Ring of Elysium is a free-to-play battle royale that is now celebrating its EU release. The EU servers are now open and you can play.
Many battle royale fans were looking forward to the release of Ring of Elysium. When it finally happened in September, the release was initially not available for EU players. However, Tencent promised to address this and bring the game to European fans on Steam.
What’s new? The release of Ring of Elysium in Europe is here. You can now download and play the game on Steam.
When does the download start? In the evening, the Steam page and thus the download were enabled. You can download it now. The download size is 5.2GB.
When can you play? The European servers are expected to open on Friday, November 23rd, so you can play your rounds. Update: The EU servers are now available.
What is Ring of Elysium?
In this 100-player battle royale, it’s not just about killing other players. You also have to adapt to the weather, which becomes fierce in an arctic storm. Because you are tourists trapped in a ski resort.
There is a risk of hypothermia in the fight. So protect yourself as you try to reach the rescue helicopter that will take you out of the match as the winner.
How do you move? You have the option to glide across the map with snowboards or snowmobiles. You can also quickly get from A to B using hang gliders or zip lines.
What makes Ring of Elysium different from other battle royale games? In addition to the story as a ski tourist, you also have
Dynamic weather
A rescue helicopter with 4 seats for 4 winners
Avalanche danger
A unique equipment system that automatically assigns items to the corresponding weapon
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the developers have deliberately hidden an unreachable chest. Now a clever player has managed to open the box anyway.
What is the deal with the unreachable chest? At the location Dusty Divot, since Season 4, there has been an ice cream truck sunk in the ground. As you approach the vehicle, you hear the enticing noise that signals a nearby chest. However, no matter how you turn it, the chest is unreachable as it is under the vehicle.
The dilemma with the chest: Back then, ice cream trucks were equipped with absurdly high hit points due to a challenge. They had 100,000 hit points and were therefore hardly destroyable.
Later, the life energy was reduced again, but whoever smashed the truck also destroyed the chest. No matter what you did, the damned chest could not be reached or opened.
The whole action was probably a nasty troll by Epic to trick their players.
Player finds a way to the loot
Whenever something seems impossible, there will be people who will try until they achieve their goal. Therefore, a player named Hanzo36 has managed to open the box.
How to get to the chest anyway? Hanzo36 built a ramp with a jump pad at the southern edge of the crater. Then he activated a shadow stone found there. This turned him into a ghostly form that can pass through walls.
However, the time as a shadow is usually not enough to reach the chest, but with his jump pad he was able to glide over the crater to the truck in time. There, he wavered through the vehicle in ghost form and was able to loot the chest. A video of the action can be found on Reddit.
What’s in the chest? Unfortunately, it is just an ordinary chest. It can contain cool gold loot or some gray crap. Whether the whole effort is worth it remains uncertain. However, the certainty of having accomplished a seemingly impossible task should at least represent an ideal reward.
The Battlefield 5 community on Reddit is in an uproar. The reason is planned changes to the Time-to-Kill.
The release of Battlefield 5 does not excite everyone as much as our author Jürgen. Because in the subreddit, there is currently a topic that overshadows everything else. It is said that Battlefield 5 will receive an update on December 4 that will adjust the Time-to-Kill (TTK) among other things. However, many fans disagree and are expressing their protest in droves.
That is why the TTK in Battlefield 5 is controversial
What is Time-to-Kill? The Time-to-Kill, or TTK for short, is the time required to take down an opponent with a specific weapon. If the TTK is longer, players have more time to react to the attack. With a lower TTK, you die correspondingly faster.
What is the problem with the TTK in Battlefield 5? Recently, reports have emerged from players in Battlefield 5 complaining that certain weapons would kill them in an instant – so quickly that they wouldn’t even feel damage beforehand. You simply die instantly. That is why voices have been raised, urging DICE to take another look at the TTK of Battlefield 5.
Why the wave of protests? In response to a fan’s inquiry on Twitter, a core gameplay designer confirmed on Twitter that changes to the TTK will also take place as part of the December patch. However, many fans do not agree with that. Threads with over 1,000 upvotes are currently sprouting like mushrooms on Reddit.
There, some fans express their protest and demand that the TTK should remain as it is. According to them, the Time-to-Kill is currently in good condition and the problem lies elsewhere.
This is probably the real issue: The cause of the ultra-fast deaths is apparently not a poorly balanced TTK of individual firearms but technical problems – more precisely, the network code of Battlefield 5.
For when using a specific weapon to eliminate an opponent (TTK) and being killed by the same weapon (TTD, or Time-till-Death – the time from full health to death) can currently differ drastically.
It can easily happen that you need, for example, 0.7 seconds to kill an opponent with a weapon, but you die instantly from the same weapon at the first hit.
The origin of the problem is likely the current netcode of the game. This can result in several hits being sent to the console or PC in a single packet.
This means that the player receives hits that they should actually have received spread over multiple packets, one after the other, all at once. Instead of continuously losing health due to multiple hits and then dying, you can die immediately within a moment.
DICE already confirmed during the Battlefield 5 beta that this phenomenon was due to the netcode. However, it seems that they have not yet fully addressed this issue. Nevertheless, the first changes to the TTK are apparently on the way. However, many fans are not in agreement.
Black Friday also takes place in FIFA 19: Starting this afternoon, you can secure special packs and complete rewarding SBCs – but you need to be quick!
This is Black Friday: Black Friday originates from the USA and falls annually on the day after Thanksgiving. This day is considered the start of the Christmas shopping season and usually brings a lot of special offers – including in FIFA 19.
The Black Friday time: This year, Black Friday falls on November 23. The event in FUT started, as in previous years, at 3 PM. Since then, there have been offers for 24 hours: During the promotion, EA Sports releases new content in FUT every hour.
