Being killed by a basketball is the new “getting knifed”, at least in the blackout mode of Call of Duty Black Ops 4.
In online shooters, superior players enjoy humiliating others with a particularly demeaning kill. Often these are knife kills, especially when a sniper is camping in a corner without securing his back.
But in the blackout mode of Call of Duty 4, it is an orange ball that gets thrown at enemies instead of into baskets. And being killed this way is not a pleasant feeling.
Ball instead of weapon – In Black Ops 4 it’s
Blackout is the battle royale mode of Call of Duty Black Ops 4. In this mode, players can carry a basketball in one of the weapon slots. However, they must forgo a weapon in exchange. Since you can achieve cool kills with the ball, this disadvantage feels insignificant. In the Blackout beta, basketball was played eagerly.
How much damage does the ball do? The basketball only does minimal damage to enemies and can therefore only kill players who have very low HP and are almost dead. It is assumed that the round leather causes 3 damage upon impact.
Timing is crucial: Enemies must be wounded enough to be killed by the ball. Then you need to prove your timing and throw the ball before they are killed by other shots or damage.
Players have achieved this: In a clip, the player putridorange shows what such a basketball kill looks like. He first shoots down an enemy, then lands a few bullets in enemy bodies before running back to the basketball court. He returns with the ball, aims, and throws the opponent dead.
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Another basketball kill: The next video comes from Twitter user ayzsuzume. In the final moments of the game, he and his squad find a lonely opponent. First, they play with him. Then a player pulls out the basketball, aims, and throws the ball at his head. The timing was perfect, the opponent falls down, and ayzsuzume and his team secure the victory.
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Wargaming’s naval battle spectacle World of Warships has, much to the dismay of many fans, so far not included submarines. However, that will soon change, as submarines are expected to be introduced in an upcoming update.
Submarines were pretty much off the table: Many fans of World of Warships were not happy at the launch of the game when Wargaming categorically excluded submarines. Balancing would be too difficult. A submarine would have to wait a long time for its prey and then ambush it, killing it with torpedoes without a chance for retaliation.
Who wants to play that? Furthermore, players of destroyers would have to endlessly search the seemingly empty ocean for submarines and awkwardly fight the submerged boats with depth charges.
It all sounded boring and unfair, so Wargaming’s response was always “No” when asked about submarines in the game.
Submarines are coming after all!
Recently, however, Wargaming announced: “Yes, it is happening, we will soon bring submarines to World of Warships”.
When are the submarines coming? You can expect the new ships to arrive in 2019. They will be part of a large update that will significantly reshape World of Warships.
However, you can already get a taste of the submarines at Halloween in October. There will be an event where you can play the legendary submarine Nautilus from the novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”.
How many submarines will there be? Submarines will appear in large numbers. Currently, 180 ships for 7 nations are planned. There will also be 100 premium ships. Each ship may take up to 6 months of development time and testing.
How does balancing work with submarines?
Wargaming has come up with a number of features to ensure the balancing of submarines. Like other ship types, submarines will be integrated into the rock-paper-scissors system:
The prey of submarines: Submarines are ideal against large ships, such as aircraft carriers and battleships
The enemies of submarines: Destroyers and to a lesser extent cruisers can effectively combat submarines
The strengths of submarines: They can stealthily approach enemies and bombard them with powerful torpedoes
The weaknesses of submarines: Submarines are almost blind underwater and cannot see far. However, when they go to periscope depth, they can be spotted by other ships. Additionally, submarines are very slow when they are drifting underwater. When they surface, they are much faster, but then easy prey for all other ships.
According to Wargaming, players will receive their money back if they purchase submarines that do not meet their expectations.
Carriers also getting a major update
Submarines will not be the only major change in World of Warships. The carrier ships will be thoroughly revamped in 2019. The problem here is the skill curve. Particularly at higher tiers, hardly anyone besides pro players plays carriers anymore.
Therefore, the gameplay will be changed so that you command a single squadron directly instead of pushing multiple squadrons across the map simultaneously.
Starting September 18th, the popular class Ninja from the PC version will also be playable in TERA on consoles. The release of the new class will be celebrated on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 with several in-game events and new level milestones that come with special titles.
TERA players on consoles have a lot to do again after the server merger in August: The Ninja is coming and additionally brings some events. Quick levelers can also snag special Ninja titles and achievements through new level milestones.
Ninja is coming – Valkyrie will follow later
Popular class now playable: As announced in the latest roadmap, the Ninja class will be added to TERA for consoles. The Ninja is already known to PC players and has established itself as a strong PvP class.
Players who log in from September 14th at 7 PM until October 8th at 11:59 PM will receive a free character slot through the in-game item distribution. This way, all players can try out the new class.
The next class will follow in January 2019: At the beginning of the coming year, players on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 should also roam the world of TERA with the Valkyrie.
Ninja arrives with in-game events
To keep players entertained, two events will also be held until October:
Level Up Event (September 18 – October 8)
Those who reach level 2 as a Ninja will receive one Ninja Box level 10 per account. The box contains additional boxes that can be opened upon reaching various character levels. Players on PvP servers will also receive 50 percent more XP in the game world and in dungeons.
Shuriken Letter Event (September 25 – October 8)
Starting September 18th, players can pick up the letter “N” from the item distribution. If requests from the Vanguard are completed within the next seven days, there will be Ninja letter boxes as a reward, randomly containing the letters S, H, U, R, I, K, E, and N.
Once all letters are collected, players can create a reward box that contains an Elin Racer.
Level milestones and titles
Those who level their Ninja particularly quickly will be able to achieve special Ninja titles and achievements through the new level milestones within the first 24 hours after the start of the class:
Leading Ninja – Reach level 30 as a Ninja within the first 24 hours after the Ninja starts.
Genin – Reach level 58 as a Ninja within the first 24 hours after the Ninja starts.
Master Ninja – Reach level 60 as a Ninja within the first 24 hours after the Ninja starts.
