The Division: AUG A3 Para XS – Die beste Maschinenpistole im Spiel?

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 4 minutes

In The Division, the AUG variants of submachine guns have a good reputation among agents. We take a look at what makes the AUG in The Division special.

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Currently, agents have several ways to obtain the coveted AUG submachine guns. They do not have to rely on luck this week, as there are two vendors that supply these popular SMGs. The weapon dealer in the Dark Zone sells a high-end blueprint for the AUG A3P Tactic with a gear score of 163. The specialized equipment vendor sells the AUG A3 Para XS in high-end quality at the Base of Operations with a maximum value of 204. Is it worth buying?

What makes the AUG A3 Para XS special in The Division

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All AUG variants of submachine guns come with the same base stats. The fire rate is 725 without mods, and the magazine size is 25. Here are the other stats:

At this point, a comparison with other submachine guns in The Division can be fruitful. When talking about SMGs in this MMO shooter, the keyword Vector must come up, a popular SMG variant. Compared to the Vector, the AUG stands out with a higher base damage; however, the fire rate is slightly lower. The Vector has a fire rate of 750. In both weapons, the small magazine size is a disadvantage. Here, the MP5 or Midas in The Division have advantages.

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The AUG is a submachine gun that can deal a lot of damage in a short time. However, this power is interrupted by the need to reload frequently. However, one can counteract this with appropriate mods.

If you obtain the AUG through loot or craft it with a blueprint, the talents are random. If you acquire the high-end AUG A3 Para XS from the tech wing of the Base of Operations, you can expect the following fixed talents:

  • Brutal: With this weapon, headshot damage increases by 24.5% (Requirement: 2579 firearms).
  • Malicious: Critical hit chance increases by 13.5% when at full health (Requirement: 2063 firearms, 2579 stamina).
  • Careful: Eliminating a target has a 23.5% chance to refill the magazine.
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Additionally, this weapon has a bonus of +22.5% critical hit chance.

What the AUG can do in PvE and PvP in The Division

To utilize the talents of this AUG A3 Para XS from the specialized equipment vendor, a offensive tank build in The Division that is usable in both PvE and PvP is recommended, as it focuses on stamina and firearms. Furthermore, a submachine gun that excels at mowing down enemies at close range fits perfectly with the offensive playstyle of a tank.

What do the agents say about the weapon?

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Both in PvP and PvE, the AUG is a “beast”. Agents praise its handling and stability; even without mods, it handles well, and the recoil is manageable. By increasing stability, it hardly pulls up at all. It is quite easy to land multiple, precise headshots with one magazine.

Moreover, the range of this weapon is better than many agents expected. One player claims that the AUG is an assault rifle in the body of a submachine gun, which feels great.

The conclusion of most agents who own an AUG is as follows: It is the best submachine gun in the game, provided you compensate for its magazine size disadvantage with mods. This applies to PvE as well as the Dark Zone. It is hard to find bad reviews about this weapon in the reddit forum.

However, it is often pointed out that it always depends on the random talents with which the AUG comes. Talents that increase headshot and critical hit damage are popular – specifically those that quickly diminish enemy health. The talents that the AUG A3 Para XS from the specialized equipment vendor comes with are therefore not considered a “God-Roll” but rather solid.

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If you have not yet enjoyed an AUG and have saved the necessary Phoenix Credits – 814 in total – it may be worth visiting the vendor in the tech wing. Specifically, while this may not be the best SMG in the game, you can successfully run through the post-apocalyptic New York with it.

By the way: The guy who mastered the incursion “Falcon Lost” solo took on this feat with an AUG submachine gun in incursions.

The AUG SMGs are among the top of the best weapons in The Division.

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Warcraft Film: Abweichung von der Lore und ein Blick ins “Lion’s Pride Inn”

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

The movie “Warcraft: The Beginning” will deviate from the lore in some points. Additionally, there’s a look into the inn of Goldshire!

Minor deviations from the lore enhance the movie

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At PAX East, Duncan Jones, the director of the film, dropped some hints about the upcoming Warcraft movie. He confirmed that the film would deviate from the lore of the games and books. However, these changes are supposed to be “small and subtle” and to enrich the film.

Although Jones does not mention where the film’s story will diverge from the game and novel, fans (and demons) have already identified a few deviations:

  • Unlike in the original game, many Orcs coming through the Dark Portal are not visibly corrupted by Fel magic yet, and are thus brown instead of green.
  • The city of mages, Dalaran, is already flying in the air in the film, even though it should still be firmly anchored to the ground at this time in the original.
  • Lastly, the actress playing Garona has repeatedly stated that she portrays a hybrid of Orc and Human – but in the game’s lore, she is a hybrid of Orc and Draenei.

