How do you get into the Alpha? Those who participated in the first Alpha in mid-November will have access again and won’t even have to worry about a character wipe.
Anyone wanting to join now has a better chance. The second Alpha will prioritize selecting players from Europe. You can sign up for the Alpha through the Torchlight Frontiers homepage.
What are the contents of the Alpha? Like the first closed alpha, Phase 2 will primarily be a technical test. It will specifically focus on testing systems and game mechanics as well as the server.
Players want to play more Torchlight: The announcement of the new Alpha has received positive feedback from fans. Many players had a lot of fun in the first Alpha, which only lasted a weekend. Far too short! Therefore, they are already looking forward to continuing the fun, including with the class Robosmith.
Hohhohh… This guy makes me angry. “Is this playing in front of the TV really sports?” You can see that Peter Beuth has a different understanding of education than I do. Education is also being engaged with topics before expressing such radical opinions about them.
Fans of e-sports seem to be little enthusiastic about Beuth’s plans to eradicate the term “e-sports.”
There is always controversy surrounding e-sports, especially in Germany. After the plans to establish e-sports, the Interior Minister of Hesse now vehemently opposes the term “e-sports.” The CDU minister wants to “eradicate” e-sports.
Hesse’s Interior Minister against e-sports: The Interior Minister of Hesse, Peter Beuth (CDU), has explicitly spoken out against e-sports during a speech at the Darmstadt Turn and Sports Congress. According to Beuth, the term should be more distinctly separated from traditional sports.
“We need to eradicate this term”
Strong reaction: There have been ongoing discussions about e-sports in Germany for some time. Recently, the Olympics spoke against e-sports. Only sports games should be labeled as such, anything else is considered “e-gaming.”
Peter Beuth has even sharper words against e-sports. Beuth: “E-sports has nothing to do with sports. We need to eradicate this term.”
Beuth also acts against e-sports itself aside from the terminology. He describes the promotion of e-sports decided by the Grand Coalition as “catastrophic.”
Separation of e and sports: Beuth further elaborates on the reasons he believes argue against the recognition of e-sports in his speech.
For him, e-sports is simply not a sport:
E-sports players are not athletes, I remain conservative on this. And this community in e-sports is not what millions of children do. Rather, they sit alone in front of the console and perhaps have a gaming partner who is sitting somewhere on the planet. […] I do not want to allow my son to say to me: “I am doing sports,” when he is sitting in front of FIFA 19 playing Barcelona against Madrid.
“A wedge in the dialogue” The president of the eSports Federation Germany, Hans Jagnow, responded on Twitter:
This inappropriate wording from Peter Beuth has nothing to do with a factual debate. This rhetoric drives a wedge into the dialogue with sports. Unbelievable!
Criticism of Beuth: Beuth is currently receiving a lot of ridicule on Twitter for his critique. One user was even “astonished” about “how many politicians hope that older conservatives will vote for them and that younger people do not go to vote or read something like this.”
Another Twitter user writes:
Hohhohh… This guy makes me angry. “Is this playing in front of the TV really sports?” You can see that Peter Beuth has a different understanding of education than I do. Education is also being engaged with topics before expressing such radical opinions about them.
Fans of e-sports seem to be little enthusiastic about Beuth’s plans to eradicate the term “e-sports.”
The next expansion for Destiny 2 starts on December 4: the Black Armory. We want to know from you: Will you be there? Or have you not even bought the annual pass needed for it?
It starts next week: Players will be able to explore the Black Armory and grab new loot already at the weekly reset on December 4.
The new content starts almost exactly three months after the major expansion Forsaken, which tells the story of Uldren Sov and the escaped Barons. But how does it continue?
New top weapons will come with the new season
What can players look forward to with the Black Armory? In addition to a presumed sandbox update, which will fix bugs and rebalance weapons, buyers of the annual pass will receive the following content:
Access to the Black Armory
New activity Forge of the Chain
New raid sector
New exotic gear
New legendary weapons
Quests, triumphs, and collections
How to access the Black Armory: If you want to play the new content, you will have to get the annual pass. It costs 30 euros and includes the playable content “Black Armory”, “The Joker’s Wildcard” and “Penumbra”, which will be released over the next 9 months.
It will probably not be possible to purchase the DLCs separately.
This is how our author Robert sees the annual pass
Robert Albrecht
For me, the expansion is coming almost too early: I don’t know how you feel, but I still haven’t completed everything that Destiny 2: Forsaken has to offer. The Wanderer title is the goal, but it’s still far away.
I have also only brought one class to the level cap of 600. So a new expansion comes almost “too early”. Others, however, have already completed all three classes and may have already achieved one or the other title.
Bungie is taking new paths with the annual pass: The annual pass content will differ from expansions like “Curse of Osiris” and “Warmind”.
Not all content will be released at once; rather, Bungie will serve the new content in doses to give even dedicated players a reason to regularly check back in Destiny 2.
Guardians already received an initial taste of this practice with the questline that culminated in the Thunderlord. Even though the quest was, in my opinion, not convincingly executed, I find the approach refreshing.
