2026 marks the return of the X-Men’s leader: Marvel finally has the chance to do it better

Niko Hernes Niko Hernes Reading time 3 minutes

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced various heroes to many moviegoers. However, the X-Men are still missing from the well-known universe. Next year, it will finally happen, and we will see the mutants for the first time in the MCU. No one deserves a new chance as much as Cyclops.

Why are the X-Men so important? The X-Men are, alongside the Avengers, arguably the most important group in the Marvel cosmos. They have their own major events in the comics and cult characters like Wolverine originated from them.

In the current MCU, the X-Men have hardly made an appearance so far. Although there was a post-credit scene in The Marvels featuring Wolverine, the fact that Fox held the rights and produced its own films meant there was no proper MCU appearance for the team.

Even though many of the X-Men films are quite good, Cyclops has never been a character who is well-highlighted. Alongside Jean Grey, Professor X, or Wolverine, he is one of the most important X-Men and also the leader of the group. Next year, Marvel finally has the chance to portray him honorably.

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In the movies, Cyclops only seems like a supporting character

Who is Cyclops anyway? Scott Summers was born as a mutant and made his first appearance in 1963 in X-Men No. 1. He has the ability to shoot a powerful energy beam from his eyes. To control this, he usually wears special glasses.

He is the leader of the X-Men, founded by Charles Xavier (Professor X). He coordinates within missions. Like Xavier, Cyclops also has the desire to protect mutants on Earth.

This creates a dilemma. While he appears as a hero with his X-Men, if mutants are threatened by humans, he does not hesitate to fight against former friends or humans. A similar situation occurred in the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline.

Throughout many stories, Cyclops developed into an important icon for mutants, who, while representing the ideals of Charles Xavier, would also resort to revolutions and violence in emergencies to save the mutants. A trait one might attribute to Magneto.

One of his most important aspects is also his relationship with other characters, especially Jean Grey, whom he loves and with whom he even has a son, the hero Cable. His rivalry with Wolverine is also significant.

Jean Grey 2023 No 2 Cover Marvel
Cover of Jean Grey No. 2 from 2023 (Source: Marvel.com)

What was missing from the previous films? In Fox’s films, Cyclops never feels like the leader of the X-Men. He comes off as a supporting character. This deprives him of much of his heroic side and the internal conflict triggered by his desire to protect mutants.

In the first season of X-Men ’97, one can see that the radicalism within him is slowly growing, as he can no longer stand the disdain people show towards mutants. His role as the leader of the X-Men and as an icon of mutants on Earth is absent.

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Next year, the X-Men return to the big screen

It is now known that the Avengers will return in 2026 in Avengers: Doomsday. With the announcement of various actors, we also know that the mutants from the X-Men films will be included. Among them is also James Marsden, who will once again portray Cyclops.

In the big film, familiar heroes from the MCU will meet mutants from the previous X-Men films. Exactly how such a meeting will unfold is still unknown, but the end credit scene of The Marvels gives clues about how it might happen.

In the finale of the film, Monica Rambeau ends up in another universe through a wormhole. There, it is shown that she meets Hank McCoy (Beast). The mutant will be played again by Kelsey Grammer.

We also see mutants in Deadpool and Wolverine, but that all takes place in another universe. One can therefore assume that the mutants will become relevant through a multiverse storyline.

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What does MeinMMO editor and X-Men fan Nikolas Hernes say about Cyclops’ upcoming appearance? Without a trailer or further content, it is difficult to assess how good this can be. I do not expect a reasonable introduction of the X-Men in Avengers: Doomsday. The time in such a film simply isn’t enough.

But the film can focus on Cyclops and show what he can do as a leader. That would also be a nice contrast to the old X-Men films where the focus was on Professor X and Magneto. If it comes to using elements from the storyline Avengers vs. X-Men, that would also be the perfect foundation for focusing on Cyclops. Fans of the X-Men should also check out the cartoon: The new X-Men series is really good and reminds me of the good old days with Saturday morning cartoons.

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Pokémon GO is soon bringing a Pokémon whose nature is somewhat unclear

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 3 minutes

Knapfel was announced for Pokémon GO. And that is quite a crazy monster even in the world of Pokémon when you look at the Pokédex.

When will Knapfel appear in Pokémon GO? According to a press email, Knapfel will first appear at the event “Sweet Discoveries” in the game. This will take place from April 24 to April 29.

It is still unclear how it will appear – whether in the wild, in raids, research, eggs, or in other ways. But one thing is clear: It will need not only candies but also “special items” to evolve Knapfel.

As of now, the little Pokémon can evolve into Drapfel or Schlapfel. However, Knapfel theoretically has more variations on offer – and is generally a crazy monster. We introduce it to you here.

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Knapfel and its Evolutions – The Apple Dragons

In the following graphic, you first see Knapfel at the top and then its evolutions Drapfel and Schlapfel. Knapfel is of the Dragon and Plant type, as are its evolutions.

In the lower part of the graphic, you can also see Sirapfel – another evolution of Knapfel, which can also reach another form: Hydrapfel. However, as of now, Sirapfel and Hydrapfel will not appear in Pokémon GO yet.

In the main games, the evolution was determined by what kind of apple was given to Knapfel. The sour apple turned it into Drapfel, while the sweet apple turned it into Schlapfel. The juicy apple can since the ninth generation also transform it into Sirapfel, which can then evolve into Hydrapfel.

Knapfel Evolutions
Knapfel and its Evolutions
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What kind of Pokémon are they? That is somewhat unclear. The Pokémon seems to be half apple, half dragon, but in its first form, it is actually just a small creature that has hidden itself in an apple. This is stated in Pokédex entries about Knapfel, which emphasize that it protects itself from enemies by hiding in the apple and starts to eat it to grow. Fortunately, it did not make it into the ranking of the tastiest Pokémon.

During the evolution into Drapfel, however, the skin becomes part of the body. Then it has shell wings and can also spit acid. Schlapfel, on the other hand, mutates more into the apple pie dragon, which attracts bug Pokémon with its smell that it can eat. Both evolutions also have a huge Gigantamax form.

So is it half dragon, half apple? Or a dragon in an apple? No matter, because it gets really adventurous with the new forms Sirapfel and Hydrapfel. It is said:

  • Sirapfel consists of two beings, “Kopfel and Schwanzel,” that have met in an apple. From both, either the head or the tail hangs out of the apple.
  • And Hydrapfel is supposed to consist of a group of seven “Schlangeln” that live in the apple, with the Schlangel in the middle being the leader.
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Let’s make it simple: Knapfel and its evolutions are a combination of apple-dragon-snake. Done. In any case, it will appear in Pokémon GO very soon and can then be caught in one way or another. We will keep you updated here as always. And so you don’t miss anything else, it’s best to check here: We summarize all events in April 2025 for Pokémon GO for you.

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The boss explains how 6 million Call of Duty players led his Helldivers 2 into its worst crisis so far

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 2 minutes

In summer 2024, Helldivers 2 was in a severe crisis, and according to the studio head, 6 million “Call of Duty” players were involved.

