Do you want to play Marvel Heroes Omega on your Playstation 4 right now? Then you need a beta access. We have 400 beta keys that we would like to give away to you.
Marvel Heroes Omega is the console version of Marvel Heroes, the successful action MMO from Gazillion Entertainment. True to its name, the game revolves around superheroes from the colorful Marvel comic universe. You will not play “Gorbatz, the average Orc”, but well-known superheroes like Spiderman, Wolverine, Deadpool, Ironman, Star-Lord, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and even the cool raccoon Rocket Raccoon. Gameplay-wise, Marvel Heroes Omega is an action RPG that plays similarly to Diablo 3. You beat up enemies, collect loot, and level up.
Until now, only PC players could enjoy the joys of being a superhero, but now the beta of Marvel Heroes Omega has started on the PS4, and we are giving away access.
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Marvel Heroes Omega – 400 beta keys to win!
So that you can play Marvel Heroes Omega on your Playstation 4 as quickly as possible, we have obtained over 400 keys for you from Gazillion Entertainment and Sony. This will get you into the beta of Marvel Heroes Omega immediately and you can get started right away. But keep in mind: These are ONLY beta keys, not founder packages. The raffle is only valid for persons located in Germanybecause the closed beta of Marvel Heroes Omega is not playable from Switzerland or Austria.
To participate in the raffle, you just need to follow the instructions in the embedded raffle form here. After that, the beta key will be displayed to you. First come, first served! So be quick before all keys are gone.
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In World of Warcraft, the previous concept of “Mythic+” dungeons is being turned upside down. With the next patch, new rules will apply.
For newcomers or substitutes looking for a group for a “Mythic+” dungeon, it’s relatively hard in World of Warcraft. The item level requirements of most groups are astronomically high and disproportionate to the potential loot of the dungeon.
The reason for these high requirements is usually that players not only want to walk away with the standard reward chest but also want to loot a second and preferably even a third chest for each run. This can only be achieved if the time limit of the dungeon is significantly undercut – which requires high gear and lots of area damage.
Mythic+ bonus chests will disappear in patch 7.2.5
Blizzard has apparently realized that this is not a particularly healthy playing field for substitutes and those who actually need loot, and is testing this on the PTR for patch 7.2.5.
To keep it short and painless: Bonus chests number 2 and 3 will disappear.
However, the rewards will be increased. It’s no longer a gamble; one can relatively safely imagine what awaits in the chest at the end of the dungeon. The rewards will change as follows:
There are no longer bonus chests for quickly completing the dungeon.
When a “Mythic+” dungeon is completed, there will be 2 items and a certain amount of artifact power in the completion chest.
If the time limit is beaten, no matter by how many minutes or seconds, a third item will await in the chest.
Keystones will no longer be exhausted
Another change concerns keystones, the access requirement for “Mythic+” dungeons. In a failed group, the keystone was exhausted, and the journey ended for that week. Blizzard believes there are already so many keystones that there is no reason to impose an artificial limit. These are the new rules:
If you complete a “Mythic+” dungeon within the time limit, you will receive a new keystone for a dungeon that is 1-3 levels above the current one, depending on the required time (no change).
If you complete the dungeon but do not make it within the time limit, you receive a keystone for a random dungeon that is one level lower.
If you do not complete the dungeon at all, you will receive a keystone for the same dungeon but at one level lower.
What do you think of these changes? A good step, or will you miss the hunt for bonus chests?
The prices in the shop of Pokémon GO have increased. Those who want to buy coins now have to reach deeper into their pockets. But who is to blame?
The AR game Pokémon GO offers players the opportunity to purchase items such as Poké Balls, bag upgrades, or Lucky Eggs in the in-game shop. You buy these items with a currency called PokéCoins.
Those who want to buy coins have to pay more money now. Players accuse Niantic of greed. But is Niantic really to blame for these price increases, or is there something else going on?
Prices in the shop have risen
Some users have noticed changes within the Pokémon GO store in recent days. For the largest coin package, you now have to pay €10 more than before. We show you the before-and-after prices in comparison:
100 PokéCoins: Previously €0.99 – Now €1.09
550 PokéCoins: Previously €4.99 – Now €5.49
1200 PokéCoins: Previously €9.99 – Now €10.99
2500 PokéCoins: Previously €19.99 – Now €21.99
5200 PokéCoins: Previously €39.99 – Now €43.99
14500 PokéCoins: Previously €99.99 – Now €109.99
However, you don’t have to spend “real money” to get coins. There is a second option using game mechanics: Those who control gyms will be rewarded with PokéCoins in the game.
