In the USA, a librarian invested huge sums into a free-to-play mobile game. To pay for the microtransactions, he embezzled money and forged invoices. He has now been convicted.
Librarian loses job: Adam Winger was the director of the North Logan City Library in Utah, USA. He resigned from this position in 2017.
The reasons for this are quite bizarre and are related to the mobile game Game of War.
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Game of War is a rather complex strategy game that supermodel Kate Upton once advertised. In the game, you build buildings and armies. A lot of time passes before they are finished, unless you pay real money.
Over $80,000 sunk into mobile game
Winger was apparently a big fan of the mobile game. He splurged enormous amounts in the game. In the end, it is said that the library director spent over $89,000 in Game of War.
All stolen! That alone would be bad enough, but much of it was not even Winger’s own money. To finance his hobby, Winger misappropriated a lot of entrusted finances.
That cost over $80,000.
He used, among other things, his city-issued credit card to buy vouchers for real currency in Game of War through various Amazon accounts.
Virtual empires instead of books: To cover his tracks, he forged invoices so that no one noticed he was buying vouchers for online games instead of library equipment and books.
Career, house, and retirement gone because of Kate Upton’s game
Court passes sentence: In the end, Winger’s scheme was uncovered, and he was charged with theft and forgery. The verdict was passed this week:
Adam Winger, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 100 hours of community service. He also has to pay back $78,000 in restitution.
Trade prison for house: Winger was actually able to come up with this huge sum because he drained his retirement fund and sold his house.
However, in the end, he was spared from prison. The life of 38-year-old Winger is likely ruined for now.
And all because of a mediocre freemium game with Kate Upton.
Recently, the Iron Banner in Destiny 2 has received some changes, including a new power play rule. However, this rule reveals a fundamental weakness. Numerous fans are now calling for a revision.
Weeks before Forsaken, the last Iron Banner of Season 3 is currently in full swing in Destiny 2. With the recent start of the one-week PvP event, two new features were introduced:
Iron Temple campfires now replace the regular control flags
There is a new power play rule: If all three zones are captured, they will be locked for 20 seconds. At the end of the power play, all zones are reset to neutral and must be recaptured.
The new power play rule is currently facing significant criticism because it has a fundamental flaw. Some Guardians even prefer to jump into the abyss rather than fight their opponents. But why?
Best way to counter power play is to stop playing
What is power play? During an Iron Banner Control match, it is now possible to force a power play if a team manages to capture all three control zones. Then the zones are locked for 20 seconds, and the team in power play can earn the maximum score for kills during this time.
What is the problem with power play? The problem is: The best thing one can do against a power play in its current form is to stay away from the opponent or hide to deny them as many points as possible.
Because the team in power play can accumulate massive points with each kill for 20 seconds. In the regular control mode, one is still forced to take action to end the opponent’s power play – even if it risks giving the opponent even more points.
In the Iron Banner, however, there is nothing more one can do to mitigate this advantage. With each death, valuable points are given to opponents during this period while no real objective is pursued. Avoiding the opponent and simply denying them as many points as possible for the duration of the power play seems to be the optimal strategy for many players.
This has even gone so far that many Guardians prefer to jump to their death during the 20 seconds rather than face their opponents. Because even though hiding or retreating sometimes works, most maps in 6v6 are too small for that. Some players claim that the main reason for a victory or for reversing a match was that they successfully avoided the opposing team during power play while the latter was hunting with activated Supers.
How can power play be improved? Many fans are now calling for a revision. There are also plenty of improvement suggestions from the community. Some suggest that power play should grant 10 or more points for the team account instead of locking the zones. Others say that a reduction of the time lock would already be sufficient. There is also talk of some kind of objective that, when captured, would lift the entire lock.
Other players are calling for a penalty system for those who jump into the abyss multiple times. It is conceivable that a jump to death could be penalized with a point for the opposing team, increasing the respawn timer, or being kicked out of the match after repeated offenses.
From now on, a free demo of Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is available for download in the Nintendo eShop for Switch. In the demo version, you can hunt a total of three large monsters: Great Maccao, Barioth, and Valstrax
What is Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate? Monster Hunter Generations is the fourth main installment of the series before Monster Hunter World. The Ultimate version is released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch and introduces the G-Rank to the game.
This means there are even stronger monsters to hunt. In G-Rank, many hunters experience the “true” endgame.
Hunt 3 large monsters in the free demo version
We will briefly introduce the monsters here.
Great Maccao
Description: The Great Maccao is a bird wyvern and is known for using its strong legs to kick. Thanks to its muscular legs, this monster can also make a quick sprint.
Its spiked tail is used by the Great Maccao to catapult itself into the air and to make further jumps. Its greatest weakness is the fire element.
Barioth
Description: The Barioth is a flying wyvern and resembles a cat. This monster is covered in ice plates and belongs to the ice element as well.
The Barioth moves smoothly and quickly. It uses its wings to attack from the air. Even experienced hunters fear its long claws and fangs. With its tail, the Barioth can execute wide, sweeping attacks that trigger a status effect. The Barioth is weak against fire and thunder.
