus, which almost made it into the game.

This afternoon at 3 PM, we will know more. However, fans are already emotionally preparing for a disappointment:

  • For example, there is a bingo for the live stream that includes everything from “G-Rank update/DLC announced” to “a decoration armor that nobody cares about”.
  • Another fan has already prepared memes for the best case (announcement of an ice map) and for the disappointing case (announcement of the battle-hardened Nergigante) .

What do you hope for from the live stream? 

Monster Hunter World is getting an Expansion

Update 15:11 – this was presented: A new expansion for Monster Hunter World “Iceborne” was announced. It is supposed to arrive in autumn 2019.

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Before that, there will be several updates for the game with additional “Arch-tempered” versions of the toughest monsters. Additionally, there is a crossover event planned with The Witcher, where Geralt himself will visit. Monster Hunter World will also celebrate a festival for its first anniversary: the Appreciation Event.

We will provide articles on all these events on MeinMMO.

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Warframe bans more than ever in chat, unsettling players

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Warframe is currently having a problem with its chat and the moderators there. They acted with great zeal on certain topics and caused a lot of bans. Therefore, the developers now want to approach the topic differently.

What is currently the problem in Warframe? If you mention certain terms in Warframe’s chat, it’s likely that you will be automatically banned by a mod-bot. For example, the seemingly harmless term “Traps” (Fallen) leads to a ban.

What is so bad about the term? The term can also be used as an offensive insult for trans women in English. In Warframe, the term has been used by some players with clear toxic intent to describe the androgynous Warframe Nezha.

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The Warframe Nezha is sometimes referred to as transgender.

Community and Chat Moderation in Conflict

What are the backgrounds of the bans? To ensure that such transphobic ideas have no place in the game, a moderator, who until recently called himself “FriendzoningMisandrist”, added the term to the auto-ban list. The list also includes potentially discriminatory words like “gay”, as these are supposedly always used in a homophobic context according to the mod.

This is how the current shitstorm arose: Quickly, there was anger about the moderator’s decision. On the one hand, the term Trap is by no means limited to the insult of trans women. For example, if someone asks for a way to trap animals, they would also be immediately banned. And gay has long ceased to be an insult.

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Moderator Accused of Double Standards: Moreover, the name “FriendzoningMisandrist” itself is exceedingly offensive, as Misandrist stands for “man-hater” and is the opposite of the woman-hating “Misogynist”. The moderator’s name is now only “Misan”, but the strict ban rules still apply.

According to Misan, it would be unbearable for him and his trans girlfriend to constantly read transphobic comments. Incidentally, the girlfriend is also active as a moderator in Warframe. Therefore, they will continue to fight against transphobia and believe that all individuals who are not transgender should not have a say in the debate about transphobic terms.

Digital Extremes Will Seek Professional Help

How the developers are reacting: The community is angry and accuses the developers of populating the community team with overzealous individuals who clearly measure with double standards.

Thus, the developers have reacted and addressed the issue in the last dev stream. There, the message came that they are aware that the moderation is currently not up to the usual industry standard.

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Therefore, they want to change this quickly and are looking for a professional third-party company that specializes in chat moderation, among other things. With their help, the rules for the mods should be made more professional. More details will be released as soon as they know more.

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Does ARK: Survival Evolved have a future now that Atlas is coming?

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

With the announcement of the new MMO Atlas, players of ARK: Survival Evolved are shaking. The developers have now revealed whether there is a future.

A few days ago, Grapeshot Games, a sister studio of Studio Wildcard, announced the new MMO Atlas. In this pirate MMO, gigantic worlds are interconnected, and it could be serious competition for Sea of Thieves.

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But aside from the anticipation, the fans of the dinosaur game ARK: Survival Evolved are shaking. After all, part of Studio Wildcard is now working on Atlas, and the question arises: Is ARK now on ice?

Here’s what the developers say: Development on ARK: Survival Evolved will continue. In a “message from Studio Wildcard,” the developers reached out to the players and explained that it is far from over. Even though a few developers would be called to Atlas, work on ARK would continue. After all, the team has grown significantly over the last year.

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More expansions for ARK are coming: Almost secretly, in a side note, the developers mention that they want to bring new features, bug fixes, and expansions to the game. Although this is not an official announcement, fans can still look forward to one or another expansion.

Extinction is not the end: Many players had suspected that the journey of ARK with “Extinction” had slowly come to an end. After all, this expansion returned to Earth and revealed many story details that essentially felt like a conclusion. The fact that more expansions are supposed to come gives hope for further story, cool new creatures, and more to explore.

Fans are cautiously optimistic: Most players in the comments seem to be pleased that ARK is being developed further. However, a few note that they find it unfair when the developers start a new game while ARK is struggling on consoles. They say “you should fix ARK first before starting something new.”

