Not long now, and you will be able to see what kind of game Rend has become. Because this month the Early Access phase starts.
With Rend, we could expect a very interesting online game that aims to combine several genres. And the Early Access launch will show how well that works.
The Survival MMORPG MOBA mix is starting soon in Early Access
What is Rend? Rend aims to be something new. It is neither a typical MMORPG nor a survival or MOBA game. And yet all these elements are present. The development studio Frostkeep, which consists among others of former Blizzard and League of Legends employees, wants to take the genre a step further. They want to combine World of Warcraft with Fortnite!
When does the online game start? Rend will enter Early Access on July 31. Then you can download it via Steam and get started.
Join one of three factions
Explore the world of Rend
Mine resources
Craft equipment
Build your base
Fight against monsters and enemy players
Collect souls. The faction that collects the most souls wins the match
At the end of the round, you will participate in a massive battle to destroy your enemies’ bases
How much does Rend cost? You will need to pay 29.99 euros to participate in the Early Access phase of Rend.
This is what the developers say: “Early Access is a critical moment for Frostkeep Studios,” says Jeremy Wood, co-founder and CEO of Frostkeep Studios. “Since we first announced the game, we have developed it side by side with our players. We are grateful for the invaluable feedback they have given us to make Rend what it is today: a game they want to play.”
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To Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One), the patch notes have finally been released. Learn what’s changing in version 5.0 and season 5: in the patch notes in English.
Season 5 is here!Season 5 along with update 5.0 is here, and Epic has already released the patch notes. A lot is happening in the battle royale mode. Here are the highlights of the new version 5.0.
Here you’ll find out what changes with season 5 in Fortnite’s PvP mode. We have summarized the most important patch notes.
Map Changes and Dimensional Rifts
Terrain Kart: In addition to shopping carts, there is now a type of beach buggy for your entire 4-person squad. The roof serves as a trampoline. Additionally, passengers can make the vehicle jump higher. When you exit, you are temporarily faster.
Dimensional Rifts: Dimensional rifts have appeared all over the world. What they do is not yet described in detail.
Map Update: There is a new desert biome. Additionally, new locations Paradise Palms and Lazy Links, as well as other unnamed “Points of Interest,” have been added to the game.
The storm circles number 7, 8, and 9 are no longer fixed. They move AND get smaller.
Progressive challenges are now no longer limited to a season. They run over a fixed number of experience points, not the season level. Therefore, you can also complete them later, even if the originating season is already over.
Weekly challenges are now divided: 3 are free, for the remaining 4 you need a battle pass.
There is XP for reviving team mates.
In streamer mode, you can now display your cosmetic name.
If you win a game, you now receive a lot of fanfare and other effects to celebrate the victory.
Mobile versions now have optional autofire. This means you shoot automatically when you have an enemy in your sights.
The changes to Fortnite weapons
Shotguns now indicate in the crosshair how many pellets will hit
Shotgun spread patterns are now less random
The heavy shotgun fires 10 and no longer 5 pellets, but has the same maximum damage
After firing a shotgun, you cannot shoot again with another shotgun for a short time. This should finally put an end to the double shotgun tricks.
The hunting rifle now has less aim assist.
The suppressed SMG now has the same damage drop-off as other SMGs.
Additionally, there were a number of smaller bug fixes and adjustments.
Fortnite: The highlights of the patch notes for Save the World 5.0
Overall, “Save the World” is themed around the “Wild West” in the new patch.
New event: Blockbuster is over, instead, Road Trip begins. Again, you need 500 tickets for a new llama.
Horde Challenge: The horde mode in the desert is back with a smaller map, shorter paths, and more action than before.
Wild West heroes: The road trip llamas contain Wild West heroes.
There is Quickshot (soldier);
Explosive Assassin (ninja),
Classic tech (constructor)
and Chaos Fragment (explorer)
New weapons in Save the World: Additionally, there are now 5 different “flintlock weapons” that can also be found in Road Trip llamas, and a 6th weapon for the shop:
the old Betsy – a sniper rifle
Duelist – a revolver
Dragoon – a heavy shotgun
Grappling hook – a scythe
Eulerich the Third – a heavy mace
and Fortnite adds the hammer “Crusher” in the event shop
Dead players can crawl: Interestingly, defeated players are now displayed more clearly and can crawl. You can revive them in “Save the World,” but a teammate must take a moment.
Sale coming: On July 17, “Save the World” will be on sale for PS4, PC, and Xbox One. The large founder packs will also be sold again – but with “Legendary Troll Treasure Llamas” instead of friend codes.
Gifts for founders: With 5.0, players who are already founders will receive additional troll treasure llamas.
There are also many balance changes and bug fixes for Save the World.
The PlayStation Store has an interesting offer this time for all hack & slash fans. The Diablo III: Eternal Collection is currently the offer of the week and can be grabbed at a really good price.
Hack & slash fans pay attention: Have you not found what you were looking for in all the previous sales? Then you should take a closer look at the current offer of the week in the PS Store. Because right now, you can get the complete Diablo 3 experience as the offer of the week at a bargain price.
Offer of the week: Diablo III: Eternal Collection
The complete Diablo 3 collection is currently the offer of the week in the PlayStation Store. At the moment, you can save 64% compared to the regular purchase price:
Diablo III: Eternal Collection – The complete Diablo 3 experience
What does Diablo 3 offer on consoles? With Diablo 3 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, Blizzard succeeded in 2013 in adapting the mouse-keyboard control of the PC version to the controllers of consoles. Additionally, a fast-paced four-player co-op mode was added to the “hack & slash” experience.