Valstrax
Description: The Valstrax is an elder dragon enveloped in shimmering silver scales. The Valstrax is a torpedo in the air and zooms through the sky at lightning speed. This is aided by the dragon element it emits from its wings. Its wings are special as they can change shape, thereby influencing the Valstrax’s attacks.
When will Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate be released?
There will also be new hunting techniques that feature touchscreen support. Hunting techniques are super moves that provide you with more variation in combat and specialization. You can also become a Palico and hunt monsters.
How does Monster Hunter Generations differ from Monster Hunter World? This is a version prior to Monster Hunter World. So there are fewer comfort features, and the game is a bit clunkier. You can read more about this in our special:
Fortnite (PC, PS4, iOS, Android, Switch & Xbox One) has encountered some issues with Patch 5.21. The game is no longer stable and crashes more often. In the Save the World mode, it is even worse. However, Epic is already working on a solution.
Patch 5.21 brings issues: The highly anticipated Update 5.21 unfortunately introduced a nasty bug along with the new heavy sniper rifle. Since the patch, Fortnite: Battle Royale has been crashing more frequently.
This frustrates many players. In the Save the World mode, it is even worse, where crashes have been plaguing players since the start of Season 5.
The problem is known, will a solution follow soon?
Epic has identified the problem: As soon as the first complaints arose, Epic already responded. In a tweet, the developers informed the player community that they have already identified the problem. Now they just need to fix the bug and deploy a hotfix to the servers.
This is supposed to happen as soon as possible.
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Sarcastic remarks about the bug: Until then, fans are showering social media and forums with snarky comments. The new heavy sniper rifle is likely to blame, as its enormous firepower seems to be breaking the server stability.
Or the servers are so shaky because worlds collide in Season 5. This can lead to crashes.
What about Save the World?
PvE mode in crisis for weeks: Crashes and crashes are not an exclusive problem of the Battle Royale mode. The PvE mode Save the World has been plagued by crashes for some time. This is particularly annoying, as you often spend a long time working with a team on a mission and invest resources in PvE.
When a crash occurs and either you or important teammates get kicked out, you miss out.
Epic is collecting data for bug fixes: Therefore, fans of the PvE mode have been complaining in the forum for a while now and hoping for a remedy. Let’s hope that Epic also quickly identifies and fixes the crashes in the PvE mode.
At least in the forum, the developers have promised help and are collecting data from affected players.
According to analysts from the Cowen group, pre-orders for Battlefield 5 are expected to be extremely low. There are fears that the online shooter Battlefield V might face a similar fate as Titanfall 2: Sandwiched between two major titles, Titanfall 2 was left out in 2016.
Pre-orders reportedly low: As explained by the analyst group Cowen according to the Wall Street Journal, current pre-orders for Battlefield 5 are not looking good. Exact numbers are not provided, but Cowen states that this could be related to the release date. However, these are not official figures from EA.
Battlefield 5 in a Release Sandwich? This echoes Titanfall 2
Battlefield V is caught in the middle of a packed release window:
The release date of Battlefield V is sandwiched between two highly anticipated games by fans: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on October 12 and Red Dead Redemption 2 on October 26. There are fears that Battlefield 5 is facing a fate similar to that of Titanfall 2 from 2016.
What happened to Titanfall 2? The shooter Titanfall 2 was released on October 28, 2016. Electronic Arts hoped for sales in the range of 9 to 10 million copies in the first year. However, the company later had to admit that sales figures did not meet expectations.
Analysts stated that the reason for this was that Titanfall 2 was released between the shooter giants Battlefield 1 (October 21, 2016) and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (November 4, 2016). Even the developer later said: Titanfall 2 should have sold better, but there were likely too many high-profile titles in the same release window or too aggressive pricing strategies.
Is Battlefield 5 facing the Titanfall 2 fate? The Call of Duty series sells excellently each year, and many fans are eagerly waiting to get their hands on the new installment Black Ops 4. And Red Dead Redemption 2 is expected to hit like a bomb, considering how successful GTA 5 is and how many players are waiting for a new Rockstar game and another installment in the Red Dead series.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 aims to bring fresh wind into the genre with a focus on multiplayer and an interesting battle royale mode called “Blackout“.
Red Dead Redemption 2 has a sort of special status since it is the first Rockstar game since GTA 5 from 2013.
In comparison, a new Battlefield seems like the fifth wheel on the wagon. Because it doesn’t appear to offer that much new content.
How is Battlefield 5 performing on Google Trends?Even if it gets a battle royale mode, interest in this title is reportedly the lowest among the three mentioned. This is also confirmed by global search interest on Google Trends:
Possible reasons for the reportedly weak pre-orders
What factors still play a role in the low pre-order numbers? There are more reasons why Battlefield 5 is currently not resonating well with players compared to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
There was quite a bit of criticism before the game’s release, especially regarding its setting. This is not 100 percent historically accurate. Female soldiers and hook hands, exaggerated action… everything feels more like an alternate reality and an over-the-top action movie. Many Battlefield veterans felt discouraged by this.
