However, some of his fans doubt that the 2.12m tall heavyweight athlete actually plays Destiny, as busy as he is with family, work, and more. Big Show’s response: Lol, I belong to the top 1% in K/D, Grimore, and Light! I really play, believe me.
Anyone interested can pre-order Overwatch – for the consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and it’s not going to be cheap.
Heroes on the Gamepad
It can be surprising how quickly things can be revealed: As of today, you can pre-order the shooter at GameStop, specifically for the consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Although this is not yet listed on the shop’s website, those venturing out into the real world can visit a trusted GameStop store and pay for their pre-order of the game, as reported by the US site Kotaku. It seems that GameStop has preempted a significant announcement planned for BlizzCon.
Console gamers will be pleased: Overwatch is effectively confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One.
At least in America, the game is being offered for $60, which suggests that it will not be a free-to-play title, but a full-price game. The free-to-play model was already doubted by developers beforehand, as the continual switching of heroes is a core component of the game and would pose a challenge to a free-to-play model.
Similar titles to Overwatch include Evolve and Battleborn. Evolve has also been released for consoles and follows a classic buy-to-play payment model with additional microtransactions, and Battleborn’s plans look very similar.
This likely means that a significant announcement for the upcoming BlizzCon has already been revealed ahead of time – somewhere at Blizzard, some phone lines are probably getting quite a workout…
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Before a lead-filled Christmas, both Sony and Microsoft claim shooter supremacy for their consoles Xbox One and Playstation 4.
For those who haven’t noticed: Christmas is approaching rapidly, and now the big hits of the year are coming, the newest installments of the shooter franchises, just in time for the holiday season: Halo, Call of Duty, Battlefront – and also games like Fallout 4 with shooter elements have either been released or are just around the corner.
This is how PS4 and Xbox One want to claim the shooter throne
Both current-gen consoles claim for themselves, “We are the shooter console.” So it’s clear for Aaron Greenberg from Microsoft that shooters are the number one genre. And anyone who wants to play Halo, Gears of War, and Call of Duty, along with Battlefront, can only do so on the Xbox One.
Halo 5 is an Xbox-exclusive title, and Gears of War 4 is also supposed to be released only for Xbox One.
At Sony, they see it differently. “In this generation, the shooter audience is moving to the Playstation 4,” says Sony representative Lauren Bradley in a recent interview. Special attention is placed on Star Wars Battlefront. They reportedly had tears in their eyes when the Battlefront Sony spot aired, so moved were they at Sony. The spot fits perfectly with the nostalgia of the twentieth anniversary of the Playstation.
http://youtu.be/mByznNYCWTY
Sony, as evident from the spot, is focusing on exclusive marketing deals rather than exclusive titles in the console war for shooter players. For example, Sony lures with Call of Duty with map packs that come a month earlier, and with Destiny, they made a deal with Bungie, so that players on PS3 and PS4 get some extra content.
For years, both consoles have been vying for exclusive deals with the major shooter franchises. If one company has a beta exclusive, the other must follow up with exclusive DLC for the next game.
Available in Destiny only for Playstation players, the Jade Rabbit.
Shooter War under the Christmas Tree
My MMO thinks:If one looks at this with open eyes, the players are the ones suffering in this console war for shooter supremacy. Because consoles are currently luring their followers on both sides with “exclusive” deals. So essentially with game content that is finished, but is withheld from the followers of the other console for a certain period or even forever.
Or there are exclusive titles that friends of the other console cannot play at all, even though there would surely be a target audience for them. All of this leads to intense tensions among the fan groups of both consoles.
For hardcore fans, the players and heads of the other console are the villains taking away their fun. People then like to tally up what the other group has done wrong, what they have taken liberties with, and what they have mocked, while pointing out that it is absolutely legitimate that they now also have something exclusive.
Well, what is the festival of love for some is the most important battle of the year for others in a war that seemingly has no end. Merry Christmas.
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During the night from Thursday to Friday, between 4:00 AM and 5:30 AM, the servers will be down, and the patch 0.5.1 is expected to arrive in the morning of November 6th. This patch will change many details regarding account points and the defense pass level, introduce new sounds to the game, adjust the screws of daily missions, and much more.