Update November 23, 3 PM: Black Friday is now live.
First promo pack already gone
Speed is crucial: At 3 PM, EA Sports released the first Lightning Round of this year’s event. The Prime Gold Player Pack was the first promo pack that went online in limited quantities – and is now sold out again. This highlights that you need to be quick if you want some of the coveted packs. EA Sports informs you hourly about new offers on Twitter .
Black Friday brings Best of TOTW
The best Team of the Week players: A special incentive to buy packs! Currently, you can find the best players from the first ten TOTW teams in the packs. These players are extremely expensive on the market and are essentially no longer available in packs. Now you have another chance to secure top players. The Best of TOTW includes the following players:
Lightning Rounds, SBCs and Promo Packs for Black Friday
These contents come in various forms. The following special offers are now available alternately in FIFA Ultimate Team:
Lightning Rounds: Lightning Rounds are a kind of “Happy Hours”: For one hour, there is a worldwide allocation of special packs – for example, the Ultimate Pack for 100,000 coins. First come, first served until they sell out.
Promo Packs: In addition to the Lightning Rounds, there will also be Promo Packs, which are only available occasionally. This includes among others the best packs in the game.
Flash SBCs: You have little time for these Squad Building Challenges. In these challenges, you exchange teams for special rewards.
Weekly objectives: Last year, special weekly objectives came with the event. Among other things, you could get an exclusive jersey.
Is there a market crash?
This is the FIFA 19 Market Crash: The “Market Crash” has been understood in recent years as a massive drop in prices on the transfer market. Players on the transfer market were particularly cheap on the Thursday before Black Friday as many gamers put their unused players on the market to buy the special packs.
Is there going to be a crash this year? As this principle is already known, a price reduction for players was observed throughout last week. Even on Black Friday itself, a low price is still expected as many packs will be opened.
Top players will likely remain expensive: However, experience shows that the most popular and best players in the game such as Dybala, Mbappé or Ronaldo and Messi, as well as Prime Icons, remain relatively stable in price. How the market develops after Black Friday is hard to predict, but it is expected that prices will rise again.
Niantic, the developer of Pokémon GO, is working on a new app that aims to sustainably change tourism.
With the huge success of Pokémon GO, the game developer Niantic has made a name for itself. Now, they are working together with the World Tourism Organization on a new app that aims to bring tourists closer to the world using AR technologies.
In a statement on Niantic’s website, the game developer explained that they are working to promote tourism sustainably and to view the world from a different perspective.
Niantic’s partner is the UN
Who is Niantic’s partner? The World Tourism Organization UNWTO is a specialized agency of the United Nations and advocates for responsible tourism worldwide. Since last summer, they have been conducting the “Travel.Enjoy.Respect” campaign, which also includes collaboration with Niantic.
What is the goal of the cooperation? Together with Niantic, the UNWTO wants to show tourists attractions they wouldn’t have visited without this app. This should happen with the AR system that Niantic uses. The app is especially intended to be used in developing countries to promote tourism there.
Explore your neighborhood: The app users’ neighborhoods are also to be included. The app should show new places to discover in the immediate vicinity of the users.
What can Niantic contribute? Through Pokémon GO, but also through Ingress, Niantic has a player base worldwide. Through millions of player data, they could identify regions that are especially in demand and work out new destinations with the help of regional players.
Could Pokémon GO help? In Pokémon GO, as well as in Niantic’s game Ingress, players can see images of real landmarks on PokéStops and portals. These images could also be useful for the new app.
What do you think about the tourism app? Is that a good idea?
According to Kotaku, Diablo 4 is indeed in development. Although the finished game is likely still some time away, Blizzard seems to be considering integrating elements from the online shooters Destiny and Destiny 2.
In a major cover story, Kotaku author Jason Schreier spoke with current and former Blizzard employees to learn more about the background of Diablo 4. In addition to the fact that Blizzard is indeed working on a new installment, the Blizzard insiders also discussed potential features that may be inspired by Bungie’s online shooter Destiny.
The Tower in Destiny 2 as a model for a social hub in Diablo 4? In Diablo 3, players can visit larger gathering points in the different acts, which are filled with quest givers and merchants, while other human players are nowhere to be found.
The Tower in Destiny 2 – social meeting point
The Tower in Destiny and Destiny 2 serves the same purpose as in Diablo 3, but is also populated by other human players with whom one can interact:
The gear can be inspected
The platform-specific profile can be viewed
Invitations to ongoing games
Sending messages is also possible
According to Blizzard insiders, some of these social features are set to be adopted in Diablo 4. Now, social meeting points are not an invention of Bungie, but the goal is to integrate light MMO elements into Diablo to promote interaction among players.
For interaction to make sense, appropriate activities are needed. Here, too, Destiny could serve as a model for Diablo 4.
Will “Strikes” from Destiny 2 be in Diablo 4? Strikes are self-contained instances that pick up and tell a thread of the story. In Destiny 2, these are completed with a fireteam of up to three players. In these strikes, players must face various waves of enemies, jumping sections, and tough bosses.
A concept that could definitely work for Diablo 4. Lesser evils like Azmodan or Belial could be integrated as sidekicks to the story in this way. Other narrative strands could also be “transported” through such a medium.
Players already know self-contained instances from Diablo 3. Nephalem Rifts consist of procedurally generated dungeons that are time-limited or progression-bound. Players’ criticism: currently, in the endgame, only the large Nephalem Rifts remain; there is nothing more to do.
Do the “Destiny mechanics” make sense in Diablo 4? Absolutely. The matchmaking or player search in Diablo 3 works only independently of the activity one wants to undertake. Event-based matchmaking should significantly ease the in-game player search.