Who is the head? Shams Jorjani has been the CEO of Arrowhead Games, the development studio behind Helldivers 2, since May 2024. Jorjani thus succeeded the current creative director of the co-op shooter, Johan Pilestedt, as studio head.

Before that, Jorjani was employed at the Swedish developer Paradox Interactive and was involved as “Corporate Development Officer” in Crusader Kings 3 and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt.

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CoD players presented Helldivers 2 with unexpected challenges

What is the CEO talking about? In an interview with TheGameBusiness, Jorjani spoke about the severe crisis of Helldivers 2 in summer 2024, when the game received a lot of criticism from its own community. Players criticized the game’s balancing policies at that time.

What did the CEO identify as the problem with Helldivers 2? Jorjani explains in the interview that the studio struggled to maintain its integrity after the unexpected success and to stay true to the studio’s motto – “A game for everyone is a game for no one.”

Helldivers 2 was originally not made for 6 million “Call of Duty” players, but 6 million “Call of Duty” players bought the co-op shooter, says Jorjani. And these “Call of Duty” players have different interests compared to players of Escape from Tarkov or Arma, to whom Helldivers 2 was originally targeted.

The game was a much bigger success and reached different players than expected, and the studio struggled to stay true to the studio identity while also dealing with the various voices in the community – especially since the development team had not changed.

The ‘Summer of Pain’, or whatever we want to call it, was painful in part because it was difficult for us to reconcile how to stay true to the studio’s foundations while also handling the business realities when so many different voices were coming at us.

Shams Jorjani via thegamebusiness

Jorjani compares the success of the game to sporting success in football, saying they were in the third league and now suddenly they are playing in the Champions League. The big “defeat” was that the core fantasy of the game had died in balancing: “Killing monsters with overpowering weapons.”

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What was the crisis in summer 2024? Shortly after the release of Helldivers 2, a small part of the community called for nerfs to the best weapons and equipment in the game – such as the railgun, the Breaker shotgun, or the shield generator backpack. These nerfs followed in March 2024.

A large part of the community criticized the nerfs significantly. Many felt that Arrowhead should rather improve the weak weapons than weaken the strong ones. Some players were really angry.

However, Arrowhead remained committed to this course for some time and steadily introduced further nerfs, including for relatively new weapons that came into the game with a war bond. The community was bubbling, and more and more players turned away from the shooter. In summer 2024, the mood was at a low.

In August, the developers then stated that they would save the game in the following 60 days with various updates. This was followed by a series of buffs that significantly strengthened many weapons again. The final update of Helldivers 2’s rescue plan was released in October 2024: Helldivers 2 aimed to fix the game in 60 days, and now the final update is here.

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Players discover a secret companion in Baldur’s Gate 3 two years ago, now finally know how to obtain him

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 2 minutes

Baldur’s Gate 3 is full of secrets that players are still uncovering even 2 years after its release. For instance, in Act 3, you can acquire a sheep as a (relatively strong) companion. While this was already known, players have only just figured out how exactly to obtain this companion.

What kind of companion is this?

  • Harvard Willoughby is a comedian from Act 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3 and is not one of the actually recruitable companions of the game.
  • You cannot hire him as a human; instead, you can get another form of him: a rather evil sheep with strong abilities. The sheep is, similar to the brain ‘Us’, a summoned companion.
  • Players had already found “Harvard Willoughby (Nature’s Vengeance)” at release (via Reddit) and have been puzzling over how to obtain him ever since. The trick is now known.
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This is how you get the sheep: At the beginning of April, a short by YouTuber Toyhouze appeared on YouTube, in which the creator explains how to recruit Willoughby. How he found that out… no idea, as the steps are quite strange:

  • First, you must kill the human Harvard Willoughby. You can find him in the Elfsong Tavern, where he challenges you to a poetry slam.
  • After that, you need to ring the bells in the bell towers at the Temple of the Open Hand and at the Central Wall of the Undercity; the order doesn’t matter.
  • Then, head to your camp in Rivington (when you’re in the village, go “to the camp,” without taking a long rest). Next to Gale’s tent, you’ll find a strange egg.

When you click on the egg, a sheep hatches from it – just like in real life. “Harvard Willoughby (Nature’s Vengeance)” will become your summoned companion from then on. Unlike Scratch or Shovel, however, Willoughby cannot be resummoned if he is killed. This only works if you actively “send him away.”

  • This sheep is quite a tough fighter with numerous abilities:
  • Willoughby knows the spells Call Lightning, Entangle, Thorn Whip, and Wall of Thorns. The latter is a 6th-level spell, making it one of the strongest spells in the game.
  • At the start of combat, Willoughby ignites but is permanently immune to fire damage. Ideal for fights where everything is on fire.
  • Unlike other summons, Willoughby can use potions, scrolls, and other consumables.

Unfortunately, the companion is a bit… unstable. Each round, a random number between 0 and 27 is rolled and added to the current round. If the result is 30 or more, Willoughby explodes, dealing damage like a fireball, but dies in the process. Warcraft says hello.

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The fact that Harvard Willoughby is not just a companion in the game but can be obtained in such a strange way thrills the community. On Reddit, many users express their disbelief or delight that something so absurd has been discovered.

By the way, it is likely that Willoughby was initially planned as a sheep. In the internal data, there is a developer note indicating that the comedian is supposed to be a “tribute to our favorite sheep” (via BG3 Wiki).

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Unlike other “tricks,” Willoughby is a planned companion in Baldur’s Gate 3, although from a design standpoint, he is purely temporary. If shadows, Minthara, Halsin, and Co. are not enough for you, you can recruit many more people for support – if you have the guts: You can recruit many more NPCs as companions in Baldur’s Gate 3 than you think, but you have to be really evil for that

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In a new anime, the characters speak German, but in the way that Japanese people imagine German.

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 2 minutes

The new Anime season is on the brink of starting, and with it comes the “Emerald Witch” arc of Black Butler. In this story arc, the protagonists find themselves in a German village – but they speak only strange gibberish.

How does that sound? If you have a subscription to Crunchyroll, you can watch the first episode of Black Butler since a few days ago. It is one of the anime from the new spring program and launches a new arc. This time, Sebastian and Ciel are heading to Germany, where the residents even speak authentic German.

But for many German-speaking fans, what Japan understands as German sounds strange. Simply check out the following TikTok clip to hear how it all sounds:

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Both the villagers and Sebastian converse in German. However, many words sound as if they are pronounced the way they would be in the Japanese language. In the language, a vowel often follows a consonant, turning “Klappe” into “Kulappe.” Moreover, hard consonants like F are not emphasized strongly, which is why the anime mentions a “Auwstand” instead of an Aufstand.

This pronunciation indicates that Japanese native speakers were used as voice actors instead of German-speaking actors. As a result, some words are so distorted that they are hard to understand. Fans have mixed opinions about this.

You can watch the trailer for the new season here:

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Fans discuss German pronunciation in the anime

What do the viewers say about it? In the comments of the TikTok video, there are many German-speaking users discussing the anime. One fan wonders if German would actually sound that way to outsiders. He wishes he could speak Japanese better.

