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:
A Halloween event called Festival of the Lost starts on Tuesday in Destiny 2. With the event, a new Horde mode comes to the shooter. This could actually determine whether Destiny 2 takes a new direction or continues as before, says our author Schuhmann.
The original problem of Destiny: Since 2014, Destiny has suffered from a major issue, content drought. There simply isn’t enough to do to keep Guardians engaged over time.
The Destiny year goes as follows:
In September, the main attraction of the year is released
In December, the first major expansion
In the spring of the following year, the next and final push of new content
With each of these content releases comes a balance update that changes the weapons and starts a new “season”. Otherwise, not much happens in a year of Destiny: apart from minor quality-of-life improvements or bug fixes, which often take a while, like the nerf of the Sleeper Simulant.
For Destiny 2, Activision promised something similar in different words. But so far, Bungie has never really been able to deliver on that.
That’s why Destiny always experiences such long content droughts
This is why Bungie cannot solve the problem: Apparently, Bungie vastly underestimated how much effort it takes to develop a game the size of Destiny live.
They simply couldn’t manage to work on the next expansion, maintain the ongoing game, and then also “on the side” develop content.
Structures to ensure that had to be painstakingly created:
By the end of 2015, they had built a “live team” – that was supposed to support the ongoing game – which was heavily promoted in December 2015 with a “We’ll do it live” Vidoc.
At the same time, Activision had assured that “partner studios” would assist with Destiny: the High Moon Studios or Vicarious Visions
The main team at Bungie always worked on the big expansion, while the “live team” could only organize smaller events and content updates for which no new content was created.
It’s said that creating new content in Destiny is notoriously cumbersome, as highlighted in a report by Kotaku.
There, an insider reportedly described how cumbersome Bungie’s editor is. You have to load a map for 8 hours overnight, and it takes another 20 minutes to open it. Moving a simple node a few meters takes only a few seconds, but then everything still needs to be compiled for another 20 minutes.
This is how free updates have been so far: This has led to hardly any notable content being released outside the paid DLCs. They then resorted to “recycling events.” This contributed to Destiny earning a reputation as the “recycling champion.”
The three largest of these free content updates were:
The special thing is: All these “larger free content updates” actually only came in situations where no DLCs were planned.
This time, everything is supposed to be “really” different
New plan: With the “new” Destiny 2 Forsaken, things are supposed to be different. Bungie has once again promised to give Guardians something to do every month.
New direction or Déjà vu – Where is Destiny 2 headed?
The exciting part: Until now, events in Destiny have actually only been opportunities to promote the cash shop. On Tuesday we will find out if that really has changed and whether Bungie can finally fulfill its promise to provide players with substantial content throughout the entire year in 2018.
These could then also stay in the game permanently and bring variety.
One should probably not expect too much, but one may be curious whether Forsaken really signifies a lasting change in Bungie’s philosophy.
Much will depend on whether Bungie has succeeded in improving its production processes behind the scenes and possibly using new partner studios effectively to release fresh content more easily.
The question is:
Can Bungie really expand and keep Destiny 2 fresh with free updates in 2018?
Or will the event remain below expectations and be interesting for only a few hours?
I am certainly excited to see how the long story of Destiny will unfold next Tuesday.
The new WoW expansion Battle for Azeroth has been released for almost two months now, and numerous hotfixes have fixed the “teething problems” as well as larger bugs. Nevertheless, the expansion still does not feel complete. This will only be achieved by the upcoming Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance.
The argument of some players is that both features were only introduced late in the lifecycle of Legion, so it is normal that they will also arrive late in Battle for Azeroth.
That is true to some extent, but that is not my point or expectation of a Blizzard game.
If a feature worked well in Legion, I expect it to be available immediately with the next addon. After all, the developers are not starting “from scratch” and do not have to gather the same experiences again.
Some may find it presumptuous or think my expectations are too high, but if I have come to know and love a feature in Legion, then I expect it to be included with the next expansion and not added later in a subsequent patch.
Paragon rewards lured players in Legion with special items.
And that is precisely what I expect from an expansion: Old features that worked well should be expanded and carried over while new features are added. I do not want old features to be continually brought back “anew”.
One warfront was not enough
Another point is the “warfronts” – even though the feature at release should have been called “warfront” since there was only one. This had the negative connotation that you can only play it roughly every two weeks, then it is the other faction’s turn.
It will be significantly better with Patch 8.1 when the Darkshore becomes a warfront as well. Because then two warfronts will work in tandem, so the Horde will attack the Darkshore while the Alliance is battling for Stromgarde Keep in the Arathi Highlands. This way, there will be something to do every week, and more warfronts in future patches will improve it even further.
And that closes the circle of my argumentation as well. Patch 8.1 is set to release roughly three months after the launch of Battle for Azeroth, plus or minus a week or two. That is exactly the three months of additional development that the game needed to be truly “ready”.
I am still having a lot of fun in Azeroth and most major flaws have been fixed promptly through hotfixes. However, I hope that Blizzard takes a few more months for the next expansion in about two years. I would gladly struggle through a hellfire citadel or the siege of Orgrimmar for 12 weeks longer to have a truly “polished” expansion at launch.
