A player has finally gotten engaged and gifted his girlfriend a ring. Since he doesn’t want a ring for himself, his fiancée thought of something else: she gifts him an expensive RTX 5090.
A player explained on Reddit that he has finally gotten engaged to his girlfriend. To celebrate the occasion, he bought her an engagement ring. However, when his girlfriend wanted to give him a ring as well, he explained that he only wanted a plastic ring because he wasn’t really into gold.
In the end, she decided to gift him an RTX 5090. The RTX 5090 is one of the best graphics cards you can buy. The user stated that they checked various providers multiple times a day to find the best price. In the end, they decided on a hardware bundle priced at $2,999, which is around 2,700 euros.
Does his fiancée also play on PC? He explained in another post that he can’t really convince his future wife to get into gaming. After all, she occasionally plays “Sims.” But at least she respects his interest in computer hardware. Maybe that’s why she also gifted him an expensive graphics card (via Reddit.com):
It would be nice! I can get her to play Sims, and that’s about it. She respects my love for computer parts.
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RTX 5090 is more expensive than ever and barely available, AMD is faring better
What are the prices for an RTX 5090 like? If you look at price comparison portals like Geizhals.de, prices for an RTX 5090 start at 2,700 euros and quickly go significantly over 3,000 euros. Nvidia continues to face the issue that demand is very high, but they is unable to meet that demand. Nvidia has now lowered prices for the 5000 series, but this price drop is likely to have reached very few buyers and players.
Many now fear that with the US trade war, prices could rise significantly again since many components are produced in Asia.
Jarvis Khattri was on his way to becoming a star on Twitch and YouTube with the online shooter Fortnite in 2019. But he got caught cheating. Epic Games made an example of him. He was permanently banned from Fortnite. Even 6 years later, there is only one topic for the Brit: Playing Fortnite again.
This was the ban: FaZe Jarvis had used an aimbot to entertain his fans, creating a video in November 2019. Since he was on a secondary account, the 17-year-old thought he wouldn’t get into trouble. Maybe just a slap on the wrist, a week or two off.
FaZe Jarvis cried in a video over this harsh punishment, apologized profusely, and begged for mercy. Even his mother stepped in for him and major content creators like Dr Disrespect and Ninja urged Epic not to be so harsh. He is still so young. But none of that helped; Epic Games stood firm.
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17-year-old is banned from Fortnite, cries in front of 20 million people, uses it for his YouTube career
Jarvis lives off the reputation as The boy who got banned from Fortnite
These were the consequences of the ban: Since 2019, Jarvis has been in a predicament because he was known only for Fortnite and was not allowed to play anymore. He started numerous attempts to leverage his fame as “The guy who got banned from Fortnite for life and cried about it.”
In countless variations, he created videos about how he supposedly managed to sneak back into Fortnite and play. Or how he is now looking for a new job because he can no longer play Fortnite.
However, one of these attempts got him a permanent ban on Twitch, which lasted 4 years and was only resolved now.
The first videos after his ban.
Jarvis has a large YouTube channel, but it’s almost dead
What else has he done? Jarvis’s career outside of Fortnite has been erratic. He has rapped a bit, done a lot with his brother, and even started a boxing career while gaining muscle.
Despite having a YouTube channel with 5.7 million followers, he barely uploaded any videos last year. Most of his successful videos are 5 years old and came right after the ban. To this day, his apology video and a music video about his ban are the two most successful videos on his channel.
Even now, 6 years after the ban, his current videos are still about him supposedly getting unbanned from Fortnite.
But that is not true. The ban from Fortnite is still in effect. And FaZe Jarvis has still not overcome it and will likely forever be the guy who messed up his life with a mistake.
This is his latest action: In April 2025, his ban on Twitch was lifted after more than 4 years, which he received for attempting to sneak into Fortnite despite being banned.
The creator of an extremely successful hit on Steam is doing what many developers wish for. He plays his own game all the way through. This way, he would not only understand his game much better, but he also reports that it has helped him with stress management.
Which developer is being referred to? We’re talking about LocalThunk, the developer of the game Balatro, which was one of the biggest surprise hits of 2024. Despite the success and popularity, the indie developer only managed to complete his own game over a year later.
He announced on April 3 with a proud post on Bluesky, where he presented his success and recognition in the game: “I have beaten every deck on every difficulty! I still want to complete the game 100%, it’s really fun for me, and I believe I know my game much better now.” (LocalThunk via Bluesky)
Here you can see the trailer for Balatro:
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Trailer for the roguelike poker game Balatro by LocalThunk
Developer enjoys his own game
What has the developer achieved? In Balatro, there are 15 decks and eight difficulty levels that can change and make the player experience more challenging through various modifiers. LocalThunk has completed every deck at every difficulty, which means he has tackled a total of 120 runs in Balatro with increasingly higher challenges.
In a subsequent post on Bluesky, he also shares his build that helped him achieve this personal milestone.
How does he feel after the experience? LocalThunk writes in his post that playing Balatro helped him release all the negative emotions that arose after the stress of the release.
LocalThunk is a developer who started his game as a hobby project and never sought attention in the spotlight before its success and millions of copies sold. In another article here on MeinMMO, we reported on a publisher’s statement about the man behind Balatro: he found it hard to cope with the pressure of success.
How is the developer perceived in public? Despite his presence on social media, LocalThunk has chosen to remain anonymous. He simply wanted to be left alone during the development of his game, to live his life in peace. He continues to maintain this anonymity. This is exactly what helped him have a very special experience at GDC 2025 (Game Developer Conference): Developer of the best game on Steam 2024 does not want to be recognized, plays his own game anonymously in public
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The developers of Path of Exile 2 have revealed in their new announcement what changes are coming to the ARPG soon. Four classes are particularly happy about the buffs.
What have the developers announced? The developers of Path of Exile 2 have announced further changes to the game in their new statement. Previously, there was increased criticism of the new season “Dawn of the Hunt,” which many found too difficult and sluggish.