New forms of gameplay such as the strikes would also provide variety and primarily motivate players to form fireteams.
What do you think of the concept of a social meeting point modeled after Destiny 2? What other activities would you like to see in Diablo 4?
In World of Warcraft better gear is coming soon for all players. However, they will have to put in more effort for that.
Harder dungeons, better loot: In Patch 8.1 “Tides of Vengeance”, the item level of items from dungeons is supposed to be increased. Testers on the WoW PTR have already found this out. According to Buffed, dungeons will also be harder to master.
Heroic Uldir Loot from Mythic Dungeons
Higher item levels from dungeons: According to the numbers from PTR players, all dungeons and difficulties in World of Warcraft with Patch 8.1 will be adjusted. In the dungeons, you can then loot the following item levels:
Normal Dungeons: Item level 340+ (currently 310+)
Heroic Dungeons: Item level 355+ (currently 325+)
Mythic Dungeons: Item level 370+ (currently 340+)
The items from heroic dungeons will correspond to the gear from the current normal mode of Uldir. The item level of mythic dungeons even corresponds to the heroic mode of Uldir.
The boost will likely also affect items from “Mythic+” Dungeons. According to Buffed, some data miners have also found out that the dungeons are supposed to become harder. However, it is not known exactly how this will look.
Improved Azerite Armor: According to information, the Azerite items are also supposed to be adjusted. Epic Azerite armor from mythic dungeons is supposed to already possess the fifth ring with traits.
However, more artifact power will also be required again. The Heart of Azeroth needs to reach higher levels to unlock the traits of the new items.
For Azerite armor from normal dungeons, low “M+” dungeons, and the LFR of the new raid “Battle for Dazar’alor”, up to level 40 will be needed on the heart. This increases further with better gear, up to level 48 in the mythic mode of the raid and “Mythic+10” dungeons.
It seems that we will soon be farming Azerite again!
When will the change occur? Since the changes are currently being tested on the PTR, they will definitely appear in Patch 8.1.
However, the changes to the Azerite items suggest that the items will not be available directly at the release of Patch 8.1 in December 2018. Instead, they will probably go live together with the new raid “Battle for Dazar’alor” in early 2019.
What do you think of the adjustments? Are you still waiting with your alts? Leave us a comment and stay updated by also visiting us on Facebook.
With the new update Nimue, the developer studio Sandbox Interactive introduces major innovations, increasing the mood in the MMORPG Albion Online.
For a long time, the sandbox MMORPG was stagnant, player numbers on Steam were declining, but the new update rekindles interest.
An update for guilds
What does Nimue bring? With the comprehensive update Nimue, released on November 21, a series of changes are introduced, some of which are based on player feedback and particularly target guilds:
New 5v5 GvG mode “Battles on the Crystal Level”
Ability to change guild logos
Interactable objects and furniture can be placed with the mouse cursor
New bosses and guardian aspects
You can now mark opponents and view group members’ roles
Improvements to the faction outposts and the arena
The new update is received very well: Albion Online stagnated somewhat in the past. However, with Nimue, significant innovations and changes are coming to the game, which are welcomed by fans. Nimue is even regarded by some players as the best update for the game so far.
The positive mood is also reflected in player numbers. It seems that the update is drawing players back to Albion. According to Steamcharts, player numbers are rising again for the first time since the MMORPG’s release on Valve’s platform.
Even the reviews are improving and are now “mostly positive” for the past 30 days, with reviews showing an upward trend especially since the launch of Nimue.
The current state of Albion Online: The sandbox MMORPG launched very strongly in July 2017, but quickly lost many players. Earlier this year, about half of the studio’s staff had to be let go. Now, however, it seems that the tides are turning. For some time now, there has been a very positive conversation about the MMORPG. With the current update Nimue, the developers have done a lot right. Only time will tell if Albion Online can maintain this upward trend.
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The tactical MMO Total War Arena simply had no luck. Even before it officially left beta, the plug was pulled. Now there are compensations.
What is Total War Arena anyway? Total War Arena was supposed to combine the gameplay of a typical Total War game with that of World of Tanks. You had three units from a specific faction from antiquity. There were Romans, Greeks, or Barbarians. Each faction had its own advantages and disadvantages.
This allowed for exciting mass battles at times, but often everything ended in a huge mess.
Expectations not met
The game did not catch on: Unfortunately, the grand idea of a multiplayer strategy MMO came to nothing. According to developers Creative Assembly, the servers are set to be shut down on February 22, 2019.
Why is Total War Arena dead? The reason for the game’s death seems to be the lack of success. The game was still in beta and had, even then, not met the expectations set for it. However, thanks to all the players and testers who stood by the team.
Compensations for fans: Those who played the game through Wargaming’s game platform can choose a game or DLC from the Total War series as compensation for the death of Arena:
Total War: Medieval II – Definitive Edition
Hannibal at the Gates (Total War: Rome II DLC)
Age of Charlemagne (Total War: Attila DLC)
Grim and the Grave (Total War: Warhammer DLC)
Those who made microtransactions before the closed beta started will be reimbursed in game currency for World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, or World of Warships.
Tanks instead of Legionnaires: Additionally, those who played more than 100 matches in Total War Arena will receive another 30 days of premium for the three mentioned Wargaming titles. So you are swapping your hoplites and legionnaires for tanks and battleships.
What do you think about the demise of Total War Arena? Was it clear that it would fail, or do you find it a shame because the idea itself was good?
With the Annual Pass for Year 2, Bungie promised once again a better flow of content in Destiny 2. Could it finally work with the new model?