Patch 8.1 Tides of Vengeance will significantly improve World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. It may not be perfect then either, but the current expansion will be a “real game” for me, which can be called complete.
But that is just my opinion. What do you think? Are you looking forward to Patch 8.1? Or are you completely satisfied with the current state of World of Warcraft?
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The developer Netmarble plans to release the mobile game Blade and Soul: Revolution and shows plenty of video material. The game is set to go online on December 6 in South Korea.
What is Blade and Soul: Revolution? B&S: Revolution is a spin-off of the Korean MMORPG by NCsoft. The story of the mobile game follows in the footsteps of Blade and Soul. Players will experience the conflict over Jinsoyun and the legendary sword “Twilight’s Blade” on their smartphones.
After their previous game Lineage 2: Revolution became a huge success, Netmarble wants to build on this experience and further enhance B&S: Revolution. The developer has also announced that the game will utilize Unreal Engine 4.
You can watch the official trailer for the game here:
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What does the gameplay look like? According to Netmarble, many key elements from the PC version of Blade and Soul will also be present in the mobile version. These include:
Five “massive zones” that players can explore
Sprinting and gliding
Over 150 cinematic videos that will be fully synchronized to convey a better storytelling experience
500 vs. 500 clan battles with turrets and watchtowers that are meant to bring more strategy into the game
What races and classes will be available? All four known races from the MMORPG will be playable in the mobile version. However, the selection of playable classes will initially be limited to the following at launch.
Jin: Blade Master and Kung Fu Master
Gon: Destroyer
Yun: Blade Master and Kung Fu Master
Lyn: Machinist (or Force Master)
Will Blade and Soul: Revolution also come to the West? No official announcement from Netmarble regarding the Western release has been made yet. However, it is certain that their previous mobile game Lineage 2: Revolution also released in the West. So Blade and Soul: Revolution has a good chance of appearing in Europe as well.
You can watch a trailer for the story here:
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There are clear indications that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is likely adopting a battle pass system similar to its competitor Fortnite. In Black Ops 4, this is referred to as the “Supply Stream.”
Announcement or Leak? It is somewhat difficult to say how official this is. A blog post on the official Call of Duty site seems to have gone live, but it has since been deleted.
Fan sites, however, have discovered and recorded the post (via CharlieIntel). The post introduced a new feature called “Supply Stream.” In English, this translates to something like “Supply Line”: a way for supplies to reach the front.
This is how the Supply Stream of Call of Duty works: It is said that the “brand new system” guarantees players new equipment as they progress through various tiers.
Regular players must reach each tier on their own.
Buyers of a “Black Ops Pass” receive 10 tiers for free each season.
This means that players [with Season Pass] will receive the latest outfits, weapon variants, and emotes faster than others.
This could be behind the leak: The blog post was apparently written to additionally promote the “Season Pass” of Black Ops 4, which is already available commercially.
Then someone at Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 noticed that the Supply Stream had not yet been presented – and therefore deleted the blog post. That might be how it happened.
How does it work in Fortnite? In Fortnite, the seasons last 10 weeks – that’s how long a battle pass is valid. The “Battle Pass” costs €10 there, and players need about 75 to 150 hours to complete such a pass.
As a reward, there are mainly skins, emotes, and other cosmetic gimmicks. The latest battle pass included 7 skins and 100 cosmetic items.
What is the catch of such a battle pass? The basic idea is that players buy a pass for a specific fixed amount. However, they still have to unlock individual tiers in this pass themselves and then receive cosmetic rewards for each new tier they climb.
The advantages of such a system for the studio:
Players are bound to a game and must actively play during a season to obtain all rewards included in the pass.
This also ensures that each “new” season generates attention, attracts new players, or brings back veterans.
The advantages of the system for players:
For players, it is an attractive offer because they receive relatively many cosmetic items for relatively little money.
Many players also enjoy the feeling of leveling up and receiving new rewards – it has that “loot and level” effect.
We asked before the release whether Black Ops 4 understands that this “constant evolution” of the game is key to Fortnite’s success. Apparently, they understood this:
That’s why Ninja does not play with women: In August 2018, a statement by Twitch star Ninja caused a stir. He said he only plays Fortnite with other male streamers and not with women.
This is due to the way the community on Twitch behaves. As soon as a well-known streamer plays or collaborates with women, rumors arise that the person is involved with the woman. As soon as he plays with a female gamer and the slightest hint of flirtation arises, this topic would forever appear in the comments on his videos and in clickbait videos by others.
This is the case for streamer Myth and streamer Pokimane, who are rumored to have an affair because they collaborate frequently.
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The only way to completely avoid such rumors is to not engage with female gamers, Ninja said at the time.
This brought him significant criticism in the US media. He was accused of sexism. The consensus was that anyone who self-censors out of fear of Twitch does no favors to women or equality.
Now he plays with a woman after all: However, Ninja has made an exception. He appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’s TV show and played Fortnite there. DeGeneres has been hosting a US talk show in various forms since 2003, which is especially popular among women and bears her name “Ellen”.
Ninja shared how he met his current wife (through gaming and Facebook) and that he plays Fortnite about 10 to 12 hours a day while his wife manages him, constantly buzzing around in the app Slack and maintaining business contacts.
