In an upcoming Pokémon GO version, players can expect a new sunset and other visual changes that you can see in the video.
Since the game was released in summer 2016, there have been few visual changes to Pokémon GO. In a new version, the virtual representation of the world in the game is being changed. This includes a new animated sunset, a new indicator for the Pokémon GO+, and altered grass tufts. These changes were showcased by Niantic’s Dennis Hwang during a conference.
Pokémon GO News – New version beautifies the game
During the Games Developer Conference, Hwang spoke about design decisions made by the developers. Regarding the map display, he stated it should be clear and functional on one side (similar to Google Maps), but on the other hand, it should also be part of the game and fun to use.
When designing the map, care is taken to ensure that players still feel connected to the real world while not being distracted by too many visual effects and elements.
When the game was launched, only about 10% of the ideas the developers had for Pokémon GO were implemented. Now there is a larger team helping to bring these ideas to fruition. Hwang mentions that the game is intended to connect even better with the real world in the future.
One example of this is the new, animated sunset that you can see in the video.
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Sunsets and weather adjustments are expected in a later version of Pokémon GO for all players. The video highlights further changes, which Hwang, however, left unmentioned. A new Pokémon GO+ icon is noticeable in the lower right corner.
More importantly for trainers might be the grass animation, which you can see at the end of the video. It clearly indicates where Pokémon might be hiding in your surroundings. This feature may make hunting for Pokémon more interesting, as it becomes clearer where to search.
The Closed Beta for Paladins has started on PS4 and Xbox One. Many are now wondering if they can keep their progress in the open beta and at the launch of the main game. We have the answer.
Paladins has launched with the Closed Beta on PS4 and Xbox One. Now console players can take a closer look at the Steam hit of 2016.
We received the question often from console players yesterday about whether they can keep their Closed Beta progress. In Paladins, you can unlock champions, cosmetic items, and cards for your deck. There is also a leveling system for the champions, where you earn rewards. The concern of losing everything when transitioning to the open beta is justified.
Fear not, because:
Paladins: Closed Beta players keep all progress
Take a deep breath. You will not lose any of your hard-earned progress! Nothing you earn or purchase in the Closed Beta will be lost.
Paladins PS4, Xbox One: Founder’s Pack – Price and what it contains
Those who decide to purchase the Founder’s Pack will also keep it after the beta. The Founder’s Pack can be found in the Paladins shop and currently includes for 14.99 Euros:
In The Division, the 24th and final ISAC mission is live. A reward awaits the agents.
Last week, a new ISAC mission surprisingly went live. In it, you had to find and defeat Asher. Asher is the villain in a mini-series about the Division technician Simon, with episodes released weekly on Ubisoft’s YouTube channel.
In Year 1 of The Division, a short video called “Operation ISAC” was released online every week until early September – along with an in-game mission through which you could earn various rewards. Then, suddenly in September, Episode 22 marked its end. Now, after Update 1.6, the series finds its conclusion.
Asher is dead, Simon rewards you for it
Yesterday, Ubisoft released the last two episodes of this mini-series in a video: Episode 23 relates to last week’s mission where you had to eliminate Asher. Episode 24 celebrates the happy ending, and Simon sends you to the operations base, where he has a gift for you:
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To collect the gift, simply go to the operations base and run straight towards the terminal. In front of the entrance to the medical wing, there is a locker where the gift is located.
You will receive 3 Division Tech and six cosmetic items: hat, jacket, pants, scarf, shirt, shoes – all in the ISAC-Simon style. This concludes the ISAC missions. In the video, Simon thanks you for your help.
More Weekly Missions
Besides the ISAC mission, for which you now have a week, two other weekly missions have been live since Tuesday, through which you can snag weekly mission containers:
Win 20000 points in Survival
Additionally, you need to complete these individual tasks to get another container:
Eliminate 10 named enemies
Collect 30 fabric pieces
Eliminate 50 LMB mercenaries in the Dark Zone
Complete 10 main operations on Hard or Challenging difficulty
LawBreakers is a hero shooter that aims to accelerate the Overwatch gameplay even further. Those who want to take a look at the new game from Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski will have the opportunity in the closed beta.