It’s the exchange rates to blame
In an email, Apple informed developers that app store prices would increase for Mexico, Denmark, and countries that use the Euro currency. According to MacRumors, price changes are expected to be implemented by the end of this week.
Apple cites changed exchange rates as the reason for the price adjustments. Due to these rates, the price tiers for apps and in-app purchases are adjusted. Subscriptions with automatic renewal are reportedly not affected by the changes and will retain the same price.
Prices may change again
There are now new price tiers that app developers can use. As reported by Macerkopf, developers can also set “alternative tiers” to offer apps in the store at lower prices.
We might see changes from Niantic in the coming days or weeks that adjust the prices again. The “old” prices were likely deliberately set to make them seem “cheaper”: €0.99 instead of €1.00 and also €9.99 instead of €10.00 – these prices are often used because they appear more appealing to customers.
With the new prices such as €1.09 or €10.99, the offers appear less appealing. Additionally, buyers of credit cards now have to organize themselves differently with these prices. Whether Niantic will actually make further changes to the prices remains unclear at this time.
In ARK: Survival Evolved (PC), Patch v257 will soon be deployed. This lowers the level cap and resets the survivors’ engrams. All of this is part of the preparation for the full release.
Tomorrow, on May 4th, PC players of Ark Survival Evolved will receive a new patch v257, if all goes according to plan.
In a tweet, Ark’s community manager, Jat, warned of another change in patch v257.
Survivors, beware! Update v257 lowers max level and resets engrams
The max level in Ark Survival Evolved was previously set at level 105. This will change with patch v257. The new level cap will be set to level 100 with the latest update.
Survivors who have already leveled their character above level 100 will be reduced back to level 100.
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The level cap will be reduced in connection with a major overhaul of the “engram tree.” The engram tree can be understood like a skill tree in Ark Survival Evolved. Players earn engram points when leveling up and can distribute them. Engrams provide survivors with permanent crafting recipes, allowing them to create weapons or equipment, for example.
Survivors will not lose level experience: Engram points will be refunded
No one will lose their level or statistics through the reset of engram points. Engram points will be refunded. They simply need to be redistributed, with the exception of survivors who have already surpassed level 100. Those players will revert to the new level cap of 100.
“Engrams and levels were just added somehow in the past” – An overhaul was overdue
In the comments of the tweet, the community manager explained that engrams and levels were just added somehow in the past. It was time for an overhaul of the level system that also includes meta and balancing. Additionally, the developers found that 105 was a strange number.
Studio Wildcard is currently preparing for the full release of ARK: Survival Evolved. The game is set to be finalized soon. This includes fundamental overhauls. However, there is no exact timeframe for the full release yet. Studio Wildcard speaks of “soon” and “shortly.”
So dear survivors, don’t be alarmed, if your engrams suddenly disappear with patch v257. This is part of the update. You keep your experience and get the points back.
Do likes, upvotes, and shares create a dependency? Cortyn spills the beans.
Today, we’re stepping away from the direct world of video games and discussing social media, comments, and the greed for attention that lies within everyone. Yes, even in you.
I firmly believe that every person craves recognition in some form. Not everyone wants to be in the spotlight in real life, but being noticed by others and receiving approval is – I believe – a fundamental need of all humans.
And that’s exactly why rating options on the Internet are so successful. Not to mention that companies can target their ads much more accurately through likes and other indications, it also has social implications for the users. Every time a post receives a “like” on Facebook, an upvote on Reddit, or a thumbs-up on YouTube, it’s a little virtual pat on the back for the content creator, who experiences real satisfaction.
I can’t explain otherwise why social media and comment sections have had such groundbreaking success.
Since writing and publishing articles and news is my profession, I’m confronted with this whole “like” and “upvote” topic constantly. With every article, every news piece, every comment, and every posted picture, I have to face it.
And I don’t want to exempt myself from this susceptibility either. When I see on our Facebook page that one of my articles gets 10, 20, 30, or more “likes”, it makes me happy. Even if the actual view counts of the article are relatively low. Just one single comment saying “Nice article, was exciting to read” often gives me more satisfaction than thousands of views that actually stand for professional success.
This addiction for recognition and attention on the internet sometimes even takes on perverted forms. Again and again, there are comments from people where you can immediately tell: They don’t really want to discuss; they just want to stir up trouble. And with every reaction to such a comment, they get exactly what they desire: perception and recognition.
Are these little pats on the back a problem? Generally, no. But they are addictive, and they happen darn fast.