User firwflowerp0wer, on the other hand, has no problem understanding the villagers. For the fan, the pronunciation is understandable if he listens closely. However, the comment with the most likes comes from Mrs.A: The user briefly doubted whether they even understood German at all. But luckily, there are subtitles, as some fans point out, to follow the events.

What must be highlighted, though: The voice actors are making a great effort to pronounce it accurately! It likely wouldn’t be any different if German native speakers had to speak texts in Japanese. This opinion is reflected in many comments as well.

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What kind of anime is this? Black Butler is a mystery anime where Ciel and Sebastian solve several cases. Ciel is looking for the murderers of his parents, and the demon Sebastian helps him disguised as a butler. Once Ciel has taken his revenge, his soul belongs to Sebastian.

In the new arc, the two are transported to Germany. They must solve a case involving unexplained deaths. An immortal witch is suspected to be living there. Why you should definitely watch the anime is revealed by MeinMMO: The best anime of all time – This is what our editorial team is watching

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New PvE MMORPG on Steam introduces first PvP servers that no one likes, only to reduce 18 PvE worlds to 2

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

After the heavily criticized introduction of the PvP servers, players of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen are now facing a consolidation of the PvE worlds. However, there is also good news.

What is happening with the PvE worlds? Since the early access launch in December 2024, the player count of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has been declining. To ensure sufficiently large populations on the MMORPG worlds, the developers already announced in March 2025 that server merges would be conducted.

Now we have the important details! Specifically, 18 PvE servers will be merged into two new worlds: Stormona and Ossari. The following realms will remain available:

  • Havensong (US West)
  • Black Moon (US East)
  • Whispering Lands (EU)
  • Bakamel (OCE)
  • The Dead Vault (PvP)
  • Union of Shadow (PvP)

The developers also announce that they want to be more flexible during the remaining early access phase. Therefore, the server sharding feature, currently only in use on Havensong and Black Moon, will also be used on other worlds to “expand and contract the server communities as needed during Early Access.” – via Steam.

The Early Access trailer for Pantheon:

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Despite the server merge, new worlds are on the way

What else is planned for the servers? Despite the need for server merges, the developers plan to bring Fresh-Start servers online in the coming weeks, where interested players can start over with others. It is currently unknown when exactly the new worlds will go live.

What else is planned for Pantheon? The roadmap presented in March 2025 for the MMORPG still includes a number of points. Through content updates, they aim to bring new content and improvements to the early access servers approximately every six to eight weeks. The to-do list includes:

  • New dungeons, raids, boss encounters (as well as a new encounter system)
  • Implementation of additional points of interest for various regions of the game world
  • Introduction of mounts and a taming system
  • Improvements for server performance, user interface, loot, chat
  • Quest functionalities, combat, and crafting will be expanded or improved
  • An alternative ruleset for the servers
  • Upgrades for player characters, including hairstyles, skin colors, and facial details
  • Adjustments for equipment, new weapons
  • Implementation of additional graphics and sound effects as well as music tracks
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With an update in April 2025, Pantheon received PvP servers for the first time. However, these are not well received among many players of the MMORPG, as reflected in the user reviews: PvE MMORPG launched successfully on Steam, now it reveals its roots and the ratings are sinking

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Google allegedly pays its AI employees an entire year’s salary for doing nothing

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 2 minutes

Google continues to pay former employees. Targeted non-compete agreements are behind this: they aim to prevent former employees from directly moving to competitors. However, this also blocks former employees’ futures, as time in AI development passes incredibly quickly.

According to a report, quoted by Business Insider, DeepMind employees can earn an entire annual salary based on various factors without doing anything.

Aggressive non-compete agreements are a tool that technology companies want to leverage to gain a competitive advantage. When an employee signs such an agreement, they commit not to work for a competing company for a certain period. And this is exactly the opportunity that Google is heavily exploiting in the AI field.

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Non-compete agreements are well paid but may harm employees

Here’s what Google is currently doing: Google DeepMind has reportedly put some employees who signed a non-compete agreement on an extended leave of absence: employees who leave their jobs, for instance due to resignation or otherwise ending their employment, are instructed to stay away from work during the notice period. Nevertheless, they remain on the company’s payroll and receive a salary during that time.

Two former employees who spoke with Business Insider said that six-month non-compete agreements are common among DeepMind employees. Other senior employees, however, have received a one-year non-compete agreement. In Germany, this is also referred to as a post-contractual non-compete agreement.

During this time, employees, although officially not working, continue to be fully paid by Google. With the non-compete clauses, they aim to prevent former employees from moving to competitors and passing on their knowledge. Google itself explained to the magazine:

Our employment contracts meet market standards. Given the sensitive nature of our work, we selectively use non-compete agreements to protect our legitimate interests.

What’s the problem with that? In the past, it always sounded tempting to receive full pay while not working at all. But in the fight for key personnel in the AI field, such clauses suddenly become high barriers. After all, who wants to hire someone if they have to wait a full year?

Particularly in the age of AI, where things can develop within days, that is a very long period. Insights gained may already be worthless after just a few weeks. Especially startups looking for employees are not willing to wait months to hire someone. One former DeepMind employee explained:

It’s becoming increasingly unpopular because there are a lot of cool startups that aren’t willing to wait six months or longer, causing people to miss out on some good opportunities.

The difficulties became known when Nando de Freitas, Vice President of Microsoft AI and former DeepMind Director, reached out to DeepMind employees complaining about notice periods and non-compete agreements via X.com.

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Players think the new final boss in Monster Hunter Wilds is bugged – but they are failing due to an effect that almost no one pays attention to

Alexander Mehrwald Alexander Mehrwald Reading time 2 minutes

The monster Zoh Shia has returned as a repeatable hunt with the 1st Title Update in Monster Hunter Wilds. In particular, its crystals are causing trouble for many players, who suspect a bug – but there is more to it than that.

Why do players suspect a bug? When fighting against Zoh Shia, sooner or later you will become familiar with its crystals. It creates them scattered around during the fight, and then explodes them with a powerful attack shortly after.

Players are advised by NPCs to destroy the crystals as quickly as possible with sling ammunition to prevent this. They can find the corresponding ammunition scattered across the battlefield and can easily collect it.

However, sometimes the ammunition has no effect on the crystals despite hitting them. Therefore, players suspect a bug that prevents any damage from being inflicted. However, this is not a bug, but an intended effect by the game that you can easily circumvent.

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Null Berries against Dragon Plague

Why does the ammunition sometimes have no effect? As user never_safe_for_life points out in his Reddit thread, this “bug” mainly occurs when infected with the dragon plague. This causes any elemental damage to be negated – including that of the sling ammunition.

This means that they no longer cause damage to the crystals as long as the dragon plague is present – so they cannot be destroyed. Players infect themselves by standing too close to crystals they shot with dragon ammunition and getting hit by them. Zoh Shia itself does not cause dragon plague, only fire and thunder plague.

How can this be circumvented? It’s best to avoid getting infected by the dragon plague altogether. If it happens anyway, a null berry provides relief – so you should always have some with you when facing Zoh Shia. If you forget them, you can still find and collect some in close proximity to your camp in the area.

