More than 228 million US dollars in revenue were generated during the Steam Summer Sale 2016.
After this year’s Steam Summer Sale ended 3 days ago, some Steam users are still trying to patch up their wallets that were hit during the sale days. Did you also take advantage this year and buy games on sale? Don’t worry, you’re not alone – According to a statistic from Steam Spy, the revenue figures have clearly increased compared to last year.
Indie game “Limbo” sold over 1 million copies
Sergey Galyonkin from Steam Spy hopes to be able to create a more accurate list of the Steam Sale changes over the past years in the coming days. Current research shows the games that were sold the most. The big winner on this list is the dark indie game “Limbo”, which, however, was not discounted during the Steam Summer Sale 2016 but was available for free shortly before the sale.
Limbo is the only game that sold over 1 million copies during the sale – If you haven’t seen or tried the game yet, be sure to check out gameplay material or download the free Limbo demo on Steam. The game definitely provides a change of pace if you’re usually playing current games like Overwatch or The Division.
Update: In the meantime, Sergey Galyonkin has revised his data and suspects that the high “sales” of the game were boosted by the free offer just before the sale. Of course, the game was also purchased during the sale – However, it is difficult to differentiate here.
The Top 10 Games of This Year’s Summer Sale
Overall, the Steam Sale this year made 228 million US dollars in revenue – Last summer it was 160 million US dollars. A total of about 4 million more games were sold. In the top 10 list of the best-selling games during the Steam Summer Sale 2016 are, for example, GTA 5 or Dead By Daylight. In the following list, you can see not only how many players the respective games had before and after the sale, but also how much the games were discounted and what their meta score is on Steam. Did you buy games that are on this list?
This information comes from the Steam Spy website and is not official information from Steam.
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The YouTuber WOBO has made a name for himself in the Division community with his detailed weapon reviews. He employs the numbers, conducts in-depth analyses, and presents them in a clear manner. We have already showcased his results on the assault rifle analyses and the shotgun analyses in The Division.
Now he has taken a closer look at all weapon categories after Update 1.3. According to his numbers, there are currently some interesting and surprising weapons that stand out.
The best weapons after 1.3 in The Division
In the following video, WOBO presents his findings. He first discusses the best assault rifles, then LMGs, sniper rifles, shotguns, sidearms, and SMGs. In the end, he presents the overall result:
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For each weapon category, he creates a graphical representation. On the y-axis, you can see the damage (in millions) that the weapon inflicts, and on the x-axis the time (in seconds). For the damage calculation, he used several fixed parameters, such as a firearm value of 3000, a critical hit chance of 20%, and even certain mods. You can view all the values he used in this public spreadsheet on the weapons in The Division.
To explain: The brightly highlighted line represents the weapon’s cycle: The rising line shows the time while the weapon is firing, the straight line indicates the reload time. These two phases repeat:
The best assault rifle
The assault rifles in The Division can be divided into seven types: ACRs, AKs, FALs, G36s, M4s, P416s, and SCAR-Ls. They perform as follows:
It is evident: The G36 assault rifles clearly outperform the others. This makes it easier for some agents to understand why the G36s have to be nerfed in the near future. Depending on how strong this nerf occurs, the SCAR-Ls are the best alternative.
The best light machine gun
The LMGs consist of the L86s, M249s, M60s, and RPKs. Here’s how they perform:
These lines run quite similarly, but WOBO considers the L86s to be the kings of light machine guns. While they often require reloading, they inflict good damage – they are the best LMGs in both PvE and PvP.
The best sniper rifle
Among the snipers, the distinctions are made between M1A, M44, SCAR-H, SRS, and SVD. Here the numbers vary widely:
The M1A sniper rifles continue to be the strongest snipers in the game. The fast-firing snipers have significant advantages. If you don’t currently have an M1A on hand and are wavering between SCAR-H and SVD, you should opt for the SVD in The Division. This one has the best precision among all sniper rifles, which makes the gunplay with them very pleasant.
The best shotgun
The shotguns consist of the AA-12 (The Showstopper), the double-barreled shotguns, M870s, SASG-12s, and Super 90s. They are distributed as follows in the graph:
This weapon class allows you several variations, depending on how you prefer to play with shotguns. However, if you choose the SASG-12s in The Division, you can’t go wrong.
The best sidearms
For sidearms, you have the choice between 586 Magnum’s, M1911s, M9 A1, PF45, P4x Sturm, and the First Wave X-45:
The First Wave X-45 plays in a league of its own here. It can even keep up with the SASG-12 shotguns. As a sidearm, WOBO considers it completely OP.
