In the new Doom, you can customize your gameplay completely. A streamer has taken this to the extreme and raced through the demons at astonishing speed.
Who is the streamer? MOONMOON is an American streamer named Jesse Rathburn (35), who showcases a variety of different games on Twitch and regularly has over 11,000 viewers.
In the past 90 days, MOONMOON has streamed games like Terraria, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and most recently Doom: The Dark Ages.
During a stream, MOONMOON tested the settings of the latest Doom and experienced how the game plays at a significantly increased speed.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages rocks in the new trailer, reveals release date
The Raging Doom Slayer
What did he test? The streamer adjusted several sliders in the settings of Doom: The Dark Ages to create a very special gaming experience. After selecting the “Nightmare” difficulty, he set:
the time window for parries to be as low as possible
increased the damage the player receives to 500%
maximized the projectile speed of enemy shots
reduced the value of resources like ammunition and healing – meaning, picked-up ammunition refills the ammo reserves less
increased the game speed to 150%
How did the test go? The first attempt ended in a “speedrun” of a special kind: Just about 40 seconds after the streamer started a new game save with the settings, his Doom Slayer died for the first time in battle with the demons even during the tutorial (via Twitch).
After that, things were supposed to go better for the streamer, and he progressed well in the game’s narrative without dying every few seconds.
Streamer had to change settings after failed run
Why did he set the settings this way? MOONMOON started his first game on the “Pandemonium” difficulty, which is supposed to be as difficult as “Nightmare,” but includes the possibility of permanent death. If you run out of the so-called “Life Sigils,” the campaign run is lost. The developers therefore advise against playing the first run on this difficulty.
Thus, after several hours in the stream, MOONMOON started a new run after dying for the eighth time in The Dark Ages and reduced the difficulty to Nightmare. To still have a slightly harder challenge, he adjusted some sliders.
He maximized the speed of the game to get back to the point where he failed in his last run faster. During the stream, he also said that he would probably reduce the speed again once he reaches that point.
How do the sliders for setting the difficulty work? To allow you to experience the game in the way that is most enjoyable for you, Doom: The Dark Ages offers new difficulty settings.
What role does Spice play in Dune: Awakening? And more importantly: How do you harvest the valuable spice in Funcom’s new survival MMO? MeinMMO summarizes what is known.
What is Spice? The raw material found only on the desert planet Arrakis is produced by the larvae of the iconic sandworms and is needed for space travel as well as for currency. Whoever controls the spice enjoys a powerful position within the empire.
Moreover, the Bene Gesserit need the spice to access the memories of their ancestors. All this is possible because the spice not only has life-extending properties but can also significantly enhance a person’s cognitive and mental abilities. This allows navigators to safely steer a spaceship through space.
The most efficient way to harvest is to take advantage of the spice fields created by a spice blow extensively. However, this makes a lot of noise, which in turn attracts the giant sandworms that will devour a spice harvester for breakfast. Therefore, spice harvesting is quite dangerous. Transport ornithopters must always remain nearby to pick up the harvesters in case of danger.
The spice is also important for the Bene Gesserit – here’s the class trailer for Dune Awakening:
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Dune: Awakening – New trailer introduces the class of the Bene Gesserit
The Spice in Dune: Awakening
What role does the spice play in the game? In Dune: Awakening, the valuable resource is, of course, present. You need spice for crafting, maintaining equipment, and the economy. Furthermore, inhaling spice can affect abilities, though it is still unclear how this will look in detail.
Apparently, smaller spice blows can also randomly occur anywhere there are sufficiently large sand areas.
In an interview with YouTuber Pirate Software, Creative Director Joel Bylos explained: “Harvesting a large spice field in Dune: Awakening is akin to conducting a raid – you need a coordinated team” – via YouTube.
A player must fly a transport ornithopter that brings the spice harvesters to the field and picks them up again. One or two scouts are needed to look for signs of worms. Another driver should distribute “Thumpers” with their sandbike when necessary to keep sandworms away from the actual field. And then, of course, people need to harvest the spice.
A threat system is used to determine how quickly a sandworm reaches a spice field being harvested. The noise of the harvesting contends with the aggro produced by the “Thumpers”. If the latter cease to be effective, the collectors must be picked up as quickly as possible, as the sandworm will soon devour the entire field – with all players and vehicles.
A player has created an unofficial infographic on spice harvesting on Reddit:
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Can I also harvest spice alone? You can also approach a spice field, interact with it, and receive one unit of spice sand per interaction. This takes quite a while but greatly reduces the risk of a sandworm attack, and you don’t need a group of players.
Additionally, there is a tool called “Static Compactor” that you can use to more efficiently harvest a spice field. This way, you can obtain many units of spice sand at once, but it also increases the chance of a sandworm attack – use it only with an escape plan in mind!
How can you recognize a spice field? These are the typical signs after a spice blow:
A purple dust cloud in the distance indicates that a spice vein has erupted.
Purple sand lies on the ground at the eruption site.
What do I do with the spice? Through a spice refinery, the spice sand can be processed into spice melange. The melange can then be used in crafting weapons, armor, or tools. Similarly, you can produce special buff food with melange, complete spice quests, or trade it with other players.
Dune: Awakening will be released on June 10, 2025, with a Buy2Play model. There is no prior early access phase, but you buy the finished full version. The survival MMO will be subscription-free and aims to provide new updates and content for free. What else is important, you can find out here: Everything about the release, prices, features, and editions of Dune: Awakening
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The MMORPG expert and YouTuber TheLazyPeonplayed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, although he usually does not like games with a strong story focus.His conclusion emphasizes how great the role-playing game is.
Who isTheLazyPeon? With 685 videos and 758,000 subscribers, TheLazyPeon is one of the largest YouTubers in the MMORPG genre. For many years, he has been providing gameplay reports, genre analyses, and personal insights into his life in Thailand.
However, the “lazy worker” rarely talks about single-player role-playing games, partly because he doesn’t actually like games with a strong story focus. For instance, he set aside the remake of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion after a few hours – the pure gameplay experience just isn’t good enough in his opinion (via YouTube).
The release trailer for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sets the stage perfectly for the role-playing game:
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – JRPG with French Flair has Release Date
“I want more games like this”
What is the conclusion after 60 hours? On YouTube, the MMO enthusiast explains that he has now mastered 100 percent of the content of Clair Obscur, despite the fact that it has been a long time since he enjoyed playing a game with a turn-based combat system (Final Fantasy X from 2001). Additionally, TheLazyPeon repeatedly emphasizes in his videos how unimportant he finds the story of a game.
Games with turn-based combat and/or a strong story focus? The player can ignore them without a second thought – at least that has been his approach in recent years. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 now forces him to rethink that.