LawBreakers looks a bit like a mix between the shiny MOBA Paragon and the hero shooter Overwatch. But while Blizzard opts for cute comic graphics and a reduced level of violence, LawBreakers is decidedly darker, more realistic, and brutal.
In a distant future, the moon shattered and since then strange gravity phenomena have plagued Earth. In the resulting chaos, the so-called “Breakers” want to wreak havoc, while the law enforcers of “Law” try to stop them.
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These conflicts between law and chaos take place in the ravaged America, and since gravity is going crazy, your heroes often fly wildly around. The gameplay becomes extremely fast because of this and also takes place vertically, as the enemy can swirl through the air in a gravitational whirlpool instead of just crawling on the ground.
LawBreakers currently has four hero classes, each providing an identical hero in terms of skills and weapons on each side. The choice between Law and Breakers is thus purely cosmetic:
Enforcer: These fighters are all-rounders who fight with rifles, pistols, and rockets and set up support fields. These heroes are quite reminiscent of Soldier: 76 from Overwatch.
Assassin: These heroes fight with shotguns and daggers, which they can also use as grappling hooks to reach otherwise inaccessible places. If the fast gameplay is still not fast enough, the assassin is the way to go.
Titan: The hefty Titans are tanks and strongly resemble the heroine Zarya from Overwatch. They can handle electric beam weapons at close range, endure a lot, and can also trigger a gravitational bomb to hinder opponents. At range, they shoot with rocket launchers.
Vanguard: Vanguards fly around with jetpack armor, shooting with Gatling guns and raining rockets. Reminds a bit of Pharah from Overwatch.
Two more classes, “Harrier” and “Wraith,” are yet to come. Just the class names suggest versions of Tracer and Reaper. All heroes are basically humans, but to better distinguish them, the developers have given each hero unique features, such as the leg prosthetics of Hellion or the mask with hanging cables of Chronos.
LawBreakers – Not an Overwatch Clone?
The mentioned heroes strongly resemble characters from Overwatch, but according to a quote from chief developer Cliff Bleszinski (on the site Gamespot), the game is supposed to differ enough from the competitor so that both games can coexist:
“Do you remember all the “Halo killers” that were supposed to come? Halo was never “killed”. […] it’s not about ‘killing’; it’s about coexistence. I play Battlefield and Call of Duty. I used to play Tekken and Street Fighter. There is enough room for two or three games at the top of a genre, and only after that do you fight for the leftovers.”
Bleszinski further noted: “People will understand LawBreakers when they have played it.” You have the opportunity to do so starting today, March 16th. The first closed beta starts at 5 PM our time and will last until March 20th at 5 AM. Bleszinski mentioned that they want to keep the beta very exclusive at first, similar to a newly opened club where everyone wants in, but there are only a few invitations available. Therefore, only alpha testers and about 50,000 new players are allowed in. However, there will be more beta phases to follow.
This is how you sign up for the beta: Just go to the LawBreakers website at the provided link and register. Don’t worry if it doesn’t work out this time. The developers want to hold more betas.
Black Desert Online comes from Korea, but we are still celebrating one of the coolest holidays of the West: Saint Patrick’s Day! In honor of the Irish national saint, there will be plenty of free beer and green paint. Moreover, the Black Spirit Adventures are returning.
The Saint Patrick’s Day is actually a traditional Catholic holiday celebrated in honor of Saint Patrick, mainly in Ireland and areas with many Irish-descendants. Curiously, the day used to be a fasting day when nothing was drunk, but today, the holiday on March 17 resembles a lively carnival event where people paint themselves green or dress up as leprechauns and stagger through the streets and pubs.
Black Desert Online – Even donkeys are green on Saint Patrick’s Day!
But not only in Ireland, New York, and Munich the leprechaun dances on March 17; the tranquil fantasy world of Black Desert Online will also have a celebration on Friday. The developers at Kakao Games have promised every player a shipment of free beer. A total of 10 bottles of “Cold Draft Beer” and “Cold Alt Beer” will be sent to you by mail.
You have until March 31 to consume the fine brew; however, the delivery can only be picked up until March 24. Additionally, there are special green dyes in the Pearl Shop for Saint Patrick’s Day, which you can redeem for 1 Loyalty. The offer is limited to three dye packages per family and is valid from March 15 to March 22.
