The MMO shooter Warframe receives the update “Mask of the Revenant” for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The update has already been released on PC, and now it’s the consoles’ turn.
What’s included in the update “Mask of the Revenant”? The latest update for Warframe provides you with another Warframe, the titular Revenant. Additionally, there’s a new weapon for the new Warframe.
And then there’s the Street Fighter minigame “Framefighter”.
This is what the new Warframe “Revenant” can do
What role does the new Frame play? Revenant is a “Controller” who manipulates enemies, taking away their combat effectiveness. His abilities are:
Enthrall: This allows you to control enemies and pit them against each other. Such enslaved minions will eventually explode in energy blasts.
Mesmer Skin: Here you reflect damage back at enemies and stun them. Stunned enemies can be enslaved at no additional cost.
Reave: Here you rush through enemies as an energy wall, draining their shields and life force.
Danse Macabre: This skill continuously emits energy beams that shred enemies apart.
How do you get the Revenant? Go to Cetus to the mask seller Natak and bring her a Cetus Whisp. Then you will receive a mask for your Operator. Take the Operator to the Lake of Gara at night, and you will get background information and a specific quest for the Revenant blueprints.
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What weapons does the Revenant have? The Revenant comes with the Plasma shotgun Phantasma. It fires either beams or plasma grenades.
Finally Street Fighter with Warframes!
With the Revenant update, a fun minigame is finally coming to Warframe: Framefighter. This game within the game lets you engage in Street Fighter-style brawls with different Warframes.
How do I access Framefighter? To play Street Fighter with Warframes, you need to travel to Cephalon Simaris and acquire a “Ludoplex”. This allows you to play all minigames, including Framefighter as well as the sidescroller “Wyrmius” and the Flappy Birds equivalent “Happy Zephyr”. These games are also hidden within Warframe.
More information about Framefighter can be found here:
Now fans and interested players have the opportunity to try out the new battle royale mode of Call of Duty. Because today the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout beta started on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
We have summarized all the important information about the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout beta in an overview for you.
What is this Blackout in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4? It is an in-house battle royale mode of Call of Duty that will be included in Black Ops 4.
The battle royale beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is in full swing on the PS4. Numerous players can now get their own impression of the new Blackout mode. How is battle royale in Call of Duty being received so far?
Good first impression: According to the first experience reports, the new game mode is quite positively received by the beta participants. The prevailing sentiment is that Call of Duty is getting a quite interesting enhancement through Blackout and could even compete with Fortnite.
The mode feels very good, the map is huge and diverse, the fights are exciting, tactical, and intense. The new perks, which are now consumables in Blackout, are also well received by fans. Vehicles are well balanced and easy to control.
In short: With Blackout, Treyarch seems to have achieved something that many are excited about and that numerous players are already looking forward to after the first hours of play – even hardcore Fortnite, PUBG, and H1Z1 fans.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta Start & End on PS4
When does it start? The beta for the new in-house battle royale mode of Black Ops 4 started on Monday, September 10, 2018, at 7:00 PM. The test phase ends on Monday, September 17, 2018, at 7:00 PM.
How do I get in? As this is a private beta, this beta test is once again limited to pre-order customers. Anyone who has received a key through other means – for example through promotions or giveaways – can also participate.
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There is currently no information on an open beta phase on PS4.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta – Start time on Xbox One
When does it start? There will also be a private beta for the Blackout mode on the Xbox One. The test phase starts on September 14 at 7:00 PM. It ends on Monday, September 17, 2018, at 7:00 PM.
How do I get in? The private beta on the Xbox is once again only open to pre-order customers. So far, there is no information on an open beta phase for the Blackout mode on Xbox One.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta on PC – The Details
There will be both a private beta and an open beta for the upcoming battle royale mode of Black Ops 4 on PC.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Private Beta on PC
When does it start? The private beta starts on September 14 at 7:00 PM. However, the private beta will transition to an open beta just one day later.
How do I get in? Access is only available to pre-order customers of any digital version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Open Beta on PC
When does it start? The open beta for the Blackout mode on PC starts on September 15 at 7:00 PM. The beta test ends on Monday, September 17, 2018, at 7:00 PM, just like on the consoles.
Is there a preload for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta?
How big is the download? The beta client is nearly 33 GB in size and can now be downloaded on all platforms.
On PS4, you can download the beta through the PS Store, on Xbox One through the MS Store. On PC, you can find the Blackout beta through the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop App.
By the way: If you have already participated in the private or open beta of the traditional multiplayer part of Black Ops 4 and have not deleted the previous beta client from your hard drive, you only need to download an update of about 12 GB.
The system requirements for the Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta on PC
The following system requirements apply to the Blackout beta:
Minimum System Requirements
Operating System: Windows 7, 64-Bit or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500k or AMD equivalent
RAM: 8 GB
Free Disk Space: 40 GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 2 GB / GTX 1050 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7950
Note that these system requirements specifically apply to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Beta and may differ from the specifications for the release version.
What content does the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta offer?
Only Battle Royale: The Black Ops 4 private beta revolves exclusively around testing the upcoming battle royale mode Blackout. The traditional multiplayer part will not be included in this beta.
The game modes of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta
How to play: It is possible to compete in solos, duos, and quads accordingly alone, in pairs, or in a four-man team. Games will be played on the largest map in the history of Call of Duty so far.
By the way: The perks in the battle royale mode Blackout work a bit differently than before. There, the perks represent a kind of power-ups that are scattered across the battlefield. According to the developers, these are consumables – the benefits that come with the perks are therefore only temporary.
