It 27s event time again in the pirate online game Sea of Thieves. With a new patch, you can now expect the “Sunken Curse”!
In Sea of Thieves, special events play a big role in presenting new content to players. Sunken Curse is one of several events this year. After the update 1.1.6 has been released, the event is now live.
Sunken Curse is live – Destroy cursed mermaid statues
Dive for cursed mermaid statues. With Sunken Curse, you face a new challenge:
Sunken Curse Event – In the depths around the island coasts, you will find cursed mermaid statues that radiate ancient magic. The Bilge Rats challenge all brave pirates to seek out and destroy the statues. Keep in mind that not all statues are bound to the same curse. Furthermore, they regenerate over time. Gather a crew of four pirates to destroy these statues.
Sunk Items – In the depths of the sea, you will also discover artifacts, skulls, and treasure chests hidden on the seabed that can be plundered.
New rewards. Through the event, you will also gain access to a range of new rewards:
The Wailing Barnacle Items – In the Bilge Rat Shop, you will now find the hat, dress, and jacket of the Wailing Barnacle. These items are available for a limited time. You can only get them until July 25.
Bilge Rats Titles – Receive three unique titles introduced with the “Sunken Curse” event.
Bilge Rats Doubloons – There are 100 Bilge Rats Doubloons for the standard commendation, as well as an additional 50 Bilge Rats Doubloons when you receive the legendary commendation. You have until July 25 to earn Bilge Rat Doubloons.
Bilge Rats Flag – A new flag has been added to the flag inventory of all pirates! With this, you show other pirates that you are on the hunt for Bilge Rat Doubloons.
Further changes. The patch also introduces additional changes to Sea of Thieves. These include:
With level 6,000, one would think that this Overwatch player has no other goals in life. But that’s a misconception – he still has time for a job!
The player TreeboyDave is already considered a living legend among Overwatch fans. He may not be the best player, but no one invests more time in the game than he does. He has now reached player level 6,000 and has spent over 9,000 hours in the game. And there is no end in sight for him.
12 hours a day. Since the launch of Overwatch, TreeboyDave has been playing an average of 12 hours every day, which has now earned him an account level of over 6,000 – higher than any other player in Overwatch.
Despite the constant gaming, he still has a job. If anyone thinks that so much passion and time can only flow into one game if you are unemployed, they are mistaken. Besides his roughly 12 hours a day in Overwatch, TreeboyDave also has a job and takes care of the cleaning of a restaurant.
He only does what he enjoys. In an interview with Kotaku, TreeboyDave explained that he sees no compulsion to keep playing. His “long hours of streaming are a great fun! It helps me fill my life with nice things, so I don’t have to take a break.”
His level has no symbol. TreeboyDave has now reached such a high level that Overwatch no longer offers its own symbols for it. The frame of the portrait actually changes every 100 levels – but at level 6,000, nothing changes anymore. It’s time for Blizzard to improve on this, even if it’s just for a single player for now.
Goals for the future. TreeboyDave constantly sets new goals for himself to stay motivated. He once aimed to accumulate 100 hours of gameplay on all characters – that is long behind him now. Now he aims for 250 hours on each hero. On top of that, he wants to reach the milestone of 1,000,000 credits. Currently, he stands at 350,000 credits. So this will keep him busy for quite a while.
What level have you reached in Overwatch and how many hours have you already invested in the game? Can you imagine investing so much time in a single game?
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Fortnite: Battle Royale sends you back on a treasure hunt in Risky Reels. This time it’s “Follow the treasure map from Risky Reels.” Find out here where you can locate the treasure from Season 5, Week 1!
New season, new treasure!Season 5 of Fortnite is here and the new challenges are known. Everything stays the same so far and as always, there’s the weekly treasure hunt. This time, the crucial hint can be found at Risky Reels.
The treasure of Risky Reels – Here’s how to find it!
Off to Risky Reels: At the drive-in theater in the north of the map, you will once again find a cryptic recording. The treasure map shows a kind of tunnel with trees. Fortnite experts know right away where that is. If you head directly to the location of the star, you won’t need to look at the treasure map in Risky Reels.
The true location of the treasure – South of Tomato Town!
Let’s go to the Tomato Tunnel! The tunnel shown is nothing less than the passage between Retail Row and Tomato Town. Here, a tunnel runs under a ridge. Go there or land on the mountain that the tunnel crosses.
Where exactly is the treasure? The treasure is right on the flat spot under the northern tunnel entrance. So, the spot from where you can see the pizza restaurant that once displayed the tomato head. The battle star appears when you get close. Collect it and level up in the Battle Pass!
Here is the treasure. Unfortunately, we collected it before the picture was taken.
Beware of Wick: Be careful that none of your teammates takes you out while searching for and retrieving the star! At the beginning of a challenge, other players are often quite tolerant and leave you alone at first. But there are certainly rogues (John Wicks) in every match. So be cautious.
If you finally have the star, you should definitely finish the ongoing match correctly; otherwise, your success may not count. If necessary, just let yourself get taken out. That works as well.