BDO Update – Black Spirit Adventures and Dark Knight Costumes
The Black Spirit, your constant companion in Black Desert Online, is not green, but he will also give you new tasks for Saint Patrick’s Day. The Black Spirit Adventures are back, and you can roll three times a day to win prizes. The event starts on March 15 and ends on April 19.
If you have created a new Dark Knight, you can buy all kinds of outfits for your dark elf or craft them in the tailor workshop. Moreover, the maintenance work on March 15 apparently took longer than expected, which is why Kakao Games wants to compensate players separately.
The next patch for WoW is already being downloaded. Is the release coming in just a few days?
And suddenly everything went faster than expected. Most players were speculating that patch 7.2 “The Tomb of Sargeras” would take a few more months for World of Warcraft, but Blizzard has managed to surprise fans once again. Much earlier than expected, the background download for patch 7.2 has started, which is already downloading the game data for the update.
Is the background download not starting for you yet? Then open the Battle.net software, select “Settings” and then “Installation & Updates”. Here you scroll down and select under “Automatic Updates” the sub-point “Perform latest updates and download data for future updates”. Then World of Warcraft should update to the latest version and the pre-download should begin.
Patch 7.2 “The Tomb of Sargeras” brings the Broken Shore as a new zone, where the demon invasion of the Legion reaches its climax. Here lies the namesake tomb, a new raid instance, at the end of which Kil’Jaeden awaits to ruin the players’ day (and ultimately drop a lot of loot). Additionally, patch 7.2 brings new levels for artifact weapons, class-specific mounts, new world quests, and brings back the popular demon invasions to the Broken Isles.
There is still no specific date for the release. Past experience shows that after the start of the download, it took between one and three weeks until the actual patch is applied.
If no urgent bugs arise on the PTR in the next few days, we can probably expect a release in early April – that would be just under 3 months after the release of patch 7.1.5.
Today, on March 16, the servers for Ubisoft’s For Honor are going down. Maintenance is taking place, and a content update is coming. Server status on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Ubisoft announced a longer maintenance for this Thursday:
At 1 PM our time, the servers will be shut down. The expected downtime is one hour and 45 minutes, so you can play again around 2:45 PM.
What is changing today? – Maintenance
According to the developers, this is routine maintenance. They are only working on the online infrastructure in the background. Bugs and issues will not be fixed.
However, Ubisoft is using this maintenance to deploy a new content update. This includes new gestures for all heroes in For Honor. You can find out how these gestures look in the provided link.
Note: The maintenance last week lasted significantly longer than Ubisoft indicated. If there are significant delays this week as well, we will update this article.
The G28 sniper rifle in Ghost Recon Wildlands is characterized by a particularly high rate of fire. We will show you the location and where to find the sniper.
In Ghost Recon Wildlands, there is a wide selection of different sniper rifles. With the 17 snipers, various play styles are accommodated, such as those focused more on vehicle destruction, high precision, or rate of fire. The G28 sniper is one of the models with a high rate of fire.
Because the G28 is hidden in a camp with many enemies, you should use silenced weapons to clear the way to the sniper rifle. We will show you where to find the weapon.
Where to find the G28 sniper in GRW?
The weapon crate for the G28 is located in the middle of an enemy base, which you should explore well first. Using the drone in combination with silenced weapons will help you reach the target point.
You will find the G28 in the north of San Mateo. The following map shows you the approximate target position you need to head to.
First, head to San Mateo by helicopter or another vehicle.
Because the camp with vehicles is difficult to reach, we recommend a helicopter, which will allow you to land nearby.
We did not notice any air defense missiles in the immediate vicinity of the target position.
Approach the point La Carcel Del Pueblo.
In our test, we approached the target area from the north.
Land above the “gorge” and use your drone to explore the area.
At the point marked “Down” on the map, there is a good opportunity to descend into the gorge without getting hurt.
As you might have already recognized with your drone, you will now encounter a patrol and two snipers. One of these snipers is far away and is not relevant at first.
Eliminate the two enemies near you with the silencer.
