Fortnite: Battle Royale could soon bring back even more sought-after skins from 2017 to the shop. The “Ghoul Trooper” is still missing, and data miners have found a new variant of the Skull Trooper.
The story of the Skull Trooper? The Skull Trooper skin, which first appeared in Halloween 2017, recently reappeared in the shop. There was also a special challenge, and some players complained that this unique skin has now become totally ordinary.
New version leaked:The flood of Skull Troopers might soon become more colorful. Because data miners have found information indicating another version of the skin.
So far, there is the standard version and a green-glowing version. Those who purchased the Trooper back then will receive a purple variant.
Red Skull Trooper for the “OGs”? The new color variant of the Skull Trooper is fire red and aptly named “Red Flames”. More is not known. However, it might be that the skin is another goodie for those who bought the original version from 2017.
Some players were upset that as fans from the beginning and “OGs” (Original Gangsters), they now have no special skin anymore, as it feels like everyone is running around with it.
The current purple color variant hardly stands out as something special according to some players – a fire red glowing Trooper, however, does.
New event reward? However, it may also be that you can unlock the new version in an event that comes for Halloween. In the past, there have been several such events that allowed you to unlock various outfit variants for a short time.
Is the Ghoul Trooper coming soon?
New Halloween skin suspected: Meanwhile, many players suspect that Epic will bring additional skins before Halloween at the end of the month that were already released in 2017.
As a logical follow-up to the Skull Trooper, this would now be the “Ghoul Trooper”. That was the female Halloween skin back then and depicted the soldier Ramirez dressed as a zombie.
The skin on the left is the Ghoul Trooper.
Interestingly, the Ghoul Trooper was never as popular as the Skull Trooper. But that shouldn’t stop Epic from putting this skin back in the shop in October.
It is likely that there will also be various color schemes, an extra option for original buyers, an alternative male version, and a back accessory.
The PC version of Monster Hunter: World is getting another event. The collaboration event with Mega Man will launch online this week on October 19th.
What is the reward? As a reward for the event quest “Rush’s Bloodlust”, you will receive armor for your Palico that makes it look like Mega Man from the popular game series by Capcom. The armor remains faithfully pixelated, just like in the early 80s.
The armor also has the additional effect of playing the old chiptune music from the Mega Man soundtrack. The music played depends on which weapon your character currently has equipped. However, this feature is unfortunately only active during the event quest itself.
What are the conditions for the Mega Man quest “Rush’s Bloodlust”?: To accept and successfully complete the event quest, the following conditions must be met.
How can you forge the Mega Man armor? Once you have completed the event quest “Rush’s Bloodlust”, you will receive special Mega Man tickets. These unlock the set for your Palico in the forge. It is random how many tickets you get per quest, but you will need a total of 5.
With 5 Mega Man tickets, you will be able to craft the complete Mega Man set and the corresponding weapon. No other materials are necessary.
What are the status values of the armor? The armor is characterized by its elemental values, which are as follows:
Defense: 351
Fire: 6
Water: 6
Thunder: 6
Ice: 6
Dragon: 6
The Mega Man weapon has these values:
Rarity: 6
Attack: 40 (ranged and melee)
Attack Type: Blunt
Element: None
Affinity: 0%
Event Quest for Crown Hunters
If you are a trophy hunter looking for crown monsters, then the event quest “Rush’s Bloodlust” is a good opportunity to hunt the small Odogaron. A small gold crown Odogaron will appear in the quest 100% of the time.
You need to be careful that Odogaron does not catch you with its claws. The wounds cause severe bleeding. You can counter this by either eating meat or crouching for a short time to recover.
The PC version of Monster Hunter: World is also currently celebrating the autumn event:
On October 26, Red Dead Redemption 2 finally releases. It took immense effort from the studio Rockstar to make this happen.
The dreaded Crunch Time: “Crunch Time” generally refers to the period before the end of a project when everything urgently needs to be completed to ensure the final product is right. In many games, a lot of overtime accumulates before the release can finally be initiated.
The crunch before the release: Fortunately, there have been no fatalities at Rockstar, the developers of Red Dead Redemption 2. However, the developers likely invested a significant amount of overtime into the game.
According to a major interview with Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on Vulture.com, massive extra shifts were worked to get everything completed.
100-hour weeks were necessary: Houser mentions that throughout the year 2018, the team often worked 100-hour weeks. That would average to 14 hours per day if one worked the whole week.
This extra work would have been bitterly necessary, as the finished game is supposed to contain around 300,000 animations and 500,000 lines of spoken dialogue. Still, it is 5 hours shorter than originally planned.
Bosses also put in overtime: According to a former employee, this hard crunch time is typical for Rockstar, but the bosses are not excluded and also “crunch” along without complaints.
Overtime under criticism
Massive workload has already caused issues: However, there has also been bad blood. In 2010, worried spouses of various Rockstar employees in San Diego published a blog post criticizing the harsh working hours and the behavior of management severely.
The developers in question were said to be burnt out and constantly stressed. One even showed suicidal tendencies.
Rockstar responded to this accusation with the statement that they were “sad if some former employees of the studio felt that their time here was not enjoyable or creatively fulfilling.”
They wish them luck in finding a working environment that would better suit their temperament and needs.
There are alternatives – Bungie does not crunch
Crunch Time is common in many companies, but there are alternatives. The studio Bungie has not utilized Crunch Time for Destiny 2, according to their own statements. This was the lesson learned from the murderous overtime during their previous project, Halo 2.
Back then, it was common for each employee to work at least 50 hours a week for a year and a half. Those who survived that vowed, “Never again will we put ourselves through that!”
To counter the negativity surrounding WoW, Cortyn reveals what is still fun about World of Warcraft.
Similar to streamer Asmongold, I believe that not everything is running smoothly in World of Warcraft and that the game could be significantly better in many areas than it currently is. Nonetheless, I play WoW pretty much every day and enjoy it.