With the “Ultimate Evil Edition”, the game was also released in 2014 for the PS4 and Xbox One. In addition to the visually enhanced main game, the expansion “Reaper of Souls” and a large amount of new content were included.
Since then, the Diablo experience for PC and consoles has been the same in terms of content. The patch cycle has also been aligned – so the game has remained cross-platform at the same level since then. The popular seasons (limited-time leaderboard games) and the Necromancer character expansion can also be played on all platforms.
What is the Eternal Collection? The Diablo III: Eternal Collection was released on June 27, 2017, as a complete collection of all previously released Diablo 3 content for the PS4 and Xbox One. The Eternal Collection includes:
Diablo 3
Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
Diablo 3: Return of the Necromancer
What is it about?
Two decades have passed since the demonic inhabitants Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal roamed the world of Sanctuary in a tide of destruction to subjugate humanity to unholy slavery.
When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of the Cathedral of Tristram to look for new signs of evil, a comet crashes down from the sky and strikes exactly where Diablo once entered the world. The comet bears a dark omen in its fiery essence and calls upon the players to defend the mortal world against the rising forces of the Burning Hells – and the fallen of the High Heavens themselves.
As a Barbarian, Witch Doctor, Demon Hunter, Monk, Sorceress, Crusader, or Necromancer, you will battle against the undead, demons, and the Lord of Hell Diablo himself. Even in the third part of the series, the hunt for increasingly powerful equipment and more experience points continues. Both make your hero progressively stronger and allow you to defeat stronger opponents.
How is it played?
It is played in the familiar isometric perspective – but with a controller. The special feature of the console version of Diablo 3 is that you can use a local co-op multiplayer mode. This feature is not available in this form for PC.
If one of the players falls behind, they are teleported to the others. The only small drawback: If one player opens their inventory, all others have to wait.
Who is the game for?
Generally for fans of the hack & slash genre
For anyone who loves fast, action-packed fights
For players who enjoy intuitive and precise controller controls
For anyone who loves couch co-op
Who should rather stay away from it
Anyone who does not like the fast-paced and action-packed gameplay of hack & slays
Players who have always wondered about friends and acquaintances who have fallen under the lure of the loot spiral
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Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) starts today in Season 5. Three skins from the new Battle Pass have already been revealed via the Xbox One shop page!
Season 5 was kept strictly secret! Epic put in a lot of effort and tried to keep the contents of Season 5 of Fortnite under wraps until the last minute. Until the very end, fans were puzzled about what was coming and what the Viking, Western, and cat fox teasers meant.
Unfortunately, all the secrecy was in vain: The secret seems to have been revealed prematurely. Due to an error on the Xbox title page, the cover image for Season 5 was briefly visible. It clearly displayed three skins that will likely appear in the Battle Pass soon.
Viking Shieldmaiden, Cat Fox Mask, and Weird Survival Guy!
Which skins will be in Season 5? In the Xbox leak image, you can see three of the new characters that will likely become skins in the Season 5 Battle Pass.
This is what it looked like on the Xbox for a moment.
The Cat Fox Guy
What can be seen? This skin is a blond, athletic guy with a mouthguard. He resembles a ninja a bit. He also wears the mask of the cat fox creature that you could already see in the first teaser for Season 5.
Interesting detail: He seems to take off the mask. Does this mean that masks will become a new interchangeable accessory alongside back pieces?
The Viking Shieldmaiden
What can be seen? This is a wild Viking warrior with the obligatory undercut hairstyle. Especially since the Vikings series, no Scandinavian pirate can be seen without this hairstyle. Her armor and clothing also remind one a bit of Ubisoft’s fighting game For Honor.
The Military Survival Guy
What can be seen? Actually, we expected a kind of cowboy as the third outfit. The Western theme has been teased many times after all. But here you see more of a kind of commando soldier who would fit wonderfully into Ghost Recon Wildlands or a modern Call of Duty.
Even more skins from Season 5 leaked!
The hour of the data miners: Just as the patch for Season 5 is underway, the data miners strike. The Buddies have been digging diligently and have unearthed the following images of skins and outfits:
There do seem to be interchangeable headgear options, including a pure shark costume and a cowboy hat! And there seem to be various outfit options available again.
In addition to Vikings and guys in hoodies, Luchador wrestlers are also involved!
With the back pieces, there is once again total silliness. There is a shark fin, an inflatable unicorn, and even a penguin that strongly resembles the logo of the software giant Tencent.
The gliders are similarly extravagant, especially the Viking ship!
Highlight of the pickaxes: The Viking axe and pool noodles!
Among the emotes, there are, among other things, calculations, stage bows, and a fishing emote.
We have compiled all the data mining images from the Buddies here in a gallery for you, enjoy!
And here is another image of the upcoming skins with their rarity levels and names:
With the big Patch 8.0, you can customize your characters in World of Warcraft more extensively. We reveal what new features are coming your way.
The Pre-Patch 8.0 is almost here, which means the era of Battle for Azeroth in World of Warcraft is about to begin. In addition to the removal of artifact weapons, there are also some new features. Several races will have access to new customization options. We will inform you about the new customizations you can benefit from at the barber (“hairstylist”).
Orcs – Upright Walking
With Patch 8.0, barbers for orcs have a special treatment available, as they apparently now offer a spinal realignment option. Those who wish can give their male orc a straight back under the new “Posture” menu item. This will make the orc slightly taller and stand much straighter in battle. The miracle of evolution!