Now slowly approach the weapon crate and continually use your drone to uncover enemies. Follow roughly the blue path in the picture.
If you need to kill someone, you should play it safe and not take any risks. Get into a good shooting position where you can see and kill the target well.
If you miss, there are various alarm signals that will be quickly triggered by enemies.
Take out enemies that are on the direct path to the target building.
In the marked house, you will find the weapon crate for the G28 and next to it a ammunition crate.
If you want to play it safe, take the same route back to escape.
To try out the weapon, you can stay right there in the camp – there are enough enemies there.
Comparison: G28 and HTI
When we compare the two popular sniper rifles of the community, the differences are clearly visible. In our test, we compared the two weapons HTI and G28 in standard configuration.
Negative
The G28 has significantly less damage
less precision (low)
less range
and less penetration
Positive
More maneuverability
Significantly more rate of fire
Significantly more noise suppression
That the G28 is quieter than the HTI monster was already to be expected. You should try the high rate of fire in the game itself and get an impression since this is a special semi-automatic precision rifle. It fires significantly faster than other sniper rifles and is reminiscent of a slow assault rifle (with little ammunition).
New details about the Age of Triumph update in Destiny have been revealed. We take a closer look.
On March 15, the second livestream from Bungie regarding the upcoming content update “Age of Triumph” took place. It focused on the weekly rituals – the content and rewards updated with the weekly reset and displayed in the navigator at the bottom left of the screen.
However, the stream also showcased more than just these “Weekly Rituals”. Bungie also guided viewers through the new Eververse, through the Silver Dust store, and revealed further details that caused quite a stir in the chats and forums.
A feature set to return with Age of Triumph became the main topic on Reddit right after the stream and caused cheers: “Blue Flames! Blue Flames are back!”
The Return of the Blue Flames
Some fans might have missed the “blue flames” during the stream. When the Guardians finished the Nightfall strike and were at the Tower, the “blue flames” flickered around their heads. Here’s a screenshot where you can catch a glimpse of that:
But what do these flames mean? Most “Year 1” Guardians will remember: They represented the buff given after successfully completing a Nightfall strike. Additionally, it was a way to show other players in the Tower: Look, I mastered the Nightfall!
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Via Twitter, Bungie confirmed that not only will the blue flames return as visual highlights, but the Nightfall buff will also return. In Year 1, this buff increased all reputation and experience gains by 25% until the next weekly reset, which is why players would complete the Nightfall strike first in the new week, if possible.
The blue flames are now returning to the joy of many Guardians – Bungie is reviving nostalgia once again.
For those who can’t wait for the release of Mass Effect: Andromeda, you can now play the trial version on PC or Xbox One starting today. All you need is a subscription to EA Access or Origin Access.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is set to be a relaunch of the successful Mass Effect series by Bioware. In the distant Andromeda galaxy, Pathfinder Ryder and the rest of humanity will face new opportunities and new dangers. While the whole sci-fi fun is supposed to kick off on March 23rd here, those who wish can already test the game.
Mass Effect: Andromeda – Trial Access through EA Access and Origin Access
“Yes, I want to play Mass Effect: Andromeda right now! What do I need to do?” To play the trial version, you only need a subscription to Electronic Arts’ early access program. This is called Origin Access on PC and EA Access on Xbox One. It is a paid service that costs you €3.99 per month and allows early access to ME:A as well as various full versions and early access to other EA titles.
But be careful: You cannot just play the demo version of Mass Effect: Andromeda until the release. Rather, the whole fun is limited to 10 hours. Note: Even time spent fiddling in menus, customizing your Ryder, or idly petting your cat counts! So only boot up ME: A if you actually want to play it, as every second counts!
The story is also limited up to a certain point. After that, it’s game over. However, you can still explore the planet further and complete side missions. Your game progress will be saved at least if you buy the full version. The multiplayer part, however, should be free of restrictions.
What do you think of the trial version of Mass Effect: Andromeda? Cool that EA offers something like this, or do you think the practice of selling highly limited demos for money is outrageous? Let us know in the comments!
Blizzard has released a preview for the “World of Warcraft” Patch 7.2 and there is plenty to do.