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World of Warships features battles from one end of the world to the other
Three new maps are coming to the game. Fireland is inspired by South America, “The Trap” recreates historical battles between Japan and the USA, with a volcano rumbling in the background. And Northern Lights will be the first night battle of World of Warships – including the natural phenomenon Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights.
A new mode called “Zone” is coming to the free-to-play MMO. In the center of the map, there is a large base, but it can only be captured in the last 2 minutes of a battle. So for the main part of the match, it’s about working towards that end.
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Overwatch offers room for many memorable plays – a Reinhardt player cleared all enemies with a single charge.
When a Tank Loses Patience …
The various role titles like “Tank” or “Support” are somewhat ambiguous in Overwatch. Ultimately, the game is not a MOBA, but a shooter, so even “Support” characters can rack up decent kills or well-played Tanks can plow through enemies. This is exactly what happened to the player Renbot, who grabbed the German knight Reinhardt to protect his team with shield and charge.
However, since Reinhardt is anything but a coward who simply hides behind his shield, Renbot seized the opportunity to attack an enemy Symmetra with the charge – but that was not the only enemy he encountered on his long journey toward the deadly abyss. See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQXq2wzjYQo
With such actions, even new shooters can achieve great success in Overwatch, and this is likely to bring the game the influx and accessibility that players have come to expect from other Blizzard products.
Currently, the closed Overwatch Beta is taking place, with new waves of players regularly being accepted.
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In the fantasy MMORPG Guild Wars 2 , work is being done on a 64-bit client to reduce memory-related crashes.
Issue with Guild Wars 2: Some players are indeed experiencing crashes, especially when a zone overflows with events and players. ArenaNet has now developed a 64-bit client that should resolve such issues for some users by utilizing the higher memory limits of 64-bit processors.
The client is currently in beta. It is not intended to improve the game’s graphics or performance but is primarily aimed at addressing crashes.
At ArenaNet there is a comprehensive FAQ on the subject, which is also available in German. It explains, among other things, how to download the beta version of the 64-bit client for Guild Wars 2 and which PC configurations it is suitable for.
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In Warframe , Movember is celebrated with some success. Last year, it made it into the Guinness Book.
Men are often reluctant to seek health check-ups, avoiding cancer screenings due to fears of “bending over” or a negative diagnosis, and they tend to lead inactive lives. The Movember initiative aims to combat this, raising awareness about the risks, and has been doing so successfully for many years.
Its symbol is not just any ribbon, but a powerful moustache.
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The Free2Play MMO Warframe is also supporting this Movember campaign again this year. Last year, it raised just over $11,000 and set a world record for the “Largest gathering of people wearing fake moustaches in a video game simultaneously.”
Players can log into Warframe, receive a moustache for free, and four more are available for donations.
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Funcom, the studio behind MMOs like The Secret World or Age of Conan, has received an extension on its debts.
This will initially please fans of The Secret World, as Funcom requested an extension from its creditors to maintain cash flow for 2015. This deferral has now been granted, unanimously.
Funcom asked creditors for a deadline extension from December 22, 2015, to December 15, 2016, and a reduction from $0.37 per share to $0.24.
Bots and the sale of gold for real money is a problem in many MMORPGs, including Neverwinter. However, the developers are now taking aggressive action against it.
After complaints from players in the official forum of the MMORPG Neverwinter, who expressed criticism about being banned in the game, the developers responded. They explained that they are reviewing account data and have determined that this cannot be regular player behavior. Everything points to botting, which is why some accounts had to be permanently banned.
The Cryptic Studios enforce the game rules
Additionally, there were some temporary bans. Based on account data, they also found that some players had purchased gold through third-party sellers. This violates the rules, and Cryptic Studios does not want to tolerate such behavior in the game. Therefore, some temporary bans had to be issued, which, however, only last for three days.
The Neverwinter police are on the lookout for the wrongdoers
The Cryptic Studios also remind players that purchasing gold through third parties always comes with a high security risk. Therefore, one should refrain from doing so for this reason alone. Additionally, the astral diamonds that can be acquired in this way may originate from hacked accounts of other players or may even have been obtained through credit card fraud.
If you believe you have been unjustly banned, you should contact customer support. They can clarify the situation. Within about 24 hours, you should expect a resolution of the case. The Cryptic Studios demonstrate through this situation that they insist on adherence to the game rules and that violations will be punished.