It is no secret that World of Warcraft is much more fun with friends than alone. That is also the main reason why I rarely take “WoW breaks.” As long as there is still someone to play with and chat comfortably on Discord, everything else is not that important. The social aspect has always been good in WoW, as there are countless things to do.
Even if you don’t like the current content, there are countless things you can do in the old content, like collecting transmogs or simply visiting old raids and dungeons to experience the story.
The Fun of Old Content
In my circle of friends, there are now many who can be categorized at the “casual” end of the player base or who have taken long breaks. This means they have never properly experienced old raids from the last expansion, such as the Tomb of Sargeras or the Night Hold.
It was incredibly fun to go into the Tomb of Sargeras on heroic with four friends a few days ago and “very classically” refine a boss strategy for the fight against the Avatar of Sargeras or the final battle against Kil’jaeden.
Seeing friends fall into the abyss against the corrupted maid because they jumped into the hole too early with the bomb is also incredibly satisfying, just like the laughter in Discord.
Even though this may sound like a negative point, we are learning to appreciate the “old” things in World of Warcraft again. Of course, it’s a shame that aside from dungeons, so little can captivate us in the new content, but that is not really a problem.
A friend of mine has just found out that he can earn a class mount in Legion and is now fanatically trying to obtain it.
Another player has taken a liking to pet battles and is now chasing pets more eagerly than any “Pokemon Go” junkie, just to proudly present me with his new high score of unique pets every day.
Another anecdote in my circle of friends is “the secret of Minahonda.” We were just about to tackle the HUGE FLOB!! on mythic and needed another damage dealer. So we turned on the group search and immediately stated in the description, “We are a Nappel group and are cruising through the dungeon, no stress, just fun.”.
Filtering was based on names, not item level – anyone who named their warlock “Shadowkillerxx” or their demon hunter “Illìdân” didn’t get in with us.
We then caught a druid from the server “Minahonda,” which immediately led to discussions and speculations. What language was that? Apparently Spanish.
Since server names always had something to do with Warcraft lore, we started speculating on what “Minahonda” might mean.
So we asked the druid from Minahonda in English what his server name meant. The problem was that the druid probably understood very little English or had a degree in “I don’t read the chat”.
After the first mob groups where we got no answer, we switched to a bit of “pseudo-RP” and pleaded with the druid in the say channel for information.
“Tell us the secret of Minahonda!”
“We need to know! Reveal the truth!”
“Mi-na-hon-da! Mi-na-hon-da!”
After the response still didn’t come, we decided to dance on one of the dance floors (which exist in the HUGE FLOB!!), and things got quite silly in Discord while we tried to solve the riddle.
After a confused “what is happening” from the druid, he unfortunately left the group, taking the secret of Minahonda back to Spain with him.
The dwarf paladin who replaced the druid didn’t care about our dance performance by the way. She stood up and danced along, which fueled our laughter in Discord even more.
I still have no idea what the server name “Minahonda” means. But is that really important? No. From now on, every riddle will be compared to this one. When we talk about the riddle of the belt of temporal gold, we can rightly say, “At least it’s not as complicated as the secret of Minahonda.”.
This is just one example of fun situations that I could also imagine in other MMOs, but they happened in World of Warcraft. It’s a fun memory I only had because I was with friends in WoW – alone or “only with randoms” would simply not have been possible.
When Some Things are Bad, There’s Still So Much Good
There is a lot to do in World of Warcraft. And there are many things that are still a lot of fun.
In summary, I still have a lot of fun with World of Warcraft, enjoy the evenings with friends in dungeons, on island expeditions, or in PvP. I still consider many mechanics from Battle for Azeroth broken and hope for changes. But until then, I will just do other things in the game – my battle pet collection also urgently needs an upgrade and I still lack the green parrot from the island expeditions.
Single-player fans are worried, Red Dead Redemption 2 may not receive story DLCs after the release. There seems to be quite a bit of evidence pointing to this. An interview adds fuel to this concern.
This is the fans’ fear: Fans of Grand Theft Auto V have complained for years that the single-player part of the game is not being further developed. While DLCs for the game are released regularly, they are only for the multiplayer GTA V Online.
The fans fear that “Red Dead Redemption 2” could go the same way:
The single-player part will not be expanded, it will remain as it was at launch
In contrast, “Red Dead Online” will continually be developed with free DLCs and content updates.
This is what the boss says in the interview: A new interview with Dan Houser has been released today. He is probably the main author of Red Dead Redemption 2 and one of the heads of RockStar.
Houser says that his focus is already on Red Dead Online. They are still writing scenes and currently capturing them in the motion capture studio.
This was specifically about DLCs for the multiplayer “Red Dead Online” and not about single-player DLCs for Red Dead Redemption 2. The label said: “Play Select Online Content First on PS4.” This seems to confirm that new online content for Red Dead Redemption 2 will be coming.
Is there hope for single-player DLCs? Yes, there is hope. However, at the moment, everything suggests that RockStar is focusing on the online mode. If they plan new single-player content, they are probably going to just make Red Dead Redemption III.
Every week, the Team of the Week (TOTW) is published in FIFA 19. Before that, there are always predictions: We show you how to use them to earn lots of coins.
These are TOTW Predictions: TOTW predictions are forecasts of which players deserve a spot in the upcoming Team of the Week. These are based on the real performances of the players in the past week. However, these never align 100% with the official TOTW.
Nevertheless, they provide a good overview of which players might receive the coveted Inform cards. It is somewhat risky to act on the transfer market based on the predictions. But with a little skill, you can win a lot of coins. We will show you how.
Trading with TOTW Predictions
Here’s how you can use predictions: To clarify misunderstandings: If you buy the normal card of a player who could be in the Team of the Week, it does not turn into an Inform card. These cards must be purchased or drawn separately. However, the normal cards can still help you.