Alternatively or additionally, you can rely on the chest piece and arm guards of the Arkveld Guardian armor, as these pieces give you level 3 plague resistance. Also, parts that have high resistance against dragon damage are beneficial. Elemental ranged weapons like the bow gun can also destroy the crystals without getting too close and becoming infected with the plague.

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A new game is on its way to becoming the surprise hit of 2025 on Steam and is now free on PS Plus and Game Pass

Caroline Fuller Caroline Fuller Reading time 2 minutes

A new game is not only well on its way to becoming a candidate for Game of the Year 2025, but it also already has a well-known supporter and fan who is already convinced. Those who want to test it for themselves can do so on Steam, with PS Plus, or the Game Pass.

Which game is being talked about? It is the puzzle game “Blue Prince” from Studio Dogubomb, which has already impressed critics: On Metacritic, the game received a whopping 92 out of 100 points and is therefore considered a “Must-Play.” In the game, you strategize your way through changing corridors and rooms, explore a mysterious estate, and try to uncover the secrets of the location (via Steam).

“It’s an endlessly captivating labyrinth full of twists and turns, with a world that crawls into your head and refuses to leave until you have finally uncovered its final secrets,” reads a review from GAMINGbible (via Metacritic).

Gamers Heroes states in their review (via Metacritic): “The mysterious estate in Blue Prince invites exploration and offers a unique puzzle experience in the gaming world.”

But another prominent figure in the gaming industry also has their own opinion on the surprise hit.

Here you can see the trailer for Blue Prince from Studio Dogubomb:

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The trailer for Blue Prince showcases the stylish atmosphere of the puzzle game

Blue Prince already has well-known supporters

Who is already a fan? LocalThunk, the creator of the gaming hit Balatro, expressed his respect for the game and its rating in a post on X. Here, he directly addresses the producer of the Game Awards, Geoff Keighley:

Geoff, my friend, I hope that Blue Prince is nominated for GOTY (Game of the Year) at this year’s Game Awards!

But seriously: Read every review of this game. The first commercial release of the studio! I am happy for them.

-LocalThunk via X

Balatro was itself a surprise hit of last year 2024 and managed to be nominated for Game of the Year even as a title from a small studio. A nice gesture from an indie developer, showing that indie games also deserve mainstream attention. 

How does the producer of the Game Awards respond? Geoff Keighley did not leave the kind but still demanding opinion of the Balatro developer unanswered, as he has already noticed the potential of Blue Prince. He responded the same day: “Great game, I have been following it for a while.”

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If the opinions of the critics, as well as those of LocalThunk and Geoff Keighley, have piqued your curiosity, you can start playing Blue Prince on Steam, in the Game Pass, or PS Plus starting today, April 10, 2025. If you want to know more about LocalThunk’s game Balatro, and why the developer prefers to remain anonymous despite his active social media presence, you can read here on MeinMMO: Developer of the best game on Steam 2024 wants to remain unrecognized, plays his own game anonymously in public

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Schedule 1: Installing Mods – The Best Add-ons for PC

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 2 minutes

Schedule 1 is still in Early Access, but you can enhance your gaming experience with mods. That’s why we show you how to install mods, where the best place to do this is, and which mods are among the best.

How do I install mods? To install mods, you first need the following things:

  • The game “Schedule 1” installed on your computer
  • A mod you want to install, preferably from a trusted source (e.g., Nexus Mods)
  • The program “Melon Loader”

Depending on where you install your mods, the mod creators usually provide instructions so that you know what to keep in mind when installing. We recommend checking out Nexus Mods when installing mods. Under “Description,” you often find a guide on how to install the respective mod and what programs you need to go along with it.

There you can predominantly find reputable mods that also offer foolproof instructions. However, if you want to pack mods into the data of Schedule 1, you often need a second program, the Melon Loader (via melonwiki.xyz). With this, you can save the .dll files in Schedule 1 and use them.

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Installing mods: These are the best for Schedule 1

Where can I install mods? The best and safest place is likely Nexus Mods (via nexusmods.com). You can download various mods for free there.

Most authors also explain how to download their mods and what prerequisites must be met for the mods to work. However, keep in mind that you should make a backup of your game save when modding. Mods tend to destroy game saves.

Which mods are worth it for Schedule 1? If you want to mod Schedule 1, you will discover up to 255 mods on Nexus Mods. It can be difficult to know which ones are worth it and which to ignore. However, we give you 5 options that you should definitely try:

  • Increased Stack Limit (via nexusmods.com)
    • Function: Increases your stack limit to 60 units per inventory slot. Various substances cannot be stacked.
  • Simple backpack mod (via nexusmods.com)
    • Function: Adds a separate inventory window in the form of a backpack. This allows you to carry even more with you. Note that the items from the backpack will be lost when you save or exit the game.
  • Minimap – Full Version (via nexusmods.com)
    • Function: Adds a minimap and the current time to the top right of your screen.
  • AutoSave (via nexusmods.com)
    • Function: The game will now automatically save every 5 minutes.
  • Dealer Tracker (via nexusmods.com)
    • Function: Allows you to monitor all your dealers. You can see how much money they have left, whether they have enough goods and which customers they are serving.
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Famous streamer struggles through the hardest grind in 20 years of WoW: ‘I won’t do this again’

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 3 minutes

The well-known streamer and YouTuber Xaryu is currently battling through perhaps the toughest grind that World of Warcraft has offered since its launch. For one day, he has set himself a particularly exhausting interim goal.

What kind of grind is this? It’s about the Honor System from Vanilla WoW or WoW Classic, where players farm honor in the open world as well as in battlegrounds to climb ranks. In the original version, the Honor System worked as follows:

  •  Every week, at the ID change, a player’s earned honor was compared with the accumulated honor of other heroes of their faction. Depending on how well and actively you played during the week, you would rise or fall in the rankings, which could lead to promotions or demotions.
  • The higher you climbed in rank, the more challenging it became to work your way up to the next rank. Those aiming for the highest ranks and the associated rewards often had to play nearly around the clock for several weeks.
  • The very highest rank, rank 14, was open only to a minimal percentage of participating players. Without any agreements, it could happen that ambitious players with similarly significant time investments and a regular group would block each other for weeks.
  • To collect as much honor as possible in a day, many regular groups resorted to farming randomly assembled teams. They often avoided potentially very long matches against other regular groups. For example, in Vanilla WoW, it was common to just sit down and quickly surrender in such cases.
  • At that time, it was an open secret that various Grand Marshals and High Warlords could only obtain their rank 14 in Vanilla WoW through account sharing, as the time investment over such a long period was just too exhausting. 

With patch 1.14.4, Blizzard slightly toned down the Honor System of WoW Classic in November 2023 (so that, for example, you could no longer be demoted due to insufficient activity), but the path to rank 14 is still one of the toughest grinds that can be achieved in World of Warcraft.