The curse cycle of the dreaming city also shows that Bungie wants to keep players returning.
I am looking forward to the Black Armory! New exotic gear brings life to the game (if you can find it), and the armory itself promises excitement and fun. I am particularly curious about which weapon is behind the weapon with the sword drawing.
We want to know: Are you getting the annual pass? Or have you already bought it? Or are you skeptical due to your experiences especially with the expansions “Curse of Osiris” and “Warmind”?
Share your opinion with us using the following survey. You have only one choice:
What do you think? Will the new expansion bring fresh wind to Destiny 2?
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For Project Nova, the shooter set in EVE Online, the alpha was actually supposed to start now. However, that is not the case. Developer CCP recently announced a temporary halt for the shooter: it simply could not convince. It’s back to the drawing board.
But now developer CCP has pulled the emergency brake and announced: That’s it, there will be no alpha and the game is put on ice for now!
The game does not convince
Why was Nova put on ice? According to CCP, Nova would not meet the expectations that had been set after the previous feedback. Indeed, early players complain that it is merely a generic shooter like Call of Duty, just with EVE themes and the appropriate skins.
There have been no real unique features in Project Nova.
There, it was possible for EVE players to request orbital strikes in-game. Many fans were hoping for a reboot of this game, also for PC.
Developers want to take their time, are in no rush
What will happen to Nova now? CCP states in a newsletter that they are not giving up on the game yet and continue to work on it to make it what they and the fans hope for.
They want to calmly explore the possibilities of linking EVE and Nova. Fortunately, they are in no rush to complete the game. It seems that we will not hear anything about Nova for a while, and CCP is sending it back to the drawing board for an extended period.
Is Nova facing the same fate as Project Legion? The fact that CCP wants to take their time to make Nova a unique game sounds commendable at first. However, one should remember that there was already an attempt to develop a new EVE shooter after Dust 514.
This was presented at the EVE Fanfest in 2014 and was called Project Legion. However, the project was quietly canceled and disappeared into obscurity. Let’s hope that Nova does not meet a similar fate.
What’s behind this: Recently, there have been some developments at CCP that suggest the company is heading in a direction that may not necessarily fit a shooter for PC:
In Battlefield 5, players often die too quickly. The developers now want to address this and have several plans in place. However, this won’t be in the next patch.
This is the problem: In the online shooter Battlefield 5, you often die too quickly. This frustrates many players and is especially annoying because, on the one hand, the weapons seem poorly balanced, and then the game’s netcode sometimes delivers unfair results.
It can happen that the same weapon in your hands kills the opponent slower than the opponent kills you with the same weapon.
Developers are working on the problem and developing solutions
This is what DICE wants to do about the problem: The developers are currently considering how to tackle the issue with the TTK (Time to Kill) and TTD (Time to Death). There are the following concepts:
Adjust the perceived TTK and TTD experience: It often feels like you die too quickly and take too long to kill an opponent. DICE wants to try to adjust this. This includes changes to the netcode and damage feedback. You would still die just as often, but it would be less frustrating.
Weapon rebalancing: This change will come with the upcoming “Tides of War” patch and adjust weapon damage values. This will also affect TTK and TTD.
Medics get a buff: Medics now have no delay after reviving. This will allow for better revives and reduce frustration when dying.
Solution to the problem not in the upcoming update: To test the changes to TTK and TTD, DICE might soon offer a separate playlist where players can test the new mechanics. They want to ensure this process takes place with full consideration of community desires.
However, all of this will take time, so aside from the medic changes and weapon rebalancing, there will not be any changes to the TTK and TTD mechanics in the upcoming patch.
Our author Jürgen found the high TTD in Battlefield 5 alarming:
After a long silence, the developers of Fallout 76 have made a comeback. Bethesda has released new patch notes on multiple platforms and promised improvements.
Bethesda addresses issues: In a post on the official site, Bethesda announced changes for the first weeks of December and spoke about communication with the community. The changes include many player requests and responses to the criticism from the early days.
This article was first published on November 27 and updated on December 1 with new information.
Patch notes: Larger storage, much “Quality-of-Life”
What will be patched? One of the most important points Bethesda addresses is a larger storage capacity in Fallout 76. With the next patch on December 4, the size of storage is set to increase from 400 to 600 units.
What else does the first update bring? According to the announcement, the next patch will be released on December 4, 2018, and will introduce a series of changes that have been anticipated by fans.
Bosses will now drop two to three items depending on difficulty.
The Cryolator can now “cool,” “freeze,” and “ice” enemies. The duration of the effects has been shortened.
Players who died in an overloaded state should now be able to respawn at the next map marker.
A bug is being looked into that can cause players to get stuck in power armor.
Update from December 1: After the release of the patch notes for December 4, there are also numerous bug fixes and balance changes. The complete patch notes can be found on the official Bethesda website. The patch will be approximately 36 MB on PC and about 3 GB on PS4 and Xbox One.
However, Bethesda notes that implementation may also be delayed for various reasons.