Blood Elves – Golden Eyes
The race of blood elves is getting some new faces. Instead of the known, fel-corrupted eyes, the blood elves now have golden eyes. These new options reflect the development in the storyline of the blood elves. After purging the Sunwell, they are no longer reliant on fel magic and are once again filled with the Light’s magic. This is reflected in the new eye color. However, the change is optional – no one is forced to do so.
However, male blood elves are being forced. Their faces will be slightly revised to show less “duck face”. The era of kissing faces is over!
Change Skin Color – All Races
If you gave your human a pale skin tone, but often vacation at the beaches of Tanaris, you might want to show that with a darker complexion. Good news: This will soon be possible! With Patch 8.0, barbers for all races will have the option to change their skin color. This also applies to races that do not have skin but may have fur.
Criticism is forming against the head and founder Mike O’Brien in Guild Wars 2. Former employees of Guild Wars 2 express criticism regarding his role in the firing of developer Jessica Price. US gaming sites describe it as a “PR disaster.”
This is what happened
Developer insults streamer: We reported that Guild Wars 2 author Jessica Price was fired by ArenaNet after she got into a dispute on her own Twitter account. A streamer respectfully criticized her. However, the developer saw this as an attempt by a man and amateur to educate her as a professional and woman. She brusquely dismissed the comments and referred to “asswipes” trying to explain how to do her job, which she has been doing for ten years.
She considered the streamer’s remarks on her story-telling in MMORPGs to be sexist. Price felt underestimated and overlooked as a woman and developer by a man.
Developer is fired: Following this, the tweets sparked a large discussion on Reddit and in the Guild Wars 2 forum. The developer was let go by ArenaNet a day after the incident.
Developer was with ArenaNet for 13 years, also gets fired: Alongside Jessica Price, Peter Fries was also let go. He had been with ArenaNet since 2005 and worked on the first Guild Wars 1. Fries was fired for protecting developer Price in tweets, stating, for example, that she hadn’t asked for feedback.
This is what she says
This is how the firing went down: In an interview with US site Polygon, Price described the circumstances of her dismissal. She was called into a meeting with ArenaNet CEO Mike O’Brien. She was not given the opportunity to explain her position.
O’Brien insisted that developers must be the friends of the company’s customers. Even outside of their working hours, Price’s behavior was deemed unacceptable.
The background for this: Price had tweeted: It was her private Twitter account. She was outside of her working hours. No one should expect her to pretend to like him here.
That was it: O’Brien then left the meeting, and a manager gave Price the contents of her desk. After that, her keycard was confiscated.
ArenaNet collapsed like a cheap folding table
ArenaNet knew what they were getting into: According to Price, ArenaNet knew she was “passionately active on social media” and that had always been okay. She had never received a warning for her behavior on social media. Everything she said on Twitter aligned with what she had been saying there for years. The style had been the same as well.
Army of bots: O’Brien collapsed before a handful of people and an army of bots and fake accounts. The exact wording to Polygon was: the company collapsed like a cheap folding table.
It’s about gender: Price explains her intense reaction by saying the streamer’s tweet was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Men constantly appeared on Twitter, explaining to her how her job worked. They also showed up to explain jokes to female colleagues.
Men have the problem too, but not as intensely: Gamers do not believe anyone knows what they’re talking about. But for men, there isn’t such an ongoing flood of comments as there is for women. Fries also confirmed this. He tweeted: “Hey, I talk about the same things she does, but this doesn’t happen to me.” That was one of the tweets for which Fries was fired.
This is what the boss says
“She attacked” Mike O’Brien, the head of Guild Wars 2, says in a statement to Polygon that employee Jessica Price clearly represented the company on Twitter. A streamer approached her respectfully and professionally and made a suggestion for the game. Any response from the company must also be professional and respectful. A perceived insult does not justify an attack. It is unacceptable that an attempt to contact the company is met with such overt hostility.
No response to escalating community: Price tweeted on July 4th, O’Brien continues. The studio was closed for Independence Day. They were aware of the tweets at that time and decided to take action. The fact that the community’s outrage escalated on July 5th might give the impression that ArenaNet’s actions were a reaction to the community. But that was not the case. They acted as soon as they could.
This is what the press says: “PR disaster” and dangerous message
Firing is a big topic: The firing of Jessica Price has occupied the gaming press in the USA in recent days. The general tone here is that Guild Wars 2 made a “PR blunder.”
The US site Polygon believes that the firing of Jessica Price sends the message to Reddit that “you can fire anyone there if you just create enough stress.”
The US site Kotaku gives Jessica Price ample opportunity to speak. Price describes the clash with the streamer roughly as “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
The MassivelyOP site has now published seven articles on the topic. In one, they refer to the incident as “Pricegate” and quote the group “Game Workers United,” which may form a union of developers. They state that the “unethical firings at ArenaNet” have increased their membership numbers.
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There’s a reason he’s the only founder still at ArenaNet
GW2 boss in the crosshairs: Special criticism is directed at ArenaNet president Mike O’Brien.
The editor-in-chief of mmorpg.com writes that he spoke with former Guild Wars 2 employees and Mike O’Brien is not the hero of ArenaNet that fans see him as. On the contrary: While he is the founder and president of the company, there’s a reason he is the only remaining founder at ArenaNet. MMORPG.com seems to blame O’Brien for the departure of the other founders at the company.
In any case, they believe the incident has cost Guild Wars 2 the favorable momentum following the good expansion Path of Fire. They think the decision has made ArenaNet less attractive as an employer.
This is what former employees of Guild Wars 2 say
“Thrown to the wolves” Former employees of Guild Wars 2 are also speaking out. Developer Kate Welch was with ArenaNet until 2014 and was, among other things, the “face” of the stream show “Point of Interest.”