This is why the value increases: When a player receives an Inform card, that player is not available in normal form in packs for a week. This means that players must act on the transfer market to acquire the card. We will show you this with several examples.
Example TOTW 4: Mauro Icardi
This is how Icardi’s value increased: In our first example, we will turn to Mauro Icardi. The striker from Inter Milan was included in the Team of the Week 4 and was also mentioned in several predictions prior to the release. In the graph below, you can see Icardi’s value development in October:
Between September 30 and October 8, a fluctuating increase can already be seen, which can be attributed to Icardi’s real performances. Then his value rises steeply.
The reason: From October 8, the predictions came that Icardi would be in the Team of the Week. On October 10, TOTW 4 was released, and the weekend after, Icardi was worth about 70,000 coins. If you had bought Icardi based on the predictions on October 8, you could have doubled your investment of about 35,000 coins.
Example TOTW 4: Marcel Sabitzer
This is how Sabitzer’s value increased: Icardi is not an isolated case. The system also works with weaker and therefore cheaper players. For example, Marcel Sabitzer, whose value usually ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 coins.
In the graph, you can see the same game as with Icardi: A fluctuating price development around the start of the month is followed by a skyrocketing rise on the release day of the TOTW 4. Notably, with Sabitzer, the hype lasts only a short time. This leads us to an important rule of prediction trading.
This is how you get the most coins: Don’t get greedy! Like a stock on the stock market, the value of a TOTW player can drop very quickly again. It’s about supply and demand: Demand rises sharply at the release of the Team of the Week – but especially with weaker players, it drops quickly again.
So sell your players before their value drops too low again! Then you can make a lot of coins with the normal cards of the TOTW players.
Inform Trading: How to use the TOTW
Here’s how to best utilize Inform cards: Once the TOTW is released, you can also make a lot of coins with the Inform cards. This is best done by simply drawing the popular cards from packs. However, you can also make profits with smart investments. We will show you this with the example of Ilkay Gündogan’s Inform card.
Example TOTW 2: Ilkay Gündogan
This is how Gündogan’s value increased: The Team of the Week 2 was released on September 26. If you drew Gündogan’s Inform card on that day, you should have sold it immediately: The value of IF cards is always highest on the first day! However, if you drew it a little later, a different approach is recommended.
This is why you should be patient with IF cards: Inform cards can be drawn from packs for a week. If you drew Gündogan on the weekend – say September 30 – the initial hype around the card is already over.
Now patience is required: As shown in the graph, the card was around 60,000 coins on September 30. This is the best moment to buy the card on the transfer market.
Because: In the following days, the value slowly increases again – especially from October 3. The reason: The new TOTW was released and the Gündogan card was no longer available in packs. From then on, the value rose again. Currently, the card is back at 80,000 coins and could thus bring you a solid profit.
If you follow these tips, you have a good chance of utilizing the Team of the Week profitably on the transfer market. You can find more opportunities to earn plenty of coins here:
A player apparently ignored the non-disclosure agreement for the network test of Fallout 76 and posted a gameplay recording anyway. Now Bethesda and Microsoft are taking action.
Last Saturday, on October 13, there was a stress test for the servers of Fallout 76. This was only accessible to a select group of Xbox players and was under strict confidentiality. Such a confidentiality agreement is called an “NDA” in English.
What is covered by the confidentiality? These rules must be followed by participants in the test:
No photos, videos, or audio recordings may be taken or distributed
Other players are not allowed to watch while playing
The game must not be left unattended
A player apparently deliberately ignored this agreement, and the penalties did not take long to appear.
Despite warnings, a player violates the NDA
The case was published by Reddit user Carjbee317 and has caused some ridicule. His “friend Mike” is said to be one of the people who spread content from Fallout 76 despite the NDA.
What happened? The player posted a 1:30-minute recording of the network test on Twitter and is now facing the consequences.
He couldn’t have known that, right? Besides the fact that the NDA rules are displayed before playing, the player even ignored the warnings from Carjbee317. He has stated that he tried to dissuade Mike from a publication.
These are the consequences:In a second post he describes more precisely how his friend “Mike” is now being punished.
He loses his gold membership and is excluded from additional programs like Xbox Insider and the Game Pass until January 1, 2019
YouTuber JuiceHead speculates that many players may not have read the NDA provisions properly, as the warning about this may have been too inconspicuous.
This is how the community reacts:
Most believe that Mike is being punished rightly so.
It doesn’t take much to read the NDA, and those who do not do so are simply fools.
After all, this not only violates the terms of the publishers and manufacturers, but also strays into very thin legal ice.
Nonetheless, some fans find some of the rules questionable. For example, it seems excessive that theoretically no one else is allowed to see the game, which is not so easy with other residents in close proximity.
By the way, Bethesda has now announced on Twitter that there will be further stress tests. When and for which platform is still unknown.
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Currently, Ember Sword is an indie MMORPG in development, reminiscent of a mix between Ultima Online and Runescape.
Fans of classic sandbox MMORPGs should take notice: Ember Sword aims to impress with gameplay mechanics that were very popular about 15 to 20 years ago and are making a comeback today.
A New, Classic MMO
What is Ember Sword? Ember Sword is a sandbox MMORPG where you enjoy the freedom to take your own path in the vibrant game world.
It is played from an isometric perspective from above
The MMO utilizes an anime graphic style
There are no classes. You develop your hero according to your preferences based on skills
You can own land and build your house or a shop there
Crafting plays an important role
The game’s economy is player-driven, making trading significant
In the wilderness, you fight against dangerous monsters
You can team up with other players or compete against them in open-world PvP
Free2Play and Crossplay
What payment model does Ember Sword use? The MMORPG will be released as a free-to-play game. There will be no loot boxes or pay-to-win elements. Instead, you will use an optional subscription and must pay fees for trading and selling self-created items on the marketplace.