The alpha revealed some things that players did not like very much. The shooter felt more like Battlefield 1 in a different scenario. Basic innovations were genuinely missed, balancing was off, and some new features like reloading ammunition were deemed pointless by some players.
What do you think? Does Battlefield V really face the fate of Titanfall 2 or is Battlefield too big and an established brand for that?
During the journey to Kul Tiras, Jaina is plagued by nightmares. We show you the WoW cinematics.
After the battle for Lordaeron, the Alliance pushes into World of Warcraft to persuade the seafaring nation Kul Tiras to form an alliance once again. Jaina Proudmoore is to serve as a mediator since she hails from Kul Tiras. However, her past creates problems that haunt her even in her sleep.
In Warcraft 3, Jaina handed her father Daelin over to death by granting the Horde access to Theramore. At that time, Jaina thought it was the best idea as she did not see orcs as beasts – unlike her father.
Jaina dreams of her father. During the journey to Kul Tiras, Jaina plans her next steps and hears familiar voices. When she looks into one of the other cabins, she gazes directly into the past. She sees herself and her father, familiar and happy together. But in the next moment, the mood shifts, revealing Jaina’s doubts: After all, she sent her father to his death.
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Hostility in Kul Tiras. Shortly thereafter, upon arriving in Kul Tiras, these fears come true. Although Jaina returns submissively, her mother cannot accept that Jaina sent her father to his death and has her thrown into prison – not least propelled by Priscilla Ashvane, who still plays a special role in Tiragarde Sound.
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Jaina’s past is a constant theme. Time and again, Jaina’s past is brought up in the story. Although she is regarded as one of the most powerful sorceresses of Azeroth, she is repeatedly plagued by guilt. Whether she can come to terms with it, you will discover in the course of Battle for Azeroth.
With the new Niantic Kids platform, children are to be supported while playing Pokémon GO. The platform is intended to provide important features for parents to better control their children’s accounts.
What is Niantic Kids? This platform gives parents the opportunity to manage their children’s account privacy. This is intended to work for Pokémon GO and possibly other games from Niantic.
Niantic Kids – What does it bring to parents?
Parent Portal: The Niantic Kids platform provides parents with a portal where they can make important settings. This includes the permissions of children in Niantic games like Pokémon GO. Before children play, parents can check the permissions and allow or disallow certain activities.
Data Protection: Parents can also choose which personal data is shared in Pokémon GO.
Child Safety: This new platform was developed by the Niantic team in collaboration with SuperAwesome. This is a kidSAFE program that focuses on the safety of children.
What advantages are there? This ensures that children’s information is protected while they enjoy the game.
Trainer Club: If the child is currently logging in with a Trainer Club account at Pokémon GO, this will still be supported with Niantic Kids.
Can children under 13 trade through this?
What does this mean concretely? In the community, people are now asking which features parents could allow or disallow for their children. After all, there are some restrictions.
Accounts of children under 13 currently cannot see sponsored PokéStops. The friends feature and trading do not work for accounts of too young players.
No details so far: Niantic has not yet explained which functions and features the new platform will affect. It is conceivable that parents could activate friends and trading functions for their children. It is rather unlikely that sponsored stops can be displayed for their children due to likely legal hurdles.
The online shooter Realm Royale was considered a promising competitor to Fortnite and PUBG. On Steam, it launched a few weeks ago with some fanfare. However, recently the title has lost a tremendous number of players. But why is that?
Realm Royale in a downward trend
Massive player loss; In June 2018, Realm Royale launched its Early Access phase with more than 104,000 concurrent players according to Steamcharts. In the last 30 days, only about 14,000 peak players remain. In August, Realm Royale even reached only 9,000 peak players.
Source: GitHyp
Average players fell from 32,811 (in June 2018) to 6,328 (in the last 30 days). And the numbers are continuously weakening. These are huge losses.
The reviews on Steam also show a strong negative trend. Fans are annoyed.
Players find: Realm Royale has been “patched to death”
What will happen to Realm Royale? Fans agree: Realm Royale was a good and unique game at launch that brought fresh air to the battle royale genre.
However, the developers’ recent decisions seem to some fans as if they are developing Realm Royale without considering the wishes of the community. The critical fans have the impression that the developers are neglecting the things that made the shooter unique.
This leads to Realm Royale finding fewer and fewer followers.
The playground has been available in Fortnite: Battle Royale for some time and is one of the most popular modes. Instead of just shooting at each other, you can use the playground creatively. We show you a collection of the best mini-games that you can enjoy with your friends for hours!
For many, the playground is the ideal place to hone their skills: Whether it’s improving your building skills or mastering various weapons. In the playground, you can do whatever you want.
You can also explore the locations, practice escape routes, and memorize the locations of treasure chests. Basically, you can play with and against your friends. However, the playground can be used much more creatively than just attacking each other.
On the platform Reddit, players have submitted their ideas for mini-games. We want to present the best ones here.