The problem is – in my opinion – that recognition is too easily given this way. Under any article or video, one just has to express a strong opinion in the comments – even if there are hardly any opposing views. “Bullying should not exist in schools!” – that is worth a like to many others. It’s easy to obtain, requiring neither effort from the commenter nor from the “liker”.
Some people lose control online.
If I can get recognition this quickly and easily, I suddenly understand much better why you often encounter the clichéd “failed existences” on the internet, who behave like a bull in a china shop. The thrill of a little recognition is always within reach – and much easier to obtain in front of a screen than “out in the real world”.
Goodness, I sound like an outdated ZDF magazine. I should wrap this up.
I no longer really know where I started with this column and where it was supposed to lead. But if you’ve made it this far: leave me a comment. Or a like on Facebook.
Heroes of the Storm wants to become more attractive for Overwatch players. Therefore, in the second quest of the Nexus Challenge, there is the Officer D.Va Skin. You can now win it in Heroes of the Storm by participating in the Nexus Challenge.
Heroes of the Storm – Nexus Challenge – Get Oni-Genji and D.Va as Policewoman
The “Nexus Challenge Event” is primarily aimed at Overwatch players who also want to venture into new games. The basic concept is: Play and earn stuff in HotS and Overwatch that you would never get otherwise.
The rewards will be unlocked in stages. Since April 24, you can already win the cool Oni skin for Genji in Overwatch if you play five HotS games (even against AI) with a friend. This week, the fun continues.
This time you have to compete against other players
If you have completed the first quest with Genji AND have played five more games together with a friend, you will be rewarded with the cool Officer D.Va skin in Overwatch as well as a police hoverbike in HotS.
This time you have to compete against other players. It’s no longer enough to “just” play against the AI to fulfill the Nexus Challenge and grab the skins.
Heroes of the Storm – Nexus Challenge – What the future holds
Overall, the Nexus Challenges will continue until May 22, 2017. By then, you can complete the quests for Genji and D.Va, and the following quests will also be available later:
From May 8: Play another 5 games against other players with a friend and receive an Overwatch logo mount, Officer D.Va banner, spray paint, and portrait for Heroes of the Storm. You will also get the banner and the spray paint for Overwatch.
From May 15: After another 5 games against other players with a friend, you will receive 10 loot boxes each in Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm.
Heroes of the Storm – Nexus Challenge – Be nice and helpful!
The point of the whole action is of course promotion for Heroes of the Storm and attracting Overwatch players. Therefore, there will be an increased influx of players in the Nexus who may have never played a MOBA before and only want the Overwatch loot.
But many of these players might quite enjoy the game and remain loyal to HotS. So as experienced players of Heroes of the Storm, be helpful and patient with the newcomers, and do not troll or flame them if they do not immediately grasp the map mechanics or make mistakes. In the end, HotS can only benefit from gaining new players!
In Destiny, the vendors have fresh inventory this week – featuring a strong Palindrome! Moreover, today, on May 3rd, it’s Weapon Day.
Every week during the Weekly Reset, the vendors in the Tower bring a fresh selection. The weapons remain the same, but the perks rotate regularly. Which weapons are worth it this week?
Recommended Weapons This Week
The highlight of this week can be found at the Crucible Quartermaster. It’s a strong and popular hand cannon that comes with excellent perks this week. Its name is: The Palindrome!
The Palindrome (Hand Cannon) – Mulligan / Icarus, Increased Range / Explosive Rounds, Snapshots. Also True Sight OV. The best perks for range are included!
Every New Day (Fusion Rifle) – Unyielding / Life Support, Aggressive Frame / Increased Range, Hot-Swap
Event Horizon (Sniper Rifle) – Underdog / Spray and Play, Explosive Rounds / Perfect Balance, Hidden Hand
Banshee-44 continues to fulfill his role as weapons master with a sense of duty. In addition to telemetry, syntheses, weapon parts, and armor materials, he also offers field test weapons and forging missions. These weapons can be ordered this week:
Häkke provides the hand cannon Judith-D. High impact of 94.
From Omolon, the hand cannon Kumakatok HC4. Low impact of 68.
And another hand cannon: Uffern HC4 from Omolon. Impact of 87. With a good roll, it’s a strong weapon.
A sniper rifle from Häkke is also available: Tamar-D. Impact of 22.
Lastly, a sniper from Omolon: Uzume RR4. Very low impact of 13.
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The new adventure module Shroud of Souls is out for the MMORPG Neverwinter. You must repair what a magician has broken.
