Nexon is working on a Free2Play Titanfall Online for the Asian market

The Korean MMORPG expert Nexon will bring Titanfall to PC in Asia – and it will be a Free2Play version.

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“It’s different elsewhere”, this is as simple as it is true. The gaming market in Asia operates entirely differently than here in the West. Players do not have powerful PCs at home, consoles are rarely found. The blockbuster franchises here, mostly hardware-demanding shooters for consoles or PCs, can hardly be played in Asia.

Online games are strong there, especially in the Free2Play sector: People meet in internet cafes and play Free2Play, paying a small fee for usage. The clique there often replaces the extended family, the club or the circle of friends.

Therefore, some of the best-known “Western franchises” in Asia are available in versions that we don’t even know here. Call of Duty Online exists, for example, Borderlands Online or Halo Online. All these games are only available in the Russian or Asian markets.

And soon “Titanfall Online” will join them. Nexon promises an intense gaming experience from the license, which they want to shape into a new and exciting online experience with their own Free2Play expertise.

This is the launch trailer for the Western Titanfall from 2014:

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Guild Wars 2: Fractals are getting easier and harder at the same time

With the upcoming expansion “Heart of Thorns”, some things are changing in Guild Wars 2. Especially the fractals are being adjusted to attract more players.

Double difficulty yet beginner-friendly

As soon as the first expansion of Guild Wars 2, Heart of Thorns, goes live, there will be some changes to the fractals of the mist. The small group instances, which usually consist of 3 random islands and a boss encounter, will be significantly shortened. In the future, the fractals will only consist of a single island, so players can enjoy them even during a short gaming session. Additionally, there is a desire to make the content more beginner-friendly, to appeal to newcomers and players who have previously hesitated.

If you are thinking of a general simplification of the content, you are mistaken. At the same time, ArenaNet is increasing the maximum difficulty level from 50 to 100 and is revising the mist lock instabilities. At the highest levels, multiple hurdles will be placed in your way. Nevertheless, the difficulties of the fractals should be communicated much better by the game: Clear chat messages will indicate what the difficulty of each fractal is.

More rewards, clearer announcements

New weapon skins await all who face the fractals.
New weapon skins await all who face the fractals.

Of course, the revision also brings some new rewards for players. There will be daily achievements that demand a different difficulty level from you each day – this should make it easier to find like-minded players (who have to complete the same task). Those who face the fractals will be rewarded with fractal weapon skins, ascended gear, and many other rewards.

Anyone who wants to see all the changes should take a look at the official developer blog.

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Business figures: How it goes at Aion, Guild Wars 2, Blade and Soul and WildStar

The Korean MMO company NCSoft has presented its figures for the second quarter of 2015: The struggling MMO WildStar has lost even more. Guild Wars 2, Aion, and Blade and Soul are doing well.

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The Korean MMO publisher NCSoft is publicly traded and therefore regularly reveals its figures, unlike many other MMO companies. The business figures for the 2nd quarter of 2015 paint the picture we have known from Korea for quite some time. Especially the “oldie” in the stable is doing well: Lineage I has made significant gains compared to the last quarter. The Korean evergreen, significantly older than WoW, plays almost no role in the West.

Otherwise, almost all games have seen a slight increase: Aion (distributed in Europe by Gameforge), Blade and Soul, and also Guild Wars 2 reported an increase in revenue from April to June compared to the quarter between January and March. Only the struggling SF-MMO WildStar is once again looking at the TV screen. The numbers were already extremely weak, and the game has lost another 20%.

Most of these games have prospects. An expansion for Guild Wars 2 is expected to come out soon, which is highly anticipated. Blade and Soul is expected to finally come to the West by the end of the year. For WildStar, a transition to a Free2Play system and a port to China are on the horizon. There are also rumors of a partnership with Steam, but at the moment, it is still completely unconfirmed.

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The figures are in millions of Korean Won. 1 million Won is approximately 780 Euros. WildStar made 1.6 million Euros in the 2nd quarter, GW2 17.5 million; Lineage 66.7 million.
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Compared to the 2nd quarter of last year, in 2014, almost all games have remained relatively stable, only Blade and Soul and Lineage I have made a significant jump upwards.