What are your thoughts on the future of ARK in connection with Atlas? Are you excited about new expansions? Or do you fear that ARK will slowly fade away?

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Designer at Destiny 2 explains why bosses are often just XXL mobs

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Designer Brendan Thorne is working on Destiny 2, previously he was at Defiance and WildStar. On Twitter, he explains why bosses in raids often do not have unique character models, but are just larger versions of normal mobs.

Who is speaking? Brendan Thorne, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, has been in gaming since 2005:

  • He started as a Game Master for WoW
  • was then a quest designer for the MMORPG WildStar (recently discontinued) for 4 years
  • worked starting in 2011 at Defiance as a content designer
  • Thorne has been at Bungie since 2013 and works there as a Senior Game Designer on Destiny and Destiny 2. He helped build the “Broken Throne” .
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What’s it about: On Twitter, Thorne has answered the question as to why bosses are often just XXL versions of normal mobs in a series of tweets. He is often asked this.

No wonder, as Destiny is teeming with giant Servitors, giant Fallen, giant Cabals, and other XXL versions of well-known enemies.

Thorne tells a story from a fictional meeting. The meeting is not necessarily aimed at Destiny, but is the result of his 12 years in gaming across various studios.

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Let’s build a flying giant cyborg

This is how the fictional boss meeting goes: Imagine you are a designer and in an early meeting about what the next boss will be like. The boss says: “We have 6 months until launch. That means we have much less time.”

You cheerfully suggest that the boss will be a completely new giant squirrel-cyborg-eagle that flies around and breathes fire on the raid.

Immediately, all the animators, technicians, artists, and sound effect folks in the room look at each other and make a face.

“What’s wrong?” you ask.

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If you are not an artist, you won’t understand why they made that face.

The character artist responsible for creating the boss will explain to you that your idea requires a new rig, meaning the skeleton that the boss moves with. Just the rig will take two months.

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Then the tech designer will say, “We don’t have flying technology in the engine. It will take months of engineering time. And we don’t know what area we want to design for flying. Will he fly freely or will he fly in curves?”

Then the boss intervenes: “Okay, so no flying boss.”

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That’s why bosses are just modified standard enemies in raids

What is really possible? Thorne then continues that ultimately the meeting agrees to take the elephant enemy that they already have, inflate it to triple its size, and then add spikes to make it look cool.

Additionally, they could add some bones to the rig, maybe create a handful of new attack animations and adjust the movement patterns.

The planned jumping attack will be scrapped because the boss might get stuck somewhere.

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In short: Creating completely new character models is incredibly labor-intensive because they require a variety of features and the time and resources of designers are always tight, as their work is needed in various places.

You can do a lot more things when you use existing assets and adapt them, says Thorne.

You can read the complete, worthwhile series of tweets here in the original.

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This is why there could soon be maps from Call of Duty in Fortnite

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In Fortnite: Battle Royale offers the creative mode countless possibilities for your own creations. Classic maps from Call of Duty are highly popular. With a bit of luck, they might soon appear in the regular game.

What is the creative mode? The main highlight of Season 7 is the creative mode. In it, you can be your own game designer on your own little island and build your own map. The possibilities are enormous, and many cool creations have already emerged.

CoD maps like Nuketown and Rust are a hit

This is what Nuketown looks like in Fortnite: Nuketown is one of the most famous maps from the Call of Duty franchise, and hardly any game in the series lacks a version of this map. It is a nuclear test site, and typically features the truck and the bus in the middle and the beige opposing houses. All of this has been considered by Fortnite fans like YouTuber XFitJesus in their Fortnite version.

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This is what Rust looks like in Fortnite: This map from Modern Warfare 2 was ideal for snipers, and in Fortnite, you also have many elevated places and good shooting positions. User itsHNDN created a possible version of it.

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Shipment: Another classic from Call of Duty offers a tiny area full of cargo containers. It tends to be brutal in there, and intense close combat is the order of the day. Here you can see a version from user AgentCecil.

Do CoD maps fit into Fortnite?

This is how fan maps could come into the game: So far, these new maps only please the creators and their friends in creative mode. However, Epic has purposefully demolished the location Risky Reels and built the “Block” there. In the future, a constantly changing map from the creative mode should be shown there.

Reasons for CoD maps in Fortnite: First of all, these maps are cult and particularly popular and well known among older players. Furthermore, it would be a cool tribute if you have a fan-made homage to the most famous maps of the competition in the game.

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And it would be interesting to see how an old-school shooter map performs in a game like Fortnite. However, classic CoD maps are not designed for you to just blast through the terrain and build your own fortifications.

It will be interesting to see how the CoD maps feel in Fortnite if they ever come into the official game via the Block.

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Anthem should be playable even without much money or friends

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The new online shooter Anthem aims to be a game for everyone. They don’t want to cater to “whales,” or players who spend a lot of money, nor do you need to know 6 people on reddit to play Anthem, they say.