One can only hope that these reinterpretations of the lore do not lead to logical errors within the film – because at least the aspect with Garona would then be extremely questionable. Wait and drink herbal tea.

Moreover, Legendary has released a small “behind the scenes” video about the “Lion’s Pride Inn” or better known to us as “The Lion’s Den”. The inn of Goldshire closely resembles the original from the film and features many small Easter eggs, such as a poster encouraging the hunt for goblins – you should definitely check it out yourself.

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In a month, on May 26th, the Warcraft movie will hit theaters in Germany. Only two weeks later, Americans will be able to enjoy the film. So someone say again that everything comes so late for us.

For more news and articles regarding the Warcraft movie and the MMORPG, you can find them on our World of Warcraft game page.

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Rust: Gender coercion significantly increases sales

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The game Rust does not offer character selection, you must play as a character, whether you want to or not. The development team states: The compulsion has done the game really well and sales are higher than ever.

The survival game Rust has received a gender compulsion with an update: You cannot create a character, but are assigned one that you must play. Now the development team has come forward and explained that the gender compulsion has benefited Rust: Sales have skyrocketed since the controversial change.

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Rust – Sales have increased by over 70 % since gender compulsion

What has the game introduced? About two weeks ago we reported that Rust now has female character models. This in itself is nothing bad, but players in Rust are forced into both gender and skin color, which can no longer be changed as it is tied to the Steam ID. When the update was introduced, some players complained loudly: They now have to play as women and would rather not log in anymore. Some even said that Rust has dug its own grave with this and that it is only a matter of time before the game is “dead”.

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Now the (more or less) surprising reaction: No. Rust is doing better than ever before.

Garry Newman, the founder of Facepunch Studios, has published some graphics on Twitter clearly showing how Rust has developed since the release of the controversially discussed patch. The statement is quite clear: Daily sales have increased by 74 %.

According to Newman, they have “never experienced anything like this,” except for the big Steam sales. With a touch of humor, they also say, “Linux sales have nearly doubled! From 4 to 7 per day.” But even more telling are the 2300 sales on Steam, compared to just under 1300 before.

In response to the negative criticism, he also has an answer. “That was definitely the loud minority,” he says in an email to Kotaku:

This is usually the case with all changes we make. On the Internet, you hear some opinions from people who haven’t played the game for months or have never played it at all. If we really want to know what people think, we anonymously join a server and ask for opinions there. The feedback from people who actually play the game is the most valuable.

Even in 2025, Rust is still a surprisingly important game. The survival game still dominates Twitch in 2025, despite larger and more important titles. More about this directly on MeinMMO: A 12-year-old survival game dominates Twitch, despite major releases on Steam

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Mechwarrior Online: Update brings faction loyalty, significantly advancing the development of the Free2Play MMO

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

With the latest update for the online action game Mechwarrior Online , the loyalty system of the factions is being introduced.

In the online game Mechwarrior Online, there are various houses that wage war against each other. You can determine which house you want to fight for. However, the system becomes more complex with the latest update, as you determine how loyal you are to a house.

You have the choice of whether you want to make a career as a loyalist of a house or whether you act as a mercenary, working for the houses that pay the best depending on the job situation. Additionally, you can also be a freelancer who stays out of it as much as possible and only takes sides in emergencies.

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War Planning and New Game Modes

Moreover, the war-planning feature has been integrated. With this, all players of a faction can vote together on who should be attacked next. Through a leaderboard, you can see who the best mech pilots are. Also new is the game mode “Extraction”. In this, two teams of four players each compete against each other. Your task is to capture at least one data point and then reach the extraction zone where a dropship is waiting for you.

Additionally, scouting missions are available to you. In these, you need to gather important data. Whoever succeeds can gain significant advantages in battles for their unit.

Mechwarrior Online allows you to engage in exciting and tactical team battles in the Battletech universe. You enter the cockpit of a so-called mech, a combat robot that you can improve and expand yourself. Each mech has different advantages and disadvantages that must be used tactically within the team. If you are interested in the MMO, you can download it as a free-to-play game via Steam.

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Armored Warfare: Loot-System soll im Sommer kommen

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In summer there will be loot in Armored Warfare

Armored Warfare is a tank game, still in Open Beta, that is continuously being developed. Unlike the competition from World of Tanks, the PvE mode is particularly popular among fans.

As colleagues from GameStar learned in an interview with the project manager, the introduction of a loot system is coming soon. Although it will not be included in the upcoming patch 0.15, it is planned for the summer. The first T-10 tanks are to be unlocked in patch 0.15.