Mini-Game 1: Hide and Seek (2-4 Players)
Hide and seek? Sounds trivial and boring? Not at all!
This is how the mini-game “Hide and Seek” works: Choose a larger city like Tilted Towers, Pleasant Park, or Retail Row. The seeker gives the other players 1-5 minutes to hide.
The seeker must now find all players. Those who are found can be shot down and switch to the seeker’s team. Once all hiding spots have been found, the next round starts.
The first person found is the seeker in the next round (you can of course change the criteria).
The best place to hide: Tilted Towers
This way, you get to know the cities better: Hiding spots will also help you when things get serious again.
Mini-Game 2: Destruction Derby (2-4 Players)
Sounds hard? It is! At the same time, it’s a huge amount of fun. The player with the most stylish kills wins. What this mode could look like in reality is clearly illustrated in the following video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCrF_qoZIhc
Do you have any other ideas for creative game modes? Let us know in the comments!
This is how “Destruction Derby” works in Fortnite: Each player needs a golf cart for the Destruction Derby. You can find these in various locations on the map.
Now, you build an arena high above the map together. Equip the arena with bounce pads and holes to increase the difficulty.
Your goal now is to throw your opponents out of the arena using only your carts. It’s a great fun! The last player remaining on the platform is the winner!
Mini-Game 3: Capture the Flag (2-4 Players)
This is how you play Capture the Flag in Fortnite: In this game mode, you form teams of 1v1 or 2v2. Since there are no flags in Fortnite: Battle Royale, choose any item to serve as a flag (for example, the Port-a-Fort).
Make sure that both teams have roughly the same conditions in terms of materials and weapons. The goal now is to steal the Port-a-Fort from the enemy base and bring it to your own base.
Could serve as a flag: The Port-a-Fort
Where you position your base on the map is up to you. You can also individually determine how you build your base. Do you want to place traps and bounce pads around your flag? Have fun!
Mini-Game 4: Humans vs. Zombies (2-4 Players)
This is how you play Humans vs. Zombies in Fortnite: This cool mini-game can be played in different teams. Whether 1v3 or 2v2 is completely up to you. The showdown of human versus undead follows fixed rules:
Depending on the number of living players, the undead have 50HP, 40HP, or 30HP with three players. Likewise, humans only have a hand cannon available.
Zombies have full health, their pickaxe, and a jetpack.
Build a gigantic amusement park somewhere that will serve as the arena. Generally, humans are only allowed to edit wooden structures, while zombies can destroy them. Interaction with stone and metal is not allowed.
Zombies in Battle Royale? You make it possible!
Every human killed by a zombie switches sides and can now also wreak havoc as an undead. The last living human wins.
Mini-Game 5: Sniper Shoot-Out (2-4 Players)
This is how you play Sniper Shoot-Out in Fortnite: Build a gigantic dome that is closed on all sides. Place bounce pads and ramps everywhere to fly around as much as possible. The goal of the game? Eliminate opponents only with a sniper rifle from the hip.
Sounds hard? It is! At the same time, it’s a huge amount of fun. The player with the most stylish kills wins. What this mode could look like in reality is clearly illustrated in the following video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCrF_qoZIhc
Do you have any other ideas for creative game modes? Let us know in the comments!
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Many players in World of Warcraft are desperately searching for the NPC to turn in a emissary quest. We reveal where this is possible.
Those who have already unlocked world quests in Battle for Azeroth on Zandalar and Kul Tiras might face a small problem today. Because the daily emissary quest is for the “Champions of Azeroth.” This faction has spread its world quests across both continents and has hidden its quest giver a bit.
Where to turn in the quest: Anyone who has completed 4 missions for the Champions of Azeroth can turn in the emissary quest afterwards to Magni Bronzebeard. However, he is neither on Kul Tiras nor on Zandalar, but has still set up his camp in Silithus, from where he looks at and tries to heal the wound of the world.
How to quickly reach Magni? Although Silithus is far away from the actual adventures, the journey there is quick. Because in the portal room of Boralus and Dazar’Alor, there is a portal that leads directly to Silithus and right in front of Magni’s feet! Convenient as the dwarf is, there is also a portal ready that leads back to the new areas.
What does reputation with the Champions of Azeroth bring? In addition to various rewards at the armorsmith, reputation with the Champions also brings an important side effect. With the increase in reputation levels, your Heart of Azeroth is upgraded by a proud 15 item levels each time. This bonus is in addition to the increase you receive from collecting artifact power (Azerite). Thus, the Heart of Azeroth becomes especially powerful.
This is a surprise: as Forbes and Kotaku confirm, Diablo 3 will be released in an “Eternal Edition” on the Nintendo Switch. Buyers can also look forward to exclusive content!
Announced too early: It seems that finally Diablo 3 will be released on Nintendo’s Switch console. An article was published on Forbes’ website confirming Diablo 3 for this year on the Switch. Minutes later, the article was taken down.
