What are the special winning weapons of the group battles (Faction Rally) in Destiny 2? We present the 3 weapons.
The group battles have started! Since September 26 at 11 AM, you can visit the factions Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, and New Monarchy in the Tower of Destiny 2 and decide whom you want to join.
Subsequently, you may collect reputation tokens for this faction by looting Lost Sectors, completing public events, participating in Crucible matches, strikes, or the raid. You can then exchange the tokens for reward packages containing faction-specific loot.
A special feature exists with the group battles: On October 3, a winning faction will be declared. The faction whose Guardians collect the most rank increases and thus the most reward packages within a week wins and then offers an exclusive “special weapon” called the “Winner’s Gift.”
This means that after the rally, only one of the three winner’s gift weapons will be available. The other two will remain locked. Faction members of the winning faction can buy the weapon for 1000 Glimmer, while everyone else has to pay 50,000 Glimmer.
What perks do these winning weapons have?
Haunted Earth – Scout Rifle from Dead Orbit
Dead Orbit offers a legendary scout rifle named Haunted Earth. It has a fire rate of 150 and a magazine size of 13. It deals kinetic damage.
The perks:
Intrinsic – Outlawed Casing: Slow fire and high damage, becomes more accurate when not moving and using the scope
Prepared for Anything: Increased ammo reserves. Fast reload when crouching.
Choice between:
OV 5 Circle: Circular, open sight, short zoom. Increases weapon handling speed
Model 6 Circuit: Red dot, medium zoom. Increases range and weapon handling speed
High-Caliber Rounds: Shots push targets back further, increased range
Heart of Time – Pulse Rifle from Future War Cult
From Future War Cult comes a pulse rifle called Heart of Time. The fire rate is 540, and the magazine size is 33. It deals arc damage.
These are the perks:
Intrinsic – Rapid-Fire Casing: Larger ammo reserves, increased reload speed when the magazine is empty
Dragonfly: Precise kills create an elemental damage explosion
Choice between:
Candle BV: Bar sight, short zoom. Increases weapon handling speed and range
Puls MS3: Ocular technology, short zoom. Increases range and decreases weapon handling speed
Choice between:
Stable Rounds: Increased stability, decreased range
Tactical Magazine: Increases stability, reload speed, and magazine size
Between Hegemony XVI – Hand Cannon from New Monarchy
New Monarchy offers a legendary hand cannon upon victory: Between Hegemony XVI. It deals solar damage, has a fire rate of 450, and a magazine size of 15.
These are the perks:
Intrinsic – SUROS Rapid Fire: Fully automatic, larger ammo reserves, increased reload speed when the magazine is empty.
Snapshot Sight: It is faster to use the scope.
Choice between:
Tactical PV: Precise sidearm sight, increases range
The grandfather of MMORPGs turns 20 years old, and this must be celebrated with a very special event: Ultima Online becomes Free2Play.
The new Free2Play mode “Endless Journey” comes with some limitations and thus reminds more of the Free2Play mode of EVE Online.
In principle, it is possible to download the MMORPG Ultima Online for free and also to play it for free. However, you will then have to live with sometimes severe restrictions that can certainly spoil the gaming experience.
Many limitations with the Free2Play version
One of the biggest limitations is the severely limited bank inventory, which also exists separately from the “real” bank. In addition, you cannot buy a house and place it anywhere. These are two significant restrictions, as the banking system and housing are two cornerstones of the MMO. Anyone who wants to use this must still take out a subscription. Essentially, one could say that the Free2Play mode is nothing more than a trial version without a time limit.
More content to come
Nevertheless, it should be an opportunity for players to experience one of the oldest MMORPGs and discover what many still find fascinating about this game. Perhaps newcomers will take a liking to it and then take out a subscription. If you take out a subscription, buy a house, and then want to switch to the Free2Play version, you can only log back into the game once your house has decayed in the game world.
Furthermore, the developers at Broadsword are working on new content that takes place on the seas, and players will be able to create their own quests. The Free2Play version “Endless Journey” of Ultima Online is expected to launch in spring. Until then, you can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG, which was officially released on September 24, 2017.
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In FIFA 18, it’s all about one thing: The Goals! If you want to march off the field victorious, you have to score goals – and celebrate them appropriately!
For this, you have numerous goal celebrations available in FIFA 18, including some new ones like Dybala’s mask or Lewandowski’s X. To make a good impression while celebrating, we show you which buttons you need to press.