For WildStar, the 2nd quarter of 2014 was the release quarter, and revenues have decreased tenfold compared to then. This also means that NCSoft earned significantly less in the West in the 2nd quarter of 2015 than in the 2nd quarter of 2014.

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Armored Warfare: There is round the clock and in German for the next Early Access

In the military MMO Armored Warfare, the next Early Access phase will run all day and will also be available in German.

Obsidian Entertainment, the minds behind Fallout: New Vegas, are developing a version of World of Tanks for the Russian company mail.ru with a focus on modern warfare and RPG elements. Armored Warfare is what it’s called. They have already held three Early Access events since May, each time giving players a little more to see.

The next event will take place from August 13 to August 30. This time it will be available 24 hours a day.

In addition to upgrades and updates, they are also offering a German version of the client for the first time.

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Black Desert: New class is a female ninja, intended for experts

In the Korean MMORPG Black Desert, the eleventh class has been introduced: a Kunoichi, a female ninja.

At the end of the presentation of Valencia, the desert zone, one could already catch a glimpse of her, and indeed: The eleventh class of Black Desert will be the Kunoichi, a type of female ninja.

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Kunoichi can do everything, just must not get caught

The class will likely play as a typical “Glass-Cannon”: Hits hard like a horse, takes as much as a mosquito, so must absolutely not get caught. To avoid the part about “getting caught,” she will have some stealth mechanisms and tricks at her disposal. It will be about distracting enemies and appearing behind them. Once they are lying dead on the ground, defense no longer matters.

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Publisher Daum and the developers of Pearly Abyss warn: The class is more suitable for veterans who would be able to pay attention to many things at once. With the Kunoichi, there is again a clear commitment to gender lock, recently Daum surprised with both a male and a female variant for the wizard.

And for those wondering: All good and well, but when can we play Black Desert here in the West? The release is planned for early 2016, recently there was also a positive sign of life.

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Destiny: Banned players due to lag switch declare their innocence

In the MMO shooter Destiny, hundreds of cheaters have now been lightly dealt with by the banhammer. Many banned players are reporting that they swear they never did anything wrong.

The 7 Phases of the Cheater Cycle

It is a typical phenomenon in MMOs of all types: A phenomenon that appears in several phases:

  1. Everyone complains about cheaters and that there are far too many of them. The developers must do something right away.
  2. There are guides circulating on how to cheat, some people openly admit to using such tactics. Some other players mock them, with the motto “The honest one is the fool.”
  3. The developer announces bans.
  4. Cheaters get nervous. It was all just for fun, they never meant it that way.
  5. The developer really bans people.
  6. In the forums, numerous players complain that they were banned completely unjustly, claiming they never did anything wrong, that there must be a misunderstanding, a glaring injustice, and they demand immediate satisfaction.
  7. The “wrongfully banned” encounter something for which only we Germans have a word, it is called “Schadenfreude.”

This phenomenon is currently taking place in Destiny – and we are in the delightful phase between 6 and 7.

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Currently in Destiny, one is in phase 6.5

Since Bungie banned players accused of manipulating the network connection, reports from horrified innocents are increasing, who claim they never did anything wrong and are now desperate that Bungie’s arbitrariness has caught them. They mainly populate the official Destiny forum, but they have also discovered the subreddit DestinyTheGame for their concerns: They want to be unbanned, thinking that public pressure will help.

A Crucible ban in Destiny means that certain weapons can no longer be used and also – at least for a time – one is excluded from the modes in which they did something wrong. In this case, it should mainly be the Trials of Osiris.

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Whom can you trust? Who should you trust?

This is a tricky situation. As an outsider, you have no way to verify who is right, but must rely on the developers’ results or not. The player reports can, even if passionately expressed, ultimately be complete nonsense.

For other games, even form letters for “caught cheaters” are circulating, which they can post to appear particularly innocent. Some even charge money for the service of unlocking the accounts of banned players with tall tales.

Bungie has already commented on the accusations, stating they only act on reports where losing players accuse better players out of frustration. It is said: If we only acted on reports, we would have banned thousands and thousands, including some of our employees. That is not the case. They have other ways to verify this accurately.