Is a PS Plus/Xbox Live Gold membership required for the Black Ops 4 Beta?
Although it has not yet been officially confirmed by Activision, previous betas of Call of Duty did not require a PS Plus subscription. An active Xbox Live Gold membership is required to play on Xbox One.
When is the release of Call of Duty Black Ops 4?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be released on October 12, 2018, for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Bungie has announced the first Iron Banner after the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken. All players should be able to participate, regardless of whether the expansion was purchased or not. But how exactly will the level advantages affect the game? Bungie is in a dilemma.
First Iron Banner in Destiny 2 with level advantages: With the launch of Forsaken, Bungie has restructured the Iron Banner:
Finally, level advantages should be active again, as the lore “prescribes.” After all, only the best should be able to compete with each other.
At the same time, Bungie wants to allow players who did not purchase the Forsaken expansion to participate in the Iron Banner.
Both ideas contradict each other: Everyone can join. But power level advantages are active. So what about players without Forsaken?
The questions:
Will players without Forsaken have a significant disadvantage in the Iron Banner?
Or are the power level advantages only marginal?
We do not yet know the answer to both questions.
Bungie’s TWAB only provides vague information: A corresponding statement was found in a weekly blog post from Bungie in August: It states that buyers of Forsaken will have an advantage, but in principle, all players can participate.
Depending on the perceptibility of these advantages, two scenarios can be derived, both of which may represent a dilemma for Bungie.
Scenario 1 – The level advantages are clearly noticeable
Without Forsaken, no chance in the Iron Banner: Those who could not or did not want to purchase the latest expansion will be at most level 30 and power level 400. Guardians with Forsaken will largely be at a power level between 520 and 540 due to the raid launch this weekend.
A difference of more than 100 levels would lead to one-sided gunfights due to the strongly pronounced level advantages. What role character level plays is still unknown at this time. For players without Forsaken to have any chance at all, the character level must be completely ignored.
If players with this significantly higher level have advantages in combat, the motivation for non-Forsaken players is likely to drop quickly. They benefit from the rewards after a match but have little opportunity to make their mark on the fights.
Mixed teams could cause issues: Guardians with significantly lower power levels are likely to disrupt the team balance in the Iron Banner. If the split between players with and without Forsaken is not even, some teams may already have a clear disadvantage at the start.
If the level advantages are noticeable, Bungie’s announcement that all players can participate becomes a pipe dream. Because then Guardians without Forsaken may only be able to take part on paper in the Iron Banner but will be practically hopeless.
Power level differences are negligible: If the damage drop-off at a power level difference of between 100 and 140 points is only marginal, all Guardians can easily participate in the Iron Banner.
In this case, however, Bungie would have to be asked why the level “advantages” are even back in the game. If the effect is hardly noticeable even with large level differences, Bungie could just as well have kept the status quo from year 1.
No matter which scenario applies, Bungie is in a dilemma: If the power level advantages are clearly noticeable, players without Forsaken are likely to have a significant disadvantage. At the same time, this would always be a disadvantage for team balance if players are unevenly distributed.
If the advantages are only marginal, Bungie will face the accusation of having reintroduced level advantages into the game when they have no effect.
When will we know more? However the level advantages become noticeable, on Tuesday, September 18, we will know more. The first Iron Banner in Forsaken will start then.
What do you think? How will Bungie implement the power level advantages?
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In Ring of Elysium, you play Battle Royale in a freezing environment. In line with the Steam release, there is also a trailer.
The Battle Royale shooter Ring of Elysium is considered by many players as a free alternative to PUBG. The gameplay looks realistic. There are no garish colors that distract from the fact that you are fighting for survival.
What is it about? In Ring of Elysium, you play tourists who are trapped in a ski resort. The problem is that the cold wears you down and you must survive to catch the rescue helicopter. And the other tourists have the same goal.
Reminds of winter sports: There are opportunities to speed down the map and steep cliffs with snowboards and snowmobiles. You can also use zip lines and hang gliders for movement.
How many players are in a RoE match? 100. You compete along with 99 other players for one of the four spots in the helicopter.
What makes Ring of Elysium different from Fortnite or PUBG? A system allows players to automatically build weapon upgrades on their guns. You move across the map using hang gliders, snowboards, cars, boats, and snowmobiles. You can already get an impression of this in the trailer.
Additional features:
Dynamic weather
Avalanche danger
Weapons with 2 scopes
4 winners
FPP and TPP mode
Update from September 19: What’s new? Ring of Elysium is now available on Steam. Unfortunately, not yet for players in Europe. However, Tencent confirmed that they are working on an EU version, which will be released “soon.” There is no specific date yet. Several languages are expected to be supported.
Here’s how to perform all goal celebrations in FIFA 19. We present the celebrations, dances, and movement combinations with the key combinations for the PS4 and list the new celebrations featuring the star celebrations from Ronaldo, Griezmann, and others individually.
If you score goals in FIFA 19, you should celebrate them properly! You have a variety of goal celebrations available to you, including some new ones that are making their debut in FIFA 19.
To ensure you look good while celebrating, we show you which buttons you need to press.