In their new post on PathofExile.com, the developers introduced new buffs that are supposed to improve the ARPG. They explain that they are now done with the nerfs and want to move on to buffing weak classes.
Four classes are in focus in the new patch, which is set to go live later in the week. There are also new features for the entire game that affect all classes.
Here you can watch the trailer for the new season “Dawn of the Hunt”:
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Path of Exile 2 presents gameplay trailer with the new Hunter class
Buffs for Four Classes
Which classes are receiving buffs? The new update has already revealed buffs for four classes:
The most improvements go to the Witch. She receives more area damage, longer debuffs on enemies, more combos, and a faster build-up of elemental effects.
The Huntress is also being buffed. Enemies that are hit by her parry can no longer evade after being struck. Additionally, the skill Rapid Assault now deals more damage, has a larger AoE, and causes enemies to bleed every time the skill detonates.
The Warrior receives improvements to his new expansion class “Smith of Kitava”; the ability “Temper Weapon” now adds 3 enhancements per hit to the weapon and is 25% faster. The skill Shield Wall can now be detonated through “Battle Cry,” allowing for new combinations. Furthermore, the “Armour Break” that monsters deal has been nerfed, leading to better defensive values.
The Ranger gets increased range with the skills “Stormcaller Arrow” and Lightning Arrow. The skill Lightning Rod deals 30% more damage and lasts longer, plus the skill “Tornado Shot” stays active longer. “Stormcaller Arrow” also spreads its shock effects to nearby enemies.
What changes affect the general public? Another important change concerns the rare monsters in Path of Exile 2. The developers found that enemies at the edge of the map were often overlooked, which is why opponents will now permanently appear on the minimap. The full patch notes can be found on PathofExile.com.
What else do the developers share? At the beginning of the new season “Dawn of the Hunt,” players discovered a trick that allowed them to reroll items infinitely. This way, they could select exactly the valuable items they wanted. This led to several hundred players quickly accumulating a lot of wealth. These cheaters have now been banned by the developers until the end of the season.
Streamer Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins Jr. is the biggest livestreamer on YouTube. His career had an extraordinary start: a donation of 1.60 euros set everything in motion.
Who is the streamer? It is the streamer IShowSpeed. He is considered the biggest gaming streamer on YouTube (via Statista), even though he now mainly produces IRL and lifestyle content. In 2016, at just 11 years old, he created his YouTube channel, with which he took off in 2021.
In his streams, one might think he is always looking for the next possible escalation, as he seems to have no real impulse control. Viewers tune into his streams primarily to watch dangerous actions, like when he jumped over a moving car: YouTube: 19-year-old shows the stunt that ended Thomas Gottschalk’s career.
IShowSpeed gets the receipt for barking at a 6-year-old boy
A donation changes everything
In a YouTube livestream from 2021, a moment went viral: a donation from viewer Bradley of 1.60 euros came with the question of which football team he would support. IShowSpeed responded: “Cristan [sic!] Ronaldo. SUI!” (via YouTube).
The mispronunciation of Cristiano Ronaldo’s name and the strange “SUI,” the famous cheer of the football player, made the clip go viral. IShowSpeed was only 18 years old when the virality of the stream snippet brought him sudden fame.
The “SUI!” and the fact that he is a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo become his trademark. In 2023, IShowSpeed gets to attend the Ballon d’Or, an important award for football players, and is sad that Messi is receiving the award and not his idol.
Now, at 20 years old, IShowSpeed has built a career as a content creator that has made him a millionaire. On YouTube, his channel has over 38 million followers and has garnered over 347 million views in the last 30 days (via SocialBlade).
In an interview at Complexcon 2024, IShowSpeed gave vague hints about his wealth. It is estimated to be around 10 million US dollars, to which the streamer only replied, “Something in between.”.
MMORPGs are known for their large game worlds, but some representatives of the genre take it to the next level: MeinMMO takes you in the video to the 13 largest maps.
What is this list based on? In the games mentioned here, it’s not the size of the game world in square kilometers that matters, but how much time you can spend in it before you’ve discovered every corner of the map. Many developers do not disclose exact figures regarding the size of their MMORPG.
What will be covered in the video? Whether you’re traversing a dense fantasy world like in Black Desert Online or exploring the seemingly infinite expanses of space in EVE Online, it doesn’t matter: The main point is that the world is large and offers new corners to marvel at even after a long time.
If possible, we also mention specific estimates in the video. So if you’re interested in how big Azeroth in World of Warcraft or Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings Online is – you will learn both and much more in the video. By the way: The latter is said to be as large as a neighboring country of Germany, according to one estimate.
Albion Online, an MMORPG from Germany, is also represented on the list. It makes it onto the list thanks to its large, and especially lively game world. The MMORPG changes over time and is dynamically shaped by the players – where nothing stands today, there could be more going on tomorrow.
Have we forgotten any MMORPG? Feel free to let us know in the comments which game worlds you have spent the most time in and if we’ve perhaps missed one that you think belongs on this list. If you liked this list, we would greatly appreciate a like and a subscription to our YouTube channel. A list of the most beautiful MMORPGs can be found here: TOP 5 MMORPGs with the most beautiful graphics in 2025
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Compared to video games like GTA, breaking the law in real life also has real consequences. A 19-year-old from America had to learn this through personal experience and questionable decisions.
How did the chase begin? On February 20, 2025, a young man from Utah was reportedly driving without a license plate when a police officer attempted to stop him. However, the suspect had no intention of stopping and instead decided to accelerate and engage in a chase with the officer.
In fact, the 19-year-old managed to escape, but about a month later, on March 23, 2025, authorities received an email containing videos of the chase: self-recorded footage from the armed driver along with the words: “I’m in GTA, Bro!”
Here you can see the trailer for GTA 6, a world where the 19-year-old might prefer to be:
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Rockstar Games shows GTA 6 for the first time in the trailer
Suspect Provides His Own Evidence
What did the driver do? During the chase with the police officer, the driver ran a red light and nearly rammed another vehicle at 95 MPH (approximately 150 km/h). The officer ultimately had to abandon the pursuit for safety reasons.