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Experience shows: Developers are usually, but not always right

Experience shows that it is a well-known phenomenon that also guilty players passionately proclaim their innocence, as in the end they can only gain something, but lose nothing. In the past, software companies sometimes presented the exact logs or evidence of what the “cheater” did, who so passionately washes their hands of guilt. But there have also been cases where the companies’ “detection tools” were indeed too sensitive and innocents were banned.

What do you think? Do you trust Bungie to catch the right ones and enjoy the spectacle? Or do you think that this ban wave has caught innocents? Perhaps we can only reliably say that starting tonight, when the next Trials of Osiris begins. Then we will see if the cheater situation has eased a bit.

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Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is entering the hot phase – Beta weekend and Gamescom stream

Next week marks the start of the first public beta weekend of the Guild Wars 2 expansion Heart of Thorns. At the same time, there will be a major PvP tournament at Gamescom!

Only a small part of the world

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This weekend, the Revenants can be re-unleashed.

In the first beta weekend, starting on August 7 at 9 PM, Guild Wars 2 players will be mainly surveyed about their gameplay experience of Heart of Thorns. Thus, not all areas of the upcoming expansion will be available, but only a small part of the world. In a section of the “green threshold,” players can defeat initial enemies, discover secrets, and uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the new addon.

Those who have purchased the expansion in advance can directly create a level 80 character with strong equipment or even create a Revenant and explore the new and old content with it. All previously announced features of the class (the trait lines and legends) are available for testing.

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Also the Fortress mode is available for testing again.

Characters from the first beta event can be carried over to later weekends, allowing players to feel improvements and changes directly and provide feedback again.

Tournament at GamesCom

At the same time, a tournament will be held at GamesCom in Cologne. The four best teams in the world will compete against each other for a total prize pool of $50,000. But even those who are not interested in PvP should tune in to the livestream of the tournament, as additional details about Heart of Thorns will be revealed there.

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MMO Trends June: Ark Survival Evolved major winner of the summer; MMORPGs continue to lose

In the MMO trends for June, there is an offensive from casual games and dinosaurs.

To start with, the note that you will probably ignore to complain in the comments: These 20 games in the list are not the real “Top 20” PC games, but rather reflect the hours that users of the program Raptr have spent on each game on PC. Raptr is linked to the graphics card manufacturer AMD. So, only “trends” can be observed if one assumes that the user group of the Raptr program remains relatively constant over the months.

Real numbers could only be provided by the game developers and they simply do not do that, those rascals.

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Blizzard is doing it again – WoW and Heroes of the Storm are improving

WoW is back in the top 3, after it significantly lost in May. This is not due to more hours being played overall. Despite the Hellfire patch at the end of June, playing time has decreased further (which is quite normal in summer), but it has lost less than Dota 2 or GTA.

Heroes of the Storm was officially out for a full month in June and now finds itself in a strong eighth place. Diablo 3 is struggling quite a bit under the summer heat and the lack of new game content. A major patch has already been announced, but it will take time before it shows up again in the MMO trends. Hearthstone remains consistent.

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Dinos win in June

The big winner in June is clearly the dinosaur MMO “Ark Survival Evolved”, which is still in Early Access, but has already achieved some sales success on Steam and is the “good mood” story of the summer, even though the game does not run on every PC and still has a long way to go.

Apart from Ark, especially casual games are on the rise. The dreaded Clicker Heroes is a time sink that many have running in the background. It launched on Steam in June. This is noticeable in the playtime. Raptr’s hour counting furthermore ensures that such games are strongly favored. This peculiarity of Raptr had long benefited the sandbox MMORPG ArcheAge with good rankings – you also received advantages if you let it run, even if you were not actually at your computer.

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Disillusionment for classic MMORPGs waiting for their expansion

June was rather disillusioning for classic MMORPGs. For Final Fantasy XIV, the expansion came, but only late in June, and there was no observable trend shift yet.

Also, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Guild Wars 2 are losing rankings while they wait for the next big expansion. Guild Wars 2 even disappears entirely from the top 20, along with War Thunder. It appears to be the case: The better World of Tanks does, the less there is left of the pie for War Thunder, which was also shaken by a severe crisis last week.