Patch 7.2 “Tomb of Sargeras” is approaching its release rapidly. After the first part of a new pre-quest for the update started yesterday, Blizzard has now released an official preview for the Broken Shore. We have highlighted the key points for you.
The Broken Shore must first be unlocked via a single-player scenario that ends with the establishment of the first outpost. This also unlocks the new faction, the “Judges of the Legion” (“Legionfall” in English). From then on, all efforts, such as World Quests, rare enemies, or the regular quest line, focus primarily on building new structures.
Three buildings are available to choose from, which can be supported with resources. All have different bonuses and will be destroyed after a while. So all buildings will rotate, allowing you to enjoy all bonuses alternately.
The Legion Ship Sentinax
The largest ship of the Legion on the Broken Shore is the Sentinax. As long as you fight in the shadow of the ship, you can collect special signal fires, which you can use to command the ship to open portals. From these portals, demons emerge, leaving behind stronger signal fires – you can see where this is going. Ultimately, this culminates in summoning a raid boss that drops a ton of nether shards and surely some items.You can view the complete preview with all the details on Blizzard’s official website.
However, there is still no fixed release date for Patch 7.2.
In Diablo 3, there is an event in March where cows go wild. The translation “Euternasie” was politically incorrect and has now been changed.
In March 2016, the event “Euternasie” took place for the first time in Diablo 3. Like many things related to the mysterious cow level in Diablo 3, there is a fourth-degree pun. In English, the event was and still is called “Udder Cowlamity” – a double play on words.
In German, the event was named “Euternasie.” It is also a pun, but quite a striking one. Today, the word “Euthanasie” is used in German in the context of the topic “assisted dying.” However, historically, the term “Euthanasie” in Germany is closely linked to the Nazis and the Third Reich. The word referred to the systematic murders of people with physical and/or mental disabilities.
In March 2016, there was a forum thread in the German forum for Diablo 3. It was started by the user Behalon. Essentially: “Are you really sure about that name? I’m not a fan of excessive political correctness, but … the mass slaughter of mentally ill, crazy cows under the term Euternasie only leaves one association …”
Blueposter “Tumodis” already stated back then: He agreed that the translation is poorly chosen. They wanted to change it in an upcoming patch.
Now that March has come again and the event is active, gaming magazines – like us – have announced it again as “Euternasie,” but in the game, the event now has a different name. The event is now known as “Hellish Herd Instinct.” At some point in the last few months, Blizzard must have changed the name of the event.
Currently, everyone in Diablo 3 is waiting for the start of Season 10 and a bit further then for the release of the Necromancer. For Season 10, there is a date; for the Necromancer, not yet.
The new ARK Survival Evolved will be 20 GB on Xbox One. Studio Wildcard explains the delay of the patch for PS4 and Xbox One.
This week Studio Wildcard aims to release Ark’s new update for PS4 and Xbox One. The Xbox version will receive a massive upgrade to the XDK (Xbox Development Kit) with the new patch.
The new patch was originally supposed to be deployed last Monday but has been postponed to today (March 15). The patch has caused some network issues in various tests. That was the reason for the postponement of the patch.
Ark PS4 1.14, Xbox One: New patch may come tonight
The patch may still make it through Microsoft’s certification process tonight. If so, the update would be live late in the evening US time. We have a time difference of 6 hours to the US East Coast. For us, the update would arrive in the middle of the night or early morning. However, it is more likely that the patch will be delayed by a few more days.
With the XDK upgrade, the developers expect the patch to take about 20 GB on Xbox. Studio Wildcard is aware that this is a huge patch, but sees the upgrade as necessary.
PS4 players can expect a significantly smaller patch.
Ark PS4, Xbox One: Primitive Plus will not come with the new patch
The “Primitive Plus” update was originally planned for the new patch of Ark Survival Evolved on PS4 and Xbox One. The alternative game mode was already noted in the patch notes.
With Primitive Plus, players mostly have access to stone and wood. Extended resources like metal cannot be used.
The XDK update takes priority for Studio Wildcard for now. Most innovations for console will be implemented in Ark Survival Evolved on Xbox and later imported to PS4. Therefore, the “Primitive Plus” update is temporarily off the table for both devices. Due to the XDK update, there is a possibility that unexpected problems may arise from the additional installation of the alternative game mode. Studio Wildcard does not want to take that risk and prefers to take one step at a time.
The update is to bring PS4 and Xbox One to version v255. This update has version number 1.14 on PS4 and version number v751 on Xbox One.
The latest update news on the console patch
Update 10 PM: The latest news – the PS4 update is expected to come tomorrow on March 16. The Xbox One update is still in the certification process, so it’s unclear whether it will be deployed tonight. The good news: It is said to weigh “only” 20 GB. We have adjusted the article accordingly.
Update March 16, 10:15 AM: Latest information from Studio Wildcard. PS4 update 1.14 for ARK should come today on Thursday (or in the night from Thursday to Friday). This is quite certain. For the Xbox update for ARK, there is a chance that it might come on Thursday, but that is less certain than the PS4 update.
Soon, the waiting for Mass Effect: Andromeda will come to an end. If you can’t wait until the release, you should check out this cool fan trailer.
It won’t be long now until players worldwide can finally get their hands on the 4th Mass Effect from BioWare. Mass Effect: Andromeda releases on March 23 in Europe and has a lot to prove. Can Mass Effect still excite after the controversial ending of part 3? Will the “reboot” of the series in a foreign galaxy with mostly unknown characters succeed?
In recent days, BioWare has released numerous trailers and insights to give a first impression of the game.
The community is not satisfied with that and is already busy creating fan trailers. One of our community members, KingKenshin, grabbed the existing trailers of Mass Effect: Andromeda and chopped them up. From all the many film snippets, he has now created his own fan trailer that captures the mood of the original trailers well.
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Mass Effect: Andromeda releases on March 23 in Europe for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In the game, you take on the role of a “Pathfinder” who must seek a new home for humanity in an unexplored galaxy and encounters all sorts of aliens along the way.
The development studio Hi-Rez has finished its work on Smite Rivals. The game looked suspiciously like the popular mobile game “Clash Royale.”
At the Hi-Rez Expo in Atlanta, the developers of the games Smite and Paladins presented the new game “Smite Rivals.” The reactions were: It really looks a lot like Clash Royale.
Cautiously one might say: Smite Rivals is similar to “Clash Royale.” More cynical voices referred to it less differentiatingly as a “Clash Royale” clone. No matter how one puts it: The parallels between Smite Rivals and Clash Royale were obvious.
Clash Royale is considered the new hot stuff – Hi-Rez, however, is going in a different direction
Clash Royale is a currently popular mobile game that mixes tower defense and collectible card concepts into a lucrative mix. It is considered the next big thing in the booming mobile market, colloquially referred to as the “new hot stuff.”
It seemed to many that Hi-Rez wanted a piece of the growing and delicious cake. Smite Rivals was supposed to be released for PC and mobile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73W0QbYK4eU
But Hi-Rez will now go in a different direction. The US site Kotaku has learned from anonymous sources that Hi-Rez has pulled the “third party studio” that was supposed to develop Smite Rivals off the project.
In response to inquiries, Hi-Rez stated: The work on Smite Rivals is at least temporarily finished. Hi-Rez told Kotaku that they decided this week to suspend work on Smite Rivals. They still find the concept exciting, but the game would have needed a lot of work before its release. Instead, Hi-Rez wants to focus on Smite Tactics within the Smite franchise. It shows good numbers.
The Game Director of Overwatch may not have charisma, but he has come a long way.
Jeff Kaplan simply does not belong in front of a camera and has no charisma. At least that is what he himself says and laughs about his parodies.
A few days ago, Jeff Kaplan took part in an “Ask me anything” session on the Overwatch subreddit. The community took the opportunity to ask him a lot of questions – not all of them were directly related to the game.
Some of the most famous fan works of Overwatch are the mash-ups by Dinoflask. Here, the official “Developer’s Update” videos by Kaplan are cut into many individual parts and then reassembled, creating a completely different meaning. For example, dinoflask has put words in Jeff Kaplan’s mouth like this:
“We at Blizzard feed off your negative emotions. We want you to be so frustrated in Ranked that you put all your money into loot boxes and rejoice at display images.”
