Cloud Imperium Games have announced a new spaceship for the upcoming space MMO Star Citizen. But fans are wondering if it is worth the money at all.
The ship, the RSI Polaris, is to be offered for 750 US dollars. That is a steep price for a virtual ship. However, this has not deterred fans from raising this money again and again to own as many ships as possible in the game and fly with these exclusive spacecraft through space – when Star Citizen is finally finished.
Virtual spaceship or rather a HTC Vive?
Yet with the RSI Polaris, it’s somehow different. There is a lack of enthusiasm from the fans. There is even discussion about whether it makes sense to spend this money on another spaceship. For the same price, one could buy the Virtual Reality headset HTC Vive. This is also delivered immediately and does not require you to wait until… well, at some point, to finally be able to use the purchased product. This question about the sense of buying a virtual product can always be asked, yet the Star Citizen community has always been very loyal and willing to buy.
Hardcore fans will probably still buy the RSI Polaris, as for many, collecting the ships has become a kind of hobby. The fleet of some fans is already worth several thousand dollars. The spaceship can be purchased starting October 9. Or rather, one is initially only buying the concept of the ship, which still has to be completed…
The new game mode of HotS is coming this October. We reveal what to expect from it.
For over a year, the developers of Heroes of the Storm have been working on the “Arena” mode, which was last showcased at BlizzCon 2015. The rules back then were quite simple: all characters play at level 10 and there are no talents, aside from the ultimate ability. Since then, the mode has undergone several changes, and it has significantly deviated from the original concept. What was supposed to be an “beginner-friendly and casual game variant for testing heroes” has now drawn inspiration from the “big” counterparts, Hearthstone and Overwatch.
That’s why the arena mode is not called Arena mode, but rather appropriately “Hero Chaos”. There will be different game rules every week – similar to the card chaos (Hearthstone) and the Brawl (Overwatch).
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Maps have been created specifically for this game mode, although they often draw from the “big” counterparts and sometimes are merely shrunken variants of them. There is the “Punisher Arena”, where both teams receive points for how many punishers of the opposing team they can eliminate. However, the special excitement is meant to come from the mutators, which will change each match “in completely unpredictable ways” and “open up entirely new ways to play Heroes of the Storm.”
As a special incentive, there will be exclusive rewards that can only be obtained through the new game mode. This includes plenty of gold coins for completing the first 3 Hero Chaos matches per week and possibly (presumably) display images – Blizzard has not provided specific details yet.
The release of the new game mode is planned for October 17 – it is likely to be available to us on the following night, which is October 18.
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War Thunder raises the stakes, as Update 1.68 “Desert Hunters” brings benefits not only for desert region enthusiasts. Instead, we get a plethora of new tanks and planes, including the legendary M163 Vulcan or the German 88 Flak on a half-track vehicle.
Anyone who likes to fire until the barrels glow should log into Gaijin Entertainment’s tank and plane MMO for the current Update 1.68 of War Thunder. Numerous high-tier anti-aircraft vehicles are now in the game, including the German Gepard, the Russian ZSU-23-4 Shilka, and the legendary M163 Vulcan. The latter carries the namesake Vulcan Gatling gun, which unleashes a true deluge of projectiles and riddles any unfortunate aircraft in its sights within seconds!
More tanks, maps, and planes
But there are also regular tanks in abundance in the update, including the Leopard A1A1 and the Swingfire missile launcher tank from Armored Warfare known from the UK. However, there’s also a lot happening in the air, for instance, the gigantic flying boat BV 238 comes, which, with its 60 meters wingspan, will be the largest aircraft in the game to date.
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All these new toys can be tried out on two new maps. One is the desert of the Sinai Peninsula, already known from Battlefield 1. It is hot and dusty there, and the rugged desert offers good opportunities for flanking maneuvers. Air combatants can let loose in a mountainous region in Greece and engage in wild dogfights between the picturesque mountain villages. The complete patch notes for Update 1.68 can be found at the specified link, along with even more images of the new vehicles.