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Then a clip played showing Ninja and Ellen playing a little Fortnite together and Ellen amused herself about the breasts and butt of Calamity, the new frontwoman of Fortnite in Season 6.
However, the highlight of the video is a dance sequence early in the video. A dancer performs the “Orange Justice” dance excellently. This was supposedly the trigger for the idea to present Fortnite on the Ellen show.
When Ninja plays Fortnite with women, he is criticized for it
Ellen is probably safe “as a partner”: Ninja probably has nothing to fear regarding sex rumors if he makes an exception and plays Fortnite with a woman:
it wasn’t on Twitch
then Ellen DeGeneres is more than double Ninja’s age
and Ellen came out in 1997. DeGeneres has been in a relationship with actress Portia de Rossi since 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ROyZFB7Is
That’s why Ninja is now criticized: On the US site “Venturebeat”, Ninja is nevertheless sharply criticized. He is evidently breaking his own rule of not playing with women when it benefits him. Besides the Ellen show, Ninja is also accused of a commercial for the “Samsung Galaxy” phone.
There, a young black woman dreams of making it big in Fortnite. In her dream, Ninja invites her to play for the US national team in Fortnite.
What did Ninja do on the show? In the Ellen show, Ninja mainly engaged in small talk and introduced “Fortnite” to an audience that typically does not have much to do with gaming.
Ninja shared how he met his current wife (through gaming and Facebook) and that he plays Fortnite about 10 to 12 hours a day while his wife manages him, constantly buzzing around in the app Slack and maintaining business contacts.
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Then a clip played showing Ninja and Ellen playing a little Fortnite together and Ellen amused herself about the breasts and butt of Calamity, the new frontwoman of Fortnite in Season 6.
However, the highlight of the video is a dance sequence early in the video. A dancer performs the “Orange Justice” dance excellently. This was supposedly the trigger for the idea to present Fortnite on the Ellen show.
When Ninja plays Fortnite with women, he is criticized for it
Ellen is probably safe “as a partner”: Ninja probably has nothing to fear regarding sex rumors if he makes an exception and plays Fortnite with a woman:
it wasn’t on Twitch
then Ellen DeGeneres is more than double Ninja’s age
and Ellen came out in 1997. DeGeneres has been in a relationship with actress Portia de Rossi since 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ROyZFB7Is
That’s why Ninja is now criticized: On the US site “Venturebeat”, Ninja is nevertheless sharply criticized. He is evidently breaking his own rule of not playing with women when it benefits him. Besides the Ellen show, Ninja is also accused of a commercial for the “Samsung Galaxy” phone.
There, a young black woman dreams of making it big in Fortnite. In her dream, Ninja invites her to play for the US national team in Fortnite.
The MMORPG RuneScape was first released in 2001. The special retro version “Old School”, which is modeled after RuneScape from 17 years ago, continues to grow. Our Leya wondered why this is the case and has followed the traces of the MMORPG.
RuneScape is one of the oldest MMORPGs in the world and comes from the British developer Jagex. For many players aged 25 to 35, this cheerful game was their first encounter with an MMORPG. It was released in 2001 as a free browser game and has been set in the pseudo-medieval fantasy world of Gielinor since then.
RuneScape 3: This is the “normal” version, which regularly receives graphical updates and has gameplay changes added.
Old School RuneScape: This version is modeled after the 17-year-old RuneScape from its origins and was released in 2013 at the request of fans. The game still features the old graphics that we would probably label as ugly from today’s perspective. The old, clunky mechanics of the MMORPG classic can also be found here.
Old School RuneScape still looks just like the free browser game from 2001.
Old School RuneScape still has surprisingly many players and more are joining
Retro version has more players: For years, forum posts have repeatedly emerged asking why Old School RuneScape is still so actively played. It goes so far that many fans prefer the old version to the “normal” RuneScape 3.
About 60,000 concurrent players in 2018: Old School RuneScape manages to gather an average of around 50,000 to 60,000 players online at the same time daily. Since its release in 2013, a strong upward trend has been observed, as shown by the blue line in the graphic below.
Popular on Twitch: Even on Twitch, no one seems to be bothered by the pixelated graphics and old gameplay. The Twitch page for Old School RuneScape has 179,304 followers and 9,707 viewers (September 9, 6:00 PM). The eSports PvP mode “Deadman”, which takes place in seasons, is particularly popular.
The graphic is from misplaceditems.com. The website retrieves the number of players online from RuneScape’s website every 5 minutes. The script has been running since 2013 to this day. Last updated: September 9, 5:00 PM
Why? Anyone looking at Old School RuneScape must inevitably ask the question of why. Why would so many players prefer this old MMORPG when there are other, more modern, prettier alternatives like World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls Online, or even a modern RuneScape.
I looked into this question and visited the Runefest 2018, a large fan festival where players and developers come together to celebrate their game. This year, for the first time, the Runefest had to move to a larger venue than before due to the large number of fans attending – also a sign of growth.
For veterans, nostalgia plays a role
Interview to find an answer: At Runefest 2018, I had the opportunity to talk to Mathew Kemp, the Senior Product Manager for Old School RuneScape. I asked him for a deeper insight into the phenomenon.