All new celebrations in FIFA 18 – Button combinations PS4, Xbox One
How does today’s goal scorer celebrate? These celebration animations are new in FIFA 18:
Here and now (Ronaldo Celebration): Hold R1 and press Circle (PS4), Hold RB and press B (Xbox) – must be unlocked
Phone: Hold L2 and press Square (PS4), Hold LT and press X (Xbox)
Mask: Hold L1 and press the right stick twice upwards (PS4), Hold LB and press the right stick twice upwards (Xbox)
Spoon: Hold L2 and press Triangle twice (PS4), Hold LT and press Y twice (Xbox)
X: Hold L1 and move the right stick twice downwards (PS4), Hold LB and move the right stick twice downwards (Xbox)
Kiss Ring: Hold R2 and press Circle twice (PS4), Hold RT and press B twice
Scorpion: Hold L2 and move the right stick once left and once right (PS4), Hold LT and move the right stick once left and once right (Xbox)
Whistle: Hold L2 and move the right stick once up and once down (PS4), Hold LT and move the right stick once up and once down (Xbox)
Waddle: Hold L2 and rotate the right stick clockwise (PS4), Hold LT and rotate the right stick clockwise (Xbox)
Workout: Hold L2 and press Square twice (PS4), Hold LT and press X twice (Xbox)
Mannequin: Hold L2 and hold the right stick upwards (PS4), Hold LT and hold the right stick upwards (Xbox)
Copy: Hold L1 and move the right stick once left and once right (PS4), Hold LB and move the right stick once left and once right (Xbox)
Hypnosis: Hold L2 and press Triangle (PS4), Hold LT and press Y (Xbox)
All new celebrations in FIFA 18 with moving images can be found in this video:
https://youtu.be/2ePZ67XDibk
All Celebrations in FIFA 18 – These buttons you need to press – PS4
In FIFA 18, there are distinctions between running movements, finishing movements, “Pro – unlockable celebrations” and “EAS FC unlockable celebrations”. We add the in-game screenshots (PS4) for the button layout.
Running movements:
You can perform these before you execute a finishing celebration.
These celebration movements can be unlocked with your Pro:
Selection 1
Selection 2
Selection 3
Selection 4
Selection 5
Selection 6
Selection 7
Selection 8
Selection 9
Selection 10:
“EAS FC unlockable celebrations”:
Some celebration actions need to be unlocked with coins that you earn by playing. For this, you go to the catalog. These are the “EAS FC unlockable celebrations”:
Selection 1
Selection 2
Selection 3:
You can see all celebrations in this video:
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Fortnite receives the long-awaited PvP mode Battle Royale for free today, on September 26, 2017, with update 1.6.3 for PC as well as consoles PS4 and Xbox One. In addition to the free-for-all mode, there will be a squad mode for up to four players.
Fortnite recently announced a PvP mode called Battle Royale. It plays like the genre giant PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. You parachute down with 99 other players onto an island and spend the rest of your time slaughtering each other.
In contrast to PUBG, you can destroy almost everything in the game and build your own structures and traps.
Battle Royale now with Squad Mode
The new game mode for Fortnite launches today with patch 1.6.3. In addition to the playable test version, the release version of Battle Royale has its own squad mode. Here you can team up with up to three other players. You can invite your friends and, if necessary, fill the team with randomly selected players.
Keep in mind that, like in PUBG, friendly fire applies in squad mode. You can shoot your teammates, and anyone who does so intentionally risks a ban. Unlike in solo mode, you can be revived by your teammates for a short time if you get shot. A special duo mode, where the team size is limited to two players, will follow later.
Supply crates and Free2Play PvP
Also new: Occasionally, crates with even more weapons will be dropped over the map. Additionally, there are three new firearms in the PvP mode. And: The PvP mode is free to play. Only those who want to go on zombie hunts in the PvE mode will need to purchase Fortnite.
The battle royale online shooter H1Z1: King of the Kill aims to reduce the average match time to 20 minutes. Additionally, 3 new weapons will soon be introduced to provide viable alternatives to existing firearms.
H1Z1: King of the Kill has had a tough time lately. The former king of the battle royale genre has long been outpaced by the newcomer PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. However, the developers at Daybreak are not giving up and have already introduced several fundamental updates with the Combat Update.
Three more weapons are expected to follow soon, and plans are in place to further distinguish themselves from PUBG by drastically reducing the average gameplay time per H1Z1 round.
Shorter matches through more weapons!
Rounds in H1Z1: King of the Kill once lasted around 40 minutes. This is about the same duration it takes in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for all players to be eliminated, leaving only one victor. However, this is set to change in H1Z1, as the developers aim to create shorter matches filled with more action. The average time of chaos has already dropped to about 26 minutes.
The goal according to the developers is to achieve an average of 20 minutes. To do this, more weapons will be made available, for example through more supply drops. Additionally, players should find weapons that are already fully outfitted. This way, even a player who is falling behind can quickly regain competitiveness on the battlefield.
KH43, Ranch Rifle & Combat Shotgun – Three new weapons in the arsenal of H1Z1
A first step toward more chaos and faster matches involves three new weapons that will soon enter the game:
The fully automatic KH43, which is supposed to be an alternative to the AK-47 at medium range. It deals less damage but is more precise.
The semi-automatic Combat Shotgun has a larger magazine and fires faster than the usual pump gun. It also has a tighter spread and is effective at both medium range and in close combat.
The Designated Marksman Rifle “Ranch Rifle” is ideal for snipers who take their time aiming to deliver devastating hits.
At a later date, H1Z1 plans to introduce heavy weapons like MGs and rocket launchers into the game. Such weapons are likely to thin out the player count even more rapidly, thus further hastening the gameplay.