When police reviewed the evidence videos from the email a month after the chase, the officers were surprised that the perpetrator not only recorded them himself but also published them on social media.
What do the videos show? The news site KSL from Utah reports the following about the footage:
In the first video, the defendant films himself while driving, accelerating, and mentioning the police officers who are pursuing him.
In the second video, the 19-year-old films himself again and says this time: “I’m in GTA, Bro!” While doing so, he holds a black handgun in front of the camera.
The third video shows the defendant filming the police in the rearview mirror.
The 19-year-old was ultimately charged with ignoring the officer’s stop signal, resisting arrest, as well as reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and using a phone while driving.
Time and again, people film themselves in cars and display improper driving behavior. Particularly among influencers, fans do not find this funny at all. This was also the case for the German streamer MontanaBlack in the summer of 2024 when he filmed on the highway while criticizing the driving behavior of others: Twitch: MontanaBlack’s driving behavior criticized – “Reported clip to the driver’s license authority”
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The next event in Pokémon GO is about to start. In addition to a Pokémon debut, there will also be an increased shiny chance and other bonuses waiting for you.
When does the event take place? The “Jump into Spring” event starts on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 10:00 AM. It runs until Monday, April 14, 2025, at 8:00 PM.
How to obtain Cottini? Cottini, the grass-type monster from Generation 8, will debut at the event. It can evolve into Cottomi. You can find the new monster in the wild during the event and in 5 km eggs.
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Jump into Spring – All the event content
Which Pokémon are in the wild? During the event, there will be several Pokémon that appear more frequently in the wild. Additionally, there will be time periods when extra monsters will appear more often in the wild.
Throughout the event in the wild:
Remoraid*
Dartiri*
Cottini
From April 9 at 10:00 AM until April 10 at 11:59 PM:
Marill*
Loturzel*
Piccolente*
Araqua*
Lapras* (rare)
From April 11 at 00:00 AM until April 12 at 11:59 PM:
Vulpix*
Ponita*
Camaub*
Leufeo*
Hisui-Fukano* (rare)
From April 13 at 00:00 AM until April 14 at 8:00 PM:
Myrapla*
Hoppspross*
Roselia*
Kikugi*
Alola-Kokowei* (rare)
All monsters marked with a * can also appear as shiny.
Which Pokémon are in eggs? If you hatch eggs that you obtained during the event, you can receive the following monsters:
2-km eggs:
Magby*
Knospi*
Mantirps*
5-km eggs:
Remoraid*
Dartiri*
Cottini
Pokémon marked with a * can also be hatched in their shiny variants.
What bonuses are there in the event? During the event, the following bonuses will be active:
increased chance of encountering shiny Remoraid and Dartiri
double duration of lucky eggs
double candy when hatching eggs
halved distance for hatching eggs placed in incubators during the event
More event content: You will also have event field research, collector challenges, and PokéStop showcases during the event.
For $2 (approximately €2), you can also purchase a paid, limited-time research. Here you will receive 5,000 experience points, 1 lucky egg, 2 super incubators, as well as encounters with Remoraid, Dartiri, and Cottini.
In addition to the “Jump into Spring” event, there are many more waiting for you this month. If you want to get an overview and find out when they take place, feel free to check out our overview of all events in April 2025 in Pokémon GO.
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The Twitch streamer and gaming influencer Adin Ross (24) was one of the major supporters of Donald Trump before his election as US President. In August 2024, Ross conducted a live interview with Trump in front of 500,000 viewers and urged his fans to vote for Trump. But now the young and wealthy man is suffering the consequences. He says he has lost over 10 million US dollars in the stock market due to the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.
This is how Ross campaigned for Trump in 2024: The former gaming influencer Ross conducted an interview with Trump during a livestream on Kick in August 2024, because he was banned from Twitch at the time. He gifted Donald Trump a Tesla Cybertruck and a golden Rolex during the livestream.
The interview lasted about 80 minutes, peaking at 500,000 views. Since then, the interview has garnered another 2.8 million views as a video on YouTube .
In the stream, Ross gave his guest the opportunity to rant extensively about Kamala Harris, claiming she is even worse than Biden. Trump bragged about having great relationships with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and promised to end the war in Ukraine on day 1 of his presidency.
Ross did not question any of this, but fully recommended that his young viewers vote for Donald Trump. He basked in the significance of the interview and the fact that Trump had come to his stream at all. For him, the protégé of Andrew Tate, it was the most important show ever.
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Ross says he lost 10 million $ due to the tariffs
Now comes the harsh awakening: Since the announcement of tariffs against the whole world, global markets have crashed. Adin Ross’s total fortune, estimated at around 24 million $, has suffered from the market crash.
In a stream with DJ Akademiks, Ross now discusses the current difficult situation in the stock market.
Akademiks says: “People are getting killed in the stock market. Me too. How about you?”
Ross rolls his eyes: “Bro … holy shit, it’s so bad.”
Akademiks shakes his head sympathetically: “Come on, spill it. Be honest.”
Ross breathes out, sniffs: “8 digits” – meaning at least 10 million US dollars.
Akademiks pleads: “Kamala! Come back to me!”
Ross has to smile a little and then reassures himself: “It will get better again.”
This is how it is commented: In the comments on Twitter, you can read some famous perseverance slogans that investors know well: “It’s only a loss if you sell.”
However, there are also some who make it clear to Ross that he chose this path and paved it:
“His decision led to this result”
“He voted for Trump, he did this to himself”
Some who have invested money are in a much worse situation than Ross: “I lost half of everything since the tariffs and I feel physically and mentally so bad.”
One says: “Who cares? Influencers should all work at Burger King anyway.”
Since the first major update, the Leviathan Mizutsune has also found a home in Monster Hunter Wilds. Along with it, some new weapons and armors have arrived. A new build also takes advantage of its own bubble blight, making even the final boss Zoh Shia look even paler than he already is.