I was particularly interested in why so many players preferred the retro version over the modern version.
Senior Product Manager Mathew Kemp believes in nostalgia: “I can definitely tell you why so many people play it. I can’t say for sure why some players prefer one over the other. I’ve always looked at it this way: Back in the day, Old School RuneScape was the relevant game of its time (2005-2007), which was 12 to 14 years ago. The players were 12 to 14 years old back then and are now in their late twenties to early thirties.“
Matthew Kemp is also known to players as Mod Mat K and is Senior Product Manager at Jagex.
“These players have […] the memories they had back when they played RuneScape. They simply want to play it again and relive those memories.
That moment when you play an MMORPG for the first time is a special moment for a person. You’ll never get that moment back. You only have that one chance to experience the first time. That’s a reason many still stick with [Old School] RuneScape.”
There are also new players: It’s not just nostalgia
Declining player base as a problem: If most players are veterans, one might think that this could eventually become a problem. A game needs “fresh blood” to continue running in the long run.
Official artwork of Old School RuneScape shows the mystical tone of the game.
Young players are joining: However, Kemp assured me that Old School RuneScape has a steady influx of new players of all ages. There are teenagers and also players who have long surpassed 60. This was also reflected at Runefest, where all age groups were represented. However, most visitors were in their twenties.
Old School RuneScape is so simple that it reduces stress
This statement that there are still quite a few new players did not completely align with Kemp’s reasoning that players found their way to Old School RuneScape purely out of nostalgia. This made me suspicious, and I pressed for more clarity.
MeinMMO: Why do you think new players even start Old School RuneScape? You see the graphics and think it’s just an old game. Why don’t they start something modern like WoW or Elder Scrolls Online?
Mathew Kemp: “I also find that fascinating. When we ask our players why they play our game, which we do quite often, we consistently receive a key answer. That is, it’s simple to play.
You understand [Old School RuneScape] immediately, and it’s not as overloaded as other games with high-end graphics. When I hold a sword in my hand, it is a sword. There are no flashy or sparkling effects. This simplicity is exactly what our players appreciate.”
A safety net of relaxation
Players use Old School RuneScape to relax: Kemp further stated that Jagex often has intense conversations with players: “We asked them how they feel when playing Old School RuneScape, and the word relaxation came up time and time again,” Kemp said, “These players have said that when they play League of Legends and become stressed, they simply return to Old School RuneScape because it calms them down.“
With a thoughtful look, Kemp continued: “It is part of their life to relax with Old School RuneScape. It’s almost like it’s their safety net. With Old School RuneScape, they have something […] that doesn’t put them under pressure.“
Old graphics as support: Kemp believes that the pixelated graphics also support that simplicity that players long for. In several surveys by Jagex, it was found that players definitely do not wish for a revision of the graphics.
RuneScape should remain simple and familiar: Most want Old School RuneScape to simply remain as it is. This applies to both old and new Old School RuneScape players. Kemp emphasized that Jagex places great importance on marketing the game just as it is. Therefore, the artwork used for advertising Old School RuneScape is kept simple like the game itself.
Jagex deliberately keeps the artwork for Old School RuneScape simple so that players immediately know what they are getting into.
Old School RuneScape is not played for its looks
At RuneFest 2018, I found confirmation of what Senior Product Manager Mathew Kemp told me. I strolled through the festival and talked to the players themselves. There were only a few Old School players there. Most of those present were “modern” RuneScape players.
However, I found one Old School player who sat down for a chat with me.
Players are attracted by mechanics: The festival-goer, who preferred to remain anonymous, jokingly mentioned at the outset that there were probably hardly any Old School players at the festival because they were too busy playing. After all, Old School RuneScape also means Old School Grind.
Players invest massive amounts of time and resources to reach specific goals in the game. In “modern” RuneScape 3, there are some features that make grinding easier and shorten the process. However, these old systems are appreciated by Old School players.
At RuneFest, it is tradition to recreate the in-game world of Gielinor. Here, players can embark on quests leading them to the developers, with fun tasks along the way.
The festival-goer explained why he prefers Old School RuneScape over the modern one: “You know, I get asked this question quite often. I don’t have a real answer for it. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I don’t think that’s all there is to it.
Old School RuneScape simply allows for more room for imagination. Do you know the phenomenon of the “Uncanny Valley”? When things want to look real but aren’t, which gives you a weird feeling?
“Modern” RuneScape gives me that feeling. When I look at it, it tries really hard to look good, but it actually isn’t that great. That’s why I like Old School. I play the game mainly because of the system, the way it works, not really for the looks.”
Old School RuneScape: The lovely neighbor next door
In response to the question of why Old School RuneScape is still so relevant and why it continues to grow, there is probably not just one true answer. From my conversations at RuneFest, I can only think of the analogy of the lovely neighbor.
No exciting beauty, but charmingly lovable: She may not be as flashy and sexy as the young thing that looked at you mischievously from the bar. Old School RuneScape is that one friend next door where we feel comfortable right away. Both have their charm. However, our lovely neighbor opens the door to us in her shabby pajamas with disheveled hair, already offering us a hot cup of coffee.