You can watch TheLazyPeon’s video here:
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“I was really interested in the story in this game” – and that from the prologue on, the YouTuber says in his video. Clair Obscur builds an exciting scenario around a hopeless expedition and manages to portray the characters so vividly through dialogues and presentation early on that you get completely drawn into the plot.
I can’t believe such a small team made a game that is this big. […] I damn well pray that they make another game in this genre.
And TheLazyPeon had a lot of fun with the turn-based combat too. The reason: When it’s the enemies’ turn, you don’t just passively watch what happens, but you still have to be active and parry attacks to launch counterattacks that are particularly effective: “This is the most engaging turn-based game I have ever played,” the YouTuber sums up.
Furthermore, the MMO player praises the music of the game, which he believes is “S-tier” and perfectly underscores moments, often bringing him to tears. The latter is also due to the fact that the game does not shy away from addressing very serious, dark themes, which can unfold their effect because the characters are so well-written and acted.
You can already tell: TheLazyPeon, the MMO dude who does not like stories and turn-based combat, can hardly stop raving about it.
Expedition 33 has the best cutscenes I have ever seen in a game. It has the best soundtrack. The best turn-based combat system. The best story. The best intro […]. Tons of content. Gorgeous graphics. Some of the best characters I have ever seen in an RPG. I want more games like this. […] My game of the year.
In fact, he has no criticisms of Clair Obscur in the slightly over 11-minute video.
How does his community react to the video? They celebrate the conclusion with over 395 comments and 2,363 thumbs up in less than a day.
Davivd2 is happy: “The smile on your face was all I needed to see. THAT is how you make video games. THAT should be the goal for developers.”
MGC-XIII also found the story amazing: “As a spacebar player, I didn’t skip the dialogue scenes in this game.”
AlexDGreat913 is also excited: “This is probably the best review/discussion of a game I’ve seen in my 34 years. Everything you said is 100% correct and aligns with my feelings about the game.”
Many people in the comments feel similarly, as they simply loved Clair Obscur. Have you played it already? What is your conclusion? Let us know in the comments! If you still have questions after finishing the story, we can help: Story explained – All info on the plot of the RPG Clair Obscur Expedition 33.
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The world of Warhammer 40,000 is known for its extreme racism – or more accurately: speciesism – that is inherent in almost every race in the universe. Anyone who is different is killed. One faction is particularly good at annihilating all “others”: the Imperium.
Humans, Orks, Tyranids and Co. – all the major races from Warhammer 40,000 are likely known to most fans, even if they are new to the lore. These are all the factions fighting for supremacy in the galaxy.
The answer is, as is often the case with Warhammer, multifaceted, and veterans’ comments explain that both are true.
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The makers explain what Warhammer actually is
Survival of the Fittest in the 41st Millennium
Fundamentally, it is true that the Imperium destroys everything in its path that is not human, at least if the Xenos cannot hide or defend themselves quickly enough. The corresponding world does not even have to be valuable.
The imperial doctrine now requires that everything foreign be destroyed. Originally, this was a kind of protective mechanism, especially against the dangerous Chaos: What one does not know precisely could well be a trick of the chaos gods, and in many cases, this is true. One is thus only safe when directly removing all that is different.
Thus, the Imperium destroys everything it encounters and that happens to be unlucky enough to exist on secure warp routes. But: The Imperium only controls a tiny fraction of the galaxy. Most of it is still unexplored.
The probability that there are still species here that no one knows about is high. Some users even suggest that it would be quite entertaining if there were just more major players the size of the Imperium that simply have not been discovered yet.
What happens if Xenos are not eliminated quickly enough?
A good example of what can happen if a Xenos population is not exterminated upon first contact is the star empire of the T’au. They were fortunate enough to be cut off from contact with the Imperium for several thousand years due to a warp storm.
During that time, they developed from the Stone Age to the space age and have become such a powerful force that they can no longer be easily annihilated. Currently, the T’au do not pose a significant threat, but their technological development is rapidly progressing.
The T’au are now even influential enough to win humans over to their side and their beliefs. They appear friendly, but are just as indoctrinated internally as the Imperium: Anyone who does not follow the Greater Good will be annihilated.
The xenophobic attitude is not only present in the Imperium, although it has the sharpest expression among humans. Other species sometimes simply pursue different interests:
However, this does not mean that every foreign Xenos culture is immediately exterminated or enslaved if it cannot defend itself. The imperial doctrine does prescribe this, but there are a few humans who are explicitly allowed to oppose it: Free Traders.
Free Traders are supposed to expand the borders of the Imperium and have full command outside these borders. In some cases, this leads to Free Traders engaging in trade with aliens, sometimes even coexisting – at least temporarily.
Call of Duty brought back a legendary weapon with Season 3, but it seems to be causing issues in Warzone.
What is the problem in Warzone? In Call of Duty: Warzone, there has been increasing criticism from players for several days, stating that the FPS (frames per second) drop randomly (via Reddit).
This affects the gameplay flow and the quality of matches played by affected players. Significant drops also cause the game to stutter momentarily. Generally, every shooter player wants to avoid low FPS, because as we all know: frames win games.
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Call of Duty shows what Verdansk looks like upon returning in Season 3 of Warzone
Players are convinced that a meta weapon is causing FPS drops
What does the weapon have to do with the problems? Some players noticed that the issues could be related to a specific weapon: the Grau 5.56. The rifle seems to cause FPS drops when firing, particularly when you equip it with the Monolithic Suppressor.
A player mentioned on Reddit that his FPS would drop by about 31%. Instead of 200 FPS, he only had 138 FPS when shooting with the Grau.
The problem, however, is that this combination is currently a fixed part of the meta of CoD: Warzone and is being used by many players. It is currently considered one of the strongest weapons in the game.
The Grau returned with the start of Season 3 to Warzone, as a rebuild kit for the SWAT 5.56. The rebuild turns the previously semi-automatic DMR into a fully automatic assault rifle with low recoil. Initially, the CR-56 AMAX was supposed to dominate the meta, but since the rifle has been nerfed, the Grau is perhaps the most popular assault rifle in the game.
How can you protect yourselves from FPS drops? There are two ways to protect yourselves from FPS drops caused by the Grau:
Play another weapon, such as the KRIG-C, the CR-56 AMAX, or the Kilo 141
Equip a different muzzle:
The problems currently occur only in combination with the Monolithic Suppressor. If you instead equip the Compensator, you should not experience FPS drops.
If you would now prefer to completely avoid the Grau 5.56, you could switch to the KRIG-C. The weapons and loadouts that are currently part of the Warzone meta have been summarized for you on MeinMMO: CoD Warzone: Meta – The best weapons with loadouts at a glance
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The Twitch streamer Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler has a clip that still haunts him today. Now he clarifies the background behind it.