The content flow is an old problem: The supply of fresh game content has been an issue since Destiny 1 that Bungie simply cannot get under control. The studio has promised better content flow several times, but has not really delivered. Often, there have been content droughts.
What is the Annual Pass? The Annual Pass is essentially nothing more than a paid season or annual pass for the second year of Destiny 2. You can purchase it with certain versions of Destiny 2 or the Forsaken expansion or buy it separately for €34.99.
What does the Annual Pass include? Buyers of this annual pass will receive additional content in addition to the regular features available to everyone, as well as three premium content deliveries:
The 3 premium content DLCs “Black Armory”, “The Joker’s Wildcard”, and “Penumbra”
More end-game challenges
New weapons, armor, and unique cosmetic rewards
New and returning exotics
New activities
More raid lairs
New triumphs
New lore
Bungie has emphasized multiple times that the three upcoming premium DLCs will not offer the same scope as, for example, DLC I “Curse of Osiris” or DLC II “Warmind” from the first year of Destiny 2. The premium DLCs will not be available individually, but only as part of the Annual Pass.
How will the Annual Pass content be delivered?
This is the DLC plan for Year 2: Anyone who wants to fully enjoy the second year of Destiny 2 will have to pay extra. However, Bungie promises a faster flow of new content. But what will that look like?
The three premium DLCs will be released sequentially over the course of the second year. The first of these, the Black Armory, will be released on December 4, 2018. The two subsequent DLCs, The Joker’s Wildcard and Penumbra, are currently only roughly scheduled for Spring 2019 and Summer 2019 (by no later than August 31, 2019).
This is how the contents will be distributed: However, a description of the Annual Pass in the Blizzard Store gives a hint as to when players can expect the second premium content. It states that the contents of the Black Armory will be delivered during the Forge season (Season 5) from December 4, 2018, to March 4, 2019.
While this does not mean that the second premium DLC will also be released on March 4, 2019, the possible release period is at least narrowed down. Because on March 4, Season 6 will likely start. The next premium content is likely to kick off shortly thereafter. For example, the Black Armory starts one week after the beginning of Season 5.
This would mean that there will be about three months between the first two premium DLCs. The third and so far officially last DLC, Penumbra, which is expected to be delivered by the end of August at the latest, could come three to five months later. Whether or what Destiny 2 will offer the fans afterward is not yet known.
Can the Annual Pass model ensure a faster flow of content?
More and faster content in Year 2: When comparing the releases in the first year of Destiny 2 with the second year, it is clear that the planned content flow should now occur at shorter intervals and include more content – at least on paper.
Destiny 2 was released on September 6, 2017 (on consoles), DLC I followed on December 5, 2017, and DLC II was released on May 8, 2018. The Forsaken expansion kicked off the second year on September 4, 2018.
While there was about the same amount of time between the main game and the first DLC as there is between Forsaken and the Black Armory, the following DLCs in Year 2 will come at shorter intervals. Additionally, there will be one more content delivery than in Year 1.
The main difference from Year 1
This is how it was in Year 1: In Year 1, the contents were delivered all at once. After DLC I was released and players were done with it, there was hardly anything they could do until the next content delivery. Only events like the Crimson Days briefly broke the waiting period.
It was similar for DLC II. Warmind was also released as a large DLC with all its content at once. Although there were some contents hidden behind a time lock that kept the Guardians busy over a longer period, once players were done with it, there was nothing to do until the Whisper Quest and the “Solstice of Heroes” event.
All in all, Bungie did not manage to provide fans with fresh content in a timely and continuous manner during Year 1. There were numerous droughts.
This is how it works in Year 2: In Year 2, players are now theoretically supposed to receive more and faster content – and for less money. For the two DLCs, you had to pay around €40 if purchased individually or €35 if you bought the expansion pass, while for the three premium content deliveries in Year 2, you will also pay approximately €35. So a Year 2 DLC costs more than €10.
However, in practice, it will apparently look different. Bungie has repeatedly pointed out that the individual premium DLCs will not be comparable in scope to the DLCs from Year 1 and will be smaller. The listing in the Blizzard Shop also reveals that the contents of the premium DLCs will not be delivered all at once, but over the course of an entire season.
In plain language, this means for players: There will be less content per content delivery than in Year 1, but it will now be stretched out over a longer period and made available gradually.
Can this new model convince? That content does not come all at once, but is spread out over time through time-gating, is not necessarily bad and is common in numerous games. It depends on the quality of the content.
If Bungie can manage to combine new activities, exotics, endgame elements, and story engagingly and distribute them over the season in a way that players always have something to do, this tactic could work – even if these contents come piece by piece and are only briefly entertaining.
It all comes down to a skilled combination and the frequency of the content. The Forsaken expansion has already shown this. Many contents were also released gradually or were scheduled for a long time, keeping many fans engaged until the first premium content.
Bungie will certainly be able to achieve a faster flow of content with this model. But whether the studio can really convince with the new €10 DLCs remains to be seen. The past has shown several times that such announcements are not as easy to implement as they may sound.
Rumors say that Blizzard actually Diablo 4 was supposed to be announced at BlizzCon 2018, but they changed their mind shortly before then. The reason could be an old, canceled project. At least that’s what a theory says.
Is Titan blocking Diablo 4? The US site Kotaku has unofficially spoken with some current and former Blizzard employees. Some said that the aftermath of the originally planned and discarded project Titan might have an impact on Diablo 4.
Diablo 4 should not become a second Titan
What was Titan? The project codenamed Titan was supposed to be a massive, new MMORPG from Blizzard. The vision of Titan was an MMORPG that was to follow World of Warcraft with the following elements:
The Sims
Destiny
Team Fortress 2
World of Warcraft
Earlier information suggests that Titan was meant to be a post-apocalyptic sci-fi game. The plan was apparently to engage in normal activities during the day in Titan and be a superhero at night .