Ascender – Reach level 65 as a Ninja within the first 24 hours after the Ninja starts.
Highest Ninja – For the first Ninjas on each server at level 65.
The titles do not automatically appear in your achievement list. They will be added to qualifying characters during an upcoming maintenance.
The raid “Last Wish” has been out in Destiny 2 for less than a week. However, the final boss of the activity has already been defeated by just four Guardians.
What have the Guardians accomplished? While the latest raid “Last Wish” opened its doors on September 14, some Guardians are already turning this great challenge upside down. Just a few days after the first group conquered the raid in an incredible 18 hours and 48 minutes, four players have now faced the final boss – and succeeded!
The players defeated the final boss with just four members. They focused solely on the final boss. The final phase was skipped, so this does not count as a complete clear.
Who were these crazy players? This feat was accomplished by Gigz, Modern, Icecide, and Indica. Gigz and Icecide were also on the team that claimed second place in the race for the “World First” title.
First place once again went to the clan Redeem. The third place in the “World First” race was particularly tragic, as the clan “Math Class” completed the raid in 24 hours and 2 minutes, preventing them from receiving the exclusive 24-hour emblem.
What does the community say? Other players can hardly believe that this challenging encounter has been overcome by four instead of the usual six Guardians so soon after its release. While many players have not even reached the required power level for “Last Wish”, Gigz and Co. are already beginning to play with the bosses and develop strange strategies.
Bungie also spoke up: Community manager Cozmo expressed with a gif what many players were probably thinking:
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What do you think of this achievement? Are you already at the point where you dare to challenge the raid, or do you still need to work on your power level?
Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Android, Switch & Xbox One) will soon offer new skins in the shop. Data miners have already leaked the first images. The new skins leak shows: There will likely be killer clowns and a dragon glider that strongly resembles Game of Thrones.
Leaks after the new patch: Currently, patch 5.41 is on the Fortnite servers. As usual, the first data miners are already hard at work with their virtual pickaxes, uncovering new information about upcoming content. Therefore, we already know what will likely land in the shop soon in terms of new skins and outfits.
Warning, only datamining: The images shown here are not official and may never appear in the game. However, it is quite certain that the items will eventually be found in the shop or during promo events.
Fortnite has to make money after all, and since the game itself is free to play, the cash has to come in through skins from the shop.
These skins will be available soon in the shop
These are the outfits: These skins are for your character and will change your appearance. This time there are some particularly outlandish models included. There are two spooky killer clowns with upgrade options and a Viking lady named “Valkyrie”.
These are the back blings: Currently, there are three new models, two silly balloon constructions for the spooky clowns, and a set of dragon wings for Valkyrie.
The new glider resembles WoW: So far, the data miners have only found one glider. However, it is impressive, as it is a huge undead frost dragon. It looks a bit like the frost dragon from Game of Thrones. Or the undead dragon Sindragosa from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.
Once again, Fortnite draws inspiration for new skins from popular competing titles and movies. Therefore, there have already been John Wick, the “Halo skin“, or the Thief from “Money Heist”.
What about emotes and pickaxes? So far, the data miners have found nothing related to that. If more stuff comes up, we will let you know here.
What do you think about the skins? Will you buy them?
The announcement of a new MMORPG in the world of The Lord of the Rings has caused some confusion. What will happen to The Lord of the Rings Online? According to Middle Earth Enterprises, the online game should be safe.
Two MMORPGs in the same scenario? Can that work? Players are skeptical. But the rights holders are trying to reassure.
Competition for LotRO?
What happened? A few weeks ago, the Chinese company Leyou Technologies announced that it would develop a new MMORPG based on The Lord of the Rings in collaboration with Middle Earth Enterprises and the newly founded game studio Athlon. This game will utilize the free-to-play model and is set before the events of the War of the Ring,
A map excerpt on the Athlon website shows the area where the MMO could take place. The announcement particularly confused fans of the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online, which has been running since 2007. Would there be two parallel online role-playing games in the same scenario?
What the rights holders say: Middle Earth Enterprises manages the rights around the works of author J.R.R. Tolkien, including The Lord of the Rings. A fan wrote to the company asking what would happen to The Lord of the Rings Online when the new game is released.
According to Middle Earth Enterprises, fans of LotRO do not need to worry. They are satisfied with the MMORPG and see no need to replace it with the new title. Both games are expected to coexist.
Fans remain skeptical
This is how players react:In the official forum of The Lord of the Rings Online, there is some skepticism. Fans are still unsure how the new title will affect LotRO. Some fear that new technologies and a more modern gameplay could attract players to the new MMO.
Others believe that Middle Earth Enterprises wants to wait and see which of the games is more profitable. However, there are also voices that say we should first wait to see how the MMO from Athlon plays out. How will the cash shop be integrated into the title? Is the game even aimed at the western market?
For Middle Earth Enterprises, it makes sense to smooth things over and continue operating LotRO. At least until it is determined whether the new MMO performs better. Many fear that these assurances are merely PR platitudes intended to calm current players.
What could happen? Right now, it is too early to speculate on whether the new MMO could surpass LotRO. Currently, we simply do not know enough about the game.
However, it is still unclear whether the new MMO will also follow the theme park model and offer quests or if it may become one of the currently popular sandbox survival online games. As such, it could potentially coexist alongside LotRO.
In addition, the developers of The Lord of the Rings Online are still working on new content to keep the game interesting for a long time. For now, fans have no choice but to wait and see what kind of game is coming for them and how it will establish itself in the market upon release.
The first weeks in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team are, like every year, the most important. We show you how to optimally start the new FUT season and quickly earn coins.
Invest correctly, make many coins and assemble good starter teams – the start of a new FUT season is for many the most exciting part of Ultimate Team.
How to take advantage of every benefit at the beginning is explained in the following FUT Beginner Guide.