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New Celebrations in FIFA 19 – Here’s how to perform them on PS4 and Xbox One
All new celebrations that every player can perform:
Little Brother – Hold L2 and double press Circle (Hold LT, double press B):
Giddy Up(Come on) – Hold L1 and press R3 (Hold LB, press the right stick):
Phone It In (Kids Play) – Hold L1 and hold the right stick up (Hold LB, hold the right stick up):
Hang Loose(Stay Chill) – Hold L1 and press the right stick once up and once down (Hold LB, press the right stick once up and down):
Neighbourhood(Like Home) – Hold L2 and move the right stick twice down (Press LT and move the right stick down twice):
Kiss the Ground(Kiss the Ground) – Hold R2 and hold the right stick to the right (Hold RT, move the right stick to the right):
Matador – Hold R2 and press the right stick once down and once up (Hold RT, press the right stick down and up):
New Star Celebrations from Ronaldo, Griezmann, and Lingard
What are Star Celebrations? By pressing the X button (PS4) or the A button (Xbox) after a successful goal, you perform the so-called star celebration. The idea is that the player performs a celebration they are known for in reality.
Ronaldo, Griezmann, and Lingard receive unique new celebrations that only they can perform in FIFA 19:
Double Siii (Ronaldo Celebration) – Press X when teammates are nearby (Press A):
Number One (Ronaldo Celebration) – Press X when the victory is secured (Press A):
Crocodile (Griezmann Celebration) – Press X (Press A):
Milly Rock (Lingard Celebration) – Press X (Press A):
All new celebrations can be seen here in the video:
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All Celebrations at a Glance – Which Buttons You Need to Press
In FIFA 19, the celebration animations are distinguished between movement combinations, finishing movements, “Pro – unlockable objects”, and “celebrations”. We will add in-game screenshots (PS4) for the respective key combinations. The same combinations apply to Xbox, you just need to press the corresponding buttons on the Xbox controller (L2 corresponds to LT, X corresponds to A, etc.).
All Movement Combinations
You can perform these celebrations directly after a goal while running, before you make a finishing celebration:
Selection 1
Selection 2
Selection 3
All Finishing Movements
Basically, all celebrations – except for the movement combinations – are finishing movements. Press one of the following key combinations so that the goal scorer immediately starts a celebration animation.
This is the category of all celebrations that you can unlock with your Pro:
Selection 1
Selection 2
Selection 3
Selection 4
Selection 5
All “Celebrations”
This category includes all remaining celebrations. Until FIFA 18, this category was called “EAS FC unlockable celebrations”. You need to unlock them with earnable coins in the catalog.
In FIFA 19, you can choose a random celebration for the first time by pressing the Circle button (PS4). This aims to bring more variety to the celebrations: You don’t have to remember many key combinations but can celebrate diversely with just a button.
This new feature is included in the celebration basics:
Cancel Celebration: If you want to kick off immediately after a goal to avoid wasting time, you can press all shoulder buttons (L1+R1+L2+R2) at the same time. This will cancel the entire celebration phase and takes you directly to the kickoff.
How do you celebrate in FIFA 19?
To score many goals in FIFA 19, you can perfect your finishing timing, the “Timed Finishing”. Here are tips and explanations:
Should World of Warcraft focus on strengths from the last expansion? Fans believe that it could significantly improve the game.
When Battle for Azeroth was announced almost a year ago, many fans had some concerns:
World of Warcraft would change too little with the newest expansion and not bring any innovations.
Battle for Azeroth would be a “conservative expansion”
innovative ideas and features are missing.
Currently, it seems more like the opposite is true: Less change would have done WoW good after Legion.
This opinion is at least held by the Redditor gustavposts, who quickly gathered more than 5000 upvotes with his statements, indicating broad agreement.
Fewer changes to the classes. Many players do not understand why Blizzard wants to completely reinvent the classes with each expansion.
Just recently, they had created a solid, fun gameplay for almost all classes with Legion, and now they are abolishing it again. Legion needed three major updates before all classes were in a solid state.
A rework with every addon? With Battle for Azeroth, many abilities disappeared, especially due to the removal of artifact weapons. These gaps are too large and are hardly filled by the new Azerite abilities.
The result is classes like the Elemental Shaman or the Shadow Priest, which are boring to play because important components are missing.
The players’ fear is that Blizzard will now need three patches again to make all classes interesting – only to completely redesign them again in the next addon.
New features meet with little response
Many of the new features in Battle for Azeroth seem underdeveloped or not well thought out. Therefore, there is currently a lot of criticism about many modes.
Island Expeditions without rewards: A large part of the players considers the Island Expeditions to be a flop. They are not as dynamic and repetitive as promised.
Rewards are often insufficient, and for many, it is just a chore to get the weekly bonus. Those who don’t enjoy the pure gameplay of the Island Expeditions are annoyed by them after just a few weeks.
Warfronts as AFK grind: The Warfronts are currently receiving more criticism than praise. This was not only due to the sudden increase in requirements, but also due to the non-dynamic gameplay.
Numerous players are AFK during the battles, thus extending the workload of the actively playing players. For this, there is then equipment with item level 340, making other content (like heroic or mythic dungeons) seem redundant.
With Battle for Azeroth, the players’ outcry is particularly strong. Many wish that Blizzard had focused on the things that already worked well in Legion, instead of introducing new features that have now become an opaque web.
Many players no longer even know where to get which equipment or what they have to do for it. More and more are longing for “simpler systems,” such as farmable points (like old Honor, Conquest, or tokens for dungeons), with which they can simply go to a vendor and buy their desired item.
The demand to Blizzard is clear: Take a moment to pause and look at what was fun and easy to understand. Bring back what worked.