What kind of clip is it? Trymacs visited the Twitch streamer MontanaBlack four years ago. MontanaBlack offered him a drink, to which Trymacs said he would like a Coke Zero.
However, MontanaBlack didn’t have that. Trymacs then pointed to the drink that MontanaBlack was currently drinking and asked what that was. It was a regular Coke, which surprised Trymacs. His reaction made this clip the legendary Coke clip from Trymacs.
You can watch the clip here on YouTube:
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What makes the clip so special? The exaggerated reaction, the elongation of the word “Cola” has become a meme within the Twitch community and is regularly repeated. There is always laughter about it.
Thus, some of the comments under the scene question the sanity of the Twitch streamer:
@G3tFxk3dbyMo writes (on YouTube): “So the guy is so lost, dude”
@KetathunbergTV finds (on YouTube): “He is completely on something, that looks like MDMA.”
When Trymacs recently visited MontanaBlack again, he said: “People still shout that to me on the street today. It’s crazy. (…) That happened, then (…) it chilled for two or three years and somehow it totally took off again through TikTok.” (via TikTok).
Now Trymacs clarified the background behind why he was so surprised about the bottle of Coke.
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“I was shocked”
What is behind the Coke clip? At the time the clip was created, Coca Cola had changed the design of their bottles. This led to the designs of the regular Coke variety and Coke Zero looking almost identical.
Trymacs says with a dry tone: “I was shocked. All of a sudden, Coke looks like Coke Zero” (via YouTube).
How does the community react? The community doesn’t seem to care so much about why Trymacs reacted the way he did. The clip apparently retains its legendary status nonetheless:
@mahoxxone (on YouTube): “The clip is still legendary”
@bjornlarsson6536 (on YouTube): “Okay, the explanation is great. You still can’t get out of this number. Sorry, Max”
@FlorianWagner-i9b (on YouTube): “I have to say it’s still one of the best clips there has ever been”
@wassup-y1v (on YouTube): “Doesn’t matter, as long as it’s good”
The E-Sports scene of League of Legends is huge and has already made legends like Faker famous on an international level. Since 2025, a new player from Europe has made his mark in the pro league, showing the 16-time LEC champion why he is a prodigy.
What did Caliste do? In the seventh week of the spring LEC split, Caliste showed with his champion Ezreal that he can already compete with the top pros or is even better. The clip on Reddit shows his skills in League of Legends and how he outplays his opponents.
On his champion Ezreal, he was unstoppable and made the game of the opposing ADC hell with pinpoint inputs. After a failed gank on Caliste, he turned the tables and took down the jungler first and then the ADC of G2 Esports with the help of his teammates. The round ended with a perfect score of 7/0 for Caliste and his team was able to reach first place in the group stage.
The extremely precise and fast execution of several abilities and movement commands within milliseconds, like those from Caliste in the Reddit clip, showcase the high skill of the young player who is reaching levels comparable to top pros like Faker.
In the video, you can see the trailer for the new season 2 of 2025 in League of Legends:
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The launch trailer for the new Season 2 2025 in League of Legends
G2 Esports wanted to have the prodigy themselves
What is the backstory of Caliste and G2 Esports? In October 2024, there were rumors of an offer from G2 Esports to Karmine Corp.Caliste was supposed to go to the 16-time LEC champions G2 Esports for an exorbitantly high transfer fee. Along with a monetary amount, the two former players Yike and Mikyx, as well as the current ADC Hans Sama from G2 were also part of the deal. Karmine Corp rejected the offer and decided to keep Europe’s new star player.
What does the community say about Caliste? Already after the first LEC split in winter, it became clear that the young Frenchman Caliste is a special ADC. The community wrote the following about his Ezreal clip on Reddit:
“Insane how that one play alone wins the entire game. How is one supposed to beat that? Well played, Caliste,” comments the Reddit user rocket9904.
The user WillDifferent125 hopes that Caliste and his team make it to the “Mid-Season Invitational”and writes on Reddit: “This is exactly the damn talent this region needs. Please God, Karmine Corp, make it to MSI!”
A player finds an ancient PC in his closet and decides to upgrade the system. His most important upgrade is a hard drive with 1 TB of storage. And that’s enough to install all the games of that time.
A player reports on Reddit that he has dug out a very old PC and decided to give it a new life: I took it out of storage and decided to give it a new life.
The PC is from the year 2000, and correspondingly outdated the technology seems in today’s time.
What hardware is used in the system? The owner has restored the system to reflect the technology of that time and has remained faithful to the hardware from back then, apart from the large hard drive:
Case: Lian Li PC-60
RAM: Samsung 256 MB PC-133 (512 MB total)
Mainboard: Intel D815EFV/D815EPFV
CPU: Intel Pentium III, 1 GHz
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce 6200 AGP, 512 MB
Power Supply: EVGA 650 Watt PSU
Storage: WD 1 TB HDD
And the hard drive is more than enough to install all the games of that time. Because while in 2025 games are getting larger and often consume 100 GB or more on your system, games in 2000 were significantly smaller and only a fraction of that size.
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In 2000, between 400 and 800 games were released, all of which were hardly larger than 2 GB
How many games were released in 2000? For the year 2000, there are no absolute numbers on how many games were actually released for Windows PCs. Estimates range from 400 to 800 games, depending on which games are counted and whether shareware is excluded (via IMDB.com).
What were the bestsellers back then?According to HP, which has compiled a list of bestsellers over the years, the best-selling PC game of 2000 was the simulation “The Sims” with 11 million copies sold. Other successful games included:
Diablo II
Counter-Strike
Deus Ex
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
The Operative: No One Lives Forever
How large were games in 2000? Around the year 2000, games were rarely much larger than 2 GB. The bestseller “The Sims” was about 1 GB in size, while Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn was at 2 GB already the upper limit at that time. Most games were rather between 500 MB and 1.5 GB.
Many games were released on CD back then, and a lot of data remained on the disks and was played from there. Some installers also offered the option to copy all data to the game directory for shorter loading times. Otherwise, you had to switch the disk in the drive for certain games. Baldur’s Gate II was released on 4 CDs at that time, and with the expansion Throne of Bhaal an additional CD was included.
Most players in Diablo 4 are always looking for a build that simply deletes everything. One build achieved this in Season 8, and all you needed were 3 things that any class could use. And although everything worked as planned, the nerf is now here.
What kind of build is this?
A combination of the legendary aspect “cursed touch” caused immense damage when combined with two of the new boss powers from Season 8: disturbance of the flesh cutter and Varshan’s life steal.