What kind of build is it? imredthewolf shares on TikTok his simple build, with which he has already successfully fought against the harder variant of the final boss Zoh Shia multiple times. In his video, he presents the build and explains how it unfolds its strength.
The build utilizes the status effect “bubble blight” that the new monster Mizutsune has brought into the game. Similar to builds revolving around the gear of Gore Magala with its frenzy virus, this build derives its benefit from an inherently negative status effect and generates higher affinity values, resulting in higher damage output.
What you need to do and how the build works, you can find out here.
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This is how the bubble blight bowgun build works
Which weapon is the build for? The build is designed for the light bowgun, more specifically the one from Mizutsune called “Nifl-Mist.” This offers the ability “Polished Blade” level 3. It causes your affinity to briefly increase by +9% when you are wet and by +21% when you are afflicted by the status effect “bubble blight.”
For modifiers, you should use the perforation magazine and the rapid-fire magazine. This allows you to use 6 shots simultaneously and deal more damage. For decorations, you should equip the following onto your weapon:
Perforation-Jwl 3
Opening-Jwl 2
Critical-Jwl 1
Additionally, you need the following armor pieces and decorations:
W.-Fulgur-Helm B
Jump-Jwl 2
Mizutsune-Armor B
Jump-Jwl 2, Dodge-Jwl 2
Mizutsune-Armguard B
Challenger-Jwl 3
Mizutsune-Waistguard B
Challenger-Jwl 3, Dodge-Jwl 2, Figure-Jwl 1
Mizutsune-Leggings B
Challenger-Jwl 3
Talisman
Advantage or Chain Talisman II
Cloak
Corrupted Cloak
When you have the armor assembled, it looks like this.
How does the build unleash its strength? The build cleverly exploits the bubble blight status by utilizing the collected stacks and converting them into affinity increases. Through the armor pieces of Mizutsune and the accompanying set bonus “Bubble Dance II,” the triggering of heavy bubble blight is prevented, allowing you to nullify the strong negative effects of the blight.
Additionally, you receive stacks of bubble blight through the bonus from repeated dodges. Thus, by combining with the weapon ability “Polished Blade” level 3, you can comfortably gather bubble blight stacks while dodging, thereby increasing your affinity.
The whole thing is supported by the various decorations and equipment that focus on dodging and increasing affinity. This way, you can constantly boost your affinity through frequent dodges without having to worry about the negative effects of bubble blight.
Especially in battles against Mizutsune, but also against other powerful monsters, the build is likely to provide a significant advantage. However, to recreate the build, you need all parts of the new leviathan. How to defeat it and what you should pay attention to, you can find out here: Monster Hunter Wilds: Mizutsune Guide – This is how you defeat the elegant leviathan
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In conversations with various people from the video game industry, they were asked to share their stories and daily encounters with artificial intelligence in the workplace. The reports range from absurd to extremely depressing – But above all, they all seem to share a certain basic mood.
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Who is speaking up?In an article by the online magazine Aftermath, various artists, game designers, and other developers discuss the impacts of artificial intelligence in their workplace. They explain how AI affects the tasks for which they were trained and hired.
Their names and employers have been changed for their identity protection, and despite their different fields, companies, and experiences, they all share a certain basic mood: AI is meant to be a tool for many companies to accelerate processes, solve problems, and achieve faster results.
However, the developers describe the exact opposite. For instance, a game artist mentions their trained and experienced art director who is now “not even able to write a damn email without ChatGPT.” (via Aftermath)
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AI is supposed to solve problems that do not exist
Why is AI steering game development in the wrong direction? The anonymous game artist who is upset about their art director has more to share in the article: “I have no idea how he became art director if he can’t even imagine what he wants without seeing a direct end result. He does not understand that not only the end result is important, but also the path to it and the questions one answers along the way.”
But it is not just the creative vein that suffers from AI, but also the declining standards and quality of a game. Right at the beginning of a project, it is said in exchanges with publishers and investors:
They [the studios] find it difficult to obtain financing because a game is handled like a car sale, where AI-generated images with no substance are used to represent some vision. The whole game is based on the prompt ‘What if a game…’, but without any idea of whether it would even be fun or how to make it entertaining. This is madness.
Why is AI not a help? The article reveals that developers have a clear opinion about artificial intelligence in the creative process of game development: They have developed AI to solve problems that actually do not exist.
“The only problem I face as a professional art director in the video game industry is that my art teams and I just want to be left alone to make cool art,” a director thinks about the supposed purpose of AI in the artistic field of video game development, “There is no problem to solve here.”
In some areas, artificial intelligence is not only hard to integrate, but actually makes the developers slower and less productive. A game designer reports that they spend their time teaching the AI how it works correctly. This takes so long that they could have programmed it faster themselves. It is a huge waste of time and feels like an attack against their expertise, for which the game designer was actually hired (via Aftermath).
However, the preference for AI over experienced professionals is not only a relevant topic in the video game industry. More and more people are losing their jobs because artificial intelligence is becoming better and smarter. You can learn more about this threat to human jobs here: Because AIs like ChatGPT are getting better, thousands of people lost their jobs last month
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The German Twitch streamer Dominik “Reeze” Reezmann spoke about the expectations for GTA 6 in a stream. For him, it is clear that players will be disappointed at release, as previous titles have set a high standard for expectations.
What kind of streamer is he? It’s about the German Twitch streamer Reeze. He regularly streams on his Twitch channel and was able to captivate an average of 1,048 viewers there last year (via sullygnome). His content revolves around gaming, and he can often be seen at streaming events.
Reeze co-hosts the podcast Edeltalk with the Twitch streamer Papaplatte, where they discuss various topics from their lives each week. We introduce you to Papaplatte’s career in our video:
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This is how challenges for Papaplatte became a livelihood
“Jesus Christ as a Steam Download”
GTA 6 will make big waves with its release in fall 2025, as it is one of the most anticipated games. It’s no wonder that the expectations and hopes for the game are enormous.