“When we at Blizzard have different ideas, the designers just fight it out among themselves. And I’m pretty good at it. We have a saying: ‘Wrestle with Jeff, prepare for death.'”
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These videos are very popular in the community, and many are longing for new Developer’s Updates just so dinoflask can create something different from them. But how does Kaplan see it himself? He promptly provided an answer:
“He [dinoflask] is super talented. The videos are hilarious. Of course, I feel embarrassed when I watch them. I mean, I’m this middle-aged, quirky nerd with 0 points in charisma and really shouldn’t be in front of a camera in any way or form. But when I watch these videos objectively – as if it were someone else and not me – then they are damn funny.
I always say that dinoflask says what I wish I could really say.”
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Other topics were also addressed. One user asked what Kaplan likes least about the community, and he also gave a clear answer:
“I don’t like it when you’re mean to each other. I don’t like it when you’re mean to people I work with… especially when you call them lazy. They are the hardest working people in the game industry. I also don’t like it when people say ‘Hero X needs a rework’ when they actually just want to say that the character needs a minor balance improvement. Generally, I don’t like toxic behavior or exaggerations.”
And even if Kaplan has no charisma points, he surely must have gained some sympathy points with the players.
Today, on March 16th, the servers are down for The Division. Bug fixes will be implemented in the “Last Stand” mode for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
The regular maintenance is taking place in The Division today, Thursday. If you want to play the shared-world shooter on Thursday morning, it’s generally a bad idea, as the servers are usually down at that time.
The servers will be taken down today at 9:30 AM. The estimated downtime is three hours. You can return to the post-apocalypse around 12:30 PM.
Changelog on March 16th
During the maintenance work, several bug fixes and corrections in the PvP mode “Last Stand” will be implemented. Most of these affect healing.
No points will be awarded for healing players who are outside of combat.
No points will be awarded for self-healing. Points should only be awarded for healing team members.
No points will be given for overhealing.
A problem will be fixed where reviving would not work if a player was interrupted by a shock effect while reviving another player.
Additionally, a problem will be resolved where reviving would not function if the player being revived quits.
Moreover: If multiple players were revived simultaneously using the defibrillator mod or the recovery link, other players could not revive them again if they went down again.
Furthermore, a problem will be fixed where “Last Stand” matchmaking ended in delta errors.
State of the Game on March 15th
More information about the current state of The Division and possibly about the future of the MMO shooter will be revealed today around 5 PM. The “State of the Game” is expected to take place again. Last week it was canceled because the community developer Hamish Bode was ill. We will report on the information from the SotG.
There are new hints that Red Dead Redemption 2 will be a prequel to the first game. “Investigations” by fans lead to these results.
To find hints for a popular project, fans sometimes employ strange methods. What some fans of RDR2 call stalking, others refer to as “thorough examination.” Ultimately, the description of the activity doesn’t matter. What interests us are the new hints regarding Red Dead Redemption 2. Sources include actor websites and Facebook friendships pointing towards specific actors and stories.
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After the trailer, it was quiet
In October 2016, Rockstar released the trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, and the excitement among fans was immense. After that, it went silent about Rockstar’s game, which is supposed to be released this fall.
But fans are not satisfied with this silence surrounding the anticipated Western game and are conducting their own investigations. There are already rumors that RDR2 will be a prequel to the first part, telling the story of John Marston and his gang before they parted ways.
In the GTA forums, hints of all kinds are being collected that support the rumor about the prequel.
Actors involved in motion capture work for RDR2
Initial hints were already provided on March 7 by GTA forum user Jabalous. He found information on an Actors-Access website that actor Matt Bradford was involved in motion capture work for Dutch in RDR2. Since Dutch van der Linde dies in the first part, his return would be a strong argument for a prequel. This information can no longer be found on Bradford’s Actors-Access website.
On March 8, user Jabalous found another hint. This time, it concerns actor Roger Grundwald, who confirmed on his website that he is working as a German psychiatrist on a project from Rockstar Games and Take-Two. On his Actors-Access website, the character name “Menchen” was briefly found before it was deleted again.