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Overwatch: “Lucio” brings great vibes to Gamescom

Blizzard teased in a news announcement that a new character for Overwatch will be revealed at GamesCom – the musical artist Lúcio.

Synaesthesia Auditiva

In a typical message from the world of “Overwatch,” Blizzard has now announced that the next character Lúcio will have his “debut appearance” on Wednesday in Germany, which can only refer to GamesCom!

So far, only a few details are known about the Brazilian, who according to the “message” is currently promoting his first album “Synaesthesia Auditiva.” Blizzard has even gone so far as to actually create two of his tracks, in “We move together as One” you can listen here:

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The message continues that Lúcio’s performance is more than just musical. You can “not only hear the music, but also feel and see it.” In summary, this sounds like a character who may work with sound waves to strengthen his teammates and boost morale. We will know more at GamesCom – by the way, there is also supposed to be a stream.

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H1Z1 hits the brakes

In the survival MMO H1Z1 July has been used for a summer cleanup. The sparse new ideas that were intended for the summer month have been postponed to “later”. They want to slow down the pace at which new features are introduced, testing and polishing them beforehand.

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In H1Z1, “roadmaps” are released that outline what should happen in a month. In July, there were only a few new points compared to usual: Professions that survivors practiced before the zombie apocalypse were supposed to come and provide small bonuses. They wanted to introduce a new type of zombie, the “Screamer”.

None of this has materialized; even the few new things have been postponed. July saw almost exclusively bug fixes and minor upgrades to systems. They wanted to increase the quality of the game and its stability.

Of course, they were not idle: Just this week they patched twice, changing things like the “jump height” or resolving issues with the battle royale that had come into the game shortly before. With the “5-man Battle Royale”, they have now activated a fresh mode for players who are in fixed groups and are looking for a rush of adrenaline for a foreseeable time; the “normal mode” of the game, the survival mode, does not have this time limit, but keeps running continuously.

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Apparently, they have taken a liking to this new, more deliberate approach, saying that they want to take more time in the future to integrate new features into the game: The previous results of quickly introduced new features have been rather sobering.

It will be exciting to see if August, after all the polishing, brings a bit more application. We learned this from The Karate Kid: You need both.

The competition is not sleeping; the dino MMO Ark Survival Evolved has already announced its own “Battle Royale” mode. The “Hunger Games” have made such a last-man-standing thing with a continuously shrinking combat area unexpectedly popular.

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My MMO asks: Are you loyal until the end or do you jump from game to game?

This weekend we want to start again with a question for you: How long do you play an MMO? Are you loyal until the end or do you move on at the first sign of boredom?

The Burden of a Large Selection

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Nowadays, many people also see MOBAs as MMOs.

There are now MMOs like sand by the sea. While the term was previously used synonymously with MMORPGs, many games with an online component now count as such. Whether it’s World of Warcraft, Destiny, or Heroes of the Storm, all these games belong to the MMO market, each with their strengths and weaknesses.

Yet hardly any game manages to truly engage the core gamer of today for a long time. The competition is growing too quickly, with too long gaps between various content updates. Again and again, there are people who hold on long and stubbornly to their favorite, even if the game actually bores them. On the other hand, there are many gamers who never commit to a game and disappear again after two weeks.

We want to know from you: How do you handle this? Do you stay long with a game, or does the search for something fresh always push you to the next download?

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Cortyn occasionally checks in on WoW – but only rarely for long periods.

Cortyn says: “Back then” I was a loyal soul. For a long time, there was only World of Warcraft for me and nothing else. When no content patches were released for months, I set my own goals in the game to keep myself entertained. No matter what I set my mind to, sooner or later I achieved it in the game. Reverent in Darnassus? Two weeks of hard work! Cleaning Scholomance with two people? A month of preparation! For many years, WoW was my “main game” and aside from some matches of Warcraft 3 at LAN parties, there wasn’t much else there.

Today, that has changed. I check in on WOW for two months, then put it aside because I get bored (and no longer enjoy doing “useless” things). Then I play HOTS intensively for a week before switching to SMITE, and then briefly checking out WildStar before dropping it for TERA.