Experience travel is in trend. Hotels are perfectly tailored to the needs of specific target groups. In Taiwan, a hotel is now fully focused on gamers.
Whoever browses a travel catalog will come across hotels that have a specific target group in mind:
one hotel promises a romantic atmosphere, wanting to pamper couples
the next focuses on wellness and family, maybe more for older visitors, promoting a calm and serene environment
another hotel is all about fun and excitement, looking to hook up singles or entertain them with events
In Taiwan, there is a hotel that is even more specifically aimed at attracting a target group: gamers.
Game on vacation – without handhelds and laptops!
The gaming hotels “i hotel” in the Taoyuan district lure with offers to satisfy every gamer’s need.
The rooms are equipped with two high-end computers each. With a GeForce GTX 1080Ti, the machines offer decent performance. They are thus stronger than most gaming computers that often only have the mid-range graphics card GTX 1070 installed.
The peripherals also look impressive. An Asus ROG Strix Impact gaming mouse and a matching keyboard give gamers full control while playing on the 32-inch monitor from Asus. Added is a luxury that probably most gamers do not own: a real gaming chair!
No desire for an overnight stay? Hourly rates are also available
One night in the hotel costs about 100 dollars per room. However, one can also just show up to game, without having to rent a room. In the hotel lobby, there are 12 connected computers with the same components as those in the rooms.
An hour of gaming costs just 12 dollars on weekends, and fifteen hours are available for 75 dollars. An ideal location to game with friends for an evening on high-end computers.
You can get a small impression from the hotel’s introductory video. Although it is in Chinese, the main things can still be recognized from the images. You can find the hotel chain’s website in the sources.
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You don’t have to travel all the way to Thailand to find a gaming hotel. In Amsterdam, there is a closer alternative with “The Arcade Hotel”. This hotel focuses on retro alongside high-tech and offers guests the chance to lose themselves in VR or game on the old Atari 2600.
Perhaps a hotel in Germany will soon discover gamers as a new target group.
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What is going on with the gaming industry? Normally, they are quick to engage with every trend; where are the competing games for Destiny 2? What multiplayer shooter with coop elements are the big publishers working on?
Since late 2014, it has been clear: Players are into Destiny. The success formula is quickly decipherable: You take good shooter gameplay and enrich it with RPG mechanics like experience points, skills, and especially loot. Then you focus on coop activities, like raids or strikes, which you know from MMORPGs.
There is a lot of money to be made from this. This is a new gaming trend. And competition is welcome among players, as Destiny has gone through several content droughts where Guardians would have liked to save another world.
Normally, other studios are quick to recognize such a trend and develop their own games in this direction. There were swift signals from other major publishers: We’re doing something similar.
However: It takes years for these huge coop shooters to be developed, and thus in 2017, we are still waiting for new titles.
Currently, four games are announced or at least “very likely” in development, which we believe are intended to be competing products for Destiny and aim to transport Guardians into foreign worlds.
Ubisoft: The Division or The Division 2
Ubisoft had already been developing its own shooter with RPG elements for some time when Destiny was released. After Destiny became such a huge success, they probably shifted Tom Clancy’s The Division even more towards RPG.
However, that only went moderately well – the launch version lacked much of the endgame and The Division was missing progress mechanics. These had to be patched into the game – here, they oriented themselves on games like Diablo 3 and introduced different difficulty levels and thus loot tiers.
Add to that were problems the development studio Massive faced. They seemed at times headless and unprepared. This led to relatively slow developments of The Division in the second half of 2016 and numerous problems – culminating in one or another shitstorm.
At the beginning of 2017, fans then realized: Not much is coming for The Division now. Ubisoft did not have a real plan for year 2 in the desk drawer.
The Division 2 or 1.5?
Currently, with Patch 1.8, a larger update is about to be released, but most assume that the next “bigger” content boost will then come with a successor, The Division 2, or perhaps with a truly large expansion that will turn The Division into The Division 1.5.
The “war” between console gamers and PC gamers is well-known. Everyone believes it is the coolest to play on their own platform. This conflict should be pushed to the extreme in the upcoming pirate MMO Sea of Thieves with crossplay between PC and Xbox One without compromises.
During Gamescom, the developers from Rare studio explained that there will be MMO crossplay between PC players and Xbox One owners. There should be no restrictions. Everyone plays in the same world with the same content, which is supposed to provide a lot of variety. The more people join, the more diverse the crews will become, and the more interesting the entire game will be.
Battle PC against console!
The crossplay between PC and console was something the developers planned from the very beginning. Initially, however, the idea was to let console players compete against PC players. There was to be a real war between the two factions.
PC players should get their own sails, just like console players. This way, it would have been evident from a distance whether one was dealing with a PC player or a console player.
The war could still start someday
However, the team dismissed this idea.
Instead, they focused on good balancing to allow all players to enjoy all content of Sea of Thieves, no matter what platform they play on. However, the idea of a battle between PC and console could be revisited someday.
Then one could already see from afar: “There’s one from the other faction. I’m going to board him now!”