Twitch streamer Reeze agrees: “This has to release, and it has to be awesome. (…) It has to be there, and it has to rock” (via YouTube).
He believes that GTA 6 will appeal to all age groups, both young and old. Moreover, the game is for people who don’t play much, as well as those who last played many years ago.
In response to a criticism from his chat that Rockstar Games would only make GTA 6 to cash in on the first two months and make a lot of money with the game, Reeze responds as follows:
“They are never just about the money. They want it to be really good. I still believe that people will be disappointed.” The pressure created by GTA V is such that people think Jesus Christ has “personally descended from heaven” and “turned into a Steam download” (via YouTube).
He continues to explain that one must be realistic and consider what one can expect. With GTA 6, the wheel cannot be reinvented. In his opinion, the sixth part will simply be a better GTA 5, with better graphics, AI, and more possibilities in a larger world.
Reeze’s attitude towards GTA 6 seems healthy: he is excited but also does not expect too much from the game. In their joint podcast, Papaplatte and Reeze not only discuss current topics that concern them but also regularly invite exceptional guests: “What a fever dream” – German Twitch streamers interview Mark Forster
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The smart minds who back then laid the foundations of the Destiny franchise are no longer employed at Bungie – but what exactly are they doing now after all these years instead? We have looked at 10 of the most well-known developers of Destiny 1 and show you what they have been up to in the meantime.
Who are these developers? These are 10 of the most well-known developers who contributed to the development of Destiny 1 and shaped the franchise with their ideas and suggestions. Therefore, we are searching for their current activities and examining why they left the team and what they have done since leaving the Bungie team. Let’s move on to the list:
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Luke Smith is one of the most well-known developers from Bungie. He took on the role of design lead for Destiny and also led the development of the DLC “The Taken King” as game director. When Destiny 2 also started to struggle, he again took on the role of lead and held the position of game director until 2020.
After his withdrawal, not much was heard from the once savior of the loot shooter until 2024, when a large wave of layoffs swept through Bungie. Insiders reported on secret projects, including “Destiny: Payback,” which Luke Smith had been working on for several years. When the project was canceled, Luke voluntarily left Bungie. Since then, his current whereabouts are unclear.
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The tier list for Season 7 in Diablo 4 shows you the best builds in English for all classes in endgame. MeinMMO explains the builds and provides links to recreate them.
Which is the best class in Season 7? The Necromancer is apparently the strongest class in Season 7, closely followed by Druid and Barbarian. However, the other three classes are only slightly behind.
The list will change several times in the coming weeks, especially when it becomes clear how much the new witch powers from Season 7 actually influence the builds.
Our tier list includes all endgame activities for Diablo 4, with the Pit serving as a benchmark. For PvP, speed grinds, and leveling builds, the builds are not always the best suited. Keep in mind that all builds require you to possess Vessel of Hatred in order to use rune words.
What does “S” to “F” mean? In the tier list, the builds are categorized by letters. In this case, “S” stands for the best builds, while “F” denotes the worst.
S-Tier: The best builds in Season 7
The builds in S-Tier are practically unbeatable and are not only suitable for the Pit, but for almost any content in the game. Even with possible weaknesses, they are stronger than all other builds.
Both Hammer of the Ancients (HotA) and Earthquake received a major buff in Season 7 – either directly or through legendaries. The new unique Mantle of the Mountain’s Fury also creates a strong synergy between the two skills. You literally explode in trembling earth around you.
With this build, you have guaranteed critical hits and guaranteed overwhelming hits. The trick is that you can maintain your buffs over an entire level if your cooldown on Cataclysm is short enough. However, you definitely need uniques.
Blood Wave gets new uniques with Season 7 – one of them is Kessim’s Legacy. The pants ensure that blood waves flow towards you and pull enemies in before exploding for high damage. This damage is increased every time an enemy is hit by a wave. You play this build completely without minions.
The Bone Spirit build for the Necromancer can gather enemies and then blow them up with an explosion. Usually, one explosion is enough to annihilate your enemies. This build is especially suitable for solo players who want to farm in the open world of Sanctuary.
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Diablo 4 shows its witch powers in Season 7 in the trailer
A-Tier: Strong builds for endgame in Season 7
A-Tier builds are usually slightly weaker than those in S-Tier, but offer a wider variety of playstyles that may suit you better. If you are not trying to dominate the rankings, you cannot go wrong here.
Virtually a ranged build for barbarians: You throw your weapon – or several of them – and benefit from several buffs as long as the thrown axes or swords stick in the ground. The new witch power Piranhado, meanwhile, devours enemies and pulls them together.
The classic Spin to Win build. You mow through enemies and shred them along the way, having virtually infinite resources. Instead of working with Dust Devils like before, you trigger earthquakes constantly in Season 7.
The currently strongest build in the game is the “Felsikan” Druid, a mix of boulder and hurricane. With the unique amulet Dolmenstone, your boulder rotates around you when you cast it during hurricane. Through the witch powers, you can poison nearby enemies. The legendary Paragon node “Fortified Malice” grants you enormous multiplicative damage when poisoned enemies are nearby.
You jump as a werewolf from target to target and shred your opponents with your claws. At the same time, you distribute lightning to enemies around you. A build that is both mobile and vaporizes enemies with hard crits. Additionally, it features a strong offense – and you don’t necessarily need mythics to function.
Due to changes to ultimate abilities, Tear has become significantly stronger. With this build, you constantly run around as a werewolf and… well, tear enemies apart. “Fortified Malice” multiplies your damage.
With your Razor Wings, you make everything on the screen vulnerable and benefit from buffing your skills with the Gorilla and Jaguar spirit and dealing stronger crits. The Razor Wings also reduce the cooldown of all other skills, allowing you to spam your abilities continuously.
