It was really just a matter of time, but now it has finally happened: A dress code is now in effect on what is probably the world’s largest streaming platform, Twitch. Any “offensive” clothing is now prohibited, including any type of lingerie, underwear, or completely bare upper bodies (for both genders).
The days are probably over when webcams were primarily focused on breasts, cleavage, or long legs to generate as much donation revenue as possible for the respective female streamer. In the official statement, it says: “It should be about the games and the streamers, not their naked skin. […] Basically, this is not a big deal, but just well-articulated common sense.”
My opinion: Personally, I find this step absolutely right, even if a few people might feel slighted (or their bras) now. In recent months, Twitch has increasingly become a sort of soft-porn stream, where often the streamer, their performance, the game, or the overall entertainment value was not the focus. And to put it bluntly, I was tired of these (mostly female) streamers who literally sold their bodies to live off donations and subscriptions. If these ladies really have such a need, then they can do that on appropriate sites – but please not in the gaming area, where it is always a new level of secondhand embarrassment.
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According to Blizzard, several thousand bots have now been banned in the free online card game Hearthstone .
Botting in Hearthstone is a problem. Everyone seems to agree on that. Especially Shaman and Warlock decks are often suspected of not having a real person behind them, but a computer program acting with mechanical precision, which never gets tired and even earns gold for its owner when they are asleep, at work, or in school. Recently, we published an article on mein-mmo.de about how to recognize bots in Hearthstone.
Yesterday at 1 AM our time, an official forum from Blizzard appeared on Battle.net: they have banned several thousand accounts related to botting until 2015. For Blizzard, fair play in Hearthstone is the top priority.
In comments to this news and in forums, players are already discussing whether a ban until 2015 is not too lenient.
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Bless Online, the Korean MMO with stunning graphics, is preparing a focus test in Korea. The 1000 spots are sure to be highly sought after. In addition, they are providing a new trailer that addresses the development process.
2015 and 2016, observers of the MMO market largely agree, are expected to see the arrival of some major titles from Asia in the West. 2015 could mark the release of the already somewhat aged Blade and Soul. Kingdom under Fire II, a strategy/MMO hybrid with a lengthy development, is also scheduled for next year. It is set to release in the summer. And in 2016, with Black Desert, if all goes smoothly, a brand new and exciting MMO is on the horizon.
Another MMO from Korea in this league is Bless Online. This should definitely be on the radar for MMO and Asia fans. According to mmoculture, Bless is the most important game in 2015 for Neowiz, which is a software giant in South Korea. A focus group test for Bless Online will take place from November 6 to 9. As mmoculture reports, only 1000 spots are available in Korea. They are sure to disappear quickly.
Bless Online focuses on a battle between two factions and emphasizes PvP. In the past, we have already introduced some of the races. Here is the latest trailer for the game that gives a behind-the-scenes look:
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For fans of Bungie’s MMO shooter Destiny, it is now possible to bring the fusion rifle Conduit F3 to life with 3D printing from pixels.
It has been a trend for a while now to bring special weapons from fiction into our world. For example, in World of Warcraft, the sword of the Lich King, Frostmourne, has managed to take possession of a blacksmith and forced him to forge the sword. And replicas of Thor’s Hammer, Excalibur, or various Orc-slaying weapons from The Lord of the Rings are almost abundantly available.
Turn Pixels into Fusion Rifles!
In Destiny, it is now possible to make something tangible from pixels. London designer Elliot Vies has designed the legendary fusion rifle Conduit F3 as a 3D model. Anyone with a 3D printer can now print the beauty for themselves. Vies provides the schematics for free download. As a material to connect the parts of the model, he recommends epoxy resin.
Fusion rifles in Destiny are part of a new weapon technology that was developed by analyzing captured enemy weapons and mimicking their technology. After the weapon technicians managed to solve a few nasty problems with radiation leaking from the grips, they now serve reliably as alien pulverizers. In the universe of Destiny, you can never have enough firepower.