Who is speaking? It is the lead producer of BioWare, Mike Gamble, speaking in an interview with Gamasutra and in a Q&A with journalists.

This is what Gamble says about “whales”:

Gamble is asked if Anthem will rely on having as many whales on board spending a lot of money in the game. Gamble denies this and says:

BioWare hopes to attract as many players as possible. We want to keep the player pool as wide as possible to support Anthem for as long as possible. Even if we don’t have a huge amount of players spending a lot of money, we hope that the economic situation is such that we have a large number of players supporting Anthem.

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In gaming jargon, “whales” refers to players who spend particularly large amounts of money in games, often through microtransactions.

Gamble continues:

It’s great to have whales, but we don’t want to tailor the game to a specific group of players. Some people have more time than others – and that’s really all we want to say about that.

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Fun without knowing anyone on reddit

This is what Gamble says about matchmaking: It is often said that games like Destiny are only fun if you have friends and acquaintances online to play with. Gamble also commented on this in a Q&A session.

We want to provide a matchmaking system where you don’t need to know six people on reddit to play the game.

It is known that Anthem wants to automatically find players for the players, even for raids.

Gamble discusses this focus on automated matchmaking:

We believe it’s one of the hurdles of this type of game – we have tried to design Anthem so that fans of single-player RPGs can get in – and the additional step is that it’s fun to play with others.

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WoW Video: What if World of Warcraft were a Netflix Series?

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World of Warcraft as a series in “Netflix” style? Could that work? A trailer at least invites dreaming …

Wouldn’t it be great if the story of World of Warcraft was told in a television series? Many players have already wondered that.

But some also let their creativity run wild and create their own trailer for their idea. An example of this is the YouTuber Str1der, whose trailer adaptation you can see above. It is a compilation of various cutscenes, set to “typical” trailer music.

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Even if the reactions to the actual video are quite mixed, there are many ideas on YouTube and Reddit about how such a WoW series could work. “Good examples” for a basis include the events from Classic in Stormwind. The schemes of Lady Katrana Prestor, alias Onyxia, would be a solid setting for a series in “Game of Thrones” style.

Other fans still hope that the story of Arthas and his transformation into the Lich King will be adapted. He still remains one of the most popular characters in the lore of World of Warcraft, even though he has been dead for over a decade now.

Cortyn says: I always find it amazing how little work it actually takes to create a solid trailer from some WoW cinematics that makes you dream immediately. Just a little music on top, and you can really visualize what such a series could look like. Of course, it’s not very likely that we’ll see something like that in the next ten years – but hey, one is still allowed to dream, right?

Would you want a “Netflix series” about World of Warcraft? Would that perhaps have been an even better idea than a movie? Or should WoW remain in the medium of video games and stay away from television screens?

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FIFA 19 TOTW 13: The Predictions for Team of the Week 13 in FUT

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Here are predictions for Team of the Week 13 (TOTW 13) in FIFA 19. We show you predictions of which players could receive an Inform card in Ultimate Team this week.

The TOTW release time in FUT 19: On December 12, the new 13th Team of the Week will be released in FIFA 19. From 7 PM, you can draw the special cards from packs for a week, until TOTW 14 takes over on December 19.

These are the TOTW predictions: Based on their performances in the games that actually took place, predictions are made about which players could be in the upcoming Team of the Week of FIFA 19.

Predictions are never really 100% accurate, but they provide a good overview of likely Team of the Week players.

Prediction TDW 13: fifauteam

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Goalkeeper:

  • GK: Padt (FC Groningen)
  • GK: Kronholm (Holstein Kiel)

Defender

  • LB: Kolarov (Roma)
  • CB: Tarkowski (Burnley)
  • CB: Pablo (Bordeaux)
  • LB: Ghoulam (Napoli)
  • RB: Lala (Strasbourg)
  • RB: João Cancelo (Juventus)

Midfielder

  • CM: Drexler (1. FC Köln)
  • RM: Snodgrass (WestHam)
  • CM: Rodri (Atletico)
  • CM: Torreira (Arsenal)
  • CM: Parejo (Valencia)
  • CM: Kanté (Chelsea)
  • RM: Forrest (Celtic)

Forward

  • ST: Marega (FC Porto)
  • ST: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspurs)
  • ST: Jong (PSV)
  • ST: Falcao (Monaco)
  • ST: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
  • LF: Rashford (Manchester United)
  • LF: Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspurs)
  • LF: Dembele (Barcelona)

How to benefit from TOTW predictions: You can use the Team of the Week to earn a lot of coins. The value of TOTW players increases when they are in the Team of the Week. You can find more details in our guide to TOTW trading.

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A bug has apparently revealed new game modes in Red Dead Online

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Will Red Dead Online, the online mode of the Western epic Red Dead Redemption 2, soon get new game modes?