The pirate MMO Sea of Thieves is set to release in 2018 for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs.
Currently, on the morning of September 26th, there are server issues with Pokémon GO. Google and PTC players are reporting disturbances.
The servers for the mobile hit “Pokémon GO” are currently presumably affected by an issue. Players are unable to log in or are permanently seeing the white Poké Ball in the game, which indicates that the game is “loading”.
This time, not only users with Pokémon Trainer Club accounts are affected, but also players with Google accounts.
Update 1:10 PM – The first players can slowly log in again
Update ~7:00 PM – There are still problems logging in.
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Server Status? Connection could not be established
Complaints about the Pokémon GO servers have been increasing in the last few minutes on Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook. Apparently, there are issues preventing trainers from playing.
Trainers in several countries are affected. It seems to be a larger problem or a measure from Niantic that we currently have no information about. We refrain from speculation here to avoid raising false hopes.
There has been no feedback from official sources so far. As soon as Niantic has commented on the issues, we will update this article for you. In the meantime, we invite you to exchange ideas with other trainers in our Pokémon GO group on Facebook.
Update 11:41 AM – Niantic is aware of the issues:
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In Destiny 2, today, on September 26th, is the Weekly Reset. Fresh activities like the Nightfall Strike are coming. Additionally, the Faction Rally starts for the first time.
Guardians, you must make a decision by today at the latest. The faction leaders from the Dead Orbit, New Monarchy, and Future War Cult are taking their positions in the Tower and are trying to win you over to their cause – the Faction Rally starts at 11 AM with the weekly reset.
You can only support one faction per character. Here are the main points summarized:
The rally runs from today at 11 AM until October 3rd at 11 AM
Once you pledge allegiance to a faction, you will receive a buff on your character that shows your faction affiliation.
You collect reputation tokens for your faction by completing the Raid, Strikes, Crucible matches, public events, and Lost Sectors.
You can exchange the tokens with the faction for reward packages that include exclusive faction items.
The faction whose Guardians achieve the most rank-ups and thus the most reward packages wins the competition. The winning faction will offer an exclusive weapon that faction members can purchase for 1,000 Glimmer and all other Guardians for 50,000 Glimmer.
Shortly after 11 AM, we will update this article if necessary and provide live coverage of the Faction Rally, which is called “Group Fights” in German. Update: You must run to all factions that will present their ideology to you. You will find them in the Tower. Only then can you choose a faction. At the faction of your choice, you will receive the buff, which will be displayed in the character menu, as well as a badge.
Note: Some users report that faction vendors are not showing up for them. The preliminary solution approach from Bungie is to return to orbit and try again.
Nightfall Strike on September 26th on PS4 and Xbox One
This week, The Pyramidion is up as Nightfall.
The modifiers:
Cataclysm: Endless power flows from within you. Your abilities recharge faster as a result.
Timewarp:Zero Hour: The mission timer cannot be extended. Choose your battles wisely. You have 22 minutes. (Prestige 17 minutes)
The challenges in the Nightfall:
Complete the Nightfall with at least 5 minutes remaining.
Complete the Nightfall with fewer than 3 deaths.
Do not allow Brakion to be shielded for more than 40 seconds before you defeat him.
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Lost Ark is a Korean action MMO that is currently undergoing its second closed beta in South Korea. It features not only picturesque landscapes and epic battles but also includes the steampunk genre.
Lost Ark, the beautiful and action-packed MMO from South Korea, is currently in the second closed beta. Fortunately, there are sites like Steparu.com that get to play in the East and provide us cool gameplay insights from the beta here in the West.
In a video, you can see a dungeon set in a dark, futuristic factory.
Mechs and Gears instead of Fantasy Trimmings
The dungeon “Heart of Krater” takes you to a dark facility that is designed in a futuristic steampunk style. Steampunk is a style that relies on gears, steam engines, and sometimes even magical energy sources for mechanical constructs.
And this is how the dungeon looks in the gameplay video from Steparu. You battle your way through a dark manufacturing facility with three other players. Mechanical constructs constantly attack and deplete your resources.
Dungeon Gameplay Video – Superior Firepower thanks to Mechs
To deal with all the mechanized monsters, your powers eventually won’t be enough. So, you just get yourself a big mech. In the massive war machines, you and your friends can clear hordes of enemies and defend, for example, an energy core from the onslaught.
Later, the action continues on lightning-fast freight trains where you are ambushed by hordes of flying enemies.
Final Battle against the Mech Girl
At the end, there is a big boss fight on the agenda. The opponent is a little girl with her stuffed animal. Actually, not much of a danger, if it weren’t for the fact that the brat is also sitting in a massive mech. In a multi-phase boss fight, you’ll have to give it your all in the end to defeat the girl.
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The video from Steparu about the hard mode of the steampunk dungeon is embedded here for you to enjoy! Unfortunately, it is still unknown when Lost Ark will be released in Korea or even in the West.
Capcom showcased the character creator of Monster Hunter World (PS4, Xbox One, later PC) at the Tokyo Game Show. The character creation will offer players a great variety and even take the cat companions into account. Additionally, there was new gameplay and the city Astella to see.