For which systems will the MMO be released? Ember Sword will be coming to PC and mobile devices. Crossplay is possible. Whether you play on PC via the client, in the browser, or on a smartphone, all players will interact in the same world.
When will the online game be released? Currently, there is no release date yet. However, you can register on the official website to be informed about news or the planned early access phase.
Who is the game aimed at? If you loved Ultima Online and simply want to do whatever comes to mind freely in a sandbox, then Ember Sword might be a game of your taste. However, it’s still too early to say more about the title. The developers need to reveal more details first.
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Fortnite: Battle Royale will soon have even more tournaments. A massive eSports tournament will take place in Vienna, and there is likely to be a special menu for upcoming tournaments appearing directly in the game soon.
Dev video leaks new feature? In an announcement video from Epic for the “Support a Content Creator“, a tab in the main menu was accidentally shown that is not yet in the game.
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The version shown in the video was probably a developer build with new features. Hence, a tab named “Tournaments” was prominently displayed.
Data miners find more clues about upcoming tournaments: But what is behind the new tab? Some data miners have already found out. There is likely to be a dedicated selection menu for tournaments soon.
This way, you can easily register directly in the game and participate in smaller tournaments. This was previously only possible through secret functions in the Custom Games.
With the tournament tab, the whole process is likely to become much simpler. Also ideal for fans who want to get a taste of tournament action without having to jump right into the big professional tournaments.
Three new tournaments are known: The data miners have learned even more. There are likely to be three new tournaments soon:
Salty Springs Cup:
When? until November 31
How? Solo
Tomato Temple Cup:
When? October to November 1
How? Duos
Fortnite Friday Night:
When? Every Friday
How? Squads
The Friday tournament is likely optimal for newcomers to eSports who want to gain some initial experience.
What can be won? According to data mining, you can earn 6 points per match. For 20 points, you will receive a special pin.
New offline tournament in Vienna announced
Fortnite tournament at the gaming event GAME CITY: At the end of October, the event “GAME CITY” will take place again in Vienna. In this large gaming event, 76,000 gamers were present in 2017. In 2018, the event will feature a Fortnite tournament.
Fortnite tournament at GAME CITY: From October 19 to 21, 2018, the largest Fortnite tournament in the German-speaking region will take place during GAME CITY. The organizer is the “eSports Verband Österreich”.
How will the tournament in Vienna proceed?
Around 5,000 players will compete against each other in several matches over three days.
There will be a dedicated custom server from Epic on-site, as well as over 100 gaming stations.
The rounds will take place on-site offline.
You can register on-site. Participation is free.
In each match, the winner and the runner-up will each win a golden ticket for the final on Sunday.
The prize is an eSports weekend in a luxury hotel for two people and a Samsung high-end gaming monitor.
Since practically anyone can participate in the tournament and it is free, the competition in Vienna is likely to be optimal for newcomers and amateurs wanting to gain initial experience in eSports.
New legendary Pokémon are available in Pokémon GO in the 4th generation. We introduce them to you here.
14 new monsters: The 4th generation features a total of 14 legendary Pokémon. However, a distinction must be made between the 9 legendary Pokémon and the 5 mythical Pokémon.
What is the difference? Mythical Pokémon have not been introduced as regular Raid bosses in Pokémon GO so far. Mew and Celebi can only be obtained through special research, and Deoxys is currently only available as an EX Raid Boss.
In contrast, legendary Pokémon have always been caught only in raids or as research breakthroughs. This includes, for example, Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos or Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. The latter is the research breakthrough in October.
Legendary Pokémon
We present the 9 legendary Pokémon to you. We show you how good they can become and compare them with similar legendary Pokémon.
Uxie, Mesprit & Azelf
Who are Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf? Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf make up the legendary Lake Trio. These three Pokémon could be caught on the console at three different lakes. Uxie was found at Lake of Wisdom, Mesprit at Lake of Emotion, and Azelf at Lake of Truth.
Uxie
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 3210
Type: Psychic
Notable values: Its attack value is the best among the three Lake Pokémon. However, its other two values are weak.
Comparison to other legendaries: Among the Psychic legendaries, Uxie is among the best due to its attack value. Nevertheless, Pokémon like Mewtwo are stronger and outclass Uxie. Additionally, it does not come close to the CP of other legendary Pokémon.
Mesprit
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 2524
Type: Psychic
Notable values: Mesprit has the best defense value of the three Lake Pokémon. Its other values are weak again.
Comparison to other legendaries: So far, the defense value has not played a significant role in Pokémon GO. Legendary Pokémon cannot even be placed in gyms. However, balancing of the values is currently being worked on. So there’s hope that Mesprit will play a bigger role then. Otherwise, this Pokémon is rather unusable.
Azelf
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 3058
Type: Psychic
Notable values: Azelf’s stats balance out the values of Mesprit and Uxie. It has a good attack and defense value, which are still below the respective values of the other Lake Pokémon.
Comparison to other legendaries: This Pokémon could become interesting after balancing. Its stats are above average, but its current CP is still not top-tier. If something changes there, Azelf could be a good attacker.
Who are Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina? These three Pokémon are known as the dimensional trio. They are also featured on the covers of the Nintendo DS games for the 4th generation: Diamond (Dialga), Pearl (Palkia), and Platinum (Giratina). In these games, these Pokémon were responsible for the space-time continuum. Dialga represents time while Palkia represents space. Giratina symbolizes antimatter and could escape the space-time continuum. It lived in what is called the Distortion World.
Dialga
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 4029
Type: Dragon / Steel
Notable values: The values of Dialga are extremely good. Its attack value is nearly as high as Mewtwo’s. Its other values are also good.
Comparison to other legendaries: Dialga could become one of the best Pokémon in the entire game. Its enormous attack value could make Dialga an all-rounder. It could be effectively used against almost any Pokémon.