On the anniversary servers of WoW Classic, you can currently work your way up to rank 14 again:

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400,000 honor in one day … that’s taxing

What drives Xaryu? The well-known PvP veteran, YouTuber (328,000 subscribers on the main channel via YouTube) and streamer (708,861 followers on Twitch) is currently climbing the ranks of the Honor System in WoW Classic, having set himself a particularly arduous goal a few days ago.

To make as much progress in the Honor System as possible during the current ID, he planned on Thursday to complete 500,000 honor within the next 24 hours (via YouTube). This would likely allow him to rise from rank 10 to rank 12 in the next evaluation.

As of that time, his honor account for the week stood at 130,032. Xaryu wanted to add about 370,000 honor on top of that. For comparison: In the entire previous week, a total of “only” 176,785 honor was accumulated. The task was made more difficult because the PvP streamer only signed up solo for the battlegrounds to keep the waiting times as short as possible.

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Did the streamer reach his goal? From Thursday afternoon until late at night, Xaryu was able to raise the honor counter to 332,099 through PvP in the open world and battlegrounds. On Friday, things continued (via YouTube), and in fact, the streamer broke through the threshold of 500,000 honor after many hours, thanks to a few Horde sacrifices in the Molten Core.

This way, the player secured his rise to rank 12 as well as access to the first epic pieces of PvP armor (gloves, pants, and shoes). When a viewer then suggested that Xaryu could achieve rank 13 with a similar effort in the upcoming ID, the streamer responded:

“I’m not doing that again next week. No way. I would go crazy.”

Xaryu further explained that the grind without a regular group is just too harsh. When you sign up solo for battlegrounds, you never know what teammates you will get and what stupid actions they will literally cause headaches for the veteran. By the way, there is one player who has managed to achieve rank 14 multiple times: Rank 14 from WoW Classic is an absurdly hard grind – This crazy person has done it 3 times

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The developers of Path of Exile 2 say that a boss is irritating them and will be patched today

Cedric Holmeier Cedric Holmeier Reading time 3 minutes

The developers of Path of Exile 2 have announced two new patches aimed at improving the game. This time, it mainly concerns the monsters and bosses in the ARPG.

What was announced? In a new post on their website (via PathofExile.com), the developers announced two patches. The first patch is set to go live this evening, April 10, 2025, along with the changes from the past few days and will be available tomorrow, April 11, at 12:00 AM.

The second patch, which the developers announce in the post, will follow after the weekend. The developers are aware of the changes needed, but they have not yet finished their work.

You can watch the trailer for the current season “Dawn of the Hunt” here:

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Bosses and monsters are being nerfed

Which boss is affected? The boss Uxmal is the most affected. The developers mention that he has “various quirks” that have made the fight against him “somewhat annoying.” Therefore, he will receive the following changes:

  • The number of teleports by Uxmal during the fight has been reduced.
  • Uxmal can no longer charge his energy shield in the air.
  • Uxmal uses his flame breath less often.
Post on PathofExile.com

Other bosses are also affected in selected enemies. While the “Viper Napuatz” will be slightly nerfed, the visibility of attacks from the boss Xyclucian will be adjusted.

What else will change? In the patch being deployed late on April 10, there are three major updates included:

  • Four classes that were previously among the weaker ones will be buffed.
  • The too large maps in the game will be shrunk, and players should be able to complete them faster.

The third major update, as hinted at above, revolves around monsters and bosses that players currently have the most trouble with. In general, the monsters will be slowed down so that they no longer overwhelm the players as much.

Additionally, various map-specific monsters in all acts of the campaign will be adjusted that have previously disturbed the flow of the game.

Are there more buffs? Yes, the developers are improving the behavior of minions: When the first minion dies, a respawn timer of 7.5 seconds starts as usual. If another minion dies thereafter, this timer is reset, but with each subsequent repetition, the effect is weakened. This should prevent the timer from being completely reset constantly and the minions from staying dead for too long.

What changes in the second patch

What was addressed? In the second patch, which is set to be released after the weekend, three important changes will happen. The developers explain that they want to make a new division of the stash tabs so that sorting for different items works with keyboard shortcuts. For example, charms will find their place in flask stash tabs.

The charms will also be revised. Charms, as we know, find their place on the belts of the characters. Here, the number of available slots is now based on the level of the area they are found in. In the endgame, everyone will therefore have no problem acquiring belts with space for 3 charms. Additionally, many charms will be buffed to better fulfill their intended purpose soon.

The bookmark system is now to be added to the atlas. Here you will soon be able to mark up to 16 locations with symbols and text to find important or interesting places faster.

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That the developers are making efforts to quickly restore their season is a good sign for fans. Historically, they have not been particularly satisfied with “Dawn of the Hunt.” The explanations given during the livestream have not helped in this regard: Heads of Path of Exile 2 try to justify the harsh nerfs, but fans are disappointed

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Blizzard disappoints its fans with the roadmap for Diablo 4, responds now: ‘That was not all’

Nicole Wakulczyk Nicole Wakulczyk Reading time 3 minutes

Blizzard recently presented the roadmap for 2025 for Diablo 4, but it hasn’t been well received by the community. Now, the team speaks up and explains: that wasn’t all that the year has to offer.

According to the Diablo 4 roadmap, you can look forward to fresh powers in every new season. However, criticism was already expressed at the announcement of the boss powers you will receive in the upcoming Season 8 if you defeat the toughest opponents.

This is what is being criticized: Many players find that the theme of the boss powers is simply too similar to the witch powers in the current Season 7. Previously, there were also vampiric powers that could be unlocked – it all feels somewhat recycled.

In the coming months, Blizzard seems to remain true to the old formula and will deliver new powers that can be earned:

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“A whole year just with seasonal powers … uff”

What do players specifically say about the roadmap? The roadmap is being discussed by the community on Reddit. The user YakaAvatar writes in a comment: “So will every upcoming season just be a grind for random powers?” And SantiagoCeb says: “Only three new shelter bosses in the entire year? The rest is recycled content.”

The user Fliedel finds the roadmap “quite disappointing” and writes: “A whole year just with seasonal powers … uff. And that leaderboards are supposed to come only in 2026 is really crazy.”

The user feldoneq2wire comments in another Reddit thread: In other games, new seasons introduce features like housing or a trading system where merchants from foreign lands bring materials – in Diablo 4, it means: “What powers are we going to craft together this time?”

This is what a Diablo expert says: Diablo expert and content creator wudijo also commented on the plans for Diablo 4 in his Twitch stream on April 8, 2025: “It looks like they want to spice up the nightmare dungeons and the hell hordes a bit.” He hopes that Blizzard will create something cool out of it and believes that nightmare dungeons could become more interesting because of it.

However, he misses an update on the crafting systems of completion and hardening in the roadmap. He wishes for something new and cool to craft, with which gear can be improved – for example, something like the “Vaal Orbs” in Path of Exile 2. With the orbs, you can even accidentally turn your gear into junk.

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What does Blizzard say about it? Community Director Adam Fletcher responds on Reddit as follows regarding the community’s criticism:

The further the roadmap progresses, the fewer details are fully fleshed out – this gives us some room as the teams are still working on some content.

Regardless, the team is currently putting a lot of work into some big things regarding the upcoming expansion. I’m pretty hyped and wish I could shout from the rooftops about what we have planned – but I think the closer we get, the more excited players will be.