At the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom presented several presentations over the last few days that provided a deeper insight into the action RPG Monster Hunter World. New monsters from Monster Hunter Worldwere introduced, and a release date was announced.
Now the developers introduced the character creator of Monster Hunter World. The game will provide you with many options to customize your own monster hunters.
Character creation offers tons of options – Also for the buddy cat
The video shows how much the appearance of your character can be customized. The demonstration includes things like:
Facial structures
Hairstyles
Age
Proportions
Color of eyes, hair, and skin
Facial painting
Size
Weight
No part of the Monster Hunter franchise has been able to create a character with such detail visually.
Attention, minor spoiler!Once the character (a blonde, light-skinned huntress) and her cat companion are created in the demo, the intro film starts. Those who do not want to see this should watch the demonstration only up to minute 12:40.
A bug in the hero shooter Overwatch results in many players being permanently excluded from the competitive game mode. We reveal what’s going on.
In a constantly changing game like Overwatch, small bugs occasionally sneak into the final patch. While most bugs only lead to minor, annoying situations, some bugs can cause really frustrating consequences for the players.
Since patch 1.15 (PC) and 2.19 (PS4, Xbox One), Blizzard has been enforcing harsher penalties for those who do not participate properly in the competitive game mode. Those who are inactive, frequently leave games, or stand out negatively will receive bans of increasing duration.
But this new system seems far from being fully developed! On Reddit, Chromega1231 reports a new bug that has already affected several players.
The bug appears to be triggered when someone leaves the queue for a competitive match at just the “right” moment, as the game pairs the players together. Overwatch then switches to the “Searching for Players” mode – which it shouldn’t actually do in a competitive game.
As a result, the match breaks off because not enough players are present. Shortly thereafter, the match starts again, searches for players, and is immediately closed again. This repeats several times.
Every “reload” is a disconnect
What is only learned afterward: Every time the game closes in these situations, the system apparently counts the occurrence as a forced disconnect and attributes a loss to the involved players. As losses accumulate, players lose a significant amount of skill rating. But it gets even worse! The “forced disconnects” also accumulate, signaling eventually: This player frequently leaves matches prematurely.
The result: You get completely banned for the current season of Overwatch.
Blizzard has yet to comment on this bug. Chromega lists several players in his thread who are suffering from this bug and have already lost significant skill rating or have been completely excluded from the game.
Do you know someone affected by this bug? Or have you been spared so far?
In Destiny 2, the patch notes for update 1.05 are known. Bungie is preparing for the faction rally and simplifying the “Call to Arms” milestone.
Yesterday, on September 25th, the Destiny 2 developers carried out hours of maintenance, which was even extended by a good hour. During this maintenance, update 1.0.3 was applied, which carries version number 1.05 on the PS4.
In the meantime, the complete patch notes for this update have been released.
New Features of Update 1.05 – What Changes?
Update 1.05 brought two important new features along with various bug fixes. The new features:
It prepared for the faction rally. Today, on September 26th at 11 AM, this competition of the factions begins. However, the respective faction symbols are already on the map of the tower after the installation of the update. The leaders will arrive at 11 AM.
It reduced the number of games required to master the “Call to Arms” milestone in the Crucible. The effort should now be better aligned with the other weekly milestones.
All other bug fixes are embedded here in German:
UI: A bug was fixed where hunters with a certain amount of health saw their health bar all the time in the HUD
Raid: A bug in the raid was fixed, where players joining during sections were unintentionally given revival tokens.
Adventures: A bug was fixed where, if the first Minotaur in the “Well Armored” adventure was dealt with too quickly, progress was blocked
Clans
A bug was fixed where clan XP was not gained by completing public events
A bug was fixed where some players did not receive weekly clan engrams
However, players who leave a clan will still not receive clan rewards in that week
Eververse
A bug was fixed where bright engrams displayed “Requires Level 20” if a player had not accepted all leveling rewards from Tess after reaching level 20
A bug was fixed where the action button for weapon ornaments displayed Submit instead of Unlock
Crucible
Downtown
Power ammo locations were changed for Conflict & Domination
Invisible barriers were added to prevent players from leaving the playable area
Eternity
Softkill volume was added so players can no longer hide at the edge of the map
Ghosts of dead players will no longer appear at the “Fork” location
General
A bug was fixed where sometimes equipment for players in the tower did not load
A crash was fixed that occurred when logging out of Destiny 2
Companion App
Android
A bug was fixed for the search button for equipment that covered item functions
A bug was fixed where ghosts were not displayed in character equipment
A filter and member counter were added in the clan overview
iOS
Fix for incorrect equipment power sorting when items contained no power
Web
When closing “Item Explore” in Trending, the page will no longer refresh
Destiny 2 is offline today, on September 25th. The servers are going down and are not available. Bungie is performing maintenance, the update 1.0.3 with the version number 1.05 is being deployed. All information about the server maintenance.