Cortyn says: Especially from the perspective of a beleaguered Shadow Priest, I can absolutely understand the argument and agree. I would give a lot if my Shadow Priest could play just like in Legion. Leveling was also a pain, but at least the gameplay was enjoyable.
Now it’s just plain boring, and only Patch 8.1, for which there is still no information, is the light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully.
What is your opinion on this topic? Should Blizzard simply revert some changes and let Battle for Azeroth be “more like Legion”? Or are they already on the right track, and you just have to get used to the innovations?
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Players on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been waiting for 2 years for a port of the MMORPG Black Desert. But apparently, Pearl Abyss is in no hurry. The release of Black Desert is taking a long time.
While classic MMORPGs like WoW or Star Wars: The Old Republic are made for mouse and keyboard, in Black Desert you dash around, perform combo moves, and hack your way through hordes of enemies.
Many players on consoles wanted Black Desert the moment they saw the first trailer.
This is what happened with Black Desert and consoles so far
This is what has happened so far: Black Desert has always kept the backdoor open to appear on consoles.
In January 2017, the developers first spoke about a planned console port in Taiwan
In March 2017, the developers then officially confirmed that “Black Desert” would actually be released on PS4 and Xbox One.
What is going on there? There must have been some delay; otherwise, the release wouldn’t have been announced at E3 2017, only for nothing to happen for a whole year.
More likely, priorities have shifted in the meantime. The console port of Black Desert may not be as important now as it was a year and a half ago.
What has changed? In January 2017, when Black Desert first talked about “Xbox One and PlayStation 4”, the West was still centrally important for Black Desert’s plans. A lot of money had been made here after the release in March 2016.
Meanwhile, the love for Black Desert in Europe and North America has cooled off. Fans complain about “Pay2Win”, leading to conflicts.
However, the mobile version of Black Desert is more popular than ever in Asia. Pearl Abyss has made a fortune with Black Desert Mobile in South Korea and other parts of Asia.
It is quite conceivable that the console version had to suffer because of this.
The work on the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta continues non-stop. The latest update now brings along numerous adjustments and fixes with the next event playlist “Close Quarters”.
The previous Fast Collapse event playlist for 4-man teams has today been replaced by an event for lone wolves. How does the new Close-Quarters mode play in the Blackout Beta? What adjustments have been made to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle Royale? We have gathered all the important info for you.
Close Quarters – Solo Event in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta
What is Close Quarters? It is a new event-based playlist in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta. The mode is already live and can be played. This time, the new event is aimed solely at solo players.
What makes Fast Collapse special? As the name suggests, this new event playlist revolves around close-quarters combat. In this framework, players only have submachine guns (SMGs), shotguns, pistols, and the good old brass knuckles at their disposal. The motto is: Get in close!
What else does the beta offer: In the course of the Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta, you can expect another event in the coming days. Close Quarters is the second of a total of three events that will occur during this testing phase after Fast Collapse.
This was the focus of the latest update for the Call of Duty Blackout Beta
Apart from the new event playlist, there were changes in the following areas:
Armor:
The Level 3 armor has been adjusted. While it still mitigates damage and headshots, it will now break more quickly
The Level 2 armor has been minimally adjusted
New playable characters:
Mason, Menendez, Reznov, and Woods have now been unlocked in the character menu
Perks: The activation time for perks has now been set to 2 seconds
Various fixes:
General fixes for stability
A kill cam has been implemented
A user interface (UI) bug has been fixed
These aspects will be monitored closely and adjusted as needed:
The volume of own footsteps
Score and level system
Items should be easier to pick up – even if you don’t look down at them
The action MMORPG Blade & Soul by NCSoft has received a new update. In “Wrath of the Guardian”, you fight with a new class against disgusting pirate mutants and continue the story.
What is the Guardian? The new class in Blade & Soul is an offensive tank that takes and deals damage. Its trademark is an absurdly large sword!
What else is in the update? Additionally, there are new story contents in the update. You will see a lost Hongmoon student again and meet the Empress of the Stratus Empire.
Beating pirates with the giant sword: There is also a new instance for 6 players, the Shadow Mist. In it, you beat up disgusting pirate mutants. Perfect for trying out the new sword of your Guardian. You can see how everything looks in the game in the new trailer here.
Fallout 76 will be the first part of the universe to be released with a game-as-a-service model and multiplayer features. What does that mean for the game’s lifespan? How long will it be supported with content? Bethesda’s Pete Hines explains.
Fallout 76 will be released as a games-as-a-service title and is expected to be supported with content for years.
With the new focus on multiplayer, longevity and variety are expected. But how long does Bethesda plan to support Fallout 76? This is what Vice President Pete Hines says.
According to Hines, Fallout 76 could run indefinitely
That’s why Fallout 76 could be supported endlessly: In an interview with the British Metro, Hines stated that Fallout 76 could have an endless lifespan. You just have to look at games like Fallout 4 and Skyrim.
Despite lacking an online focus, these games have an active community, even though Fallout 4 is already three years old and Skyrim is seven. This suggests that Fallout 76 could be kept alive even longer. Therefore, there is no schedule restricted to three or four years.
These games were released three (Fallout 4) and seven years (Skyrim) ago and still have hundreds of thousands of players who play them every single day, every single month.
What are the reasons for the longevity of many Bethesda games? The Elder Scrolls and Fallout are indeed very successful and remain relevant despite their single-player focus for many years. The reason for this is primarily the active modding community that constantly supplies these games with new and outrageous content, graphic mods, and other tools.