A small catch: Unfortunately, the thing does not fire fusion particles. A functional Conduit F3 is only available on the Xbox or PlayStation and costs 150 Crucible Tokens from the vendor Lakshmi-2, once you have reached Rank 3 with the Future War Cult.
3D printers are considered one of the emerging technologies of our time with the potential to change the face of our Earth. However, the technology is still in quite an early phase at the moment, and 3D printers are correspondingly expensive. A few weeks ago, Roccat introduced a mouse with printable parts, which allows customization of the mouse to meet the players’ requirements.
Some impressive pictures of the creation of the fusion rifle and a link with the schematics can be found here.
Update 0:00: Apparently, this is establishing a trend. Alongside the fusion rifle, a user on reddit has now posted photos of himself with the “printed” machine gun Thunderlord, one of the iconic weapons in Destiny. It looks even more impressive than the Circuit F3.
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Final Fantasy 14 is currently on a large tour at various fan festivals. In London, further details about the expansion “Heavensward” were presented.
Although the servers are down for Final Fantasy XIV today, that doesn’t stop the flow of information. Over the weekend, a fan festival took place in London. After there was one the weekend before in Las Vegas. In Vegas, a new job was teased while hinting at Batman, the “Dark Knight”; this time, Naoki Yoshida talked about the next job referring to James Bond and made typical revolver gestures. Fans believe it could lead to a “Gunner” class with firearms. More details will be revealed at the next fan festival in Tokyo, which is set to take place in December.
As with every major World of Warcraft expansion, Blizzard is once again unleashing some TV commercials aimed at the target audience that will flicker across the screens.
So far, there are only the American (and thus English) versions of the short commercials, but it is usually just a matter of time before the advertising drum is thoroughly stirred in the German evening program. If there are any special features for the European market, we will of course keep you updated.
By the way: I actually found the first commercial quite good; when it flickers across the screen at night, it has something really threatening about it. You can view all the commercials here. Which one is your favorite? http://youtu.be/pkZkx4WpGpI http://youtu.be/H8IwaQiHfmk http://youtu.be/w3DLMhLT5-I http://youtu.be/clILamLk03E
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Tomorrow, on October 28th, the third and presumably final beta phase of Elite: Dangerous begins. We will present the most important changes in a video.
After the second phase in which the developers provided exploration, improved missions, a larger universe, and a hefty graphic update for the space MMO, we can now expect two major and several minor innovations in the endless expanses of space.
A premiere event has also been announced for November 22nd, which gives hope for a release date in the not-too-distant future.
Which parts of the hopefully upcoming full version will be offered to us for testing this time will be revealed in the video from our YouTube partner Shumbok.
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In the sandbox MMO ArcheAge, the official forum is filled with requests for clemency and appeals from players who claim to have been banned unjustly.
It is the third act of the drama. After being plagued in the first act by a whole flood of hackers, bots, and cheats, Trion Worlds fought back in the middle part and massively banned players. Now, the forum is overrun by players who describe their utter disbelief that it was they who were banned. They would never have done anything wrong and now their account is gone.
ArcheAge knows only one topic: The bans
Anyone who takes a look at the “Dev Tracker” in the official ArcheAge forum experiences a monoculture. Players lament their fate. They have been banned unjustly, they have been waiting for days for their appeal to be processed, they criticize the communication greatly and are outraged. There are mass threads from players who want to emphasize their appeal against the ban with a post in the official forum. Probably also to put pressure on the operator. Such a clemency request ultimately costs nothing, and one reads from players who have succeeded with a complaint. So why not try it themselves?
The problem is also that players who have been banned lose their Glyph privileges and have difficulty reaching a support staff member.
Employees of Trion Worlds write to them that the forum is not the right place for this, they need to write a ticket to request a review of their ban and contact support. Meanwhile, these hints are handled with copy & paste in the ArcheAge forum.
Are you your brother’s keeper?