Update 16:50: The update carries the version number 1.05 (PS4) and can already be downloaded. It is approximately 850 MB in size. On Xbox One, it has a size of 838.84MB.
Update 20:29: The maintenance has been extended until 23:00.
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Today, the announced maintenance for Destiny 2 is taking place. This will last several hours, so you will have to look for another pastime for your well-deserved evening.
The important times for today, September 25th:
At 3 PM preparations for the maintenance begin. You can no longer log into Destiny 2.
At 4 PM all players who are still in Destiny 2 will be removed from their activities. The servers will go offline.
The end of the maintenance is planned for around 9 PM. However, it is common for Bungie that these times are never taken too literally. The servers may come online several hours earlier or later.
During the maintenance, the update 1.0.3 will be deployed. What new features and changes the update brings is still unknown. Bungie will release the patch notes only when the servers are live again. Update: Here are the patch notes.
Servers offline today – Two new features will start soon after the maintenance
The maintenance work today may fix a few of the known issues in Destiny 2 or prepare for two new features that will start tomorrow, September 26th:
Developer Jagex hosted its fan festival Runefest 2017 over the weekend. It became clear here that Runescape will focus more on its veterans and nostalgia in the future. The modern mobile version of Runescape is also aimed at players from the past. Our author Leya was on-site. She tested the mobile version and spoke with the developers about the new strategy.
The MMORPG Runescape was released by the British developer studio Jagex in 2001. For many genre enthusiasts, Runescape was one of the first MMORPGs they ever played. This was partly due to the fact that Runescape launched as a free browser game on PC at that time. The entry into the medieval fantasy world of Gielinor was easy and attracted a lot of young audiences.
This young audience from back then is now older and has a ton of adult responsibilities: paying rent, investing energy into work or education, starting and supporting a family.
All of this makes it difficult for MMORPG lovers over 30 to fully immerse themselves in their game. Because complex MMORPGs like Runescape require a lot of time and are not suitable for casual play.
Developer Jagex is aware of this and is now tackling a new strategy with Runescape, focusing primarily on veteran players and nostalgia.
Runescape Returns to Its Roots – Wants to Bring Back Veterans
Together with 1,650 guests from the Runescape community, I plunged into Runefest 2017 on Saturday. Runefest is a festival open to press and fans of the MMORPG classic.
At Runefest, there were:
the 12-month plan: Announcements for the development of the game such as the new monster combat mode
the world premiere for Runescape and Oldschool-Runescape for mobile. For the first time, Runescape could be played on smartphone or tablet.
the autumn finals of Runescape eSports “Deadman”. ‚5PLUS50K12‘ won the autumn edition of the Deadman tournament and a prize pool of $20,000. #TeamLUL won another $10,000, which will benefit the charity Make-a-Wish.
Fan and community activities
Runefest 2017 was themed “Back to Our Roots” – This was already clearly visible in the decoration. As I entered the hall for Runefest, I found myself directly in the scenery of Lumbridge. This is the first place where players begin their adventures in Runescape. Here, Jagex made a clear statement about where the journey should go: into the past.
Mobile Version of Runescape Aiming at Veterans – Market is Larger According to Developer
At Runefest 2017, I was able to personally test the mobile version of Runescape.
There are two different versions of Runescape, both coming to mobile devices:
The classic or Oldschool Runescape: Oldschool RuneScape is an older version of the fantasy MMORPG from 2007. The graphics also look pixelated and old, but fans of the classic wouldn’t want it any other way. This retro version of Runescape still receives updates and is maintained.
The “normal” Runescape: This is the modern form of the classic, which has received a graphical update and gets different content than Oldschool Runescape.
Since I am not a Runescape player myself, I was able to log in with a guest account and roam around in the world of Gielinor on smartphone and tablet. Fans who had an account on PC could log in directly with it on mobile devices.
Especially Oldschool Runescape ran surprisingly smoothly.It works with point-and-click mechanics. The user interface is well-suited for mobile devices and is easy for developers to implement.
Even though classic Runescape ran quite smoothly, I found it visually rather unappealing. For veterans and fans of Oldschool Runescape, this shouldn’t be a problem thanks to nostalgia. After all, it is indeed the original version that runs on smartphone and tablet, and it just works well.
For me – as a non-player – the modern version of Runescape was more interesting. Although still needing work on the too-complex user interface, I quickly found myself engrossed in the game. On desktop, the modern Runescape might look visually outdated, but on the smaller screen of the smartphone or tablet, it looked appealing:
Runescape as a fully-fledged mainstream MMORPG on the smartphone
The answer was given to me by Jagex Senior Product Manager Matt Casey in an interview. According to Casey, the market of inactive Runescape players is huge. Player surveys indicated that they would love to continue playing Runescape if they could make the game more flexible. That is what Runescape can offer on mobile devices.
Jagex believes it is an effective strategy to bring back old players through nostalgia. This is one of the reasons why Runescape will only be available as a full version on smartphones. It aims at former players who need options to game on the go or comfortably on the couch.
Oldschool Runescape already runs smoothly enough with its interface to appear in beta for Android and iOS by the end of 2017.