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FIFA 19 Demo: Practice new skills and moves
Practice moves: To do well online in FUT, it is important to quickly internalize the strong skill moves and other key combinations. Even if the gameplay often changes after the demo, certain things can still be practiced well. These include:
Test game settings. You can also experiment with the control and camera settings and choose the best ones for you. Many players do not play with the standard camera but choose one where you can see more of the pitch like “Tele” or “Broadcast Tele”. Read our article about the best camera settings in FIFA 19 for this.
Before Release: The Companion or Web App
The web app for FUT 19 was released on September 19. Even if you cannot play matches yet, you can already use the rest of Ultimate Team there. Here are the things you should definitely do if you want to earn coins before the official launch:
Complete manager tasks
Open starter packs and other reward sets you receive
Sell or use the contents for squad building challenges
Search the market for bargains for your starter team or SBCs
Not only in the web or companion app, but also after release you should continue to complete the manager tasks. Often they are just small tasks that reward very little effort.
These not only include the one-time beginner tasks at the beginning, but also daily and weekly tasks. The beginner tasks should initially be prioritized as they promise strong rewards like sets or many coins.
The EA catalog offers great advantages
Very important at the beginning is also the catalog. You reach it in the menu by pressing the right stick. There are various categories of purchasable bonuses:
Coin boosts:The extra coins are the most important. Activate these right at the start of FUT, starting with the highest boosts. You now earn more coins per match that you should spend on new players or investments.
Loan players:The loan player cards are also useful. Buy all available and use the majority as early as possible to improve your starter team for a few matches. If you hold on to them too long, you will eventually have equivalent player cards and the loan players will become useless. Only game changers like legends or Cristiano Ronaldo can be saved for important matches.
Transfer lists:While the team slots at the beginning are rather unimportant, all available transfer list extensions should be activated immediately. Especially if you want to get rid of all the bronze cards on the market, every additional space is worth its weight in gold – not to mention trading.
Kits and balls:You should also buy these immediately. You actually receive them in FUT as objects and can sell them to earn more coins. Sometimes it makes sense to use quick sell if there are already a few copies on the transfer market.
Starter squads – One or two teams?
Everyone asks themselves at the beginning: What kind of team should I build at first? Cheap and then invest more coins? Or invest everything in the team?
There is no right answer. If you don’t enjoy trading or SBCs, you should invest everything in the team. On the other hand, it is advisable to play with “low budget” squads and actively increase your wealth.
Whatever you decide, there are still two general tips for team building:
Play with two teams at the beginning instead of relying on fitness cards. In relation to your starter team, fitness cards are much too expensive; it is much more worthwhile to regenerate the players on the bench of the other team. Whether you then play with a strong and a cheap team or keep both balanced is up to you.
Choose the right league. Players from the Premier League, Serie A or La Liga are always more expensive. The Bundesliga could be cheaper, and even cheaper are leagues like Liga NOS or MLS. If you now also work with hybrid teams, strong teams are possible at very low prices.
If you want to experiment a bit, you can use the squad builders from sites like futhead, futbin or futwiz. Or you can look at our hybrid starter teams.
The squad building challenges
Through SBCs, you can generate coins with a bit of effort and pack luck. However, not all squad building challenges are worth it at the beginning.
Which SBCs should I complete? You should definitely complete the basic SBCs as well as anything where you can get rid of your bronze and silver cards. Also, challenges that can only be solved with cheap gold players under 400 coins per card are often worthwhile.
Use online solutions: If you don’t want to experiment yourself, you can also refer to the SBC solutions from various sites like futbin or futhead. However, it is important that you do not buy the players one-to-one, as many will do this and the price will rise!
FUT 19 – The right game modes
The new Weekend League is the mode with the best rewards. However, since this usually does not start directly at release, we will initially leave it aside.
These modes offer the most: Instead, you should focus on Squad Battles and Division Rivals. Basically, the rule is to play as much as possible to earn coins through matches.
A good way is to alternate playing Division Rivals with your strong team and Squad Battles with your fitness team. Even if playing against the CPU is not fun for many, the rewards are too important at the beginning to leave Squad Battles aside.
Are drafts worth it? Many eSports players also start the new FUT season with drafts. However, this is very expensive and usually makes sense economically only if you buy many FIFA Points. The best time to play drafts is mid-October as player cards from packs generate the most profit there.
The first rule at the beginning of FIFA 19 will be: Small fry counts too! Cards that you hastily sold at the end of FIFA 18 should now be offered on the transfer market.
In general: Everything that does not fit into your team or squad building challenges and is not worth much should be sold immediately!
For more expensive cards, it is somewhat different, as these do not reach their highest value right at release, but rather a little after.
Trading in FIFA 19
For many cards, it is the case that they are worth more about two weeks (FIFA 18: October 14) after release than shortly before or at the release date of FIFA 19. This is simply due to the fact that hardly anyone has coins at release. Once everyone starts playing like crazy, the prices of players rise.
Invest correctly: To invest properly, you should have already collected some coins at release through the web app. Now you have several options to invest your coins:
Players with high ratings for SBCs, preferably from weaker leagues like Pepe, Ibrahimovic or Casillas rose extremely in FIFA 18.
Strong players with low ratings become more expensive because many players want to include them in their starter teams. In FIFA 18, this was, for example, Anthony Martial.
Players from TOTW 1 are usually worth significantly more a few weeks later as they were so rarely drawn at the beginning.
Desirable cards for SBCs can be purchased very cheaply at the beginning. Which cards these are cannot of course be predicted exactly. However, Spanish players from the Bundesliga or Germans from the Premier League are often needed. You can also take a look at the league SBCs already.
Market value curve of expensive players: Below you can see the price development of Martial (above) and Pepe (below) over the entire FIFA 18 season. It is clear that shortly after September 28 (far left), the prices of players rise sharply. In the case of Pepe, the price remains quite high for some time because he was quite valuable for, for example, icon SBCs.