The shadow of Titan over Blizzard: A lot was invested in Titan early on. The game was already largely known in early stages of development and there was hype around it. Blizzard itself put resources and time into the project.
However, too much information leaked too early. Many fans already had a good picture of Titan and had set their own expectations for the game. There was hype over a game that never really existed.
The expectations of hyped fans and working developers were heavily disappointed after the development was discontinued. A former developer told Kotaku:
Titan casts a shadow over us all. Although Overwatch has emerged from its remnants, people do not look at Titan and see a success.
Fear for Diablo 4: This shadow of Titan’s failure looms over the development of Diablo 4, which apparently already exists under the codename “Fenris”. The team simply does not want another game that consumes many resources and ultimately never comes after a big hype.
The Diablo team is very paranoid when it comes to announcing things. They might get caught in a spiral. They do not want to show the game until they have a trailer or a demo.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale, a special skin has been released. The “Chicken Trooper” Tender Defender. It was invented by a child and is finally in the game. Additionally, the shop offerings for the rest of the month have been revealed.
What is the Chicken Skin all about? Some time ago, 9-year-old Fortnite fan Connor drew his own skin design: a chicken soldier named “Chicken Trooper”. The boy’s father posted the drawing online on Reddit.
It received over 40,000 upvotes and the image went viral. Many fans created fan art of the skin. There were increasing calls for the skin to be officially included in the game.
Chicken Trooper is really coming! These demands intensified after more and more clues about the skin emerged. First, a chicken glider appeared in data leaks, then observant players discovered chicken feathers at a camp in the game.
Now, the Chicken Trooper, known as “Tender Defender”, is truly available as an epic skin in the game. This makes Connor and his family extremely happy. Additionally, Epic is said to have paid them a reward as the creators of the skin.
The shop offerings for November have been leaked
When will the Chicken Trooper be available in the shop? The crazy chicken will be available today and over the weekend, from November 23 to 24. Thanks to a leak, we also know what else will be available for the rest of the month:
November 23 – 24: Tender Defender and Wukong bundle
November 24 – 25: Tender Defender and Rex bundle
November 25 – 26: Taro and Highland bundle
November 26 – 28: Valentine’s Day and Hippies and Battle Pass tiers
November 28 – 29: Vikings and Vampire and Battle Pass tiers
November 29 – 30: Spider skins and garage band sets
Are there now bundles? Fortnite now offers complete skin sets as bundles. With the Wukong bundle, you get the monkey skin along with a glider, back bling, and harvesting tool at a special price.
If you want to boost a character in World of Warcraft, you should not buy a character boost. There is currently an absurd situation.
In line with “Black Friday”, Blizzard has also reduced the price of WoW: Battle for Azeroth – currently at €35. This is of course good for everyone who has not yet purchased the new expansion. Many players are considering buying a second copy. This is because the expansion also includes a character boost to level 110, which would normally cost €60, making it almost twice as expensive.
Here’s how it works: If you want a “cheap” character boost for €35, simply purchase a digital copy of Battle for Azeroth in the Battle.net store. Ensure that the copy gets activated on your Battle.net account during registration. Now you have multiple licenses for World of Warcraft (meaning: multiple accounts), all running under the same Battle.net account. Since the character boost is valid account-wide, you can apply the boost from the new license to a character from the old license. Here is the offer for WoW:BfA in the Blizzard Shop.
Fans suspect marketing trick: Even though many are happy about the relatively inexpensive character boost of €35, many players suspect it is just a marketing trick. Since the new purchase of Battle for Azeroth is cheaper than a character boost, this will increase the number of copies sold of Battle for Azeroth. This will surely look good in Activision Blizzard’s next quarterly report.
The shitstorm surrounding the announcement of Diablo Immortal took strange turns. A player bought the domain playdiablo4.com and redirected it to the action MMO Path of Exile.
What happened? The Reddit user Zeiin bought the domain playdiablo4.com and then redirected it to the website of the competitor in the form of Path of Exile.
Then, someone contacted Zeiin and asked if he would sell the domain. When the fan replied with “Maybe,” a lawyer from Blizzard reached out to him. The lawyer demanded that Zeiin remove the redirect to Path of Exile. This would involve domain hijacking and copyright infringement.
Furthermore, the lawyer tried to persuade Zeiin to transfer the domain playdiablo4.com to Blizzard. Blizzard believed that he intended to use the domain for commercial purposes. Zeiin agreed to remove the redirect but retains the domain. If Blizzard plans to actively use it for a game, he would, however, relinquish the domain.
The joke continues: However, Zeiin came up with another prank. The domain playdiablo4.com now redirects to a Google search for smartphones, which is, of course, a jab at the mobile game Diablo Immortal.
Diablo Immortal
Blizzard is just doing its job
This is why Zeiin doesn’t want Blizzard to be attacked: Zeiin explains in his Reddit post that the lawyer was very friendly and even told him that they found the joke funny at Blizzard. However, Blizzard has to manage damage control after the shitstorm, so the action is understandable. No one was unfriendly to him or forced him to do anything.
This is how the community reacts: Initially, further anger was directed at Blizzard due to this action, until Zeiin clarified that players should please stop. Now, with the redirect of the domain playdiablo4.com to a search for smartphones, it seems that the waves have smoothed out a bit on Reddit. People are laughing about this additional jab. How Blizzard will react is still unknown.
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Our author Lucas has taken a look at the online card game The Elder Scrolls Legends and is pleasantly surprised by the developers’ attention to detail. Can the game still inspire in 2018?