The treasure location in the video
Do you want to see the treasure location from Week 1 of Season 5 in a video? As always, there’s also a video for this week’s task – this time directly from the Fortnite Insider page. There you can see exactly how to retrieve the treasure. Good luck!
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With the Forsaken expansion for Destiny 2, Guardians will not only receive more opportunities but also more options to work towards the Flashpoint milestone. The Flashpoints are set to change starting September 4, 2018.
Initial changes: As Bungie has already announced, with the Forsaken expansion, the Flashpoint milestone will rotate every four days – instead of weekly as before. However, it seems this is not the only change that will occur in this area.
Flashpoints are currently too one-sided: Currently, the path to the Flashpoint milestone mainly consists of completing a handful of public events. While patrols and Lost Sectors could serve to bridge the waiting time meaningfully, they provide no incentive and therefore play almost no role.
Bungie wants to change that: All of this is set to change with the Forsaken expansion. Not only will the Flashpoint milestone encompass more activities – Guardians will also receive new targets to hunt.
Flashpoints work differently in Forsaken
Flashpoints in Forsaken are different: As soon as the Guardians log in to Forsaken for the first time, they will notice, according to Bungie, that the Flashpoints now work somewhat differently. Instead of just waiting for the next public event to start, there will soon be good reasons to start a patrol or visit a Lost Sector.
Sheriff job and Bounties for more variety: Players will be able to hunt down a number of fugitive criminals who have escaped from the Prison of Elders – even after the Forsaken story ends.
You will encounter these criminals in almost every activity. They can appear as part of a public event, as a high-value target in the open world, or even in Gambit, but they can also function as mini-bosses in Strikes or Lost Sectors. You will be able to view who you have already defeated in the collections.
A new Fallen NPC in the Twilight Gap, The Spider, will provide further incentives to take down this scum – with the returning Bounties! The Bounties will include a hint on where you can find the respective rogue. Successfully completing these tasks is expected to be well worth it.
Not all of these sought-out outlaws are equal – hence, not every Guardian can hunt every fugitive. There will be four tiers of Bounties, each targeting different power levels of Guardians. The first three tiers will send Guardians across various locations to complete specific tasks before encountering the fugitive. The fourth and hardest tier will send Guardians into a new activity – the Outlaw Lost Sector.
The Outlaw Lost Sectors – only for the best Guardians: In addition to the stronger bosses of the regular Lost Sectors, the Outlaw Lost Sectors are set to provide an additional challenge. This challenge is aimed only at powerful Guardians. Most players will not be strong enough for the fourth tier of Bounties – even long after they have mastered the campaign. After accepting one of these Bounties, it will initially be about locating the powerful escaped villain. Once you find the right location, you will have to fight through a much tougher version of a Lost Sector before encountering one of the six Outlaw bosses.
Together with the changes to the Flashpoint milestone and in combination with the random Outlaws and their Bounties, the new Lost Sectors are set to help make the locations in Destiny 2 feel more alive. They are also meant to embody another way to achieve progress before Guardians head into the endgame.
Videos about the Outlaw Lost Sectors: Currently, there are two videos about the upcoming Outlaw Lost Sectors. However, since this is exclusive footage from Game Informer, we cannot embed the videos here.
Blizzard has made a deal with Disney for the Overwatch League. The finals of the eSports event will soon be broadcast on various Disney channels on TV. Therefore, gaming is entering the primetime lineup in the USA.
Overwatch League on TV: The Overwatch League will now also be broadcast on official TV channels. Following the contract signing, the playoff games and the Grand Finals of the Overwatch League will be aired on the networks of ESPN and Disney XD. Highlights will be shown on ABC.
Contract spans multiple years
The agreement between Blizzard and the ESPN and Disney networks spans multiple years. Upcoming seasons of the Overwatch League will also be seen on ESPN channels (ESPN, ESPNNOW, ESPN2, and ESPN3) and Disney XD.
Fans can also watch on apps: In addition to live broadcasts on TV channels, subscribers can also use the respective channel apps. The games will also be viewable via the ESPN App and DisneyNOW.
In addition to the broadcasting rights, Disney has been granted further rights. What exactly these are and what Disney will make of them remains to be seen.
The fact that Disney and ESPN were offered a contract is likely due to the different treatment of TV and online streaming. 63% of surveyed viewers would not want to watch the OWL on TV anyway.
Twitch also attracts viewers with additional offers. Those watching the Overwatch League on Twitch receive free Overwatch tokens, with which you can purchase skins. You only need to connect your Twitch account with your Battle.net account. Disney reportedly does not offer something like this.
A historic step: The broadcast of the Overwatch League on these channels marks the first live broadcast of an eSports event during prime time on a TV channel. It is also the first broadcast of a competitive gaming tournament on the also-involved channel ABC.
With this offer, Blizzard is presumably not aiming to siphon off viewers from Twitch to watch on TV. Since the interest of current fans lies on Twitch anyway, it is likely that the company wants to tap into new target audiences for the growing eSports sector.