Palkia
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 3981
Type: Dragon / Water
Notable values: Palkia’s values are also top-notch. Its attack value is even higher than Dialga’s, and its other values are also very good.
Comparison to other legendaries: Similar to Dialga, Palkia could also be among the best Pokémon. It could become a true all-rounder as well.
Giratina
Giratina has two forms: its Altered Forme and its Origin Forme.
Altered Forme
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 3379
Type: Dragon / Ghost
Notable values: The best value of the Origin Forme is its HP. It also has a tremendous defense value.
Comparison to other legendaries: The Altered Forme is a really good defender. However, legendary Pokémon cannot be placed in gyms. We will have to wait and see if the Origin Forme becomes a solid attacker due to balancing.
Origin Forme
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 4683
Type: Dragon / Ghost
Notable values: The best value of the Origin Forme is its HP. It also has an enormous attack value.
Comparison to other legendaries: The Origin Forme is a solid Dragon-type attacker, but there are better alternatives. With the right Ghost-type moves, Giratina could become the best Ghost-type attacker.
Notable values: Its attack value is its best value, but its other values are also very good.
Comparison to other legendaries: Heatran is expected to be the best Fire-type attacker in the game. It has the highest attack value of all Fire Pokémon and also solid values in HP and defense.
Cresselia
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 2857
Type: Psychic
Notable values: Cresselia has above-average HP and defense values.
Comparison to other legendaries: Cresselia does not perform well in this aspect. As an attacker, Cresselia is not useful, and as a defender, it cannot be used, as it cannot be placed in gyms.
Regigigas
Regigigas belongs to the line of Regis from the 3rd generation. In the console story, Regigigas could only be caught if you first caught Regirock, Registeel, and Regice.
Maximum CP according to the current formula: 4337
Type: Normal
Notable values: Regigigas has a very high attack value. Its other values are also significantly above average.
Comparison to other legendaries: Regigigas will be a true monster! It reaches the highest CP of all Pokémon, except for Slaking. Moreover, its attack value is enormous and can give any Pokémon a hard time.
Conclusion
In the 4th generation, trainers can expect various strong legendary Pokémon. Especially the dimensional trio and Regigigas have particularly strong values. It remains unclear whether these Pokémon will retain such strong values after the announced balancing.
A bug in Destiny 2 currently shows Saturn and the Dreadnaught from Destiny 1. Many players would be happy to return to Oryx’s ship and are coming up with theories about what the Dreadnaught could be doing in the game right now.
We have already reported on the bug in Destiny 2 that shows Saturn and the Dreadnaught from Destiny 1 instead of Titan when approaching. The phenomenon was easily replicated by several players by joining friends who were currently completing the heroic adventure on Titan. Why are Saturn and Oryx’s ship appearing in Destiny 2 now?
Bug shows Saturn and Dreadnaught from Destiny 1
What kind of bug is this? Several players on the Destiny subreddit have reported that during the approach sequence, they see Saturn and the Dreadnaught when they try to join a friend on Titan. The music from The Taken King is also playing – the expansion in which the Dreadnaught was introduced.
How can you see the Dreadnaught? Two guides have been presented on the Destiny subreddit that are said to reliably trigger the bug. Still, Saturn or the Dreadnaught do not appear during every approach. You will need a bit of luck as well. If you only approach Titan, you can still hear the music from the Dreadnaught there.
Method 1: Have a friend start and begin the heroic adventure. While you do this, fly to the Tower. When you arrive at the Tower, join your friend in the heroic adventure on Titan.
Method 2: Land on Titan and then go back to orbit. Your friend should now start and begin the heroic adventure. Now join your friend.
On Reddit, players are certain that the appearance of the Dreadnaught has to do with the fact that this week the Flashpoint and thus the heroic adventure are on Titan. If you want to experience the bug yourself, you should try it before the next reset!
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After the Guardian AlanahNahNah opened a post on Reddit about the “Saturn bug”, more players quickly came forward who had experienced the same thing. Theories were also discussed about what the appearance of Saturn and the Dreadnaught could mean.
It’s just a bug: Some Guardians suggested that Destiny 2 is likely just built on the predecessor and therefore has many assets carried over. So it could simply be a bug.
Others counter that the asteroids, the Dreadnaught, and Saturn look much more detailed than they did in Destiny 1.
A PvP map is coming on the Dreadnaught: User Breshii spoke up and claimed that a Crucible map could soon follow on the Dreadnaught. He extracts the audio files from the game and claims to have come across the music of the Dreadnaught from Destiny 1 along with the PvP sounds.
There were already two Crucible maps on the ship in Destiny 1: The Dungeons and Cathedral of Dusk.
Saturn and Dreadnaught as DLC or expansion: Another theory is that Bungie is already preparing for the next DLC or expansion and is already adding some assets for upcoming content in Destiny 2. Guardians hold on to the idea that the post-credits scene of the base game of Destiny 2 indicates the order in which players will visit further locations.
After the awakening of the Traveler, its light fell on the following locations: Mercury, Mars, Reef, Saturn, and the Dreadnaught, as well as a distant part of the universe where the mysterious pyramid-shaped ships are waiting. We have already visited Mercury, Mars, and the Reef in exactly that order. So next, Saturn and Oryx’s Dreadnaught should await us.
While some players assume that we will see an expansion around the ship in year 3 of Destiny 2, others hope that one of the DLCs from the annual pass will take us back to this region. According to the developers, the contents of the pass will take place not on any new planets, but rather in smaller “location bubbles”.
Do you have a theory as well? Why are Saturn and Dreadnaught already present in Destiny 2?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 had a good launch. But how does it compare to other Call of Duty titles? Activision manages to release success reports without mentioning sales numbers.
Activision has now announced that Black Ops 4 sales have already set some new records.