The formerly strongest S-Tier build from Season 6 is still strong in Season 7, despite some nerfs. You benefit from barriers and from the legendary node Tough Shield increasing your damage while you have a barrier. Unlike in Season 6, you play with the amulet Talisman of the Exiled Lord to exploit the overwhelm mechanic.
The build is quite straightforward: You let many, many arrows rain from the sky and elsewhere. With the strengthening of ultimates, Rain of Arrows is significantly stronger. You reset the skill through suppressive fire.
Unlike before, you no longer shoot a straight line of arrows at individual enemies, but can create explosions with a new unique ring. This makes the build strong against bosses as well as against groups of enemies and is an all-rounder among the rogue builds.
Since the first season, popular: you stick the twisting blades into an enemy and then distance yourself to lead them through as many foes as possible when they return. Ideal for speed farming because you zip over the map at high speed and everything explodes behind you.
A classic minion build and one of the few that do not completely forgo companions as a Necromancer. The build is quite simple: you weaken enemies and unleash an undead army on them.
A variation of Bone Spear that plays with Blood Wave and the new unique Indira’s Memory. This makes Bone Spear a blood skill and Blood Wave a bone skill with additional effects. You make enemies vulnerable with Bone Spear while dealing damage with Blood Wave at the same time.
With this build, you focus on your minions – your undead companions. Your personal Army of the Dead accompanies you through every endgame content. You use “Blood Wave” to siphon blood from enemies, curse skills to curse enemies and minimize their damage, and “Corpse Vines” to stun enemies. With the “Blood Mist,” you are immune for a few seconds.
Finally usable after several seasons: Frost spells received strong buffs in Season 7. Blizzard and Freeze become useful builds again. As a Blizzard Sorcerer, you plunge the entire screen into a hail of ice and watch as enemies freeze and explode into frozen shards.
Igniting enemies and throwing fire around you. You do this primarily with this build. Due to the changes to Fire Bolt, you have a chance to throw even more fire bolts. Hot.
B-Tier builds are sometimes experimental or have weaknesses in certain content. Often, they are only very specialized, for example, only for bosses or only for farming. While they are generally weaker than builds from higher tiers, they can be quite useful in group play.
A Spin to Win build. Dance of Knives is one of the new skills from Season 6 and works just as well in Season 7, only stronger. You throw knives wildly in a circle, dodging attacks while pulling enemies closer to lure them into your knives.
It is not yet entirely sure how strong the build will actually be. Ball Lightning Sorcerers were one of the strongest builds of the last seasons, where you let lightning orbs circle around you, grilling enemies. The new unique Okun’s Catalyst makes the build a bit stronger.
In C-Tier, you find builds that can still make it through endgame but fall behind the other builds pretty quickly. However, those looking for something that suits their playstyle will find mostly the right thing here for relaxed gaming.
The builds in this tier are so weak relative to endgame content that they struggle to succeed and it is not worth investing gold and time in them – unless you really want to play them. But don’t expect much success.
The developers of Lord of the Rings Online had already announced in March 2025 that they would like to provide more 64-bit servers due to the enormous demand. Now there’s a specific date!
When will the new server launch? On the official Discord channel, the developers of Lord of the Rings Online announced that two more 64-bit servers will go live shortly:
The server Grond for Europe
The server Sting for North America
Cordovan explained on Discord: “The new EU server Grond will open on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 8:00 PM for VIP gameplay and housing purchase. Following this, Grond will be open for everyone to play and for transfers starting from 9:00 PM. Free character transfers from both 32-bit and other 64-bit EU worlds to Grond (EU) will be possible from 9:00 PM onwards.”
The trailer for the current expansion of Lord of the Rings Online:
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Lord of the Rings Online: Trailer for Morgoth’s Legacy Prepares You for the New Expansion
Middle-earth continues to be a popular destination for MMORPG fans
Therefore, Executive Producer Rob “Severlin” Ciccolini promised at the end of March that more 64-bit worlds would follow shortly: “We still have enough players on the 32-bit servers to justify another server.” This week they are fulfilling this promise.
Have you already transferred your old characters to the new worlds? If yes: Do you notice a significant difference? After all these years, Lord of the Rings Online features a vast game world in which one can spend months and years. The virtual Middle-earth is so large that it made it onto our list of the 13 MMORPGs with the largest game world.
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In Path of Exile 2, the developers have responded to the community’s negative feedback. In a new post, they announce changes to a total of 9 endgame maps.
Which part are the developers changing? In a new post on PathofExile.com, the developers discuss their investigations into the large maps of Path of Exile 2. In particular, in Act 3 of the game’s campaign, there are many enormous maps that take much more time compared to the beginning of Act 1.
There were already complaints about this at the start of Early Access on Steam in early December. Due to the nerfs as part of the rebalancing, the time required to complete the maps increased even further. This reignited the desire for change within the community.
In their update, the developers explain for each of the 9 maps of the act what their investigations revealed and how they plan to ensure that players progress through Act 3 more quickly. There are both major changes, such as the removal of parts of the maps, as well as minor adjustments, such as an additional quest item that can be found.
Here you can watch the trailer for the new season of Path of Exile 2:
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Path of Exile 2 presents gameplay trailer with the new Hunter class
Players are enthusiastic
How does the community respond? The community is pleased with the developers’ announcement. The changes mentioned are well-received by the players. The format of the post receives a lot of praise. Taking the time to write a few words about each individual map is exactly the type of communication many had hoped for.
On Reddit, gamer Hardyyz writes: “I like that they went through each zone and explained the changes. Good changes and good communication.”
User Ladnil thinks so too on Reddit: “Wow, each of these zones has been accurately and succinctly diagnosed. Someone at the GGG office [developers of PoE2] has clearly thought about this beforehand! A really good start.”
User violentlycar praises the changes on Reddit: “These are all good changes. I’m glad they noticed how easy it was to bypass the polluted swamps. I’m pretty sure I did that twice in 0.1 and once in 0.2, and I’m generally pretty good at navigating maps.”