In the beginning, I even felt a little guilty for neglecting my once favorite game. Summarizing, it can be said: Yes, I am now an MMO hopper and pop up where there is something particularly exciting.

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Do you stay loyal to Destiny until the end? Or do you turn your back on the game when The Division releases?

But now let’s get to you! Are you loyal to a game? Or do you pick the content cherries from each game and switch wildly back and forth? If yes, why? If no, why do you stick to this one game? Let us know in the comments!

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Destiny: Xur, Agent of the Nine, Offer and Position on July 31

In the MMO shooter Destiny , Xur appears on Friday, July 31st. What does he have to offer this time and where is he located?

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Many are still missing: Bones of Eao.

Xur has a 48-hour work week, but he usually spends it relaxing in a bar, on a terrace with a beautiful view, or somewhere in the Reef. The vendor is only available from Friday to Sunday. His inventory changes from week to week.

At the moment, there isn’t much that Guardians want from him, but they don’t know that, so they are still disappointed and share weekly how stupid Xur is, how incredibly many strange coins and strange currencies they had this time and that Xur simply has nothing they want to buy. This may be because Xur’s inventory is indeed limited and players who have so many strange coins simply have everything. And Xur is the only one who accepts those things as currency.

The Great “Strange Coin” Inflation of 2015

Cash Shop Coins

Especially since many are now playing armor piece lottery with the engrams, the supplies of strange coins keep growing: From an exotic helmet engram, any helmet that Xur sells could come, and the engram only costs light particles.

If Xur actually has an exotic helmet for the first time, many have already pulled it from an engram – the strange coins remain with the Guardians, and Xur is once again a disappointment.

The two currently most sought-after armor pieces from Xur are the Bones of Eao, Hunter boots, which do not have an engram, and the Warlock helmet “Widow”, which is considered the strongest exotic armor piece of this expansion. Xur has not offered either yet. Maybe that will change today and players will finally be able to spend some coins again.

What Xur really needs to sell in order to achieve record earnings is something we certainly don’t need to mention here.

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Everything about Xur on July 31st, August 1st, and August 2nd in Destiny

When does Xur come and when does he leave again?

Xur arrives on Friday, July 31st, at 11:00 am. He leaves on Sunday, August 2nd, also at 11:00 am.

Where is Xur?

Xur is now located in the Reef.

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What do the numbers in parentheses mean?

These are the values in strength, intellect, or discipline of the armor piece. This article has more information on this, especially the current maximum values. This allows you to see how strong this armor piece really is.

What does Xur have for sale?

As a weapon, Xur sells the exotic auto rifle SUROS Regime – he wants 23 strange coins for it. It might be worth it, auto rifles are said to be making a comeback.

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For Hunters, there is the helmet Weak Head Radar (poor 100/106)the armor pieces cost 13 strange coins.

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Titans can get the gloves No Plan B (weak 97/103).

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For Warlocks, Xur has the Claws of Ahamkara (strong 55/58 Dis and 64/68 Str) available.

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As an engram, he has a helmet engram available. New exotic items can be inside:

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World of Warcraft: A Theme Park of Its Own?

Would a theme World of Warcraft amusement park be in the works? That could be in planning right now …

A Jaina to Touch and Hug?

Who loved amusement parks as a child? Whether it was Warner Bros. Movie World, Disneyland, or one of the many smaller parks. There are now rumors that Universal Orlando is working on an amusement park that is “heavily influenced by video games” – and which license is more promising than Warcraft, currently under Legendary’s thumb? Universal Orlando has already struck a deal with Nintendo, so it makes sense that they would also acquire a license from Blizzard, especially since World of Warcraft is getting another push from the movie.

The details of the plans are not known, but the concepts have potential: In addition to a children’s area with Nintendo heroes, such as a Mario Kart bumper car or several attractions related to Zelda and Pokemon, an older audience might find joy in the Warcraft world. I would definitely be the first person to take a photo with Jaina or Illidan.

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In China, there is already a Warcraft amusement park. However, it has nothing to do with Blizzard, and it certainly did not receive the blessing of the game developers. The park was brazenly built illegally – at least by our Western standards.

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Star Wars Battlefront introduces the “move little, shoot a lot” mode

In Star Wars Battlefront a new mode has been introduced that should appeal especially to shootouts: Skirmish.