And community manager Lyricana also writes in a comment on Reddit: “We intentionally provided fewer details in the later sections of the roadmap to leave room for content the team is still working on. This isn’t everything that’s coming in 2025. :)”

In Season 8, you can expect boss powers that will expand your builds. Additionally, Blizzard plans to significantly increase the difficulty and make the endgame particularly challenging. Only the best players should be able to reach torment level 4. More about this can be found here: Diablo 4 will be so difficult with Season 8 that only 10% of you will reach the toughest challenge

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The new author of Dragon Ball reveals in the new manga which villain is just as strong as Son-Goku

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 2 minutes

The new cover of the upcoming manga for Dragon Ball is the first designed by Toyotaro, the successor of the series’ creator. In an interview, he reveals why he drew this image – and what it means for the power level.

Which cover is it about? After a long break, due to the death of Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Super is finally continuing. The 24th volume was released on April 4, 2025, in Japan, and features 5 powerful warriors in their strongest form on its cover:

  • Son-Goku with his Ultra Instinct
  • Vegeta with his Ultra Ego
  • Son-Gohan in his Beast form
  • The Namekian as Orange Piccolo
  • Broly has become the Legendary Super Saiyan (LSSJ) with his green hair

In an interview, Toyotaro asked his interview partner if she would like to know who the strongest of the warriors is. He wanted to show the rivalry of the group with the cover. He worked like crazy on the image and does not believe that he wants to spend so much time on a drawing again in the future.

But there is another fighter who is just as strong as the others. Toyotaro reveals which iconic villain is meant.

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A villain is as strong as Son-Goku and the others

Which villain is it about? If you flip the manga volume, you will see Black Freezer on the back. This is the strongest form of the villain, where he partially turns black. 

According to the mangaka, he chose the black color because the black credit card would stand above the golden one, just as Freezer’s black form would stand above his golden one (via Dragon Ball Official). Toyotaro comments on this:

As I said, I wanted to represent the rivalry among the five, and this cover illustration arose from that. I worked like crazy on this cover, and I don’t believe I will spend that much time on a cover again in the future. Moreover, the Black Freezer is also seen on the back, who is also part of the discussion about the power dynamics.

Toyotaro, via Dragon Ball Official

So Freezer has a say in the strength contest in his strongest form. He is one of the first opponents of Son-Goku who come from outer space and is based on a real estate shark. But to this day, he can keep up with the power contest of the 6 important warriors.

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Is that justified? Black Freezer manages to defeat Son-Goku and Vegeta in their respective strongest forms in chapter 87. He could easily kill them but spares them. So it is certainly justified that Freezer is included among the strongest forms of the Saiyans. 

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The best cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket that only require one energy marker

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 3 minutes

If you want to attack your opponent right from the start of a duel in Pokémon TCG Pocket, you can also play cards that only require one energy marker. MeinMMO shows you the best ones that should be in your deck.

With each expansion, new cards are added to the mobile game Pokémon TCG Pocket. Depending on the strength of the Pokémon, its attack requires a certain number of energy markers. Since there is only one marker per round, it can be crucial how many markers your Pokémon needs.

Once a player can attack directly, they can take the lead in the early rounds. Alternatively, they can attack flexibly in the duel with such Pokémon as soon as they are placed in the active position. Therefore, MeinMMO shows you which cards requiring only one energy marker you can use to fill your deck.

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Cards with only one energy cost that belong in your deck

Mogelbaum

Mogelbaum is indispensable in the meta thanks to the expansion to Light of Triumph. It has a base of 80 HP. In comparison, that’s more than the average of the cards that use one energy marker for their attack.

Without any additions, Mogelbaum only does 20 damage. However, if the opponent is an ex-Pokémon, the damage increases to 50 points. This allows Mogelbaum to be used both at the beginning and later in the duel as soon as the opponent’s ex-Pokémon enters the battle.

Due to its fighting type, it is perfect against decks that build on colorless Pokémon like Arceus-ex, as it deals an additional 20 points thanks to the weakness. Arceus-ex is among the best decks in the game. Together with equipment parts and Trainer cards like Red, it is considered the ultimate Arceus-ex killer.

Kokowei-ex

Kokowei-ex is a strong Pokémon that evolves from Owei. It has 160 HP and can deal a minimum damage of 40. Additionally, when attacking, a coin is tossed: if it’s heads, the attack that only requires one energy point does even 80 damage.

However, Kokowei-ex also has two disadvantages: it needs Owei as a pre-evolution, meaning it is not ready for use at the start of the battle. Furthermore, the attack depends on the coin flip, which means it will land at only 40 damage in case of doubt.

Nonetheless, Kokowei-ex is so good in terms of its stats and energy requirement that you should definitely include it in your grass deck.

Rameidon

Rameidon’s stats are even better than those of Kokowei-ex. At least when it comes to damage – it does a whopping 130 damage with only one energy marker. Additionally, it has 150 HP, which is only 10 HP less than Kokowei-ex. However, it has two major disadvantages.

The 150 HP of Rameidon can be quickly depleted or must be replenished. If the opponent’s Pokémon dies from the headbutt attack, Rameidon inflicts 50 damage on itself. Therefore, if it has already taken some damage, it gets tight.

Moreover, it is a stage 2 Pokémon, requiring longer to fully evolve. Also, the base Pokémon is a fossil that cannot be brought onto the field through cards like Pokéball and Pokémon Communication. Thus, Rameidon is not suitable for quick use.

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Panzaeron

The metal Pokémon Panzaeron also requires only one energy marker for its metal arm attack. It deals 20 damage and has 80 HP. Being a base Pokémon, it can be quickly brought onto the field.

The special feature: If a Pokémon equipment is attached to Panzaeron, the damage increases to 50 points. If the item is a helmet, it can also deal an additional 20 damage when it is attacked.

Porenta

At first glance, Porenta does not seem very strong. It has only 60 HP and deals 40 damage. Compared to other Pokémon on this list, it is rather weak. However, it has a big advantage: it has colorless energy points. This allows Porenta to be used as a filler in all sorts of decks if you have an extra spot.

Unlike other Pokémon like Kangaskhan, the attack is not dependent on luck. Thus, Porenta serves as a solid foundation on which you can build your deck.

Venuflibis

Our last recommendation is for Venuflibis. It is a grass Pokémon that has 80 HP but only deals 20 damage. Its true potential unfolds only when it is in a deck with Arceus-ex.

As soon as Arceus-ex or even Arceus is in play, the damage increases to 50. Unfortunately, the attack depends on a specific Pokémon, so a lot of luck is involved for Venuflibis to deal solid damage.

In Pokémon TCG Pocket, there has been a card since the release that becomes stronger with each expansion. It is a good counter against cards like Panzaeron that rely on Pokémon equipment: A card in Pokémon TCG Pocket becomes stronger the bigger the game gets – but it has a big problem

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WoW Patch 11.1.5: Release date is set – 2 key features will come later

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 4 minutes

Part of the upcoming patch for World of Warcraft will be released on April 22, 2025. The rest? On two other dates. Overall, the content is expected to stretch until July.