The adventures in the latest expansion The Cloaked Ascendancy revolved around the mad illusionist Lukan from the mystical veil, who brought terror to the river district of the city of Neverwinter. As it turned out, the wizard had no choice for his actions, as he was pursued by mysterious shadow creatures.
In doing so, Lukan unleashed something “evil” upon the world of Neverwinter… Time for a classic adventure in the world of Dungeons and Dragons!
Stop the spirits!
Now it is up to you to investigate reports of evil spirits that are wreaking havoc in the river district on behalf of Sergeant Knox. What is behind it, and does this somehow relate to the events of The Cloaked Ascendancy? You can find out by playing the new adventure module Shroud of Souls on PC starting now. But the expansion brings not only new areas and adventures. You can also further expand your stronghold.
With the help of the famous interior designer Fibonacci, you can make your stronghold even more interesting and decorate your guild hall in a more varied way
A new stronghold siege awaits you! The dwarves of Delzoun have sent you tribute in the form of supplies. But some bandits intercepted the delivery. You must protect the supplies and grab the loot
New temporary structures. Several merchants and craftsmen come to your stronghold to offer you their services in equipping your guild hall
The new preset feature allows you to switch between predefined sets of powers with just one click. The new adventure module Shroud of Souls will be released for Xbox One and Playstation 4 at a later date.
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Legendary items in WoW become even more legendary. Their item level count increases by a whopping 30 points.
Legendary items are an integral part of a character’s power in World of Warcraft: Legion. Their item level is usually significantly above the item level of all other gear, so the orange item color always represents something special and is practically incomparable.
However, with the current expansion, the maximum item level has already been raised multiple times to keep new content like raids and PvP interesting and rewarding, enticing players with fresh rewards.
With the introduction of Patch 7.1.5, new Legendaries were set to an item level of 940, while the old 910s were upgraded through a quest line.
The legendary items are being upgraded once again.
Legendary items are upgraded to 970 via quest
Similar changes will occur with Patch 7.2.5. All legendary items that drop after the patch’s release will have an item level of 970.
“Old” Legendaries, which still have item level 940 or even 910, will need to be manually upgraded. For this, – as already in Patch 7.1.5 – a new quest line will be provided.
Whether farming essences in the raid instance “The Tomb of Sargeras” will again be necessary for the upgrade is still unknown. However, it is conceivable since the upgrade system has proven to be effective.
However, the most important news might be: Even the “old” Legendaries remain relevant and can be upgraded. No one will be required to have the same level of luck to obtain the same item in a better form.
There is currently no release date for Patch 7.2.5. Most speculations suggest a waiting period of at least another 6-8 weeks – sometime in early summer.
Recently, content from a possible expansion for Guild Wars 2 has been leaked. Now, the developers at ArenaNet have already confirmed the addon! The new expansion for Guild Wars 2 could be released as early as 2017!
According to ArenaNet chief Mike O’Brien, the expansion is set to be released later this year. The “update cadence” is expected to be maintained, with 2-3 months between new game content. Since an expansion would be the “next game content”, it could still happen in 2017.
Heart of Thorns, the first major expansion, was released months after the end of Season 2. This unnecessarily kept all players in suspense, as the season finale had already generated considerable anticipation.
With the still-unnamed 2nd addon, ArenaNet aims to take a different approach. They have their own design team solely working on the expansion, while another team is responsible for continuing the living story. This allows for parallel development and better timelines. Therefore, Episode 6 should be released two to three months after Episode 5, followed by the expansion.
Guild Wars 2 – 2nd Expansion – Release This Fall?
According to this schedule, the finale of Season 3 should appear in the summer and the addon then in the fall. Mike O’Brien suggests that the release date of the expansion might shift slightly, as releasing and sending a full expansion usually requires more work than releasing a new episode.
Nevertheless, the new addon should be available by winter at the latest, and then the next season of the living story should quickly follow. ArenaNet likely wants to avoid long breaks between story expansions in the future.
Release Date for 2nd Expansion of Guild Wars 2?
This suggests that the release window for the new expansion to “Guild Wars 2” is likely somewhere between November 2017 and February 2018.
What do you think of this announcement from ArenaNet? Do you believe in a release of the 2nd expansion by the end of 2017? And do you fear that the quality might suffer due to the rapid releases? Let us know in the comments!
In For Honor , teaser trailers for the new heroes Centurion and Shinobi have been released. These showcase (presumably) new executions!
The second season in For Honor is approaching. “Season 2: Shadow & Might” begins on May 16, introducing the two new heroes Centurion and Shinobi. Ubisoft released two short trailers showing the heroes in action.