The best submachine gun
Among the submachine guns, there are the AUG, the fully automatic MP5, MP7, PP-19, T821, SMG-9, and the Vector:
As you can see, the Vector and the AUG have lost their dominant position. Both experienced a base damage reduction of 10% with the update 1.3. In PvE, the PP-19 is now recommended, while in PvP, the MP7s remain top tier.
Riders of Icarus launched into Open Beta yesterday and we were there! In the starting area, we battled some mangy Ewoks, revealed the pitfalls of the action controls, and mounted all sorts of wild animals.
Riders of Icarus doesn’t mess around, it goes big! And it hits us with a cinematic scene right from the start, where we escape from a dark dungeon guarded by gigantic rhino soldiers like “Kung-Fu Panda.” Our heroine belongs to the princess’s bodyguard, who was kidnapped by a genuine anime villain named Rondo and his “Frostguard.” The game tells us the whole story through beautifully staged in-game scenes that certainly get you excited for more.
Hardly have we processed all the action from the intro, and we are already battling our “Berserker” through the rhino hordes, smashing the brutish horn carriers left and right through the dungeon. Even the hefty rhino boss has nothing to say, and after we smashed his healing energy stone, the big guy quickly falls to the dust before us.
Right from the start of the game, we already get to fly with the Pegasus.
Next, whole armies of enemies rush into our place, and we have to flee. But instead of any horses or even donkeys (Black Desert Online says hello), we quickly grab a real Pegasus as a mount from the stable. With this flying beast, we take off on a gigantic runway and escape under heavy fire to a flying stingray with deck structures.
Crash Landing with the Ewoks
But we don’t get very far on the flying flatfish, as a stray ballista bolt brings a sudden end to the creature and we crash down. Unfortunately, in the dark Braghin Forest, a place where the knights of the Dragon Order are currently fighting against the titular Braghin. By the way, these are stout little bears that look like a particularly scruffy and wild variant of the cute Ewoks from Star Wars. Even the background music reminds a bit of the Ewok village on Endor!
Rugged Braghin bears are initially our archenemies.
So for anyone who has always wanted to take revenge on the furry creatures for the infamous defeat of the Empire from Episode VI, you can unleash your anger on the Icarus Ewoks, as many quests revolve solely around farming various types of these fur carriers. Besides the Ewoks Braghin, we also beat up various forest creatures, such as the obligatory wolves and foxes. Why are there always foxes? They are really not dangerous at all and totally cute!
No News While Questing
At this point, Riders of Icarus unfortunately slows down the pace of play, which started so spectacularly. The quests in Braghin Forest consist almost solely of the usual standard MMO stuff like “Kill X and bring me Y.” But okay, such quests aren’t necessarily bad when the gameplay works. Unfortunately, this only partially fits, as although we can now also play Riders of Icarus with an action control, the game is still fundamentally a classic online role-playing game with a control system that requires targeting. Even in action mode, which at first glance seems like Blade and Soul or WildStar, our heroine keeps running away while using skills – away from the currently attacked enemy to a foe further away that is just marked as a target.
So without periodically pressing the Tab key, we can’t get out, but at least we can dodge attacks better with the action controls and execute our combos more effectively. Although we have only a handful of skills at the beginning of the game, once we had the hang of things, we could pull off some cool moves and take down a whole pack of furry bears through the forest.
All the Luck of the Earth…
… lies on the back of the horses wild boars. That seems to be a saying from the Icarus world, as the game is mainly known for its immense selection of mounts. And while in a conventional MMORPG we only get our first mount around level 20, here we get our first mount right at the start of the game. The forest is full of creatures, and anything that can carry a human can usually be mounted, and we can tame them via a cool rodeo minigame.
We tame the mounts through a minigame.
So it doesn’t take long before we have tamed our first mount – a unicorn. But that’s not all; next, we grab a slightly dim-witted kangaroo and later the crown jewel of our collection, a hefty wild boar with powerful tusks! These creatures allow for much faster travel through the underbrush, and the longer we ride them, the tougher and better they become. With special weapons like a giant crossbow, we can even fight mounted.
Especially cool: Early on, we experience flying mounts in special quests; besides the pegasi from the intro mission (now that I think about it, where did the winged horse actually go??), there is also a particularly impressive quest where we have to rescue a phoenix chick in a trap and make our way there on the back of Mama Phoenix. Flying is a lot of fun and controls very smoothly.