Even better, the market value development can be seen in the following screen with Corentin Tolisso. Shortly after release, he was around 13k, peaking 1.5 weeks later at 30k.
These graphics are from futbin.com.
The YouTuber IamTabak posted a video about this, mainly focusing on trading at the beginning of FIFA 19. If you want to kick off on the transfer market, you should definitely master these things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoGFy-w3cHs
If you now pay attention to a large part of our and his tips and have a lucky hand on the transfer market, nothing stands in the way of a dream start in FUT 19!
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The Exotic Sleeper Simulant is currently dominating the Gambit mode in Destiny 2. This will likely change soon, as Bungie announces updates.
The Sleeper Dominance: Since the launch of Forsaken, players encounter the Sleeper Simulant in nearly every Gambit match. This exotic Linear Fusion Rifle is also known as “Sleeper Simulant” in the German-speaking world. Many Invaders come through the portal wielding this weapon and have an easy time.
One Shot, One Kill
What makes the Sleeper so powerful? When playing as an Invader in Gambit, you have 30 seconds to hunt down the opposing Guardians. The best Invaders are those who carry enough Power Ammo and the Sleeper.
With the Sleeper, you can eliminate a Guardian with just one shot from any distance. A normal body shot is enough, and it doesn’t matter whether the opposing Guardian has an active Super or not. The Sleeper Simulant is so strong that it can take down any Guardian with just one hit.
Although the ammo for this Power weapon is limited, it is sufficient in Gambit to create significant chaos as an Invader. The opposing Guardians are almost powerless against it.
Bungie says: A few hours ago, Bungie tweeted that they are aware of reports from users complaining that the Sleeper Simulant feels too strong in Gambit mode. The Sandbox team is currently investigating possible changes to address this issue.
How will the Sleeper change? The goal, according to Bungie, is to maintain the weapon’s strength while adjusting it so that it doesn’t feel like the only viable Power weapon in Gambit.
Josh Hamrick, the gameplay design lead, also commented on this topic. The Sandbox team aims to avoid releasing nerfs as long as there are other ways to adjust the game so that there is not just one correct decision. However, nerfs are sometimes necessary.
He promises that they will handle the topic carefully regarding when and where nerfs will be applied.
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Hamrick adds in another tweet that everyone truly wants the best for the game as a whole. And regardless of the specific changes that the Sleeper will undergo, the weapon should absolutely remain an option in Gambit, it just can’t be the only option.
How the Sleeper will be specifically changed is still unknown.
What fans say: Opinions on the announced Sleeper changes are divided. Some are glad that the Sleeper dominance will come to an end. Others emphasize that the Sleeper must remain powerful. That’s what makes the Sleeper special. Other changes should be made instead.
For instance, there are user suggestions that Power ammo should be removed once you go through the portal in Gambit. This way, the Sleeper remains strong in PvE Gambit, but Invaders are no longer completely overpowered.
What is your opinion? Should the Sleeper be adjusted? What would you do against the Sleeper dominance?
Currently, there is news circulating about Fortnite: Fortnite is said to be the reason for divorces. That may be true, but primarily it is one thing: Damn good PR for a British divorce site, says our author Schuhmann.
What happened? On September 7th, a blog post appeared on the company site of “Divorce-online.co-uk.” This is a site that earns its money handling “divorces.” They proudly refer to themselves as: “The online divorce service that the British trust the most.”
So the company is happy about customers and free PR. They also maintain a company blog.
Who wrote the original article? The blog post was written by a “marketing expert” who also manages the company blog of the site.
In the blog post, it states: The company searched its data and in 200 cases, “Fortnite” was mentioned as the reason for the divorce.
Furthermore, it mentions that in digital times, new reasons for divorce are arising such as online porn, online gaming, and social media. Problems are caused by “digital addictions” .
Is Fortnite really the reason for divorce? No further details are provided on how exactly Fortnite plays into the divorces. It only states: Fortnite is mentioned as “part” of the reasons why someone files for divorce.
So it could be that there are 50 reasons in such a report and reason number 48 is then “He plays too much Fortnite.” The data is not accessible and unverifiable.
News spreads, becoming more dramatic
What happened to the news?
Initially relatively little, the news appeared on September 7th on the company blog
On September 11th, the news was picked up by some US gaming sites that specifically report on Fortnite – the tenor here was neutral “Fortnite contributes to divorces”
On September 12th, smaller US mainstream sites reported on Fortnite as a relationship killer. Here it gets more dramatic: “Fortnite is accused of causing dozens of divorces”
On September 15th, the news then reached big US sites like AV-Club and from there to the gaming site Kotaku – here again fairly neutral
On September 17th, the news then hit with force in Germany. Here, sites like Heise, FAZ, or Focus report on “Fortnite as a relationship killer” – here there is no longer talk of “contributes to”, but straight to “reason for divorce” (FAZ), “relationship killer” (Express), “love killer” (Focus)
Tabloid writes: Fortnite destroys 4500 marriages a year
The harshest news about it: The UK tabloid “The Sun” also reported on the news on September 17th. They took from the story “Fortnite destroys 4500 marriages a year.” They simply extrapolated and generalized the numbers.
A US site, on the other hand, takes this news from The Sun and rounds it up to 5000.
This is what lies behind it: It is possible that Fortnite contributes to divorces. But this example shows how PR works.
The news and its worldwide distribution are a successful PR coup by the UK divorce site. It shows how one can create huge waves with minimal effort to make their brand more known by attaching to a current trend. If you wanted to book as much advertising, it would probably cost a fortune.
In the past, it was killer games, today relationship killers
It is interesting how the news becomes more dramatic – it follows the pattern of “Chinese whispers”. The spreading of the news is similar to the “Someone shat in front of the Fortnite stand at Gamescom” story.
The news matches what many believe about Fortnite and is therefore gladly spread.
While reports about action games used to portray games like Fortnite as “killer games”, they are now depicted as an “marriage killer”.