Strongest digital Day-1 release at Activision
Black Ops launch sets records: Although the publisher has not provided actual sales numbers for its Call of Duty titles for years, it proudly announced that Black Ops 4 was the largest digital Day-1 release in the company’s history.
This means that more digital copies of Black Ops 4 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC were sold in a shorter time span than those of Destiny 2, Call of Duty: WW II, or other Activision titles.
Here are some other records that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has set:
Black Ops 4 became the best-selling “Full Game” on Day 1 in the PlayStation Store – worldwide
Black Ops 4 was the best-selling digital Activision title on Day 1 in the Xbox Store
The first Battle.net release of a Call of Duty increased digital Day-1 sales on PC by more than double compared to the previous year
The total number of players who were online to play Black Ops 4 has increased compared to last year’s Call of Duty release
Viewer numbers on Twitch show the success of Black Ops 4: When looking at viewer numbers on Twitch as an indicator, it becomes clear that Black Ops 4 had a significantly stronger launch than Call of Duty: World War II.
While the maximum viewer count for WW II was around 148,000 in August 2018 (about 124,000 at release), Black Ops 4 already boasts a peak of 449,597 viewers at launch.
What do these records mean for Activision? However, this does not mean that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has sold better than all other Call of Duty installments. It is also unclear how the sales of the physical disc version of the game are doing.
Nonetheless, this is a significant success for the publisher, especially considering that Call of Duty: WW II overshadowed many previous titles in the series with its sales numbers.
What’s the catch?
What is really behind Activision’s statements? The publisher boasts of the records that Black Ops 4 has set. But as nice as all these reports may sound, none of this ultimately means that Black Ops 4 has sold better than Call of Duty: WW II in terms of total Day 1 sales.
There is no mention anywhere that total sales figures are higher than the previous year. Exact numbers and thus a transparent overview are missing.
How does Black Ops 4 relate to its predecessors? Furthermore, there is also no information on how Black Ops 4 sales compare directly to Black Ops 3, Black Ops 2, and other earlier Call of Duty titles.
The only thing that can be said for certain now is that digital sales are higher this year at launch – a general trend in the video game industry. Thus, a complete picture of Black Ops 4 sales figures cannot really be derived.
However, with search interest on Google Trends, Black Ops 4 is significantly larger than its predecessor, as seen in the comparison of the relative number of search queries with Black Ops 3 from 2015.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 focuses on fluid gameplay and dynamic action in its Battle Royale mode Blackout. One standout movement feature, which also exists in a different form in the competitor PUBG, is Vaulting.
How does Vaulting work? “Vaulting”, the English term for leaping over, refers to a movement method where you simply vault over waist-high obstacles like windows or small walls, instead of circumventing them or awkwardly hopping over.
An effective way of movement: Unlike a complete jump, your field of view remains constant when Vaulting, and you are not slowed down by the jump and landing. You simply glide effortlessly over obstacles, making you much more mobile.
Vaulting appears in Black Ops 4’s Battle Royale mode Blackout. But the major competitor PUBG also has Vaulting.
Vaulting in PUBG vs. Blackout – Who vaults better?
Vaulting in PUBG:PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds also has a Vaulting mechanic, which was added about eight months after the release of the game via patch. The Vaulting noticeably improved the relatively slow movement. However, it often became a death trap.
To this day, PUBG is a rather strategic game, where you don’t just rush around wildly. You plan every movement carefully. Therefore, Vaulting tends to be sluggish and can mean your death in a wild firefight.
Furthermore, it is often unclear in PUBG whether your character can get over a certain obstacle or not. Inexperienced players often find themselves helpless in front of a wall and get mowed down.
Vaulting in Blackout: Black Ops 4 takes a completely different approach in the Battle Royale mode Blackout. Instead of struggling realistically through the levels, your avatar vaults, jumps, and darts through the vegetation like a young god. The movement is extremely fluid and fast.
Your character climbs large stacks of boxes effortlessly or slips through windows like a greased lightning. If you encounter enemies in the meantime, wild shootouts and chases break out, as if from an action movie.
What is MapleStory 2? MapleStory 2 serves as a quasi-prequel to the immensely successful Asian MMO MapleStory. This time you explore a 3D world, experience quests, fight monsters, and can also participate in and create mini-games. Additionally, housing plays an important role, with no limits to your creativity.
How is the MMORPG received? It launched with over 42,000 players on Steam and the reviews are, as mentioned before, very positive. MapleStory 2 is currently well received by players. The title is also being discussed on Reddit.
The BindinofMyAss writes: “Honestly, this will probably be based only on the fact that it is a cute MMO, it has a lot of social things to do and mini-games, and because it is a sequel it can maintain a high population.”
S33k3R_Kions states: “The game is fun, I just think they need to change the limitation to 30 dungeons per week.”
How do the reviews look? On Steam, the mood towards the game is very positive.
RainbowCutty writes: “The most exhilarating MMORPG I’ve ever played. It’s like MapleStory and Phantasy Star Universe had a baby and Minecraft and Final Fantasy Worlds had a child too. These two then met and had MapleStory 2 as a child.”
-Yukkikaze- explains: “I unfortunately never experienced MapleStory 1 (I was a Runescaper), but after playing for about 15 hours so far, I can safely say that this is definitely a game worth investing hours into.”
[DE] Ranik believes: “I’m personally not an anime fan at all and the graphics initially put me off. I also never played the first part as I didn’t like its visuals at all. However, I finally decided to give MapleStory 2 a shot and wanted to see if I liked it or not… and was pleasantly surprised!”
Pyronimoe writes: “The game captivated me more than I expected. Initially I thought I’d play a few parts and take a look, but now I’ve dove in so deep that I can’t look away anymore.”
However, there are also a few negative voices. These mainly refer to technical issues such as disconnects, crashes, and mysterious error codes. Criticism is also directed at the limit of 30 dungeons per week and the item shop, which many find too expensive.