Hero Standard and Sexy Armors
Finally, I want to say a few words about the character editor and hero selection. In the latter, Riders of Icarus truly offers no sensations. The game only features a mere five heroes from the five most clichéd classes that every MMO veteran has seen countless times. There are:
The tanky guardian
The healing priest
The damage dealer classes warlock, berserker, and assassin
The three DPS classes differ in range (assassins and berserkers are melee fighters) and difficulty (berserker is the easiest, warlock the hardest to master). With this standard selection, Riders of Icarus certainly won’t win any originality awards. On the other hand, MMORPG players will feel right at home and won’t have to deal with any bizarre hybrid classes.
The editor offers a decent selection of design options.
The character editor is also above average and is roughly the extent we’ve come to expect from Blade & Soul. We shouldn’t expect a second Black Desert Online, but we can still customize and alter a lot. Also positive: the gender separation of classes (gender lock) often found in Asian games is completely absent here. Every hero can have any gender, and female berserkers are as conceivable as male priests. Only the outfits of female characters are always much skimpier than those of the men, which looks quite silly, especially for heavily armored guardians and berserkers. By the way, there are (still) no races in Riders of Icarus; all heroes are human.
Female berserkers don’t think much of armors.
So much for my first hours in the Icarus world. Overall, I quite like the game, especially I’m looking forward to the many creatures. Unfortunately, the game plays a bit stiff and dated, like a souped-up version of World of Warcraft and definitely not as fluid as real action MMORPGs like Blade & Soul or WildStar. And the quest design was certainly not the pinnacle of originality, at least in Braghin Forest. But enough complaining; overall, Riders of Icarus is a solid online RPG with quite complex gameplay mechanics, and since the beta is currently free to play, anyone who loves MMORPGs and mounts should download the client and check it out.
Black Desert Online allows for the most beautiful (or ugliest) heroes in MMO history thanks to an extremely detailed character editor. Now, with a new feature called “Beauty Album,” you can share and exchange your designs with other players.
Imagine being beautiful and no one notices. A terrible thought that many heroes in Black Desert Online have had to live with until now. But now there is a new feature called “Beauty Album” that offers essentially a database where you can save your character creations. Once you release them, all other players can see and even acquire the character.
This way, especially players who are in a hurry and lack skill with the complex character editor can play a proper hero and do not have to rely on the generic templates. The Beauty Album feature is firmly integrated into the game, and unlike externally available character templates, you don’t have to navigate other sites and install the templates manually. A clear plus in comfort.
What do you think of the new Beauty Album feature for Black Desert Online? Useful and just right for you, or just a silly gimmick for vain players? Or are you afraid of an invasion of clone warriors, uniform sorceresses, and copy-cat valkyries when soon everyone is running around with the same face? Let us know in the comments!
The monster hunt Evolve is now Free2Play – but does the game deserve a second chance? Will you check it out?
Evolve – The development or the downfall?
It happened quickly. A countdown appeared on the Evolve page unexpectedly, lasting only a few hours, and during this time, the developers revealed the news: Evolve will be Free2Play and the beta starts immediately – at least on PC, console players have to wait a little longer.
For those who have always wanted to dive into the game but were deterred by the high price or the (mostly negatively portrayed) DLC policy, now is the chance to dive into the shooter completely for free, where 4 hunters must face a monster. All 5 characters are controlled by players. At the beginning, the monster may still be weak, but if the hunters do not quickly track it down, it will all too quickly end in a bloodbath.
So we come to the question of the week: Will you give Evolve a second chance and check out the title as a Free2Play version?
Cortyn says: If you have been following the site a bit, you will know me and know that I didn’t hesitate for 0.2 seconds before I opted for the Evolve update. And what should I say? The game still delivers. I have now played through the whole night, so my colleagues surely had to fix some typos in this text.
The hunting season is back. At least for Cortyn.
I do have a small criticism, though: The “announcement voice” is incredibly useful but takes away a bit of the game’s atmosphere. Nevertheless, I believe that Free2Play will do good for the game. It is definitely a small thrill to see on Steam that there are nearly 12,000 players online at the same time. That’s 12,000 newcomers I can devour. I feel a bit ashamed about it. Just a bit.
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But enough about me, let’s talk about you! Will you give the 4vs1 shooter a second chance? Do you like the Free2Play model of the game? Or are you upset that you ever paid money for the game? Please discuss actively and let’s talk about it in the comments!