In addition to the market leader Hearthstone, the grandfather Magic The Gathering also vies for players’ attention. However, The Elder Scrolls Legends stands out from the crowd of card games due to fully voiced campaigns and a great atmosphere.
What is Elder Scrolls Legends? Legends is an online card game. You and your opponent each have health points. The player who reduces their opponent’s health points to zero first wins. To achieve this goal, you use a large number of different cards that you combine in a self-created deck. For beginners, Legends also offers pre-made decks. The Elder Scrolls Legends is essentially Hearthstone in the style of The Elder Scrolls, but much more.
Elder Scrolls Legends captivates with breathtaking atmosphere
A joy for Elder Scrolls fans: As soon as players start The Elder Scrolls Legends, they are greeted by familiar music. The Elder Scrolls Legends sounds like a classic The Elder Scrolls game, thanks to beautiful music pieces from Skyrim and Morrowind alongside new compositions that were recorded specifically for The Elder Scrolls Legends.
Another contribution to the great atmosphere comes from the beautiful animations of the card effects. Whether you manifest ice shards, throw fireballs, or summon Daedra from the realm of oblivion, you feel like a player who defends himself against the legendary namesakes from the Elder Scrolls games. The developer change from Studio Dire Wolf to the new Studio Sparkypants is meant to breathe new life into the game. The UI has already been revamped by the new developer.
A tactical card game with plenty of variety
Legends is beginner-friendly: When you start The Elder Scrolls Legends for the first time, you won’t be confronted with building a deck right away.
Instead, the game tries to teach you some gameplay mechanics through a fully voiced campaign. It doesn’t matter if you’ve previously played similar card games, like Hearthstone or Magic The Gathering. The tutorial campaign takes its time to explain every detail to you in several matches.
When the opponent has no cards with the “Guardian” ability left to protect them, they can be attacked directly.
The unique features: The Elder Scrolls Legends plays similarly to Hearthstone and Co., but expands the basic framework with clever mechanics of its own. In The Elder Scrolls Legends, you always fight on two separate battlefields, the “Lanes.” Each lane has passive effects that affect all cards on that lane.
Usually, a lane is in the “shadows” and creatures there are concealed in the first round. However, there are also lane effects that raise fallen creatures as undead or give bonuses to selected types of creatures.
Lanes offer more tactics: Only cards that are on the same lane can battle each other. However, a player can be attacked from any lane. If you neglect a lane, your opponent can exploit that weakness and defeat you.
It does no good if your strongest blockers are in one lane and the opponent has their powerful attackers lined up in the other. Changing lanes is only possible with certain card effects. Tactical plays around the two lanes are crucial to triumph over strong opponents.
Even the strongest cards can be disabled by action cards.
Additionally, each player has five runes, which are destroyed when you receive certain amounts of damage. Each rune allows you to draw a card. Certain cards drawn in this manner can be played directly for free in the opponent’s turn. The rune mechanic even gives players a chance to win when they have fewer health points than their opponent.
Once you’ve completed your first battles in the campaign “The Forgotten Hero,” you can compete against your friends, other players, or the AI.
Travel across Tamriel and beyond
Campaigns let you experience adventures: Another feature of The Elder Scrolls Legends are the fully voiced campaigns in English. Beautiful animations tell various stories in Tamriel.
The familiar freedom of choice from the games is also present in The Elder Scrolls Legends. Time and again, you must make decisions in the free campaign “The Forgotten Hero” and will be rewarded with a suitable card at the end.
The evil Dremora Reive has it in for you.
Since the card to be obtained is shown before the decision, each player must decide for themselves whether to listen to their heart or choose the better card.
Besides the campaign “The Forgotten Hero”, players can also confront powerful opponents in the paid campaigns “The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood” and “Return to the City of Clockworks.”
Thanks to better rewards at higher difficulty levels, the campaigns motivate regular repetition.
Campaigns present you with new challenges: In the campaigns, the familiar gameplay is repeatedly spiced up with new elements. In “The Forgotten Hero,” you have to confront a band of pirates in the stormy sea. The wind ensures that a random opponent card switches lanes every round. In solo mode, such special effects are the norm, and each match plays out differently.
Each campaign consists of several chapters, which in turn consist of many individual matches. Just for the beautifully narrated stories and the good English voice acting, it’s worth playing The Elder Scrolls Legends.
Quests are a way to earn in-game currency, gold. For gold, you can purchase campaigns, new cards, and access to the arena.
What does it cost? “The Fall of the Dark Brotherhood” costs €19.99. “Return to the City of Clockworks” is available for €17.99. Both expansions can also be purchased with in-game currency, gold, which you can grind by playing diligently.
Legends offers PvE and PvP content
In addition to the campaigns, Legends offers a wealth of other content. There is something for both PvE and PvP players.
Puzzles test your knowledge of the game mechanics. The game presents you with various predefined problems. For successfully completing them, you will be rewarded with various items.
In practice matches, you can face the AI at three different difficulty levels.
When the Wildfire Dragon is summoned, it deals one damage point to all creatures on the battlefield. For each creature destroyed this way, it becomes stronger.
The Solo Arena lets you compete against nine AI opponents with a deck you create from randomly provided cards. You can challenge them in any order, except for the leader. You have three attempts to defeat all opponents. Access to the arena costs either €2.19 or 150 gold. For victories in the arena, you receive rewards. You don’t have to complete the arena in one day but can continue it later.
Finally, you can compete against your friends or challenge other players to matches. Battles against other players can be ranked or unranked.
New content every month: Players of The Elder Scrolls Legends can look forward to new cards every month. Additionally, the game is regularly supplemented with large new expansions that implement new cards and mechanics into the game.