Here we throw ourselves onto the old couch we have sat on so many times before and just let ourselves fall. We accept her quirks just as she accepts ours. That’s exactly why we love her, exactly why she is particularly charming and in her way a real beauty.
According to Senior Product Manager Kemp, expanding the platforms for Old School RuneScape is an important means to continue growing. Jagex aims to expand further beyond mobile in the future.
Who is Alan Dabiri? Dabiri has been working at Blizzard for over 20 years and has been particularly responsible for Heroes of the Storm in recent years. In a forum post, he explains how proud he is to have witnessed the development of HotS. After all, Heroes of the Storm began as a mod for StarCraft 2 and then evolved into a standalone game.
He thanks his dedicated team, who have released some “of the best heroes of all time” this year, including Yrel, Whitemane, and Mephisto.
Alan Dabiri
Blizzard has been working on new projects for at least 2 years
What’s interesting: Since 2016, many of the high-ranking Blizzard personnel have shifted from their previous jobs to “unannounced projects”.
Dabiri’s predecessor as head of Heroes of the Storm was Dustin Browder. He switched to a “new unannounced project” in 2016. Additionally, Tom Chilton from World of Warcraft and Eric Dodds from Hearthstone also transitioned from their previous leadership roles in Blizzard games to such “new projects”.
Blizzard is currently in an “incubation phase”, with several projects simmering, none of which have yet been revealed. This is expected to happen at BlizzCon 2018. Fans are expecting at least a new Diablo here.
Dustin Browder, Dabiri’s predecessor also switched to a new job
Who will succeed Dabiri? Who the next Game Director of Heroes of the Storm will be and thus set the tone and direction for Blizzard’s Moba is still unknown and does not clearly emerge from Dabiri’s farewell post.
Fans speculate that it could be Kaeo Milker, who is currently still working as Production Director of HotS.
What is Dabiri going to do now? Where the former Game Director of HotS is headed now is still uncertain. It is only clear that he is taking on a new position within Blizzard. So there is a possibility that he will be working on a brand new title in the future.
What kind of new title could that be? Speculation is still ongoing about this. However, it is certain that Blizzard is working on a new Diablo installment that we will probably see at BlizzCon in a few weeks. In discussion is “Diablo 4: Reign of Terror”. But also a mobile title and an action game from a first-person perspective are being discussed and are part of many speculations that arise from job postings at Blizzard.
This announcement has made BlizzCon a little bit more exciting. However, whether we will already experience the effects of these job shifts there is questionable.
Do you want to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 together on the couch? You can! Because Black Ops 4 offers split-screen – but only on PS4 and Xbox One.
What many players do not know: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has a split-screen feature – and that for all included multiplayer modes.
Prior to the release of the current Call of Duty title, the developers at Treyarch did not make a big deal about it. But now that the game is out, players have discovered the split-screen function.
Play Black Ops 4 in split-screen together from the couch
This is what the split-screen feature for Black Ops 4 offers: On PS4 and Xbox One, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 offers split-screen.
With two players, you can set in the options whether you want to split the screen horizontally or vertically. In competitive multiplayer, all players must be logged in with their own PSN account. At least one must have an active PS Plus subscription or a valid Xbox Live membership.
Blackout also has split-screen: Although split-screen also works in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s proprietary battle royale mode, performance in Blackout leaves much to be desired. The frame rate is noticeably lower, there are graphics issues at times, and the game feels generally very sluggish compared to the regular experience.
By the way: All important information about Blackout can be found here:
No split-screen for PC: To the surprise of some fans, this feature is missing on the platform that could probably handle the split-screen mode best – on PC. Why Treyarch has decided against split-screen on PC is unknown.
In Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, the split-screen feature was still available on PC and presented an important buying argument for many fans, as comments on Reddit testify. On PC, players could even split the multiplayer across two monitors.
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The split-screen mode in Black Ops 4 is very easy to start: When you are in the main menu of Black Ops 4, you will see an overview of the active players in the upper right corner.
Simply follow this on-screen instruction to start the split-screen mode
Press the indicated button with another controller (up to 4 depending on the mode) and log in with the appropriate profile. Then you automatically join the group. Depending on the number of players and mode, the screen will then be split automatically.
On Twitter, Pokémon GO shared two images showing the first Pokémon of Generation 4.
Mysterious Tweets: Pokémon GO released two posts on Twitter in the last two days, reporting on Pokémon that were sighted for the first time in the Sinnoh Region.
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Countdown for Release: Some trainers believe that Pokémon GO introduces a new starter each day and will then release the first Pokémon of Generation 4 the following day. After the tweet about Piplup was published on Friday, the tweet about Chimchar followed on Saturday. If a tweet about Turtwig, the last starter, follows today, then a release could be expected on Monday. At least that is the speculation of some trainers.
The Reddit user Spotty2012 also believes in this theory: “The release on Monday now seems very likely.”
Release not a big effort: According to this theory, a release next week seems plausible. Niantic announced the 4th generation some time ago, and the Pokémon have already been found in the code. Releasing the Pokémon is therefore not a huge effort anymore.