One can hardly imagine more realistic graphics in GTA 5.
Even at the release of GTA 5, the game had beautiful graphics, full of nice details. With the Redux mod, players will soon experience even more beautiful graphics in the game that can hardly be more realistic. The Redux project is not only overhauling the game’s textures but also the weather system and the various movements of the characters you play. Although this mod is not available yet, the following trailer looks more than promising!
Breathtaking Graphics!
Rarely does a graphic mod for GTA provide such beautiful, detailed images as the Redux mod shown in the video. A few years ago, when the first HD modifications for GTA 4 appeared, players were already amazed that they could have a game with such sharp textures on their computers.
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With the Redux mod, the game appears in a new light: The cars have been polished and now reflect their surroundings even more clearly. Even the clothing visibly soaks up water when you walk through the rain. You can read about all the changes to the game on the official website of the modification. Here you go to the ReduxMod website!
When the program that beautifies the GTA world will be released is still unknown. However, the YouTube video states that the release date will be revealed upon reaching 5000 subscribers.
If you are short a few million dollars to buy beautiful cars, you should check out our GTA 5 Online: CEO Guide!
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A good medic has a great influence on a battle in Battlefield 1!
In Battlefield 1, some changes were made to the classes that are already known from other parts of the series. One of the biggest changes is that healing and reviving abilities can no longer be used by Assault classes, but there is now a dedicated medic in the game. While this is a significant change to the typical combat system of Battlefield, the new class also provides a fast-paced game, as you will see in the video.
Medic Kits applicable at a distance!
Medics have access to small and large medic kits during a battle in Battlefield 1. The small medic kits can be thrown by the medic towards an injured team member, which will automatically heal the ally when they land nearby. For large medic kits, as is common in other games, you must stay still and can heal up to 100% health on them.
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Instead of using the classic defibrillator, the revive ability in Battlefield 1 functions with an ampule and syringe. The ability itself hasn’t changed much, except for the visual modifications. With these abilities of the new medic, you have a significant influence on the game state, as reviving means you won’t have to wait long for respawns, and with the small medic kits, you can heal your allies quickly and easily.
Like engineers before, medics in Battlefield 1 can repair vehicles – however, you only have a limited number of slots and must therefore choose between one of the two medic kits and repairing the vehicles. You need to equip yourself according to your play style and hope that the item you did not choose is not needed in combat.
In Destiny today, the Guardians have a visit from the Exotic vendor Xur. We will tell you where he is located and what his offer is from 8.7. – 10.7.
Yesterday was an eventful day in Destiny. Especially the evening was significant: Shortly after 6 PM our time, Bungie announced a matchmaking test in the Crucible, and at 7 PM the triumph moments for Year Two went live.
With these moments, the developers honor your achievements that you accomplished in the Destiny universe last year. As in-game rewards, special shaders and emblems await you, which you can earn until the launch of the “The Rise of Iron” expansion. So you still have a little time to celebrate and master Year Two. Many of you have certainly experienced most of the triumphs. Here we present the “Year 2” triumph moments and the exclusive rewards.
This is the “event that celebrates you all,” which Bungie spoke about last week. With a record book and several rewards, it is also more extensive and rewarding than the triumph moments from Year 1 – yet some Guardians had hoped for a “larger” event.
However, today there is also a small, weekly event: The Arrival of Xur. Let’s welcome him.
All about Xur in Destiny on 8.7., 9.7., and 10.7. on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360
When does Xur arrive and when does he leave again?
Xur will appear on 8.7. at 11 AM in the Tower. There he will stay for a cup of tea, chat with the Guardians, and present them his inventory. On 10.7. at 11 AM, Xur will pack his things and head home. He has the Strange Coins that he collected from you.
Where is Xur? What is his location this weekend?
Xur has his own locations in the Tower and the Reef where he likes to spend the weekend. This time, he has settled down near the Speaker in front of the large door. Our friends at ProNDC will guide you there:
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Blizzard’s latest animated comic for World of Warcraft shows a dramatic moment from the fate of the Nightborne.
The Decision of Grand Magistrix Elisande
To get players and all fans of World of Warcraft excited for the upcoming expansion “Legion”, Blizzard is gradually releasing more stories around the new addon. As a second comic, there is now the story “The Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar”, which is about – who would have guessed – the Nightborne.