Fortnite has become so big that even such news can create huge waves. Especially in the UK, Fortnite is often used to stir public sentiment against gaming and its terrible influences:
The battle royale shooter Fear the Wolves received its third update on Steam. This update fixes bugs, improves language selection, and adds new gameplay features.
This is included in Update 3: The third update for Fear the Wolves has recently been released. It includes among other things:
Bug fixes
Performance upgrades
Map changes
10 new languages
More rewards for kills
New gameplay features
The patch notes for Update 3 in detail
Bug fixes – No more flying wolves: With update 3, some annoying bugs are being addressed. Wolves can no longer spawn in the air or in the ground. The same goes for grass.
Players no longer fall through the ground when exiting a vehicle on a hill. Additionally, the Fort 17 pistol now always has a magazine when viewed in third person.
Better performance: The developers have improved the detail levels of the game characters. This should enhance performance.
Also available in German: Languages supported in Fear the Wolves include German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, and Turkish.
New custom sets: You can now unlock the “Edge” and “Gangster” sets.
Queue while spectating: You can now join the queue for a new match even while in spectator mode. This way you can pass the time watching others play.
Rewards for special kills: If you kill your opponents in special ways, including headshots, grenade kills, and vehicle kills, you will receive extra rewards after the match.
Improvements to the map: The map in Fear the Wolves has been overhauled. There are now 4 new points of interest. In addition, certain locations have been adjusted.
More convenience: You can now toggle certain movement actions on and off. Ammo is removed from dropped weapons, and there is finally a compass!
Disclaimer: Fear the Wolves is published by Focus in collaboration with Webedia. Mein-MMO is part of the Webedia media group.
The war campaigns in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth are somewhat disappointing. Because they do little and certainly do not escalate the conflict.
Actually, World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth should stoke the conflict between Alliance and Horde, after all, the breaking war is the core aspect of the expansion. Even before the launch of the expansion, players were divided into two camps and felt more attached to their faction than ever before.
And although both Horde and Alliance have a war campaign that deals with the fighting of Horde and Alliance, no conflict mood arises. This has several reasons.
On the Alliance side, the war campaign was quite cool. One finds out that the Horde has taken in the San’layn, basically “vampire elves”, and actively uses them in the war. While hunting a particularly powerful blood prince (a leader of the San’layn), one’s own troops suffer heavy losses, leading to a lengthy game of cat and mouse.
The San’layn as “vampire” opponents are quite interestingly portrayed and are a clear gain for the Horde. They are powerful adversaries, and almost the entire campaign revolves around the hunt and destruction of the San’layn. That’s cool.
The catch is: As a Horde player, one learns nothing about the San’layn. It’s never mentioned that these vampire elves suddenly belong to the Horde and work for Sylvanas, not even a small hint is given.
There is absolutely no indication in the course of the Horde story that the San’layn have joined and are now operating under the Horde’s flag. Thus, players on Reddit were quite astonished that the San’layn appeared.
But it doesn’t end there. At the end of the current war campaign, the Alliance sinks a ship of the Zandalari. This all ends with a rather absurd speech from King Anduin Wrynn, who claims that under these new conditions the Zandalari can hardly offer any support to the Horde.
And again, here is the problem: As a Horde player, one notices nothing of this. There are no signs that something has happened and no indications that anything went off course.
No impact on the other faction
This makes the war campaign seem as if the Horde and Alliance are “playing past each other”. They do not influence each other. Each is cooking their own soup, and there are no noticeable effects.
The class campaigns in Legion handled this better, as the campaigns worked together or sometimes against each other.
But of course: Battle for Azeroth is still in its early stages. It may well be that Blizzard will better connect the plot threads. At the latest with a big showdown of the two fleets, this will likely be unavoidable – thankfully!
The latest installment in the FIFA series offers an interesting feature: In the story mode of FIFA19, you can play football like in the 60s.
Attention: Spoilers for “The Journey: Champions” follow. Close your eyes now if you want to discover moving gameplay material for yourself at release.
FIFA 19 creates a retro feeling: Not only the Icon cards featuring heroes from the past bring a retro feeling to the FIFA series – this year EA Sports goes a step further: In the third part of the story about Alex Hunter, you can play like in the 60s.
Jim Hunter in The Journey: The main protagonists in The Journey 3 are Alex Hunter, his half-sister Kim, and his friend Danny Williams. However, you also get to control Alex’s grandfather Jim Hunter for the first time.
Retro football in “The Journey 3”
Time travel to the 60s: When you start “The Journey 3”, you land right in the 60s. The time travel is noticeably reflected in the presentation: The grass is muddy, the footballers wear short shorts and long hair, and the audience is predominantly dressed in long coats.
The scoreboard is also designed in retro style. A first impression of the retro scenes is provided by the following video from the YouTube channel DTT, which has already been able to play The Journey 3:
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After a cutscene, gameplay material featuring 60s football can be seen. It is striking that the grass quality suffers considerably from the football game.
More retro options in FIFA 19?
Special FUT reward: If you win the game with Jim Hunter, the game rewards you with a special card of the striker for your Ultimate Team, which comes with a 77 overall rating:
Retro mode only in “The Journey”: Outside of The Journey, there is no trace of the retro mode; there is no kickoff option in the 1960s setting.
This is what the fans say: In the comments, several players are already wishing for a corresponding retro mode with classic teams to recreate legendary matches. One user writes, “Just imagine: Retro mode in FIFA 20. Barça with Ronaldinho, Inter with Ronaldo! Maradona and Napoli, Beckham at Man United. That would be incredible.”
Another suggests: “Imagine a career mode where you build a club in the 60s and play until 2030.”
The verdict is clear: The retro style is well received. Who knows – maybe EA Sports will deliver a corresponding mode with upcoming titles.
In Fortnite, a new update for Battle Royale and Save the World is coming today. We look at the patch notes in English and see two new items: In addition to the Pocket Fortress, there is also a large stadium that fits into the pocket.