Trion Worlds points out that players should be careful whom they trust with their account. They know from their own experience about cases where the actual account owners were operating legally, but the brother with whom they shared the account resorted to illegal methods. A glimmer of hope for banned players: Community Manager Scapes reports that some of the recently banned players may have had compromised accounts. They are working to return these players their accounts.
Mein MMO says: As an outsider, one has no way of checking how many accounts were actually banned rightfully and how many were banned unjustly. But since this is being fought so publicly, doubts are rising about whether every ban is as final as thought, and this creates even more work for Trion Worlds and delays the processing of cases. As stories emerge that hackers and those rightfully banned have succeeded with a clemency request, surely everyone will try it: they have nothing to lose. What does he have to lose?
A real market has arisen around this phenomenon. In certain forums, there are even “service providers” who specialize in writing “clemency requests” to publishers. This does not only apply to ArcheAge but is a service offered for other MMOs as well. If the price is right…
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The MMO shooter Destiny has surprisingly much in common with the Marvel blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy,” at least according to a fan who created something entirely new from trailers of both.
“My intention was to merge my favorite movie with one of the games I like the least,” said YouTube artist Austin Bolliger. But even if that sounds a bit aggressive towards Destiny, a wonderful and quite quirky mix has emerged in the trailer mash-up, with Destiny coming off pretty well.
In a way, “Guardians of the Galaxy” also retaliates towards Destiny. Wasn’t the first live-action trailer for Bungie’s MMO hit aesthetically quite reminiscent of the film? “Something classical” was to be played by Ghost to show it to the aliens and he thought of Led Zeppelin with the “Immigrant Song.” Now it’s “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Suede. Not bad either.
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Parallels between the two very different franchises have been pointed out many times before. Maybe this trailer will help see the Guardians in a new light. A bit more personality and a wink would surely do Destiny’s universe some good.
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In the survival MMO H1Z1, there was another hour of new gameplay over the weekend. While the game is making significant progress in scope, some bugs are still noticeable.
During the weekend, there was also an hour of new gameplay of H1Z1 at the charity event “Extra Life”. Greg Henninger, Community Manager, showcased an hour of a kind of “overview” of the zombie MMO, essentially what fans can expect in Early Access. Watching this hour might help viewers better understand why Early Access has still not happened, even though a first date was confidently announced back in May.
Small errors could break immersion
The game is complex and continues to grow. There are thousands of opportunities for something to go wrong. Whether a door bugs out and doesn’t latch, or an intact house crackles as if it’s on fire: the game’s “Pre-Alpha” status is evident. This disrupts the crucial immersion for the game, the feeling of immersing oneself in a cohesive world: Players cannot pull arrows that hit a zombie; instead, they can only pick them up again once the zombie has despawned. And while arrows can puncture glass windows, which shatter dramatically, they regenerate much too quickly.
However, each hour of fresh gameplay offers something new to discover, which should please developers and fans alike. For the first time in this hour, there was a zombie tearing apart a deer and then feasting on the carcass. Also, a new “Proximity Crafting” system is introduced in the build, allowing players to craft items from materials that are not in their inventory but are nearby.
H1Z1 is now significantly more expansive than in the early streaming hours. There are many more buildings for players to explore and loot, but this seems to bring its own set of problems.
The Walking Dead is a clear inspiration
SOE’s developers place immense importance on launching the game as flawlessly as possible, not only due to their own standards but likely also because of the genre: SOE assumes that H1Z1 players have TV series like The Walking Dead in their minds and want to find that experience reflected in the game. The aesthetic of the game is reminiscent of the successful series currently being aired in a marathon on RTL II on the past and coming nights. There are abandoned car wrecks blocking bridges, and the small-town atmosphere of the game echoes the AMC series.
With such high atmospheric expectations, the numerous growing pains still afflicting this build of H1Z1 could cause players to lose interest quickly.
Nevertheless, Henninger also states how hard they are working to get the game into the hands of fans as soon as possible.
Here we have the stream for you, it starts about 8 minutes into the video.