On Reddit, screenshots of the article were collected. Kotaku has now also confirmed that D3 is coming to the Nintendo Switch. The announcement was supposed to take place today, August 16.
Diablo 3 on the Switch – Release, Price, and Content
Release still in 2018: The so-called Eternal Edition is expected to be released on the Nintendo Switch this year. It includes the Reaper of Souls game version as well as the Necromancer add-on in addition to all other published content.
The price is set at USD 59.99; the Euro price is expected to be similar. Buyers will receive exclusive content related to a Nintendo classic: The Legend of Zelda.
Play as Ganondorf’s Barbarian: There will be cosmetic armor sets of Ganondorf:
Additionally, you will receive more goodies:
A Tri-Force portrait frame
A chicken companion
“Echoes of the Mask” wings
Up to 4 players per console: The advantages of the Switch are to be utilized: up to four players will be able to play on one Switch console. Additionally, up to four players can play wirelessly on different consoles – without an internet connection.
You can also play online through Nintendo’s Switch Online service starting in September (for a fee). Saving game data to the cloud should also be possible.
15 years of waiting: Nintendo players had to wait this long to play a Blizzard game on a Nintendo console again. Blackthorne, The Lost Vikings, and Rock ‘n Roll Racing were the titles back then on the Game Boy Advance or earlier consoles.
Blizzard’s action RPG was released back in 2012 on PC and was rolled out on the PS4 and Xbox One in the following years.
Update August 16: Blizzard has officially announced Diablo III with a trailer on the Switch:
The new WoW expansion Battle for Azeroth has created quite a hype. This has also been noticeable on the streaming platform Twitch. For a brief time, World of Warcraft was even ahead of Fortnite.
WoW overtakes Fortnite on Twitch: At the release of Battle for Azeroth, World of Warcraft was the most watched game on Twitch. WoW had significantly more viewers than Fortnite for some time – a quarter of a million people watched World of Warcraft. Far more than double the number of viewers that Fortnite had at that time.
WoW stronger on Twitch thanks to BfA
WoW has never really had a strong presence on Twitch. This is partly because it is a too extensive game that is only partially suitable for streams. Many viewers find it too exhausting to engage with the content. With BfA, this has at least changed for a short time.
Almost 600,000 viewers simultaneously: In the past week, the peak of viewers for WoW was 590,245 viewers simultaneously across all languages (as of 15.08. at 18:20, via Sullygnome). At the same time, the maximum number of viewers for Fortnite was 533,013.
The popular English-speaking streamer Asmongold alone had over 56,000 viewers simultaneously on release night – even though, according to PCGamesN, he talked with his viewers for some time only about the loading screen of the new expansion.
New streamers are daring to play WoW: Asmongold also discusses in an interview with PCGamesN about the reasons for the surge in viewers. According to him, more streamers are now simply daring to stream WoW.
Through the growth of other streamers like him, who take good care of their community, other streamers are also gaining the courage to enter the WoW section. This is causing WoW as a whole to grow on Twitch.
Asmongold – one of the most popular WoW streamers ever.
Hype doesn’t last forever: Many of the users were probably really only there out of curiosity. The new expansion has likely attracted viewers who want to check out the new WoW.
Already, WoW is partially less popular than Fortnite again. However, Asmongold suspects that the number of viewers in WoW this time will not fall as sharply as it did with Legion earlier, when WoW disappeared back into the depths of Twitch. The current WoW streamers have put too much work into their streams for that.
Today our author Leya Monster Hunter World will be live streaming on PC starting at 8 PM. The action RPG released last week on Steam and a lot has happened since then.
You are warmly invited to visit our streaming channel MAX and experience the monster hunt together. The stream is part of our program MeinMMO-Live.
What will we show in the stream?
Let’s Play Monster Hunter World on PC: Join me, Leya, as I explore the mystical world of Monster Hunter World and hunt together. I am still relatively at the beginning and have just arrived in the Wildspire Waste. This is the second area and resembles a desert.
The PC launch was a bit rocky, we look back on it: The PC port did not have the best start and received some bad reviews on Steam. In the stream, I will also reflect on the release week and I look forward to hearing about your experiences.
When is the stream? Today, August 15, from 8 PM to approximately 10 PM, with possible extension.
Watch the stream for Monster Hunter World on PC on MAX
Below is the MeinMMO-Live stream embedded, and you can follow it on MAX.
What is Max? “MAX” stands for Monsters & Explosions and is a collaborative project of our live streaming channel from GameStar, GamePro, IGN/Nerdkultur, and Mein-MMO.
https://www.twitch.tv/monstersandexplosions
We look forward to seeing you, and here you have some reading material on Monster Hunter World on PC before the stream:
For many PC players, controlling with mouse and keyboard in Monster Hunter World is a challenge. However, you can freely assign the keys and adjust them to your own liking. With these tips on key assignment, your gaming fun could directly increase.
Basic settings can be optimized: Especially in ranged combat, the basic settings with mouse and keyboard are not very intuitive. Operating inventory and ammunition simultaneously is quite complicated. In melee combat, the settings are solid, but there are also a few tips for optimization.