The likely last patch for Season 5 is released today on September 18, before Season 6 starts soon. When players log in after downtime, they will find a slightly changed game. We present the most important changes.
These are the highlights of the patch notes 5.41 for Battle Royale
Playground: There is a new item for the Playground mode that works like a Pocket Fortress but builds a stadium. The thing is 7×11 tiles big and is said to be full of damage traps and bounce areas.
Apparently, players are supposed to go into this “Spike Stadium” and play inside it. The item is available in “red supply drops”; along with a lot of impulse grenades. The item will only be available for a limited time in the Playground.
Players had built such “stadiums” themselves in the past to fly around in the playground and shoot at each other. Apparently, Epic Games took this player idea as a template and is now providing it to everyone.
New item Pocket Fortress: The new Fortnite item Pocket Fortress is also equipped with bounce areas. It is said to be “really huge,” says Fortnite. The item is legendary and is set up immediately when thrown. The Pocket Fortress can be found in treasure chests, supply llamas, supply drops, and vending machines.
New mode: In “Height Rush Solo” there is a classic battle royale, but you can redeploy the glider when you reach a great height.
Skin no longer just a head: The skin “Grill Sergeant” has been fixed by Epic. The poor Grill Sergeant was just a head when players wanted to use him in Fortnite.
These are the highlights of the patch notes for Save the World
Horde Challenge 7: Like every week, a new Horde Challenge is coming, granting 1500 gold upon first completion. This week, enemies are immune to group control. You probably have to deal a lot of damage.
These challenges in Fortnite: Save the World take place in a separate sub-mode where you have to defeat waves of enemies and expand your fortress from game to game, which you carry with you.
New weapon: The flintlock launcher will be in the shop from Thursday for a week. The thing fires cannonballs, deals area damage, and knocks back enemies. The balls bounce off the ground before exploding and deal damage to husks with each bounce.
During the Community Day with Chikorita, Meganium can learn the move Frenzy Plant. How strong is it in Pokémon GO and what does the community say about it?
In a few days, the Community Day in September begins. The special creature on this day is the Grass-type Pokémon Chikorita, which belongs to the starters from Generation 2. Its second evolution can learn the move Frenzy Plant during the event. The impact on the meta is therefore only minimal.
Meganium learns Frenzy Plant in Pokémon GO
With the announcement of the special Community Day move, the developers at Niantic are always taking their time. Only a few days before the start of the event it will be officially announced which move the special species of the event learns.
Frenzy Plant has been learned by other Pokémon: Now it is clear that Meganium can also learn the move, which has already been learned by Venusaur. If you evolve Bayleef to Meganium during the event, it will learn Frenzy Plant.
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How strong will Meganium become? In the community, the question quickly arose whether Meganium will become stronger than Venusaur. Trainers want to know if a new top attacker is sprouting up. However, that’s not the case. Meganium with Frenzy Plant is by no means as strong as Venusaur with Frenzy Plant.
Initial battle simulations and value comparisons have already been conducted. They show that Meganium with Frenzy Plant is ranked around 13th or 14th among the best Grass-type attackers when comparing DPS values. In the simulation, an opponent was used that is only vulnerable to Grass-type moves.
This is what the community says: The excitement over the announcement of Frenzy Plant is limited. While Meganium will become a stronger attacker, it didn’t make a significant leap forward among top attackers. Nonetheless, it’s worth evolving such a Meganium during the Community Day. Even if it’s just for your collection.
Even though the criticism from the community sounds harsh, Meganium with Frenzy Plant is not useless. It simply does not perform as well in combat values as others.
When does the Community Day start? The Community Day in September starts on Saturday, September 22, at 11:00 AM. As usual, the event will be active for 3 hours and ends at 2:00 PM. The Community Day with Eevee even lasted 2 days.
What bonuses are there? The special Pokémon of the day is Chikorita. It will appear much more frequently in the wild. Additionally, you will receive 3x XP for catching Pokémon. Lures will last for 3 hours again.
Shiny Chikorita? At the Community Day in September, shiny Pokémon are expected to be available again. So far, the special Pokémon at these events have always appeared in their shiny forms. Therefore, it is assumed that you will encounter shiny Chikorita during the event.
A clever player has discovered a secret in Overwatch. We reveal here why hamsters are learning to sing.
Although the Wrecking Ball (known to everyone as Hammond) has been available as a playable hero in Overwatch for quite some time, the community continues to find new secrets and little Easter eggs. Recently, a detail was discovered that has captured the hearts of fans.
What is the Easter egg? The newcomer Hammond, the genetically enhanced hamster from the Horizon lunar base, might not be able to speak, but that doesn’t stop him from singing. On the map Dorado, he can “sing along” to the Overwatch melody and sounds incredibly excited. Apparently, Hammond is also a big fan of Overwatch.
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How does the Easter egg work? To trigger the secret voice line, you need to play as an attacker on the Dorado map. In the first spawn area, choose Wrecking Ball as a hero. Then, you have to shoot in the correct order at four of the bells hanging in the garden. You need to play the melody of Overwatch. The exact shooting order can be seen in the video above.
Other heroes, by the way, do not react to this sequence of bells. So far, it seems that only Hammond responds to it, although some players are looking for other combinations to get other heroes to sing as well.
Cortyn says: I am more surprised by the fact that there are more than three bells in Dorado than by the Easter egg. I have been playing since the beta and have shot at the bells so often, but I never realized that there are more than just the three in the middle. Nevertheless, a great Easter egg – I hope the community finds more of them.
What do you think of this Easter egg? Does it make little Hammond even more lovable? Or can you not relate to the hamster at all?
Today marks the start of the 1st Iron Banner event in Year 2 of Destiny 2. This event brings a new PvP map that many Guardians know and love.
Iron Banner brings Pantheon back: When the Iron Banner event starts today, September 18 at 7 PM, a new PvP map goes live. Bungie only posted this tweet about the new map (and the new Iron Banner gear), and many Guardians immediately recognized which map it is: a rework of Pantheon.