Yona Vermillion states: “Unfortunately, I’ve decided to rate the game negatively now. A Halloween costume has been introduced that costs 76 style tokens to purchase. One token costs 3 dollars. This means that you have to pay 228 dollars for this costume. I’ve never seen an online game where a cosmetic costume is so expensive.”
Overall, however, MapleStory 2 is currently very well received by players, even if it still has some issues with gold spam.
Have you played it yet? What do you think of MapleStory 2?
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With Marching Fire, Ubisoft’s action epic For Honor receives its biggest update yet. As fans, you should definitely check it out, as the game will also be graphically refreshed.
New textures and lighting effects create even more spectacular battles in the online game For Honor with Marching Fire. But that’s not all the update brings.
Prettier Battles
This is how For Honor gets a graphic upgrade: Ubisoft’s battle epic is not an ugly game. After all, it was only released in February 2017. But with the upcoming update, the developers want to showcase what is visually possible in For Honor with the current technologies.
All textures in the game will be overhauled and look even more detailed
The entire lighting system will be improved, changing the atmosphere on the maps
Dark areas will be darker, and the sun will reflect more realistically off surfaces
Colors are to be portrayed more intensively
The graphic improvements will also ensure that For Honor consumes less performance. For example, the new textures take up less disk space
The skybox will now appear visually correct, making the sky look more realistic
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This is also included in the update: The large Marching Fire update not only improves the graphics of the game. There are also several other interesting features:
The game mode “Storm”, in which you conduct a siege, including siege weapons of a fortress, to capture it. The defenders try to prevent this by all means. Games will take place in 4v4 battles
The Arcade mode, in which you fight endless battles alone or in cooperative mode to improve your hero and unlock equipment. You will then take the heroes into the online mode
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When does Marching Fire come out? The expansion will be released on October 16. Those who already own For Honor will be able to download the major update for free. However, the Arcade mode is not included. There are also two other editions:
Marching Fire Expansion Digital – For 30 euros, you get immediate access to all four new heroes in addition to the regular contents of the update that you would otherwise have to unlock
For Honor Marching Fire Edition – For 60 euros, you receive the base game with 16 heroes plus the Marching Fire expansion with the new heroes
RockStar has cut 5 hours of story from Red Dead Redemption 2. The dimensions of the game are huge, which affects the gameplay duration: Red Dead Redemption 2 is said to have about 65 hours of content.
The gameplay duration of Red Dead Redemption 2 is known: In an interview with Vulture, the approximate gameplay duration of Red Dead Redemption 2 was discussed for the first time.
The game is said to offer 65 hours of content – although this can certainly vary depending on play style.
The information comes from an interview with Dan Houser, one of the founders of RockStar, with the site Vulture. It is not specifically stated what the 65 hours refer to. However, the whole game is described as being that long – one can assume that the “story material” referred to consists of scripted story, the campaign, and side missions.
This is what they say about Red Dead Online: After the story, it should continue with Red Dead Online. A beta is expected to start in November. The interview states, “Red Dead Online should be as robust as Grand Theft Auto Online once it has creatively found its footing.”
RockStar is currently working on Red Dead Online. Some scenes are still being written and recorded in the motion capture studio.
Red Dead Redemption 3? If Red Dead Redemption 2 becomes a success, RockStar might consider making another game. Houser believes they still have exciting stories to tell.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is huge: The interview mentions further numbers regarding the production of the game.
The game has 300,000 animations
and 500,000 lines of dialogue
The finished script for the main story is said to have comprised 2000 pages
RockStar is said to have had 1200 actors perform motion capture – 700 of whom also had speaking roles
Why are 5 hours missing in the campaign? Several reasons are mentioned in the interview for cutting material from the finished game:
The protagonist Arthur Morgan was supposed to have two romantic options, according to the interview. However, one of the two did not work.
Additionally, entire missions were removed from Red Dead Redemption 2. They either did not technically work, felt not smooth enough, or were simply unnecessary.
One mission took place on a train, and you had to deal with bounty hunters. It felt good at the beginning, but in the end it was not.
When you cut hours, it always leads to tough negotiations, Dan Houser reveals in the interview with Vulture. Everyone loses a piece of the game they love.
You wonder why you show significantly better statistics in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 than in its predecessor? The developer Treyarch has accomplished this with a trick that has also been seen in Destiny 2.
You have mysteriously become a CoD pro? If you play significantly better in Black Ops 4 than in the predecessors (without abusing gestures), you have to be disappointed now. Because it is not because you suddenly got significantly better, but how Treyarch calculates K/D.
K/D – Kill to Death Rate: Shows your kills in relation to your own deaths. The value “1” is generally defined as average (for every kill achieved, you die once). The value is calculated with the formula kills divided by deaths.
Assists are now kills: As Polygon writes, the calculation formula for K/D in Black Ops 4 has been changed. Now assists also count as “kills”. To improve your statistics, you just need to hit opponents, it doesn’t matter who lands the last shot.
If you had problems reaching a K/D of 1.0 before, this should now be significantly easier.
Role model Destiny 2? Also Destiny 2 has introduced this system, although it does not call it K/D, but efficiency. Just like in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, efficiency is calculated with (kills + assists) / deaths. We are not talking about K/D here, but KA/D.
Why did Treyarch change the system? The magical number 1.0 has always been regarded as the yardstick for an average player in terms of K/D. Those who play significantly below this value can quickly become frustrated. The feeling of finishing games with a K/D of 0.3 can be quite demoralizing.
It is primarily a motivational boost for players who have had difficulty being competitive in the past.
The problem is: the new calculation method will ensure that the understanding of what constitutes an “average player” will shift upwards. Instead of 1.0, a “K/D” of 1.3 or 1.5 could then be considered the new standard.
The next Iron Banner is coming to Destiny 2. Bungie has responded to player feedback and made some changes – especially to the rewards.