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Skyforge will soon receive the big update Ascension, which makes many features of the game more accessible. Additionally, casual players and newcomers can now achieve progress faster and more effectively thanks to certain mechanics, allowing them to catch up with high-level players.
In many online games, casual players or newcomers often feel that they can never catch up with the “big guys and gals” at the top and experience more frustration than fun. This has also been the case in Skyforge, the god-themed sci-fi MMO from My.com. However, with the upcoming Ascension update, this is set to change.
Arrangements: Catch Up!
This update introduces a new gameplay mechanic called “Arrangements.” These are special packages of daily quests, of which players receive one each day and can hold a total of seven in reserve. An arrangement must be completed within 24 hours from the start, after which, in addition to the individual rewards from the included tasks, there are also additional loot and resources that are especially generous for returning players. It’s ideal for leveling up quickly. Additionally, there will be global arrangements for special events such as invasions or holidays, which all present players can participate in.
As another innovation, the developers have also revised the operations system and made it more accessible. Operations are no longer tied to invasions and run for 14 days each. Each player can only participate in one operation and accumulates rank points through adventures, granting access to higher operations and, therefore, more loot. The pre-patch for Ascension starts on October 5, 2016! You can find the complete information about the novelties in operations and arrangements on the official Skyforge page.
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In FIFA 17 we take a look at some “Funny Moments”. What the players are up to on the field can sometimes be quite questionable.
Compilations of “Epic Fails” or funny moments are legendary in the FIFA series. They often spread like wildfire across the net as fans love to amuse themselves over such quirky scenes when the physics engine or animations fail.
FIFA 17 has only been on sale for a week, yet there are already countless clips on YouTube that boast about the “biggest fails” in the title. Some great moments have been captured by the YouTuber GameSprout in the video that we will embed at the end of the article. First, let’s take a look at some gifs.
Mhhh, it smells good
The first “Funny Moment” features Ibrahimovic in a somewhat disturbing position, taking a good whiff of another player’s backside. But it seems to smell good, judging by his pleasure afterwards:
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Many clips also show players in certain, not safe for work positions that you wouldn’t expect to see on a football field:
What is Manuel Neuer doing with Cristiano Ronaldo?
These two players are particularly fond of each other. A little kiss is certainly allowed:
Here we have another clip showing that even small training goals can pose big problems:
The following video contains several more scenes where the physical interaction in FIFA 17 is not exactly convincing.
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In Destiny, today, on 5th October, the weapon day is celebrated. The gunsmith has new weapons and is taking more orders.
Every Wednesday at 11 AM, the gunsmith Banshee-44 calls the Guardians. He brings the forge orders from the previous week and willingly takes new orders. Nothing has changed with the RoI release in this regard. However, many Guardians regret that he did not receive a fresh weapon selection.
However, the NPC with the yellow-blue face does not offer his services to just any Guardian. You must first increase your reputation rank – this way you can even receive quests for exclusive exotic weapons.
The field test weapons this week
To increase your reputation, you must complete the following weapons:
A Häkke auto rifle is to be used against Cabal.
An Omolon fusion rifle targets Vex Minotaurs.
A Suros pulse rifle has the Hive as its target.
A Suros rocket launcher is demanding and only chooses high-ranked enemies.
A Häkke sniper rifle craves double kills.
These 5 weapons can be ordered
For 2500 Glimmer, you can place these forge orders:
First up is the Suros auto rifle ARI-41. Low impact of 8.
The second Suros auto rifle is also available: ARI-45. This one is significantly more potent.
From Omolon comes the hand cannon Uffern HC4. Impact 87.
The Häkke pulse rifle Lyudmila-D is in attendance. High impact of 30.
Finally, Banshee-44 has the Häkke sniper rifle Tamar-D on offer. Low impact of 22.
Which weapons with which perks can be picked up?
Update: Due to server issues on our side, this information was deleted here. However, there were no outstanding rolls anyway. You can find all weapons with their perks in this video:
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Guild Wars 2 sends us to the third season of the Living Story regularly to old places from the first Guild Wars. Since the legendary Fire Ring is a theme in the current episode, a leaked screenshot from the alpha test of the new episode could hint at the Crystal Desert as a new setting.