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The complete loot table of Xur, the Agent of the Nine, is now known in Destiny. A trick made it possible to find out everything he can ever sell.
Xur is a special vendor who comes every Friday and stays in the Tower for 48 hours. He sells exotic armor and weapons for the special currency in Destiny, “strange coins.” But which ones? That has now been revealed.
For a while now, a “glitch” has been circulating. It allows players to change the date settings on the PlayStation so they can see Xur with a different inventory than the one he currently has. This makes it possible to travel back in time in Destiny and see what he had available before the release.
Before people start screaming: “Cheat, Cheat, Cheat.” It’s not as bad as it sounds. It is not possible to buy anything from Xur; it was just meant to see what he might have. It is also not possible to see into the future, so you can’t know what will definitely be coming next Sunday, only what could.
What armor does Xur sell in Destiny?
First, the good news: Xur sells ALL exotic armor pieces in Destiny. There are no exceptions. This means: 9 different exotic helmets (3 for each class), 6 different exotic chest pieces (2 for each class), and 3 exotic gauntlets (1 for each class). These armor pieces are crucial for the light level. Exotic armor pieces reach a light value of up to 30. This value can only be reached by armor from the raid “Vault of Glass” in Destiny – and later the armors from the Iron Banner.
By the way, no pattern has been noticed in which an item appeared excessively often – like in recent weeks with the Warlock the “Sunbreakers” gloves. The armors seem to be evenly distributed.
What weapons does Xur sell?
When it comes to the exotic weapons he sells, it gets complicated. He will never sell the Vex Mythoclast, the fusion rifle for the primary slot from Atheon in the hard mode. Also, the two currently still PlayStation-exclusive exotic weapons “Hawkmoon” and “Monte Carlo” will not be in his inventory. It may change when the exclusivity for PlayStation expires and Xbox users will also have access to these two weapons.
He still cannot carry weapons that can be obtained through a specific bounty. These are: Thorn, Bad Juju, Super Good Advice, Fate of All Fools (which is said to come with the Trials of Osiris event), Pocket Infinity, and Incentive.
Otherwise, he should be able to sell all weapons. So far, these have been: Gjallarhorn, Red Death (twice), Truth, Ice Breaker, Suros Regime (twice). He has only been in the Tower seven times so far.
According to the results from Planetdestiny, he should still be able to sell the following weapons that have not yet appeared in the showcase: MIDA Multi-Tool, Thunderlord, The Last Word, Universal Remote, Patience and Time, Plan C, and Hard Light. Currently, some Guardians are likely looking forward to Patience and Time, the sniper rifle. So it’s still worth checking in on Fridays in Destiny to see what the old black market vendor has.
In terms of weapons, testers have actually noticed that some weapons seem to appear more often than others. Ice Breaker and Suros Regime seem to occur more frequently. Whether this is just related to the low statistical amount and hence randomness, or if there is something to the assumption, is still unknown.
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Guild crafting is a concept that hasn’t really taken off in the MMO world, at least not in the Western world. Star Trek: Online allows fleets, which are player guilds, to build their own starbase with dilithium mines and communication hubs, but that’s rather rare. In Final Fantasy 14, they’ve decided to take this approach. In an interview with mmorpg.com, producer Naoki Yoshida mentions that they want to lay the groundwork with the upcoming patch, 2.5. The next patch, 2.4, is set to go live this Tuesday.
Those in a Free Company that has its own home can set up a large crafting station in the basement with 2.5 and work on joint projects. In patch 2.5 of Final Fantasy XIV, the “Aetherial Wheel” will first be introduced, where players can collaborate. With the expansion 3.0 “Heavensward”, it will then be possible to construct airships in Spring 2015 and determine which guild members can board and which cannot.
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In the SF-MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, short SWTOR, the future is secured. The license to operate in the Star Wars universe is granted. Bioware is excited about the new film trilogy.