The western online game Wild West Online could be described as a flop. Hardly any players and plenty of criticism have now led the developers to want to take a new direction for the game.
Redirection to PvP shooter
Wild West Online is being redirected. On average, 19 players active simultaneously according to Steamcharts cannot sustain an online game. Additionally, with negative reviews and criticism flooding in, the development studio must take action. And that’s what DJ2 Entertainment and WWO Partners Ltd. are doing – Wild West Online is getting a “soft relaunch”.
Wild West Online is to develop more into a faction-based online shooter
The PvP battles between bandits and sheriffs will be at the forefront
New merchants are to offer a greater variety of items. You will also need to get along with merchants to secure better deals
The area will be expanded in the north of the map
Quests will be reduced
Daily and weekly challenges will be introduced
In relic hunts, you must bring the found item to totems to receive an artifact
Female characters are not a priority. Currently, the developers are also working on finally introducing playable female characters. However, the team states that this feature is not a priority at the moment and is rather seen as a “cosmetic feature”.
Relaunch is intended to attract new players. There is no date yet for the “soft relaunch” of Wild West Online. However, it is expected to happen later this summer. The development team hopes to attract new players to the online game.
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A player in No Man’s Sky is currently receiving a lot of hate. The reason: From his perspective, he is simply playing an evil emperor who wants to destroy everything.
No Man’s Sky has a quite active role-playing community, where players build their own bases and entire civilizations, but also meet in cafes for a common exchange. One of the most popular bases was recently destroyed by a streamer with the justification: He is playing an evil emperor who must subjugate everyone.
What happened? The streamer SeriousGamerX (SGX) had “destroyed” the base of another player. This is possible in No Man’s Sky by simply building your own base on the same planet, thereby effectively “overwriting” the previous base. In the role-playing community, this is considered frowned upon, as it nullifies the work of many players. In this case, the base was the “NMS Café”, a hub for role-players. Here, hundreds of players met to exchange ideas and simply spend a few nice hours in RP.
SGX does not see himself as a troll. SGX justifies himself by saying that he did not want to personally step on anyone’s toes. In the stream, he is simply playing an “evil emperor” who has a “legitimate right to conquer the galaxy of No Man’s Sky”. The game gives him the options to overwrite bases, and he uses that to enforce his “legitimate claim”. It is simply part of the game mechanics, and an evil emperor must do evil things – that is part of his role.
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What is the truth? When you watch SGX’s streams, it is definitely true that he repeatedly portrays the evil ruler who wants to subjugate the universe. He begins his streams with orchestral music and occasionally holds “glorious speeches” about his reign and his actions in No Man’s Sky.
Sexism was the icing on the cake. The mere act of overwriting the base was not the problem, but the sexist remarks made during the stream. There he stated that it was “a joke if a woman leads a community, and it is well known that women can lead nothing”. Since the community of nearly 400 players stands behind Lillihop, a shitstorm then descended upon SGX – including numerous “reports” for his channel on Twitch.
Whether the entire action truly reflected SGX’s role and his understanding of role-playing is disputed among the players. The truth about it will probably never come to light.
Cortyn says: Role-playing in MMOs almost always requires the consent of other players, even when playing an “evil” character. Anyone who disregards the fun of other players and simply destroys a base in a game that was considered a hub for many role-players is not a true part of a role-playing community.
However, it is quite possible that the two groups are simply speaking from very different definitions of RP. Namely, one from the experience as a member of an RP community that has shared enjoyable, interesting adventures and one as “actors” who take on a different role in the stream to keep their viewers entertained.
But this cannot work simultaneously in this case. In the end, it is what always causes problems for role-players: different interpretations of RP.
What do you think of this story? Which side do you agree with more? Or is this just the “typical RP drama” that always unfolds in role-playing communities?
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In Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) Season 5 begins today. Along with that, there is again a cool cinematic trailer that reveals a bit more of the game’s plot.
What is the background of the new season? Season 4 of Fortnite was about a comet that shook the game’s world. This not only disrupted a superhero movie, a mysterious alien also emerged from the comet and launched the mysterious rocket at Snobby Shores (why was it even there?).
The origin of a new skin: The burger is also seen lying in the desert of California. A guy with a spray can is standing in front of it, spraying his cat-fox tag on the burger. By the way, the guy with the cat-fox mask is one of the new skins from Season 5.
Fortnite brings things from other worlds!
The burger is coming back! The unknown sprayer proudly admires his work when suddenly a rift appears and sucks him in. Shortly after, the burger disappears again. The sprayer and the burger appear shortly afterward on a green hill in the Fortnite world.
There’s more to come! Hardly has the guy recovered from his shock, when suddenly more rifts pop up, and among other things, a type of buggy (the new vehicles in Season 5), a head from Easter Island, a carriage, and finally a huge Viking ship appear!
The stage is set for the bizarre dimensional rifts and challenges of Season 5 of Fortnite!
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.