For many fans and players of Guild Wars, the locations from the first part are still a reason to sink into pleasant nostalgia. Therefore, many were quite pleased when in Episode two of Season three, the Fire Ring, the setting of the finale of the original game, came into play as a new location.
Off to the Crystal Desert!
The Fire Ring could be just the beginning of a long journey to past locations, as a leaked image from the alpha test of the upcoming episode recently appeared on Reddit. It shows a colorful oasis in the desert, clearly identified by some players as the “Oasis of Amnoon”. Veterans might remember the oasis from the first Guild Wars, where our heroes struggle through the surrounding Crystal Desert to uncover the secret of divinity.
Anyone who has been paying attention to the Living Story should still remember that these secrets are still very current and even the legendary dragon Glint, whose egg plays an important role, had its refuge in this desert. Whether the image actually shows the oasis in the Crystal Desert or whether Episode three of the story leads us somewhere else has not yet been confirmed.
How would you feel about a return to the Crystal Desert? Did you like the region back in Guild Wars 1, or did you hate the eternal wandering in the wasteland? Let us know and write it in the comments!
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I wish you all a wonderful Wednesday! It was once again a long night filled with many farmed herbs (Yep, WoW!), to be prepared for the raids this week. Since my twink is now in the area to supply my main character with potions, I don’t have to leave any money at the auction house – instead, I have quite different problems.
I’m sure most of you will still remember “Malte” – the symbolic developer at Blizzard responsible for all the game content that is supposed to annoy players. If “Malte” is still unfamiliar to you, you should check out the old blog from Barlow again to close a glaring knowledge gap:
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In recent years it has been quiet, and aside from content poverty in Warlords of Draenor, there has been no really “annoying” content in World of Warcraft. But now I’ve found my new hate object: Starlight Roses. They are one of the new herbs from Legion and grow exclusively in Suramar. The roses are needed for almost all alchemical ingredients, such as flasks and damage potions – so they are a must for every raider. They are not particularly rare; as a herbalist, there are usually one or two points on the minimap where you could pick them.
But WoW wouldn’t be WoW if it were that simple. Thanks to the new profession system, there is a specific “skill level” for each plant, which increases the yield when harvesting a plant. Only with the Starlight Rose do they really troll the players. Newbies harvesting Starlight Roses primarily get one thing: junk. When harvesting, you regularly receive “Starlight Rose Dust” – a gray item that can be sold for a staggering 5 copper.
If you want to raid, you need herbs.
The more roses you try to pick, the more dust you accumulate until you finally manage to pick a rose intact (for the Nether, what could possibly be so difficult?). With a skill level of 1, you rarely obtain a rose, at a skill level of 2, significantly more often. In other words: The higher my skill with this plant, the more often I succeed in picking it, and the rarer I receive the dust.
Trololo… thanks, Malte.
And now Malte comes into play. After picking (what feels like) 10,000 roses (and throwing half away as junk), you randomly receive the quest for skill level 3 of the Starlight Rose. Here you not only have to defeat an elite mob (which is pretty tough alone), but also bring 20x the item “Starlight Rose Dust”. Yes, you read that right. The gray junk that you threw at the vendors a thousand times before – because it’s damn gray and in the item description even has the keyword “useless”.
And suddenly the whole situation turns around. Now I have to farm Starlight Roses and hope that the gathering fails so I can get the stupid dust that I will shove into some NPC’s face until they say “stop”.
So my advice to everyone who wants to level a herbalism twink: Save the dust. Otherwise, it will only frustrate you.
Thanks, Malte.
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Battleborn stolidly marches on, and despite low player numbers, a cool new game mode called “Face Off” is coming soon. In it, we take down nasty Varelsi creatures while also beating the enemy player team for the right to rack up the most kills.
Anyone who saw the second part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy back in the day will surely remember the legendary kill contest between Legolas and Gimli. The Elf and the Dwarf slashed through hordes of Orcs to crown the best butcher in the end. A spectacle like that is what we can expect soon in Battleborn!