The second update is coming shortly after: Bethesda has announced another update for December 11, 2018. This update mainly brings higher user comfort for Fallout 76:
If your C.A.M.P. spot is occupied upon logging in, you can choose to either relocate it or switch to a server where the spot is not occupied.
The C.A.M.P. will receive a bulldozer function to remove obstacles and create flat spots.
How large will the patches be? According to Bethesda, the upcoming patches are expected to be smaller than the Day-One patch. After the first patch of Fallout 76 was huge, the developers prefer to change fewer things at once and release more patches instead.
Player criticism has an effect: According to Bethesda, the changes are reactions to feedback from players on Twitter and other social channels. Recently, Bethesda faced criticism for ignoring feedback from fans.
The battle system is now the big thing for the winter of Pokémon GO. First insights into the league system are already available.
Soon Pokémon GO will introduce the battle system that allows you to fight against other trainers. PvP is a feature that fans have been requesting since the release of Pokémon GO in the summer of 2016. On Friday, the Niantic team presented the first insights of the PvP system and showed what trainers can expect there.
Three different leagues were presented in which players can participate. These are based on the CP values of the participating Pokémon.
PvP with league system in Pokémon GO
On Twitter, various Pokémon GO accounts gradually released hints about the PvP feature on Friday evening (November 30).
Trainers still don’t know exactly what is coming for them. The announcement is supposed to happen “soon”. However, Niantic did not want to withhold smaller insights into the new battles from its players.
What are the names of the leagues in Pokémon GO? In English, the leagues are called Great, Ultra, and Master. So the translations should be Super, Hyper, and Master League.
These leagues have different symbols that can be recognized. The stripes on the emblems apparently represent the difficulty.
The Super, Master, and Hyper League
How do the leagues differ? In a tweet from Pokémon GO it says: “Do you think that CP strength is the only decisive factor in trainer battles in Pokémon GO? Think again, trainer. Trainers have to choose a league before a trainer battle. Each of these leagues has different maximum CP limits.”
What are the maximum CP values per league?
In the Super League, Pokémon with up to 1500 CP can compete
In the Hyper League, the maximum CP limit is 2500 points
The Master League has no CP limit at all. Here, you can use your strongest Pokémon
In the Super and Hyper League, you will have to think strategically. High CP values alone won’t help you there.
What else is known about trainer battles?
In a battle team, there is room for three Pokémon. You can assemble multiple teams through a pre-selection per league and also name them.
Why were the leagues chosen this way: When designing the Pokémon battles, the developers wanted to ensure that they created something that everyone enjoys. Without limits, high-level players with strong Pokémon would always have the advantage. With the Super League, which only allows Pokémon up to a maximum of 1500 CP, even lower-level trainers have a chance to compete at the top in this league.
We were able to try out the trainer battles in advance and will soon share our impressions with you. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for Pokémon GO so you don’t miss any news.
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A bug is currently affecting Overwatch. It concerns Mei and her ability to freeze opponents, leading to bizarre situations that are less than delightful for Mei and her team.
This is the bug: When Mei freezes opponents in Overwatch and they subsequently take damage from her or team members, they contort their bodies unnaturally. They remain frozen in this new position until the effect ends.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdBSdRcKRI
The bug prevents kills
What are the effects of the bug? Since the bodies of the opponents twist, their hitboxes also change. Especially the critical hitbox, which is the head for most heroes, becomes much harder to hit.
According to reports from some players, it’s partially impossible to hit the head twice with Brigitte and Zarya. The head simply completely disappears into the body’s textures and cannot be targeted anymore.
This prevents seemingly guaranteed kills on opponents affected by frost. Streamer and former pro-gamer Brandon “Seagull” Larned even experienced this in a ranked match.
When does the bug occur? There are several videos of the Mei bug. The distortion occurs, according to some reports, even when the target is hit by hitscan weapons like McCree’s revolver, rather than projectile weapons like Mei’s alternate fire.
However, it is still unclear whether the bug occurs consistently. It seems to have only existed for a few days. A user on Reddit commented:
This explains why my Blizzard kills have been below average this week. I hit 4 people yesterday, shot at them all, but nobody died.
It is possible that the bug appeared along with the issue with the new hero Ashe, where aiming is bugged.
How is the community reacting? Aside from the frustration over impossible headshots, most users are amused by the bug. The unnatural distortions of the hit heroes provide entertainment.
In the multiplayer world of Red Dead Redemption 2, you often encounter other players who shoot you down. The anti-griefer system isn’t working as it should, players say.
The vast online world of Red Dead Online is home to many new cowboys. Since Friday, anyone who owns Red Dead Redemption 2 is allowed to participate in the beta phase of the online mode. Already at the beginning, PvP battles are the order of the day, and players are shooting each other in the open world.
For online PvP, Rockstar developed the two mechanics Parley and Feud. However, they are not functioning as a large part of the players would like.
Everyone must be open to PvP – What options are available?
Currently, there is no option in the Red Dead Online beta to protect yourself from PvP fights. In free roam mode, you can be killed by any player at any time. Unless you are sitting in the camp and have raised the white flag.
If a player kills another four times, they can choose between two options: Parley or Feud. So a negotiation or a private war.