The voice actor of Bill Williamson (a member of the RDR1 gang) is Steve J. Palmer, who joined Twitter in September just before the announcement of RDR2. He made the character Bill Williamson his banner image, following other voice actors like Benjamin Byron Davis, who is the voice of Dutch.
He also followed Irish-American actor Roger Clark on Twitter. This, in turn, fueled the rumors among the stalkers fans, as he followed back Steve J. Palmer and Benjamin Byron Davis on Twitter in January.
However, Roger Clark did not stop there and gave fans another “hint.” With his public YouTube profile, he liked a video speculating about a prequel.
Continuing on Facebook
Further “hints” appeared on March 11. Roger Clark, Benjamin Byron Davis, Steve J. Palmer, Gabriel Sloyer Ceron (known from the Netflix series “Narcos” and from GTA 5) and Rob Wiethoff (known for the voice and motion capture of John Marston) are friends on Facebook with actress Cali Moore, who will presumably take on the female role in the gang.
As a reminder:
Rob Wiethoff – voice of John Marston in RDR1
Benjamin Byron Davis – voice of Dutch van der Linde in RDR1
Steve J. Palmer – voice of Bill Williamson in RDR1
Every person in this six-member group is also friends with Noshir Dalal on Facebook, who voiced Knight Rhys in Fallout 4. Dalal could thus be the seventh member of this group.
These Facebook friendships are said to provide hints of a prequel featuring John Marston and his old gang, according to users in the GTA forum. Keep in mind that this is purely speculation. You can find the thread in the GTA forum here on GTAForums.com
As soon as there is official information about Red Dead Redemption 2, we will of course inform you.
The Protoss probe Probius is now available in HotS and there is also a revision of Cho’Gall.
The latest patch for Heroes of the Storm was deployed last night (14.03.2017) and brought the long-awaited hero Probius with it. Probius is a specialist and comes from the universe of StarCraft 2. During the reclamation of the Protoss homeworld Aiur, he played a significant role as he warped in the crucial pylon that ultimately allowed the attack to succeed.
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Probius has the abilities that characterized a typical building unit in StarCraft 2. He can warp in pylons, in which he can then build turrets. Additionally, he creates warp rifts that he can detonate with a second spell to deal massive area damage.
In compensation, Probius is quite fragile and must be played cautiously to survive fights.
Cho’Gall is being revised – and free for friends
Cho’Gall is receiving a major update as he is getting new talents and abilities. The two heads (= 2 players) must coordinate when to use their new passive abilities. One increases Cho’s armor, while the other increases Gall’s damage.
Anyone who does not yet have Cho’Gall should now find a partner who already owns him. If you complete 2 matches with a friend who possesses Cho’Gall (and plays Cho’Gall), you will also permanently receive the ogre.
Besides that, the patch also brought some interface changes. There are now new displays for the team, so you can always easily keep an eye on the HP and mana of your teammates. Tactical decisions should thus be easier to make.
Positive behavior in League of Legends (LoL) will soon be rewarded better, as the developers plan major changes to the Honor System.
The Honor System in League of Legends is intended to reward players for good behavior in games. After a match, you can provide feedback to teammates for being friendly or helpful or showing teamwork. You can also evaluate opponents. Here you have the option of “Honorable Opponent“, which allows you to acknowledge your adversaries.
The problem with these rewards is that they haven’t really felt “significant.” However, this should change this year with a revamp of the system.
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The revamp of the Honor System this year is supposed to make these evaluations feel more significant. This system was actually meant to remind players that positive behavior in League of Legends pays off. However, in its current state, it unfortunately does not convey this impression, says Lead Producer New001 in a recent video. Feedback feels disconnected from the actions. It arrives late for the player, who has already lost connection to the game for which they were evaluated.
The new system, on the other hand, is supposed to be much more connected to the game and provides better incentives, as you can see in the following image:
These new rewards are intended to reward not just a small percentage of LoL players, but all who consistently demonstrate sportsmanship. Soon, the team working on the Honor System will provide more information on this topic.
We are curious about what rewards there will be besides the badge shown on the profile. It could involve achieving different ranks rewarded with skins or chests. Do you have ideas on how to design the new Honor System so that it really encourages players to be fair?