Kill-Stealing as an Art Form!
However, in the wacky hero shooter Battleborn, things are much rougher than in the well-mannered fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien. Whole teams of five players each fight against each other for the right to take down the most Varelsi enemies. These poor interdimensional invaders spawn at six different points on the three Conquest maps “Temples”, “Snowblind”, and “Outback”. When we take out the poor Varelsi, they leave behind masks that we must haul to a depot in the center of the map. The first team to collect 500 masks wins.
Unfortunately, the enemy team has the same plan, so we can expect tough fights in the center regularly. Particularly nasty: those with a lot of masks are prime targets for the enemy, because when the mask collector dies, they leave a portion of their loot for any other player passing by. Our team must, therefore, protect our mask gatherers and try to steal the enemy’s masks.
As if that weren’t enough, the Varelsi don’t simply want to be gobbled up as trophies for the vanity of Battleborn players. Hence, enemies get stronger the further players level up. In the end, even real bosses are supposed to appear who can easily wipe out careless players. The update with the new game mode Face Off is set to be released on October 13, along with the new story episode “Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion”.
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Blizzard suddenly speaks again about subscription numbers of WoW. And they look good.
Update: In the meantime, Polygon has asked Blizzard to confirm the numbers. Blizzard emphasized that the number mentioned in the interview must have been a “misunderstanding” because Blizzard has not released any numbers for a year. Blizzard has neither confirmed nor denied the number of 10.1 million players and will not provide any further information on this.
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Actually, Blizzard had intended not to publish any numbers regarding active subscriptions anymore. This rule presumably only applied as long as WoW was in a downward spiral.
Is WoW returning to its former glory?
In the Polish magazine PIXEL, Tom Chilton, the Game Director of WoW, answered the question about the current state of subscriptions quite openly. It was stated (roughly translated) in the magazine:
PIXEL: “The game peaked with 12 million players. At the end of 2015, the number was 5.5 million; since then, Blizzard has not published any numbers. Can you tell us how many subscribers WoW currently has?”
Chilton: “Currently, it is around 10.1 million. It is hard to say what the future will bring. We have our internal rivalry with Overwatch, but it is still possible that we might exceed 12 million again. There is a huge number of potential players and there are still over 100 million WoW accounts.”
World of Warcraft is, at least currently, back in a strengthened position. To keep players interested, further content patches are already in the planning stage. Currently, the Patch 7.1 “The Return of Karazhan” can be tested on the test servers.
Cortyn says: Even though I’m personally quite pleased that WoW is picking up again in player numbers, such a jump with the release of an expansion is quite normal. It will only get exciting when it’s clear whether WoW can retain the players. For most players, the month of gameplay they treated themselves to at the launch of Legion is likely to have expired by now.
Ultimately, I don’t care much about the player numbers either – because whether there are 10, 5, or 3 million players, there are still enough to not wait longer than 15 minutes for a dungeon.
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Many players in ESO look suspiciously at the cash shop. Some feel it is becoming increasingly important. Recently regarding the lockboxes.
The latest anger is ignited by crown crafting style: Grim Harlequin, a so-called motif. Those who buy it from the cash shop for real money can craft special costumes in this style and sell them to players – and some fear this could make them incredibly rich.
In the worst case, this is a kind of license to print gold, for which you must pay upfront with real money. This motif is now the first shop-exclusive.
Pay2Win could be lurking around the next corner
Mein MMO says: It almost seems like every month something else in the cash shop angers certain fans, as if they just enjoy getting upset. However, it is indeed the case that Zenimax regularly crosses micro-boundaries with the cash shop that are clearly perceived by sensitive fans.
The fear remains that the AAA Buy2Play MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, the premium product, could take the path of Free2Play games with a cash shop that embodies the worst excesses.
Ultimately, Zenimax is not responsible for this heightened sensitivity among fans – blame is better assigned to several Asian imports. However, this fear is real and must be taken seriously, even if it sometimes appears as groundless hysteria to outsiders.