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The online shooter Star Wars Battlefront is set to be the video game hit for the Christmas season on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Two target groups are expected to contribute to this, reaching audiences that other shooters cannot.
“Former gamers and young players” – these are expected to give Battlefront an edge over other shooter competitors, EA has revealed.
The “lapsed gamers” used to play the “big games” but haven’t played in a while – a title like Battlefront, being a typical console game, could attract them. On the other hand, younger players will also be drawn in, as Battlefront will receive a T-rating (for ages 13 and up), while other shooters carry an M-rating (for ages 17 and up).
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The upcoming RPG shooter Fallout 4 heavily draws inspiration from Destiny regarding weapons and shooting mechanics. They are orienting themselves to the gunplay and even brought a Destiny developer on board as the lead weapon smith.
Despite all the issues that can be pointed out about Destiny, the gunplay and shooting mechanics were always on a pedestal, beyond any doubt. You can now see this in the “next generation” of games that are inspired by Destiny or, in other words, trying to copy the system.
At Bethesda, they took it a step further and also brought in one of the Destiny designers. In March, Josh Hamrick left the Destiny forge Bungie and has since been working on Fallout 4 , primarily focusing on the weapon system.
Destiny is the benchmark for gunplay in Fallout 4
At Bethesda, Destiny was chosen as the benchmark for their own shooter; both games also ran at 30 FPS, which they considered ideal. However, Fallout focused more on quantity. This was explained by Fallout 4 Director Todd Howard to the print magazine Game Informer.
They are not a team that lingers eternally on designing eight weapons. It is always about scaling that up. They know they will have thousands of weapons, so they needed a weapon system that could handle that.
Fallout 4 aims for top-tier gunplay
The gunplay in Fallout 3, Howard explains, was “meh”, rather mediocre. From the very beginning, Fallout 4 stated: “We cannot excuse ourselves by saying we are an RPG. We need a really good shooter mechanics.” A lot of time was spent on that.
Fallout 4 will be released on November 10 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Then everyone can see for themselves whether it can measure up to the gunplay of Destiny.
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WildStar is getting its next content update soon, providing PvP players with a new arena.
Too risky for Protostar
The first major content update since the transition to Free2Play is coming to WildStar soon. After focusing on expanding PvE in the past, it is now time to provide PvP players with fresh content. The last update there, the battlefield Dolchsteinpass with the game mode “Sabotage,” is almost a year in the past.
The arena looks significantly larger than the others.
A new developer blog brings good news: The Cryoplex Arena is nearly finished! The map is located in southern Olyssia, in the area of the Sharptop Peaks. The place was basically a test ground for the Nexus project. Here, the Eldan tested the first effects of the element of primal earth.
Protostar actually wanted to make the area easier for its resources, but the inhospitable landscape prevented that – thus, the old Eldan lab, now only called Kryoplex, is still full of secrets.
At least in the pictures, it looks like the new arena is significantly larger than its predecessors. You can carry the battle to your enemies over several levels and give them a proper lecture amid Eldan ruins.
Although there is no exact date for the patch yet, it is said to be “soon.”
You can find more about the game and the current changes on our WildStar topic page.
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Like Activision and other companies, Ubisoft also held a financial conference for investors and analysts. The focus was on two games that the company is betting on in the near future: alongside Far Cry: Primal, this is primarily Tom Clancy’s The Division.
Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemont said, The Division:
has received over 100 nominations and awards.
is regularly among the games customers wanted to purchase from Gamestop.
Retail partners have assured Ubisoft that they have great confidence in the game and want to support Ubisoft in every way at launch.
will make players “very happy” during the beta.
is progressing “very well” in development. The quality is at a “very high level.”
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Rare Sea of Thieves was one of the highlights at this year’s E3 game fair. However, the developer has now announced that they will not show anything new about the game this year.
Sea of Thieves puts players in the role of pirates who navigate the seas with their own ships, search for treasures on islands, and must face off against each other as well as against AI enemies like the undead. To steer a ship, a crew is needed, where everyone has their tasks to fulfill. Naval battles certainly also play a role. All of this sounds really exciting, and the first trailer makes one eager for the finished game. But it will take a while before we learn more about Sea of Thieves.
Sea of Thieves is said to create unforgettable moments
Aaron Greenberg, Head of First-Party and Third-Party Development at Microsoft’s Xbox division, explains that no more information will be shared about the game before 2016. However, Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunodo recently stated that Sea of Thieves would be Rare’s most ambitious game to date.