A Reddit user suddenly saw two additional options upon joining a showdown match in Red Dead Online. It appears that this bug is displaying new game modes.

New game modes for Red Dead Online?

What happened? The player donajello1 wanted to quickly join a showdown match in the beta of Red Dead Online but briefly saw these two new options:

  • Gun Rush
  • Gun Rush Teams
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What does this mean? It seems that a bug has listed two upcoming game modes. As several players are now reporting this bug and also seeing the two game modes, fans of Red Dead Redemption 2 assume that new game modes will soon be integrated into Red Dead Online.

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What could Gun Rush be?

What could these game modes be? Currently, it is unclear what objectives you will pursue in the two Gun Rush modes.

  • Players suspect that you start without a weapon and need to find one quickly to defend yourself.
  • There are even speculations that Gun Rush could operate similarly to Gold Rush from RDR 1, where players had to collect as many gold bags as possible.

How are the players reacting? Fans of Red Dead Online are very eager to find out what Gun Rush is and when this potential new mode will be integrated into the game. We might learn more later this week.

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Fortnite: Ninja captures 2 planes in a spectacular clip

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In Fortnite, the new planes are on the move. They add a touch of Battlefield to some matches in Fortnite. Top streamer Ninja shows how to counter and hijack the planes in a spectacular clip.

This can be seen in the clip: In the video, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is seen being pressured by a pilot in a green X-4 Stormwing while wearing the “Bad Santa” skin. The pilot then goes into close combat, and Ninja builds some makeshift wooden walls for protection, but the plane simply crashes through them.

Ninja then manages to jump onto the wing of the X-4 Stormwing and takes out the pilot from there.

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However, he does not stay on the plane and take it over; instead, he jumps off the wing, glides through the air, and then lands on the wing of another plane that is flying above him and starts to descend.

Even there, Ninja dispatches the pilot in an instant.

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Why does the plane change its color? It is noticeable that the plane’s color changes at the moment the pilot is taken out. This is due to the new paint jobs.

The paint jobs are weapon and vehicle skins.

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This is how players react to the video: Currently, the clip has almost “40,000 likes” on Twitter. Players are impressed by the clip and praise it in glowing terms. It’s incredible.

In a longer version of the video, Ninja’s buddy, the streamer Ben “Dr Lupo” Lupo, can be heard saying: “You should be banned for what you just did to them.”

Dropping it with the sniper also works

Are there other ways to counter a plane? Besides the option to hijack the X-4 Stormwing over the wing, as Ninja shows, there are other ways.

Here, streamer “HighDistortion” demonstrates the classic “I’m taking the bird down” tactic with a sniper rifle.

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For more about the planes in Fortnite, how to find and operate them, read this article:

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Pokémon GO: PvP battles are only for experienced trainers at launch

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

Pokémon GO announced on Twitter that at launch only players at Level 40 can participate in Trainer Battles. Afterward, more players will be added who can take part in the new PvP battles.

The Twitter account of Pokémon GO has provided the first info regarding the release of PvP. They reveal that only players at maximum Level 40 can play the new Trainer Battles.

We will tell you why this is the case and when the other players will be able to join.

PvP initially only for Level 40 players

This has been announced by Pokémon GO: On Twitter, Pokémon GO stated: “Trainer Battles will be released gradually in Pokémon GO. Trainers at Level 40 will have access to the feature first. This ensures that the feature functions as expected before we make it available to more trainers.”

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This is what it means for players: Anyone who is not yet Level 40 will have to wait. Level 40 players have the advantage at launch. This is, however, nothing new.

At the release of many major features for Pokémon GO, Niantic had the new features tested first by Level 40 players. This was the case, for example, with the friends system. Also, submitting PokéStops, which is available in some countries, can only be done at Level 40.

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Do I have to be Level 40 for PvP now? Those who are not yet at maximum level do not have to rush. If the feature runs smoothly, Niantic will gradually lower the requirements for PvP.

This usually only takes a few hours or days. Those with a bit of patience do not need to be Level 40.

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When will the Trainer Battles arrive? It won’t be long now until PvP arrives. In the latest update, all details about Trainer Battles have already been found. This update just needs to be made available to all players and then it can begin. This could already happen this week.

At Christmas, Botogel returns to Pokémon GO. 

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WoW: How expensive good Azerite armor will be in patch 8.1

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

With Patch 8.1 of World of Warcraft, players will be able to directly purchase Azerite armor. However, this will cost – we’ll tell you how much.

On December 12, 2018, the Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance for World of Warcraft will be released. Players will then have the opportunity to farm specific Azerite armor much more selectively and choose special items they want to wear. However, this requires payment with a new currency at a vendor. Depending on the desired item, a lot of farming will be needed to obtain the desired item.

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The Astral returns – with top Azerite armor!