However, Niantic stated that they want to re-balance the values of the Pokémon in preparation for Generation 4. So it is still unclear if we can really expect a countdown ending on Monday.
What the new starters can do
Besides Piplup and Chimchar, there is also the Grass starter Pokémon Turtwig. We will show you what the final evolutions of the starter Pokémon can do and compare them to other starters from previous generations.
No certain values yet: In an announcement, Niantic made it clear that they want to adjust the values of many Pokémon . This means that the formula used to calculate the Pokémon’s values so far will soon no longer be valid. Therefore, the mentioned values are only benchmarks and highly likely not the exact values of the Pokémon.
The Water family will not attract too much interest. Empoleon’s values are quite decent, but it has major competition among Water Pokémon.
Max CP according to current formula: 2900
Notable values: Its attack value is the best of all Water starters, but its HP value is below average.
Comparison to other starters: Empoleon will likely be among the best Water starters. Blastoise will overshadow it like every other starter. The other Water starters are about equally strong.
The Fire family is unfortunately the weakest of the new starters. Infernape faces too much competition among Fire Pokémon.
Max CP according to current formula: 2683
Notable values: Its attack value is decent, while its other values are below average.
Comparison to other starters: Infernape will likely be the worst Fire starter. Its CP is the lowest, and its combat values are worse than those of the other starters.
The Grass family is probably the best starter family of Generation 4. Torterra could become one of the best Grass Pokémon in the game.
Max CP according to current formula: 2934
Notable values: All values are solid. Its attack value is above average, and it also scores well with its very good HP value.
Comparison to other starters: Torterra could indeed take the first place. Sceptile has a higher attack value, but it also has about 200 CP less. Furthermore, Torterra stands out with its high HP value. It therefore deals well and takes quite a bit of damage.
In Destiny 2, a strange bug is currently causing a stir: Guardians who are supposed to go to the Titan are instead shown Saturn and the Dreadnought upon approach. The “bug” can be relatively easily replicated and is currently causing an uproar among players.
Players in Destiny 2 currently report a strange phenomenon: When they join a friend who is completing a heroic adventure on the Titan, they do not fly to the moon of Saturn, but to the Dreadnought of Oryx. Guardians are completely beside themselves and are sharing funny videos of their reactions.
Will the Guardians return to the Dreadnought soon?
What is the Dreadnought? The Dreadnought was the setting for the Destiny 1 expansion The Taken King. It is the ship of the Taken King Oryx, which also houses the entrance to his Throne World.
What does the bug do? Several players in the Destiny subreddit report that they see Saturn and the Dreadnought when trying to join a friend’s heroic adventure on the Titan. Additionally, the music from The Taken King plays during this.
The interior of Oryx’s Dreadnought
How does the bug occur? Players have identified two methods to easily replicate the bug. However, a bit of luck is needed to actually have the approach to Saturn displayed. If you still only fly to the Titan, you can hear the music of the Dreadnought there.
Method 1: Have a friend start and begin the heroic adventure. In the meantime, you fly to the Tower. Once you arrive at the Tower, join your friend in the heroic adventure on the Titan.
Method 2: Land on the Titan and then return to orbit. Your friend should now start and begin the heroic adventure. Now join your friend in the heroic adventure.
What do the players say? Some Guardians have already posted their own reaction videos in the Destiny subreddit. There are also ongoing compilations of guides on how to replicate the bug.
Although many Guardians are looking forward to returning to the Dreadnought, most believe it will be a while before that happens. After all, a reappearance of the ship was already hinted at at the end of Destiny 2.
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The MMORPG Crowfall mostly operates under the radar. News and announcements rarely manage to reach players looking for a new MMORPG. Nevertheless, Crowfall promises to be the next big hit. But how?
Crowfall has evolved from a small project by renowned developers into a much larger endeavor over time. Although development is progressing slowly, Crowfall has good prerequisites to become very big.
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Crowfall solves the problem of MMORPGs
Again and again, MMORPGs have tried to become “the next big game” or “the next WoW killer” in recent years. Some of them have suffered a fate like WildStar, which now faces its end.
Crowfall aims to avoid such a future through its unusual approach.
The biggest problem with MMORPGs is that players must invest a lot of time to progress. Even if players have not played for a while, much can have changed in the MMORPG.
It is hardly possible to invest just a few hours in an MMORPG and then leave it for a few days or weeks. Progress is therefore hardly made or not at all. Players need time to catch up on everything they have missed.
That’s why time is a problem: MMORPGs struggle to fit into today’s lifestyle. Everything tends to cater to “short gaming sessions”. Other game genres like MOBAs or Battle Royale focus precisely on that. MMORPGs are at a disadvantage.
Market leaders like WoW still manage to hold on due to their sheer mass of players:
There is still interest in MMORPGs.
There seems to be merely a lack of playable alternatives.
Crowfall does many things differently than the MMORPGs currently available on the market. What it does differently is precisely what the genre may lack to help it gain more popularity.
Interesting fact:A data analysis of Final Fantasy XIV recently confirmed that many gamers, even in MMORPGs, now prefer quick and short entertainment. The head Naoki Yoshida explained this shift as a new era in FFXIV adapted to today’s gamers.