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What Pantheon 2.0 is all about: Pantheon was a popular map in Destiny 1. It was set in the Black Garden and was introduced to the Destiny universe with “Darkness Awaits.” In Destiny 2, it is returning under the name “Convergence.”
Map for all PvP playlists: Bungie confirms that Convergence will be available not only in Iron Banner but in all Crucible playlists. Every Destiny 2 player can play on it, although only Forsaken owners will have access in private matches.
What fans are saying: In the comments under the tweet and on reddit, players are celebrating the return of Pantheon. Many have noted that it was their favorite map. Additionally, the map is excellent for sniping, which coincides with the fact that snipers have become useful again since Forsaken. One player writes that they never liked PvP, but they do like this map.
Pantheon from Destiny 1
All information about the Iron Banner start on September 18.
The most important facts about the 1st Iron Banner in Season 4:
Start: Tuesday, September 18 at 7:00 PM
End: Tuesday, September 25 at 7:00 PM
Mode: Control in 6v6 format
How to participate:
All Destiny 2 players can participate. Eligibility does not depend on Year 1 DLCs or the Forsaken expansion
However, you will likely have to complete the campaign surrounding Ghaul and be at least character level 20. These were the previous participation requirements
Then speak to Lord Saladin in the Tower, who will be waiting for you above the Gunsmith at 7 PM
The Iron Banner can be initiated from the Crucible overview in the Director.
New Iron Banner weapons
What’s new with Iron Banner in Year 2?
Power level matters again: For the first time since the release of Destiny 2, power level advantages will be activated – just as many veterans remember from Destiny 1 times.
This means that Guardians with a higher power level will have an advantage over players with a lower power level. They will deal more damage and take less damage. Therefore, you should wear your most powerful gear for the event. How much the advantages will be remains to be seen.
All Guardians can participate in the Iron Banner event, regardless of which expansions they own. However, players without Forsaken will only receive Iron Banner rewards with the maximum power level available to them.
Year 2 rewards with random rolls and compatibility with Year 2 mods will also be available to all Guardians.
New Iron Banner gear
Iron Banner delivers powerful loot
New reward system:
Lord Saladin will offer 7 weekly bounties. Each successfully completed bounty will grant you an Iron Banner reward.
All Iron Banner weapons and armor pieces can drop for you.
Additionally, the Iron Lord offers armor pieces and two weapons with unique rolls for direct purchase for each event. You can acquire these items once you have completed the corresponding bounty.
There will also be drops after completing Iron Banner matches. Crucible and Iron Banner gear can drop there.
What about old Iron Banner tokens? If you still have tokens left from Season 3, you can redeem them for reputation packages. This way, Iron Banner weapons and armor pieces can also drop for you.
A Paladin has managed to defeat the raid boss MOTHER in Uldir, the current raid in World of Warcraft, solo. We reveal how that happened.
Many guilds are struggling through the raid Uldir, the first raid of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. While some groups need 20 players for a boss, the Paladin Rextroy accomplished the miracle. He defeated the boss MOTHER completely alone.
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How was that possible? Rextroy used a talent called Last Defender. This talent reduces the damage taken while simultaneously increasing the damage dealt by up to 3% for each nearby enemy. There is a diminishing return effect, but there seems to be no hard cap.
With numerous little worms around him, he was able to avoid about 95% damage and simultaneously deal a lot of bonus damage.
Where did all the little worms come from? Rextroy brought the little worms from the dungeon King’s Rest. There, the worms apply a debuff that “infects” players. Infected players spawn new worms after a few seconds, which have a chance to re-infect the player. With some luck, it’s possible to endlessly bring in worms, which allow the talent Last Defender to stack very high.
Top-notch equipment: However, just picking the right talent is not enough to defeat MOTHER. An average item level of 365 was also necessary – basically a mix between normal and heroic Uldir. Additionally, he needed consumables like flasks and Vantus runes.
What do you think of this extraordinary kill? A special achievement and clever use of game mechanics? Or clearly bug-using and thus not really a great thing?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Today, on Tuesday, September 18, the Fortnite servers on all platforms (PC / Mac, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android) will receive an update to unlock the Pocket Fortress and signal the end of Season 5. How long will the servers be down? When can you get back to it?
When will the Fortnite servers be taken down? At 09:30 AM German time, you will find no active games in the lobby, and at 10 AM you will be kicked from the game. With the server maintenance, the High-Stakes event will also end.
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When will the Fortnite servers be back online? If everything goes smoothly, you should be able to start again between 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM. As usual, you will find out when that is and what the patch notes have in store for you at MeinMMO.
This is what the update 5.41 brings for the Battle Royale mode: The new, improved Pocket Fortress with the name Pocket Fortress is coming. It is significantly larger than the small Pocket Fortress and is therefore particularly interesting for teams.
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Is Epic going to signal the end of Season 5 today? The cube – dubbed Kevin by the community – continues on its path. Whether Epic will make further changes to the map with today’s patch that indicate the end of the currently running Season 5 is still unknown.
In the past weeks, however, smaller changes have been made to the map repeatedly. Maybe the cube will finally reveal how the story will continue in Season 6.
This is what the update brings for Save the World mode: In the current week, the PvE faction can look forward to week 7 of the Horde Challenges. Further content is not yet known. Here too, we will have to wait for the patch notes.
In Destiny 2 you need to repair a broken Awakened Talisman to get to the Dreaming City. To do this, you need fragments in Lost Sectors – in an old pirate hideout, in the heart of Spiders’ web, and at a rare green location.
The Dreaming City is a new area in Destiny 2 that serves as the endgame zone of Forsaken. After completing the story campaign, you will frequently find yourself in this location – as the new raid is also located in the heart of the Dreaming City.
However, the Dreaming City is not directly unlocked at the start. You must first prove yourself worthy to gain entry. To do this, you need an Awakened Talisman.