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In Destiny, the Iron Banner runs in October 2016. We take a closer look at “The Proud Tower Peak” and “The Unyielding Tree”.
On October 4th at 7 PM, Lord Saladin and the Guardians welcomed a new character in Destiny: Efrideet. This former Iron Lord returns after her mysterious disappearance and is seen as the point of contact for the new Iron Banner. In addition to fresh bounties and armor pieces (Iron Saga), she also brings two weapons, which we will now look at.
“The Proud Tower Peak” and “The Unyielding Tree”
Efrideet lists class-specific items and two weapons as event rewards in her inventory: a shotgun and an auto rifle. Both cost 50 Legendary Marks each and require certain Iron Banner ranks before they can be purchased.
Note: These two weapons can also drop randomly after Iron Banner matches. They will come with random perks. The two weapons in Efrideet’s offering, however, always have the same perks this week.
The Shotgun “The Proud Tower Peak”
This shotgun is available starting from rank 4. It was forged in honor of Silimar and represents a special weapon with Arc damage. “The Proud Tower Peak” has its advantages in above-average stability, very high reload speed, magazine size, aim assist, and the time to ready the weapon. However, the base range is low.
This archetype may struggle in PvP against those with high impact and range, such as in “A Last Attempt 001“. However, it has its uses in PvE.
Here is the fixed perk selection:
Choice between:
Enhanced Barrel: Increased range, Slower reload.
Oiled Frame: Faster reload, Reduced range.
Choice between:
Shooting Snapshot: Aiming goes faster.
Magazin Cache: Larger magazine, Reduced stability.
Choice between:
Supply: The magazine will be refilled when you use your super.
Tracker: Aiming increases the effect range.
With Linear Compensator, Improved Ballistics, and Field Choke, you can influence recoil, impact, and range.
The Auto Rifle “The Unyielding Tree”
This weapon can be acquired starting from Iron Banner rank 5. It was forged in honor of Saladin.
The Unyielding Tree belongs to the archetype with minimal impact, but maximum rate of fire. The weapon has a very short “Time to Kill”, requiring 17 body shots to defeat another Guardian. Furthermore, aim assist, magazine size, and reload speed are strong. However, the downsides are readily apparent when looking at the stats: Range and stability are poor. However, you can address this with the perks.
Lightweight: When held, grants +2 character agility.
Magazin Cache: Larger magazine, Reduced stability.
Choice between:
Hidden Hand: This weapon improves target acquisition.
Hip Fire: Additional precision when firing from the hip.
The optics are: Iron Red Dot, Iron Warrior Sight, and Iron Long Range Scope. This allows you to influence range, target acquisition, and recoil.
Note: You can acquire even more Iron Banner weapons this week by completing bounties with Efrideet. Here, weapons can drop that she does not have in her inventory, such as the fusion rifle “The Brand Marked Lord”.
The electrically charged and sword-wielding Kwang makes his way into the hero lineup of the open beta MOBA Paragon. What he brings along, however, might not please everyone.
They dedicated a long time to reducing game time, as this was reported in player surveys to be the most frequent point of contention. With the recently released patch v32.1, they aim to implement the final changes that will affect party duration before turning to the acquisition of card XP/XP and general gameplay.
Inhibitors and T2 Towers are in for a reckoning
With the update, the life of the T2 towers, inhibitors, and the core is reduced. Specifically, this means a HP decrease of the first two by 1000 to 2,500. The core drops from 6,300 to 4,500 health points. This is intended to lead to a quicker victory for one team, especially in the later stages of the game.
The Distant Melee Fighter
However, not only optimization is ongoing. Since Tuesday, October 4th, the new melee fighter Kwang can wield his sword on the battlefield of Agora.
However, he should also be approached with caution from a distance. Not only can he throw his solid silver slicing weapon and teleport directly to it, but then deal melee damage.
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Even if he remains in place, his sword can draw enemies within a certain radius and deal damage through electricity. This stays embedded in the ground until the ability “Judgment of Heaven” is reactivated or a standard attack is executed.
If you see an unattended sword stuck in the ground, do not try to imitate King Arthur and pull it out like Excalibur. Rather, stay on guard and take a few steps back, as Kwang might charge at you the next moment.
As with every release of a new playable character, there is a Hero Race running until Monday evening. Here, the community aims to gather as much experience as possible with Kwang. Anyone who contributes can look forward to up to 7 card packs, provided the set goal is achieved.
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Originally, a second step with an MMO was planned for State of Decay. However, that will not happen.
In 2009, Blizzard veteran Jeff Strain founded Undead Labs with the firm intention to develop a zombie MMO codenamed Class4. However, the gameplay was first tested with a single-player game for Xbox One and PC – “State of Decay” was born.
By now, they would actually be ready to develop the zombie MMO, but they decided against it. At E3 2016, they presented State of Decay 2, but not as an MMO, rather as a coop multiplayer game.
There is no point in developing things that no one cares about
According to Strain, this decision received a lot of positive feedback. The coop game is what people want to play right now – the MMO might have been a good idea four or five years ago.
Ultimately, the zombie MMO is something they wanted to do many years ago, but no fan ever really asked for it. And to survive in this volatile market, one must be able to adapt quickly.
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In Destiny, Efrideet is now the point of contact for the Iron Banner.
The first Iron Banner after the launch of “Rise of Iron” has just started. You will be greeted with a message upon logging in that the point of contact for this PvP event is located in the Iron Temple. So, head over there, and a short cutscene will play in which Lord Saladin talks to a woman. It quickly becomes clear: It is Efrideet.
On Felwinter Peak, Lord Saladin has a new quest for you: Find the new Iron Banner overseer.
The Quest “The Pursuit of Light”
The first step of this quest is not too difficult: Look for Efrideet in the Iron Temple. You will find her by crossing the bridge and turning left. There she stands, as you can see from the title image.
If you stand in front of her, she will tell you a few sentences about the Iron Lords and that the Iron Banner is still important. The next quest step is to achieve Iron Banner Rank 1. After that, Rank 3, and then Rank 5.
An honorable duel in ARK with lance and shield? That might soon become a reality.
In the dino game ARK: Survival Evolved, there are already plenty of fun interaction possibilities. Building a house completely out of flesh? No problem. A huge base on a moving dino? All possible. But one feature is missing for some fans – especially because it was visible on one of the original artworks: Mounted combat. While riders on multi-seat mounts can use weapons, the rider cannot participate in that.
Now Jeremy Stieglitz, one of the founding members of Studio Wildcard, announced on Twitter that riders will soon be able to use weapons as well. Which mounts will be affected remains to be seen – Raptors are definitely included.
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What kind of weapons will be available is still unclear. If we go by the artwork, we can definitely expect lances and pikes – but it’s also possible that only the already existing weapons are now usable. More details will probably be known once the patch v248 goes live.
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For the new “GTA 5 Online” expansion “Bikers”, there will likely be 8 more vehicles that have already appeared in the code.
Although the Bikers DLC for GTA 5 Online was just released today, the first leaks are already out. In today’s patch, there were already many cool motorcycles that you can now buy, tune, and ride. The game’s code has now found additional vehicles and motorcycles that have not yet been released. This includes a Hot Rod.
These are the leaked motorcycles and cars in the Bikers DLC
On Twitter, the user Cr3wBoss has published screenshots of the vehicles he found in the game files. These vehicles will probably be introduced to the game in the coming weeks or months for specific events. One of the motorcycles is, for example, in a Halloween style.
When and for which events these vehicles will be integrated into the game is currently unclear. The Halloween-style bike might be expected by the end of the month.
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Atlas Reactor, the wacky turn-based cyberpunk tactics game, officially launches today. After all buyers of the title had early access since September 30, it officially kicks off today. Additionally, the developers have announced that the PTS should remain available until launch.