These descendants of the Night Elves shut themselves off from the world after the War of the Ancients 10,000 years ago and began a new life in the city of Suramar, along with their new source of magic: the Nightwell. Similar to the High and Blood Elves, the Nightborne have developed a strong dependency on it and quickly turn into empty husks that only crave magic without this source.
The Nightborne are unsure how to proceed.
When the Burning Legion arrives on the Broken Isles, the Nightborne activate the shield to protect themselves from the demons. Gul’dan contacts the leaders of the Elves and makes them an offer: their lives will be spared if they deactivate the barrier and allow Gul’dan to use the magic of the Nightwell. The constant siege strains the magic reserves of the Elven city, forcing the Grand Magistrix to make a decision whose consequences will affect her entire people.
The monster shooter Evolve is now Free2Play, but that comes with some changes. What is new and what is known?
It came quickly and quietly and hit Steam quite hard. The presumed dead 4vs1 shooter Evolve has switched to a Free2Play model and since then thousands of players have been testing on Steam how nice it is to slaughter hunters as a monster. Although “Evolve Stage 2” is still in beta, most systems are already working fine. But what has changed? What is new with Free2Play? And what do you have to pay for?
A shooter with MOBA systems
Evolve now has a weekly character rotation. From each group (Monster, Support, Trapper, Assault, Medic) there is always one hunter available in the free playable rotation. The other characters have to be unlocked for “Silver Keys” – that is an in-game currency that you get for the game. You can earn them for victories, achieving minor “achievements” in the game and “hidden challenges” – such as completing the tutorial or achieving a winning streak.
At least at the beginning, the Silver Keys flow abundantly into our pockets.
There are also quests, also called “challenges”, that refresh every few hours to earn additional Silver Keys. Combined with a daily login bonus (where you can even receive whole hunters), this surely tempts some gamers to return to the game repeatedly.
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Turtle Rock has not forgotten the buyers of the game. Therefore, it is a matter of course that all once purchased characters are still available. Only for Markov and the Goliath do you have to complete a small tutorial mission to unlock them again. As an additional bonus, you get 3000 Silver Keys to start – that’s not much, but there are also additional display images, skins, and in the future, buyers of the game will be rewarded by receiving new adaptations immediately.
If you already had characters, you keep them. Together with all the skins.
Changes to the gameplay mechanics
The general gameplay has also been heavily tweaked. Now all hunters can use the “Dome” to trap the monster – it is on a shared cooldown. This means the team is no longer necessarily dependent on the Trapper. As a trade-off, the Trapper has a skill to locate the rough direction of the monster – long, aimless wandering on the map belongs to the past.
Less and shorter loading times are a nice side effect.
Players can now choose up to 3 perks to create a significantly more individualized playstyle. The effects can be quite significant, as combining “same” perks grants massive strengths in certain areas, such as melee combat or movement speed. As a hunter, you should coordinate so that no one zips around the map in turbo mode while the rest can’t keep up.
The Silver Keys – What can you buy?
Currently, all content in Evolve is available with the earnable in-game currency. This includes all hunters, skins for weapons, monsters, and hunters, as well as perks. Some of these items are also awarded through the new progression system; for instance, players who frequently play “Goliath” unlock perks and skins one after the other – only those who can’t wait must spend Silver Keys. It is expected that these Silver Keys will later also be available for real money. So far, that is not the case, or – which is more likely – we just haven’t seen the option. However, the game is still in “beta” – even if it doesn’t feel like it.
The long development phase of No Man’s Sky is now officially over. No Man’s Sky goes Gold.
“It’s happened. No Man’s Sky just went Gold. I’m so incredibly proud of this small team. Four years of pure emotions.”
With these words, Sean Murray, the founder of Hello Games, reported a few hours ago via Twitter. He also tweeted a picture showing him and his team in a celebratory mood. However, the star of this picture is a Blu-Ray disc, labeled “No Man’s Sky,” which is proudly held up to the camera.
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But what exactly does “No Man’s Sky goes Gold” mean? With this expression, the development studio celebrates the milestone they have achieved with the space simulation. It means: No Man’s Sky is completed.
For all the hopeful fans, this is good news. No Man’s Sky is set to be released next month for PC and PS4. Apparently, nothing stands in the way of this release date now.
A few weeks ago, the game had to be postponed. Originally, the launch was planned for June. However, it was decided to choose a later date as the team wanted to make some final adjustments.
Sean Murray has spoken more frequently directly to the community in recent weeks, emphasizing that he has never seen a team work so hard. No Man’s Sky is the most challenging project of his life. And while the game will be much larger than we could imagine, it is backed by a team that is much smaller than we would suspect. No other team has attempted such a game before.