How does Parley work? The player who has been killed four times can initiate Parley. This can be done without the other player’s consent. After starting, a 10-minute cooldown begins. During this time, the two players cannot inflict damage on each other. Apparently, this time window is meant to be used to end the conflict with your opponent via chat or voice.
What is Feud? Instead of Parley, both parties can agree to start a small war. This is then a kind of deathmatch only between these two players in the open world. This lasts for 3 minutes. During this time, the goal is to take down the opponent as many times as possible. Red Dead Online shows in a kill count who is leading. Currently, participants do not seem to receive any rewards.
What happens when Parley or Feud ends? After the time for Parley or Feud expires, the fun starts all over again. However, now only one kill is necessary before Parley or Feud can be triggered again.
Players demand a revision of the anti-griefer system
The choice between Parley and Feud is a good idea in theory. The idea behind it is that Parley is supposed to protect players from griefers. That is, players who continuously kill you.
On the other hand, Feud is the option to show the other who really wears the pants and is the better cowboy.
However, in practice, it turns out that so many players have taken a liking to the PvP system that Parley and Feud currently cannot ensure that players are satisfied. Constantly being taken down by others frustrates the community.
On Reddit, many players are sharing stories about how they were annoyed by griefers. During the 10-minute Parley, griefers would simply follow you, and as soon as the countdown was up, they would start shooting again. And this would happen over and over.
In the Red Dead Online community, many ideas are currently being generated by players who want to improve the PvP system. They wish that high honor players would not be displayed as points on the map. This would not make them an easy target.
Bounties for griefers: Additionally, there is a desire for huge bounties on players who continuously take you down. This would provide an incentive for other players to help the outmatched cowboy. Furthermore, depending on the bounty amount, it could finally bring in some money. Cowboys in Red Dead Online are complaining because everything is so expensive.
Putting griefers in jail: Another idea against griefers would be to put them in jail. Reddit user flyersdude37 writes: “Idea. Put griefers (if caught) in jail, where they must serve real-time minutes based on the severity of their actions. There, they should perform community service tasks like hauling sacks or chopping wood (as in single-player) to pass the time. This could serve as a lesson for the griefers.
What are your PvP experiences in the world of Red Dead Online? Hopefully, you have a cool cowboy name when you shoot down others!
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A team of students in Norway has qualified for a giant tournament for Rainbow Six Siege, despite having little experience in the game.
This is what happened: A team of five students has qualified for one of the largest eSports events in Scandinavia. The five will compete at the Dreamhack Winter 2018 in Sweden in a tournament with a prize pool of $50,000.
However, the guys are playing Rainbow Six Siege in the tournament, and that is a game in which they have little experience.
One of the players said before the group draw: “We are five guys who have barely played R6S, and we are just waiting to see if we have to face G2, Liquid, or other professional teams.”
School Trip to DreamHack
This is how it came about: The students attend a community college in Norway. As a class trip, they are going to DreamHack in Sweden this weekend, to one of the largest LAN parties in the world.
The guys actually play CS:GO together. However, to play in the tournament at DreamHack, you need an invitation. The tournament for Rainbow Six Siege, on the other hand, had an open qualification.
So the guys casually signed up for Rainbow Six Siege. They thought they would be eliminated quickly in the preliminary rounds and have fun while doing so. However, since too few teams had registered for the open qualification, the qualification was canceled at short notice.
The students automatically qualified for the top eSports tournament and were assigned to group “C”.
Will this be an eSports fairy tale? As Kotaku reports, the student team has already lost the first match without scoring a point.
It does not look like we will have a Cinderella story here, where an inexperienced team suddenly defeats the professionals, and in 20 years we see a movie like “Cool Runnings” on free TV.
But it will probably be a school trip that the team will remember.
Even in the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2, there is the ability Dead Eye. However, it works differently in Red Dead Online than players are already familiar with.
Players of Red Dead Redemption 2 know Dead Eye already as a handy ability that simplifies combat. While the ability evolves throughout the story in the single-player mode and players can “level up” Dead Eye through various tasks, in Red Dead Online the system is tied to ability cards.
This is Dead Eye in Red Dead Online
This is how Dead Eye differs in RDO: While Dead Eye slows down time in single-player mode, the ability has been adjusted for Red Dead Online. Since the mode is played online with other human outlaws, time slowing has been removed.
This is how you use the skill in multiplayer: You use Dead Eye in Red Dead Online the same way as in the campaign. While you aim with your weapon using the left trigger of your controller, you can activate Dead Eye by pressing the right analog stick.
If you want to access your skills loadout, which includes Dead Eye, in online mode, select the weapon wheel with LB/L1 and then press Y/Triangle.
There you will see your card slots and can customize Dead Eye with various ability cards. Additional slots will be unlocked at levels 10, 20, and 40.
With these cards, you customize Dead Eye: At the beginning of your online adventure, three cards for Dead Eye are already unlocked:
Concentrated Fire: While Dead Eye is active, you and your teammates deal a bit more damage. If teammates have the same card equipped, the effect does not stack.