From Tuesday, October 16, to Tuesday, October 23, the Iron Banner will return in Destiny 2. After criticism from the Guardians, Bungie intervened and made some changes to the PvP event. The requirements for bounties have been lowered and the rewards have been increased.
Iron Banner should be worthwhile again
What did the players complain about? The weapons and gear that players received randomly through bounties and after matches were often items below the power level. Furthermore, the bounties were too “grindy” and yielded hardly any good rewards.
It was particularly criticized that the larger bounties, such as completing 30 Iron Banner matches during the week, only provided normal legendary gear. Players had hoped for more powerful items for their efforts, with which they could advance in power level.
What has been changed? Bungie listened to the feedback and made adjustments to the bounties. Guardians will now receive truly powerful rewards from all Iron Banner bounties.
Additionally, some changes have been made to the requirements of the bounties:
Light Bearer: The required number of Super kills has been reduced from 25 to 20
Iron in the Blood: The required number of match completions has been reduced from 30 to 15.
Shine On: The required number of created orbs has been reduced from 100 to 50.
Iron Victory: The required number of match wins has been reduced from 10 to 7.
To be precise: The required number of precision kills has been reduced from 100 to 50.
A Week’s Work: The required number of kills has been reduced from 250 to 150.
Furthermore, with each bounty completion, an item with selected perk rolls will be unlocked for direct purchase in Lord Saladin’s inventory. According to Bungie, this week Foxes and Wolves will fight for a spot in your arsenal.
You can also earn more valor:
From October 16 to October 19, there will be double valor
From October 19 to October 23, there will be triple valor
By the way: In addition to the Iron Banner, the Festival of the Lost will also start on October 16:
One of the biggest WoW streamers talks about the current state of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. He mentions many points of criticism. Above all, he is bothered that players can no longer work towards loot, but that everything depends on RNG.
If you take a look at Reddit or the official forums, the World of Warcraft community is currently “underwater”. There is a flood of criticism and accusations. Now even the streamer Asmongold joins in and discusses in a half-hour video all the things that he believes are going wrong.
Who is Asmongold?Asmongold is a streamer and YouTuber who has made a name for himself in the scene. He has been playing World of Warcraft for years and entertains viewers with interesting stories from his gamer life or hosts fun events, such as the community completion of numerous achievements. His opinion holds high value in the community.
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This is Asmongold’s criticism of the loot system: No one would remember that they got “this great warforged weapon 5 with socket” in Warlords of Draenor. But when a player finally got that one weapon from a boss in Classic, The Burning Crusade, or Wrath of the Lich King, that is a memory that sticks.
The reason for this is that additional layers of randomness have been introduced. There was randomness before as well; for example, a weapon had a drop chance of 8% – but then it was also exactly the weapon that players wanted.
Today, a weapon may also have a drop chance of 8%. But then it can also be warforged, and the chance that it has the optimal item level, a socket, and the desired tertiary stat is far below 0.1%.
And that destroys the true joy that one felt back then when receiving a desired item. Today, the joy lasts only a short time, as the thought soon arises: “Couldn’t the weapon have had a few item levels higher?”
This is Asmongold’s criticism of the developers: Another point of criticism from Asmongold is that the developers have long stopped listening to the community.
It is not about blindly implementing every wish of the community, but about individual requests that have been criticized by a large number of players. For example, the change to the Global Cooldown has been completely decided against the player base. WoW feels slower and more sluggish since then.
This is what Asmongold criticizes about the general direction of WoW: In summary, Asmongold believes that everything boils down to the fact that the development of World of Warcraft is no longer about the players having fun, but about making them play as long as possible. All systems require long farming, and most of them have extreme luck components (farming Azerite gear, items, rewards from island expeditions).
Blizzard falls into the typical cycle of gradually loosening these things when they become too much for the players. But this time, that moment has come sooner, as the protests on Reddit and in the forums are louder than ever before.
For Asmongold, it seems that Blizzard determines the game content through statistics and calculations, not whether it is really fun for the players.
In his video, Asmongold mentions many other aspects, such as the Azerite system, which he believes has failed, or the “boringly” necklace (Heart of Azeroth), which “cannot even be right-clicked”. Anyone proficient in English should definitely watch the whole video.
Not everything is bad – but a lot is: In the end, Asmongold emphasizes that despite everything, he likes some aspects of the expansion and still has fun.
However, he believes that he could have much more fun if the developers finally sought an open dialogue and would address the community’s feedback.
Do you share Asmongold’s opinion? Or is WoW without major faults for you, and has Blizzard taken the right path?
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In Fortnite, a dataminer has likely discovered the next feature. A leak suggests that players will soon be able to gift skins in the Fortnite shop. So, it’s time to be good.
or do I want to gift the item to a friend I am connected to via the Epic launcher
This is what it looks like:
Then, you can write a personal message, such as: “Here is the cuddle agent for you, because you are an incredibly cuddly cuddly bear, dear Jürgen!”
Is this official? No, this is not official yet. A dataminer, The1Jaren, managed to unlock this system in their version of the game. This suggests that the “gifting system” may be close to release.
When could the gifting feature go live? A possible date was set for October 21. Screenshots were taken on October 13, showing that friends in the list can receive the gifts eight days later.
No one knows yet if it will indeed happen. That would be a Sunday, which is rather unusual for Epic.
However, it can be assumed that Epic will implement the gifting system in Fortnite before Christmas 2018, as it would ring the cash register significantly.
This is what lies behind the system: It’s a logical consideration. Epic makes money when skins are sold. When players gift each other skins, Epic earns more money.
It’s actually rather surprising that such a system is not yet in the game:
Pro tip: You might want to be nicer to your gaming friends in the coming days than usual. This increases the chance that you will receive a nice skin from them as a gift at Christmas.
The next patch has already announced this monstrosity in Fortnite:
