The Crew 2 has, like many other online games, a classic leveling system where you can reach higher levels. All details about the ranking system can be found here.
In The Crew 2 you can work your way up to cult status! To achieve this, you need to gain followers like on Twitch. These followers are essentially not much different from experience points. Once you have enough, you level up – and gain access to new events.
How do I level up? You gain followers by simply participating in the events that The Crew 2 offers. These include
Main story events
Tests
and side activities
To reach the highest rank, you can repeat these as often as you like.
These Ranks You Can Achieve in The Crew 2
There are five status levels in The Crew 2:
Beginner (Anonymous)
Popular (Popular)
Famous (Famous)
Star
Cult (Icon)
Each promotion unlocks new activities and disciplines:
The Cult Status is Not the End
Even after reaching cult status, you can continue to level up. From this rank, a kind of prestige system begins, where you can play from cult 1 to cult 9999 and unlock rewards at regular intervals:
Every tenth level gives you performance improvements for your vehicles
Every hundredth level rewards you with a free vehicle (up to level 600, so a total of six vehicles, including one exclusive)
Whether rewards and ranks will be added later is currently unknown.
For more information on The Crew 2, you can find it here with us.
Guild Wars 2 introduced the first new mount in the latest update “Long Live the Lich”. But what can the roll bug do? A fan video shows you all the skills and application possibilities.
The roll bug is back: Roll bugs are true fan favorites in Guild Wars. These rolling insects were a hit every year at the New Year’s festival of Guild Wars 1. Players could transform into the bugs there and hold races in a mini-game.
The first new mount: Mounts were finally introduced in Guild Wars 2 with the last expansion Path of Fire. With the current update “Long Live the Lich”, a new mount has been added for the first time: The roll bug!
This is what the roll bug can do!
The roll bug is a completely new mount: It is not just a reskin of the five already known mounts. Therefore, it has completely new and unique abilities. In a detailed video by the YouTuber Tekkit, you can see how the roll bug plays.
The bug behaves more like a pod racer from Star Wars than a mount. Its control is heavily based on speed and momentum.
Additionally, the bug has the following properties:
It can zoom super fast around with a booster
The bug can drift like a pro! This way, you can take tight corners without braking
You can roll over opponents and knock them down
Roll bugs can break through certain walls
You can perform stunts in mid-air to regain endurance
In Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One), a player managed to destroy the controversial region Tilted Towers with just one shot. How that works, you can see here!
Tilted Towers must be destroyed! Hardly any place is more unpopular among Fortnite players than Tilted Towers. There, a large part of the player base is regularly wiped out at the start of a round. Therefore, the mid-game in Fortnite is often quite thin, and the excitement fades away.
Therefore, fans have long demanded that Epic tear down and destroy the settlement with the high-rise buildings. However, the comet from Season 3 did not do so. Instead, players regularly devastate the settlement. One of them creatively flattened the entire place with just one shot!
A chain reaction of destruction!
How can Tilted Towers be destroyed with one shot? Fortnite player Vercyx put in a lot of effort and destroyed the base of each building. Then he connected all structures with wooden planks. Now he just had to shoot away the first plank with a precise shot from the hand cannon, and the disaster took its course!
Tilted Towers falls like a row of dominoes: Gradually, the wooden planks burst in a chain reaction. In doing so, the dying planks took everything with them that was connected to them. This also applied to the prepared Tilted Towers buildings. Slowly but surely, the entire settlement collapsed.
Inspiration from the PvE mode: But how did Vercyx come up with this brilliant idea? The concept of blowing up an entire city with just one shot is not new. For the first time, this action was performed by the player KING_JELLYB3AN. He devastated an entire settlement in Fortnite’s PvE mode.
Blizzard has released the latest hero from Overwatch. And it’s not a monkey – but it still stays within the animal kingdom. It’s a crazy hamster!
In recent days, the community has speculated a lot about what the next hero from Overwatch could be. Blizzard has repeatedly released small teasers on Twitter. First, there was only a street with posters visible, then a large mech rolled through the picture. The theories were obvious: That’s Hammond. A monkey who escaped from the Horizon moon colony.
But now the official Twitter channel of Overwatch has revealed the new hero. It’s a crazily giggling hamster in a mech!
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A fan had predicted it. However, the release is not completely unexpected. On Reddit, the fan stmaurer had already speculated a day ago that Hammond is not a monkey at all, but rather a much smaller being – quite precisely a hamster. He deduced this from the conversations that scientists were having on the moon base. No one seemed to see Hammond as a threat, which is why he must have been a very small creature.
Furthermore, there were additional hints in “Hammond’s area” on the moon base. A bitten carrot and small bite marks everywhere suggested that it was more of a rodent than a primate.
His size (or his “smallness”) also explains why Hammond was able to sneak unnoticed through the ventilation ducts to trigger the tragedy of the Horizon moon base, where numerous scientists died.
This theory has proven to be correct. How exactly Blizzard intends to explain this hero and his grand escape remains to be seen.
In any case, Overwatch has now become a whole lot cuter – and crazier. Much crazier.
In Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) is with update 4.5 an option appeared, with which you can receive gifts. A feature will likely come soon that allows you to gift skins to your friends.
Do you want to receive a gift?Update 4.5 of Fortnite brought a lot of new features to Fortnite. However, one has hardly been noticed so far. In the menu, you can now set whether you want to receive gifts.
A corresponding gifting feature is not yet in the game. But it might come soon.
Soon it will be Christmas!
Where is the gift option? The new option to receive gifts is hidden in the account menu.
Click on the three bars at the top right of the screen
Then select the gear icon
You are now in the menu. Go to the last tab on the far right. There you will find the option that allows or prevents gifts to you.
Here’s how to get to the account menu.
How can I distribute gifts? Unfortunately, the option to receive gifts is currently the only one available in the game. You cannot give anything away yet. Epic is likely to provide the corresponding feature soon.
Here you can find the gift option.
What could the gift feature look like?
There are various theories about gifts: How exactly gifting and being gifted in Fortnite will work has not yet been revealed by Epic. So far, there is only the mysterious option in the menu. However, the following variations are conceivable:
You can gift all skins from your inventory. While this would be great in itself, it would open the door to all sorts of unscrupulous dealings with rare skins. Epic probably wouldn’t want to support this.
You can indicate when buying a new skin that you are purchasing the skin as a gift for a friend. This is said to be the more likely approach to the matter according to many players.
Are you already looking forward to the gift option in Fortnite? Or would you never gift virtual real-money items to other players?
Bossa Studios are currently busy with the sandbox MMORPG Worlds Adrift. The PvP is not running smoothly yet, and there is still much to do in PvE.
Work is being done on PvP
The PvP is evolving. Worlds Adrift has been criticized recently for “unfair” PvP. Especially newcomers find it hard to establish themselves due to constant attacks from more experienced players. The development team explains that this issue is being addressed:
There will be no pure PvE version of the game, as PvP is a core element of the experience
The balancing in PvP needs to be optimized
There should be more risks but also more rewards for PvP
The difference between new players and veterans is currently too large
The constant attacks on “weaker” players need to be reduced
The developers state that they are on a good path to balance the PvP in a way that is enjoyable for everyone. The community is helping with this. After all, Worlds Adrift is still in the Early Access phase, which is exactly meant to identify and solve such issues.
PvE is set to introduce new gameplay opportunities
Work is being done on PvE. Bossa Studios believes that the PvE aspect of the MMO is still far from what the developers envisioned. However, work is being done here as well:
In the future, more threats and creatures will be introduced to make exploring the islands more exciting
Some PvE elements, such as hunting Skywhales, require larger groups of players. Players should cooperatively pursue a goal, but the hunt can be interrupted by PvP at any time. An attack on a Skywhale can, for example, be used by enemies as an ambush
The creatures, ecosystems, and landscapes of the world are to be developed into a mosaic of possibilities, challenges, puzzles, and surprises, according to the developers. This will change the dynamics between players and introduce many more options to make the game more interesting
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One of the most interesting innovations in The Division 2 are the new Brand Sets, which bring special bonuses. In this video, you will learn everything you need to know about the new brand clothing.
The Division 2 will have a new type of gear, the so-called Brand or Brand Sets. These have up to three bonuses that differ from brand to brand and are meant to support certain playstyles. In the video from YouTuber Arekkz, he presents the brands based on the E3 demo and explains their functions.
What are Brand Sets? The Brand Sets are conceptually similar to Gear Sets. If you equip a piece of a Brand Set, the first bonus is activated. If you have two pieces, bonuses 1 and 2 are active. With three pieces, you unlock all bonuses.
Gear Sets and Brands: In some interviews Massive has already confirmed that the Gear Sets known from The Division 1 will be back. The Gear Sets will also benefit from the new brands and thus offer even more combinations.
What we know so far about the Gear Sets in The Division 2 can be found here.
In one of the new challenges of Week 9 in Season 4 of Fortnite: Battle Royale, you need to find seven chests at the location Moisty Mire. We will show you where the chest locations are and how you can complete the task.
Find 7 chests at Moisty Mire: In the challenges for Week 9 of Season 4 in Fortnite, you must find and open seven chests in Moisty Mire. Fortunately, this challenge can be completed in different matches.
A place full of treasures! In Moisty Mire, you also have many opportunities for treasure hunting. There are tons of chests, and in some spots, they stack up!
In our Moisty Mire chest guide and the accompanying map, you will quickly find out where the search for treasure chests is most worthwhile in Week 9!
7 chests in Moisty Mire – How to complete the task from Week 9
Moisty Mire is remote: The swamp called Moisty Mire is not easy to reach, as it is located in the far southeast of the map. You can only get there quickly if the bus is flying favorably. Otherwise, you need to deploy your glider early and sail over there. In this case, it takes longer, but you won’t have much competition.
How many chests are in Moisty Mire? According to the map from Reddit user Thesquattingdog, there are about 16 chests in Moisty Mire. But be careful! The chests do not spawn every time in the regular game modes of Fortnite. Only in game modes with better loot chances, including “Pure Gold”, are almost all chests guaranteed to appear.
Here you can see all the chests in Moisty Mire. Source: Imgur
Where are the most chests? The ideal loot spot in Moisty Mire is the movie set. There are eleven chests lying around, which is enough to possibly complete the challenge in the first run. Check inside the buildings and the trucks; there is usually a chest somewhere.
There are plenty of chests at Moisty Mire.
More good chest locations? Alternatively, the swamp in the east is still worth a visit. Especially near the three large trees in the northeast, you can find four chests, with three possible spawns even at a single tree! But be careful, in the swamp itself, you are slow and an easy target for snipers!
Complete multiple challenges at once!
Pro tip: While you loot the chests, you should get plenty of good gear. So, make sure to get kills with the weapons that are still needed for other challenges, including the shotgun kills from Week 9.
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The new Alola forms hatch from the 7KM eggs in Pokémon GO. But not all of them. In this list, we show you all released Alola forms and where to find them.
What is new? In Pokémon GO, friends can help you obtain Alola forms. Some of the Alola Pokémon are currently only available from eggs, few spawn in the wild. The new 7KM eggs allow the Alola Pokémon to hatch.
Alola Eggs – What’s inside the 7KM eggs?
New egg category: Until now, Pokémon GO had only three egg categories: 2KM, 5KM, and 10KM. Now, the 7KM eggs are a new addition.
Where can you find 7KM eggs? There is a chance for such an egg when a friend sends you a gift box in the game. However, it is not guaranteed that an egg will be in the gift. A little bit of luck is required.
You need space: The eggs count as “regular” eggs. This means that if you already have nine spaces filled in your egg bag, you will not receive an Alola egg from a gift box. You must have space for it.
Which monsters can hatch from it? After Alola-Kokowei first appeared in Pokémon GO a few days ago, the following Alola forms can now hatch from the new 7KM eggs:
Alola-Meowth has a hatch rate of 19%
Alola-Diglett has a hatch rate of 19%
Alola-Sandshrew has a hatch rate of 19%
Alola-Sludge has a hatch rate of 19%
Alola-Geodude has a hatch rate of 19%
Alola-Vulpix has a hatch rate of 5%
The mentioned forms can then evolve further. This way you also receive
Alola-Ninetales
Alola-Sandlash
Alola-Servine
Alola-Sludge
and Alola-Ratticate
In addition to the Alola forms, baby Pokémon can now also hatch from the 7 km eggs.
Pichu
Togepi
Magby
Elekid
Alola Forms in Raids and in the Wild
Which Alola forms are found in the wild? In the wild, you will find the forms of Alola-Kokowei, Alola-Rattata, Alola-Geodude, and Alola-Diglett.
Alola Pokémon in Raids: In raids, you will encounter two more Alola Pokémon.
Alola-Raichu (Level 3 Raid, currently unavailable)
Alola-Marowak (Level 4 Raid, can also be Shiny)
No further Alola forms have been confirmed to be in eggs or in the wild so far. If they are in the game, we will update this here. Have you caught any of the new Alola Pokémon in your PokéDex?
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
Cyberpunk 2077 is still yet to come. However, the author of the source material is confident that the wait will be worth it.
At E3 2018, the first comprehensive look at Cyberpunk 2077 was a major highlight for many fans. The first actual gameplay scenes of the RPG looked outstanding, and the journalists present were thrilled. But does the high quality of the scenes indicate an imminent release? No – it seems we will have to wait a few more years.
E3 demo was a pre-alpha. According to the developers, the material shown at E3 was “only” a pre-alpha, and the corresponding scenes were polished. A lot of love and attention to detail went into the scenes that are still missing in other parts of the game. Therefore, the demo will not be released, as it is simply not representative of the overall work.
Cyberpunk author thinks the wait is justified. The author of the original P&P rulebook “Cyberpunk 2020,” Mike Pondsmith, was also present at E3. In an interview, he stated that he had “waited 30 years for this and it will be worth it. A few more years, you can handle that.”
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When is the release of Cyberpunk 2077? There are no exact details regarding the release of Cyberpunk 2077 yet. However, CD Projekt Red is known for not rushing to meet release deadlines. The game will be ready when it is ready – meaning when the development team is satisfied with the quality. The more optimistic estimates suggest a release in 2020, in line with the title of the source material, the tabletop Cyberpunk 2020.
Are you looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077? Can you wait a few more years?
The rework of Symmetra is causing excitement in the Overwatch community. As a damage hero, she has suddenly become quite good at support.
The highlight of Patch 1.25 in Overwatch was the overhaul of Symmetra. After several years of nerfs, buffs, and reworks, the developers at Blizzard decided to give Symmetra a new role. She is no longer a support, but now specializes in dealing damage. However, her new teleporter allows her to support her team better than ever before.
Teleporter is Symmetra’s best new ability
Notably, her new teleporter is no longer an ultimate but can be placed at will within a 25-meter radius in the world – the second portal appears at Symmetra’s feet. This gives her more options for support than ever before.
Not only heroes can be transported through a portal, but also objects. If Symmetra places the portal directly under an exploding D.Va mech, the mech will be sent through the portal. The reason this often results in a team kill can be seen here:
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Almost just as cool is the ability to transport a McCree to a higher position. There he can unleash his “Gunslinger” and shoot enemies in the back. It’s so fast that it’s nearly impossible to react.
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But Symmetra is not only impressive offensively; the portal also has defensive uses. This little Swedish engineer here escapes certain death only because of a cleverly placed portal.
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These scenes provide amused comments from players. Some lament that the years-long debate about whether Symmetra was really a support hero was unnecessary. They could have just transformed her into a damage hero right away, and she would have been the perfect support.
What do you think of the new Symmetra? Are you having fun playing her? Or do you not like her at all?
In Fortnite finally came the long-awaited Playground as a new mode with Patch 4.5. But as soon as it was online, the developers took the new mode offline again. There were apparently problems. Epic has since been frantically working on a solution.
What is Playground?The Playground should be a free mode where you can mess around alone or in a team for an hour. There are respawns, and you can build a lot. It’s ideal for testing tactics or exploring the map.
Hardly there and already gone: Unfortunately, the developers apparently discovered serious problems shortly after the launch of the new mode and took the Playground offline again.
Matchmaking problems are to blame
Long waiting times cause frustration: According to a tweet from Epic, shortly after the launch of the Playground, there were problems with matchmaking. The waiting queue for the new mode was unusually long. Sometimes you waited several minutes for a match to start.
New mode offline until further notice: Since Epic apparently could not change anything promptly, they had to pull the emergency brake. According to the tweet, the new Playground mode was taken offline again until further notice. The developers are currently thoroughly checking and trying to fix the error as soon as possible.
As soon as they have found and fixed the errors, the Playground should resume operations.
Update 1: Epic has since announced via Twitter and Reddit that the Playground has not yet been repaired. However, several teams are currently working on it, and they intend to release another update today, June 28, 2018, regarding the status of the Playground. Perhaps it will be back online by then. We will keep you updated!
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Update 2: Once again, Epic unfortunately has no good news for you. The Playground is still being revised and tested. They hope to bring it back into the game as soon as possible. Epic plans to release another statement later.
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The challenges of week 9 in Season 4 of Fortnite: Battle Royale have another special task for you. You need to visit four different named locations and enter the center in a single match.
But no Taco Shops! Once again, the developers at Epic have misled us! Because in the leaks about the challenges of week 9, it was clearly mentioned that Taco Shops should be visited. But since this task was already in Season 3, it seemed fishy to us and many players. In the end, we were right: the Taco Shops were just placeholders to confuse data miners.
Enter the center of different named locations in a single match
A tough task: To complete the special task of week 9 of Season 4, you need to combine luck, cunning, and running. You need to reach the center of four different named locations, all in a single game!
Death is forbidden! You must not die along the way! The centers of the locations appear as glowing banners that activate automatically when you touch them.
This is what the center of a location looks like.
Avoid hot spots! To make this work, you need to chart an optimal route. It definitely should not go over popular hot spots like Tilted Towers, Dusty Divot, or Greasy Grove. Junk Junction is also off-limits because the treasure from Haunted Hills lies there.
So where to go? We have scouted out two top routes for you.
This is how the route goes: With this path, I, Jürgen, just completed the challenge. I proceeded as follows:
Flush Factory: I landed here because this location is rarely frequented by many players.
Lucky Landing: The path to Lucky Landing is quite long, but if you go down along the coast, you will barely encounter enemies.
Fatal Fields: In this vast area, the center is well visible, but luckily there was no one left. Why would anyone linger in this desolate place after the game starts?
Salty Springs: From Fatal Fields, it’s not far, and you can reach the center quickly and easily. Challenge completed!
Start in Flush Factory and continue the route to Salty Springs.
Of course, you can also go the other way and trek from Salty Springs to Flush Factory, but there are usually more opponents lurking at Salty Springs at the beginning than at Flush Factory.
Route 2 – From Lonely Lodge to Tomato Town
This is how the route goes: This route was featured on Express.uk and can also be completed quickly and smoothly. Proceed as follows:
Lonely Lodge: At this remote location, there usually isn’t much going on, so land there in the center.
Wailing Woods: After the game starts, no one should be hanging around here anymore. You should reach the goal quickly.
Risky Reels: By now, there shouldn’t be anyone left, so go get the center!
Tomato Town: With some luck, there is also no one here, and you can check off the last location.
This is where you start at Lonely Lodge.
You can also head from Risky Reels to Anarchy Acres.
Watch out for the storm! All these routes only make sense if the storm zone doesn’t get in your way. So pay attention to where the safe zones are and adjust as necessary.
Elder Scrolls Online has a small lizard problem. In Cyrodiil, some Argonians are trolling their own faction and ruining the fun for some PvP players.
In the open PvP area of Cyrodiil, the three factions fight for dominance. The legendary Elder Scrolls act as capture flags and reward all players of a faction with bonuses. Although Zenimax Online primarily brings new PvE content, there is an established PvP community that regularly disrupts Cyrodiil. However, the fun is overshadowed by a problem.
I’ll be right back…
What’s mine is yours: Players use various tricks and techniques in the open PvP area to obtain valuable Alliance Points. One of these tricks is “Scroll Trading.” In Scroll Trading, a player picks up a freshly captured Elder Scroll, intentionally runs into the arms of the opposing faction, and lets themselves be killed. This allows the enemy faction to gain Alliance Points and an Elder Scroll.
Image source: Aliyavana
Resourceful players have developed a new method based on this to troll the entire PvP campaign.
Piranhas eat scrolls
Floating Argonians. Argonians have a passive racial ability that allows them to glide through the water faster than other races. It’s not a particularly strong passive ability, but in Cyrodiil it seems to be extremely practical.
Similar to Scroll Trading, here too a player grabs a freshly captured Elder Scroll and runs off with it. However, they do not head towards the enemy faction but run towards the nearest river.
In these waters, hungry fish lurk that pounce on anything that enters the water.
Image source: Aliyavana
Because Argonians can swim so fast, they get further than other players and then die in the middle of the waters. The scroll is now unreachable for all players in this campaign, leaving them with nothing to do but wait.
After a few minutes, the scroll will be teleported back to the castle it was last located at. If the players who just captured this castle are unlucky, reinforcements will have already arrived to get the castle back.
Alliance Points reward diligent players
PvP players receive exclusive items. Alliance Points are important when players want to equip themselves with specific PvP and PvE gear. Once players capture castles in Cyrodiil, take over a district in the Imperial City, or kill players, they earn Alliance Points. ESO rewards players with gold and rare items at the end of each campaign based on the Alliance Points they have collected.
The Elder Scrolls provide bonuses:
a defensive Elder Scroll: Armor value is increased by 5%
two defensive Elder Scrolls: Spell resistance and armor value are increased by 5%
an offensive Elder Scroll: Spell power is increased by 5%
two offensive Elder Scrolls: Weapon power and spell power are increased by 5%
It is therefore worth stealing the Elder Scrolls from the enemy and bringing them under your own control.
Reactions of the PvP community
Known problem. In the PvP community, the issue of floating Argonians has been known for a long time. A few players do not understand why Zenimax does nothing about it. They say: “Zenimax doesn’t care about PvP in Cyrodiil anyway.”
Other players argue that one shouldn’t be too upset about it. The scroll resets after a certain time, and everyone can continue to hunt for it. Furthermore, players should not focus so much on the scrolls, but rather take additional castles.
In week 9 of Season 4 in Fortnite: Battle Royale, you will find another treasure map. It is located in Haunted Hills and leads you to a hidden treasure. Here’s how to find it!
Do not trust the data miners! Once again, the foxes at Epic have tricked the data miners. Because in the leaks about the challenges for week 9, only “Search between movie titles” was mentioned so far. Therefore, many players guessed Risky Reels, as movies could be shown there.
But in the end, it was all nonsense, Epic has only used placeholders, as we suspected, to keep up the suspense. As usual, there’s again a traditional treasure hunt complete with a map.
The treasure from Haunted Hills – Here’s how to find it!
No map needed: The treasure is a Battle Star worth ten big points in the Pass. For that, you get a complete level in the Battle Pass as always. To find the treasure, you do not need to find the map in Haunted Hills first. It is enough to go straight to the location. It is not far away, in Junk Junction.
Off to the junkyard! Junk Junction is a junkyard located in the northwest of the map. You may need to glide through the air a bit to reach this spot.
The treasure map that you find in Haunted Hills.
In this image, you can see the exact location on the map again.
The treasure is on the junk pile.
Where exactly is the treasure? Land in Junk Junction directly on top of the car pile at the middle of the upper edge. Right where the “N” of Junk Junction is on the mini-map. A blinking star should appear as you approach. Collect it, and it belongs to you.
And here you see the star in detail!
But watch out that no one shoots you while searching for and collecting the treasure! Although players are usually quite tolerant at the beginning of a challenge, there are always nasty John Wicks. And once you finally have the star, make sure to finish the ongoing match correctly, otherwise, it won’t count. So if necessary, just let yourself be eliminated.
The treasure location as a video
Would you rather see the treasure location of week 9 in video form? As always, YouTubers have already attempted to retrieve the treasure and found it. Therefore, we have embedded a video by the YouTuber Sensation Live here.
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There you can see where exactly the treasure is located, even though the player has already experimented beforehand and therefore the star does not appear in the video yet. But it is there, don’t worry!
Recently, Destiny 2 received a smaller update. Officially, it only removed a faulty weapon ornament from the Eververse. However, the hotfix 1.2.1.2 evidently also brought new database entries. Fans have now found new catalysts and concrete hints about the Armsweek event.
Before the launch of the Forsaken expansion on September 4, Destiny 2 will receive a larger update on July 17. The update 1.2.3 marks the end of Year 1 and enhances the game with some additional features. Additionally, it brings the new seasonal event “Solstice of Heroes.”
Smart fans now believe they have stumbled upon further details of the upcoming update.
Details about Armsweek and new Masterwork Catalysts discovered
New catalysts in activities: While sifting through the Destiny 2 database, some community members discovered new entries after update 1.2.1.2.
They found sources for eight additional exotic catalysts that were not previously in the database. According to the data, five of them will be available in activities of a previously leaked weekly event, the Armsweek. The remaining three are likely tied to the raid and the upcoming prestige modes of the raid lairs.
The discovering fans assume that these contents will enter the game with the July update, since for example, the prestige modes for the two raid lairs are also supposed to be introduced with this update.
The sources and properties for the following catalysts are now known
Hard Light
Source: In activities during the celebration of deadly craftsmanship (Armsweek)
Upgrade Requirement: Complete the Nightfall Strike Savathûn’s Song with Hard Light equipped during Armsweek to unlock the upgrade. Additionally, reach an unknown value of 1,000 – presumably kills.
Upgrade Effect: Stability +25,
Rat King
Source: In activities during the celebration of deadly craftsmanship (Armsweek)
Upgrade Requirement: Defeat 1,000 enemies with the Rat King to unlock the upgrade. A Nightfall must also be completed, but it is not further specified.
Upgrade Effect: Aim assist +20, recoil direction +20, “Infestation” perk – improves aim assist and recoil direction. Triggering the invisibility from the “Vermin” perk restores health.
SUROS Regime
Source: In activities during the celebration of deadly craftsmanship (Armsweek)
Upgrade Requirement: Defeat 300 enemies in the Crucible during Armsweek and complete the Nightfall Strange Terrain.
Upgrade Effect: Recoil direction +50, “SUROS Ascendance” perk – increases the chance for health regeneration on kills
The Prospector
Source: In activities during the celebration of deadly craftsmanship (Armsweek)
Upgrade Requirement: Defeat 500 enemies during Armsweek and complete the weapons merchant Nightfall with the Prospector equipped to unlock the upgrade.
Upgrade Effect: Blast radius +40, Weapon Size +70 (the effect of this stat is currently unknown), “Deeper Pockets” perk – increases ammunition reserves
Lion’s Roar
Source: In activities during the celebration of deadly craftsmanship (Armsweek)
Upgrade Requirement: Defeat 1,000 enemies during Armsweek and complete the Pyramidion Nightfall with Lion’s Roar equipped to unlock the upgrade.
Upgrade Effect: Reload speed +30, “Chimera” perk – After firing this weapon, handling and precision damage of equipped kinetic and power weapons are increased for a short time.
Legend of Acrius
Source: Can be found in the hardest challenges aboard the Emperor’s ship.
Upgrade Requirement: Reach an unspecified value of 300 – presumably kills.
Upgrade Effect: Reload speed is improved by 40 points, “Deeper Pockets” perk – increases ammunition reserves
Sleeper Simulant
Source: Can be found in the hardest challenges of the Astral Spire (Prestige Starload Tract)
Upgrade Requirement: Reach an unspecified value of 500 – presumably kills.
Upgrade Effect: Charge time +75, “Accelerated Coils” perk – speeds up the charge
Telesto
Source: Can be found in the hardest challenges of the World Eater (Prestige World Devourer Tract)
Upgrade Requirement: Reach an unspecified value of 500 – presumably kills.
Upgrade Effect: Magazine +60, Weapon Size +40 (the effect of this stat is currently unknown), “Deeper Pockets” perk – increases ammunition reserves
Also, the masterwork catalyst for the Sturm is now in the database, but its source cannot currently be determined.
While such database entries have almost always proven to be accurate, they have not been officially confirmed. Therefore, these details should also be treated with appropriate caution.
Fortnite: Battle Royale offers seven new challenges and tasks for the Battle Pass in Week 9 of Season 4. Read here what there is to do and how to complete the Challenge of the ninth week.
The final tasks for Week 9: Previously, it was known according to datamining leaks for Week 9 what needed to be done this time. But some tasks sounded vague and might have been placeholders. Now everything is known, and we can present you the final version of the week’s challenges.
Find out here how to solve all challenges and earn more points in the Battle Pass.
All Challenges of Week 9 in Season 4
The four “easy” challenges of Week 9 can be found in the following list:
Deal damage to opponents with explosive weapons (500): Ideally, you should complete this challenge with a rocket launcher. Otherwise, you will have to handle C4 explosives or grenades, which can be quite complicated.
Search chests in Moisty Mire (7): This place is full of chests and fairly expansive. You should have no trouble quickly finding the chests. There are plenty of chests at the film set and in the swamp area to the east by the three large trees. In our guide to the chests in Moisty Mire, you can find all of them!
Use a shopping cart (1): Shopping carts are back in the game! So take the opportunity and ride around in them for a bit.
What do you get as loot? Still, five stars drop in the Battle Pass for each task. With every ten stars, you gain one level, so there are two levels available.
The hard challenges in Week 9 of Fortnite
These three challenges are each worth a full ten stars in the Battle Pass: This means each time a full level in the Battle Pass and thus an instant reward!
Follow the treasure map from Haunted Hills (1): To solve this task, you need to go to Junk Junction. What you need to do there, you’ll find out in our guide to the treasure from Haunted Hills.
Eliminate opponents with shotguns (4): Until recently, shotguns were the ultimate weapon in close combat, making this task correspondingly easy. With update 4.5, the shotguns were slightly nerfed, but it should still be relatively easy to get four kills with shotguns.
Eliminate opponents at Anarchy Acres (3): The usual kill task. The open field is a sniper’s delight, so watch out or lay in wait!
Complete the Blockbuster Challenge!
Week 9 also counts towards the Blockbuster task! To unlock the Visitor skin, you need to complete all challenges in seven weeks. So if previous weeks’ tasks have been too hard, you might have better luck in Week 9 and still get the Visitor.
Recently, the representatives of the Council of Stellar Management of the space MMO EVE Online were elected – there were allegations of vote buying and election fraud – which is, however, legal in EVE Online.
Vote Buying in EVE Online? Whatever.
What is the Council of Stellar Management? The CSM is made up of elected players who work closely with the developers of the MMORPG and communicate directly with them. They convey the wishes and concerns of the players to the developers.
Purchased votes drive players crazy. About 50 players ran for a spot in the player council and campaigned via Twitter, podcasts, Reddit, forums, or even live in the game. A total of votes from 29,417 active accounts were cast. However, things were not quite right here. There were allegations that some of these votes were bought with in-game credits.
A screenshot was posted on Twitter showing how the already controversial player “The Judge” offered 50 million ISK for each vote to others.
Players expressed their outrage, leading to arguments.
Buying votes is allowed. In EVE Online, there is no regulation prohibiting the purchase of votes for such elections. CCP Games provided a small statement. Employee CCP Guard explained: “Buying votes is not a good way to secure a place in the CSM. Because it can backfire, as many dislike this practice.”
A Disqualification Causes Upheaval
There was a disqualification. Shortly before the election, a disqualification occurred as one of the candidates made racist remarks. CCP Games announced that they generally do not interfere in such elections, but in this case, action had to be taken. Reactions from players were mixed:
Some players felt that the logs on which the disqualification was based were too far in the past and that the player had significantly improved since then
Others supported CCP Games in their decision
Others believed that the logs were intentionally forwarded to CCP Games to eliminate the candidate from the election
Some players believe that The Judge has something to do with it, as he would have actually landed in eleventh place and thus not been elected to the council, which consists of ten people. It was only because the other player was disqualified that The Judge could get into the CSM
However, all of this does not change the result. The ten members of the CSM for EVE Online have been determined, as the election was declared valid.
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Fortnite: Battle Royale (PC, PS4, iOS, Switch & Xbox One) is getting a few new skins again. Dataminers have found the upcoming shop offers in the code of update 4.5.
Whenever a new update comes to Fortnite, the developers have already implemented the upcoming skins for the shop in the code. The new outfits are ready to go as soon as they are unlocked in the shop later.
Dataminers are therefore already waiting to sift through the code and publish the images and names of the new outfits in advance.
Gangsters and Patriotic Cuddly Bears
Which skins could be coming to the shop soon? The defining theme of the upcoming skins and outfits this time is the celebrations for Independence Day on July 4th and … Mafia Gangsters!
Additionally, there will be new superhero and villain skins. This includes a cool female version of Omega! Also, many of the skins will have new back bling. We have summarized the skins from the datamining in a gallery here.
The new Pickaxes, Gliders and Emotes
These are the harvesting tools: As always, there are a lot of wacky harvesting tools. In addition to a cool axe called “Razer’s Edge”, you will get a type of steering wheel, a magnifying glass and a red pickaxe.
The new Gliders: Three new gliders have been leaked this time from the datamining. Two wacky designs and an extremely cool device in the shape of a classic car!
Emotes as well: If you are into emotes, you will soon have a lot of fun. Because there are datamining hints about five extremely cool new emotes. Including an eternal Dab move, an epic dance and patriotic fireworks! We have embedded dataminer tweets with videos of the emotes here. Have fun!
When and whether these shop offers will come to the game is still unknown. But they will surely find a buyer or two. Which upcoming new addition is your favorite?
Plans have reportedly been made for FC Bayern Munich to enter eSports. Uli Hoeneß is apparently not a fan of FIFA 18 – he opposes the “FC Bayern eSports”.
eSports has become increasingly important in FIFA, especially through the Weekend League. With the FIFA 18 Global Series and changes in FIFA 19, EA is strongly moving towards eSports.
However, in Germany, digital football has prominent opponents. Besides Hoeneß, DFB President Reinhard Grindel is also not a fan of eSports.
FC Bayern with its own eSports department? Hoeneß says no
Plans for eSports at FCB had already been made. Allegedly, the Munich team had already planned their move into eSports. With a budget of 5 million euros, they would have been very well positioned financially and could have shaken up the market. Facilities were to be created in the new youth development center.
Hoeneß himself reportedly vetoed it. According to sport1, Uli Hoeneß himself put a stop to the project. In his opinion, eSports does not fit the basic understanding and the tradition of FC Bayern Munich.
The main goal of FCB was not FIFA. The plans of the football club were apparently not primarily aimed at FIFA. Instead, the focus was on titles such as Fortnite, League of Legends, or Dota 2. Thus, a possible FCB team for FIFA 19 is even further away.
Basketball department of Bayern with its own eSports team
FCB Basketball with “Bayern Ballers Gaming”. In April, FC Bayern Basketball founded its own eSports team in the relatively small scene of the NBA 2K simulation. The first official matches are expected to take place in August.
Decision separate from the football club. Media Chief Andreas Burkert, however, makes it clear that the decision comes only from the basketball department and has nothing to do with the football club FC Bayern. They probably would not have received any support from Hoeneß.
Other Bundesliga teams see an opportunity. Not only FCB Basketball, but also many Bundesliga teams such as VFL Wolfsburg, FC Schalke 04, or Bayer 04 Leverkusen already have an eSports department. Their players are also quite successful in FIFA. In the scene, “Tim Latka” or “TimoX” are well-known names and considered major talents.