Crossfire: While Dead Eye is active, you can mark opponents while aiming. Pull the trigger to shoot at all marked targets. Each shot consumes Dead Eye.
Short Breather: While Dead Eye is active, you gradually restore health. If you take damage, Dead Eye ends.
The respective cards can be leveled up and improved. Three levels are available for each ability.
The cards are improved with XP. The first three cards, which are already unlocked at the beginning of the game, require 10,000 experience points for the next level.
Three more cards will be unlocked as you progress through levels. You unlock the abilities at ranks 24, 44, and 50:
Rank 24 – Steady Drop: While Dead Eye is active, you take slightly less damage and headshots do not kill you instantly. However, you cannot run or sprint.
Rank 44 – A True Inspiration: While Dead Eye is active, you and your allies gradually restore health. If teammates have the same card equipped, the effect does not stack.
Rank 50 – Slippery Bastard: While Dead Eye is active, enemy players cannot target you, but you cannot target them either. You become slightly harder to hit for other enemies. Dead Eye is consumed drastically.
As players level up, they are frequently rewarded with new ability cards. Also, cards that enhance other aspects of the character. In return, some cards, including those for Dead Eye, can also be purchased with in-game currency.
The game “Borderlands 3” has not been announced yet. However, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford can’t stop talking about number 3. Is an announcement coming soon? Fans understand Pitchford’s latest Twitter activities this way.
This is the situation: Gearbox is a large studio with about 350 to 400 employees. However, after the end of Battleborn, they have officially not been working on any major games.
Borderlands 3 has not been officially announced yet, even though many fans of the series are waiting for it. Therefore, Gearbox cannot talk about the game.
Currently, fans are hoping that Borderlands 3 will be presented on Nikolaus Day, December 6, 2018. That is next Thursday night to Friday. The Video Game Awards will take place then. This year, there are expected to be unusually many new announcements since the PlayStation Experience 2018 has been canceled.
This is what has happened now: The head of Gearbox, Randy Pitchford, has been active on Twitter since Thursday. The number “Three” seems to have suddenly captivated him.
So he tweeted on November 29: “On my to-do list today are only 3 things. But in addition, I have 3 meetings scheduled before 3 PM. Is the universe trying to tell me something?
On November 30, the message came: “Fun fact: Today is day number 334 (the days that the year has already had). Yesterday was day 333. It’s quite fascinating how the human brain works and suddenly sees meaning in all sorts of random numbers. People will go crazy when the calendar jumps to the year 3000.”
Shortly after, the message came: “It feels like E3 again.”
Additionally, Pitchford speaks extensively about the award show on December 6.
What does all this mean? Pitchford is probably thinking about the “number 3”, the Video Game Awards, and the past E3.
Fans see all these statements as allusions to a “Borderlands 3” and believe that it will finally be announced at the Video Game Awards on December 6.
Officially, however, all of this is not the case. It could also be a nasty bluff just to keep Borderlands 3 in the conversation. Then Pitchford would have had his fun.
This is what Pitchford says specifically: Pitchford himself responds defensively to the direct question of whether Borderlands 3 will be presented at the Video Game Awards.
He says: “We tend to announce things when we announce them, and not before we announce them.”
What happens next? Nevertheless, Borderlands fans should keep an eye on the award ceremony during the night from December 6 to December 7. 10 new games are expected to be announced there. One of them could actually be Borderlands 3.
At the Black Desert fiesta, developer Pearl Abyss announced new information about the new class Archer. The Archer will be available worldwide for all players simultaneously in December and can awaken from the start.
Even before the release of Black Desert, players got a first glimpse of the class in trailers. However, it took a total of 4 years for the fan-favorite Archer to finally be playable. Now, Pearl Abyss surprises fans in Europe and the USA with good news.
Archer will be released worldwide at the same time
Until now: Until now, it has always been the case with Black Desert that players in Europe and the USA had to wait several months for new content.
South Korean players could always try new classes and regions first. For many players in the West, the content felt somewhat outdated by the time it finally arrived.
Especially with the last expansion Drieghan, many players didn’t really feel excited, as they had already seen the content sufficiently in South Korean gameplay.
When will the Archer be released? But with the new class, Black Desert is taking a different approach. The Archer will be available for all Black Desert players worldwide on December 12, 2018.
The Archer with his longbow.
The Archer is a pure ranged class
This is the new class: The new class is equipped with a crossbow and a magical glove. With the crossbow, he can shoot magical arrows and use further abilities through the glove.
The Archer himself plays very agilely and hops around his enemies while attacking them with projectiles.
Archer can awaken immediately: In addition to a global release, Pearl Abyss surprises players with another announcement. The new class Archer will have access to their powerful awakening abilities from the very start.
“Awakening” is a process that players can initiate from level 56. In the process, the class gains access to a new weapon and a new set of skills. The awakening skills are very powerful.
In the embedded video above, you can get a first look at the Archer and his awakening weapon longbow.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, a young boy invented his own skin. This outfit is now in the game, and the boy’s father released a heartwarming video of his son’s first reaction.
