In the MMO shooter Destiny , the Christmas gifts should arrive today. Additionally, the chance to qualify for an emblem starts – and the exotic quest for the Sleeper Simulant is also available.

In Destiny, Christmas is celebrated with a 2-week delay. Throughout the day, Guardians should receive a package containing 15 Light particles and 15 Strange coins.

Update: Yes, around 19:20, the gifts should have started arriving for some people. They come via the Post-Master; it’s a whole bunch of packages – 10 pieces come as letters from an unknown benefactor. Each package contains 3 Light particles or 3 Strange coins. Bungie is spamming quite a bit.

You have until 17.2.2016 to collect your gifts. There is one set of rewards per account.

Bungie also sent a rather strange message via Twitter: A new year has begun – Come, celebrate with us over the weekend to earn rewards. This refers, as we now know, to the emblem. It is called “Rising Light.” in English. To obtain it, you need to complete an activity as described below.

Check your email. Check your Postmaster. pic.twitter.com/nNUegtTDNY

— Bungie (@Bungie) January 7, 2016

You only have 4 days to qualify for this emblem

Important: From today on, there is the opportunity to qualify for a “Surprise Emblem”. The chance only exists until January 10. This will be an exclusive emblem – it probably won’t be available afterward.

To get your hands on the emblem, you need to log in and play in Destiny between January 7 and January 10. You must complete an activity so Bungie can see that you’ve been active. What the emblem looks like or what it’s called is still unknown. The emblem itself is slated to be available on January 12.

Update: It is now known what the emblem looks like. It can be seen in this email.

Today’s daily quest has nothing to do with Christmas: The First Firewall is back. At the end of the quest line, the Sleeper Simulant awaits. We have detailed how First Firewall works in this article for you.

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The new MMO shooter The Division has similarities in gameplay to Destiny . However, The Division takes a completely different approach that stems from Tom Clancy’s worldview.

Currently, an interview is circulating in the German gaming press, conducted by a British site with the developers of “The Division”. The reporter noticed during his gaming session how much “The Division” targets Destiny players: The loot system, the shared-world experience, the mix of player-versus-player and player-versus-AI, as well as the downfall of a civilization. All of this is shared by The Division and Destiny. But one thing distinctly sets The Division apart: everything is more serious, darker, and harsher than in Bungie’s successful shooter.

There are hardly any differences between a raid and a clearance sale

Even the IP developer from Massive, Martin Hultberg, supports this thesis: “Our scenario is based on reality. We don’t have aliens, no monsters, no zombies. The Division is rooted in a real threat scenario.” The developer uses the term “A clear and present danger,” the title of a Tom Clancy political thriller. The novel was adapted into a film called “The Cartel” starring Harrison Ford.

One feels a commitment to Clancy in The Division, not wanting to carry his name in the title just for the sake of the name and advertising impact.

While Destiny’s nebulous backstory revolves around “hope and trust”, The Division takes a cynical view: our society is consuming itself. Capitalism and consumer addiction become the threat that leads to our downfall.

At Massive, they looked at images of actual shopping frenzies on Black Friday and compared them to looting during disasters. There seemed to be little difference. People fought to the blood over a console controller during a special promotion; it was totally insane, says Hultberg.

That’s why The Division starts on a Black Friday …

Therefore, civilization in The Division also goes under on a Black Friday, the day when Western civilization has celebrated the shopping frenzy like no other day. And our own money becomes the medium of the plague.

For The Division, the aim is to give death significance and that in a medium where dying and starting anew is part of the players’ everyday life.

In Destiny, players fight over items, in The Division, survivors fight for resources

The difference that Massive hopes for: In Destiny, players scramble for loot. In The Division, survivors will fight for the last resources. For items they need to survive. That turns humans into beasts.

An example of this “trust no scenario” and “every man for himself” are the Dark Zones, where players can turn from friends to foes in seconds.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny Wednesday is Weapon Day: Exo Banshee-44 offers weapons to test, order and pick up. This time he has several so-called “God Rolls” available.

Banshee-44 also likes to release new Exotics on Weapon Day if you manage to show him your chromatic shimmering Chromeside and have collected some points with him. Which Exotics those are, you can read in our Guide of Guides to Destiny.

Speaking of chromatic shimmering Chromeside – those who want to collect points with Banshee-44 should perform his test weapons.

These 5 test weapons are available this week in Destiny

• With a fusion rifle from Omolon, you need to collect Crucible data.
• With a hand cannon from Omolon, you fight against the Vex.
• With a rocket launcher from Suros, you try your luck in the Crucible.
• With the Häkke shotgun, you achieve kills in the Crucible.
• And with a sniper rifle from the Omolon engineers, you also go back into the Crucible.

4 out of 5 in the Crucible, including the unloved rocket launcher … there surely were more pleasant weeks.

These 5 weapons can be ordered this week

• The beautiful Suros PDX-41 is available for order. It doesn’t have quite as much stability as the 45, but it has a relatively high range. Even though pulse rifles are not as strong anymore, it’s still a nice weapon.
• Then it’s “Who hasn’t yet? Who wants to again?” – Both rocket launchers from Suros are again on offer. Suros JLB-42 and JLB-47. If you have to choose one, take the 47.
• Häkke contributes a shotgun with the Strongbow-D. It’s pretty standard.
• And there’s also the sniper rifle Tamar-D. Solid weapon, relatively high damage and fire rate, but not exactly a showstopper.

Overall in the orders, it’s rather mixed. Highlights might be the JLB-47 and the PDX-41.

These weapons can be picked up this week

A roll is drawing attention at the Cocytus SR4 – that’s the scout rifle from last week. The first say “It’s better than the Unevenness!” It comes with Triple, Fireball and Cryo/Fixed Pull. That’s Roll #1.

Roll #3 comes with Rescue Mag, Fireball, and Cryo/Large Magazine. Both are excellent rolls. Essentially, it’s a Unevenness with higher damage and slightly less fire rate. The “Unevenness”, Hang Jury, is considered the current best weapon you can buy directly for 150 tokens.

In the video, you see the rolls for 5 weapons, 4 of them from last week: Cocytus SR4, Gaheris-D, Herja-D, Uzume RR4, Suros JLB-47.

Also celebrated is the so-called “God Roll” for Tuonela SR4, the scout rifle from Omolon. It comes with Triple, Fireball, and Hand-placed Stock. “God Rolls” are considered ideal versions of a weapon, although scholars still argue about what is really the “God Roll” and what is just a plain “really, really damn good roll”.

The automatic rifle  Arminius-D, the insider tip from the statisticians, comes with Hot-Swap, Balance Compensation, and Stagger Frame – a lot of stability.

A PDX-45 is available with Head Seeker, Perfect Balance, and Small Caliber.

A Suros Dis-47 comes with Full Auto, Hand-placed Stock, and Adjustable Stock – also an extremely strong roll.

Today is, by the way, again the day of the Black Spindle.

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