Welch says she was at ArenaNet for four years and really enjoyed her time there. But even back then, the management was very poor in handling the relationship between developers and fans. It was almost as if there was someone who would enjoy throwing people to the wolves to gain a little fucking attention from Reddit. And he does this with alarming regularity.
it’s ALMOST like there’s someone there who loves throwing people under the bus to get some fucking Reddit attention, and who has done it with alarming regularity
High costs: Another former Guild Wars 2 developer, Angel McCoy, considers the firings to be a hasty and unfortunate overreaction to quell player dissatisfaction. Especially the firing of Peter Fries is seen as a loss for the company. He had given more than twelve years of blood, sweat, and soul to the company and was a great presence on social media. When Fries left, a lot of knowledge left the game that would be missing later.
This is what an association of developers says
Unions and associations demand rules: The “International Game Developers Association” (via Gamasutra) is calling on gaming companies to establish clear guidelines on how developers should behave on social media in light of the incident.
We have addressed the role that Reddit and Guild Wars 2 play in this incident in an opinion article on Mein MMO:
With Dr. Boom’s Laboratory, there is a new, tricky game mode in Hearthstone. The popular “Lethal Puzzles” are coming to the game!
A few days ago, Blizzard announced the next expansion for Hearthstone. In Dr. Boom’s Secret Laboratory (“The Boomsday Project”), there are not only exciting mechanics that we have presented here, but also a new PvE mode: the Lethal Puzzles.
What are “Lethal Puzzles”? In a “Lethal Puzzle” (also “Death Zone”), players find themselves in a tricky situation. Both their cards and the minions on the battlefield are preset. The goal is to figure out with the available resources how exactly to defeat the opponent in this exact turn. Often, there is only a single way to solve the situation – failure usually means immediate defeat.
Whether there is time pressure for these puzzles is still unclear, but that would significantly increase the difficulty.
Community sparked the idea. These puzzles are clearly inspired by the community. In the past, players have come up with various situations and then sent screenshots to their peers. They then had to find the right way to eliminate the opponent in a single turn. Such puzzles have been known in collectible card games for a long time, and fans of Magic: The Gathering also come up with such puzzles to tinker with. However, in Hearthstone, this works even better, as the opponent cannot react in the same turn.
More puzzle variations. Dr. Boom’s Secret Laboratory will feature even more puzzles, such as:
Survival Puzzle: Here, players must try to survive the next opponent’s turn with limited resources.
Tabula Rasa: Eliminate all minions on the battlefield this turn!
Mirror Image: Create a perfect copy of the battlefield.
For the new update 5.0, the servers of Fortnite: Battle Royale will be offline on all platforms (PC/Mac, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, iOS). Maintenance will bring a new patch. When will the servers be offline and when will Fortnite be playable again?
It’s finally here: Season 5 starts! After all the riddles, speculation, and the llamas placed at Kölner Neumarkt, players will finally learn what the new Season 5 is about. A new Battle Pass is likely to be included again, packed with skins, gliders, and emotes. However, you’ll have to endure a maintenance first!
When will the Fortnite servers be back online? For smaller updates, the servers are usually back online after just a few hours. For a “major release” like what we are experiencing now, the downtime can indeed be longer.
When the servers are back online, you will find out as usual at Mein MMO – just like the patch notes that will be published on time for the start of the downtime.
Fortnite: Servers back online!
Update 11:48 AM: The servers are back online. On PC, there’s a 6.8 GB patch waiting.
Note: With the new update 5.0, your recorded replays will no longer work. Please save any recorded material before the downtime at 10 AM!
What will update 5.0 bring for Save the World players? PvE players will have to say goodbye to the blockbuster event today. However, new content comes with 5.0:
Bless Online has permanently banned 161 players since activating the anti-cheat protection “BattleEye”. However, players are comparing the punishment for hackers to the punishments for users of the dupe bugs. They complain about why no one from the dupers has been permanently excluded from the MMORPG.
A cheat-free experience
Hackers are haunting Bless: It didn’t take long for some players to find ways to gain advantages in the game through the modification of game files in Bless Online. For a long time, it seemed as if Bless developer Neowiz was powerless against the hacking players. However, in early July, Neowiz asked players for active assistance. Players were to submit video evidence showing cheating players. At the same time, Neowiz activated the anti-cheat protection BattlEye.
Today, about a week later, Neowiz announced the first results.
161 players have been banned.
The banned players currently see only a message in the game informing them that they cannot connect to the server. Neowiz wants to revise this so that players know they have been banned.
Neowiz continues to work on discovering hackers and making Bless cheat-free.
Not everyone is a hacker: Players who have modified the .ini files to improve the game’s performance need not worry. While it is a modification of the game, it is not a reason to be banned.
What happened to the exploiters?
Players duplicated items: In the comments, some players praise Neowiz and congratulate the developer on their work. However, others compare them to the players who exploited in Bless. They do not understand why Neowiz punishes hackers with a permanent ban, while exploiters are only temporarily suspended.
Players who used the notorious dupe bug faced a maximum of a 14-day suspension. There was no wipe of the server data after the dupe bug. Many players felt that the economy of the game was completely destroyed by the dupe bug.
The Chili high: Around the same time, another exploit emerged, allowing players to farm the item “Chili” quickly and easily at certain collection points on the map. They then sold this Chili at the market or directly to a vendor. At a price of around 4 silver, players could easily farm gold this way. In response to the exploit, Neowiz lowered the price of the Chili, but the damage was already done.
The exploiters reacted calmly to the price drop. They said they would simply buy back the Chili for a tenth of the price and sell it at the market.