The backstory of the “Chicken Trooper”: A while ago, young Fortnite fan Connor painted a rather simple picture of a “Chicken Trooper” and asked Epic to make it into a real skin.
This is how little Connor reacts to “his” skin: After Connor’s father learned about the skin, he staged a scene in the living room and had his whole family come together. He announced that he would buy a skin and his son could choose it. However, they wanted to wait until the shop update.
At that time, Connor likely did not yet know that “his skin” was officially in the game, and the boy’s reaction is correspondingly heartwarming. When Connor finally sees the “Tender Defender”, he can’t contain his excitement and beams from ear to ear. He keeps shouting, “We’re buying it!”
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Chicken Trooper brings no luck to its inventor: Immediately, Connor jumped into the fight and the whole family admired the extremely funny chicken glider that comes with the set. However, the cool new skin likely distracted its “creator” too much.
In his excitement, Connor ran unarmed around Tilted Towers and was immediately eliminated. “Do you realize that you just killed a content creator?” his father remarked wryly.
How to get the skin? The Tender Defender is available for 1,500 V-Bucks in the shop when it is back in daily rotation. When this will be, however, is not known.
With the start of Season 5, Bungie introduced an exotic weapon ornament for the hand cannon Pikass in Destiny 2, which is clearly dedicated to the legendary chicken Colonel.
What is Colonel anyway? Colonel is actually a “she”, a hen that resides on the Farm at the beginning of Destiny 2. The hen gained fame as Cayde-6’s mascot, to whom the Guardians dedicated numerous memes.
Cayde simply took the hen and kept her as a “good friend”, as he describes it himself. After his death, Colonel can be found exactly where Cayde-6 used to stand in the Tower.
A petition was even started for the Colonel to be adopted by the Guardians after Cayde’s death. But what does the feathered creature have to do with the exotic hand cannon Pikass?
The new weapon ornament is dedicated to the hen: Like most cosmetic items, you will only receive the new ornament “Honor Salute for the Colonel” in the Eververse. It changes the appearance of the weapon and depicts the Colonel on the magazine of the Pikass.
However, the real kicker is the trigger, or actually the hammer of the weapon, which thanks to the ornament truly becomes a little chicken!
The hammer of the Pikass in the Colonel look. Source: Reddit
So now you have the Colonel right in front of you during every shootout! It’s almost like an adoption, isn’t it?
The fans celebrate the new Colonel ornament: In the Destiny subreddit, players are particularly enthusiastic about the new trigger of the weapon. Especially the effect that the chicken imitates the typical pecking when firing the weapon brings joy. Now the Guardians only lack the appropriate sound when pulling the trigger.
By the way, the weapon ornament is not the first tribute to the hen. There is already an exotic emote that shows the Colonel on the Guardian’s arm.
Bungie pardons Colonel for Thanksgiving, by the way – even though he’s not a turkey.
Will there be more Colonel references? Whether Bungie will continue to use the famous hen in the future is unknown. How about a weapon that shoots sesame seeds? After all, the Colonel’s favorite dish is muesli with sesame seeds.
With the new season, by the way, even cooler cosmetic items have been introduced into the game:
The upcoming Christmas season is increasingly noticeable even in The Elder Scrolls Online. With the enchanted snow globe home, you can cozy up in a snow globe and wait for winter.
It’s slowly getting cool outside. What could be better than pulling up a blanket and getting comfortable in front of the digital fireplace? In the enchanted snow globe home, you can do this in The Elder Scrolls Online as well.
Your own housing snow globe
Many The Elder Scrolls Online players are big fans of the housing feature of the game. In ESO, players can acquire plots of land and set them up as they please. They often come up with crazy ideas. For example, a player built a house inside a house.
This is what the house looks like in a snow globe: But this time, the developers at Zenimax had a crazy idea. Just in time for Christmas, players can get comfortable in a snow globe.
The enchanted snow globe home consists of a small house located on an island inside a snow globe. From the inside, you can see the outlines of a marketplace on which the snow globe stands. One can only hope that no Khajiit steals the globe and shakes it vigorously.
This is how you can visit the house before purchasing it: In The Elder Scrolls Online, you can view every house before you acquire it. To do this, go to the Crown Store. You will find the snow globe home in the “Showcase” section. If you don’t see it there, check the “Houses” section under the “Classic” tab or enter “enchanted snow globe home” in the search bar of the Crown Store.
In the image gallery, you can get a little preview of the house.
How much does the house cost? If you want to own the house, you need 4,200 crowns for the unfurnished version and 5,250 crowns for the furnished version. Depending on how many crowns you buy at once, this comes to about 30€ for the unfurnished version and about 32€ for the furnished version.
In The Division today, on December 1st, the next vendor reset is happening. We present to you the new items from the vendors that are recommended this week.
It is becoming quieter around The Division 1, while many fans eagerly wait for any information about The Division 2. Recently, there were even a few new details, five skill categories were introduced in more detail.
For those who remain steadfast and are still touring in Manhattan, we summarize here the best offers from the vendors for the upcoming week. Every Friday to Saturday night, the big vendor reset occurs.