In Pokémon GO there is a Raid Day coming up again. For all those looking for Shinies, this could be an interesting date.
What kind of event is this? The event is the “Raid Day with Sparring Partners,” recently announced for Pokémon GO.
When does the event start? The event starts on April 13, 2025, at 14:00, so next Sunday. It ends on the same day at 17:00. You have about three hours to secure the bonuses of the event.
What is the highlight of the event? The Raid Day features not just one Pokémon as usual, but three.
And Zurrokex also appears more frequently in Raids
The special thing: With all three, you will receive an increased Shiny chance when you catch them from Raids. Therefore, you have a really good opportunity to catch a rare Shiny if you are lucky. Especially Skaraborn, which is one of the regional Pokémon, is otherwise not easily obtainable.
But what else is in the event? We summarize that for you here.
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Pokémon GO: What’s in the new Season Powerful and Masterful
What does the Raid Day with Sparring Partners bring to Pokémon GO?
All bonuses: In addition to the mentioned higher Shiny chance for the three Pokémon, the following bonuses are included.
You can get up to five free Raid Passes by spinning Gyms during the event.
With the regular daily Raid Pass, that makes up to six Raid Passes that you can use.
Keep in mind: The next free Pass is always given only when the last one is used up.
The remote Raid limit will be increased to 20. This applies from 02:00 in the morning until April 14 at 05:00.
The three Pokémon can learn the move “Quick Counter.” This does 70 damage in Trainer battles and can lower the opponent’s defense. In Raids, the move does 50 damage.
A limited research that brings you Stardust is also running.
Additionally, there is an optional event ticket in the shop. It costs 4.99 US dollars (similar in Euros) and grants you up to eight additional Raid Passes when spinning Gyms, as well as an increased chance for XL Candies from Raids, 50% more XP from Raids, and double Stardust from Raids.
What’s next? After the Raid Day, more events are coming up in Pokémon GO. On Monday, for example, is Dyna Monday with Wolly, and next week there’s the Spotlight Hour with Imantis. Gigantamax Snorlax is also slowly making an appearance. Want to know what’s happening in April? Here you can find our overview: All events in April 2025 for Pokémon GO.
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Call of Duty has announced that a skin will be changed in a future update for which players paid €30. The skin is known for giving players an advantage.
What kind of skin is this? Call of Duty released the “Terminator Operator Bundle” in February 2025, which players could purchase in Black Ops 6 and Warzone for 3,000 CoD Points. That’s about 30 euros.
The Terminator bundle also included a skin called “T-800,” which portrays the android in its titanium exoskeleton. This skin has now been revised in an update, Activision revealed (via callofduty.com)
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The BlackCell Battle Pass in Season 3 of CoD: Black Ops 6 in the Trailer
A skin to be seen less
Why does everyone hate the skin? The “T-800” skin is hated by part of the community because it is difficult to see depending on the background and lighting conditions. Especially at long distances or in dark corners, players with the skin can be quickly overlooked.
However, many players also take advantage of the skin’s difficult visibility. Especially among so-called tryhards, who give their all for a win, the skin is popular. Due to its price, the skin is thus considered a “P2W-skin” (pay-to-win).
This is now the change: Activision announced that the visibility of the T-800 skin has been adjusted to facilitate “target identification.” The update went live on the evening of April 8.
Does the nerf do anything? Shortly after the revision of the skin went live, the community was sure: Players do not see a difference. You are still hard to see with the skin. The changes are only minimal (cf. X.com).
In Call of Duty, there have been skins in the past that were deemed unfair and pay-to-win by the community. The Gaia skin from Modern Warfare 3 was particularly unpopular, portraying the character as a kind of root humanoid, resembling the superhero Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. The skin was so bad that players demanded not only a revision but the complete removal of the skin: The most unfair P2W skin in CoD is currently terrorizing MW3, players demand its deletion
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The Minion build of the Necromancer in Diablo 4 is suitable for all kinds of content. Here you can see the complete skill build, important legendary aspects, uniques, and stats for your equipment.
What kind of build is this? This is the Minion build for the Necromancer. As the name suggests, you rely on your minions – your undead companions. Your personal army of the dead accompanies you through every endgame content.
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Where does the build come from? The build is based on the Minion build from maxroll.gg. There, experts take a look at the strongest builds, test everything imaginable, and keep them up to date in the guides. We have also tested the build in various variants.
Update, May 26, 2025: The build guide has been revised and adjusted.
Necromancer Minion Build: Gameplay
How does the build work? It’s all about:
Loads of skeletons
Slowing down enemies including damage mitigation
Darkness skills
Enormous damage to single targets
You need a spot on your skill bar for your skeletons, as you’ll need to summon and buff them from time to time – even though they rarely die nowadays. The rest you fill with the skills you use for the build, more on that shortly.
Your basic skill is “Blood Harvest”, which allows you to swing a ghostly scythe, deal damage, and simultaneously build essence. With “Blight”, you deal shadow damage over time – the same goes for your ultimate “Soul Rift”. Your skill “Corpse Tendrils” provides crowd control by pulling enemies towards you and stunning them. At the same time, they take damage, making them vulnerable.
The passive skill “Blighted Flesh” provides you with corpses needed for new skeletons and corpse tendrils, while “Grim Harvest” provides essence when you consume corpses. “Despair” and “Terror” increase your shadow damage and “Reaper’s Pursuit” enhances your movement speed – in addition to “Approach of Death”.
The build is quite easy to play and brings a lot of fun. The Necromancer casts her curses while an army of undead sweeps across the battlefield.
You need corpses to summon skeletons.
Your minions do a large part for you – buff them by frequently pressing the skill button.
Pull enemies together with “Corpse Tendrils” and make them “vulnerable”.
Use corpse explosion for massive damage.
Use “Blight” and “Soul Rift”, infect enemies and receive a barrier through the ultimate.