Duping is not cheating: The community manager, Pentha the Panther, addresses the players’ criticism in the official Discord channel of Bless Online. Duplicating items is not cheating, which is why players were only temporarily banned for it.
What the banned players say
Falsely accused: A few of the banned players speak out on Reddit and in the comments on Steam, claiming they were unfairly blocked. They may have modified files that they did not intend to modify when they adjusted the .ini files. Other players say they used programs that automatically adjusted the .ini files for them.
Hacker reveals himself: A player on Reddit admits that he hacked and earned 30 gold by farming Turban Brothers . Since he was also banned, he questions whether hackers or exploiters have harmed the game more. He sees himself more as a light hacker and finds the ban somewhat unfair.
Players react differently to the statements of the exposed hacker:
Many players believe that Neowiz stepped into too many pitfalls at the release of the game.
Some players see the damage caused by exploiters as greater.
Other players believe that hacking is not good and harms the game.
A player clarifies in the comments that players should be banned regardless of the severity of the offense. He also hopes that the chili farmers also hacked and will be permanently banned for it.
Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS & Xbox One) is probably extremely popular among football players. During the 2018 World Cup semi-final, France’s scorer Samuel Umtiti celebrated a goal with a Fortnite emote.
Football players are into Fortnite! Epic’s battle royale game has become a real phenomenon with millions of enthusiastic players worldwide. They come from all professions and age groups, but the battle royale game seems particularly popular among kids, teenagers, and professional athletes.
Athletes have been celebrating their goals on the field with Fortnite emotes for some time now:
Once again, a goal celebration in Fortnite style has been observed during the 2018 Football World Cup.
Boneless Dance as Goal Celebration
What happened? After an assist from his teammate and Fortnite fan Antoine Griezmann, the French national player Samuel Umtiti scored the decisive header in the 51st minute against Belgium. This brought France to the finals of the FIFA World Cup 2018 with a score of 1:0.
Celebrating like in Fortnite: An impressive performance that the hero of the match celebrated in a way that has probably become customary among football professionals: with a Fortnite emote! Umtiti likely chose the “Boneless” dance, where you wave your arms loosely back and forth as if they had no bones.
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England loves Fortnite too: If England wins today’s match against Croatia, there would be two teams full of Fortnite fans in the finals. The English captain Harry Kane recently stated in an interview that he and his teammates relax with Fortnite between games.
Fun Fact: The German national team was reportedly banned from the internet in Russia during the World Cup because they allegedly played all night. Among the games there was probably also Fortnite!
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In Black Desert Online, you can be attacked by other players at any time. Players report that animations can be performed more quickly in succession when playing with high FPS. How true is this?
Faster Animations
Unfair advantage due to high FPS? In fact, the issue has been known in the Black Desert community for quite some time. Players often refer to a video of a South Korean player who plays Black Desert Online at 30 FPS and at 144 FPS, showing both recordings side by side.
The duration of the animations is the same for both settings.
However, the waiting time between the animations is shorter at 144 FPS.
In the example video shown, the player can start an additional animation after just a few seconds at 144 FPS. He has an advantage due to the high FPS.
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Milking cows faster with high FPS. A similar problem can be found while milking cows in Black Desert. A player demonstrates the issue by comparing the milking speed at 30 FPS and at 60 FPS.
With 60 FPS, the player takes about 12 seconds.
When playing at 30 FPS, it takes about 20 seconds.
At the higher FPS, this player finishes the minigame faster. But it doesn’t just affect him. Other players also report a significant difference in the milking minigame when playing with high FPS.
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FPS have an impact. For players who play with a low frame rate, the game is rendered more slowly. Since your computer can only send the data to the server that it has already processed, the Black Desert client at 30 FPS sends the data to the server a bit slower than clients at 144 FPS.
This then leads either to the animations being played faster at high FPS or to the completion of the animations being sent to the server more quickly. In either case, players with high FPS can use their abilities in quicker succession.
You can also use your abilities more frequently when the servers are empty. Then the latency between your computer and the server is lower. If you want to milk, it is advisable to play during times when fewer players are online.
A small advantage. In the end, the advantage is not particularly high. For players who frequently engage in PvP, higher FPS can make a decisive difference. But for players who play Black Desert more casually, reducing the graphic settings or getting a new graphics card for more FPS is not worth it.
The issue is not just present in Black Desert. Other online games can also be plagued by a similar problem.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) the 5th season is starting soon. But what if you want to start now? Is it even worth it?
What are seasons? In the colorful battle royale game Fortnite, there are seasons. These are ten-week periods during which there are special tasks and achievements to earn. Additionally, all seasons have a theme that determines the rewards, challenges, and the story. The theme in season 4 was “Superheroes”.
Progress with the Battle Pass: Each season has its own battle pass. This is a sort of progress bar where you can earn points in the game. Mainly, victories and completed challenges give a lot of points in the pass. Every time you level up in the pass, there are new rewards, like skins and outfits.
The pass is free, but a premium version for 9.50 euros offers better rewards.
What’s so great about Season 5? 5 reasons why you should play now!
Fortnite: Battle Royale has been around for a while, and some interested players wonder: Is it still worth it? Aren’t the other players superior? But don’t worry, there are several reasons to start playing Fortnite right NOW!
There will be significant changes
Map changes are coming: Fortnite veterans know the map by heart and can easily find loot, hiding spots, and sniper spots. A newcomer has little chance. Fortunately, the map is constantly changing. Already in season 4, something was different every week.