Here are a few suggestions for a more comfortable key assignment:
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Quick Access: Assign the Radial Menu to Keyboard
You have a radial and a scroll menu: When you are on a mission, you can access your items through the scroll menu at the bottom right. You can easily operate it with the mouse wheel and scroll through the items. However, you are actually faster with the radial menu.
Assign the radial menu to the keyboard and use the F-keys: By default, the radial menu is set to gamepad. Here, select “Radial Menu Type” to Keyboard in the options. Now you can access the various radial menu assignments much faster using the F-keys.
Individually customize the radial menu: Now you can freely adjust the radial menu and assign the F1-F4 keys. This gives you quick access to your items, emotes, or different types of ammunition. This can be a great relief for ranged players.
Use the mouse wheel in the radial menu as well: To access the radial menu, the Q key is set as the default. You can then navigate through the menu with right and left clicks. You can also use the arrow keys or the mouse wheel. However, this does not work when using ranged weapons.
Disable Automatic Targeting
Automatic targeting is annoying and unnecessary: In Monster Hunter World, monsters are automatically targeted by a red crosshair. Your character will automatically turn to the monster. This can be quite annoying with the controller and even more unnecessary with the mouse. You can manually track monsters well in view and have more control over your movements.
Mouse speed can be changed
A matter of personal preference: Some players find the speed too slow with the mouse and feel like playing with a joystick. You can adjust the speed in the options. Just select Camera and try out which speed works well for you. The default setting is 50.
More than two buttons on the mouse? Use them
Use your extra buttons for combat: Many PC gamers have a mouse with multiple buttons. Ensure that the various combat actions like blocking are distributed across the mouse. The keyboard should only be used for inventory and movement. How you want to assign these keys can also depend heavily on the weapon, your mouse, and your preferences.
No extra buttons on the mouse? Then assign the keys for melee combat like this
Swap a few keys on the keyboard: If you only have two buttons available on the mouse, you should swap the following functions for better and faster access:
Item Menu from “Q” to “Tab”
“Sprint/Sheath Weapon” from “Shift” to “Q”
“Draw Weapon/Block” from “CTRL” to “Shift”
Note: You will also need to adopt this setting in the ranged combat tab if you wish to use it there as well.
Ranged Combat: Assign “Draw Weapon/Standard Attack” to the Left Mouse Button
Optimize the automatic draw like this: In the ranged weapon tab, you will find “Draw Weapon/Standard Attack”. Assign this to the left mouse button. It is currently set to “Shoot with Drawn Weapon”. You can now assign it to any button, as shooting will still work with left-click.
The advantage: Usually, drawing the weapon is set to CTRL and only then can you attack with a left-click. With the other assignment, you can quickly draw the weapon and shoot immediately.
Ranged Combat: Aim with Right Click and Shoot with Left Click – Here’s How
Optimize the control in ranged combat like a shooter, assign:
“Show Crosshair” from “V” to Right Click
“Special Attack” from Right Click to “Shift”
Special attack includes the Wyvern explosion mines of the light bowgun.
Slingshot: The slingshot is mapped to both V and C.
If you pull it out with V, you must hold the key and after the shot, it will automatically be sheathed.
If you pull it out with C, the hunter keeps the slingshot in hand even after shooting. You then need to press C again to sheath it.
Capture Net: You can catch pets and earn research points for them. You can find the net in the inventory and equip it with E. After that, you have to use C or V like with the slingshot to throw the net.
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This makes hunting the monsters in Monster Hunter World directly easier: Here you can see all beasts in our large list along with their loot and habitats.
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The Horde makes a dramatic escape from the Alliance, reaching the new WoW continent of Zandalar. A cinematic shows what happens during the escape.
With Battle for Azeroth, the two factions of World of Warcraft have completely different experiences. Directly after the siege of Undercity, the Horde and Alliance experience different adventures, some of which are narrated in scenarios and accompanied by cinematics.
Rescue in Stormwind. While Alliance players are imprisoned in Boralus, the Horde has a completely different intro experience. They infiltrate the city of Stormwind to free some prisoners from the dungeon. These are important representatives of the Empire of the Zandalari – the Prophet Zul and Princess Talanji. During the escape, the group sets fire and then tries to escape through the harbor.
However, the Alliance begins the pursuit. After several hours at sea, the cinematic starts, which was uploaded by the colleagues from Vanion:
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The escape to Zandalar: The Alliance ships have closed in and are firing on the Horde. Since it is calm, the Horde cannot escape. Talanji uses her connection to the Loa of Kings to directly call upon his power. He gives the ship a noticeable shove and pushes it towards the thick fog – where the fleet of the Zandalari is already waiting. The ships quickly eliminate the few Alliance troops.
Afterwards, the Horde players begin to build a reputation in Zandalar to gain the trust of the Empire. Whether this will succeed, we will not reveal here yet.
The ability to level up AFK is coming to Black Desert. This is not a bug, but a desired feature. Fans of PvE activities can also look forward to adjustments to the Horde mode “Cruel Rift”, making it more profitable.