The latest addition to the game was eleven new cards from the FrostSpark set. These cards expand the deck possibilities of the game and combine well with the existing cards. The next major expansion of the game has also already been announced. It will revolve around the insane, cheese-loving Daedra prince Sheogorath.
Unleash your creativity with your own decks
Legends allows for creative deck ideas: When assembling your decks, Legends gives you quite a bit of freedom. You select up to two attributes from five different ones. Then only cards of those two attributes and neutral cards are shown to you, which you can add to your deck.
The cards can be conveniently searched by magic cost (the mana in Legends) or keywords like “Orc” or “Guardian.” Your deck can contain between 50 to 100 cards. A diagram gives you insight into the composition of the deck. You can exchange excess cards for soul stones. With soul stones, you can create any cards you may be missing.
Each race has advantages: In addition, there are the typical races from the TES series that you can summon as creatures. Each of them has a unique style. Here are some examples:
Imperials rely on swarming the opponent with numerous units to overwhelm them through tactical superiority.
Redguards rely on quick attacks and equipment.
Khajiit have all sorts of nasty theft effects and steal health, energy, and cards from you when they break through.
Orcs only feel comfortable when they have even more Orcs around. Then everyone gets better!
Dark Elves like to sacrifice themselves to achieve more wicked effects.
High Elves are skilled in the arts of magic and try to control the battlefield with magic.
Nords rely on their strength and try to break through the ranks of enemies.
Wood Elves focus on weakening the opponent and then exploiting that.
Your character grants you passive advantages. Bretons draw cards that can prevent damage with a higher probability.
You can freely mix the races in your deck if they fit the chosen attributes.
Certain cards expand the number of possible attributes of your deck. For example, the deck theme “House of Dagoth” allows you to build decks with three attributes.
Legends is also playable on mobile
Especially on mobile or tablet, The Elder Scrolls Legends is fun. The individual matches can easily be played in between on the bus or train. If you don’t close the app, you can continue your started PvE match for a while. However, in the test, I was thrown out of the existing game after more than 90 minutes of pause.
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How much battery does the game consume? Battery consumption is moderate. However, it’s advisable to take a power bank along. Playing cards, navigating through menus, or building decks with fingers or stylus works intuitively after a short adjustment period.
Especially with a poor internet connection (Wi-Fi or mobile data), players must expect very long waiting times. As a last resort, the app may need to be restarted.
If you’ve managed to achieve some victories in the arena, you will be rewarded with new cards, gold, and soul stones.
This is what Lucas thinks about The Elder Scrolls Legends
The Elder Scrolls Legends expands the known gameplay mechanics of games like Magic The Gathering and Hearthstone with new game mechanics. Nevertheless, Legends remains true to the basic principle of online card games and is therefore quickly learnable for both new and old players.
Legends offers great campaigns for single players but also has something for fans of PvP game modes. The art style of the game cards and the animations are a visual delight. Fans of Elder Scrolls will immediately recognize countless details.
The individual effects of the cards allow for interesting combinations of plays. Especially while traveling, I was able to fit in short matches repeatedly, and over time, the “just one more round” phenomenon occurred.
I recommend The Elder Scrolls Legends to all players looking for a new mobile card game. If you’ve already experienced some adventures in other games from the TES series, Legends is particularly interesting.
The Elder Scrolls Legends is available for Android, iOS, PC, and Mac. It is also set to be released for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.
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The open beta of the new MMORPG Lost Ark is already in full swing in Korea and is very popular among players . One of the players, who particularly enjoys PvP, has published a video about his kills as a Berserker.
Since the start of the open beta test, there has been an extraordinary amount of positive feedback regarding the MMORPG Lost Ark from the Korean developer Smilegate:
The game is polished and well-crafted
The combat is enjoyable and the content is varied
Even the cash shop is not as bad as many had feared
What is PvP like? Now, the video from the Korean player B Banishing also brings the PvP aspect of the game into the spotlight. With his Berserker class, he cuts through the opponents and demonstrates how the fights in the PvP 1v1 arena of Lost Ark take place. Additional PvP modes of the MMORPG include 4v4 arenas with ranking and large siege battles with many players.
You can watch the trailer for the open beta and the gameplay of Lost Ark here:
The map of Red Dead Redemption 2 hides many exciting secrets. With this interactive map, you will find important events that will help you achieve 100% completion in RDR 2.
As you might have already noticed, the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 offers plenty of events, encounters, missions, and other activities. So you won’t get bored.
Dedicated fans set out to discover as much of this world as possible and take everything the developers have included. The goal is to complete the game at 100%. And without help, that’s really difficult. Using this interactive map will make it easier for you to succeed.
Additionally, you will find many cool things.
Interactive Map for Red Dead Redemption 2
If you follow the story of Red Dead Redemption 2, you will repeatedly find yourself in situations with Arthur that distract you from the main trail.
There are NPCs waiting by the roadside who want to be escorted home. Elsewhere, you might encounter strange figures with white hoods over their heads, from whom you can gain a little honor. Many of the events are important and can help you progress.
Where can you find the interactive map? One player has taken the effort to create an interactive map for Red Dead Redemption 2 online. You can find the map at RDR2Map.com.
An insight into the interactive map and its displays
Why should you use such a map? As you can see, all kinds of collectibles, bounties, special animals, and even Easter eggs are marked on the map. Easter eggs, for example, show you an encounter with a UFO. There are legendary fish and even alligators that can be found on the map.
On the website of the map, you can set which things you want to be displayed. If you are only looking for weapons like the Viking axe, you can click to display only weapons on the map. If you are looking for the trapper, you can display his locations.
Are you planning to complete Red Dead Redemption 2 at 100%? How much % have you already achieved?