A new patch is being downloaded for World of Warcraft – and it’s quite extensive.
The Legion’s March Begins
Since last night, it is possible to download the first game data of the major patch 7.0.3. This marks the end of the WoW expansion “Warlords of Draenor” and leads players into the next addon, Legion. As usual, the patch brings a large part of the game data required for Legion so that no large amounts of data have to be downloaded by players on release day, allowing them to head directly to the Broken Isles.
In addition to the data for the Broken Isles, the patch also includes talent changes, new animations, and adjustments to professions.
Fans should start the download sooner rather than later, as the patch encompasses a whopping 18GB and could therefore paralyze weaker connections for quite a while.
Is the download not starting for you yet? Then check in the settings of your Battle.net client if you have ticked “Perform latest updates and download data for future updates”.
It is to be expected that on the patch day – which still has no specific date – further data will be needed, which is currently still in testing. Fans are already wildly speculating in the forums and on Reddit about when the big day will come, and so far fans seem to agree on July 20 or 27. Both dates would also correspond with the pre-patches of previous expansions, as they were always released 4-6 weeks before the actual addon was released.
You still don’t know what’s coming with World of Warcraft: Legion? We have summarized the biggest changes of the expansion on our Legion overview page for you. Additionally, it is always worth taking a look at our World of Warcraft game page.
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In Destiny, the Year 2 Triumph moments are live. Exclusive rewards await.
Today is July 7. This means it is Bungie Day. On this day, the developers want to celebrate your triumphs from last year.
The “Year 2” Triumph moments are available now. We will show you which challenges you need to complete and what the rewards look like.
These are the “Year 2” Triumph moments in Destiny
If you log in to Destiny now, you will receive a notification in the Orbit that you can now celebrate your triumphs. For this, you can pick up the Triumph Moments Certificate Book at the Postmaster.
You need to complete some tasks to level up. From rank 2, 3, 4, and 5, you will receive exclusive rewards. These are a tribute to your achievements in Year Two of Destiny.
For completing each moment, you will receive Triumph Moments XP, with which you level up. If you have already successfully completed them, click on “Complete” in the book to receive the experience points.
These are the exclusive rewards:
Rank 2: Caelestis – Shader
Rank 3: Traveler’s Shield – Emblem
Rank 4: Dawnbringer – Shader
Rank 5: Hear the Call – Emblem
For every two completed moments, you will receive a reward.
You can play these tasks until the end of Year 2 – that is, until the “The Rise of Iron” expansion comes out on September 20.
By the way: If you dismantle the Certificate Book, you can repurchase it at the Eververse for free.
According to Amazon, customers are most excited this year about the upcoming space simulation No Man’s Sky.
The shipping giant Amazon called for voting on its own page, asking customers to vote for the game they are most looking forward to in 2016. The top ten was published today – the highly anticipated game at the top of the charts is No Man’s Sky.
No Man’s Sky pushes Battlefield 1 and FIFA 17 to other positions
No Man’s Sky will take you on an exploration tour in August to a seemingly infinite galaxy. Fans have been eagerly anticipating this space adventure for months – to an extent that is partly unimaginable: When the game from Hello Games had to be postponed, the developers even received death threats.
And now the voting from Amazon has officially revealed: Customers are particularly excited about No Man’s Sky. Here is the list of the top ten:
When thinking of a tank online game, World of Tanks certainly comes to mind first. However, Armored Warfare by Obsidian Entertainment should not be underestimated.
The developers have now released a new video that introduces the PvE mode of the online game. Because Armored Warfare wouldn’t be an Obsidian game if it didn’t have an interesting story. And you can follow this story in the PvE mode, while of course also engaging in team battles in PvP.
How heavy should it be?
Three difficulty levels are available for PvE missions: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Depending on the chosen level, you will encounter more and smarter enemies. The opponents will use more sophisticated tactics and deploy more powerful vehicles and weapons. In the mission screen, you can not only select the available missions but also the difficulty level.
The introductory phase of each mission gives you an overview of the primary and secondary objectives as well as a description of the background, location, and enemies. You must achieve the objectives within a certain time limit, and each mission can only be successfully completed if you have fulfilled all primary objectives. Those who also achieve secondary objectives secure additional rewards.
Fulfill the objectives!