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Furthermore, GameStar learned in the interview that T-10 tanks from Poland and the Czech Republic are set to find their way to Armored Warfare . Polish players make up the largest target group alongside German tank drivers.

After Poland and the Czech Republic, the focus will then shift to Korean and Scandinavian tanks. Additional tanks from China are not planned for the time being.

In this article, we subjected Armored Warfare to a test.

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ARK: Survival Evolved: Spielerzahlen auf PC und Xbox One – und Mods als neue Spielinhalte

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ARK: Survival Evolved has just delayed its release, but is significantly enhancing the content.

ARK sells 5 million copies, delivers community content

Although the release of ARK: Survival Evolved was recently postponed from summer 2016 to Christmas 2016, the game is doing fantastically. One record after another is being broken, with reports now citing 4 million copies sold for PC and 1 million versions for Xbox One.

The delay is partly due to the desire to provide a larger mod support than previously available. The community is being given the chance to develop their own mods, and if these are particularly popular or well-made, they may be included in the game. Two of these mods are expected to be released this year. Next month, in May, “The Center” will be released, a map so vast that it “more than doubles” the game’s content. In the summer, a second mod named “Primitive Plus” will follow.

Mods were initially only playable on PC – with these two expansions, they will be playable on Xbox One for the first time.

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But the developers are also diligently providing their own content. Recently, patch 239 for the PC version was released, which adds two new animals to the game. “Dire Bears”, large bears, now roam the island while Mantas invite for cool surfing fun if tamed. In addition, players can now craft a chemistry table and a primitive cannon. Those particularly brave can venture into battle against the broodmother – she now has her own arena.

For more news and articles about the dinosaur fun, you can find them on our ARK: Survival Evolved game page.

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The Division: „Schutz vor Elite“ ist buggy, bewirkt das Gegenteil

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

In The Division, the item bonus “Protection from Elites” is causing problems. It apparently has the exact opposite effect of what it should do.

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Things are just not quiet around Ubisoft’s MMO shooter: Even though some exploits in The Division are being invented by users themselves, another bug has already appeared, contributing to the depressing atmosphere that one might have to believe. However, this time it is not an exploit that agents could profit from. Now a bug with an item bonus is causing discontent among players.

“Protection from Elites” faulty in The Division

As reddit user JaRrYc claims to have proven, the item bonus “Protection from Elites” does not provide increased protection from elite enemies at all. When agents equip items with this advantage, they instead take more damage than before. However, the description of this ability clearly states:

Additional reduction of damage dealt by named and elite enemies.

Various users have come across this annoying problem through analysis of the programming code and through self-experiments. Some screenshots have been uploaded to prove the situation. Below are two of them.

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In this screenshot, the user had 11% protection from elites:

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In this screenshot, the user had no 11% protection from elites: The comments on this post reinforce this discovery, which would explain a lot. Especially agents who had increased this value as tanks report that this issue troubled them. They were wondering why they looked so bad against elite enemies.

Therefore, the following advice: Better not rely on this talent for now to avoid hitting the virtual dust too soon.

So far, there has been no official statement from Massive. This reddit post was only published today. However, since it is spreading like wildfire, the developers will likely be able to resolve the issue soon.

Currently, there are still 150 Phoenix Credits to grab as compensation. What these are for and how you can obtain the Phoenix Credits in The Division, you can find out here.

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ASTA: Erster Contentpatch noch vor Release

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In the MMORPG ASTA the first content patch is already available, even though the game is still officially in beta.

New Difficulty Level for Raids in ASTA

Technically, the “Korean World of Warcraft,” ASTA, is not yet out of its beta phase, but that seems to be just a formality. The game received its first content update on April 18, which mainly brought new difficulty modes and a fresh PvP arena map.

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The biggest change is the introduction of a “very hard” mode for the existing raid instances, which can be completed once a day. In general, the bosses have become stronger and use better abilities, and they use them more frequently.

In addition, there is a new arena, the “Ora Fortress Underground Arena,” where players can engage in classic 5vs5 combat. Furthermore, players can now also participate in intra-faction battlegrounds, allowing them to fight with their own faction.

Aside from that, there were also some nerfs to the Mage. The Mage was too strong with certain spells, or could heal himself too effectively. You can find a complete list of the patch notes in our sources.

In the coming weeks, the team aims to focus on fine-tuning the existing systems, even though everything looks quite solid overall.

For more news, articles, and an initial impression from our YouTuber Refaser, you can find them on our ASTA game page.

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ESL bannt Team YouPorn

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The ESL has banned the pro gamers who were financially supported by the porn site YouPorn.