Apparently, the sandbox aspect is at the forefront, as the online pirate game is supposed to allow players to experience their own adventures. Unforeseen possibilities would allow this and ensure that unforgettable gaming moments can be created. Sea of Thieves would create highly emotional moments and thus build a bond with the players.
Sea of Thieves will be released for both Xbox One and PC. However, it seems for the operating system Windows 10 only. A release date has not yet been set. One may be curious about what Rare will announce about the game in the coming year. Perhaps more will also be revealed about the release date. It is possible that Sea of Thieves will adopt a Free2Play model.
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Cortyn played the Gorgon, the latest monster from Evolve, last night extensively. Find out here what the 5th monster is worth.
The Mother of All Horrors
Exactly at midnight on November 3rd, the Gorgon became playable in Evolve, and I naturally set out to test her thoroughly. Just looking at the creature made me grimace in disgust, as she is horrendous. Not only does her body resemble a spider with a thick abdomen, but her clicking, croaking, and scraping sounds send chills down the player’s spine.
As if that weren’t already disgusting enough, greenish maggots creep out from various openings in her abdomen, only to disappear back into her body elsewhere. Occasionally, the Gorgon grabs one of them and treats herself to a snack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQzWLYehca4
Completely New Possibilities
We have already reported in advance about the various abilities of the Gorgon, but how well she plays can only be discovered through self-testing. Especially her ability to remain perched on walls and wait makes her a fun character. Because, contrary to previous assumptions, she can stick not only to “climbable” walls, but to almost any vertical surface you find in the game. This also includes the giant rock walls that form the natural boundaries of a map.
A little hanging around – and waiting for hunters.
Especially in maps with a lot of forest and foliage, the gross lady becomes practically invisible, as she can often hide simply above the canopy and is thus effectively out of the hunters’ sight.
The Little Spiderling
I have also directly closed the spider trap in my big demon heart. It is placed anywhere on the ground and then waits peacefully – and above all endlessly – for an unsuspecting hunter to come close. When that happens, it burrows itself out and snaps up the first hunter it sees, carries them away, and digests them slowly. That’s incredibly funny, as it allows the Gorgon to “pin” two hunters at the same time – one with the spider trap, another with her normal stealth attack.
The spider can, however, be shot down fairly quickly (even before it jumps at the corresponding hunter), which does not make it appear overpowered.
We better practice with selfies…
My play style with the Gorgon is still far from “perfect,” probably not even close to being good. Regularly, I still get shot down and retreat to a cave to lick my wounds (and nibble on larvae) to make new plans. However, the Gorgon is fun. More fun than the Behemoth, because he is just a giant rock mass.
The latest monster is disgusting, mean, and treacherous. She is a real beast and provides fertile ground for many, many nightmares.
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The calcified fragments in Destiny are now compiled into a video guide in German.
Since the “Taken King” was released, one question has been frustrating players: Where can I find the 50 calcified fragments in Destiny?
You need them for the exotic scout rifle “Dreaded Touch”, for various quest steps you always need new amounts of the fragments, for the last step 45. There are 50 fragments in total, but only 47 of them are already obtainable.
The search turns out to be quite elaborate; hardly anyone would have found them all alone. But that’s why there are tools like guides and trackers. We want to present those to you today.
Destiny Calcified Fragments: How to farm? And what about 43, 44, 45?
So far, there have been several methods to verify the locations of the fragments in English or with descriptions. The YouTuber Nexxoss Gaming has now made a video that shows the location of all 50 fragments and explains it in German.
Actually, there are only 47, 3 fragments are still missing: The Calcified Fragments 43, 44, and 45 – they will come with the Challenge Mode. In the video, you can also find Calcified Fragments that are in the raid.
Here are the locations of the Calcified Fragments in Destiny:
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In a timeline that is in the video itself, you can jump to the fragment that you are still missing.
The standard question “Which ones am I still missing?” is usually answered through this page here, by setting your gamer tag in the top right and then clicking on Dreadnaught. This page serves as a kind of Calcified Fragments tracker.
This is what it looks like when everything works out:
However, this only shows which fragments you have collected with the entire account. If you do this with multiple characters, this page cannot help you either. You will have to try again, as annoying as it is.