Recommended Weapons Since 01.12
Camp Clinton: Pakhan with Precise, Determined, and Pakhan. This LMG is a good alternative for anyone needing a solid PvE weapon at medium and long distances. Precise helps you hit your enemies, and it also has a high gear score.
Special Equipment Vendor: G36C with Careful, Thief, and Focused. The G36 has with Focused a fixed talent, which is rather mediocre. Careful isn’t one of the best, but is still useful in PvE, especially with the Striker. Take Destructive for Focused in the third slot, and you have a good PvE assault rifle.
Advanced Weapons Vendor: Navy MP5 N with Thief, Destructive, and Talented. One of the best MPs, which comes with very good PvE talents. Replace Talented with Receptive, and you have the ideal MP for a D3-FNC set.
Advanced Weapons Vendor: SASG-12 K Tactic with Thief, Receptive, and Determined. One of the best shotguns in the game. With these talents, it is ideal for PvE activities. You can replace Determined with Destructive or Malicious to deal more damage.
W 39th St: M700 Carbon Version with Prepared, Able, and Increased. The strongest precision rifle in the game. Instead of Able, you should take Brutal or Destructive. Also has a high gear score.
DZ03: G36 Military Version with Thief, Competent, and Focused. If you can unlock Competent and Thief with your build, this is a better alternative than the previous one. Here, you should also take Destructive instead of Focused.
The Mods After the Vendor Reset
E 53rd St: Electronics Mod (252) with Skill Strength (+3299)
E 46th St: Performance Mod with Impulse Crit Damage (+2%)
W 53rd St: Performance Mod with Impulse Crit Chance (+2%)
The Cavern: Violet Electronics Mod (205) with Damage Against Elites (+3%)
E 31st St: Omega Rifle Suppressor with Headshot Damage (+17.5%), Crit Damage, Crit Chance, and Reduced Threat
DZ 5th Ave: VX-1 Scope (12x) with Headshot Damage (18%), Stability, and Crit Damage
The Crypt: Ti-RANT Suppressor with Crit Chance (+7.5%), Stability, Crit Damage, and Reduced Threat
The Offer of the Special Blueprint Vendors
The vendor in the terminal brings blueprints for these items:
The Community Day in December in Pokémon GO is special. We will show you what you need to know.
What is a Community Day? A Community Day takes place once a month. On this day, players have the opportunity to catch a Pokémon for three hours at an increased rate. This Pokémon can also be found in its Shiny form. Additionally, there are other bonuses available during the three hours.
This Community Day is different: The Community Day in December is different from previous Community Days. The event runs over the entire weekend and focuses on all Pokémon that have had a Community Day so far. All bonuses that have been available until now will also be unlocked.
We will tell you what to expect on the days and how to prepare best.
GMT+0 – The Start Time and All Bonuses for the Community Day in December
What: The Pokémon GO Community Day in December 2018
When: From Friday, November 30, at 10:00 PM to Monday, December 3, at 8:00 AM German time (GMT+1)
Event Duration for Bonuses: From Saturday, December 1, at 11 AM to 2 PM German time (GMT+1)
Bonus: Double amount of experience points for catching Pokémon
Bonus: Double amount of Stardust for catching Pokémon
Bonus: Distance to hatch eggs reduced by half
Bonus: 3-hour Lures
What does GMT+0 mean? In the in-game notification, it states that the event starts at 10 AM GMT+0. However, this is not our time zone. Here, the event starts as usual at 11 AM and runs until 2 PM. We are in the GMT+1 time zone.
An Event within the Event
This Community Day does not just last three hours, but spans three full days. During this time, you can catch all event Pokémon at an increased rate. The moves will also be available over the entire three days.
Bonuses only for three hours: If you want to snag the bonuses mentioned above, you should play between 11 AM and 2 PM on Saturday. Only during this time frame are the bonuses activated.
From Friday, November 30, at 10 PM to Monday, December 3, at 8 AM, you will find more Pokémon
Only on Saturday from 11 AM to 2 PM are the extra bonuses applicable
Will all Pokémon be Shiny for the Community Day in December?
Which Pokémon can be Shiny? It can be assumed that there is an increased chance of catching any of the Community Day Pokémon in its shiny form.
How high is the chance for Shiny Pokémon? The exact Shiny rate is unknown. So far, it has been about 1 in 25. If this increased Shiny rate is available for the entire three days, then many Shiny Pokémon can be expected. However, it might also be possible that the Shiny chances are only increased within the three hours on Saturday when the bonuses are active.
All Community Day Moves are Available
Over the entire three days, Pokémon can learn all previous Community Day moves. For this, they must evolve into the corresponding Pokémon.
Not through TMs: All moves can only be learned through evolution. A TM cannot teach any Pokémon the exclusive moves.
100% IV Pokémon: We have prepared some lists that you can copy into the search bar of your game. If one of your Pokémon has this CP, then it might possibly be one with 100% IV. However, this is not guaranteed.
The most important Pokémon have received a list each:
The balls are the most important thing for the days. Without the balls, you cannot catch Pokémon and collect candies. Therefore, make sure to stock up a large supply of balls. Especially the starters can be hard to catch. You should have several hundred Great Balls and Ultra Balls available.