What is the new resource? The new Titan Residuum is available from the weekly reward chest for completing “Mythic+” dungeons. Alternatively, you can earn it when Azerite armor is destroyed in the scrapper. The item level of the Azerite item determines how much Titan Residuum is granted.

Item level

Amount of Titan Residuum

< 340

0

340

1

345

3

370

12

385

35

400

115

415

365

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Please keep in mind that you will not receive any Titan Residuum from equipment you obtained before Patch 8.1. Only “new” drops after the patch is applied will grant Titan Residuum.

What are the costs of Azerite items? The Titan Residuum can be exchanged for various items at Thaumaturg Vashreen in Boralus or Dazar’Alor. You can either buy a “Loot Box,” which contains a random Azerite item, or you can purchase a desired item of your choice. However, this will be correspondingly more expensive.

Item

Cost Titan Residuum

Random 355 Azerite item

15

Random 370 Azerite item

50

Random 385 Azerite item

165

Specific 385 Azerite item

675

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By the end of January, with the start of Season 2 and the opening of the raid “Battle of Dazar’Alor,” there will be additional items available at the vendor, specifically with item levels 400 and 415. The costs for these items are not yet definitively known.

No reset before Season 2: It is also important to know that there will be no “reset” of the Titan Residuum with the release of the raid. Those who have already saved up large amounts can directly invest these in a 400 or 415 item if the costs are relatively low.

Are you excited about the opportunity to purchase Azerite items directly? Or is that just a drop in the bucket?

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A secret village has been found in Fortnite in the ice

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 3 minutes

In the online shooter Fortnite, a castle and a village are hidden in the ice of Polar Peak. A YouTuber has now discovered this. It is believed that a new landing spot is slowly melting free, which will develop into a hotspot in the ice over the course of the season.

This is what has changed at the start of Season 7 on the map: Already towards the end of Season 6, players noticed that an iceberg was drifting towards the Fortnite map. It crashed into the game world with the start of Season 7.

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Ice King

A trailer revealed that an evil Santa Claus jumped from the iceberg with an army of armed snowmen to attack the inhabitants of Fortnite.

The iceberg has expanded the map around the region “Polar Peak”. A castle rises out of the snow there.

It was thought that this could be the refuge of the new ultimate skin “Ice King”. But no one has been able to get further so far. What lies in the eternal ice of Fortnite remains hidden. At least until now …

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This has now happened: The German YouTuber “StanPlay” received a tip from a fan on how to glitch into this area.

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What is hidden under the iceberg of Polar Peak?

Through a minigame on the playground and with the help of some tricks, it is possible to reach this castle in the ice already.

In doing so, Stanplay discovered that not only a castle was located there in the ice, but also a village – even more. Apparently, the foundations for a new important “Point of Interest” on the Fortnite map are already lying in the ice.

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However, only parts of the village can be seen in the video. Apparently, it has not yet been fully implemented in Fortnite.

StanPlay says the area is already stocked with treasure chests and loot, although apparently it is not intended for anyone to reach there at the moment.

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Not everything of the village is visible yet. Source: YouTube/stanplay via Forbes

Is a new hotspot emerging in Fortnite?

This is what the discovery means: It is assumed that the iceberg Polar Peak will melt away over the course of Season 7. A new, exciting location could emerge here that is suitable as a landing spot.

According to the US site Forbes, they even believe that the new location could become a hotspot like the old Tilted Towers, as it is quite a large spot and relatively centrally located.

This is how you stay updated on Fortnite: You can find more news, stories, and guides about Fortnite on our Facebook page, which is solely dedicated to Fortnite and its Battle Royale offshoot!

We have already talked about another hidden cave in the ice of Fortnite. However, it is already accessible:

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The new final boss of Destiny 2 shows: Atheon is a long time ago

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 3 minutes

With the new DLC “Black Armory” came a new raid and thus a new final boss to Destiny 2. The encounter shows how much raid battles have developed in 4 years of Destiny.

Spoiler Warning: The article is about the final boss of the current raid “Scourge of the Past”. Those who belong to the few percent of Guardians who are determined to experience the raid themselves and don’t want to spoil the excitement should not continue reading.

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This is the final boss of Destiny: The final boss has the striking name “Insurrection Prime, Kell’s Scourge”. He is a towering robot. The boss has been around since the raid opened on Friday night and was defeated relatively quickly.

“Insurrection Prime” is something like a giant mech. The site Gamesradar refers to the final boss as Optimus Prime or Metal Gear.

The special thing about the boss fight is that it takes place in different phases:

  • In the first encounter, you don’t fight the boss itself, but a horde of adds on multiple levels. You have to earn the honor to face Insurrection Prime.
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  • In the second phase, this giant robot appears. It flies around with jets.

The Guardians must fulfill complicated mechanics to even deal permanent damage to him, have to jump into tanks, and ultimately defeat him by breaking his “Weak Spots,” which vary depending on what weapon Insurrection Prime uses.