In Season 5, according to Epic, “worlds will collide”. It is therefore extremely likely that Epic will bring even more changes in the upcoming season and possibly start a completely new map! And then all players would be on the same level.
Creative Mode as a Practice Course
No heart for noobs back then: Players previously had to learn their skills painstakingly and with a lot of sweat and tears in the game. How to build optimally, set traps, or calculate the bullet drop of sniper weapons correctly had to be learned through a lot of trial and error under combat conditions.
A place to train: This changed at the end of Season 4 when Creative Mode finally came as a new mode. There you can mess around for an hour or practice important tactics with your friends. Thanks to respawn and plenty of resources, it’s easy to do.
Creative Mode is expected to become a permanent feature in Season 5. You can therefore try it out at your leisure and test your skills for the real deal.
Season 5 is likely to be even more motivating
More content expected: So far, each season has been fuller and more motivating than the previous one. Season 4 even had exciting tasks until the end and motivated until the end with additional cosmetic options for skins like Omega. With the mysterious rifts, it even attracted players to the servers when most had actually already completed the battle pass.
Season 5 is likely to offer even more content than ever before. After all, Epic wants to keep its millions of players entertained. Additionally, the developers are putting a lot of energy into the game and learning from each season to draw conclusions. There should be more than enough to do and it should hardly be boring!
More options: If you don’t feel like the regular battle royale matches, you might find several alternatives in Season 5. In Season 4, there were usually two new modes available at the same time. It’s quite possible that there will be even more options in the new season.
Game modes for every taste: Epic certainly won’t rest on its laurels and not bring new modes in Season 5. Instead, there should be several new variations of the game, some of which have already leaked. These include a nighttime mode or a game version where building is hardly allowed. Ideal for players who refuse to build, of which there are said to be quite a few in Fortnite.
Such a time travel theme would be optimal for the Battle Pass of Season 5. Because then there would be something for almost every taste: a cool cowboy for Western fans, an Egyptian queen for desert lovers, and a grim Viking for axe enthusiasts.
Perhaps even Fortnite versions of famous historical figures will appear as outfits. Then there could be duels between Genghis Khan, Cleopatra, or Abraham Lincoln. So if you collect quirky skins, Season 5 should bring you a lot of joy.
The second closed beta of the sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria is starting soon – and it will receive a fresh graphics makeover.
Legends of Aria – A prettier unofficial Ultima Online 2
Significantly better graphics. A criticism of the previous test phases of Legends of Aria (formerly Shards Online) was the graphics. Especially the landscapes and dungeons appeared somewhat barren and lacking in detail. But that is changing now. Closed Beta 2 starts on July 12, and players will hardly recognize the MMO:
The landscapes have been revised and now offer significantly more vegetation and detail
The dungeons are no longer so empty
The lighting atmosphere has been completely changed
Partially, the development team has also revamped entire locations to make them prettier
In general, Legends of Aria now feels much more beautiful, atmospheric, and interesting. Thanks to the new graphics, it should soon be much more enjoyable to traverse the landscapes and explore the dungeons.
Closed Beta 2 brings more than just prettier visuals. The upcoming Closed Beta 2 has even more to offer:
Plenty of bug fixes
Server optimizations
New animals you can tame
Secure trading among players
Fast travel
Changes to combat
Legends of Aria prepares for the open beta. If you’d like to know how the unofficial successor to the classic Ultima Online compares to its great predecessor, you will soon have the opportunity to participate in an open beta. This open test phase will start in August. A specific date will be announced later. Following the open beta, the early access phase is set to begin on Steam in the fall.
Who is Legends of Aria for? Legends of Aria is aimed at anyone who wants to experience a sandbox adventure like Ultima Online again, but also wants to see some modern features and improved graphics. Many who participated in the test phases so far believe that Legends of Aria comes very close to Ultima Online.
To Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) the final teaser for Season 5 has appeared. It promises that tomorrow, on July 12, 2018, worlds will collide!
The last teaser before the launch: Epic recently released the final teaser for Season 5. This time there are no masks or weapons. There are also no hints at further historical eras. Instead, there are only two rifts at the respective edges of the image. In between it simply states “Worlds collide tomorrow”.
The final stage of the rifts?
Will our world collide with Fortnite’s? This new teaser is another hint that massive changes are likely to occur in Fortnite. For almost two weeks now, more and more rifts have been appearing in the world of Fortnite.
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New map or fundamental redesign? Apparently, tomorrow at the start of Season 5, our world will collide with Fortnite’s. This is likely to trigger quite a few changes in the game. Possibly, the map will even be fundamentally redesigned or completely replaced with a new one.
Will the ARG continue throughout the season? If worlds really collide, more Fortnite stuff is likely to appear here in our “real” world. It’s quite possible that Epic will continue the bizarre ARG (Alternate Reality Game) at the start of Season 5 and run it for the next few weeks. This way, more curious innovations could be powerfully brought into the game.
More details will be revealed tomorrow when Season 5 finally kicks off.
The new expansion of Hearthstone “Dr. Boom’s Secret Laboratory” was already hinted at in advance – namely in the “Witchwood”!
When Blizzard announced the new Hearthstone expansion “The Boomsday Project”, the surprise was great. But not for all players. Some fans had already suspected the upcoming expansion, as there was a big spoiler in the “Witchwood”. However, this was overlooked by most players.
Spoiler in Experiment 3C. The spoiler was hidden in a boss fight from the Witchwood and likely escaped the attention of most players. Occasionally, there is a fight against “Experiment 3C” in the Witchwood – players already know the creature from the card Nightmarish Mutation.