Among the objectives are, for example, capturing a target location, destroying a target, protecting a target, or preventing enemies from capturing a target location. Missions are assigned to you by an agent, who also informs you about changing mission objectives and announces enemy assault waves and other events. At the end of the missions, the agent summarizes the results and hands you your rewards.
The PvE mode in the online game Armored Warfare can be completed both as a team and solo.
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This year’s football simulation FIFA 17 has now officially announced the German commentators. As in the predecessor, Frank “Buschi” Buschmann and Wolff-Christoph Fuss are behind the microphones.
EA Sports continues to rely on Buschi and Fuss as the German commentary duo once more. These cult commentators have already analyzed the games in FIFA 16 and provided cheeky remarks. Now they are confirmed in their roles for FIFA 17.
Buschmann and Fuss are in FIFA 17
This announcement comes from Fuss’s official Facebook page. Here he writes:
“I am very pleased to announce to you today that I will be part of FIFA 17 once again. Of course, with Frank Buschmann. Great fun, as always!”
While Fuss is now allowed to comment on the virtual gameplay for the second year in a row, Buschi has been around a few years longer: specifically since FIFA 11. Fuss replaced Manni Breuckmann last year.
FIFA 17 will be released on September 29 on PS4, PS3, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
A new update for Overwatch is live and has fixed some annoying bugs. Especially Mercy players should find it easier again.
Mercy’s beam heals consistently again
Overnight, a new patch was deployed for Overwatch, at least on the PC version of the hero shooter. According to Blizzard, the update has fixed several bugs with the three heroes Zarya, Winston, and Mercy. Each of these heroes had a small issue.
The Caduceus staff’s beam now stays on the same target even when Mercy quickly switches between “healing” and “damage,” even if she is not looking at the target.
While Winston is in his furious ultimate form, his hits should now consistently hit the targets. Previously, the hits were calculated at varying times during the strike animation.
Lastly, there is an adjustment for Zarya; her “right-click” shot consistently dealt high damage numbers, even when the charge of her shield had long fallen below the required value.
Furthermore, the “Sudden Death” timer has been adjusted on all maps and now has a different length, depending on the map. The times now vary between 90 and 110 seconds to create more balanced matches.
What about the “Leaver issue”?
Apparently, the patch still hasn’t resolved an annoying issue in ranked mode. If there is a person in one of the two teams who leaves the game early, the rank points will still only be adjusted slightly. Even if the player returns in time, this penalty will not be offset. Jeff Kaplan has already responded to the renewed complaints:
“We are fixing this. Hopefully today. I apologize for the inconvenience.”
It is thus assumed that another hotfix will come during the day that finally removes this issue from the list.
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Brand new stunt vehicles and more options for track building in GTA 5 Online.
After you have perhaps spent the last few days and weeks working as a CEO, working from morning till night, you can now have fun in a special way in GTA 5 Online. With new stunt events, you can defy gravity in the future and show off the tricks you have learned in GTA over the years.
Stunt mode available from July 12
From next week, you can confront your fears and jump through burning hoops on motorcycles. The developers themselves promote that the Cunning Stunts update is a “surreal seeming” and “entirely exaggerated” evolution of racing in GTA 5 Online.
For the Cunning Stunts, there will be special cars designed for the various races. A total of 13 new vehicles (super sports cars, sports cars, and motorcycles) will be implemented in the game with the stunt events. Accordingly, there will also be matching motocross clothing, racing suits, helmets, and a variety of accessories. When choosing the car, you should pay attention to where the stunt race takes place. Are you racing on a track above the clouds, or do you need a lightweight car to better glide between the wind turbines at the RON-Alternate wind farms?
You can expect to drive headfirst through loops or tubes on the new tracks. New acceleration strips provide the extra boost you need to launch into the air on steep ramps. Jumps, gaps in the track, as well as obstacles and various terrains are just some features of the new races. In the following trailer, you can get a picture of what awaits you in the update next week. Maybe you can even chase the new sports car Seven-70 across the various tracks.
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In the shared-world shooter The Division, we present the gear set Reclaimer.
With the Underground expansion, four new gear sets are now available, which can already be obtained on PC and Xbox One. On PS4, they are available from August 2. One of these four sets is the Reclaimer set, which is described as extremely powerful in the community. Is it so strong that it might need to be nerfed in the future?
What makes the Reclaimer set special in The Division
The Reclaimer set is designed for supporters. If you’re only focused on high DPS values or always roaming solo through New York, this set won’t help you. However, if you’re playing in fireteams and enjoy supporting each other, Reclaimer will greatly benefit your team.