The raid guides for the encounter (such as by Datto via YouTube) last about 15 minutes and are filled with graphics and diagrams.

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This was Atheon, the 1st raid boss of Destiny.

From Boss Battle to Boss Encounter

This is the exciting part: It is an impressive boss fight that shows how far the raid and boss fight design of Destiny has come since the days when you could simply push Atheon off the platform or eliminate him in seconds with Gjallarhorns.

Back then, raids were still “new territory” for Destiny and most bosses were classic matters with only relatively few, simple mechanics. Like in the MMORPG World of Warcraft, boss encounters seem to become more sophisticated as playtime increases.

Although Atheon already had some features with the transition to other dimensions in September 2014 and required a split of the team, he wasn’t as complex as “Insurrection Prime”.

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Insurrection Prime in action – it takes 15 minutes and some diagrams to explain this fight. Source: YouTube/Datto

Will Insurrection Prime also be defeated quickly?  It is known that Destiny 2’s raid leader, Joe Blackburn, actually wants encounters to be designed in such a way that they take a long time at the beginning, but can be completed faster with increasing experience.

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Past bosses became so easy that they died under the most absurd conditions.

It will be interesting to see if groups succeed this time again in completing a boss encounter with just a few games or in record time. In November 2014, Atheon was defeated in 11 seconds.

The boss “Crota” later had the honor of dying under the most absurd conditions. Thus, Crota was defeated in Destiny with a drum set and by a player using a dance mat as a controller.

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Was defeated and danced to death: Crota

How do the mechanics work? We will create a guide for the raid “Scourge of the Past” in the coming days, where we will take a closer look at the mechanics and explain how to defeat the boss:

Here is the guide to the first part of the raid.

What rewards await in the raid, we have presented here:

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Fallout 76: With this trick, you can make glue

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 2 minutes

Glue is one of the most needed resources in Fallout 76. This guide shows you how to always ensure you have enough glue.

Whether crafting or repairing equipment, almost everything in Fallout 76 requires glue in some form.

In our guide, we will show you which items can be used to obtain glue and how you can easily become self-sufficient with your camp.

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You can obtain glue from these resources

  • Duct Tape – 1 Glue
  • Cheap Super Glue – 5 Glue
  • Super Glue – 2 Glue
  • Homemade Glue – 1 Glue
  • Military Grade Duct Tape – 4 Glue
  • Duct Tape Roll – 4 Glue
  • Original Sealed Super Glue – 4 Glue
  • Vegetable Starch – 4 Glue
  • Super Glue – 4 Glue

You can find these resources throughout the game world. Be particularly watchful in workshops, garages, and other buildings where tools can often be found.

Important: Also mark the material you need for search. This way, it will always show you whether certain junk contains the desired material.

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Craft Your Own Glue

How can you ensure a supply for yourself? All you need is vegetable starch. You can find it under “Useful” at the cooking station. Cook the appropriate ingredients. Vegetable starch can then be converted into glue at any workbench.

What do you need for vegetable starch? To produce it, you will need:

  • Corn: You can find it north of the Morgantown Airport. You can reach there during the early story.
  • Tato Fruits: The Tato Fruits are easy to find right at Flatwoods. Thus, you will encounter them right at the beginning of the game.
  • Mutfruit: You can also find Mutfruit in Flatwoods.
  • Purified Water: You can find it everywhere in the area, and you will also be able to use your camp to purify it.
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In your camp, you can plant and harvest all these ingredients yourself. You can find the plants in the “Food” tab. With the Perception Perk “Green Thumb”, you will receive double the amount when harvesting your self-grown plants. So be sure to equip it for particularly effective farming.

To produce purified water in your camp, you need to unlock blueprints for the appropriate devices. You will need:

  • a small water purifier,
  • a small generator
  • and a medium generator.

You will get the plans for these items as soon as you unlock one of the workshops. To finally build items, you also need to gather fertilizer. You will find it at the Agricultural Center in Flatwoods.

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Why does Tragosso wear the bone mask in Pokémon GO

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 3 minutes

In our 2. Pokémon GO Advent Special, we talk about Tragosso’s skull mask. Why does it wear it?

This is the story behind Tragosso: At first glance, Tragosso looks like a small, cute Pokémon. But it carries one of the saddest Pokémon stories ever.

The story is quite harsh for a children’s series and has been criticized for that. Nevertheless, the story is tragic.

Tragosso – The eternally sad Pokémon

Haven’t you ever wondered why Tragosso wears this skull mask? The story behind this mask is very sad.

Whose skull bone is it? Tragosso wears the skull of its deceased mother, Knogga. When Team Rocket came to Lavandia to catch Pokémon, they also wanted to catch Tragosso and Knogga. Knogga protected her child and was killed in the battle with Team Rocket.