The Centurion will be a hybrid member of the Knight faction: “For the Centurion, the battlefield resembles a chessboard. Every warrior has a role to play, sometimes sacrifices are necessary. This is the nature of war. And the Centurion celebrates it.”
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The Shinobi comes to the Samurai as an Assassin: “The Shinobi are silent warriors who move gracefully and kill with a precision that reflects a lifetime of disciplined training.”
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In these trailers, we also see an execution from both the Shinobi and the Centurion, which will presumably also be in the game. The Centurion knocks down a Peacekeeper with a knee strike and then weighs whether to give a thumbs up or down. He goes down. The Shinobi also shows a nice kill in his teaser.
When can you play the new heroes?
Starting from May 16, the Shinobi and the Centurion will be directly accessible to all “Season Pass” owners. All other players will have to wait until May 23. Then they can unlock each hero for 15,000 Steel. More info in the link.
In addition to the heroes, the second season brings two new maps (Forge and Temple Garden) as well as an increase in the maximum gear score and new “Epic” quality gear. Additionally, there will be more new features, adjustments, and balance reworks.
When it comes to the Riddler’s Mind Worm in WoW, Blizzard actually had very different solutions planned. They are now revealing this to all fans.
Patch 7.2 of World of Warcraft was once again filled with some secrets. The biggest secret was the Riddler’s Mind Worm. This mount had been parsed from the game data, and after the release of Patch 7.2, the great search began. It was kicked off by a found book page in the middle of Dalaran.
Blizzard has now revealed in a blog post how the puzzle of the Riddler’s Mind Worm was invented and explains the whole game in more detail.
The original solution that Blizzard came up with was interesting: The combined page numbers of all clues yield the ISBN number of “Warcraft: Chronicles”. Each individual clue, in turn, refers to a page in the book – on that page, there was an illustration showing the location of the next clue. This was supposed to go on over 7 steps.
The solution to the puzzle could be found in the Chronicles.
Community Chose Hammer Approach
However, the community had other plans and resolved it simply with the hammer approach. With several tens of thousands of players, the game world was scoured piece by piece. Was “stone” a word in the puzzle? Then every stone in Azeroth was clicked to find the solution.
When thousands of players form a search team, even the best hiding place can’t withstand these secrets for long. Thus, it was ultimately possible to solve the puzzle of the Riddler’s Mind Worm within about 24 hours.
At the end of the post, Blizzard hints that the “Mind Seekers” will soon return. This is likely to mean that with Patch 7.2.5 or 7.3 a larger puzzle will be brought back into the game world – on the Discord server of the puzzle friends, they are already licking their lips for it.
You can find the complete blog post from Blizzard as usual in our sources.
In Destiny, the announced multi-hour maintenance work this week has been postponed.
In the last “This Week at Bungie,” the developers announced their plans for an extended maintenance with downtime. This was supposed to start on Thursday, May 4, at 7 PM and last until approximately 11 PM. During this time, you would not have been able to play the MMO shooter.
But now Bungie writes: “Hold the phone!”
Via Twitter, they share that the maintenance and downtime need to be postponed. A new date and time will be announced as soon as they are known.
In short: Your evening on Thursday is not in danger after all. If you were already preparing to stare at the wall with a sad face all evening, you can now arrange a raid run or a Crucible session with your buddies. This week, it’s off to the Glass Chamber – a Fatebringer, a Vision of Confluence, or even the Vex Mythoclast are waiting for you.
What was supposed to change this Thursday?
The downtime was supposed to not bring any changes to the game content. Bungie will likely use this time to tidy up the online services in the background. The last announced multi-hour downtime was quite some time ago. A lot has probably piled up.
As soon as Bungie gives out the information on the new date for the maintenance and when the evening plans are again at risk, you’ll find out promptly on Mein-MMO.de.
In Destiny, the focus is increasingly on May 18. Then there will be a large-scale gameplay reveal for Destiny 2. That means: Finally, there will be in-game footage and information about the gameplay. We embed articles about Destiny 2 for you, with which you can already prepare for this event:
Since the first expansion Heart of Thorns was released for Guild Wars 2, some time has passed. However, a second expansion seems to be on the way, as a recent massive leak shows new skills, mounts, and a large new region in the south that should be familiar to players of Guild Wars 1.
Warning Spoiler! – This seems to be quite detailed and credible according to what has been leaked. Fans might learn about content that ArenaNet wishes to keep under wraps for a long time.
Update 3.5. 12:10 AM: During a live stream, the GW2 boss has now confirmed that the second expansion is indeed on the way and should be released soon. Episode 5 of the Living Story was released today, next comes Episode 6, and then the expansion. It could be as early as 2017. Observers expect autumn 2017 as the release date for the second expansion of Guild Wars 2.