The damage landed somewhere in the double-digit billion range for single targets, in the triple-digit range for multiple targets, and even reached into the trillions, as the expert Macrobioboi explains (via YouTube). That’s a 1 followed by twelve zeros.
In the community, the combo was simply known as the “Varshan Build.” However, this specific build no longer works.
This is why the build was so strong: The combo is based on several interactions. The special aspect of the build was that these interactions condition and strengthen each other and could be used by any class.
Vulnerability alone increases the damage taken by the opponent.
The boss power disturbance of the flesh cutter consumes vulnerability and…
Every time disturbance of the flesh cutter is activated, Varshan’s boss power also activates and applies a damage-over-time effect (“DoT”) to enemies in a radius.
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Diablo 4 Shows Updates for Bosses and the New Boss Powers in Season 8
The escalation of the build was due to the cursed touch aspect. This has the chance to curse opponents, making them vulnerable as a secondary effect. While the vulnerability is consumed, the curse remains – and applies vulnerability again.
In the end, it was all about dealing as much damage as quickly as possible and strengthening “damage-over-time” effects. This increases the chance of transferring the damage from Varshan’s life steal to opponents; multipliers then further enhance the damage. The more enemies you have around you, the greater the damage, because every enemy activates an area effect upon activation.
Blizzard nerfs the Varshan power, “deletes” strong builds
As expert wudijo shows in the video, the Varshan build caused FPS drops because every enemy received multiple dozens – according to wudijo even hundreds – of damage instances per second.
With the patch from May 14, 2025, the flesh cutter power was nerfed. The activation now has an internal cooldown and can no longer occur constantly. The expert explains that Varshan builds have effectively been deleted and no class is good with it anymore.
The daily remote raid limit has been increased from 5 to 10. This means more remote raids are now possible in a day.
And since the start of the Rocket takeover, another change is active: You can now join Crypto Raids using a remote raid pass.
Previously, participation in the difficult Rocket Raids was only possible if you were on site. Now you can join from anywhere if you receive an appropriate invitation to such a raid.
This is to consider: Remote raid passes are not free, and you have to spend coins in the shop to obtain them. You still receive the regular raid pass per day, but it only allows for on-site raids.
However, if you have not been able to participate in Crypto Raids so far because you lacked players, this is an opportunity to find more players now.
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The problem with Crypto Raids
Crypto Raids are generally a bit more difficult than normal raids, which is why you often need more trainers to complete the raid together. However, since participation was previously only possible directly at the gym, you had to either organize into groups or simply hope that someone else would happen to join.
Especially in places where not many trainers are around, this is challenging.
In fact, another change is coming, as you will soon be able to participate in Dynamax battles from afar. These have similar hurdles to the Crypto Raids, especially in the higher difficulty levels. Participation in Dynamax battles via remote pass is set to be introduced on May 19.
This way, you will also be able to participate in the difficult Dyna battles in the near future when you lack players nearby. For example, the upcoming debut of Gigantamax Machamp is likely to be interesting for some, as these battles are particularly difficult. Read more about the battle day with Gigantamax Machamp here.
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No matter which content you want to play in World of Warcraft right now – everything contributes to improving your character. The Turbo Boost makes it possible.
In World of Warcraft, the Turbo Boost has just started and it allows you to collect better gear extremely quickly. The advantage is that you can now farm an unlimited amount of emblems and exchange them infinitely for more powerful emblems. This means there is practically no limit to improving your character anymore.
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What is new now? With the start of the Turbo Boost on May 14, 2025, a lot has changed in WoW. Besides increasing the maximum item level of the best items, the lifting of the weekly cap on different emblems is particularly significant. Without this cap, it means:
You can farm as much as you want and collect infinite upgrades.
How does it work? The emblems of the various levels can all be exchanged to upgrade them. This can be done in Dornogal with the Dracthyr Vaskarn.
You can exchange 45 emblems of one level for 15 emblems of the next higher level. This results in the following table with the costs for the respective emblems:
Emblem Type
Cost in Weathered Lorenthall Emblem
Cost in Carved Lorenthall Emblem
Cost in Rune-Embellished Lorenthall Emblem
15x Carved Lorenthall Emblem
45
/
/
15x Rune-Embellished Lorenthall Emblem
135
45
/
15x Gilded Lorenthall Emblem
405
135
45
It doesn’t matter what content you are playing for this. Whether low dungeons, world events like the Flame’s Radiance, LFR raids, Depths, or even harder content. Almost everything rewards emblems that you can use for upgrades. Any surplus emblems can be exchanged once you have unlocked the next level.
How do you get powerful items? Basically, there are two methods to obtain extremely powerful items without having to play hard content.
The first method is crafting. With crafting, you can create a handful of items at a very high level – item level 681 is now possible. Since you mainly need emblems for this, you can farm at your own pace.
The second method is the tokens that you receive from a new quest you can accept at the bank of Dornogal.
Even if you only play very light endgame content, like the LFR raid, you can still grab a few Hero items. Through the tokens, you can buy 3 items of your choice from the vendor and upgrade them to an item level of 671 – which is significantly stronger than anything else you can get with little effort.
It has never been easier to obtain really strong gear in World of Warcraft that can be earned just by investing time – even if you don’t play any really challenging content. A pleasant boost for everyone, no matter what skill level they are at. Not much longer, and there will also be a completely new way to play WoW – because Legion Remix is on the way!
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If you want to get the best out of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 from Verso, check out these two builds to deal with all enemies quickly.
Verso only joins the group at the beginning of Act 2 and shakes things up quite a bit. He has access to the same weapons as Gustave, but his playstyle differs significantly from him.
We reveal how to get the most out of Verso – both right after he joins the group and in the hardcore endgame of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. With our two builds, you should be prepared at all times.
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Update from March 26, 2026: The article has been reviewed and is up to date.
Verso joins the group late, but wants to take down the painter as well.
Verso in the Early Game
Verso joins the group late, so the term “Early Game” doesn’t quite fit here. We refer to the time of his joining the group, which is at the beginning of Act 2. The build shown here should serve you well until the Monolith.
Attributes
Since the best weapon for the build in the early game scales heavily with agility, you should invest most of your points into it. The rest should go into luck to further increase his critical hit chance.
The high agility helps Verso to act multiple times, quickly increasing his perfection rating.
Skills
Quick Strike
Light Holder
Assault Zero
Paradigm Shift
Defiant Strike
Perfect Recovery
Weapon: Gaulteram
Gaulteram is a good choice for starting with Verso. The weapon helps him rapidly increase his perfection rating while losing very little perfection. The level 4 bonus ensures that upon a hit, you only lose one point of perfection instead of a whole rank.
Lumina
The following pictos and lumina are just a recommendation. Verso can work well with other lumina, but these are wonderful for starting out.