What is the exact plan? In short, the roadmap for WoW patch 11.1.5 is as follows:

  • April 23: Nightfall Scenario, cooldown manager, and the Winds of Mysterious Fortune
  • May 21: Return of the Disturbing Visions
  • June 4: Cunning Duos

So, at the release of the update, you can expect only three of the five highlight features from patch 11.1.5 to be available on the WoW servers.

How is the community reacting to the announcement? Many players are not happy about the staggered release of the content from patch 11.1.5 on the live servers. Additionally, some are missing a feature that was announced for the update.

  • Xclbr1 complains on Reddit: “Damn, only 1/3 of the content is actually coming on patch day? I was looking forward to Cunning Duos, but have to wait until June. :(“
  • Lvl96Charizard adds on Reddit: “I find it absolutely crazy to stagger a X.X.5 patch.”
  • spachi1281 writes on Reddit: “And so far, no mention of the Puzzling Cartel Chips (also known as Dinars for Lorenhall).” – You can find out more about this here: With WoW patch 11.1.5, you can simply choose your epic desired loot.
  • AedionMorris criticizes on Reddit as well: “Why is everything included in the patch being released drip-wise and delayed? For example, it takes 6 weeks to get the Cunning Duos, 4 weeks to get the Disturbing Visions that are the flagship of the patch. That feels very strange.”

There hasn’t been a new trailer for WoW patch 11.1.5 yet. But the trailer for 11.1 is also nice:

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WoW Patch 11.1.5: Content from April 23, 2025

What is the Nightfall Scenario? In this public scenario, you will fight alongside the new faction “Bears of Flame” to defend Arathi from the Sureki forces. Through quests and activities, you will gain glory, rise in ranks, and earn rewards such as new armor sets, a cloak that visually changes, or a color variant of the airship.

What are the Winds of Mysterious Fortune? From April 23, 2025, to May 21, 2025, you can secure the benefits of the Winds of Mysterious Fortune, granting your characters from levels 10 to 79 a 20% experience bonus and a glory bonus (200% with the major factions in Dragonflight zones, 100% with selected factions in The War Within zones).

WoW: Patch 11.1.5 - Roadmap
The release roadmap for WoW patch 11.1.5.

The following factions from Dragonflight are included:

  • Dragonflight Expedition
  • Maruuk Centaurs
  • Tuskarr of Iskaara
  • Valdrakken Accord
  • Niffen of Loamm
  • Dreamkeepers
  • Sabellian
  • Furorion
  • Cobalt Conclave

The following factions from The War Within are included:

  • Council of Dornogal
  • Arathi of Healing Fall
  • The Conclave of Depths
  • The General
  • The Grand Vizier
  • The Weaver

The event also grants characters below level 80 in the zones of Dragonflight or The War Within the chance to obtain mysterious bags when looting or through quests. These bags contain partly useful items, partly funny gimmicks, and partly equipment. Among them are also war loot-bound potions that grant you 10% additional experience for 2 hours.

WoW: Nightfall Scenario
The Sureki forces are attacking!

What is the cooldown manager? With patch 11.1.5, you can enable a new cooldown manager for your user interface by opening the game menu (Escape), clicking on “Options,” and then selecting “Advanced Options.”

When you enable the cooldown manager, important cooldowns and buffs will be displayed in separate, customizable HUD elements for the selected specialization. You can customize the display through the advanced options of the HUD editing mode.

WoW Patch 11.1.5: Content from May 21, 2025

What are the Disturbing Visions? With the next patch, the Disturbing Visions from patch 8.3 will make their comeback. They lead you into the nightmarish versions of the faction capitals Orgrimmar and Stormwind as dreamed up by N’Zoth’s mind. Your job: Prevent these visions from becoming reality!

For this, you need to find and defeat Alleria or Thrall. In each run, you can also master several optional tasks and hard modes. Those who wanted to master the toughest version of the Disturbing Visions were able to activate a total of five masks and thus as many affixes that significantly changed the challenge’s difficulty level.

WoW: Disturbing Visions
The Disturbing Visions lead you to Stormwind and Orgrimmar.

These five masks will also be available this time. Additionally, you should be able to unlock three more masks, allowing a total of eight affixes to be activated in the new version of the visions.

Whoever activates all eight masks in Stormwind and Orgrimmar and successfully completes the madness that arises in the respective Disturbing Vision, can earn a special shadow worm mount. You can tackle the content alone, with allies, or alongside Soridormi’s construct, which can function as a tank, DPS, or healer.

WoW Patch 11.1.5: Content from June 4, 2025

What are the Cunning Duos? This is a new, six-week event where you face “animatronic” versions of past bosses, receive reinforcements, and achieve higher and higher scores. In this, you and your group will fight against two (or more) bosses at once.

Cunning Duos will feature three strongholds: one in Stormwind, one in Orgrimmar, and one in Dornogal. While Vinnie Catnip is the boss, you need to talk to Xyggie Marou if you want to take on a fight in the Cunning Dome. Visit the vendor Wodin, who offers reinforcements and items to help you in battle.

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The release of the boss fun will happen over several weeks. On June 4, four bosses will be available to you. In each subsequent week, more bosses will join until there are ten nasty characters wanting to pummel you.

Your achievements will be rewarded with cosmetic items, toys, and some dungeon items. Additionally, you will complete achievements that should activate additional game effects in the Cunning Duos – whatever that means in detail. By the way, we also have an overview page for the update: WoW Patch 11.1.5 – All info on Nightfall, Disturbing Visions, and Cunning Duos

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Horror game on Steam turns you into journalists who sacrifice their colleagues for a good photo

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In a horror game on Steam, New York is overrun by monsters. Instead of saving its inhabitants from the clutches of these creatures, your mission is to take the best photos. For this, you sometimes sacrifice your colleagues.

We mean The Headliners: A horror game on Steam for up to 8 people. The game was released on January 30, 2025, on Steam, where it costs only €7.79 and is rated “very positive” – 85% of over 4,000 reviews recommend it.

You can see a trailer for the game here:

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Everything for the story

What is the game about? In Headliners, you play as a group of journalists who venture into the dangerous streets of New York. There, deadly monsters roam around. Your task as journalists is to capture the events in the city in pictures – preferably spectacular ones, mind you. After all, you want to make it to the front page.

  • Each of you is equipped with a camera and can take photos
  • If you take promising photos, you must escape alive with them
  • In your hideout, you review the pictures and hope they make it to the front page

Each expedition consumes a press pass, of which you only have three at the beginning. If your photos appear in the headlines, you get another one. So if you want to fool around, at least make sure some good pictures come out of it.

For the perfect photo, you will occasionally also make sacrifices. If one of your colleagues is torn to pieces by a monster, it is of course a tragedy at first – but it might just be the picture that gets you in the headlines.