A few months ago, it made headlines: Youporn is entering esports. Apparently, there were overlaps in the target audience identified. Data from competing websites support this assumption.

The PR stunt or, from another point of view, the esports engagement of the porn website has now come to an end. The ESL (Electronic Sports League) has severed all ties with the pro gamers from “Team YP.” They were active in games like Evolve, CS:GO, Starcraft II, Mortal Kombat X, and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

As a reason for the ban, the ESL stated to the US site Gamespot that many of the other partners had strict “No drugs, no alcohol, no pornography” rules. And adherence to these rules is also contractually mandated. These rules have been in the regulations for a long time. They had been in contact with Team YP’s management in recent months to find a solution.

The management of Team YP is disappointed with the decision. They find it unfair. After all, the team is modest and decent, by no means offensive and strictly separated from the sponsors. Team YP, in the management’s view, has nothing to do with porn, is a completely different brand, and is house-trained.

Through social media, they are apparently trying to establish the hashtag “#FreeTeamYP”.

The title image comes from the US website Gamespot.

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Destiny: Lord of Wolves in Year 2 – What can the exotic shotgun do?

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 3 minutes

In Destiny, the exotic shotgun Lord of Wolves came with the April update into year 2. We will show you what makes this special “shotgun” so unique.

Lord of Wolves is an unconventional “shotgun” that resists classification into previous categories. This weapon shares similarities with pulse rifles as it fires five bursts of burning “shot” at enemies per shot.

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Guardians who were not familiar with this weapon from year 1 say they were overwhelmed by the “wow” effect when they first used it. Why is that?

How to get the year-2 version of Lord of Wolves in Destiny

In year 1, you could obtain Lord of Wolves through an exotic quest in the Prison of Elders. In the second year of Destiny, you still need to go into the Prison to farm the shotgun. Here are the sources:

  • Challenge of the Elders: Complete the Challenge of the Elders in the newly revamped Prison of Elders to earn Lord of Wolves as a random reward.
  • Xur: The Agent of the Nine sells this item from time to time.

What makes Lord of Wolves in Destiny special

The exotic special weapon deals solar damage and won’t impress anyone with just a glance at its stats. Particularly, its impact can’t compete with the best shotguns. However, it excels in other talents we will look at shortly. First, let’s see the stats in the graphic:

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These are the perks of Lord of Wolves:

  • Touch of Malice: Hits with this weapon grant nearby allies +3 recovery. Lasts for 30 seconds.
  • Hip Fire: This weapon grants you additional precision when firing from the hip.

Additionally, you can choose between Perfect Balance (lower recoil), Fast Reload, and Extended Magazine.

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With Soft Ballistics, Drift Control, and Linear Compensator, you can tweak recoil, impact, and range a bit.

These perks probably won’t send the guardians into cheers. However, Lord of Wolves has hidden talents that only reveal themselves when transitioning from theory to practice:

  • When you pull the trigger with Lord of Wolves, the weapon fires five pulses at your enemies at once. One advantage of this is that you can deal significant damage to enemies, eliminating them before they even know what’s happening. However, controlling these 5 shots to ensure they reach their target is not easy. This shotgun is not easy to master.
  • Also noteworthy are its magazine size, reserve ammo, and reload speed. Compared to other shotguns, the entire magazine can be filled with just one smooth motion, allowing you to quickly get back into the action.

What can Lord of Wolves do in PvE and PvP?

In both PvE and PvP, Lord of Wolves only favors a specific playstyle: a very aggressive one. If you prefer to operate from the background, you should rely on other special weapons.

If you enjoy getting close to the darkness and other guardians in the Crucible, the weapon receives a thumbs up from many users. Especially for stopping guardians with active supers in the Crucible, it would prove its worth, as its range turns out to be better in practice than the stats suggest.

Some users also report it can stir things up in the Trials of Osiris in the right hands. However, this also presents the greatest downside of this weapon: the 5-shot bursts must first be controlled. Guardians who are used to a shotgun firing only one load of shot per trigger pull will need to adjust.

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Most guardians agree on one thing: Lord of Wolves definitely feels exotic, both in power and design. However, it probably won’t set new standards in year 2, as it hasn’t been labeled as an over-weapon yet. Nevertheless, one can conclude: Lord of Wolves is easy to love, but not easy to master.

What do you think of Lord of Wolves? Have you already obtained the year-2 version?

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The Division: Can opponents kill the final boss? Reddit users showcase gaming media

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In The Division , gaming sites are reporting about a new “glitch” – but this time it’s fictional.

It’s a great story. Here it goes: If you fall through the ground near the boss in “Falcon Lost”, enemies will throw grenades at you. And this kills the final boss without you taking damage.