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Blizzard publishes blog entries of a future Overwatch character – but who exactly is that? And are there updates regarding new beta invitations?
The Frosty Researcher
Blizzard seems to have a penchant for teasing its fans with teasers that essentially have very little content. This has now happened again with Overwatch, as you can currently read the blog entries of “Mei-Ling Zhou”, a Chinese researcher who shares stories from her travels.
It is very likely that she is a new character, as she describes her travels through various zones and repeatedly mentions her invention, the endothermic distributor, which appears to affect heat and cold.
According to the latest blog entry, Mei wants to “stay in the mountains for as long as possible,” but my feeling tells me that she will descend from there on Friday to attract some attention in Anaheim. At BlizzCon, we will surely learn more about it.
In the comments of the original post, there is speculation that she might be a frost mage in the style of Queen Elsa – they would have my blessing for this idea. In this sense: The cold never bothered me anyway…
Were there again beta invitations on November 4, 2015?
Yes, in the last few hours many received an invitation to the Overwatch beta. It is quite possible that some Blizzard accounts will be activated for the beta, as there are still delays occurring. As a reminder: No keys are being sent. And for those who do not know how to gain access to the closed beta: Here’s how you can sign up for the beta of the upcoming multiplayer shooter Overwatch.
[BETA] Reminder! Notification emails may be slow to arrive, but you can check Account Management any time to verify if you’ve been flagged.
So far, over a million Immortals have been created (normally, you only have one character in Skyforge), and there are over 12,000 guilds.
And here’s what’s next in Skyforge starting November 12
The next major expansion coming to Skyforge is “Journey of the Divine.” Here, further details have now been revealed: the extensive progress atlas is supposed to be easier to navigate.
In addition, “reward choices” should now be possible in massive and small battles as well as in Pantheon War maps, allowing players to decide for themselves what they would like as a reward in the end. This will also be available for various promo adventures. The corresponding adventures are marked with an asterisk on the world map.
The latest Hearthstone card chaos brings players together on November 4th and lets them face a common enemy: Mechazod!
Scrap Heap, change yourself
Since 5 PM, it has finally begun. With the card chaos on November 4th, Hearthstone finally gets its first cooperative game mode. Two players must work together to defeat the immensely durable Mecha-Gnome Mechazod and work together to take away his 95 health points.
However, caution is advised – if a player’s hit points drop to 0, both players lose. Additionally, the decks are pre-made. So you’ll need to experiment a bit until you manage to defeat the little scrap heap, who switches sides with each turn, allowing both players to attack him. Mechazod will become stronger and will overpower you sooner or later.
Spoiler: We have lost.
This week, there is again a chance to snag a free classic card pack. The special thing: This time it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose – you will receive the pack in any case, as a small gift in the run-up to the upcoming BlizzCon. The cards obtained from it can be disenchanted as usual and then formed into any other cards.
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The financial figures from NCSoft come from Korea. They all look quite poor. WildStar, Aion, Guild Wars 2, and Blade and Soul have lost compared to the last quarter.
Will WildStar rise again with the switch to Free2Play?
NCSoft’s numbers are weak this quarter, which is due to the fact that these are the figures from June, July, and September – and this was a “calm before the storm” phase.
But all of this will only happen in the autumn quarter of 2015 in October, November, December, and beyond. Therefore, none of this is reflected in the sobering summer numbers.
Will a strong autumn follow a weak summer?
They look like all games are currently performing weaker than last quarter and are mediocre to varying compared to the numbers from a year ago – only the royalties have increased compared to the spring quarter, as Blade and Soul is doing well in China.
However, Aion is currently making only about half of what it earned last summer. WildStar continued its worrying downward trend, as the numbers are in a critical area: In 3 months, it only earned 1.4 million euros. Six months ago, it was still at 4.4 million. A year ago, it was nearly 13 million euros.
Lineage, Blade and Soul, and Guild Wars 2 are weaker than in the last quarter, but stronger than a year ago around this time.
As a reason for these weak numbers, NCSoft cites a “lack of in-game item promotions”. They have flooded the cash shop less with special promotions and discounts than usual.
This fits our theory: It was indeed the calm before the storm. The next quarter, the autumn quarter, should look significantly better. Otherwise, despite the end of Nexon interference, they would likely have a problem.