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A 10v10 team deathmatch is meant to represent the new mode “Skirmish”: a classic, central game mode. The maps for the Skirmish have been specially crafted and will be noticeably “smaller” or as EA puts it “less expansive” than those of other modes. There should be a whole range of maps: one inside Endor and Sallust, others in the ice caves of Hoth and the dusty valleys of Tatooine.

It sounds like, based on what can be gathered, a wild shootout: 10 against 10, whoever gets 100 kills first wins or whoever is in the lead after 10 minutes. There will be no hero characters in this mode, but there will be weapon pickups that are a bit hidden.

Sounds like a mode that should please anyone who is currently craving a quick round in between.

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These races will be available to unlock as a Rebel

Additionally, there’s new information from a community update. They revealed which races players can unlock. As a Rebel, among others, the Twi’Lek, Sullustans, Zabraks, and Quarren.

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Destiny promises: Oryx’s ship contains secrets, enemies, treasures

In the MMO shooter Destiny , the content of the next expansion “The Taken King” is being revealed step by step. This week, it was the Dreadnought, the new zone.

This week’s Weekly Update introduced the “Dreadnought”, Oryx’s sky ship. This is where the September expansion “The Taken King” will primarily take place: there will be patrols, Public Events, Strikes, and even a Raid.

Now, some may clench their fists while reading this and shout: “Yes, finally info!”, but the opposite is the case. They clearly intend to reveal as little as possible about the new zone that is supposed to host the Raid, Strikes, and much more: Because then they would essentially be spoiling the story, gameplay content, basically everything.

Thus, this Weekly Update turned out surprisingly thin: There was a lot of concept art. And when many images are shown, that is a sure sign in Destiny that they do not want to say much.

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We want to tell you that there are many secrets we currently cannot disclose

It is said that there will be a dark and threatening atmosphere in the Dreadnought. The challenge with the design was that the space feel hostile and unwelcoming, yet players understand this as an invitation to spend as much time as possible in the “Fortress between the clouds full of treasures”.

There will be many secrets that players may not discover on their first pass but only after they repeatedly roam through the fortress in the Saturn rings.

There are mentions of Public Events, of bosses in the Strikes there, and repeatedly of “secrets.” Patrols, they promise, will no longer be “easy mode”; they too will now hold secrets. New mechanics can be discovered, hidden treasures, and again and again these secrets.

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New zone to be presented in live stream – important revelations are on the way

A glimmer of hope amidst all the enigmatic comes at the end: The Dreadnought, the new zone, will be introduced before September 15. In a live stream, interested parties will be able to watch it. Overall, the Weekly Update hinted that we could be entering the hot phases soon: They had guests who had prepared a story, and soon players would learn about it.

In the past, Bungie has collaborated with major US sites like IGN and Game Informer, as well as YouTubers who were able to present significant revelations over time. Perhaps a bigger story will come from that direction in the next hours, or it will happen next week at Gamescom in Cologne. The story could indeed be about the evolution of characters (and probably their gear) in the second year of Destiny. At least they are talking about evolutions, of advancements.

The currently most important topic we know almost nothing about is whether and how weapons and armor from Year 1 can be brought to the new max level with “The Taken King”, assuming such a new max level is coming.

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Player reports important, but not decisive for the ban of Crucible sinners

The bans against players, which we reported on earlier today, have been further clarified: Bungie has excluded several hundred from the Crucible and continues to ask honest players to report diligently. Those who are frequently reported will be looked at more closely by Bungie, with an emphasis on not banning any innocents.

Next week, they will be at Gamescom in Cologne. From then on, the information on “The Taken King” should “shift into hyper-drive”, it was stated, and then they concluded a Weekly Update with relatively little information, many images, and a promise that there would soon be significantly more news about the expansion.


In just a few hours, we will learn what Xur is bringing. He will appear on Friday, July 31, at 11:00 am in the Tower or Reef. We will receive him and report on his inventory in this article.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: New Excursion Destination – Imperial City

In the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, the Imperial City is now open for explorers at least on the test server.