The story fits the current climate around the game: “Oh God, is your game buggy, Ubisoft!”

We first noticed the story a few days ago on Gamespot, but it was quickly deleted there. Meanwhile, several large English-speaking sites, as well as a German gaming site, have picked up the story and report about the embarrassing state of the game: New glitches keep appearing. As soon as one is fixed, another one pops up, the sites wrote.

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They agreed with the fans who in the comments under the articles mocked The Division and Massive. They said they couldn’t keep their game under control. A new bug every day.
The sources for the story are a bit strange. One site refers to another. A large German site refers to the site “pixeldynamo”, which claims to have learned about the glitch on reddit.

It was also mentioned on the large international forum reddit, only: It was a joke. The Redditor from whom the post about the supposed glitch originated, which then caused such a stir, clarified this morning: It was a joke. The Redditor wanted to demonstrate that the “trick”, even if it was wrong, got more views than his “legitimate” guide to the boss. The latter hardly received any attention.

It is particularly striking that the glitch was picked up by many gaming sites under the title “How to complete the incursion even after the hotfix”. The user listed a number of gaming sites that fell for his “hoax” and reported on it without testing the glitch – among the list are some very well-known English-speaking gaming sites.

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Doom: Graphics options for PC known – “PC gaming is in our DNA”

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

For the upcoming shooter Doom, the graphics options for PC have been announced.

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The Windows PC version of Doom will offer a variety of graphics options. Not only will the FPS lock of Doom be removed on PC, but an image format of 21:9 is also expected to be supported, allowing for a wide field of view.

Graphics Options for Doom on PC

As Chief Technical Officer Robert Duffy confirms, PC players will be able to tweak their experience in Doom thanks to numerous graphics settings, benefiting from the diverse options available. Many settings were not accessible to players during the open beta, but id Software considers them just as important as the demanding PC gaming community. Duffy said:

PC gaming is in our DNA here at id.

Therefore, they will also love to tinker with the settings to achieve the desired experience – as far as the PC’s performance allows.

Below are the expected “advanced settings” that will be available at the launch of Doom:

  • Manually Lock Framerate (un-locked by default)
  • Lights Quality
  • Chromatic Aberration Toggle
  • Shading Quality
  • Post Process Quality
  • Particles Quality
  • Game F/X Quality
  • Decal Quality
  • Directional Occlusion
  • Reflections Quality
  • Depth of Field Toggle
  • Decal / Texture Filtering
  • Motion Blur Quality / Toggle
  • Sharpening Amount
  • Lens Flare Toggle
  • Lens Dirt Toggle
  • Texture Atlas Size
  • Show Performance Metrics
  • Resolution Scaling
  • UI Opacity
  • Film Grain
  • Rendering Mode
  • FOV Slider
  • Simple Reticle
  • Show First-person Hands Toggle
  • Use Compute Shaders
  • Vsync (support or triple buffering)

Doom will be released on May 13 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

Find out how the reviews for the Doom open beta turned out here.

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Hearthstone: Alle 134 Karten der neuen Erweiterung “Das Flüstern der Alten Götter”

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We have sorted and listed all cards from the Hearthstone expansion “Whispers of the Old Gods”.

Since the livestream last Thursday (April 21), all 134 cards of the upcoming expansion “Whispers of the Old Gods” from Hearthstone have been revealed. In order for you to have all the new cards at a glance, we have created several galleries for you to view all cards. The new cards are expected to find their way into the game starting Tuesday, April 26, . 13 card packs will be available for Hearthstone players to earn through quests or receive as gifts without spending money.

On the following pages, you will find all cards of the upcoming expansion, sorted by the different classes. You can either use the navigation at the end of the page or directly select your favorite class here.

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The Warrior Cards of Whispers of the Old Gods


On the next page, you will find the cards of the Shaman.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: “Dark Brotherhood” will be available on the test server tomorrow

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In the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (PC, PS4, Xbox One) the next DLC “Dark Brotherhood” goes live on the PC test server tomorrow. That is earlier than expected.

This is surprisingly quick. Saturday night, The Elder Scrolls Online announced on Facebook that the latest DLC “Dark Brotherhood” will be deployed on Monday to the PTS, the Public Test Server, on PC.

Only at the end of last week was the DLC introduced in a trailer. The early PTS date for “Dark Brotherhood” gives fans hope that the DLC could go live relatively soon. However, that is not yet confirmed. In the past, it was usually relatively quick once a DLC was on the PTS; but this time they may simply be taking more time for testing.

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Currently, PAX East is taking place in Boston. This is the first western gaming convention of the year. Zenimax is there with a booth and chatting with fans, among other things about the Dark Brotherhood.