Star Pieces – 6 pieces
During the three hours on Saturday, Star Pieces are worth it. With the bonuses and the Star Piece, you will receive three times the amount of Stardust for catching Pokémon.
Lucky Eggs – 6 pieces
Lucky Eggs are also effective during the three hours on Saturday. This way, you will receive four times the amount of XP for catching Pokémon.
Incense
You can use Incense without hesitation over the entire three days. You will hardly find a better opportunity to effectively attract good Pokémon with Incense.
Lure Modules – 3 pieces or more
During the three event hours on Saturday, the Lure Modules will last the entire three hours as well. So look for PokéStops to place your Lure Modules.
Pokémon GO Plus
This gadget helps you catch Pokémon. If you want to take a break, GO Plus can take over the catching for you. A good alternative to GO Plus is also the Pokéball Plus.
Stay up to date: So you don’t miss any further news, you can follow our Facebook page or join our Pokémon GO group on Facebook.
Are you excited for the Community Day?
Some Pokémon could become even stronger with the right moves
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Bethesda is apparently taking a tough stance against trolls in Fallout 76. A group of particularly nasty characters received a severe reprimand after a naughty action.
What happened? A group of four people referred to themselves as “Gay Hunters” and “hunted” homosexuals in Fallout 76. The incident eventually became public and was reported.
Bethesda responded with a lifetime ban for all involved.
A group of four players recently wandered through the Wasteland of Appalachia and hunted homosexuals. Their agenda was to “eliminate all gays.”
They repeatedly harassed at least one other player group and insulted them with homophobic slurs. Their task was to “cleanse the wasteland.” During their campaign, they laughed continuously.
How did it come to this? A wastelander asked another group of three players for some help. One of the three respondents complimented his appearance. The wastelander’s reaction: “I don’t deal with that homo crap.”
Soon after, he returned with a full group of four people and began to attack the trio. Since the three did not react, the four trolls did not cause much harm. The anti-griefing system of Fallout 76 prevented that.
The “Gay Eliminators” responded only amusedly that this was probably “the strongest faggot” they had ever seen.
This is how they were reported and banned: One of the affected players recorded the whole incident and eventually contacted Bethesda. There is currently no in-game reporting function, which may change with the upcoming patches for Fallout 76.
The player was directed by support to a page that did not accept his evidence. It took some time before Bethesda could take action. At first, this only resulted in a 3-day ban.
Shortly afterwards, Bethesda claims that they were able to take a closer look at the matter, possibly because one of the “Gay Eliminators” himself uploaded a video of his actions under the name “Cleansing the Queers”. The ban was then extended to a lifetime.
This is how the troll reacted: For the banned player, the whole situation was more like a role-play. He himself saw the entire action according to Eurogamer as just fun:
I don’t hate gay people. It was just a long night of fun and after our first encounter, we thought we’d mess with them a bit. You might call it evil, but I think it’s just childish immaturity.
I don’t regret the incident. I won’t apologize if given the chance. I don’t plan to do anything like this again, and to be honest, I didn’t even plan it. I just found them and decided to go through with it.
What do you think about the matter? Do you find the punishment fair, or was it really just immature fun? Discuss in our Fallout group with other fans. On Facebook you can find more info and news about Fallout 76.
The Community Day in Pokémon GO is approaching and Niantic confirmed how long the chances of Shinies are increased.
The Community Day in December will be special. It is not just about one Pokémon, but about eleven of them. These eleven Pokémon will spawn more frequently from Friday evening to Monday morning worldwide. All information about the Community Day has been summarized in our guide.
Now Niantic revealed via Twitter that all these Pokémon will appear more frequently in their Shiny forms throughout the entire weekend.
Shinies throughout the whole weekend
A big question players had about the Community Day in December: Will there be an increased Shiny rate throughout the entire weekend? This is usually only available during the three hours of a regular Community Day.
Niantic confirmed the increased chance: On Twitter, the Niantic Support answered a user’s question about whether the chances of Shinies are increased throughout the entire weekend as follows: “Hello Trainer, you will see the increased Shinies all weekend long. Only the bonuses are available in the three-hour window.”
What does increased chance mean? If Niantic stays true to itself, then the chance of encountering a Shiny during a Community Day is 1 in 25. This is the players’ theory.
Loads of Shinies: If the chance is also 1 in 25 during this Community Day, then players can look forward to a lot of Shinies. On good Community Days, players already got over ten Shinies in three hours. If you calculate that for the entire weekend, you will be able to see plenty of Shinies.
These trainers were out together on a Community Day in Pokémon GO
What is happening in the three hours on Saturday? The Community Day runs from Friday at 10 PM to Monday at 8 AM. On Saturday, December 1, between 11 AM and 2 PM, there is a three-hour window in which there are several bonuses. These include:
double Stardust for catching Pokémon
double experience points for catching Pokémon
halving of the required egg distance
three-hour lures
These bonuses are only available within the three hours. The increased Shiny chance is available all weekend long. So the hunt can begin!