Top loot awaits: At the end of the questline, you will receive rewards above the soft cap of 500 power level. Therefore, it is advisable to play the final mission only when you have reached 500 power level.
Nexxoss Gaming shows you the steps in the video, we describe them below:
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How to get into the Dreaming City with the Talisman – Guide
Here’s how:
Step 1: Complete the story campaign. Then go to Petra Venj in the Tangled Shore, where she will give you a broken Awakened Talisman. She tells you that this Talisman is the key to the Dreaming City. However, you must repair it. You will receive the milestone “Beyond the Watchtower.”
Spider
Step 2: Go to Spider right next door, who will help you repair the Talisman. He gives you the task to find Talisman fragments in Lost Sectors. Which sectors these are will not be marked on the map. You will only receive these hints in the inventory overview:
In an old pirate hideout
In the heart of Spiders’ web
At a rare green location
A map has already been published on Reddit showing which sectors are involved.
The Lost Sectors in the Tangled Shore for the Talisman:
The entrance to Lost Sectors is represented in these areas by the following symbol. Keep an eye out for the symbol; the entrance will be nearby: YouTuber Fuzzy Bearbarian will guide you and show you the locations of the sectors (timestamps under the video):
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Step 3: After you have looted the chests in the three sectors, return to Spider. He will now let you defeat Taken, so the Talisman can absorb Darkness. You can find plenty of Taken in the Shattered Throne strike in the EDZ or on Io in a Lost Sector right by the landing zone, which you can repeatedly complete.
Step 4: Go back to Spider in the Tangled Shore, who will let you play a public event. It is the Aether Ritual in the “Fourhorns Gorge” in the Tangled Shore. In the link you will learn how to complete the event heroically. However, for the quest, you probably only need to finish the normal event. You can still shoot down a few Aether clouds.
Step 5: Return to Spider and then into a new story mission with a recommended power of 500. During this mission, you will enter the Dreaming City. Follow the quest until you encounter Petra Venj. From then on, you will have permanent access to the Dreaming City.
Upon completing this mission, there may be rewards above the soft cap of 500. Therefore, it is advisable to play the mission only then.
Have you already arrived in the Dreaming City?
During this questline, you will also come to this location:
In Red Dead Redemption 2 there are exciting places to discover. Rockstar is now introducing these saloons, landscapes, and towns in more detail.
While you ride through the world of Red Dead Redemption 2 and experience the story, you will come across special places. The interesting landscape spans from bustling cities to lonely, frosty mountains. What awaits you is now shown by the developers through postcards. Expect forests in West Elizabeth, mountains in Ambarino, prairies in New Hanover, and swamps in Lemoyne.
Valentine – The Heartlands, NH
Introduction: “The noisy, busy hustle and bustle of the small town of Valentine, located in the Heartlands, attracts traders, ranchers, cowboys, gamblers, outlaws, and prostitutes from near and far, all eager to make money, cause a stir, and have fun.”
What is happening? There is a lot going on in Valentine, as livestock auctions attract many buyers and other folks. This town is certainly lively. As the two additional screenshots of Valentine show, a lot of action awaits you there. The revolver is prominently featured in both images.
Annesburg – Roanoke Ridge, NH
Introduction: “The miners in Annesburg and their families have a hard time. For more than a century, the town has provided the areas along the Lannahechee River with coal. The working conditions are terrible, wages are low, and countless men have lost their lives working in the shafts.”
What is happening? In Annesburg, a gloomy atmosphere prevails because there is too little money for the stuffy work in the shafts. The residents are not to be trifled with.
Saint Denis – Bayou NWA, LE
Introduction: “The vibrant city of Saint Denis is an important gateway to North America and a trade route that stretches across the land. It is a melting pot of various cultures and peoples, where businessmen, high society, sailors, workers, beggars, and thieves live side by side.”
What is happening? As explained in the introduction, different social classes meet in Saint Denis. With thieves and beggars on the streets, you are bound to find interesting interactions. So watch your actions, as the NPCs in Red Dead Redemption 2 react directly to your behavior.
Mount Hagen – Grizzles, AM
Introduction: “Mount Hagen is one of the better-known peaks of the snowy Grizzlies located in Ambarino. In its shadow lie Lake Isabella to the west and Beartooth Beck to the east, between which the main route through the mountain ranges in the west runs towards the Dakota River in the south.”
What is happening? This icy mountain requires a lot of strength from the horses that are meant to transport you over it. If you take good care of your horse, you will be rewarded. But watch out for ambushes. As the additional images show, the enemies up there are also cold-hearted.
Rhodes – Scarlett Meadows, LE
Introduction: “The southern town of Rhodes may appear proper and decent at first glance, but in reality, it is riddled with tension and corruption. For years, people here have lived in the crossfire of the Braithwaites and the Grays, two rival families who operate plantations in the area.”
What is happening? In Rhodes, you apparently need to be careful about whom you do jobs for. Because the two rival families will surely try to involve you in their dispute.
Strawberry – Big Valley, WE
Introduction: “Strawberry was little more than a small lumberjack settlement before the new mayor, an eccentric from the East Coast, set out to make it a cultural highlight for wealthy tourists – to the great astonishment of the locals.”
What is happening? In Strawberry, tourists with plenty of money are expected to come and go soon. It will likely be your job to assist the mayor and upgrade this settlement.
Lagras – Bayou Nwa, LE
Introduction: “The inhabitants of Lagras, a small, remote settlement in the swamps of Bayou Nwa in Lemoyne, live a largely self-sufficient life and earn a little money as fishermen and guides for travelers passing through the region.”
What is happening? Rockstar’s introduction hints that things are rather quiet in the settlement itself. However, there are other dangers lurking in the swamps, as seen in the additional images. As the first trailer revealed, you will likely be using a bow and arrow in Red Dead Redemption 2.
How do you like these showcased places in Red Dead Redemption 2? Do you have a favorite?