The “normal” Runescape still has too many issues and will follow later. The user interface still needs to be adapted and simplified for mobile devices.
Here’s a comparison. On the upper smartphone is Runescape and on the lower device is Oldschool Runescape:
Runescape Retracts with Huge Updates like Menaphos
Overall, Menaphos was only received moderately within the community. The changes didn’t seem to be what the players actually hoped and wished for. Menaphos was supposed to give players the opportunity to enjoy Runescape even with a busy life through actions such as the “5-Minute Dungeon.” However, this altered the feeling towards the game too much for most veterans.
For this reason, Jagex is now retracting with these huge updates and wants to return to the roots together with the players. The focus is now on things players have long wished for in Runescape. Many of the announcements from Runefest 2017 were already known in the community and were not regarded as a big surprise, including the Mage Arena II – the continuation of a popular mini-game in Runescape.
In addition to new content, especially old features and skills are getting a rework. Guilds, Hints, or Deep-Sea Fishing are among them. This could also be interpreted as a sign of reaching out to their veterans and improving the game as they know it.
Major new announcements at Runefest 2017 included:
A new raid and a grandmaster adventure for Oldschool Runescape in 2018. Groups of up to five players will face a diabolical army of vampires.
A new monster combat mode “Dimension of the Damned” is coming in October 2017 – considered by the community to be the most exciting update. “Dimension of the Damned” is a time-limited event that transports players to another dimension. A horde of the dead descends upon Gielinor, and players must survive against the zombies in a fight to the death.
The Way Back – Does it Lead Runescape to Happiness?
Leya thinks: Jagex has focused its future plans on the veterans of Runescape. The developers make it clear that they want to return to their roots and use nostalgia to bring back old players. Worldwide, Runescape currently has two million players logging in every month.
Huge updates like Menaphos may not have been the right strategy to meet these players’ needs. Perhaps here, player desires were misinterpreted at Jagex. The mobile full-version of Runescape could actually be the key to making (ex-)veterans happy and adapting to their needs. They want to play the familiar Runescape, not a modified version like the Menaphos expansion.
It could be a dangerous long-term strategy to only focus on the old market and neglect new players. For the moment, however, it seems to me that focusing on its existing (ex-)player base is a sensible strategy for Jagex.
Because these are exactly the players who love this somewhat quirky MMORPG with British humor. They don’t need high-end graphics and appreciate the edges and pixels that are part of Runescape.
Runescape Mobile
Mobile May Perhaps Attract Minecraft Fans
Nevertheless, I believe that especially the mobile version could bring a surge of new players. Oldschool Runescape would be appealing with its blocky look to players who are also totally into chunky Minecraft and want a complex game on mobile. The modern Runescape looks appealing on smaller screens, but it still has a lot of work to do on its interface before release.
How Runescape is received by new players and veterans remains to be seen until the mobile version is actually released.
This is an AI-powered translation. Some inaccuracies might exist.
In FIFA 18, Alex Hunter returns! The story mode “The Journey”, introduced for the first time in FIFA 17, receives a sequel called “The Journey: Hunter Returns” or simply “The Journey 2”.
The first testers were able to completely play through the story mode in FIFA 18, as reported by gamesradar. They are now reporting on the most important milestones of the story and naming the rewards and gameplay duration.
About 14 hours of gameplay provided by The Journey in FIFA 18
In FIFA 18, the story around Alex Hunter continues. Hunter is a young football professional who is on his way to becoming a world star. In FIFA 17, he played his first season in the Premier League, where he made a stir. While it was possible to have a different season outcome if you played poorly, FIFA 18 continues the story ending in which Alex had an outstanding season.
In FIFA 18, you play Alex Hunter’s second season, which takes you to Brazil, the USA, and a European country of your choice (Germany, Spain, or France).
The entire story is divided into 6 chapters, with a reward for FUT 18 waiting for you at the end of each chapter.
According to gamesradar, the story should take about 14 hours to complete. However, it can be played faster or slower. This makes it about as long as The Journey from FIFA 17, which took about 16 hours.
Players of WoW have long desired “Sub Races” for their characters. Will they finally appear in the next expansion?
With the upcoming BlizzCon 2017, which will take place in a little over a month, rumors about the next expansion of World of Warcraft are piling up. On Reddit, “leaks” frequently appear, where alleged Blizzard employees spill the beans. This post is one of them (loosely translated):
“My game is being ruined. (…) The Shattered World is disappearing. Northrend is disappearing. Some zones will be time-distorted. Most zones are changing in devastating ways. Why can’t we have a new, beautiful Mulgore or a crossroads and instead get this destroyed mess? No new class, but race options through new factions in the world. There are also new specializations, but you know what? Lazy! Every class gets a new specialization, but many classes share ones! (…)”
There’s not much to discuss about the post – everything screams “Fake” and the probability that a truly angry Blizzard employee wrote something like this while intoxicated, only to almost immediately delete it, is extremely low.
But he still mentions a few ideas that can be speculated about. Especially the new customization options for characters could be imagined.