It’s important that you keep your skeletons alive. This is much easier now than before, and they rarely die. Pay attention to the display of your skeletons next to the essence and consume corpses in between to buff or revive the skeletons. Keep the bar above the “Rise Skeleton” skill always green for maximum damage.
Pro
Easy to play
Extreme CC effects
Enormous damage
Contra
Dependent on corpses
More of a “passive” playstyle
No mobility skills
Necromancer Minion Build: Skills and Book of the Dead
Here you can find all the skills you use:
Basic Skills
Improved Blood Harvest (1/5)
Core Skills
Blighted Flesh (3/3)
Supernatural Blight (1/3)
Corpse & Macabre Skills 1
Corrupted Corpse Explosion (1/5)
Necrotic Strength (3/3)
Falling Titan (3/3)
Spiked Armor (3/3)
Mastery of Skeleton Warriors (3/3)
Grim Harvest (1/3)
Powerful Death (3/3)
Curse Skills
Abominable Aging (1/5)
Embrace of Death (3/3)
Enhanced Damage (3/3)
Approach of Death (3/3)
Mastery of Skeleton Warriors (3/3)
Corpse & Macabre Skills 2
Corpse Tendrils (1/5)
sort this skill out around level 40
Necrotic Armor (3/3)
Reaper’s Pursuit (3/3)
Despair (3/3)
Terror (3/3)
Ultimate Skills
Finality (3/3)
Mastery of Golems (3/3)
Supreme Soul Rift (5/5)
Inspirational Leader (3/3)
Possessed Commander (3/3)
Central Passive Skills
Kalans Edict
Skills Bar
Rise Skeleton
Blood Mist
Blood Harvest
Corpse Tendrils
Soul Rift
Blight
Book of the Dead
Skeleton Warriors: Reaper (1st upgrade)
Skeleton Mages: Shadow (1st upgrade)
Golem: Blood (1st upgrade)
The specific overview of skill points for various versions of the endgame build can be found on maxroll.gg.
How to quickly level up and gather skill points, you can find out in our guide:
When switching to the endgame build, you probably won’t have all the aspects for your items yet. To increase the most important defensive value of the armor, you can use the “Aspect of Disobedience” which you can find in the Halls of the Damned in Kehjistan. This increases your armor when you deal damage.
Here you can see a trailer for the Necromancer in Diablo 4:
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Diablo 4: Official Trailer of the Necromancer
Necromancer Minion Build: Affixes, Runes & Gems
Important affixes on your gear:
2H Scythe
Maximum Life
Critical Damage
Intelligence
Harden: Damage Skeleton Mage, chance that attacks from the Skeleton Mage hit twice
Harden: Duration of Soul Rift, chance that your minions steal from you
Gloves
Critical Chance
Attack Speed
Ranks for Skeleton Mastery
Harden: Size of Corpse Tendrils, Damage Skeleton Mage
Leg Armor
Intelligence
Max Life
Ranks for Skeleton Mastery
Harden: Chance your minions will steal from you, Size of Blight
Boots
Movement Speed
Essence per second
Intelligence
Harden: Movement Speed, Size of Corpse Tendrils
Tip: Use the hardening from the start as soon as you have a few of the necessary mats. Hardening costs you no gold and grants your items two additional affixes.
Jewelry: Skull (+ Armor) or Diamond (+ Resistance to all damage types)
Necromancer Build with Minions: Mercenaries and Boss Powers
Recommendation for Mercenaries: Subo reveals all enemies and mats in an area. He also places shock traps, adds damage to enemies, increases your movement speed, and your critical hit damage. Raheir increases your defense and takes damage that you would receive.
Hired: Subo
Skill Tree: Wire Trap, at hand, cover fire, fire at will
Reinforcement: Raheir
Skill: Bastion, Opportunity: Blight
Recommendation for Boss Powers in Season 8:
Ashava’s Gift
Modifiers: Lesson of the Beastmaster, Eye of the Outlaw Sniper, Disruption of the Flesh Cutter
What’s next in the endgame? Basically, you can keep playing the build continuously. In the endgame, however, you sacrifice your Golem and use the bone prison instead. An overview of skill points for various versions of the endgame build can be found on maxroll.gg.
As a Unique, after switching, the Mendel’s Ring is recommended. If you get the coveted Mythic Uniques, you should replace your gear. The following are worthwhile:
This was a Minion build that takes you to the endgame and can be played in the endgame with small adjustments. A tier list of the best builds in Season 8 of Diablo 4 can be found here – including explanations of what makes the builds so strong and links to recreate: The best builds in Diablo 4: Tier List for Season 8
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The new season of League of Legends has now also started in the LCK, the professional league of South Korea. Right in the first match, it was LoL at a level one could only wish for. World champion T1 faced off against the long-time rival Gen.G. The finale of the Best-of-Three left fans breathless.
Why is the match so special? The rivalry between T1 and Gen.G is legendary. These are the two most important and strongest teams in South Korea, probably even in the world. In 2017, T1 was on the verge of its 4th World Championship, but Gen.G, then still known as Samsung Galaxy, managed to win the title, leading to many difficult years for T1.
In recent years, Gen.G is actually considered the stronger team, with the significantly younger midlaner Chovy (24) expected to be the “face of LoL” and the new superstar, but Faker (28) and T1 have been nearly invincible when it counts and have won the Worlds twice.
Now the two teams met in the first match of the new season in South Korea, and it was a fantastic match.
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The Life of Faker – Why He is a Living Legend
After 49 minutes in Match 3, the epic finale unfolds
This is the situation before the finale: At the time of the big finale, the encounter was even. In Match 1, T1 won, with Faker playing outstandingly at 9-1-9 on his signature champion Azir.
Match 2, however, was taken by Gen.G. Chovy played defensively as Galio, while veteran Ruler ramped up as ADC on Ezreal.
The crucial situation in the 3rd and final game begins at 49 minutes into the match, as it had already been played for a long time. Gen.G leads with 13-8 and about 9,000 gold. They have pushed T1 back to the Nexus. An insane battle breaks out:
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