Modding will not be possible at the start of Fallout 76, but there are plans for mod support and private servers. Therefore, we will have to wait and see how the game performs without mods initially.
The feedback from fans also plays a central role.
The lifespan of Fallout 76 depends on the community
What could future content look like? There are already plans in place, but they cannot be discussed yet. However, beyond the already established content, even Pete Hines does not know yet.
It will depend on how the community reacts to Fallout 76. How full will the servers be? How will the content and planned expansions be received? All of this will have to be awaited before one can really talk about the lifespan of Fallout 76.
This is how Bethesda might proceed according to Hines: An example is given with Fallout 3. Players were not happy at the time of release that the story had an ending. Based on the feedback and the subsequent DLCs, Bethesda left room for potential story continuations.
They will likely follow a similar approach with Fallout 76.
In 76, it will go like this: We have some ideas for this and that, but let’s see what players want more of. Let’s wait and see what they respond and support.
DLCs, Season Pass, and Microtransactions – What is currently known
These are the plans for additional content: There will be no season pass or paid DLCs. All expansions are expected to be free.
Will there still be microtransactions? Yes. The items that can be purchased for real money are expected to be purely cosmetic and also obtainable through normal gameplay.
In Destiny 2, the new raid starts today, on September 14th. Those who complete it quickly will receive exclusive rewards.
New World First Race: For years, it has been a tradition that Bungie awards the “World First” title at the launch of a new Destiny raid. The fireteam that completes the entire raid first is crowned the winner by Bungie and gains fame and glory in the Guardian community.
The developers closely monitor the raiders. Bungie often tweets pictures of the developers gathered around large screens, cheering on the best fireteams. A raid launch is a major event at Bungie – not just in the community.
At the launch of the new Forsaken raid “Last Wish”, which opens its doors on September 14th at 7 PM, there is more to win than just fame and glory. Bungie is giving out exclusive “real” rewards to the World First fireteam.
Exclusive Rewards for the World First
The grand prize that every Destiny fan would probably be thrilled about is this Champions Belt:
In the center, the raid logo stands out, with six ships and the current year 2018 on the sides. “World First” is written above the raid logo, below is the name of the raid “Last Wish” and a field for the player’s name. Destiny symbols are also included. Overall, the belt with its golden colors looks quite elegant and is impressive.
Each of the six Guardians in the World First fireteam will receive this belt. Bungie makes it clear: This is a real belt. A “real-world reward”. Not an in-game item. You can hang the belt on the wall or take it shopping.
The rules to win the belt: Be the first fireteam in the world to consist of six Guardians to complete the “Last Wish” raid. The fireteam must loot the last chest and then return to orbit.
The timer stops as soon as the team is in orbit. However, you must loot the last chest after the final boss encounter, otherwise, the time may not count. If you replace team members during the raid run, only those six players who complete the raid will receive the “World First” title and the belt.
Once the winners are verified by Bungie’s analytics team, the “World First” title will be awarded.
Additional Reward for the World First Guardians
Guaranteed Exotic: In addition to the belt, the World First Guardians are guaranteed to receive the Exotic “One Thousand Voices”. You can see it in this short clip:
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This is a fusion rifle with solar damage that is held in the power slot. It fires a continuous beam that heats enemies up, causing them to explode after a delay.
Normally, “One Thousand Voices” is a rare drop, only available randomly during the final boss encounter in the Forsaken raid. The World First Guardians must loot the last chest in the raid to guarantee they receive the exotic.
Emblem for Fast Players
While previous rewards are only accessible to hardcore raiders, anyone can try to tackle this reward:
24 Hours to get the Emblem: However, you must also be quick and have Guardians with a high power level. This emblem is awarded to every player who masters the “Last Wish” raid within the first 24 hours.
That’s not all: If you successfully complete the raid by next Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 at 7 PM, you will gain access to purchase this jacket in the Bungie Store:
This raid-themed jacket is not awarded for free. You only earn the right to buy it. The price is not known. The jacket can be personalized with your player name.
To obtain this jacket, you must complete the raid on time, confirm the triumph in-game, and then get the code at the Bungie Rewards before the next weekly reset on September 18th. You have until September 30th to make the purchase with the code.
Are you trying to secure one or another of these rewards?
By the way: According to Bungie’s DeeJ, all previous World First Guardians who completed the Normal mode of all raids, back to the Vault of Glass, will also receive a belt retroactively.
In a new newsletter to the community, the developers of Conan Exiles introduced new content. You can look forward to an even prettier Conan Exiles with new content.
New content is coming: The upcoming updates for Conan Exiles will bring changes to the combat system and some improvements to game quality. Additionally, the developers are adjusting the frequency of patches.
Conan Exiles will look even cooler soon
New and bloodier combos: With the active combat system in Conan Exiles, you have the option to use many different weapons and weapon combinations. Each weapon has a unique fighting style.
Combining light and heavy attacks triggers combos that inflict harmful effects like bleeding on opponents. With an upcoming update, you will soon have even more options to unleash cool combos.
Specifically, new combos for sword and shield, mace and shield, and dual hand axes are known, with which you can literally dismantle your opponents soon. In the official Conan Exiles newsletter, you can find a preview.
In the recording of a one-hour live stream, you can also see the new combos in action.
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Easier navigation with map coordinates: Another change brings a useful “quality of life” feature to the map of Conan Exiles. It will soon have coordinates and a grid. Also, the zoom will be increased in both directions.
This will help you find your way better and coordinate with friends on where to meet. The map update will be released alongside the pets on the live servers. An exact date has not yet been given.