Sweet Kill: When you kill an enemy, you regenerate 50% of your maximum HP.
First Strike: You always play first.
Critical Burn: Your critical hit chance is increased by 25% against burning targets.
Dead Energy II: When you kill an enemy, you gain +3 AP.
Breaker: Your breaking damage is increased by 25%.
Healing Parry: Parrying restores 3% of your maximum health points.
Combat Guide
Verso benefits from you leveling him up through the ranks as quickly as possible so he can reach S-rank and gain maximum damage bonus. So start with Quick Strike, which should instantly promote you to Rank B. Following that, Assault Zero should help you push up to Rank A, and using Light Holder will ultimately get you to S-rank.
You can vary here, depending on what you need at the moment. For maximum damage, use Defiant Strike, and when you’re running low on AP or HP, weave in Paradigm Shift or Perfect Recovery.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – JRPG with French Flair has Release Date
Verso in the Endgame – Endless Markings with Sustained Fire
In the endgame, there are significantly more lumina points and better weapons available. With this build, Verso becomes a real “power house” that can quickly turn even the toughest enemies into shish kebabs.
Attributes
Due to weapon scaling, you should invest 99 points each in agility and vitality. If you have points left, invest the rest in strength to squeeze out a bit more damage from Verso.
Skills
Overload
Follow Up
Radiant Slash
Weapon: Simoso
Simoso is the weapon you get from one of the hardest bosses in the game – Simon. The weapon is hard to ignore, as it has an exceptionally good scaling and powerful passive bonuses.
Using abilities with Simoso adds additional light damage, applying 20% burning to enemies on a hit with light damage. Additionally, Verso cannot die if his perfection is at least “A”.
Lumina
The following pictos and Lumina are almost all necessary. Basically, you want to equip all lumina that increase damage and benefit from marking or can renew a mark.
Painted Power: You can deal more than 9,999 damage.
Cheater: You always play 2x in a row.
Fueling Break: When you break a target, you double the burn stacks on the enemy.
Stay Marked: 50% chance to trigger a new mark on a marked target when attacked.
Marking Shots: Your shots have a 20% chance to mark the target.
At Death’s Door: You deal 50% more damage as long as you have less than 10% health.
Augmented Aim: Shots deal 50% more damage.
Burning Shots: Shots have a 20% chance to cause burning on the target.
Burning Mark: Causes burning on the target when you hit a marked target.
Glass Canon: Deals 25% more damage but also takes 25% more damage.
Roulette: You have a 50% chance to deal either 50% or 200% damage.
Immaculate: You deal 30% more damage until you take a hit.
Energising Burn: +1 AP when you cause burning. Once per turn.
Energy Master: When you gain AP, you additionally gain +1 AP.
Combat Guide: How to Optimally Play the Marking Build
The battles are relatively simple. In Verso’s first turn, you use some shots until you drop to 6 AP. Then use the Overload ability to reduce Verso’s health to 1 and refill his AP for the next turn.
Thanks to Cheater, you play again immediately and can now unleash your massively amplified shots on the enemies. Once you reach S-rank with Verso and still have 2 AP left, you can use Follow Up to deal extremely high damage – depending on how many times you have shot in that turn.
Other Group Members
Additionally, you should use Maelle and have her use the Offensive Switch ability to apply more defenselessness to the target and further increase the damage taken by the target. This works best when Maelle gets to attack before Verso.
As the last member, you use Sciel with the ability Fate’s Fury. This increases the damage that Verso deals in his next turn by 100% – leading to absurd damage numbers. With Intervention, you can then force Verso directly into the next turn.
Verso benefits greatly when other group members support his attacks and buff him or debuff enemies. Other characters in Expedition 33 also have extremely strong synergies and can execute absurdly high combos – like Sciel when played with the right build.
You can vary here, depending on what you need at the moment. For maximum damage, use Defiant Strike, and when you’re running low on AP or HP, weave in Paradigm Shift or Perfect Recovery.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – JRPG with French Flair has Release Date
Verso in the Endgame – Endless Markings with Sustained Fire
In the endgame, there are significantly more lumina points and better weapons available. With this build, Verso becomes a real “power house” that can quickly turn even the toughest enemies into shish kebabs.
Attributes
Due to weapon scaling, you should invest 99 points each in agility and vitality. If you have points left, invest the rest in strength to squeeze out a bit more damage from Verso.
Skills
Overload
Follow Up
Radiant Slash
Weapon: Simoso
Simoso is the weapon you get from one of the hardest bosses in the game – Simon. The weapon is hard to ignore, as it has an exceptionally good scaling and powerful passive bonuses.
Using abilities with Simoso adds additional light damage, applying 20% burning to enemies on a hit with light damage. Additionally, Verso cannot die if his perfection is at least “A”.
Lumina
The following pictos and Lumina are almost all necessary. Basically, you want to equip all lumina that increase damage and benefit from marking or can renew a mark.
Painted Power: You can deal more than 9,999 damage.
Cheater: You always play 2x in a row.
Fueling Break: When you break a target, you double the burn stacks on the enemy.
Stay Marked: 50% chance to trigger a new mark on a marked target when attacked.
Marking Shots: Your shots have a 20% chance to mark the target.
At Death’s Door: You deal 50% more damage as long as you have less than 10% health.
Augmented Aim: Shots deal 50% more damage.
Burning Shots: Shots have a 20% chance to cause burning on the target.
Burning Mark: Causes burning on the target when you hit a marked target.
Glass Canon: Deals 25% more damage but also takes 25% more damage.
Roulette: You have a 50% chance to deal either 50% or 200% damage.
Immaculate: You deal 30% more damage until you take a hit.
Energising Burn: +1 AP when you cause burning. Once per turn.
Energy Master: When you gain AP, you additionally gain +1 AP.
Combat Guide: How to Optimally Play the Marking Build
The battles are relatively simple. In Verso’s first turn, you use some shots until you drop to 6 AP. Then use the Overload ability to reduce Verso’s health to 1 and refill his AP for the next turn.
Thanks to Cheater, you play again immediately and can now unleash your massively amplified shots on the enemies. Once you reach S-rank with Verso and still have 2 AP left, you can use Follow Up to deal extremely high damage – depending on how many times you have shot in that turn.
Other Group Members
Additionally, you should use Maelle and have her use the Offensive Switch ability to apply more defenselessness to the target and further increase the damage taken by the target. This works best when Maelle gets to attack before Verso.
As the last member, you use Sciel with the ability Fate’s Fury. This increases the damage that Verso deals in his next turn by 100% – leading to absurd damage numbers. With Intervention, you can then force Verso directly into the next turn.
Verso benefits greatly when other group members support his attacks and buff him or debuff enemies. Other characters in Expedition 33 also have extremely strong synergies and can execute absurdly high combos – like Sciel when played with the right build.
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The Twitch streamer Kilian “Tanzverbot” Heinrich returned to the public after a long break and is currently going through a tough time. Even the simple things are difficult for him.
MontanaBlack invites Tanzverbot: In a Twitch stream (highlights via YouTube), Tanzverbot shares that his Twitch colleague MontanaBlack invited him to dinner since he happened to be in Berlin. However, Tanzverbot declined this offer. According to his own words, he wouldn’t be able to manage anything right now.
We introduce you to Tanzverbot’s difficult past in our video:
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Twitch streamer Tanzverbot talks about his difficult past, still regrets his lack of education
“I can’t even manage that”
What does Tanzverbot struggle with? Twitch streamer Tanzverbot returned to YouTube and Twitch after a long break. However, with a sad message: A toxic relationship has robbed him of his will to live, as he says, and he is currently in a tough phase. One reason for this is, among other things, high tax debts.
The consequence of this state is that Tanzverbot no longer really dares to go outside. He says: “I feel incredibly uncomfortable outside” (via YouTube), and regarding MontanaBlack’s invitation he said: “I can’t even manage that” (via YouTube).
Tanzverbot further states that he would always find an excuse, like saying he would be streaming. However, he wasn’t actually live on Twitch anymore.
A viewer also asked Tanzverbot about a possible camper tour with MontanaBlack. However, Tanzverbot immediately declined. For him, living in a camper would be something he would prefer to do alone. He would only consider it with two people if it were a very large vehicle.
With Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft claims to have finally made a successful entry again. However, to ensure this also happens with the company’s upcoming AAA games, Ubisoft has now postponed the release date.
Which games have been postponed? In a statement from May 14, 2025 (via Ubisoft.com), Ubisoft did not mention any specific games affected by the delays. However, the “biggest productions” are being referenced.
According to a report by PCGamesN, this could include titles like the next Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry 7. There is also speculation about a new part of the “Ghost Recon” series and the Splinter Cell remake, which was originally expected in 2026.
Ubisoft itself justified the delays with the experiences from the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows:
After a thorough review of their pipeline conducted from October to December, the group decided to give some of their biggest productions additional development time to create the best conditions for success, […] This decision has already had a positive impact on the quality of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. As a result, the business years 2026-27 and 2027-28 will see significant growth compared to the business year 2025-26, based on the strong content of the group’s largest brands.
While it remains open which games are truly affected, Ubisoft’s goal is clear: more quality for its games. However, players do not believe that this is the true reason for the delay. MeinMMO analyzes the current situation at Ubisoft for you.
Here you can watch the trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows:
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Der offizielle Trailer zur Open World in Japan
“They call it the GTA6 delay”
What do fans consider likely? Fans reacted mainly negatively to the postponement of the titles on Reddit. Many think that it’s not about quality, but that there are other reasons behind it.
User arkady48 says: “They call it the GTA6 delay. The companies postponed the release to fall 2025 to avoid competing with it. It was postponed by a year, so now we’ll see how everyone will either delay or work hard to release before or after.”
Also, the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is being pointed out to Ubisoft. The game was created by former developers of the company and has recently celebrated great successes.
User gatsby712 says on Reddit: “Ubisoft and these AAA companies need to start developing more spin-offs that can create creative games with limited oversight. Make games like Expedition 33 with lower costs and similarly high revenues. These monster companies are too slow, inefficient, and stuck in their methods […]”
Another criticism comes from user sagevallant, who thinks on Reddit that the cost reductions are linked to the delays. According to their own statements in the financial report (via Ubisoft.com), Ubisoft has laid off 3,000 employees as part of the cost-saving program since September 2022.
The delay shows how bad things really are at Ubisoft
This is what MeinMMO author Cedric Holmeier thinks: That Ubisoft announces a delay so far into the future is certainly not a good sign for the company; on the contrary: Ubisoft is already in a real crisis. The bad situation in the company has been worsening for years.
They have invested too much time, ideas, and resources into big franchises that then failed to achieve the expected success. In response, there has been a savings course for years, which has also led to many layoffs. Yet real blockbuster hits remain elusive.
Even the Assassin’s Creed Shadows, praised by Ubisoft in the financial report, reached a peak of just 64,825 players on Steam (via SteamDB). However, the developers announced shortly after release over a million players across all platforms (via Reddit).
Fans are correct that there are likely more factors than just the mere improvement of quality that will be the reason for the delays. The surprising success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has certainly shown internally that even smaller, well-executed projects have their place and that the sole focus cannot be on AAA games. After all, the game by the former Ubisoft developers has more than doubled its own title with a peak player count of 145,063 (via SteamDB) and was also available on GamePass.
The upcoming release of GTA 6 is also not insignificant for Ubisoft’s strategic planning. The hype surrounding the release of the open-world shooter is so great that even an industry giant like Ubisoft cannot simply ignore it: Even the biggest publishers fear the release of GTA 6.
That Ubisoft is now focusing more on quality is not a new development. Instead, this is likely the realization of a longer learning process for the company, stemming from the less successful releases.
The partial acquisition by Tencent and the associated restructuring of Ubisoft will also take time. All these factors will have influenced the decision to postpone, even if Ubisoft officially prioritizes the quality of the game first.
Ubisoft will likely still release new games, such as the strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana, which is set to be released in 2025. The remake of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time is also expected to be released by April 2026. Anno 117 was able to convince its fans even without gameplay: Anno 117 doesn’t even show gameplay, yet fans celebrate: ‘Perfect scenario’
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In Pokémon GO, the big Rocket takeover is currently happening. This also brings one of the absolute top attackers in the game that you should secure.
The big Rocket takeover in Pokémon GO is currently determining the game. You encounter Rocket Grunts and their bosses at every turn:
Cliff
Arlo
Sierra
Giovanni
The bosses have received new Pokémon as part of the event with which they challenge you. This also means that they have new rewards. And the best one is carried by Cliff.
Cliff is currently bringing you the mighty Crypto-Kaumalat!
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Pokémon GO: Finding Rocket Bosses – How to Collect the Rocket Radar and Track Them Down
How do I get Crypto-Kaumalat and what makes it so good?
Here’s how to catch Crypto-Kaumalat: The little dragon is part of Cliff’s lineup, so you need to defeat the Rocket Boss to get it. Here’s what you need to do:
Defeat Rocket Grunts until you receive a Rocket Radar from the mysterious parts from the battles
Use the radar to track down the Rocket Bosses
Click on the corresponding stops or balloons to challenge the boss. If you’re lucky, it’s Cliff. If Sierra or Arlo show up, keep searching.
The fight against Cliff: Unlike Grunts, the bosses actually use shields and are therefore a little bit harder to beat. But: With the right Pokémon, they aren’t a problem either.
Against Cliff, we particularly recommend Fairy-type Pokémon, as they are effective against many of his possible Pokémon. You can find a more detailed list in our counter guide against Rocket Boss Cliff. But options like Togekiss, Primarina, or Gardevoir take him down quickly.
Kaumalat evolves into Knakrack
What makes Crypto-Kaumalat so strong? Essentially, Crypto-Pokémon have 20% more attack power than their normal variants. They take less damage, but in raids, the high attack value is more important. It’s crucial that you remove the move “Frustration” from Crypto-Kaumalat during the Rocket event by using a Charge TM – because after the event, you can only get rid of the useless move through purification. And then Kaumalat loses its Crypto status.
Kaumalat is special in that it evolves into Knakrack – and this is generally one of the best Pokémon you can use in Pokémon GO as a raid attacker. If you have a Knakrack with the Crypto bonus, it is one of the absolute top attackers in the game.
Additionally, Knakrack has the option to evolve into Mega-Knakrack if you have the necessary Mega Energy. However, this can only be done with Pokémon that do not have a Crypto status. So if you want to use your Crypto-Knakrack as Mega-Knakrack, you would need to purify one of your Cryptos. But: At least you can ensure that you get good stats there.
Crypto-Kaumalat could be obtained earlier, but it was only found with the rare dragon Rocket Grunt. With Cliff, you now have a reliable way to get the Pokémon. And: The shiny chance is also slightly increased with the Rocket bosses. Therefore, it’s worth challenging Cliff a few times.
Generation Z prefers going to the office more than any other age group. Reasons for this include social contacts, which young people had to do without for a long time due to the Corona pandemic. Millennials, on the other hand, prefer to work from home.
Generation Z (birth years between 1997 and 2012) leads the way when it comes to returning to the office. This is evident from a report by the real estate company JLL, shared with the English-language Fortune magazine.
In this regard, Generation Z clearly outpaces other age groups, especially Millennials (birth years 1981 to 1996), who do not value office work very much.
Generation Z goes to the office because they want social contact
What is this report about? The study by the real estate company JLL surveyed 12,000 employees from various industries in 44 countries. It found that those who have some freedom to come to the office whenever they want do so on average 2.5 to 2.7 days per week.
Generation Z is the only group that exceeds this average, going to the office an average of three days a week.
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Why does Gen Z go to the office? Many employees of Generation Z stated that they feel they missed out on personal interactions during the pandemic when some were still in high school or college. They say that going to the office allows them to learn more from colleagues and make friendships. For example, Spencer McLean, a PR manager at Advantage Media Group, who was born in 1999, told Fortune:
When you work remotely, you don’t have the opportunity to walk over to someone else’s desk to learn how to do something or to ask a quick question that doesn’t require scheduling a meeting.
For young people who experienced the quarantine during the pandemic, the experience of going to the office and utilizing the associated social factor proves to be very valuable. This way, they can avoid the isolation and loneliness that can accompany remote work.
They do not want to be in the office permanently.
To be honest, I didn’t enjoy going to the office every day. Hybrid work gives you a mental break, where you don’t have to engage in constant conversations and can sit down and focus.
Millennials prefer to work from home
What do other generations think? The Venn magazine examined which demographics prefer to work in which ways. The team found that Millennials prefer to work from home and do not enjoy being in the office: 84% prefer to work from home and favor remote work over office work:
84% of Millennials and 74% of Generation Z wish for more opportunities for remote work.
For Generation X, it’s only 49%, and for Boomers, even just 32%.
The JLL report shows that employees who belong to the Millennial generation have the lowest satisfaction with working in the office, citing environmental concerns and desires for better technology, flexibility, and catering.
Caitlin Luetger-Schlewitt, a lecturer in leadership and career preparation at the School of Business and Entrepreneurship at North Central College, says that she asks her students every semester whether they want to work remotely, in person, or in a hybrid form. Luetger-Schlewitt stated that she has worked with many Millennials who prefer remote work.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is very popular and is a strong contender for Game of the Year. One aspect of the game is currently drawing special attention.
What kind of game is Clair Obscur? Clair Obscur is a turn-based role-playing game with real-time elements. It is the first game from the French studio Sandfall Interactive and has become one of the biggest surprise hits of 2025. The game has been received so well that even the developers themselves were surprised and it is considered one of the best games of all time.
On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 9.7 / 10 based on 11,171 user ratings (as of May 15, 2025, at 11:00 AM). It has already sold over 2 million copies within 12 days.
In our review, the deep story and innovative gameplay particularly shone. However, one aspect of the game is currently breaking numerous records and seems to be greatly appreciated even by non-gamers – quite literally.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – JRPG with French Flair has Release Date
A first-class soundtrack that obviously sticks in your mind
What records is Clair Obscur breaking right now? The focus of the records is the game’s soundtrack. It seems to have especially captivated many people.
In France, three tracks have reached the top of Spotify’s Viral Top 50. However, the sounds seem to be popular not only in the developers’ home country since the soundtrack has reached number one in iTunes downloads in more than five European countries. In total, there are 24 entries in the top 5 on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon.
A post from the publisher on the platform X shows how the soundtrack has secured top positions in various charts:
@Laced_audio via x.com, as of May 15, 2025, at 11:00 AM)
Additionally, the musical score has accumulated over 18 million streams and secured the number 1 spot in Billboard’s Classical Album Charts and Classical Crossover Album Charts, as well as number 13 in the official soundtrack album charts of the United Kingdom. This indicates that the soundtrack is well received by the general public as well.
The composer is actually Lorien Testard, while singer Alice Duport-Percier lends her voice to many of the pieces.
A former teammate of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has brought his longtime colleague up for discussion in the Icon League. He explained on Twitch why the Portuguese might be particularly interested in one thing about the new small-sided football league.
Which former teammate is it about? On Monday, May 12, 2025, former world-class winger Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, known to most football fans as Nani, was a guest in the Icon League hosted by streamer EliasN97.
What is the Icon League? This is a futsal league founded by EliasN97 and Toni Kroos, streamed live on Twitch. It brings former professionals, streamers, and celebrities together in a 5-a-side format with special rules, combining sport with entertainment.
Nani not only impressed with strong actions on the pitch but also created quite an atmosphere off the field. He particularly delighted EliasN97 with an announcement during an interview.