The witch Hagatha announces at the start of the fight that “Experiment 3C” is not one of her creatures. In the fight, there are then various hints that now have a clear context. The creature speaks of its escape from the laboratory in the Netherstorm. Only upon its death does the experiment proclaim that it is now “finally escaped” – a bit cruel and macabre.
Dr. Boom had to be played out. The conversation became really clear only when the player managed to play the original card “Dr. Boom”. Then a special voice line was played that is only heard then.
“Dr. Boom? Don’t bring me back to the laboratory!”
Of course, it was not possible at that time to recognize from this information that the next expansion would take place in the Netherstorm with Dr. Boom as the protagonist. In hindsight, however, this is an exciting detail that shows once again how often Blizzard teasers upcoming content already within the game.
This leaves the question of what little hints the community has not noticed yet.
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 offers you bloody battles against countless enemies. Slaughter your way through hordes of Skaven and followers of the evil Chaos Gods with three friends – also on Xbox One!
Vermintide 2 available on Xbox One: Since July 11, 2018, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has also been playable on Xbox One. You fight as a human, dwarf, or elf alongside three other warriors (as players or AI) against Skaven and Chaos followers to protect your world from evil.
Vermintide 2 is a brutal combat game where you control one of five characters and heat up your opponents. Vermintide 2 doesn’t offer an easy start, but makes you work hard for every victory from beginning to end – after all, it’s Warhammer, not Lovehammer…
In Fortnite, the map seems to be breaking. New fractures appear daily, destroying parts of the map. Here you can see where new fractures are currently forming and what has already been destroyed.
Cracks in the sky and on the ground: Then suddenly, more fractures appeared that formed right in the game world. There, they systematically destroy landmarks from certain locations. And there are more every day.
Stay updated on new fractures: Therefore, we have prepared a map and a description of the fracture locations for you. This way, you can always stay up-to-date on how the map is currently changing.
Article status: July 11, 2017
Here you can find all the fractures in the game – With map
Map of all fractures on the map: To ensure you see at any time where the previous fractures are located and where new anomalies have appeared, we have here a map with the current locations. The map comes from Fortnite player and map enthusiast TheSquatingDog.
In the following paragraphs, you will find more information about the locations of the known fractures.
Fracture #1 – The sign at Lonely Lodge
On July 1, one day after the rocket launch, the first new fracture appeared by the large hall at Lonely Lodge. There was a brief flicker, then suddenly a crack opened that sucked in the sign saying “Lonely Lodge”.
Fracture #2 – The sign at the Motel
The second fracture appeared on July 2, 2018, at the sign of the motel in the north of the map. Here too, a flicker was seen briefly. Soon after, the motel sign was gone.
The most prominent victim of the fractures to date was recorded on July 3. The famous Tomato Head from Tomato Town was suddenly swallowed by the fracture.
The Tomato Head just before its demise.
Fracture #4 – The “Noms” sign at Retail Row
On July 4, the fractures continued their destructive work as usual. This time another sign was caught: the name sign of the “Noms” grocery store in Retail Row.
The fracture just formed here.
Fracture #5 – The “Durr-Burger” sign at Greasy Grove
The fractures seem to have a preference for signs. And particularly for signs related to food. For on July 5, a fracture appeared at the sign of the fast-food restaurant “Durr-Burger” at Greasy Grove.
Soon the burger will be gone!
On July 6, the burger was finally swallowed. However, it was not lost forever, as it soon appeared in real life in a desert in California. Things are getting mysterious!
Fracture #6 – Hillside behind Greasy Grove
The sixth fracture appeared on July 6, and for the first time, something changed. Because at the hillside behind Greasy Grove, there was nothing that the fracture could destroy. Therefore, some players suspect that it is spitting something out instead. We will know more when the fracture has fully developed.
A fracture is currently forming here.
And the players were right: In the night from July 6 to July 7, the fracture at the hillside spit out an anchor. Fortunately, some fracture researchers in Fortnite captured the event in video form.
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Over the weekend, another fracture opened that, however, again did not swallow anything but instead made something appear. This time, a rather battered, ancient cart appeared.
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Once again, a fracture has appeared. On July 9, initial signs emerged at Moisty Mire. At the coordinates I9 (just below the “I” in “Mire”), something could soon appear. Fans suspect that according to a data mining leak, a skeleton was supposed to appear. And indeed, that happened.
Update: And indeed, during the day, a skeleton appeared from the fracture. It looks like a kind of dinosaur. Is there possibly still something to the story about the swamp monster from Moisty Mire?
What is behind the fractures?
Is the world about to break? The fractures seem to be targeting landmarks and signs. However, the fractures have yet to be really game-relevant, as they have so far mostly affected the name signs of locations. Nevertheless, the world seems to be breaking more and more.
Theories about the fractures: The fractures are currently occupying the Fortnite community:
Many players suspect a new map that will start in Season 5.
Other fans, on the other hand, are counting on time travel.
Clarity on July 12? What exactly will happen in the end will probably only be revealed at the start of Season 5 on July 12, 2018. Until then, we will regularly update this article and add new fractures.
In a developer commentary video, Bungie goes into detail about the significance of Cayde’s death and explains the consequences that arise from it for the setting, the story, and for Destiny 2 in general.
Not just a shocker:Cayde’s death may seem to some like a shock moment placed at the beginning of Forsaken, but according to Bungie, that is absolutely not the intention. Much more, this tragic event is meant to enrich the world and the story of Destiny 2. Players are to see how other characters react to this death and the vacuum it leaves – and what develops from it.