When it became clear that Star Wars would reshape its own “universe”, known as the canon, and declare everything that did not happen in the movies or the TV animated series as a kind of second-tier story, to which one did not feel truly bound, many MMO fans thought: “Oh, oh, this is not good for Star Wars: The Old Republic.” It was even speculated whether the somewhat older SWTOR could be phased out to start a new MMO with the new film trilogy. But that seems to be off the table.
The US site mmorpg.com had the opportunity to visit Bioware. There, James Ohlen, the Creative Director, explained the licensing situation. The contract for Star Wars: The Old Republic is now bundled under the general contract between EA, Disney, and Lucasfilms. And it is “ongoing”, meaning continuous. They are very happy with how the prospects for SWTOR look and are excited about the next film trilogy. It is an exciting time.
New farming spots have been discovered in the MMO shooter Destiny on Mars and the Moon. Both act as sort of a vantage point. The one on the Moon even guarantees an instant spawn.
Loot cave hunting, the search for the best farming spots in the MMO shooter Destiny, has become a hobby for many players who want to promote their YouTube channel with it. Hardly a video goes by that doesn’t claim it’s the ultimate, best ever, super-duper-awesome loot cave of all time.
After recently presenting you with a farming spot on Venus, it’s now Mars and Moon’s turn. Both are lucrative places that favor weapons with long range and can accommodate a whole team of Guardians. You should definitely bring some along, otherwise the spawn may be overwhelming.
Are the loot caves still worth it?
Whether the loot caves in Destiny are still worth it is a frequently asked question. Strikes from the Tiger Playlist likely provide better loot after the recent changes. However, if you want to complete certain bounties, level weapons, or bring a second or third character to level 20, the farming spots are still a good alternative. And the demand is high: Engrams, XP, relaxing shooting at a fixed spot, and the feeling that the next great drop is just millimeters away – sure, there’s worse, right?
Against the Phalanx on Mars
The first farming spot we want to introduce leads us to Mars this time. Here, a player has discovered that if you stand on the hill above a cave where Phalanxes emerge, you can easily take them down from above.
This is a pretty solid loot cave without any major special features, it’s probably best if you bring along a few friends to quickly take down the rather tough mobs. The YouTuber and discoverer “Ryan Engram Farming” claims in the video that there are particularly many legendary engrams in this cave now, but that’s actually not possible. In any case, it’s a good farming spot for experience points or engrams.
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Endless spawn on the Moon is currently considered the hottest loot cave in Destiny
The latest craze leads to a “vantage point” on the Moon. From this location, two spawns need to be covered simultaneously. The special thing: the two spawns are linked. When one spawn is empty, the other one fills up. So several players can really rack up kills here. But take a look at the spot yourself, which some call “the ultimate farming spot”. The farming spot to end all farming spots, the mother of all loot caves…
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It is no longer a secret that free-to-play titles no longer have to hide from their older siblings with subscription or other payment models. How much the predominantly free games are now outranking their predecessors was highlighted for the first time in a detailed study. It is also interesting that the MMO market continues to grow.
F2P generates three times as much in the MMO market
Just based on the numbers from 2013, it is already clear that “free” games have a significantly greater relevance than pay-to-play variants. Last year, only $2.8 billion was generated through traditional payment models, whereas the F2P market amounts to over a whopping $7.5 billion.
The end of the line is still a long way off, because if one believes the study, development in both areas will continue. Projections for 2017 already suggest that the profits from F2P games will rise to $11.1 billion, while the second group will continue to shrink to only $1.7 billion.
Source: SuperData
Other games still have a right to exist
The study also highlights that despite these changes in the market, the “classic” purchase models still hold a firm place, as players often engage in their hobby on multiple platforms (PC, console, mobile, etc.), and each time a major title is released, a small dip in the F2P market is noticeable. Finding the balance between these two groups is the biggest challenge for companies in order to continue to attract key markets in America and Europe.
The Top 10 – LoL at the top, WoW solid
For the most successful games on the market, a separate list has been prepared, and it will probably not surprise anyone that League of Legends leads the list this year, with revenues of over $940 million – and these are just the numbers up to the end of September. Even though World of Warcraft has lost a position, the MMORPG giant is still doing significantly better than the noisy doubters have always suggested, landing at a solid 4th place with $728 million. Especially the sale of pets, mounts, and account services like character transfers is experiencing high demand. Slightly trailing in revenues, World of Tanks also secures 5th place this year ($369 million), and the newcomer Hearthstone manages to debut at the last spot of the top 10 with $114 million.
Source: SuperData
Although voices in the forums are becoming increasingly louder that “the time for MMOs is running out,” those who are pronounced dead have notoriously longer lives; the MMO market has grown by a whopping 20% – and there is still no end in sight.
Those who wish to read the entire “MMO Report” by SuperData, however, will find themselves out of luck, as it is only available for a casual $2000. No wonder, given the value this document could hold.
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The survival MMO H1Z1, whose main component is zombies, can of course also celebrate Halloween.
In every October, the MMOs are afflicted by a spooky plague. Whether World of Warcraft, Planetside 2, or TERA: Everyone suddenly wants to be creepy and spooky. “Well, let’s see,” thought the folks at H1Z1. Because they have been creepy all year round. For them, it’s a home game, as their roots lie more in “The Walking Dead” or the zombie shockers of George Romero than in funny pumpkins or ghost trains.
Brad Constantine, one of the artists and animators of the zombie MMO, is particularly fond of Halloween and has shared some images of what mutated animals would look like if they were infected by the H1Z1 zombie virus. You can see how a particularly nasty boar was created in this video. We have summarized other pics for you in a gallery.
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On time every two weeks we expect a new patch for SMITE and this time there are, besides the usual balance changes, also a new goddess who will certainly give some players a headache. Without further ado, here are the most important changes of the patch “The One Who Nox”.
Nox, the Goddess of Night
The elegantly dressed beauty in black joins the Roman pantheon and takes on the role of a mage in Smite. Or more precisely: the role of a mage-hunter-mage. Her abilities are designed to make life hell for other mages. She has a silence spell, an AOE spell with a very short cooldown, and her ultimate forces an enemy to take damage whenever they cast a spell. Especially gods who rely on casting many spells in quick succession, like Hel or He Bo, will likely struggle with this new addition. If you want, you can try out Nox this weekend on the test server before she is made available to all players next week.
Buffs and Nerfs
As usual, the balance is being adjusted, and especially my favorite Hel is happy about a buff, as she can now activate the next spell significantly faster after switching stance: The global cooldown has been reduced from 1.0 seconds to 0.2 seconds. Ah Muzen Cab (commonly known as “The Bee Man”) receives an improvement to his ultimate, which can now be activated twice as quickly (0.3 seconds) and scales with 110% of his physical power, instead of the previous 100%. Tyr is thrilled about a significant increase in his healing power against single targets, and Sun Wukong is now much more effective against minions.
The losers of this patch are Geb and Ra, the two Egyptian gods have been deemed too strong and consequently feel the nerf hammer. Geb’s “Stone Shield” no longer protects against knockbacks and makes him more vulnerable to gods like Bacchus and He Bo. Ra loses part of his movement speed, and his passive “Speed of Light” is reduced from 8% to 6% per stack. Furthermore, his “Divine Light” is also weakened, now ticking every 0.5 seconds (instead of every 0.3) and scaling only with 30% of his magical power (previously 40%).
New Skins and Voicepacks
As part of the Odyssey, Rama receives a new skin, namely the “Orbital Strike”, which resembles the game “Destiny” just a little bit. Those who have secured all items from the Odyssey so far will also be rewarded with the new Agni skin “Infernal”. The two mentioned skins will naturally each come with their own voicepack, from which we can expect some funny lines.
Furthermore, Cabrakan receives his golden, legendary, and diamond skins, and Nox will, of course, also get her recolor “Crimson Eclipse”.