Since the end of 2017, players in the Korean version of Black Desert AFK leveling. For a certain amount of silver, players can let their computer run in the background while their character cheerfully beats on training dummies. Now this feature has also made its way to Europe.
Players with little time can finally level up
Reaching the level cap takes a long time: Anyone wishing to climb to the highest levels in Black Desert must prepare for long grinding sessions. Even after hours of monster killing, players are only a few percentage points closer to their goal.
However, if players don’t have the time to kill monsters for hours, they can pay some silver, the in-game currency of Black Desert, and level up AFK.
When leveling up AFK, you can choose between combat EXP and skill EXP:
Combat EXP increases your character’s level
while skill EXP grants you additional skill points.
This is how you level AFK in Black Desert
This is how Black Spirit training works: To start AFK leveling, players need to purchase a training book from the NPC Jamey Drucker. This NPC can be found in the cities of Velia, Heidel, Calpheon, Altinova, and Valencia.
They then need to activate the book in their inventory and train with one of the training dummies in the city. EXP buffs also affect the experience points gained from AFK leveling.
The Cruel Rifts are getting even crueler
Shorter playtime, fewer rewards. Some changes have been made to the PvE activity Cruel Rift to make it more rewarding for players.
The monster spawns have been reduced by 40%. This is meant to shorten the duration of individual runs to about 20 minutes. Before the changes, a Cruel Rift took about 30 minutes.
Additionally, the cooldown for siege weapons has been halved, allowing players to use them more frequently.
Although players can complete individual rifts more quickly due to the changes, the rewards they receive for each completed rift have been reduced. Overall, players should receive more rewards in the same amount of time due to the shortened playtimes.
A new event takes place in the Cruel Rift
Event lures players to the rift. From August 15th to August 29th, an event will take place to celebrate the overhaul of the rift. Players will receive additional rewards for completing monster waves.
After wave 25, it sometimes continues. In each run of the Cruel Rift, there is a 50% chance during the event that an additional 26th wave will appear.
Part of this wave is the wild ogre. It leaves behind a reward box from the Cruel Rift. The box always contains a Dirty Ogre Ring and a trace of Wildness. If the group fails to kill the ogre, they will only receive rewards for 20 completed waves.
AFK Leveling – Players have mixed reactions
Mixed reactions. The reactions of players to the AFK leveling feature, which is already known from Korea, are varied.
Some players like the “new” feature and want to try it out immediately.
Others believe it to be unnecessary. If you level your character overnight, you can’t fish or engage in other crafting activities. Leveling AFK simply isn’t worth it in the eyes of some players.
Don’t plan anything on these days if you want to catch Shinys in Pokémon GO. The dates for the Community Days in October and November 2018 for Pokémon GO are set.
More dates for the Community Days 2018: On the website, Niantic has already announced the upcoming dates for the next Community Days in 2018. However, December is missing.
Community Days in September, October and November
Chikorita in September: Next month, you can expect a Community Day featuring Chikorita. This is the Grass-type starter Pokémon from Generation 2. We already have an overview with the first details for you.
Event in October: The Community Day in October will take place on Sunday, October 21st. There you will find Tanhel.
Event in November: In November, there will again be a Community Day on a Saturday. This will take place on November 10, 2018.
Which exclusive monsters will be included is still to be announced by Niantic. After Chikorita appears more frequently in September, fans are also expecting more starter Pokémon from Generation 2, such as Totodile and Cyndaquil.
Back in rotation? Niantic introduced variety into the game with the starters of Generation 1. So, a different monster was featured between the starters during a Community Day. A similar scheme may also happen with the starters of Generation 2.
Community Day 3 – Shiny Bulbasaur family
Community Day 4 – Shiny Mareep family
Community Day 5 – Shiny Charmander family
Community Day 6 – Shiny Larvitar family
Community Day 7 – Shiny Squirtle family, Shiny Sunglasses Squirtle family
Summer Tour ending soon
The grand Summer Tour of Pokémon GO is coming to an end. There will be one last stop in Yokosuka (Japan) when the Safari Zone takes place. It starts on August 29 and ends on September 2. Trainers will then have a worldwide shiny.
Blizzard has a very special job that only true story nerds can get. These are the tasks of the “Lorewalker” for World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft has developed a fairly complex lore over the years. After all, it has been around for about 14 years of the MMORPG and many more years of the original strategy titles. In addition, there are more than 20 novels, 10 comic series, and a film. Not to mention special cases like Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone.
Even though not everything is considered “canon”, meaning valid lore, it is an extremely large amount of material to keep track of.
This is exactly why Blizzard has its own team of 3 specialists: The Lorewalkers.
In an interview with Gameinformer, Sean Copeland from Blizzard talked about the job of the “Lorewalkers” and what difficulties they face in their daily work.
Feeling like a historian. The Lorewalker team describes their work as similar to that of a historian. There is a dedicated library at Blizzard’s headquarters with all the works and records related to Warcraft. Regularly, all works need to be sifted through to note even the smallest pieces of information.