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If you ask fans of Guild Wars 1 which regions they particularly liked, you often hear wishes for the cool desert regions from the GW1 addon Nightfall after the fan favorite Cantha.
And indeed, that is where the journey leads in the upcoming second addon for Guild Wars 2, if we can believe the recently leaked information. In addition to maps of the new regions, the massive leak also shows a slew of new skills and mounts.
The recently released massive leak about Guild Wars 2 shows tons of content that supposedly comes from the new expansion. If the images are authentic – and they look quite real – then the journey takes you to the deep south, through the Crystal Desert and into Elona. This isn’t very surprising, as the Crystal Desert has been mentioned multiple times in the Living Story, although your heroes never ventured there.
But there’s more than just the desert, as you will encounter the Principality of Vaabi (Vabbi in English), which is one of the most beautiful and fun regions from the first Guild Wars. Especially the funny emote quests from the Bazaar should still be well remembered by every player. After the opulent desert cities and colorful oases, there’s also the dark wasteland with the Domain of Palawa Joko.
Guild Wars 2 – Expansion Leak – New Skills and Mount Masteries
To rock the desert properly, the leak states that every class will receive new skills. This includes promising titles like “Holosmith”, “Soulbeast”, or “Scourge”. However, what the new skill lines can do is not evident from the leaked images.
More information is provided in the leak regarding the new masteries. This time, they seem to relate not to personal skills but to taming mounts. According to the leak, these include a raptor, an adorable kangaroo, a flying stingray, a griffon, and a jackal. You can finally ride these beasts and teach them new tricks as your mastery rank increases.
For example, the jackal can buff other riders as a pack animal, while the raptor deals area damage with its tail. So you can likely also fight on the beasts!
The kangaroo, on the other hand, seems to be the ideal mount for explorers, as it can also reach remote locations, and the stingray heals fallen comrades.
Jürgen says: This all sounds extremely cool, and especially the mounts would be a real innovation for Guild Wars 2 that many players have long anticipated. However, we still do not know if the leaks are genuine or an elaborate fake. Tomorrow, on May 3rd, there will be a AskMeAnything session with the developers, which hopefully brings more information about the leaks.
To reach children and young people with social problems, more and more people are using an unusual method: Pen & Paper role-playing games.
Role-playing games can have some quite healing effects on many people. For a few hours, one can escape the dreary everyday life and simply step into the role of another character. Whether it is a powerful Dwarven Barbarian slaughtering goblins or the graceful Elven Priestess inspiring hope and courage in her allies.
Especially in the field of Pen & Paper role-playing games, the identification with one’s own character is particularly strong – no wonder, every detail of background, skills, strengths, and weaknesses is meticulously established. And it is exactly here that help can be provided to children and young people, where other therapeutic approaches fail without a sound.
In Seattle, there is the “Wheelhouse Workshop,” which offers gaming groups from the Dungeons & Dragons universe primarily aimed at children and young people with social problems. And the success speaks for itself.
Introverted children thrive in role-playing
Davis, one of the operators of the Wheelhouse Workshop, tells of children who stand out in class because they are completely closed off and shy. But in role-playing, they bloom and have the opportunity to try out different roles and ideally take a few slices of that.
A gaming group with “therapeutic” thoughts requires just a bit more planning than any other gaming session. Davis lets the players feel the consequences of their actions much more often. When the young people decide to raid a outpost full of sleeping orcs, he makes them feel through the description of the situation how the orcs’ children and women feel.
In another case, there was a closed-off boy who always sat curled up in his place. However, in role-playing, he wanted to play a loud barbarian – so Davis let him sit at the table like that barbarian: legs spread wide and taking up a lot of space.
In this environment, the consequences of actions can be explored without anyone being physically hurt.
Problems in role-playing are similar to those in real life
At PAX East, the operators of such gaming groups also discussed particularly successful cases. The art lies in presenting the young people with problems that resemble the issues in their real lives and forcing them to try different solutions.
Some players are already satisfied if they receive recognition in this way. For those who have managed without many friends and encouraging words in everyday life, it can mean a lot if the boy next door suddenly needs them to decipher a magical rune or to pick a lock.
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The potential of role-playing games for therapeutic and social development is undoubtedly great.
Even in Germany, there are already similar organizations and associations that rely on the educational and healing effect of role-playing games, such as the Waldritter. One would love to be a child again.