In Destiny 2, since the release of the Forsaken expansion, players have had the opportunity to earn titles and showcase them for all to see. However, a popular title is inaccessible to many players due to its requirements. This will change in Season 5.
In Destiny 2: Forsaken, players can currently earn a total of six titles. They can publicly display their achievements in specific areas of the game. However, the title “Riven’s Bane”, which revolves around feats in the raid, remains currently unreachable for many.
Bungie removes unpopular requirement for the title Riven’s Bane
The problem with Riven’s Bane: To earn Riven’s Bane, players must complete certain triumphs that require clan membership. This makes the title particularly distant for solo players.
But even for many clans, it’s anything but easy to earn this title. Certain clan challenges such as Summoning Ritual, Strength of Memory, or Stay Outside must be mastered, which can only be accepted at clan level 4. This frustrates a lot of players, as many comments on Reddit show.
What should be manageable for larger clans is a significant issue for smaller clans. There are many clans consisting of only a few players. Level 4 is often not easily achievable. If players do not want to abandon their friends and break apart a small clan, many are forced to forgo the corresponding triumphs and the associated title.
This changes in Season 5: Bungie has now announced that they have heard the fans’ criticism and has a change ready for the upcoming Season of the Forge. With update 2.1.0, which will kick off Season 5 in Destiny 2 on November 27, all players with access to the Forsaken raid Last Wish will be able to pick up the respective weekly raid bounties from Hawthorne in the Tower.
Currently, players need to reach clan rank 4 to even obtain this bounty, but starting in Season 5, unlocking the Forsaken raid will suffice. Clan rank will no longer matter, according to the studio.
How fans are reacting: The players are delighted with this news. After all, this is exactly what many have wished for a long time. Some of them are already wondering why Bungie introduced this restriction in the first place.
The legendary raid boss Cresselia is not well received by Pokémon GO players. Many players find the raid boss too weak.
On November 20, Niantic announced that players worldwide can challenge the legendary Psychic Pokémon Cresselia. However, the boss is not well received by most players. The Pokémon is considered too weak. Many trainers state that it is not worth spending raid passes on.
We will show you what the community thinks about the raid boss and give our own opinion on Cresselia.
This is how the community reacts to Cresselia
Cresselia was not greeted warmly in the community. The Pokémon is one of the worst legendaries overall and comes after a month with Giratina, which doesn’t help.
Players take raid breaks: The Reddit user “ChthonicSpectre” wrote about Cresselia: “It’s nice to take a break from raids for another month.”
Raid pause from Brandon Tan: Even the best player in the world, Brandon Tan, is skipping Cresselia raids. Normally he does hundreds of raids with every raid boss; he has only done one with Cresselia so far and announced he will refrain from further ones. On Twitter, he wrote that he would instead focus on catching Pokémon this month.
Bad raid bosses: Many Reddit users complain about the poor timing of raid bosses. It has been a long time since there has been a really good raid boss. “zacattack1996” wrote: “The three Regis, a short break with Mewtwo (but without Shadow Ball), then Giratina, and now Cresselia? Can we please have a raid boss that encourages people to play?”
Is Cresselia really that bad? In short: Yes. Cresselia is one of the worst level 5 raids in Pokémon GO. Its attack value is so low that even a Kissilla has a higher value. Cresselia doesn’t even reach 3000 CP and cannot compete with other legendaries even at that point. Its defense and HP values are not outstanding either.
This is what our author Noah thinks
I am really disappointed with Niantic’s choice to make Cresselia the new raid boss. After a month of Giratina, I had enough of bad raid bosses and had hoped for something better. I did not expect them to choose an even worse Pokémon than Cresselia.
Raiding in winter is tough: In winter, when every player’s hands are freezing, it’s already hard enough to organize a raid. If the Pokémon is useless, then one can expect that hardly any raids will take place this month. Such a weak raid boss should be scheduled for warmer days.
Give us Dialga and Palkia! I, like many other players, had hoped that Niantic would release the other two Pokémon of the dimensional trio: Dialga and Palkia, in time with Giratina. The two Pokémon are strong and useful. They are among the best Pokémon in the game. Instead, we get another PokéDex corpse that will never be strengthened.
If even a Brandon Tan takes a break from raiding, then Niantic has chosen the wrong raid boss. I will rather focus on smaller raids during this time and hopefully catch a shiny raid boss.
What do you think of the choice of the raid boss?
Did you buy Pokémon: Let’s GO? It is also of interest to Pokémon GO players.
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In Fortnite, Week 9 of Season 6 has started and brings another secret star. We will show you the location of the star.
Regularly, the challenges of the seasons in Fortnite: Battle Royale are updated. This week it is explosive with TNT attacks. Additionally, you should participate in fun mini-games with clowns and achieve a required score there. Once all of this is completed, a secret star will be waiting for you.
Finding the secret star: With Season 6 began the bonus challenge of the Hunt Group in Fortnite. In the current loading screen, you will find the tip for the location of the secret star as always.
Where should you search for the secret star from Week 9?
In this week’s image, you will find Calamity and Darkfire in a flower meadow. While Calamity is looking at a flower and Darkfire is gazing into the distance, the star is hidden in the background, next to an opened grill right by a rock ledge.
Where do you need to search? You will find the grill and thus the star at Leaky Lake. Just walk to the location shown on the map. The star will then appear, which you can interact with.
Video explanation: If you are still unsure where to search despite the description, just follow the video guide. The player HarryNinetyFour has already unlocked the star and demonstrates where you can loot it.
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Be cautious when looting: As always, keep in mind that you should be especially careful when looting. Sneaky campers are waiting near the star for unarmed players who are standing still to loot the star. So it’s best to scout the area first before you grab the star.