Requests from developers. When new quests are developed, the team frequently receives inquiries. Has there been a similar quest? Does the story make sense in relation to the world? Does any aspect of the quest contradict the existing lore?
Lore seminars for Blizzard. Particularly entertaining is the fact that the Lorewalkers regularly hold small seminars on the history of Warcraft to refresh employees’ knowledge or to draw attention to specific details.
Pronunciation of fantasy languages. Sometimes, the Lorewalkers also receive particularly strange requests. Their records also include how fantasy languages are pronounced within World of Warcraft. For instance, during “Wrath of the Lich King”, a developer wanted to know how the following words are stressed:
“Ak’agthshi ma uhnish, ak’uq shg’cul vwahuhn” – this later became the battle cry of a servant of the Old Gods.
Errors are avoided. The value of the Lorewalkers is repeatedly demonstrated. For instance, the developers had designed the fight against Sinestra, a black dragon lady, for Cataclysm. Players were to receive help from a red dragon, and the developers chose the dragon Krasus – only to be informed by the Lorewalkers that he had already died in one of the books.
Community as a standard. Warcraft has a pretty fanatic community, with some players knowing every aspect of the game world inside and out. This is also the standard that Blizzard aims for. Because small mistakes would be immediately spotted by passionate fans and lead to embarrassing moments. Like a few years ago when the “Red Shirt Guy” pointed out to Blizzard that the dwarf Falstad was not dead. The developers had mistakenly assumed so.
Falstad with the “Fact Checker” – an honor for the Red Shirt Guy.
Retcons are the last resort. Occasionally, it happens that Blizzard has to rewrite existing lore because otherwise it would contradict in some places. These “retcons” are usually the last resort when all else fails. To avoid this in the future, the “Warcraft Chronicles” have been published in recent years. These tell the story of the entire Warcraft universe in a cohesive manner and serve as the guideline for everything that will come next.
The action online RPG Wild Buster, banned from Steam some time ago for review manipulation, returns in the open beta under the new name Champions of Titan.
Wild Buster is back!
Return in open beta. Wild Buster was a promising action RPG, but due to review manipulation by the then-publisher Insel Games, the title was banned from Steam. The same fate befell Guardians of Ember. Unfair to the developers who had nothing to do with it.
Play via Steam or the standalone launcher. While Guardians of Ember is currently unavailable on Steam, IDC Games was able to offer Champions of Titan (again) through Valve’s platform. Therefore, it’s up to you how you want to play. Either through Steam or through the standalone launcher, which you can download from the official game website.
Release still in 2018. IDC Games states that the open beta is expected to run for several weeks. The official release of the action RPG is still planned for 2018.
Reviews are mixed. The current (though still quite few) reviews on Steam show a mixed picture.
The grind, balancing, and linear levels are criticized.
The developers still need to work on controls and comfort functions. For example, there is no sorting function in the inventory, and you cannot click to move to the location you want to go to.
The servers run quite stable, but if you disconnect, you will be thrown from the party and have to start the level over.
However, the battles are said to be enjoyable, reminiscent of a mix between MOBA and Diablo.
At the beginning, the game is said to be a bit slow, but as you progress, the challenges become more exciting. According to some players, Champions of Titan is designed for endgame content.
The boss fights feel challenging and interesting. Each boss requires a different strategy.
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In a few weeks, the Forsaken expansion for Destiny 2 will be released. Bungie and many fans are hoping for the long-awaited breakthrough for the much-criticized game. We want to know from you: Will you get the big autumn addon?
On September 4, 2018, the major autumn expansion Forsaken for Destiny 2 will be released. Will you be there too? Or is the Destiny adventure over for you?
Will Destiny 2 with Forsaken achieve the hoped-for turnaround?
Bungie lays its cards on the table: In the run-up to the Forsaken launch, Bungie has shown an unusually generous side in terms of revealing new details about the upcoming autumn addon.
As part of a month-long exclusive coverage by Game Informer, as well as through its own channels, the studio has revealed numerous pieces of information and details about the new addon.
With this, the studio apparently aims to convince as many fans of Forsaken as possible. Because a lot is at stake for Destiny 2.
Destiny 2 at a crossroads: Destiny 2 was developed in its original form without considering the wishes of many fans. Bungie’s rescue measures have so far left the most pressing issues of the game, such as loot, the weapon system, or PvP, untouched or have missed the desired impact.
Many Guardians have already turned their backs on the game – even though Destiny 2 made a first truly noticeable step in the right direction with the Warmind expansion.
The Forsaken expansion is expected to bring about the turnaround. By addressing many core issues of Destiny 2, Bungie is finally aligning the game through numerous profound changes closer to the wishes of the fans.
Given the upcoming launch of Forsaken, we have prepared a survey and want to know from you: Have the details known so far about the autumn expansion convinced you? Are you getting Forsaken? Or is the Destiny train already gone for you?
Keep in mind that you only have one vote. Thank you for your participation.
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