The Elder Scrolls Online receives the first new chapter add-on with Morrowind on the Dark Elf island of Vvardenfell. If you want to see what this area looks like in the game and what the developers have to say about it, you shouldn’t miss the new trailer.
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind was a milestone for the Elder Scrolls series back in 2002, as it was with the third installment that the series broke through as a high-quality open-world RPG. Therefore, the expectations for the new chapter of The Elder Scrolls Online are correspondingly high, as various fans and developers mention in the new trailer.
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The Elder Scrolls Online – “Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls game”
For many players, Morrowind was also the first Elder Scrolls game they played, as can be clearly seen in the new trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind. There, exciting gameplay scenes alternate with comments from players, fans, and developers, who each share what makes Morrowind special in their eyes and why they are looking forward to the online spin-off.
We have embedded the video here for you. The language is in English, but German subtitles are available. Enjoy watching. The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind will be released on June 6, 2017, and will bring the island of Vvardenfell and an exciting story about the dying god-king Vivec, as well as a new class called Warden and for the first time structured PvP in battlegrounds.
The Pokémon GO Plus is a wearable gadget for trainers who want to catch Pokémon on the go without taking out their phone.
If you play Pokémon GO regularly and “without help”, you only use your phone and an internet connection (along with a power bank depending on duration). If you want to take your trainer adventures to the next level without constantly looking at your smartphone, you can use a gadget to assist you. The official version is called Pokémon GO Plus and is now discounted on Amazon.
Pokémon GO Plus – What is it actually?
The GO Plus is a teardrop-shaped gadget measuring 46 mm tall and 33 mm wide, making it relatively small. You can wear it as a wristband (the appropriate wristband is included) or as a pin on your clothing. If you connect the GO Plus to your Android device or iPhone, you can play Pokémon GO without having to look at your phone. It connects via Bluetooth to your phone and alerts you to in-game events (wild Pokémon, stops) through light and vibration.
If you are near a PokéStop, the device will blink and vibrate. Then you press the button and collect the items from the stop, which will end up in your inventory. If you are out of range, the button lights up red.
If a wild Pokémon is nearby, the GO Plus will notify you. A yellow light means you haven’t caught that wild Pokémon before. A green light means you’ve already caught one of those monsters. Press the button to throw a Poké Ball and attempt to catch it. The device will then show you in different colors whether the catch was successful.
Since the GO Plus is connected to your phone via Bluetooth, you no longer need to take it out to catch monsters or loot stops. Now that temperatures are rising again and you are outside more often, you can easily hatch eggs or collect Pokémon.
Currently, there are occasional connection drops between the device and smartphone. Niantic is addressing potential issues with regular updates.
Buy Pokémon GO Plus – Amazon reduced the price
When the GO Plus was released, it cost around 45€ and was quickly sold out. After that, it was only available through third-party sellers for a while. Now you can get the gadget cheaper on Amazon. It now costs about a third less than the original price, at 29.99€. Prime customers also receive a €1 voucher for movies or series.
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Conan Exiles, the brutal barbarian MMO from Funcom, also looks good in LEGO. A fan has painstakingly recreated the game’s trailer as a LEGO animation.
Conan Exiles stands for many things: wild barbarians, desolate deserts, a ruthless struggle for survival, bloody sacrifices to cruel gods, dark dungeons, and last but not least swinging penises. All of this may not seem fitting for colorful LEGO bricks, yet thanks to the tireless work of a LEGO and Conan fan, there is a LEGO trailer for Conan Exiles that hardly pales in comparison to the original in (image) violence and blood.
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Conan Exiles – Slavery, Blood, and Murders – In LEGO!
In Conan Exiles, it’s all about naked survival, as you start as a penniless barbarian on a cross and must prove yourself in the merciless struggle for survival against animals, monsters, nature, and other players. Only barbarians who can craft equipment, weapons, and shelters from the meager resources of the wasteland will succeed.
All of this is shown in the regular trailer of Conan Exiles, but the Lego version is not lacking in comparison. There, for example, the gigantic avatar of the god Mitra is created as a giant LEGO figure and tramples through the wasteland. Meanwhile, various Lego barbarians escape from their crosses and immediately start clubbing and enslaving each other.
Conan Exiles – LEGO Trailer – LEGO Heads Will Roll!
The violent scenes look particularly impressive with LEGO figures falling apart and being disassembled into their individual parts. The video – which the diligent fan took four months to make – shows various monsters and natural disasters, and at the end, the apocalyptic encounter between the Mitra avatar and Set’s serpent. We have embedded both trailers, the original and the Lego version, here for you. Enjoy!