You will get animal companions: The pet system has been known for some time and is even playable on the test live server of Conan Exiles.
In an upcoming and presumably soon patch, you will have the option to find and hatch eggs or catch baby animals. You can then raise the young animals. With the right food, you can breed strong companions for battle from the animals.
Along with the pets comes the new religion of Jhebbal Sag and the new dungeon Midnight Grove. First gameplay will be shown this Friday at 5 PM on the Mixer channel and on the Twitch channel of Funcom.
Striped hyenas are potential companions – if you take good care of the babies.
More for the Community
Experience bonus on PvP servers: Starting Friday, September 14, 2018, you can look forward to more experience as a PvP player. For one month, you will receive four times the amount of experience on all PvP servers.
This change is meant to help newcomers get better into the game and find their way, without being immediately destroyed by experienced players. The event applies only to PvP servers. PvE and PvE-conflict servers will not receive additional experience.
More regular patches: The development team has listened to player feedback and decided to adjust the patch policy a bit. A larger patch should come every 4-6 weeks, with hotfixes in between if necessary.
This way, there will be enough time for testing so that the patches are as complete and stable as possible, without players having to wait too long. The patches should ideally come simultaneously for PC, Xbox One, and PS4.
For the test live server, updates will continue to come more frequently to better find and fix errors and bugs.
In our favorite MMOs, it’s usually about leveling up our character and enhancing it with special items. We want to know from you how rare the best items should really be.
Looting and leveling. Those are usually the things that keep us engaged in games – especially in online games or MMOs. We are constantly in search of the best items to get the most out of our character. So how rare should the best items be so that you keep searching for them but never lose hope?
The eternal search for loot
That’s why loot is so important: We all know the joy of finding a new special item in our respective games. Either because we can improve our character with it or because we now own an item that is rare and not many other players have.
In some games, these might be special mounts, while in others, players like to showcase rare cosmetic items.
Image source: wowhead.
Flooded in Destiny: In the Destiny universe, it usually revolves around Exotics, exotic gear, and weapons. Currently, the community is particularly concerned with the changes introduced with the expansion Forsaken.
The chance of getting an exotic engram or an exotic drop in Destiny 2 now seems to have dramatically decreased with the addon. I myself have not experienced a single exotic drop since the release of Forsaken ten days ago. Not even exotic items from Year 1 have shown up for me.
This is what the community thinks: Among Destiny 2 players, the topic has been hotly debated since then. While some are happy that exotic items are no longer just thrown at you, others are not so thrilled. Especially those who have not received a single item or duplicates of their already existing items believe that Bungie may have gone a bit too far with this change.
Real representation of Micha, who is still waiting for her first Exo drop after Forsaken.
What do the MeinMMO readers think?
Now your opinion is in demand: Are you also always on the lookout for the best items and proudly showcase them to other players? How much time would you invest in the search for these special items before giving up hope?
How rare should the best items in a game actually be? We look forward to your comments!
In Fortnite, Custom Games and Private Matches have been part of the game for a while now. Today, professionals are allowed to showcase what happens there. However, this seems to be a sensitive topic. Because professionals could use Private Matches to improve even further.
What are Custom Games in Fortnite? Custom Games are essentially private matches. They are exclusive lobbies that invited players can access:
“Regular” matches in Fortnite are open to everyone – matchmaking randomly groups players together so they can compete against each other.
“Custom Games” are exclusive parties that only invited players can join.
Secret Mode: However, apparently, this is a mode that Epic has kept to itself for quite some time now. Epic doesn’t widely promote this mode. Because “regular” players cannot create this mode at all.
In January, Custom Games were still openly advertised
What is happening with the feature? This action was first seen in January 2018. Epic Games announced on Twitter that selected streamers would receive this feature.
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In April, such a mode also appeared in the interface for PS4 and Xbox One.
Officially, however, there haven’t been any major announcements from Epic regarding this mode. That has been going on behind closed doors since Fortnite became so successful.
The spicy part: Only a few selected can host such Custom Matches. The “average player” cannot. For that, you need good contacts with Epic or have to be invited by a streamer when the option is open.
Custom Duos today in the stream
What is happening today? As some professional eSports players have revealed, they are actually allowed to stream their Custom Games tonight on Friday. This way, professionals can play against each other and test their skills. “Duo Custom” matches are planned for tonight starting at 11:00 PM.
However, there is a restriction:
These Custom Matches may be streamed
but these matches may not be referred to as “Scrimmages”
These “Custom Games” are probably not always active for professionals either, but only at certain times.
What are Scrimmages? Scrimmages are training sessions in which top teams compete against each other under competitive conditions to improve and refine tactics.
Some are more equal than others
Why this restriction? This is a bit sensitive. The privilege to play private matches is not granted to everyone. Those who have it can use it to compete against other top players and thus improve.
Apparently, there is a rule from Epic Games that these Private Matches cannot be used for “Scrimmages,” that is, for such professional training. However, behind the scenes, they are likely used exactly for that.
What is the problem with “Custom Games?” There is something “elitist” about it. Epic grants a club of professionals and streamers the opportunity to compete against each other under professional conditions. The “average player” does not have this privilege.
Meanwhile, Epic is promoting Fortnite as an eSport for everyone. Having such “Private Matches” or “Custom Games” only for selected individuals does not align with this claim.
Perhaps “public streaming” is a direction to slowly loosen things up.
Two new shiny forms have now been confirmed in Pokémon GO: Shiny Grimer and Shiny Geodude.