Why could Cristiano Ronaldo soon play in the Icon League? When asked which former teammate Nani would like to see in the Icon League, the Portuguese replied:
I think Cristiano (Ronaldo) would like to play in the Icon League. He is a great player in the 5-a-side format because he is so skillful. (Nani via Twitch)
Afterward, Nani even confirmed to EliasN97 that Cristiano Ronaldo would definitely come if he asked his buddy. The only condition would have to be that referees must penalize the kicks in the Icon League, meaning small fouls, even more, as there is still too much kicking going on.
Keyword kicks: Football star Ronaldo shows you as a fighter in a new fighting game how he himself delivers kicks.
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Is Cristiano Ronaldo really coming to the Icon League?
3 arguments in favor of Cristiano Ronaldo making an appearance:
Toni Kroos, as co-founder of the Icon League, could persuade Ronaldo to make an appearance.
Toni Kroos and Ronaldo also share a long history in football. Both shaped the most successful period at Real Madrid in recent decades. It is quite possible that Kroos is working behind the scenes for a guest appearance by Ronaldo.
Cristiano is already the most well-known footballer worldwide (most followers on X and Instagram) but is always looking for new opportunities to generate more reach.
A commitment in the Icon League could further benefit the marketing of the Portuguese, as EliasN97 belongs to the most successful content creators and ranks 8th in the most-watched streamers in the last 12 months according to Sullygnome.
With the participation of former world-class players like Franck Ribéry or Nani, the prestige of the Icon League grows. This makes the participation of other stars more likely.
The former world-class players still enjoy proving their skills. They receive much appreciation from fans and teammates, which they visibly enjoy.
This could argue against an appearance by Cristiano Ronaldo:
The Portuguese is still a paid professional footballer and has to adhere to the requirements of his employer.
Due to the higher risk of injury on artificial turf, his club Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia) might be critical of an appearance in the Icon League or even prohibit it.
Update from May 28, 2025: Ronaldo has announced on social media that his time at Al-Nassr is ending. How the career of the Portuguese will continue now remains to be seen. (via Instagram)
An engagement of the football star would likely elevate the prestige of the Icon League to a new level. Whether EliasN97 and his football league can pull off this coup remains to be seen. The extent of the cult of personality surrounding the Portuguese became clear when he went live with his own YouTube account in August 2024: “SIUUUbscribe” – Cristiano Ronaldo is now on YouTube and immediately breaks a world record in 24 hours
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Uzumaki by Junji Ito is an anime from the horror genre that many fans had high expectations for. However, the anime disappointed viewers and flopped. Now, a new series could fill the gap left behind.
Which new horror anime is worth a recommendation? In the summer of 2025, a new anime titled “The Summer Hikaru Died” will start on Netflix. Appropriately, the storyline takes place during the same season in which the anime is released. However, an exact date is still pending.
“The Summer Hikaru Died” is from the horror genre. For many fans, the series is one of the most anticipated animes in the summer of 2025 (via Reddit). The anime already shows with initial trailers just how scary it really is.
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The Summer Hikari Died – Teaser Trailer for the Horror Anime
Horror Anime Fills Gap Left by Uzumaki
Why is the anime something for horror fans? Hikaru goes missing for a week in the mountains but then reappears. His best friend Yoshiki notices something is wrong and directly asks if he is really Hikaru.
Meanwhile, Hikaru’s face suddenly distorts. An unknown being has taken Hikaru’s place. It says maniacally that it likes Yoshiki very much and must kill him if he reveals that Hikaru is actually no longer alive.
The threat on one side and the madness of the unknown being on the other make “The Summer Hikaru Died” a good recommendation for fans of horror animes. The series focuses more on emotional horror than on flat jump scares, which is why it could fill a significant gap in the genre.
Which gap is the anime supposed to fill? In contrast to “The Summer Hikaru Died,” “Uzumaki” relies on atmospheric, visual horror. The anime is based on the original work by Junji Ito, a luminary in the field of horror mangas.
However, the anime adaptation turned into a disaster and flopped mercilessly:
Currently, the anime is settling at a rating of 6.5/10 on IMDb. On MyAnimeList, it looks even worse: Here, the series scores a 5.75/10.
In contrast, the accompanying manga of “Uzumaki” holds a score of 8.16/10 (via MAL). Accordingly, the anticipation was even greater that there was going to be an anime adaptation of the story – only to be disappointed by poor animations.
Therefore, “The Summer Hikaru Died” could be exactly what horror fans need right now. In addition, there are several other series that you definitely shouldn’t miss in 2025. Which ones they are, we reveal in a list: If you can only watch 10 animes in 2025, make sure to check these out
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A shooter on Steam, which was paid at release, is now going free-to-play. Players who bought it will get their money back.
What game is it about? Thunder Tier One is a realistic tactical shooter from Krafton (PUBG) played from a top-down perspective and was released in December 2021.
Players are part of a group of elite soldiers who must stop a terrorist organization.
Various weapons, equipment, and tactical abilities are available to fulfill the missions.
Despite the gameplay being in a top-down perspective, the visibility of the characters in Thunder Tier One is severely limited. They can only see their immediate surroundings. This makes careful and tactical action important.
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Krafton presents the gameplay for the shooter Thunder Tier One in the trailer
How was the game received? The game always had a difficult standing with players and could only show balanced reviews on Steam. Players criticized issues such as the AI-controlled teammates in the single-player mode, which lacked intelligence. Poor performance was also frequently criticized.
After the difficult release and the steadily declining player numbers, Krafton early on discontinued support for the game. The last update was released in August 2022, and in October 2023, the multiplayer servers were shut down. Over the past 12 months, an average of 3-4 players played on Steam (via SteamCharts). The shooter was basically dead.
Developers make shooter free, offer refunds
What happens now with Thunder Tier One? On April 8, 2025, the developers announced that Thunder Tier One would switch to a free-to-play model and will then be free to play. The transition took place on May 12, 2025 (via Steam).
Additionally, the developers promised that players who purchased the game at release in 2021 would get their money back:
“For fairness reasons, we have provided a refund option for everyone who has already purchased the game, in cooperation with our publisher. Starting from the transition date, all players who bought Thunder Tier One can apply for a refund through Steam support. The refund will be possible regardless of the purchase date or playtime, so that all affected players have the opportunity to receive compensation.”
However, the developers note in recent reports that there are currently difficulties with the refund process. Some players are being denied their refunds. They are working with Steam to resolve the issue.
Player numbers increase by 2,600%, but no new updates coming
What happens after the transition? Thunder Tier One has been able to increase its player numbers by 2,600% since the F2P transition and had an average of 118 players over the past 30 days. However, this average is being pulled down by the older numbers because the transition only happened a few days ago and the weak player numbers before the transition are included.
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Thunder Tier One even enjoyed over 1,800 active players at the same time. However, the developers have already emphasized in earlier announcements that the shooter will not receive updates or new content even after the transition. The game is finished.