The developers of The Elder Scrolls Online have allegedly been discussing the Imperial City behind closed doors since early 2014, and publicly the plans were announced last summer. In recent weeks, all the details have been gradually revealed and now it is available on the test server for PC. Before it goes live at the end of August and then for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in mid-September, you can already roam the emperor of the iconic city.

And it is much more than just a trip, your feedback could determine which changes Zenimax will still implement. The controversial “To the victor goes the spoils” relationship regarding Tel’Var Stones could still be significantly shaken up. But for that, testers with opinions are needed.

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The Imperial City will be a mixed PvE and PvP zone and will bring a whole new gameplay element to the game.

If you want to experience it firsthand, you should venture out and visit the Imperial City on the test server, the second-best option is to watch our friends from ProNDC on their adventure:

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If you are more of a theorist: Here are the patch notes in German.

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Skyforge: The first big patch – Crucible of the Gods comes in 2 weeks

The fantasy/SF MMORPG is currently somewhat incomplete. That will change on August 11, when the endgame will be added.

As Team Allods announces, Skyforge will receive its first major patch Crucible of the Gods on August 11, which will focus primarily on the endgame. The following will be introduced:

  • the divine form
  • Distortions – a group activity for 10 players, it goes into a kind of arena
  • Invasions – a kind of multi-stage world event
  • Anomalies – 5 players rush through an open-world zone
  • and raids – an encounter with two really nasty opponents.
  • Bug fixes and feature improvements
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More about all the things that are to come, you can find on our Skyforge theme page. Previously, Team Allods had already discussed all the upcoming features in detail.

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Magic Duels: Hearthstones “Papa” now Free2Play on Steam

The popular Magic: The Gathering now has a Free2Play variant as an online computer game on Steam: Magic Duels.

It has been out on mobile for a while, and now PC players can also venture into the card game. The Magic franchise itself hardly needs an introduction, but that is now a meaningless phrase, and we will do it anyway: Magic has been considered the epitome of collecting passion, creative deck building, and nerve-wracking duels in the niche of strategic collectible card games – and also as a true nerd hobby.

Magic is essentially the game from which Blizzard developed the well-known “We are going mainstream” tactic Hearthstone (well okay, through the detour of their own trading card game). And now the Wizards of the Coast are basically taking the reverse path, drawing inspiration from Hearthstone. For example, in Magic: Duels, players can earn gold and procure cards similar to Hearthstone through boosters.

As MMO Bomb reports, Magic Duels offers a story mode, an interactive deck builder, a selection of hundreds of cards, and of course the ability to compete with other players.

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Guild Wars 2: Data miners find out what is known about the specializations of Warrior and Engineer

In Guild Wars 2, “Heart of Thorns” will introduce new elite specializations. Now, data miners have discovered hints about those for Warrior and Engineer.

There are eight classes, a ninth will come with Heart of Thorns. Five specializations, essentially the deluxe version of the classes, are already known: The ones for Ranger (Druid), Guardian (Dragonhunter), Mesmer (Chronomancer), Necromancer (Reaper) and most recently Elementalist (Tempest).

Now, data miners on Reddit have gotten information about the specializations for “Warrior” and “Engineer,” but there isn’t much. Just a name and an image. Previously, there were only “placeholders” for these images, now there are these images with names.

The Warrior could receive the specialization “Berserker.”

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And this image of the Engineer is titled “Forge.”

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As always, this comes from data miners, so it may change.

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Black Desert: Daum opens a branch in Amsterdam, West Port moves closer

The Korean MMORPG Black Desert is considered one of the hopes for the ailing MMORPG genre. The Western release is now a step closer.

It has indeed been delayed by half a year. In 2014, it was stated, that the first tests were supposed to start in Europe at the beginning of 2015.

Later it was revealed that the Western port had no priority; Asian countries and Russia were first in line.

Now there has been a first sign of life for a Western port to Europe and North America: Publisher Daum has opened a branch in Amsterdam, Daum is also overseeing the project in Korea and wants to manage the Western port themselves. Maybe this is the starting signal and soon we will hear more about the plans for the West.

Through the career portal LinkedIn, they are looking for a web designer for the Amsterdam branch. A release in the West is scheduled for early 2016.

The video caused a hype around Black Desert in 2014:

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