Since the start of the first Ultra Bonuses on Thursday evening, trainers have been finding new shiny Pokémon. These shiny forms are now available from the species Geodude and Grimer.
New Shinies of the Kanto Event
Shortly after the start of the event, happy trainers already posted the new shiny forms that can now be found in Pokémon GO. They will remain in the game even after the event.
Shiny Grimer:
Source: Reddit user ZeNfAProductions
Similarity to Alolan Grimer: Many trainers confuse this shiny form with the Alolan form of Grimer. To distinguish between the two forms, you can remember that Alolan Grimer has yellow slime around its mouth.
Alolan Grimer
Shiny Geodude:
Source: Reddit user duskyxlobs
Why Grimer and Geodude? It is still unclear why Niantic has released these two shinies.
Community Speculations: There is hope now that additional shiny forms will be released throughout the month. This Kanto event would be a good opportunity for the developers to release further shiny forms. However, nothing in this direction has been announced by Niantic.
The Kanto Event and the Ultra Bonus
These new shinies have been appearing since Thursday evening, September 13, shortly after 10:00 PM German time. At that time, the first bonuses of the Ultra Bonus started in Pokémon GO.
More Kanto spawns: In the wild and in raids, first-generation Pokémon are now appearing more frequently. There has also been a rotation in the raids.
New raid bosses: In level 1 raids, you will now encounter Dratini, which is usually only rarely found. In level 4 raids, you will find Lapras. We have compiled an overview of the new raid bosses in Pokémon GO for the Kanto event.
What else does the Ultra Event bring? You will now also find four regional Pokémon in the 7 KM eggs. Additionally, Mewtwo will enter the regular raids in a few days and is accessible to all players for the first time outside of EX raids. The best counters for Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos, and Mewtwo, and more information about the Ultra Event can be found in the following overview.
The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is getting a big content package at the end of the year with the DLC “Murkmire”. In it, you can explore the mysterious homeland of the Argonians. If you don’t like lizards, however, Update 2.0 will still bring some cool features for the main game.
What is included in Murkmire? Murkmire will be the 4th and final DLC for ESO in 2018. It will launch simultaneously with the free Update 20. Murkmire focuses primarily on the lizard folk, the Argonians. The DLC and the update include:
A new swamp area full of quests and new locations
Massive lore background on the Argonians
The new Blackrose Arena
Destructible terrain in Cyrodiil
Music boxes for housing
Lizards and Arenas – The DLC’s Content in Detail
What is the new story about? In the swamps of the Argonians, you will learn a lot about the background of this curious lizard folk. Additionally, you will dive into the past of the people and search for an ancient artifact.
What is the arena all about? Finally, there is a new arena. In it, you can prove yourself against increasingly difficult opponents with three other players. At the end, there will be particularly strong equipment as a reward.
Destructible Terrain and Music – What’s in Update 20
What can one expect from the destructible terrain? With the Murkmire DLC, Update 20 will be available for free to all ESO players. It introduces a new gameplay mechanic for PvP in Cyrodiil. From now on, you can demolish bridges and walls.
This opens up unprecedented new possibilities for PvP warfare. If an enemy force cannot cross a river, they must find alternative routes, which you can then turn into deadly ambushes.
New strongholds will also be added as retreat points and secret sneaking paths behind enemy lines.
Music and other housing features: Update 20 will introduce several new features for housing. Among them is the long-awaited music box, which allows you to fill your house with music. Additionally, there will be more comfort when decorating, such as a function to undo the last actions taken.
ESO Murkmire Release in Q4
When will the Murkmire DLC and Update 20 come? Unfortunately, Zenimax has not yet released a specific release date. It is only mentioned for Q4 2018. However, in November, Murkmire will become part of the daily rewards program of ESO. Zenimax will provide more details on this soon.
Warframe will be available on November 20, 2018, for the Nintendo Switch. The free MMO shooter will then be available as a digital download.
What is Warframe? Warframe is a cooperative MMO shooter that was released in 2013. Since then, the game has been continuously developed, with regular new weapons, Warframes to fight with, stories, and maps being released. By now, Warframe has more than 38 million registered players, distributed across PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Warframe is free to play and known for its fair payment model without paywalls. Everything relevant to the game can be played, only cosmetic items like helmets or special colors are purchased with real money.
Players can experiment with a lightning-fast parkour movement system that allows them to leap up walls and make rapid jumps across vast terrain. In combat, they have access to side weapons, primary weapons, and melee weapons.
What is Warframe about? In Warframe, players take on the role of a Tenno, a race of ancient and long-forgotten warriors. The mysterious leader Lotus awakens the Tenno from centuries of cryosleep to restore the order of the solar system.
The Tenno have access to the Warframes, of which there are over 35. All of them are equipped with unique abilities.
Who created the port for Switch?
Warframe’s developers at Digital Extremes developed the port together with the studio Panic Button. Panic Button is known for their work on Doom, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, and Rocket League. The studio specializes in co-development, original IPs, creating developer tools, and digital publishing.
Warframe will be released on November 20, 2018, on the Switch.
Prior to the Forsaken expansion, the developers have praised the Dreaming City, the new endgame location of Destiny 2, in the highest terms. And rightly so, says Micha.
The Dreaming City, the new endgame zone in Forsaken, was already described as a picturesque place even before the expansion’s release. The location was announced as a mix between the Dreadnaught and the Vault of Glass from Destiny 1, paired with a touch of the “Lord of the Rings” movies by Peter Jackson.