Crowfall’s solution
Crowfall relies on numerous small events that continuously change gameplay and provide new, quick challenges. This allows players to jump back in even after a break.
There is also a kind of “meta-plot”, a progression driven by smaller events that represents long-term motivation. This addresses two types of players simultaneously:
Hardcore players have the opportunity to keep expanding their kingdom.
Casual players can join and leave through campaigns and still experience the entire game as vassals.
Crowfall captures the current zeitgeist better: This event structure could resolve a problem that many MMORPGs have: they are not suitable for being watched. Crowfall does it differently. According to the developers, Crowfall plays “like a season of Game of Thrones”.
This also eliminates the issue of time. Because the campaigns are constantly changing, and players can enjoy themselves as vassals of hardcore players, not as much time needs to be invested to achieve success.
Exactly this episodic structure could give the game high viewer value. Because something is always happening in Crowfall, it could achieve significantly more success on Twitch than its “big brother” WoW.
This is what Crowfall does differently
Crowfall has a different approach as an MMORPG than most other games in the genre. Although there are classic systems like Classes and Races, the process differs from that of MMORPG giants like WoW.
Kingdoms
The world of Crowfall is in constant flux. The core features of the game are Player Kingdoms. You have the opportunity to build your own realm, your “Eternal Kingdom”.
In your kingdom, which consists of plots, you can build and expand various buildings. You can buy land to enlarge your kingdom and position it as cleverly as possible to avoid wasting space.
To grow, your kingdom needs resources that you must continually gather. To avoid hitting your limits eventually, you can manage kingdoms together with other players.
Crowfall offers a Vassal System within the kingdoms. Invite friends to support you and build your own hierarchy where you can determine who has what rights in your kingdom.
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Campaigns are your main source of resources. Campaigns are separate, closed worlds. They are subject to their own rules. Up to 1000 players can fight for resources simultaneously here.
Campaigns are time-limited worlds. They go through seasons, during which resources become increasingly scarce, and the environment becomes harsher. At the end, the world dies, and the campaign is over.
Seasons impact the area. In spring and summer, you have easier access to resources. In autumn and winter, it becomes increasingly difficult to find anything useful.
The seasons also offer seasonal events that affect gameplay. Thunderstorms increase lightning damage taken; snowstorms make players more susceptible to cold. Seasons also impact the day-night cycle.
The “Hunger” – Winter is coming
While you are in a campaign, the “Hunger” takes hold. The Hunger is a form of plague or disease. It afflicts areas.
Areas affected by Hunger are engulfed in winter.
Resources in the area of Hunger are frozen and inaccessible. Monsters and opponents are stronger due to their contamination and pose greater dangers. Even peaceful animals turn into beasts at night during Hunger – but can be killed in daylight.
By destroying the plague sources of hunger, you can liberate an area again. However, this doesn’t work in the long run. Hunger spreads faster than you can stop it, and soon the world will be lost to it.
A PvP MMORPG with some PvE content
Through campaigns and the own kingdoms, Crowfall places a strong focus on PvP. Players fight each other to expand their own kingdom and become stronger.
Thus, there are relatively few PvE contents. Raids and dungeons, as are standard in most MMORPGs, have no place in Crowfall. The PvE is limited to the open world.
In campaigns, you will repeatedly encounter groups of monsters and enemies that can occupy areas. They claim a part of the world and pose a permanent threat there.
These monster groups can also roam freely through the world, like packs of wolves or hordes of centaurs. Larger groups may also contain boss monsters that you can fight. However, you are constantly at risk of being ambushed by other players.
Crowfall has a promising development
Crowfall has been in development for many years. As early as 2015, we reported on the new MMO, which “wants to revolutionize the genre”. Back then, Crowfall was a small indie project aiming to raise 800,000 dollars for a kickstart.
The developers of the game are legends of the MMORPG genre. The studio ArtCraft was founded by J. Todd Coleman (Shadowbane, Wizard 101) and among others by Gordon Walton (Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, SWTOR).
Crowfall quickly became a beacon of hope for MMORPG fans and raised 1.7 million dollars with over 17,000 supporters by the end of the backing. Later, the crowdfunding amount even grew to 3 million.
The studio did not stop here. Over time, ArtCraft has found more and more backers, partners, and investors, increasing the budget to over 20 million dollars. Crowfall is thus one of the largest crowdfunding MMORPGs of all time.
A proprietary engine just for the game
The studio has developed its own engine for the creation of Crowfall: the Artisan Engine. The development tool is intended to be a kind of kit for creating characters, equipment, monsters, and other MMORPG-typical content.
With its own engine, Crowfall should be better supported, developed, and further developed:
The Artisan Engine includes a down-to-earth feature set that can master the entire spectrum of challenges that arise when a world needs to support thousands of players simultaneously. – Crowfall press release
ArtCraft has already started selling licenses for the engine. The revenue from these sales will likely benefit the development of Crowfall.
Players have great interest
Crowfall relies heavily on the help of players and backers during development. Those who financially support the game gain access to testing at a certain value and can help shape and improve Crowfall.
According to the developers, players are an important aspect of the creation of Crowfall. The constant communication and close collaboration with testers allows them to become an “extension of the development team”.