Tragosso Pokemon
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Once only bones were left of Knogga, Tragosso returned to its mother and put on the skull bone. Since then, no one has ever seen a Tragosso without the mask.

Why does Tragosso wear the skull? With this, Tragosso wants to be close to its mother. It is a lone wolf, and when it recognizes its mother in the moonlight, it starts crying bitterly. Stains have even formed on its mask from its many tears.

What is Tragosso’s habitat? In the console games, Tragosso primarily lived around Lavandia. There stood the Pokémon Tower, which was considered the resting place of deceased Pokémon. An episode of the anime revolved around this tower. A ghost of Knogga haunted this tower. It was the spirit of the deceased Knogga, which could not find peace. Ash and his friends helped Tragosso see its mother one last time before it disappeared forever.

Tragosso and Knogga in Pokémon GO

PokéDex entry: Tragosso longs for its mother, who is no longer there. When it sees its mother’s likeness in the full moon, it has to cry. The spots on the skull it wears come from the tears shed.

Tragosso and its evolution have not played a major role in Pokémon GO so far. The stats of the Pokémon are poor, and Knogga can reach a maximum of 1835 CP. As an attacker, it is thus useless.

Tragosso und Knogga

There is a Shiny: In the Ingress Prime release event, Tragosso was caught in large numbers. There, the shiny form of the Pokémon was also implemented in the game.

Moreover, Tragosso is needed to successfully complete the Special Research for Meltan.

Will it be interesting for PvP? Knogga can reach just over 1800 CP. In trainer battles, there are three leagues that have different CP limits. Knogga could shine in the league under 1500 CP. There is hardly any comparable Ground-type Pokémon in that league.

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What is the Advent Special? In this special, we have prepared a story from the Pokémon world every Sunday until Christmas. This time it’s all about Tragosso. The Advent special for the 1st Advent was about Meowth.

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Rust gets electricity and important underwear in the new update

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 3 minutes

The survival MMO Rust has received a new update. With the new update, you can now generate electricity from renewable sources and consume it again with certain devices.

This is what the new update brings: For its 5th anniversary, Rust received the “Electric Anniversary” update on December 6, 2018. This update brings a number of innovations:

  • Electricity generation from wind and solar energy
  • Items powered by electricity
  • Underwear

The new content enhances the quality of the game and was also necessary for players, especially streamers. Since the Balloon update, Rust has been able to attract a lot of players again.

Rust Electricity Switch Chaos

Electricity and Underwear in Rust

This is how electricity is useful: With the “Electric Anniversary” update, you can generate electricity in Rust using wind turbines and solar panels. You can store and distribute this electricity in small and large batteries.

With the generated and stored electricity, you can power a range of new things. These include:

  • Traps and defensive structures
  • Doors
  • Lights
  • Clocks

So with electricity, you can now protect and expand your base more effectively. Defending your home with electrically controlled defenses should be significantly easier.

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This is how you use electricity: Once you have built a power source, you need to connect it with cables. You can run cables directly from the power source to a consumer and even pull them through walls.

To distribute electricity properly, you will have some tools at your disposal. With distributors, blockers, switches, and pressure plates, you can direct and distribute electricity.

The entire system is quite extensive. YouTuber Rustafied explains in his video how the new components work.

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This is what censorship brings: The other important feature of the new Rust update is underwear. These serve to censor the freely swinging primary sexual organs of male and the pubic regions of female characters.

Rust has been a hot topic for streamers for some time now. Nudity in Rust can only be obscured by pixelation, which can disrupt the game. However, uncensored content could lead to issues with Twitch’s guidelines.

With underwear, you can effectively censor buttocks, breasts, and other zones without distracting from the game. The complete patch notes and content for the “Electric Anniversary” update can be found on Rust’s official website.

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This is how the community reacts: The response to the new update is generally positive. Players are enjoying the new electricity and are busy building elaborate constructions and traps. On reddit, special creations are shared and discussed.

The new censorship option seems to bother no one and, if anything, is more well-received. By the way, whether you play as a man or a woman in Rust is not a free choice. Fate determines your gender in Rust.

Rust is among the top survival games recommended by MeinMMO for 2018. Upon its release from early access in January 2018, Rust’s leader stated that the game was still not finished. The continuous updates of late are progressively developing Rust.

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The best Christmas gifts for gamers and nerds

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 5 minutes

Christmas 2018 is just around the corner and many are wondering: What is the best gift to give? If the recipient is a gamer or calls themselves a nerd, we have cool gift ideas here that your friends or loved ones will be delighted with.

We are not far from Christmas 2018 anymore. Now the big search for gifts for your loved ones begins. Do you have gamers in your environment that you want to gift but just don’t know what would make them happy?

Maybe you are also being asked by others what you wish for Christmas. And apart from money, you can’t really think of anything. Instead of the typical flat gift, others prefer to wrap something “real”. So let this list inspire you.

Here we show you cool gift ideas for different budgets that are guaranteed to bring joy to the recipient. Included are smart home gadgets, popular video games, and powerful sound systems.

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Merch

Gifts in the form of merchandise do not have to be expensive. Here you can show that you have put thought into the gift starting from €5. However, merchandise can certainly become expensive if you want to order something huge. And it can also serve as a larger gift.

Who is happy about merchandise? Generally, gamers are happy about merch if they are big fans of a game or a game brand. This could be League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Fortnite, or FIFA.

Merchandise ranges from keychains to mousepads, to headsets, posters, or plush toys. This category is the most budget-friendly because you can work with pretty much any budget you have set.

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DVDs or Blu-rays with Movies and Series

There are series or movies on DVD or Blu-ray for many franchises. Here you can bring joy to the Christmas tree with a nice collection or individual movies/seasons.

Who is happy about DVDs or Blu-rays? Primarily, of course, movie fans. But make sure to check if the movies or series you choose might already be in the collection.

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Books, Comics, Mangas

A nice book or magazine under the Christmas tree is “something different” than digital gifts. There are stories for certain franchises like World of Warcraft or BioShock; alternatively, one can choose books related to a genre that do not necessarily have to do directly with a game.

Who is happy about books, comics, or mangas? Readers and gamer nerds are eager to soak up such stories.

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Everyday Items for Gamers and Nerds

Stuffed animals, board games, books, bean bags, music, or T-shirts. The variety of gaming spans all genres. A few highlights we show you here.

Who is happy about everyday items? All gamers who like to show their passion and want to live it outside of the console or PC.

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Smart Home

Many wish for an intelligent home. Talking to your virtual assistant should start the music and dim the lights while you slip the food into the oven. There are also colorful lamps that let you light up the room depending on your mood.

Who is happy about smart home gadgets? The smart home topic has become increasingly popular in recent months. Lamps that light up to match the keyboard or a virtual assistant make the hearts of gamers and nerds skip a beat.

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Charging Stations, Power Banks

No more constantly changing batteries. With a charging station, you simply place the controller there so it charges the batteries automatically. Everything is prepared for the next gaming session alone or with friends.

Who is happy about charging stations? Charging stations for controllers are good gifts for those who have just recently bought a console or simply do not yet have a charging station. It also makes a good supplementary gift for a console.

Power banks are batteries for on the go. You can connect your smartphone or even your laptop and charge it while on the move without a socket. This is convenient if you do not want to wait at one spot to charge your device and use it frequently.

Who is happy about power banks? If the recipient is often on the go and perhaps plays mobile games like Pokémon GO, then power banks are just the right gift. They come in various capacities at different price points. Some can recharge a phone fully twice, while others can do it up to eight times. You conveniently charge the power bank at home beforehand and always have power at hand for on the go.

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Games

In an article about the best gifts for gamers and nerds, games must not be missing. However, it is also hard to determine which games would make a person happy since every gamer has different tastes. Therefore, one should first find out which games the recipient likes. Just ask about a favorite game or genre that is preferred.

Who is happy about a game? Every gamer will be happy about a new video game. Some like to dive into a new genre or try a new game within the same genre they already know. So, you cannot go wrong with a new game as a gift. But do check which genres the player prefers and if the person is open to new games.

We list here a selection of games from various genres that are currently popular.

To quickly see a large selection of bestsellers, you can check out the top 100 games bestsellers on Amazon.de.

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Desk Lamp

Those who work a lot on the PC or also game put a strain on their eyes. A desk lamp with pleasant light helps to relieve some of the burden from the eyes.

Who is happy about a desk lamp? Especially people who have no lamp at all or have a broken lamp on their desk. The lights come in all sorts of designs from modern to retro. They can match various room styles. There are almost no limits in color as well.

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Keyboards

Gaming keyboards have developed significantly in recent years. Nowadays, colorful lights are almost indispensable. Some also have macros and multimedia keys that allow you to perform complex and important functions with just one keystroke.

Who is happy about a gaming keyboard? Every gamer who plays on PC needs a keyboard. That’s a fact. RGB colors are currently very popular, but they can also be turned off depending on the model. Young and old gamers are happy about a nice keyboard that makes playing and typing more enjoyable.

The keyboards we have introduced here have been detailed extensively. So, if you want to know what makes these keyboards so great, you can check out our overview of the best gaming keyboards .

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Mice

Similar to keyboards, the same goes for mice. Every PC gamer needs a mouse that fits well in the hand and executes all movements as precisely as possible.

Mice come in various sizes, with different weights, lighting, or even as MMO variants for gamers who love MMOs.

Who is happy about gaming mice? A reliable mouse is something every PC gamer can use. If it also lights up in the colors that already match the ones on your desk, the eye is also pleased.

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