The developers did not promise too much: The area is a true feast for the eyes, but it can also pack quite a punch.
Spoiler: Micha describes her adventures in the Dreaming City.
Picturesque Place, Terrible Enemies
You can only enter the Dreaming City after completing the Forsaken campaign. A small questline must be completed beforehand. This can be quite annoying.
But once you finally enter the Dreaming City after the quest, all the effort is forgotten.
Because you are in for a magical sight: Green meadows, sharp rocks, and gentle waterfalls alternate with strange, delicate structures. Mountains and chasms invite exploration. Here and there, caves are scattered that promise secrets and hefty loot.
Visually and acoustically, the city is a blast. Destiny 2 has never looked so beautiful in my opinion.
But that’s not all. For at every corner, dangers lurk. The Hive, the Taken, and the Scorn have also made their home in the Dreaming City.
The Enemies in the Dreaming City Can Pack Quite a Punch
Enemies disrupt the picturesque view at every corner. Your Guardian is not just there for sightseeing in the city, but also has to do a bit of cleaning up.
The areas vary in level requirements. While your Guardian may have the upper hand in one corner, it can look quite different in another.
This became my downfall in the Lost Sectors. After I could easily get through the sector below Petra Venj on my own, I became a bit overconfident and wanted to try the Lost Sector at the Blind Well.
True to Hunter style, I jumped into the sector full of confidence and without thinking, only to receive a headshot from a Taken Hobgoblin a few seconds later, which took me down immediately.
Next time, I had more respect for the enemies.
However, the Ascendant Challenge of the first week completely threw me off track. Although I had heard from the clan what needed to be done, I was not prepared in the slightest.
Near-total darkness, extremely limited visibility, and tons of Taken enemies made my pulse race. Plus, the massive Knights that could appear at any time. The fact that my power level for the challenge was actually way too low didn’t help the situation.
With great difficulty and help from the clan, I eventually succeeded. I hadn’t been this scared in Destiny for a long time or been so stressed by an activity.
What Else Awaits Us in the Dreaming City?
The community also seems to be taken with the city. In the Destiny subreddit, secrets and speculations are being eagerly shared. The Guardians are sure that the city still has a lot to offer in the coming weeks.
The developers have already announced that the Dreaming City will be a different world three weeks after the release, than it was at launch. Players are certain that this remark is to be taken literally and that the city has a three-week cycle during which it changes its appearance.
Perhaps the changes will also start with the raid. The “Last Wish” will open its doors for the first time tonight, and the Guardians will learn what evil lies at the heart of the city.
When owners of a Playstation 4 will experience the battle royale shooter Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is uncertain. A PUBG release for the PlayStation 4 has yet to be announced. However, from China comes an alternative in the form of Knives Out.
What is Knives Out? Knives Out is actually a mobile game. It is developed by the Chinese company Netease and closely follows PUBG. It is a battle royale game.
100 players fight each other per match on a large battlefield
You land via parachute in the game area and start searching for weapons and gear
The play area shrinks while you try to eliminate all other players and become the last survivor
A clever move: That Netease has now announced a port of the online shooter for the PS4 appears well-thought-out.
PUBG is currently only playable on PC and Xbox One. PS4 owners are left out and must resort to alternatives like Fortnite. Due to the copyright lawsuit filed by Bluehole, it is clear that Knives Out and PUBG are very similar. There is even talk of a PUBG clone.
Furthermore, Knives Out is extremely successful on mobile devices. It ranked 4th in the SuperData charts from July 2018 among mobile games that generated the most revenue worldwide. Netease is certainly hoping to reach players on the PS4 who are still waiting for PUBG.
If Knives Out meets the quality standards of players, it could establish itself alongside Fortnite. In this case, PUBG would have a hard time with a possible release on the PS4 and would have to compete against two already established battle royale titles.
The hunger for PS4 is great: The strong desire of PS4 players for a game like PUBG was evident in the temporary huge success of H1Z1.
When will Knives Out be released for the PS4? The port for Playstation 4 is set to arrive in Spring 2019 in Japan. A release date for other regions has not yet been announced.
Today starts the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta for pre-order customers on PC. An open beta will follow. However, you have the chance to get started today – and all without pre-ordering. How to do this, you can find out here.
You would like to check out the new Blackout mode yourself, but don’t want to wait for the open beta for the new Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Battle Royale? Are you playing on PC?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta (PC) play without pre-order earlier – Here’s how
Closed Beta starts today: Today, on September 14, 2018, the closed Call of Duty Blackout Beta starts at 7:00 PM on PC. This is exclusively reserved for those who pre-ordered the game or managed to snag a code in another way.
Open Beta starts tomorrow: There will also be an open Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta on PC. However, it will not open its doors to the public until tomorrow, September 15, at 7:00 PM. The beta test will then end on all platforms on September 17 at 7:00 PM.
Join Call of Duty Blackout today: However, even without pre-ordering, all PC players have the opportunity to participate in the Blackout Beta today and secure an extra day.
Because the streaming platform Twitch and the publisher Activision have teamed up with some well-known streamer personalities and set up a special offer.
Here’s how it works: All players who have a Battle.net account and tune into the Twitch streams of Ninja, Shroud, Summit1G or TimTheTatman’s today between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM our time for at least one hour will automatically receive immediate access to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Beta on PC.
Attention: It is important that you are logged in with your Twitch account and watch for at least one hour (or let the stream run). Also, make sure that your Battle.net account is linked to your Twitch account.