Reload your pistols, cool the plasma rifle, adjust the rocket launcher, sharpen the monofilament sword, and give the robo-dog a firmware update, because today Atlas Reactor finally officially launches! After long months of beta and testing, the time has come, and the crazy cyberpunk game that combines action-packed battles with the tactical planning of a turn-based strategy title officially starts today.
New heroine and bonus goodies!
However, those who are among the buyers of Atlas Reactor have already had fun with cool heroes like Lockwood, Suki, WelpE, and Rask since September 30. Today it continues seamlessly, except that with the release there is also the new tough tank heroine Juno with her two big lasers to choose from. Additionally, there was an account wipe on September 27, but certain special items from the alpha and beta phases will remain with us.
Anyone who has purchased Atlas Reactor receives lifetime access and all current and future heroes for free. However, those who want to play Atlas Reactor for free must rely on a fixed, weekly hero rotation, which will differ for each player.
What do you think of Atlas Reactor? Did you play during the testing phases or are you less interested in the game concept of a turn-based arena brawler now? Let us know your opinion and write it in the comments!
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The Playstation VR offers a special feature called Cinematic Mode. This allows you to display the user interface of the Playstation 4 and almost all non-VR games and apps on a simulated screen in VR. We explain what it’s all about.
Virtual worlds are nice and all, but what about system settings? Do you have to awkwardly take off the Playstation VR headset every time you want to adjust something on the console itself? Not at all, because thanks to the so-called Cinematic Mode, we can also access the settings in the virtual world.
A virtual screen
Here’s how it works: In Cinematic Mode, the VR headset projects a virtual screen that is located between one and three meters away from us in the simulated space. The screen itself can have a diagonal size of 117 to 226 inches, making it potentially larger than your own TV!
Especially cool: In Cinematic Mode, we can also play almost all regular Playstation games that are not VR. We then see the game in the VR world and play there. It’s like a virtual world within another virtual world! Almost every game supports this feature; only games like “The Playroom” or “Teraway Unfolded” are left out, as these games use the Playstation 4 camera.
In addition to games, we can also use other apps on the Playstation 4 and watch movies in the virtual space, for example. Frame rate drops and performance fluctuations are reportedly not an issue. Only 3D movies and games will be displayed in 2D in the VR space. Sony has not yet released further information on this topic. You can read everything about the games available at the launch of Playstation VR here.
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Tonight at 7 PM, the Iron Banner in October 2016 will commence. However, you no longer need to make your way to the Tower. The back area remains closed. Lord Saladin has moved to the Iron Temple on Felwinter Peak, where he will stay for the time being. For nostalgia, you can watch the last moments of Lord Saladin in the Tower here.
But enough with the dusty past. The Iron Banner is now on! It is the first monthly PvP event after the release of “The Dawning of the Iron Lords” expansion. What new features should you keep an eye on?
Rewards, Bounties, and Lord Saladin in the October Iron Banner
The Iron Banner in October starts on October 4th at 7 PM. It lasts just under a week until the next weekly reset on October 11th at 11 AM. The game mode is Domination.
Here’s more info:
The “Hardened” mechanic is no longer in place. You earn the same reputation every day of the week. So tonight is just as worthwhile as the end of the week.
A match victory gives you 250 reputation.
The Iron Medallions give you 150 reputation as soon as you redeem them with a win.
There are four weekly bounties that provide rewards immediately upon completion.
The bounty rewards include:
An Iron Banner item that is not available from vendors.
A chance at an Iron Banner artifact or a cosmetic item.
25 Legendary Marks
750 Iron Banner reputation
The following stylish auto rifle is up for grabs:
And this Iron Banner shotgun:
Additionally, the following Iron Banner armor pieces will be available:
Hunter:
Titan:
Warlock:
The new Iron Banner experience begins as soon as you check in with Lord Saladin. You can find him on Felwinter Peak.
Additionally:
In the Iron Banner, light-level advantages are active. So make sure you are as strong as possible not to be at a disadvantage.
You can style yourself as you wish: Iron Banner emblems or shaders no longer provide reputation bonuses.
We will start the Iron Banner at 7 PM tonight and will update this article if there are any further particulars.
Are you ready for this event?
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