This set consists of a total of six pieces. You can find them in the Underground, in the incursion “Dragon’s Lair”, in heroic missions, and they have also been discovered as drops from named NPCs and in supply drops in the Dark Zone.
Once you’ve looted and equipped several pieces of the set, you will receive certain bonuses. At four pieces, the unique talent is unlocked:
2 pieces: +100% healing speed of the aid station. This bonus is useful in high-level activities, such as incursions. When you’re holed up behind cover, you can efficiently regenerate yourself and your team.
3 pieces: +50% duration of consumables. This makes consumables, such as water, and special ammunition, like incendiary bullets, last longer. Below is a comparison image:
4 pieces:Talent Reclaimer: All fireteam members benefit from applied consumables and special ammunition. Moreover, these are not consumed.
These two bonuses of this set are practical, but thanks to this talent, Reclaimer is currently outstanding. This means not only that you can endlessly benefit from consumables and special ammo yourself, but your entire team receives the buff. In this image, you can see the display next to the name when group members also benefit from your special ammo:
Interesting: If you give incendiary ammunition to a buddy with the Reclaimer set, he can also use another consumable at the same time. Thus, it’s possible for you to heat up enemies simultaneously with incendiary and explosive rounds:
You have unlimited consumables and special ammo with the set; however, it’s not as simple to use one consumable after another. You need to be aware of the cooldown times for that.
To apply these faster one after the other, the character talent Triage helps: This reduces skill cooldowns by 15% when you heal an ally. If you’re playing with a large fireteam, you can essentially benefit from consumables and special ammo forever this way.
According to Arekkz Gaming, it is undoubtedly one of the best gear sets in the game. In a team, you can achieve devastating effects together. Especially in PvE, it is possible to cut a swath through hordes of enemies. But even in PvP, your squad can gain significant advantages over other agents with a Reclaimer set.
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How long Massive will look at this superiority is currently unknown. There are repeated opinions online that the set should be nerfed. Because against a team using Reclaimer, you have little chance – unless you use this set yourself.
Reclaimer is an excellent supporter set. What do you think? Should it be nerfed?
Update 6:12 PM: The matchmaking settings are now live – in the Control mode. Additionally, it was communicated via Twitter that you should prepare for Bungie Day.
Bungie has a thing for the number 7: it is considered the favorite number of the development studio. You often encounter this number in the Halo series, but it also appears in Destiny: For example, you unlock a trophy / achievement when you reach 777 Grimoire Points. It is no coincidence that the Bungie community is referred to as the “7th Column”. Therefore, on the seventh day of the seventh month, Bungie Day is celebrated. And as luck would have it, this day is today.
In the last letter to the community, the developers mentioned that next week there will be an “event that celebrates you all”, coming up – in this week, in which we currently find ourselves. Currently, there is no indication of what this event will specifically be or when exactly it will go live. There is speculation that it could be about the Moments of Triumph for Year 2 of Destiny.
Update: On the official Bungie website, under “Triumphs,” you can already find the tab with the “Year 2” Triumphs. However, you cannot click on it yet:
There is currently no indication of festive spirit. Instead, Bungie is conducting a test in the Crucible today, in the PvP area of the shooter.
On July 7th, a matchmaking test will take place, but what about the event?
Last night, the developers announced that they are working on the Crucible settings. According to Senior Designer Derek Carroll, the new settings will result in players at the extreme ends of the skill curve seeing shorter matchmaking times. The connection quality remains the primary search criterion. Matchmaking times will be shorter, but the skill range of teammates will be larger.
These PvP settings were supposed to be tested yesterday in Control mode, but the test was aborted immediately. Some errors occurred.
The test is now taking place again: On the morning of July 7th – which is in the afternoon for us. The exact time will be announced in advance. Currently, nothing is known. When Bungie speaks up, you will find out here.
But new matchmaking settings are nice and all – what about the promised event?
In recent days, we have received more messages along the lines of: “What is up with the event?”, “Is there any news about the event?”, “You must know something about this event!” But unfortunately, we know as little about it as you do. Bungie is still keeping it under wraps. As soon as they reveal the secret, you will find out in a timely manner from us.
A hint was left by Bungie in the last status report: “Next week, right at this moment, it will be Bungie Day. It is not about us. It is about you.”
Therefore, we assume that there will be more information about this event in the next letter to the community. It will be released sometime this evening. However, sometimes it comes very late at night.
What do you think Bungie will pull out of the hat?
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