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What do you think of the LEGO trailer? Would you have the patience to endlessly record Legos with stop-motion techniques and compile them into a film? Or do you think LEGO is silly and believe that such silliness ruins the serious character of Conan and his wild world? Let us know in the comments!
The vibrant story of Guild Wars 2 continues today with Episode 5 “Crisis Point”, but we were able to play the new episode already. In doing so, we experienced a harsh plot twist and new regions.
Attention: Small spoiler warning. The text contains a few spoilers about the previous living story and a few minor spoilers about Episode 5.
Crisis Point, the fifth episode of the third season of the Living Story of Guild Wars 2, already promised in its announcement “Shocking Revelations”. Well, something like that is promised by pretty much every game with new content, but in Guild Wars 2, the grandiose word was truly well chosen.
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Guild Wars 2 – Quo vadis, Lazarus?
But let’s start from the beginning. As often before, we were invited by ArenaNet to play the story chapter in advance. Since the last episode “The Head of the Snake” took an unexpected turn with the return of the Mursaat Lazarus, the mystery of the strange floating being continues.
Lazarus was summoned by the cultists of the White Mantle in a poorly executed ritual and promised your hero help in the fight against the dragons. However, your hero did not trust him. After all, the Mursaat were your bitter enemies in Guild Wars 1. Therefore, Marjori Delaqua is assigned to him. She is to reveal the secret of Lazarus.
Guild Wars 2 – “Lazarus is what?!”
Unfortunately, Marjori’s investigations prove to be little fruitful, but soon after the start of Episode 5, Lazarus appears and demands information from us about Taimi’s anti-dragon project. Shortly thereafter, the situation escalates, and we find out what is really behind the Mursaat mask. And believe me, hardly anyone could have foreseen this plot twist.
Who or what Lazarus really is, we cannot and shall not reveal here. You must actually play Episode 5 to uncover the secret of the Mursaat.
Guild Wars 2 – Back to the Fire Ring – With Grappling Hook
After the spectacular and shocking start of Episode 5, it’s back to the Fire Ring. There we enter a particularly large volcano, where our enemies have already fortified themselves quite well. There are bastions everywhere, and only by laying paths of oil to the fuel tanks can we effectively take out and blow up the guns.
As with previous episodes of the third season, there is also a new Mastery Skill. This one is called Oakheart and gives you a limited-use grappling hook. With this, you can pull yourself up to remote heights of the volcano and quickly scale the otherwise impassable interior walls of the crater while taking out nasty mercenaries and particularly nasty destroyer creatures along the way. As usual, there are quests and events. In the end, an epic boss fight awaits you.
Guild Wars 2 – Heart of Thorns at a Bargain Price
The fifth and thus penultimate episode of the third season goes online today, May 2. As always, you need a version of Heart of Thorns to play the Living Story; the expansion is, however, currently permanently available at half price.
Jürgen says: Every time ArenaNet manages to surprise me again with Guild Wars 2. Whether it’s the revelation that Sylvari are dragon creatures or the siege of Godfall – the story of GW2 always presents thoughtful and surprising twists. The latest plot twist is hardly inferior to previous revelations. I am definitely curious to see how Episode 6 will continue in the finale of the third season and whether there will already be hints about the next expansion for Guild Wars 2.
In the Free2Play MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online, the expansion Mordor will bring a new raid with multiple bosses: the Abyss of Mordath.
The Lord of the Rings Online has been sailing since the end of 2016 with the same crew, but under a new flag. The Standing Stone Games are currently working hard on the first expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online in years, Mordor.
When the heroes arrive in Mordor, the Ring will already have been destroyed and Sauron defeated. A large raid battle with “Sauron” as the final boss – that would not really be the style of The Lord of the Rings Online. After all, Frodo, Sam, and Gollum could only destroy the Ring because Sauron did not detect them. A heavily armed expedition would not have gone unnoticed by Sauron.
Mordor therefore takes place “after the business with the Ring and Mount Doom.”
The raid will be named “The Abyss of Mordath.” The developers promise a “multi-boss” raid.
The raid is not expected to launch directly with the expansion Mordor. Standing Stone Games wants to hold back the raid a bit so that heroes can take their time instead of rushing through the content.
Much is already known about Mordor: The expansion is expected around “Summer 2017.” This will be Update 21. With this update, the “High Elves” will appear as a new playable race. Additionally, there is a revision of player character animations and character models planned. However, players will also have the option to continue playing with the old models.
After Update 21 and Mordor, “The Lord of the Rings Online” will not end. The license has been extended, and they intend to tell new stories, explore lands, and achieve deeds.
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