The DLC will be dark and murderous. The “Dark Brotherhood” is a guild of assassins.

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SMITE: Streamer insults suicidal viewer

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A former suicidal viewer thanks his favorite streamer – and is severely insulted by him.

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Many people struggle with depression and some have toyed with the thought of suicide. It is always nice to hear when people can free themselves from this burden and find joy in life – or so one would think. However, a streamer from HiRez, the developer company of SMITE, saw things differently. He insulted a formerly suicidal person in the strongest terms.

What happened?

The streamer Brandan Nance, better known as DMBrandon, was streaming some games of SMITE on Twitch again. Occasionally, some users donate a bit of money to him, usually along with a funny phrase or a greeting that is then displayed on the stream. A viewer who donated $5 added the following message:

“I tried to kill myself, and after being discharged from the clinic, I discovered your videos and SMITE became one of the positive things in my life. Thank you.”

However, DMBrandon did not feel honored by the message and reacted extremely critically. “There are many streamers who would love to hear such a message. But I will just call you an asshole.”

Then the chat practically exploded and DMBrandon elaborated further to justify his words – at least to some extent.

“It is a selfish, stupid thing to do. (…) If you don’t like my opinion, then you can look for someone else to watch who will tell you that suicide is okay. Go and f*** yourself, kid.”

The core message from Nance can likely be summarized as follows: If you take your own life while there is at least one other person who cares about you, then you are a selfish person.

You can listen to his complete remarks in English here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-nUigOMRwc

Then what always happens on the internet occurred: A shitstorm was unleashed on Reddit and heads were to roll – which promptly happened. Nance himself stated that he was leaving HiRez and apologized for losing control during the stream.

Shortly thereafter, Nance posted a much more extensive apology, in which he explained his behavior, although it should not be considered a justification. He himself has a difficult relationship with the topic of death and suicide, as his sister was killed in a robbery.

In conclusion, he says: “I often tell people that they should not have an opinion if they have not engaged with a topic. This time, I was the ignorant one.”

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HiRez, the makers behind SMITE, emphasized that the opinion expressed by Nance does not correspond to the company’s philosophy and that they take matters such as suicide, depression, and mental illness very seriously. Following this, HiRez donated to the “American Foundation of Suicide Prevention” – a foundation for suicide prevention.

Mein-MMO says: This has certainly spiraled out of control. Even if there are many different opinions on the topic of suicide, one should still approach the subject with more caution, especially when speaking to someone who has suffered from it. Although DMBrandon’s reaction is much more understandable when you learn about his own life story, his behavior was simply inappropriate.

At least two positive aspects have emerged from this whole story: More attention has been drawn to this important taboo topic and the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention can look forward to donations.

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  1. mmorpg.com
  2. massivelyop.com

The Crew: Wild Run – April-Update bringt Stuntrennen ins Spiel

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

Ubisoft has released a new update for the racing MMO The Crew: Wild Run.

This update introduces stunt races to the game. On special off-road tracks, you must showcase as many stunts as possible, but do not forget to hit all the checkpoints. This way, you can earn a lot of points, for example when performing spectacular 360° spins as well as forward or backward flips. By utilizing the many ramps on the tracks, you can execute stunts that will impress everyone. Of course, you need to pay attention to the right style and timing.

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You can start the stunt races in the Summit for off-road and rally motorcycles. But the April update for The Crew: Wild Run offers even more. With the “Save and Share” feature for the free ride and speed trap challenges, you can save up to ten challenges and then share them with players directly in the game or via social networks using a unique ID.

Additionally, you will find new tools in the update, which allow you to adjust the weather and control your camera settings and viewpoints. This makes it possible to record even more interesting videos. The update also brings further improvements and adjustments. Furthermore, you can look forward to these new qualification events for the upcoming monthly Summit in the online racing game The Crew:

PVP:

  • Pennsylvania Heights – Off-road setup
  • Miami Downtown Tour – Performance setup
  • Long Beach Race Track – Track setup

PVE:

  • New Performance Time Trial in the Mountain States
  • New Rally Stunt Races in the Grand Canyon
  • New Drag Challenge in the East
  • New Drift Challenge in the West
  • New Performance Speed Trap in Las Vegas
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SWTOR: New Customization Options – Weapon Tuning

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

BioWare introduces a new type of character customization in SWTOR , weapon tuning.

New, flashy color effects – SWTOR’s weapon tuning

The ability to continually customize your character in an MMORPG to make it a unique snowflake in the digital expanse is one of the most important revenue sources for many games. Star Wars: The Old Republic is no exception, as it also has a comprehensive system that includes costumes and other visual tweaks like coloring clothing.

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These systems will further expand with the Chapter XIII of Knights of the Fallen Empire, “Loot and Profit”. With the patch, there will be a new “weapon tuning”. Some weapons have an additional slot where an upgrade can be installed – it works just like all other modifications in the game.

However, this weapon tuning is purely cosmetic, providing no stat boosts. Instead, they equip the weapon with lightning effects that look flashy on both lightsabers as well as blasters and cannons. It’s as if the technician was careless when crafting the weapon and is now desperately trying to prevent it from exploding.

Not all weapons have such a tuning slot, but suitable war gear can be obtained from various sources (raids, reputation, cartel market).

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Hardly noticeable on lightsabers – the small lightning on the edge.

The controversy: The weapon tunings will initially only be available in cartel packs – they are thus random. Although they can also be resold in the trading network (auction house), fans are always dissatisfied when something is “only” available by chance.

Mein-MMO says: After having just admitted that there were minor bugs and larger problems upon the release of chapters that they now want to avoid, such an announcement seems somewhat out of place. Fans have voiced significant criticism that they are receiving less content for more money, along the lines of “13 euros do not justify a 20-minute chapter.” It does seem somewhat surprising that a new feature is coming that can – more or less – only be used through the purchase of cartel packs.

For more news and articles about BioWare’s MMORPG, visit our Star Wars: The Old Republic game page.

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  2. swtor.com/de/

WoW: Legion – The Artifact Weapons of Mages

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 4 minutes

We present to you the three artifact weapons that mages can obtain in World of Warcraft: Legion.

In World of Warcraft: Legion, much revolves around artifact weapons. These are given to players early on and grow alongside their wielders throughout the duration of the expansion. Each talent specialization receives its own weapon, which means mages have a total of 3 artifacts available. Let’s take a look at the individual weapons.

Arcane – Aluneth, Staff of the Magna (Artifact Weapon for Arcane Mages)
WoW Legion Artifact Mage Aluneth

Background story: Only one woman has ever attained the rank of Guardian of Tirisfal: Aegwynn, the mother of Medivh and one of the most powerful female mages to have ever lived. She is the most known bearer of Aluneth, and the staff has since carried the nickname “Staff of the Magna”. Before Aegwynn relinquished her title as Guardian, she laid down the staff – but no one knows where it has rested since.

WoW Legion Artifact Aluneth

Properties of Aluneth, Staff of the Magna: Arcane mages specialize in slowing down enemies and causing massive damage spikes. Since mages are pure damage machines, many of the properties are simply blunt enhancements of existing spells.

  • All Arcane mages start with the Mark of Aluneth: In the target area, a magical prison is created that slows all affected enemies by 70% for 6 seconds and deals damage over time. After the effect ends, the prison explodes, dealing damage equal to 15% of the Arcane mage’s maximum mana.
  • The Touch of the Magi gives the Arcane spell a 10% chance to mark the struck enemy. For 6 seconds, the damage dealt by the mage is stored, before 10% of that damage then explodes in a small area around the target.
  • The Rule of Three gives your Arcane Missiles a 33.3% chance to fire a total of 3 additional Arcane Missiles.
  • Finally, Arcane Rebound improves the Arcane Barrage ability: If more than 2 targets are hit by Arcane Barrage, the primary target explodes for additional damage in a small area effect.

Fire – Felo’melorn (Artifact Weapon for Fire Mages)
WoW Legion Artifact Mage Felomelorn

Background story: Felo’melorn, the elvish term for “Flame Strike”, is a magical blade that has gathered fame for many millennia. It was already used by the high elf Dath’Remar during the War of the Ancients to combat the Burning Legion. Later, in Quel’thalas, it was the weapon of the Sunstrider family and served well in the Troll Wars. The last time the weapon was seen was in the hands of Kael’thas Sunstrider, when he crossed swords with Arthas in Northrend – but the blood elf prince had to retreat and the weapon was lost in the process.

WoW Legion Artifact Felomelorn

Properties of Felo’melorn: Fire mages also embody the essence of a damage dealer, and this is reflected in the properties of the artifact weapon. Almost all standard properties increase the damage of abilities, however, “Blink” can also be improved to heal the mage for 60% of their health. Let’s look at the more exciting properties:

  • As befits Kael’thas’ weapon, Phoenix’s Flames hurls a burning phoenix at an enemy, causing damage and then dealing additional damage to all nearby enemies. Has up to 3 charges with a 30-second cooldown each.
  • Phoenix Reborn ensures that targets affected by “Ignite” suffer a bit more damage. Each time this happens, the remaining cooldown of Phoenix’s Flames is reduced by 2 seconds.
  • Those who love critical hits will adore Pyretic Incantation. Each time you cause consecutive critical hits, the damage of critical hits increases by 5%. This stacks until a non-critical hit occurs.
  • The property Blast Furnace ensures that each “Inferno Blast” additionally applies a DoT to the target, causing a small amount of damage over 9 seconds.

Frost – Ebonchill (Artifact Weapon for Frost Mages)
WoW Legion Artifact Mage Ebonchill

Background story: Alodi, the first Guardian of Tirisfal, wielded the weapon Ebonchill. For nearly a century, the staff served its bearer in this position, before Alodi retired from this office. However, he kept Ebonchill with him until his death. Only afterwards was the staff recovered by the Kirin Tor and safely stored, for if a mage with less experience than Alodi were to use the staff, it could have devastating consequences…

WoW Legion Artifact Ebonchill

Properties of Ebonchill: For Frost mages, the standard properties of the artifacts are rather unremarkable. Critical damage takes center stage here, which can significantly be increased for almost all frost spells.

  • All Frost mages begin with Ebonbolt, a powerful spell that causes massive shadow frost damage, but it also has a cooldown of 45 seconds.
  • It’s Cold Outside is an upgrade of the Water Elemental. This now shoots frost shards instead of water bolts, causing a bit more damage and has a chance to grant the mage a stack of Frost Fingers.
  • With Black Ice, the weapon has a chance to temporarily increase the damage of Icicles by 100%.
  • Finally, Chilled to the Core enhances the spell Icy Veins. While it is active, all frost damage from the mage is increased by a whopping 20%.

You can view a general overview of the artifact weapons here.

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The Division: How to get the 150 Phoenix Credits compensation

Tom Rothstein Tom Rothstein Reading time 2 minutes

This weekend, The Division offers Phoenix Credits for everyone. We summarize what they are for and how you can grab them, so you don’t miss out.

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In recent weeks, things have not been running smoothly in The Division. That is probably clear to everyone. All the bugs, exploits, and cheats have caused frustration and bad moods. That is equally clear. To calm things down a bit, Massive is throwing around Phoenix Credits.

The official reason for this compensation, according to Community Developer Yannick Banchereau, is that the developers want to apologize for the fact that a few days before Update 1.1, no daily missions could be played in The Division. This disrupted the agents who wanted to stockpile Phoenix Credits in this way.

Here’s how to get your 150 Phoenix Credits

You will receive 150 Phoenix Credits as compensation. All you have to do is log in to the servers once this weekend. However, you won’t be served the PCs on a silver platter, and if you’re not too familiar with The Division, it may take you some time to find them. Here’s how to get them:

You need to head to the rewards vendor, who is secretly waiting for you with the Phoenix Credits. This guy hides in the farthest corner of the Operations Base. You can reach him by walking straight ahead from the entrance towards the Tech Wing, but then don’t go up the stairs; instead, continue straight down the hallway. At this vendor, you will also need to collect your rewards from the Ubisoft Club if you have unlocked something there and want to use it in the game.

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Once you arrive at him, you just need to talk to him, switch to “Resources”, and grab the coveted currency.

Currently, the special equipment vendor in the Tech Wing has the sought-after weapons SOCOM M1A and AUG A3 Para XS in stock, albeit not necessarily with the best talents. However, for some, the additional Phoenix Credits may come in handy.

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Crossout – World of Tanks auf Ecstasy? Ersteindruck im Video

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

The video provides insight into the beta of Crossout – a shooter where you control vehicles instead of characters.

If World of Tanks is too slow for you, but shooting with vehicles is your thing? Then YouTuber Refaser might have discovered just the right game for you. He is currently taking a look at the beta of Crossout and shares what he thinks about the game.

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Crossout is a shooter with vehicles. No, not tanks, but ordinary cars. Although “ordinary” might not be the right word, as the vehicles can be individually assembled piece by piece – there are hardly any limits to creativity. Want more armor or an additional machine gun?

You can engage in team battles against other players on various battlefields and blast their hoods with different guns, from rifles to shotguns. If you prefer to battle against computer opponents, there are also some PvE missions available.

Particularly cool is the ability to demolish individual parts of the enemy’s equipment. If an opponent is too heavily armored, just shoot out all 4 tires, and he’ll be left immobilized until the round is over. With these damage models, precise aiming and tactical planning are essential.

If you feel a bit nostalgic about the childhood memories of PlayStation and Nintendo 64, you might remember the classic Vigilante 8.

In this article, we have already introduced Crossout and also explained how you can get into the beta yourself:

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