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Funny co-op horror is on the rise again, one might think. Another game on Steam listens carefully to what you say to your friends – and reacts to it. You can read more about it here: In a new game on Steam, even a wrong word can lead to your downfall

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Twitch streamer reveals what really lies behind the great deals from Kick that supposedly make so much money

Caroline Fuller Caroline Fuller Reading time 2 minutes

For someone who is promised a regular hourly wage, one might expect an appropriate payment – or not? A streamer and musician returned to her old platform Twitch after switching to Kick. What she shares causes the great deal facade that Kick presents to crumble.

What does the streamer reveal? The streamer and musician Sabrina Solo, who refers to herself as a one-woman band, regularly streams on Twitch after leaving her contract with the streaming rival Kick. The platform is notorious for poaching content creators from Twitch with expensive offers. In addition, Kick promises smaller streamers to earn money through a guaranteed hourly wage.

In a clip from Sabrina Solo’s Twitch stream on April 2, 2025, the musician shared her experience at Kick and what exactly is behind the promising deals that Kick offers: “I had to go back to live gigs because just so you know, over at Kick – it was a total flop! It was wild!”

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“I wasn’t allowed to say anything”

What does the streamer say about her experience at Kick? The musician explains that the promised hourly wage with which Kick aims to attract smaller content creators to its platform is absolutely ridiculous:

They “paid us hourly”, my god. It was 5 dollars an hour, folks. (…) I earn 100 dollars an hour for my live performances, that’s how much I make when I’m hired as a musician. So when they said they would pay me 5 dollars an hour, it was a total insult. I would laugh at a bar if they told me, ‘we’ll pay you 5 dollars an hour.’

Sabrina Solo via Twitch

However, she wasn’t allowed to speak about the salary, as she told her Twitch viewers: “We had to sign an NDA because we became partners after all. […] I wasn’t allowed to say anything. And I was supposed to give the impression that we were making real money, that was part of the agreement.”

What brought the musician back to Twitch? However, the payment was not the only thing that bothered Sabrina about Kick.

“It was really disgusting over there,” she adds in the clip, “The incel level is extremely high. Most of the staff is just damn strange, the people there are weird, and I missed the vibe here (on Twitch).”

The musician is not the only one making such statements about the employees of the streaming platform. A former employee publicly criticized an offer from the platform to a sick streamer, which the affected person had to decline for “moral reasons”. Kick has not yet commented on this.

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What do other experiences at Kick look like? Many streamers express mixed feelings about Kick due to different offers and their own experiences. A streamer who was initially very excited about an offer from the Twitch rival ultimately feels as dissatisfied as Sabrina Solo and describes his time at Kick as “the worst time he has experienced while streaming”: Twitch: Streamer spent 1 year on Kick, knows the background – Explains how bad it is there

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What happened to the biggest German Twitch streamer for Destiny 2 who was banned by Bungie?

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In July 2023, Bungie banned the then largest Twitch streamer of their shooter Destiny 2. Luis, known as Lachegga, was outraged by the ban and said he was only banned because he had expressed so much criticism of the loot shooter. What is he doing today?

This was the ban back then: In 2023, Lachegga was the largest German Twitch streamer for Destiny 2 with around 150 viewers, having surpassed Nexxoss Gaming, who had been the largest German-speaking Twitch streamer for Destiny 2 for many years.

But Bungie banned Lachegga on July 1. Luis found the ban completely inappropriate and claimed that the German community manager had banned him personally because he was simply too critical. Bungie would let anything pass for anyone, even allowing cheaters free reign, but because he expressed such critical views, Bungie would specifically ban him and other critics.

Luis asked Bungie if he could be unbanned. However, he received no response and felt that he was not treated appropriately:

To put this into perspective: One of the most active German content creators, who has been active on Twitch for 7 years – regardless of the state of the game – pulls in at least 100 to 150 viewers on a normal day, while the rest are around 20 or 30. On good days over 200, during special events 700, and a week goes by without a response.

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Why was he really banned? As we researched at MeinMMO, Luis had built an extremely toxic community and had said some things in Twitch streams that would lead to immediate and permanent bans in other games.

It was obvious that Luis was banned for toxic behavior:

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Destiny gone – Streaming career gone

How has Luis fared since the ban? In 2023, Luis’s viewer numbers decreased significantly after the ban from Destiny in the second half of the year:

  • While he averaged 150 viewers in Destiny 2
  • He could not entertain as many viewers in Valorant (42 viewers) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (24 viewers)

In 2024, Luis also struggled to establish himself on Twitch without Destiny 2. Viewer numbers dropped by 80% – the streams became fewer. Instead of over 2,000 hours like in 2023, he was only active on Twitch for about 750 hours in 2024.

In October 2024, Luis almost completely gave up streaming on Twitch; since then, he has only had one single stream: On January 24, 2025, he showcased DRAGON BALL to an average of 8 viewers.

The transformation to opinion blogger did not work

How did it go on YouTube? On YouTube, Luis seemed to want to start with a few articles in the style of an opinion blogger after his ban, but that was met with little success.

While his previous videos on Destiny generated about 50,000 views, attempts to explain how silly other content creators are regarding Destiny or suggestive videos about the streamer Amouranth only garnered views in the range of 4,000 to 10,000.

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What is behind this: In 2023, Lachegga, a solid PVP player, had his best year on Twitch in the absence of much competition in Destiny 2 with an average of 100 viewers.

However, the extremely toxic atmosphere he propagated ultimately became his downfall, and it did not go up from there, but down.

Without the shooter Destiny 2, to which he and his community had a deep love-hate relationship, there were no further prospects for the content creator, and the career seems to have simply run its course. For parts of the German community related to Destiny 2, one has to be ashamed.

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Players believe that one of their loyal dealers in Schedule 1 is a traitor

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 2 minutes

In Schedule 1, you build your own drug empire, but to achieve that, you need dealers in addition to employees, who will sell your product. One of them you will find at the very beginning of your journey, but now players believe he is a traitor.

Which comrade is meant? It is Benji Coleman. This NPC is met by all newcomers eventually, as he guides players through the basics of dealing for the first time. He serves as a tutorial and explains how the distribution system works, which offers the first opportunity to distribute products through a middleman.

One might think that fans are emotionally connected to Benji, as he shows players how to take their first steps. Suddenly, however, the mood towards Benji shifted, and many began to distrust their former business partner. It is believed that Benji is a rat.

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Benji shocks with his law-abiding twin

Why do players believe he is a traitor? Many videos of Benji are currently going viral on TikTok, as fans discover a police officer who remarkably resembles Benji during their tour through the villages of Hyland Points. One might think that Benji has a twin.

Many fans are now unsure whether this is their former mentor. The streamer Caseoh shows quite well through his reaction how surprising the reunion can be:

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Is Benji a traitor? Even though this twist could fit very well into Schedule 1, it is highly unlikely that he is an undercover cop. Schedule 1 has a very simple character design – even for its NPCs. It is quite likely that Benji’s design was reused for a police officer.

It is quite possible that the developer of Schedule 1 could implement such a traitor system in the future, as it would also fit into the daily life of a criminal. There will also be competition in Schedule 1 in the future, if one is to believe the developer’s roadmap. In particular, the cartel could cause you problems. You can find more about this here: Schedule 1 and its roadmap: All content you can expect in the future

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