Forsaken is about the personal: The motives and drive of the players are meant to be elevated to a personal level. Forsaken is intended to be a Western-style expansion where the aim is to take revenge, hunt down the bad guys – namely the eight barons – and bring their leader Uldren to justice. The narrative aims to give a dark and very personal touch. It’s no longer about saving the universe.
What the developers have to say about Cayde’s death and its effects on the game, and what influenced their design decisions, you can find out in the video.
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Skull and Bones is an upcoming pirate online game from Ubisoft. At E3, it was playable, and it was confirmed that the pirate fun is not just a World of Warships with sailing ships.
What is Skull and Bones anyway? Skull and Bones from Ubisoft was first presented at E3 2017. It is supposed to take over the popular naval battles from Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag and make them the core element of the game. So you are a pirate captain in the Indian Ocean on the lookout for loot.
News from E3: The first gameplay footage then strongly reminded of Wargaming’s naval battle spectacle World of Warships. But the game is more than just a copy of the naval warfare MMO. At E3 2018, various journalists could already play the pirate game and provide specific information about the gameplay.
Ships as MMO Classes
Your Adventures Begin in the Pirate Hideout: Your pirate adventures in Skull and Bones start in your pirate refuge. It is a rough place full of scoundrels, where you choose and equip your ship. After all, you are practically the ship. Your captain is “anchored” at the helm and cannot leave the ship during gameplay.
Ship Class is Important: For your raid you then choose a ship and upgrade it. Like in an MMORPG, there are different classes such as tanks, damage dealers, and supporters. Depending on which ship you take, you can play different tactics. This will be especially important in coop mode.
Fortunes as a Modifier: Before a round, the game determines additional mission parameters through the so-called “Fortunes,” including wind conditions and special opponents in the game.
The Hunting Grounds – An Ocean Full of Possibilities
The Great Freedom: The Hunting Grounds are the PvE mode of Skull and Bones. You have a map of 16×16 kilometers there. That’s more ocean than the entire Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag!
Under a False Flag: But those who are not careful fall within the range of the coastal fortresses scattered everywhere. You have little chance against their cannons, so it’s wise to fly a false flag and sneak past them in disguise. Such deception maneuvers are apparently possible in the game more often.
Wind and Weather: Your target is clearly merchant ships. But you have to catch them first! Therefore, it is important that you know how to sail and do not stubbornly fight against the wind. Otherwise, lucrative loot will escape you!
Naval Battles and Boardings
If you catch an enemy ship, you must first shoot it enough to board it. Only then can you expect the biggest loot. The boarding fights themselves then take place as a cutscene. But be careful! If you are too successful, heavily armed warships appear.
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In Coop Against the Frigate: In the gameplay video shown at E3, a Portuguese frigate suddenly pursued the player. The player has no chance against the heavy warship alone. Only the lengthy escape or counterattack with the help of allies remains.
No Honor Among Thieves: In coop with three other players, the frigate is still a tough opponent but can be defeated. The different ships work optimally together. One soaks up the fire as a tank while the others bombard the enemy. In the end, a daring ramming attack can sink the warship. But as soon as the opponent is finished off, the players turn on each other in a dispute over the loot, just like real pirates!
What About PvP in the Open World?
PvP Can Be Avoided: Around ten other players will be sailing in each instance. But unlike other games with open-world PvP, you can spot other ships from miles away thanks to your lookout and avoid them.
So, if you don’t like PvP, you can still enjoy yourself as long as you are careful. And since there are only about ten fellow players, there should be enough loot for everyone.
More Like Destiny than World of Warships or For Honor
The hunt for more loot and the optional coop resembles, according to the website Kotaku, more to Destiny than to a pure PvP battle game like For Honor. Skull and Bones is, despite the captain “anchored” at the helm, a fun game that captures the pirate atmosphere very well.
Will it Motivate in the Long Run? However, it is unclear how long the gameplay with looting, coop, and occasional PvP will keep players engaged. However, multiple teams from Ubisoft are working on the project. So there is hope for many exciting game modes and events.
A player in For Honor is desperately searching for a very specific bot. This one is, in fact, a tribute from the developers to a deceased friend.
In the For Honor community, a strange story is currently unfolding. The player with the name Fatmooch69 is scouring the game world for a specific bot. This bot is, in fact, a tribute from the developers to a deceased friend.
What happened? Fatmooch69 and his good friend, whom he only calls “B”, used to play For Honor together regularly. They both loved the game and although they played on different platforms, they regularly communicated while playing. They not only talked about the game but also about general life issues – they were just good friends. But then “B” died at a party – apparently from an “overdose”, although the exact details were not disclosed.
Fatmooch69 continued to play and often thought back to “B”, ultimately sharing his story on Reddit. The developers were moved and, after consulting with Fatmooch69, ensured that “B” was honored in the game. Since the update on June 28, 2018, “B” has now been immortalized in For Honor. He has received his own bot.
The Bot TheeLizardWizard. The sought-after bot is named TheeLizardWizard, as friends called “B” in online games. Bots take control of characters whenever players leave a match early – for example, due to a disconnect. This is supposed to maintain at least some fairness in the match. However, the bot is selected randomly, so you can’t specifically hope for TheeLizardWizard. TheeLizardWizard was “hand-crafted” by the developers and has slightly different gameplay patterns compared to other bots. How exactly this affects gameplay and whether it’s noticeable for regular players remains to be seen.
Fatmooch69 also mentioned in an interview with Kotaku: “If you encounter TheeLizardWizard in the game, honor him by giving him a good fight. He would have liked that.”
A sad but also beautiful story to see how individual players are commemorated in a game and at least the bereaved can still find a little joy through this tribute.