New Rewards and Little Things
Starting next week, a new reward system will come into play; for each day you log into the game, there is a small thank you – the longer you enter the game on consecutive days, the greater the yield. However, what exactly this will entail is still unclear, but it could be a favor bonus or even a small amount of gems or emotes.
Speaking of emotes – there will also be a whole bunch added again, especially the list of “Wave” and “Clap” additions is long – almost every god should now have some expressions.
The patch is expected to be tested until Monday, and if everything goes according to plan, you can experience the changes from Tuesday onwards and take down all mages with Nox – or, like me, just cause a little chaos with Hel.
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Things are getting serious with the new expansion for the free-to-play MMO TERA, which has been named “Fate of Arun” in the US version. With a story trailer and new images, the American publisher EnMasse is gearing up players for the largest content expansion since the release.
The expansion raises the maximum level from 60 to 65, equips classes with new skills, and grants access to the northern Arun continent, where players will experience the Baraka capital Highwatch along with many new quests and enemy types. Additionally, as an Asian Popori whispered in our ear at a bar, fans of the action MMO can look forward to:
4 new dungeons,
competitive guild housing,
a PvP battleground,
new equipment set,
substantially revised equipment enhancement,
improved gameplay experience,
crunchy BAMs
and much more.
When “Fate of Arun” will be released in America or Europe is currently unclear. Recently, a community manager mentioned in a forum post from late 2014. Will that be kept? In the upcoming weeks, EnMasse promises more details.
Players on the Korean servers have been enjoying the extensive update since the end of July.
For more information on the expansion, you can find it in our previous posts and the sources:
As expected, Hearthstone won against TESO, WildStar, and Final Fantasy XIV in the fight for the 2014 Golden Joystick Award.
We reported six weeks ago on the Golden Joystick Awards 2014 and which participants would be competing for the award of the best online game of the year.
We had already suspected back then that Hearthstone would secure the title as a favorite among the participants. Readers agreed with us in the comments. Now the awards have been given: Hearthstone won both in the category “Best Online Game” and in the category “Best Mobile Game” and emerges as the winner of the voting.
Officially, it did not become Game of the Year: That honor goes to Dark Souls.
The Golden Joystick Awards have been awarded by the magazine computerandvideogames since the dawn of time (since the late 70s) and bring prestige and renown to the winner. The voting was conducted by the fans, who could participate in an online voting.
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20 million players have played Hearthstone for almost 238,000 years since its release. Blizzard is now announcing these and other amusing statistics.
These are impressive numbers that Hearthstone, Blizzard’s online card game, can present. 20 million players have now found their way to the tavern of Hearthstone and have spent a total of 237,556 years there, which is 2 billion hours. With 20 million players, that means each person has spent an average of 100 hours with Hearthstone.
The three most popular hero powers are the Shaman’s Totem Call, the Fireball, the so-called “Ping” of the Sorceress, and the Warrior’s Upgrade. These are certainly abilities for which you would gladly spend your mana in any situation.
In Ranked, one player made it to Legend with 74 wins, which is the record for the fewest matches to reach the Legend rank. And the longest win streak was 24 games. That doesn’t seem that long. It also shows how luck-dependent the game still is at a roughly equal skill level.
Another interesting statistic: Over 3 million players have managed to win the “Arena” and achieve 12 wins before their third loss came. This secures the top reward. Among the most frequently played neutral cards in Hearthstone were the solid 4-mana Yeti and the sneaky Harvest Golem. They simply provide wonderful “value”.
Furthermore, 3 million bananas have been consumed in Hearthstone – thanks to King Mukla – 15 million minions have been transformed into a sheep, and 69 million dogs have been summoned by hunters.
One figure that Blizzard does not reveal is provided by the market research institute Superdata: 114 million US dollars. That is how much Hearthstone is said to have made this year.
For some, a praline; for others, the longest picture in the world. By the way, on the left, you can see the statistics from Blizzard graphically represented.