More Race Options – The Lore Provides a Lot
These “Sub Races” have been wished for by fans for many years. Players want to further customize their characters and especially the role-playing community has long been eager to better visually represent Nightborne (Horde), High Elves (Alliance), or Orcs of the Dragonmaw Clan.
There are many possibilities here, as the lore of World of Warcraft is full of different groupings of almost all species, which have also developed differently.
Many would like to be a “Dark Ranger” – Just like Sylvanas.
With Patch 7.3, there are even new customization options in theory. Many Draenei on Argus have the new appearance and are “Lightforged” – meaning their eyes glow golden and they have different, particularly long horns. They are perfectly implemented and it would likely take only a few tweaks to unlock these options for players.
A Revamp of the Game World Would Be the Perfect Opportunity
Many players speculate that with Patch 8.0, the “old world” will be revamped again and then fully scaled. This would make it possible to unlock world quests and new factions everywhere in the world. For example, completing quests near Darkshore in Feralas might earn reputation with the Shen’dralar and could unlock new appearance options for Night Elf mages.
However, the question here is how much sense this really makes. Because unlocking new options for the character makes little sense from a “narrative” perspective. After all, our character has existed for years, and why would they suddenly be different? Whether and how this can be implemented so that it also appears meaningful would need to be discussed in detail.
It was already officially discussed about “Sub Races” at BlizzCon 2015. There, Chris Robinson from Blizzard revealed that they definitely want to introduce them, but haven’t yet found the best way to do so. At BlizzCon 2016, the topic came up again, and they promised that something “fantastic” was planned that they would talk about soon.
We can only hope that this “soon” will be in about 5 weeks – at BlizzCon 2017.
In Destiny 2, Bungie offers a behind-the-scenes look and showcases concept art and designs from their artists.
When not busy shooting nasty aliens in the face or rushing through the Crucible, it’s worth taking a moment to pause and admire the art in Destiny 2.
Whether it’s intricately decorated weapons like the Rat King or the Sunshot, pretty armor pieces, or the golden embellishments everywhere in the Leviathan raid – Destiny 2 is rich in art.
To honor their talented artists, Bungie has now released a gallery of weapons, armor pieces, characters, and environments that the artists worked on. Everything you can admire in Destiny 2 was created by many talented people, according to Bungie.
On the left is a snippet from the Veterans Rewards, on the right is the strike screen from Destiny 2:
On the left is the MIDA Mini-Tool, on the right the Sunshot:
Three weapons from Destiny 2, including one from the weapon manufacturer Veist:
Enemies in Destiny 2:
A Cabal ship on the left and the objects on the right are supposed to represent the drill towers:
Here you see some environments:
A variety of concepts:
On the left is a concept art of the Leviathan raid that appeared early on. Guardians immediately speculated that this structure could be related to the raid. On the right is the decoration of the Cabal booklet from the Collector’s Edition:
Scenes from the raid:
A Guardian carrying a relic in the raid:
More artwork can be found on the Bungie website. Bungie links to the respective portfolios of the artists there.
Lost Ark, the action MMO from South Korea, is currently in its second Closed Beta in Asia. In an impressive gameplay video, you can experience a desperate siege battle against a legion of demons.
Lost Ark is an action MMO inspired by Diablo 3. Even in the second Closed Beta, there are extremely impressive scenes from the game to see. Particularly cool is a mission where you desperately defend a fortress against a gigantic horde of demons.
The site specialized in Asia-Games, Septaru.com, has already been able to play the beta of Lost Ark extensively and showcases the demon invasion in all its glory in a gameplay video.
Fight against the demon invasion offers cinematic action
One of the coolest scenes so far from Lost Ark is the invasion of a legion of grotesque demons. Suddenly, massive behemoths burst forth from burning chasms in the ground. Dimensions rifts open up everywhere, and thousands of jumping, hopping, and crawling grotesque creatures rush out.
Your hero is all alone and must first escape the endless hordes and climb a rope to a nearby fortress wall. But there is already a state of emergency. The demons are attacking the bastion, and you must stop them!
In Lost Ark, you shoot demons with cannons
To manage the flood of enemies somewhat, you can man hefty cannons atop the walls and effectively decimate the demon horde. The heavy artillery seems to be the only way to take down the massive demon titans.
To prevent the towering giants from tearing down the walls, you first have to stun them with precise shots and then give them the rest over time. Whenever a colossus dies, it falls with a great crash.
Final battle against the demon jester
If you hold out long enough, reinforcements will finally arrive and free the fortress. After that, however, you still have to fight your way out of demon territory and slay more monsters in classic Diablo style.
Thanks to the cinematic presentation, there’s always something happening, and your journey through the wasteland is repeatedly enlivened by cool scenes. For instance, a bridge is taken down in slow motion by a colossus just as you are about to cross.
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In the end, you can expect a thrillingly staged duel against a sort of demonic jester as a boss fight. We have embedded the video from Steparu about the demon invasion in Lost Ark here for you. Enjoy watching!
Unfortunately, it is still unknown when Lost Ark will be released – both in Korea and here with us.
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