The more players play and the sooner they are involved, the more they understand the development process, it says. Their feedback helps developers make Crowfall the game players want.
Users of the PlayStation 4 on Reddit warn others about a malicious message that causes the console to stop functioning properly. However, there seems to be a way to protect oneself from this glitch.
As some Reddit users report, there is currently a malicious private message circulating that automatically “bricks” the corresponding PS4 console when viewed, rendering it unusable.
What is “Bricking”? Bricking essentially means that the device in question is turned into a brick – a worthless block. The firmware on an expensive electronic device such as a mobile phone, PC, or gaming console can be rendered unusable by a code exploiting a vulnerability in the respective software.
The device then fails to start or simply freezes. In this state, the hardware serves as nothing more than a dust collector. Often, this state cannot be resolved using normal methods, such as by using a backup.
Glitch forces numerous PS4 users to factory reset
Glitch forces console reset: According to the affected Reddit users, this state cannot currently be resolved by restarting or clearing the cache and forces PS4 players into a factory reset.
Resetting the console to factory settings is currently the only way to get an affected PS4 running again.
Receiving the message may already be enough: Compounding the issue is that one apparently does not even necessarily have to open the message for it to unleash its malicious effect.
Reports suggest that in some cases it suffices to receive the notification of a new message on the console – depending on how much of the malicious code is displayed. Even deleting the message later with the mobile PlayStation app seems to be ineffective.
How PS4 users can protect themselves from the malicious glitch
The glitch has already been reported to Sony by numerous users – an official statement and solution to the problem is still pending.
How to protect your PS4: The only known way to currently protect oneself from receiving this message seems to be setting the message settings of your PSN account to private. While this will prevent you from receiving messages from unknown users, it will also stop the receipt of the malicious message.
As a PS4 user reported on Reddit, this message crashed all PS4 consoles of his entire team while playing Rainbow Six: Siege – except for one player whose message settings were set to private. According to the user’s account, the message came from one of the opponents.
How to set your messages to private: Message settings are buried deep in the settings options. Here’s how to access them:
Go to the Settings menu on your PS4
Then select Account Management
Next, go to Privacy Settings
There, select Personal Info / Messaging
Finally, select Messages
Choose “Friends Only” or, if you want to be completely safe, “No One” and confirm your choice
The mystery MMO Secret World Legends is getting a new Halloween event this year. This is celebrated by many players.
What is Secret World Legends? This MMO (or Shared World RPG) has an unusual setting. It takes place in our modern world, where mysterious creatures and powers pull the strings behind the scenes. Your job is to uncover these secrets and fight gruesome monsters.
A game like a horror novel: Highlights of Secret World Legends are the extremely atmospheric quests and missions that often present you with complex puzzles, as well as the unique creepy atmosphere.
What is new this year? In 2018, Secret World Legends received new content for the first time. This also applies to the Halloween events, which are named after the ancient Celtic festival “Samhain”.
Broadcast event: This year, the event is called “The Broadcast” and lets you search the world for number puzzles from a mysterious radio transmission. The difficulty scales for experienced players.
Rotting horse as a login reward: If you simply log into the game, you will receive a rotten zombie horse for free. On additional days, there are more goodies in the form of pumpkin lanterns.
Jack-o’-lantern raid: Additionally, there will be a special event. Every hour, a portal opens in the central quest hub Agartha. Behind it, you will find a level 40 raid against the notorious supervillain Jack O’Lantern.
As a reward, there is the opportunity to open a special pumpkin that contains unique loot. You will also receive the loot pumpkin through daily logins.
How long does the Samhain event in Secret World Legends last? You can experience the spooky Halloween adventures from October 11 to November 01, 2018.
Continuously, you will encounter creepy myths, like here “Jack O’Lantern”.
Players are excited: The news about new Halloween actions has brought joy to the players of Secret World Legends. Because the game thrives primarily on its stories and events, in which the horror and mystery atmosphere comes across particularly well.
In Fortnite, a weapon is no longer in the game but has been disabled. The Guided Missile caused serious issues. It made players invisible under certain conditions.
This is the problem: Players could become invisible when using a Shadow Stone while repeatedly pressing the fire button with a guided missile equipped.
Players are simply “invisible”; however, they can run around, pick up weapons, heal themselves, or kill opponents.
Such a bug requires immediate action once it becomes known. Otherwise, it spreads extremely quickly and causes frustration and annoyance like “Hey, who just killed me and why couldn’t I see him?”
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This is how Epic responds: The Fortnite developers have temporarily removed the guided missile from the game. It will not appear in Fortnite again until the cause has been fixed.
Epic does not specifically state what the exact problem with the missile is, but it can only be the invisibility glitch.
These problems have occurred before: Ironically, both components involved in the bug had caused issues before:
Disabling items has now become a tradition in Fortnite. The game’s patch pace is rapid – a small patch comes out at least every week, a larger one every two weeks, and every 10 weeks the big “Season Patch.” There are often difficulties, to which Epic usually reacts quickly.
One can already wonder what stress the next new items will cause, like the Quad Rocket Launcher or this new monstrosity:
