Market researchers expect that over the next 20 years the wealth of the global population will drastically shift towards the Millennials and Gen Z. Ferrari is already feeling the wealth transfer.
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What does Ferrari say? Benedetto Vigna, the CEO of Ferrari, revealed in an interview with CNBC that 40% of the company’s new customers are now under the age of 40.
Since 2023, the number of new customers under 40 at Ferrari has increased by 10%. Before 2023, it was about 30%. For Vigna, this is an achievement: “I don’t know how it is with other brands, but for us, it’s an accomplishment that we owe to our team.”
The under-40s mainly consist of Generation Y (Millennials) and Generation Z. The term “Generation Z” describes all individuals born between 1995 and 2010.
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€67 Trillion for Heirs
What is the great wealth transfer? “The great wealth transfer” describes an ongoing process in which Boomers leave their accumulated wealth to their heirs – namely, Generation Y and Z.
The market research firm Cerulli Associates reported in 2022 that this wealth transfer is expected to leave approximately €67.13 trillion to heirs worldwide by 2045 – but of course, wealth transfers are already happening now.
Cerulli estimates that the wealth passed on from Boomers to subsequent generations amounts to more than €49 trillion.
New customers are only a fraction of buyers: According to the American magazine Fortune, Ferrari sold about 81% of all cars sold to customers who already own a Ferrari – 48% of customers even own more than one Ferrari.
Thus, the company sold only 19% of the cars to new customers.
However, as the wealth of the global population is set to drastically shift in the next 20 years, it is important for companies like Ferrari to attract new customers from younger generations now – after all, large banks estimate that Generation Z will soon be the largest and richest generation: Gen Z cannot afford rent but will soon be the richest generation in the world.
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Monica Harrington is one of the co-founders of Valve, the company behind the dominant PC platform Steam. She is now recounting the early days of the platform in 2000, when her 19-year-old nephew caused the company great alarm. He confronted them with a new phenomenon: piracy. What if Half-Life is released and Valve makes no money because the game is simply copied?
What did the 19-year-old do back then? Monica Harrington recently shared an anecdote at the developer conference GDC: In the early years of Steam, around the year 2000, she had given her 19-year-old nephew a check for $500, which would amount to about €850 today when adjusted for inflation. The money was intended for school.
However, the 19-year-old did not spend the money on school-related items: instead, the boy bought a CD burner and sent his aunt a heartfelt thank-you message.
He wrote how happy he was that he could now copy his games and share them with his friends. This caused moderate panic at Valve.
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A user asks Valve if he can bequeath his many games on Steam – they reply
Valve saw its entire business model threatened by piracy
This is how it was received at Valve: Monica Harrington, the first marketing woman at Steam back then, says:
I knew he wasn’t a bad kid, but apparently there was a generational shift and this new copying technology. All of that put our entire business model at risk.
Harrington says that back then all PC games, including Half-Life, were released on CD. Consoles like the PlayStation had built-in copy protection, but PCs had nothing:
Because of gamers like my nephew, we implemented measures that required customers to authenticate themselves. Customers had to confirm and register their product directly with Valve. Soon, gamers were in the forums posting a flood of complaints: The game isn’t working!
Players complained about the first copy protection: The game doesn’t work!
So the first attempts at copy protection were received: As the numerous public complaints poured in that the game wasn’t running due to digital copy protection, Valve started to sweat.
Were there technical problems? Was something wrong with the registration process?
Co-founder Mike Harrington, her husband, became stressed. He apparently thought there was a mistake with the new system. Her husband tried to reach out to everyone who complained about the practice:
It turned out that none of those who complained that their game wasn’t working had actually purchased Half-Life. According to Monica Harrington, the authentication system was working well.
This is how she views the anecdote today: Monica Harrington defended her nephew in a conversation with PC Gamer. She wanted to tell him back then, ‘what are you doing – don’t you know what you’re causing?’ But he never meant any harm.
He was 19; he wasn’t thinking about companies, business models, or copyright.
When he later wanted to apologize, his aunt told him how valuable that experience with him was at the time.
For her, the anecdote with her nephew is something that has followed her for 25 years. Her husband, Mike Harrington, says, however, that he had already considered an authentication system without the nephew.
The Hack’n Slay Diablo 4 will become significantly more difficult with Season 8. Blizzard has announced that progress in the action RPG has become too easy with Season 7 and now wants to make achieving certain goals significantly harder. At the moment, Blizzard states that 50% reach Torment difficulty 4, and starting in April with Season 8, only the top 10% of players should be able to achieve that. This is prompting some players to react quickly to reach a milestone. They want to conquer Pit 150.
With Season 7, the number of players who completed Pit 65 and thus unlocked the difficulty level Torment 4 has doubled. About 50% of Diablo 4 players have reached this goal.
With Season 8, achieving the difficulty level will become much harder: Instead of 50% of all players, only the top 10% of all Diablo 4 players will be able to unlock Torment 4.
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Tochter löscht alle Diablo 4-Charaktere ihres Vaters
Pit 150 is said to become 73 times harder from April, says a creator
This is the assumption now: As reported by Dexerto, the content creator Rob2628 calculated about 2 weeks ago that a current milestone for ambitious players in Diablo 4, Pit 150, will be about 73 times harder in Season 8 than it is now in Season 7.
He calculated that it will require 73.5 times more damage to successfully complete Pit 150, according to the creator (via YouTube).
Some players criticize elitist Blizzard
This is the result now: Blizzard’s announcement is being discussed controversially. In the forum for Diablo 4, there is a negative interpretation. One user says that Blizzard effectively wants to exclude 40% of the current players from Torment 4.
This is an “elitist attitude” that reeks of people who are only about being as elite as possible in grinding games.
The user says he is not angry at Blizzard, just very disappointed.
Players see it as motivation to really dive back into Diablo 4
However, there are also some players who feel motivated by the announcement of Season 8. For example, one player said on reddit on March 22: He actually no longer feels like playing Diablo 4, but now he has scraped together all his motivation and tackled Pit 150 and even completed the challenge, as he believes that it will not be feasible for him to play at such a high level in Season 8:
I had 0 motivation to bring the BW cheese beyond Pit 135 – it’s not a fun build, it’s totally overpowered and only relies on improving your gear to the point where you can crush everything in your way.
But then I saw the S8 patch notes and realized that it’s now or never to achieve the 150 clear.
Other users also say that they are now seizing the chance to really grind in Diablo 4 before it becomes impossible for them to reach such high levels with Season 8.
When is it over? Season 8 of Diablo 4 will start on April 29 and run until mid-July 2025.
Fear of the patch notes as motivation
What’s behind this: Normally, announcements of new patches and content demotivate players.
It usually becomes less fun to play the current content because players have already started thinking about the new stuff, and the current content then seems irrelevant and unappealing. Therefore, many developers hesitate to present upcoming expansions and patches early.
Mojang Studios have announced a visual upgrade for Minecraft (PC, Xbox One, PS4, every conceivable platform in the world). On March 22 at Minecraft Live, they explained their vision for the game, the Vibrant Visuals, and showcased the new graphics in a video.
Here’s the situation with the graphics in Minecraft: The graphics of Minecraft have remained largely unchanged since its Early Access launch in 2009. Before the release of the Java Edition in November 2011, there were some improvements.
Many players use their own shaders or textures to beautify the game. There is an active community around this.
But now Mojang is starting an offensive to improve the graphics without changing the gameplay. The project, which will unfold in several phases, is called “Vibrant Visuals.”
Here you can see the new graphics for Minecraft:
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Minecraft shows in the video how the graphics of the game will improve
“A new look that stays true to the creative principles”
This is the idea behind Vibrant Visuals: In a video lasting about four and a half minutes, two developers introduce the first changes: Jasper Boerstra (Art Director) and Jens Bergensten (Chief Creative Officer).
While Mojang wants to introduce a new look for Minecraft, they also want to stay true to the creative principles they follow:
Players will now be able to see sunlight streaming through forests or peeking behind mountains – the lighting looks much better now.
Eyes will now shine, such as with spiders.
Water, shadows, and deep caves have been given visual upgrades.
Everyone should be able to decide whether to use the improved graphics
This is how it will work: The idea is that players can decide for themselves whether to activate “Vibrant Visuals” as a setting. However, you can also play with players who prefer the old look.
The developers say it will be possible to enter old worlds, activate the new graphics, and view the world in its new form.
On the left is with Vibrant Visuals, on the right without.
When is this expected to happen? The developers are still vague about a specific update for visual improvements. They emphasize that Vibrant Visuals is meant to be the first step on a longer journey.
The improvement is announced for a period “in the coming months.” However, the improvement will not immediately come to the Java version but first is a Bedrock update.
Minecraft players react positively to the announcement of the new graphics
What is the reaction? The video showcasing the change has been well received. Especially the new lighting effects and shadows are praised.
One user on YouTube even cheers: “Minecraft 2 is finally here.”
Another user comments: “This looks absolutely amazing. I don’t want to belittle the shader community, but this is my new favorite. Everything looks fantastic.”
On reddit, a user explains: For hardcore players who already use mods, such an upgrade is one thing. But for the many players who play without mods and “vanilla,” such an upgrade is even more important.
Doubts about when the new graphics will come to Minecraft
Are there also critical comments? One player quips: “At the pace they are releasing updates, we should expect the update in 2028.”
Optimists believe, however, that the update could be expected as early as May 2025.
Naafiri has not had a good time in League of Legends since the release in 2023. The assassin for beginners had been struggling for quite some time and was rarely played. With the last patch, Riot aimed to address this, but it evidently worked a little too well. Shortly after the patch, she was nerfed as a hotfix.
What kind of champion is Naafiri?Naafiri was released as an assassin for beginners in 2023. Instead of complex abilities, she has a simple kit that can be used without much practice. However, she had not been particularly popular for quite a while. She was rarely played for a long time, and things were going pretty poorly for her in the jungle.
With patch 25.06 on March 19, 2025, that should change. She received a rework, her ultimate and W abilities were swapped and adjusted, and she also received improvements for the jungle. The rework fulfilled its purpose, probably better than expected, because just one day later, she was nerfed in a hotfix.
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Das ist LoL – Einmal richtig ehrlich erklärt
The switch to the jungle has worked wonders for Naafiri
How is Naafiri doing now? While her pick rate in the midlane across all ranks was 1.8% and in the jungle 0.3% at the beginning of March, it has improved significantly according to U.GG (as of: March 22, 2025, 1:45 PM)
In the midlane, she has a pick rate of 3.7% across all ranks.
Her win rate in the midlane is currently 52.96%, making Naafiri the 3rd most successful midlaner of this patch.
The biggest change is in the jungle. There, she currently has a pick rate of 7.0%.
Her win rate in the jungle stands at 52.98%. Thus, she is currently the most successful jungler in the game across all ranks.
What her improvements look like in a graph has been shown by the LoL coach Thomas Yuen on x.com .
Both win rates are very high and indicate that her new kit is quite strong. The current statistics are also impressive because Naafiri was nerfed shortly after the patch release. Through a hotfix (via League of Legends Wiki), her base AD and life regeneration were slightly weakened.
However, this seems not to affect her success, as the statistics show. The streamer and professional jungler Lucas Larson even recommends on x.com that one should play Naafiri if they want to rank up before she gets nerfed more heavily.
What is the likelihood of a nerf? With a relatively high pick rate and such a good win rate in two positions, one can expect that Naafiri will receive more nerfs. However, since the patch only came out a few days ago, we will have to wait and see how the numbers develop. If you want to play an easy champion in the jungle, you should currently resort to Naafiri. Things are going pretty well for LoL on Twitch right now: LoL is the number 1 game on Twitch, sacrificing competitive integrity to stay that way
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The gaming of the last 10 years has been primarily defined by the genre of ‘Battle Royale’. Games like H1Z1, PUBG, Apex Legends, Fortnite, or Call of Duty: Warzone have thrilled millions of players and earned billions of US dollars. And it all hinges on a man who was not in good shape back in 2013.
Which Irishman is it about? In 2013, the Irishman Brendan Greene was pretty much at his wit’s end. The man was 37, freshly divorced, and almost broke – he was also stuck in Brazil and didn’t have enough money to get back home.
Greene had moved to Brazil in his early 30s and wanted to build a life there with his wife. But everything went wrong, and the marriage failed. Greene made a living as a wedding photographer and also designed websites on the side. He earned about $300 a month, as a business site reported in 2019 (via cnbc).
His only goal at that time was to somehow get back to his homeland Ireland. But he lacked the money for the plane ticket. He was stuck in his bedroom, working a little and playing video games because he couldn’t afford anything else, even though he wasn’t really a big gamer.
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PUBG creator Brendan Green presents his new game in the video
A Japanese film inspired him to invent a mode for shooters
How did he get into gaming: Because he was designing websites on the side, Greene knew a bit about programming, and he had played a little as a child and teenager, sometimes Black Hawk Down on the PlayStation 2, but he wasn’t really a proper gamer.
Nevertheless, he now entered the world of “mods” in Brazil. These are modifications for video games made by the players themselves.
The Japanese film “Battle Royale” (2000) appealed to him: In the parody of the relentless Japanese school system, teenagers are abducted to an island, given a random weapon or item, a frying pan or a submachine gun, and made to fight each other to the death in the wilderness.
In the West, a similar concept to Battle Royale became known through the later filmed book series “The Hunger Games”. However, the author of Hunger Games denies ever having heard of Battle Royale.
So Greene implemented exactly this idea for such a battle royale mode for existing video games, for Arma 2 and 3. He said he liked the idea because it was non-linear and played in a world where you would fail.
In December 2014, Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene was already such a big name that he held an AMA on reddit:
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That was his first success: By 2014, Greene had earned enough money to fly back to Ireland, where he moved back in with his parents and lived off state benefits.
His parents weren’t too excited that their son in his late 30s was now saying he wanted to develop free gaming mods.
They asked him if he made any money with it – “Not yet, maybe sometime later,” was his answer.
John Smedley was to become an important figure in Greene’s life.
But now an important person entered his life: John Smedley, a video game developer, was working for Sony Online Entertainment on H1Z1, a zombie survival game that wasn’t really progressing.
But Smedley, with a nose for trends, now offered Greene whether he wanted to join him as a consultant. From then on, Greene’s life developed like a dream.
3 years after Brazil, an Irishman gets his own game
Here’s how it went on: H1Z1 copied the idea from the Arma 3 mod and became a surprising hit with its variant “H1Z1: King of the Kill”.
Although the game was rough and never really matured, its game concept fascinated many players. At its peak on Steam, in July 2017, it reached 150,000 concurrent players.
H1Z1 also shaped a new generation of Twitch streamers: later stars like DrDisrespect and Ninja had their first successes here.
In 2016, the South Korean company Bluehole poached Greene and offered him the chance to develop his own game, which would even be named after Greene’s artist name: “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or short PUBG.
PUBG became the dominant PC game in 2017. The mania around PUBG peaked in January 2018 on Steam: At that time, the game had 3.2 million concurrent players. And even though the hype for PUBG waned in the West, PlayerUnknown’s Battleground still has up to 905,000 players on Steam today, especially in Asia.
The avalanche ‘Battle Royale’ rolled in relentlessly from 2017
This is how his idea took over the genre: By 2017, the avalanche ‘Battle Royale’ had become so large thanks to PUBG that Greene no longer needed it to keep rolling.
PUBG had been developed with the Unreal Engine for the PC, so the engine developer Epic Games had always kept an eye on the game.
When their zombie survival game, planned as a summer hit, Fortnite, turned out to be a flop in late summer 2017, quickly running out of steam, Epic Games had the developers behind Unreal Tournament quickly set up a new version of Fortnite that strongly resembled PUBG.
With Fortnite Battle Royale, a megaseller was born, conquering Twitch, PC, and the PS4 and Xbox One consoles. Later, the game came to mobile.
After the megaseller Fortnite, ultimately also big companies like EA (Apex Legends) or Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty: Warzone) entered the business and were able to celebrate some successes. However, no game became as big as Fortnite did from late 2017 to mid-2019.
The success of Fortnite even culminated in a grand world championship as a live event, where millions of US dollars were at stake.
Why did Fortnite supplant the original PUBG in popularity? Fortnite had 4 big advantages:
Fortnite had a creative element through the building mechanics, which, in combination with the functioning battle royale mechanics, was extremely well received
Fortnite was released for consoles and was free to play.
With its comic look, where everyone is shooting but no one really gets hurt, it was apparently more attractive for children and teenagers than the previous military shooters
Epic Games, the company behind the game, was a sleeping giant, which now poured its enormous resources into Fortnite, expanding and developing the game at an insane pace. Bluehole, who were known for a moderately successful MMORPG before PUBG, could not keep up
The graph shows the global interest in popular battle royale shooters. Even if PUBG was much more relevant at its peak than Apex Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone later on, the original pales in comparison to the phenomenon Fortnite:
Fortnite (Blue) surpassed PUBG (Red) in December 2017 and never gave up that lead:
From welfare recipient to star developer
Here’s how Greene later perceived his success: In 2019, CNBC interviewed Greene and asked him how he felt now that just a few years after living off social welfare in Ireland, he was now such a star. He said:
I have traveled around the world two or three times just to meet fans and go to conventions [and] events. I love it.
While there are many rumors about him, that he is on a yacht sipping champagne, he actually works most of the time from 9 AM to 5 PM and leads a completely normal life. But the nice thing is that he can now provide for his family and daughter and no longer has to worry about many things:
I am amazed at how big a game mode I helped develop many years ago, from which an entire genre of games has evolved.
The last cinema movie that was released about One Piece was One Piece Film: Red. MyMMO editor Jasmin Beverungen liked the movie so much that she saw it in theaters twice. However, both times there was an incident, even at the same spot.
In the meantime, preparations for all the concerts I want to attend this year are complete. The tickets are secured and the hotels for the respective locations are booked. One of the concerts I plan to attend this year is Ado’s 2nd world tour.
The 23-year-old Japanese woman is a true exceptional talent. She is known for the versatility of her vocal range. In public, she never shows what she looks like. Instead, she darkens her silhouette. Nevertheless, her first world tour was completely sold out.
The international breakthrough came when she lent her singing voice to Uta in the movie One Piece Film: Red. I also became a fan only when I was able to hear her sing in the theater. However, while planning for the concert visit, an unpleasant situation came to my mind that I had to witness twice in the cinema.
You can see the trailer for the cinema movie here:
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One Piece Film: Red – The Official Trailer for the Anime Film in English
It got heated in the cinema at the same spot
The latest One Piece movie is something very special. I have seen it twice because it was released in France about a month before the German release date, but I cannot speak French. So at least I had already seen the pictures without knowing what it was about. Well, what wouldn’t a fan do?
The focus of One Piece Film: Red is on the story with Uta, Shanks’ adopted daughter. Uta is a singer who wants to end the suffering of people. To do this, she uses her singing to draw them into a dream world.
It’s little surprising that there are many songs in the cinema movie. This comes at the expense of comedy and action-packed brawls that are more common in other films. Uta is almost always in the spotlight and steals the show from everyone else.
Towards the end of the film, she starts a rather sad farewell song. Ideally, the moment should touch the audience, but at that moment, the frustration of the viewers, which had built up throughout the film, seems to have been released. And believe me, although I don’t speak French, the language of rejection is universally understandable.
Uta is in Shanks’ arms and begins to sing.
Suddenly, people in both cinema halls started to boo. Some viewers were heard loudly sighing, while others just had to laugh. In the middle of that, I heard an angry outburst, probably annoyed that there was still a song towards the end.
So yes, the songs really occur quite often. Out of the 1 hour and 55 minutes runtime, around half an hour consists of songs. However, it was made clear beforehand regarding the storyline that Luffy and his friends are attending a concert by Uta, which is inevitably related to music.
This is unfortunately also reflected in the ratings. Film: Red lands rather in the middle on IMDb, when looking at the ranking of all One Piece films. Nevertheless, it counts among my favorite films, especially because Ado delivers such a great performance.
I was not bothered by the songs, because not every One Piece movie needs groundbreaking fights or funny scenes. Through this, I discovered one of my favorite singers, who delivers banger after banger. Therefore, I am already looking forward to waving the glow sticks in the air and listening to Ado.
Have you experienced a really terrible cinema visit that stuck in your memory and ruined the movie for you? Feel free to write in the comments what you have experienced so far.
Space Marines are perhaps the most well-known part of the Warhammer 40,000 universe: pumped-up guys with superhuman strength and big guns. But what if a girl wants to join in? This question is answered in a book.
Space Marines are male. This is the common knowledge among fans. Nevertheless, many keep asking: Are there actually women among the Space Marines? There are official Warhammer stories that go through exactly such questions. On Reddit, a user posted a short excerpt from “The Last Days of Ector” by Guy Haley.
There, the Order of the Crimson Castellans wants to recruit new members from an underhive, that is, from the depths of a Macropole world. Usually, such a process involves undergoing various tests, which can vary depending on the order.
Among the candidates is a girl, Marny. And although she passes all the tests, she cannot become a Space Marine – but for a good reason.
Bulky, loyal, male – this is how most fans imagine Space Marines, and the portrayal aligns with this:
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Trailer for the brutal Warhammer series “Astartes II”
“The process would destroy her”
When selecting the recruits, the order priest Gorth explains what matters when you want to become a Space Marine: loyalty, teamwork, and combat prowess. All of this has been proven by Marny and her friends.
Gorth explains in his speech: “I have been watching you. You are steadfast and have the makings of a good warrior. But we are the sons of the sons of the Emperor. There are no women among us.”
And although Marny – as her friend Kal notes – has passed every test better than her peers, she is rejected with the reason: “The process that makes us what we are would destroy her, were we cruel enough to start it. That is the way of things. She must serve the Emperor in other ways, if at all.”
Fairness, Gorth continues, is not a criterion for selection. Utility, on the other hand, is.
Whether the explanation is actually entirely correct cannot be said for sure; at least, that is the view of the Crimson Castellans. One fact is, however, that the creation of a Space Marine literally eradicates the original human.
How does one actually become a Space Marine?
Strictly speaking, Space Marines are no longer men, but genderless. They have neither the ability for natural reproduction, nor do they possess any kind of sexual drive – except maybe if they succumb to the Chaos God Slaanesh.
Nevertheless, Space Marines are portrayed with traditionally masculine traits and all known recruits were once men. The process of becoming a Space Marine removes the concept of gender very rigorously.
The super-soldiers are simply no longer human. In a procedure of up to 20 steps, depending on the order, various bred organs are implanted into the recruit, including:
Glands and organs that harden the skeleton and stimulate muscle growth
Implants that make blood more efficient and allow wounds to heal faster
In addition, there are further modifications that make the Space Marine immune to most poisons, allow him to be awake and sleep at the same time, or even give him the ability to learn from what he eats – however that works.
For the procedure, the young men must be between 10 and 14 years old, otherwise, they either would not survive or would be too old for the changes. And even then, success is not guaranteed.
Spoiler Alert: Here you find out the ending of the novel “The Last Days of Ector”
Marny knew that the chances of becoming a Space Marine were basically zero. However, she had hoped to at least be accepted among the order servants, or “Serfs,” through her performance. Order servants are the people who could not become Space Marines for various reasons but still help the order in other ways. They are an elite among humans.
However, she later gets another chance to prove herself and hunts a Lictor along with Kal and the Crimson Castellan Yoth during a Tyranid invasion – one of the most dangerous Tyranids there are. The team manages to evacuate the attacked planet.
In the comments on Reddit, some fans criticize that this is a lame way out for the author – however, it fits perfectly into the world of Warhammer 40,000. Something like that would have happened exactly like this. And even if Marny had failed, she could still easily become a commissar or Tempestus Scion – some of the best fighters of the Imperium.
The world of Dungeons & Dragons is full of adventures, challenges, and also quite unpleasant encounters. Some of them are extremely powerful, others a bit absurd – but some are truly terrifying. We have selected 7 monsters that can really scare players.
How was the selection made? This list includes monsters that are particularly creepy and grotesque, whether through their appearance, their abilities, or both together. Besides other well-known monsters like the Beholder or Mind Flayer, the monsters on this list are not selected based on their strength or fame – but by their ability to create absolute horror.
The image rights for the images used belong to Wizards of the Coast.
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Here you see the trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves:
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – Second Official Trailer for the Movie
Chattering Hundred-Mouth
Chattering Hundred-Mouth
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Type: Aberration
Challenge Rating: 2
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Chattering Hundred-Mouths are viscous masses made from the remains of their victims, equipped with multiple eyes, mouths, and teeth. They scream incessantly and utter only utter nonsense. Furthermore, each mouth comes from a different victim. Thus, there are multiple voices at once, providing no rest.
One Hundred-Mouth is only silent when devouring another victim. Its sole goal is to seek out and devour any creature that comes too close.
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Those who have reached the endgame in Monster Hunter Wilds want to have good loot, and in large quantities. The best way to get it quickly is through SOS flares, but there’s a catch – it’s hard to get in. We’ll show you a trick on how to consistently get good loot.
What problem is meant? Anyone who has reached the endgame and wants to replicate one of the strongest builds must necessarily complete difficult hunts. The fastest way to do this is through SOS flares at Alma.
However, those who want to participate in one of the advertised double hunts will usually be disappointed. The reason for this is the countless error messages bombarding you, making it clear that you cannot join the session.
Often many minutes pass before you finally find a suitable round. This can be frustrating in the long run. But there is a way to avoid this stress.
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Monster Hunter Wilds: What to Expect After the Main Story
Investigations provide you with consistently good loot as often as you want
What feature is meant? The feature of investigations. For those who don’t know yet: You can save active hunts on the map as investigations and repeat them up to 3 times.
However, you first need an active hunt in your current lobby. Once you have found one, you can click on it on the map, “create a quest,” and then either start or, as in our case, “save as investigation.”
If you save the hunt as an investigation, you have to pay up to 300 guild points, but it’s worth it. This way, you have the chance to collect the promised bonus rewards up to 3 times, and that’s not insignificant in a good double hunt.
Why is the SOS signal currently having problems? Although several weeks have passed since the release, the player base is still large. Many fans are trying to quickly and easily get good loot with crossplay.
If you have crossplay enabled and your language set to Worldwide, thousands of players will try to rush one of the three open slots of a hunting group. To secure a spot, you have to either be incredibly quick or lucky.
The Twitch streamer and YouTuber talked in a video about his weight loss of 35 kilograms and gave insights into the reasons.
Peter Smits from PietSmiet has recently been particularly notable for one thing: his reduced weight. The community kept asking him how he managed to lose so much. In a Twitch stream, and later in a YouTube video, he collected the questions, answered them, and talked about himself.
Note: This article deals with the topics of nutrition and body weight. If these topics are distressing to you, we recommend skipping the article.
We at MeinMMO are not health experts. If you want to lead a healthier lifestyle, you can consult your doctor or your health insurance. From March 25 to April 3, 2025, you can also participate in the Digital Health Days of the Techniker Krankenkasse.
On YouTube, HandOfBlood is also one of the big names. We introduce him to you in the video:
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HandOfBlood: The most important thing about the YouTuber and Twitch streamer in under a minute
“This idea was not an option for me”
How did it come to this? Peter says he never really dealt with nutrition and had a rather “loose” attitude towards food. Moreover, he also moved far too little.
Ultimately, he underestimated how much these two components affected his health.
During a visit to the doctor, he became aware of the extent. There was a suspicion of heart problems, and Peter had a cardiologist examine him.
This is what he wants to avoid: It was revealed that he was on the verge of developing high blood pressure and at the same time had a fatty liver. The cardiologist also informed him that he would have to take medication for his high blood pressure by the age of 40 at the latest. This made Peter think.
This idea that I have to open my little package every day with Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday to take medicine to keep my body okay, for the reason that I broke it myself, was not an option for me.
One option to avert potential high blood pressure would have been stress reduction. However, this was not really possible for Peter, as he says. He has his own company with PietSmiet and has just had a baby.
The second option was, of course, to reduce his body weight.
How did Peter lose weight? Peter says he lost weight by maintaining a calorie deficit and changing his diet. Later, he signed up at the gym, which he visits three times a week, and uses his indoor bike every day.
Twitch-Streamer and an Unhealthy Lifestyle
The lifestyle of a full-time streamer often includes long days in front of the PC with little exercise and a poor or unconsidered diet. For marathon streams, for example, energy drinks are consumed to stay awake longer or to concentrate better while playing.
Since cooking is usually associated with effort, it is much easier to order food to eat during a reaction. Additionally, the prolonged sitting at the PC can lead to posture problems.
Peter from PietSmiet is a positive example here, as he shows that Twitch streamers do not have to lead this unhealthy lifestyle. Movement, sports, and a thoughtful diet can be reconciled with streaming. For example, the Twitch streamer Varion always walks on his treadmill while live on Twitch. Another positive example is Commander Krieger, who wants to change his life after a stroke.
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In EA FC 25 you earn free rewards with the streams of FC Pro League. You can also benefit from dynamic upgrades. On MeinMMO, you can read the most important informationand all dates.
What are the FC PRO Leagues? These are leagues and tournaments for professional players in various countries. EA Sports will accompany the following e-events with FC Pro Leagues in the coming weeks:
All dates of the Pro Leagues
eMLS Cup Final (USA) on March 14 at 3:00 PM
ePremier League Final (England) from March 22 to 23 at 5:00 PM each day
LA LIGA FC Pro Cup (Spain) from April 5 to 6 at 2:00 PM each day
How can you secure free rewards? You can secure the rewards as viewers of the respective events by watching the streams for at least 15 minutes, and for additional rewards, for at least 60 minutes.
To do this, you only need to link your EA account with your Twitch or YouTube account. How this works is explained in detail further down in the article.
What rewards can you expect? You can expect player selections (1 of 3 Rare Gold Players 75+) and Prime Gold Packs (worth 55,000 coins). Additionally, you can secure a group bonus (84+-x5-Professional Pack) for completing all viewer tasks.
What kind of dynamic upgrades are there? For the ePremier League Final next weekend (March 22 to 23), a player selection has appeared in the Squad Building Challenges (SBCs). If you complete the SBC by March 22, you can choose 2 of the following 4 players:
Mitoma (Brighton Hove & Albion)
Gomez (FC Liverpool)
McAtee (Manchester City)
Werner (Tottenham Hotspur)
Since these are dynamic cards, they can earn up to 2 upgrades depending on how their partnered e-clubs perform.
How do players get upgrades? A +1 rating upgrade is given to the player if the club wins a game. Another +1 rating upgrade is given if the club finishes in the Top 4 of the eLeague.
After the video, you will also read how you can link your accounts to EA Sports in order to fulfill the viewer tasks.
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Tips for a Perfect Start in EA FC 25 – Ultimate Team
How to link your Twitch/YouTube account with EA Sports
How to link your accounts with EA:EA Sports has published two detailed instructions on their info page describing each step on how to link your accounts via Twitch or YouTube to receive the free rewards.
We present these here in detail with the appropriate links.
How to receive rewards via Twitch
Make sure you already have an existing Ultimate Team account.
Ensure you link the correct EA account with your Twitch account at https://ea.com/twitchlinking Age restrictions apply. See Twitch’s service terms for details.
Make sure you link the correct EA account with your YouTube account by clicking “Connect to Electronic Arts”.
You’ll be asked if you want to allow Electronic Arts to link accounts and watch approved events and videos to get a chance at in-game rewards. Click Connect.
Confirm your EA account. If it is not the right account, click “Not your account?” and switch to the correct account.
Click Next. If you have enabled signup confirmation, you will be prompted to verify your identity.
With this, you are well-equipped to secure the free rewards. To add a little more excitement, you can also choose 2 dynamic pros. We suspect that more dynamic cards for the respective Pro League events will also appear in the coming weeks. With our Fantasy FC Tracker in FC 25 on MeinMMO, you won’t miss any upgrades or progress.
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On Steam, there is a 7-year-old app that has quadrupled its user numbers since the beginning of the year: Lossless Scaling improves the performance of games with any graphics card and now allows you to boost the FPS.
What is Lossless Scaling? Lossless Scaling is a program available, among other places, on Steam. It has been live there since December 2018. However, until early 2024, the app recorded only about 100 simultaneous users (via SteamDB).
In January of the previous year, however, the user numbers increased. Between December 2024 and March 2025, Lossless Scaling made the largest leap from about 4,200 simultaneous users to an all-time peak of 20,903.
The reason for the increased popularity is likely the update from January 10, 2025 (via Steam): Since then, Lossless Scaling can not only increase the GPU load, but also the current game framerate by an additional 20 frames.
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A versatile program for better performance?
What can the app do? In addition to the FPS boost, Lossless Scaling has other features that make it a useful helper for weaker PCs. Among other things, it can also reduce the workload of the used graphics card. Additionally, the app allows games to be displayed in windowed mode as fullscreen. Furthermore, graphic quality can be improved.
Especially interesting is that the program can be combined with any GPU. It doesn’t matter whether there is a Nvidia GeForce, an AMD card, or Intel’s Battlemage installed. A YouTuber has also published a 17-minute test of the program.
Via Steam, the program currently costs 6.89 euros.
How do users find the program? The Steam reviews of the program stand at Very Positive with currently 20,963 reviews. Thus, Lossless Scaling is generally well received by its users.
Here are a few positive quotes:
I really think [the developer] is a tech Einstein who is also drunk enough to sell a Nobel Prize-worthy app for the price of a Starbucks coffee. Take my upvote and my utmost respect. – bourbon via Steam
Absolute magic. You need this if you want more FPS in your games. Frame generation has a bad reputation and I never cared for it… but this is just magic. No problems at all. Also, very low input delay, you won’t notice it. I just wouldn’t use it in competitive gaming where every millisecond counts. In every other game… that would be my tool of choice. – Muzie via Steam
Make frames go brrrrrrrrrrr – duffed110 via Steam
However, there are also critical reviews. Some users criticize that the app recently starts all games in fullscreen and the windowed mode no longer works. Another player writes that the program requires too many PC resources (e.g., RAM) and thus negatively impacts his games. Others are dissatisfied with the latency.
Final Fantasy XIV has stronger and weaker content patches. Accordingly, the number of players rises and falls during expansions. If you want to jump back in with the highly anticipated content of Update 7.2, you can best prepare with these tips.
Naoki Yoshida, the Director and Producer of Final Fantasy XIV, wrote in a column for the Japanese magazine Famitsu about a fan question he received at gamescom: Whether there was a reason to play the MMORPG permanently.
He replied: It’s okay if you [Final Fantasy XIV] don’t play every day. Since it’s just a game, you don’t have to force yourself if it’s difficult for you. […] So come back and play freely when the big patch comes […]
The head of the game itself says that you should play your game only as long as you really enjoy it, and 7.2 is one of the biggest patches ever according to him. However, how do you get back into Final Fantasy XIV after a longer break? We have four tips for your return.
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The new trailer for Patch 7.2 of Final Fantasy XIV shows the new, highly anticipated content
Story is everything – Pick up where you left off
Final Fantasy XIV is conveniently very consistent. If you dropped out at a point, you can almost seamlessly continue where you left off after a break. No matter how many patches have been released in the meantime: Raids, dungeons, trials, and co. remain relevant and playable.
First, you should catch up on the main story that you missed. The MSQ of an expansion contains all the new content. Therefore, your focus should be on this.
The next related quest will appear in the scenario guide, a UI element that appears in the default setting at the top left of the screen.
If you dropped out at a point where the story was somewhat tedious, quest-heavy, or perhaps just boring, there are two options. The first would be to skip cutscenes with the press of a button.
However, if you need to catch up not just on one or two patches of quests, but perhaps even on several expansions, you can spend some money: With the Adventurer Stories from the store, you can jump to the start of the DLC you want to play.
You can’t get closer to the current state of the expansion than with Adventurer Stories: Endwalker. This allows you to start directly with the first Dawntrail quest Endless Possibilities.
Caution: If you use the Adventurer Stories, your desired job will not automatically be leveled up to the required level. Therefore, you will need to farm experience points before catching up on the remaining quests – or you can also buy a boost for the job.
Depending on how long you were away, your old class has received some updates. Especially at the release of new expansions, jobs are often significantly reworked. Accordingly, Final Fantasy XIV plays slightly differently upon your return than before.
The best way to get back into it is to find a training dummy. These can be placed as garden decorations in front of houses. You can also find and target the following level 1 dolls in the overworld, as long as you have unlocked the area:
Deep Woods (X: 24.0, Y: 19.5)
Middle La Noscea (X: 26.2, Y: 17.4)
Western Thanalan (X: 26.3, Y: 24.7)
We focused here on the level 1 dolls. However, there are also dummies for levels 50 and up in the corresponding endgame areas.
Alternatively, you can also unlock a new class and learn the skills during the leveling process. The levels you need for the individual jobs of the expansions, you can read in our beginner’s guide.
To ensure you don’t get in your own way, you should definitely look for new armor as soon as your current job is ready for the next challenges. Equip the job crystal for your desired job and press the button for Recommended Gear:
This is the button you want to click. Then the game will automatically suggest the best gear you have for the job in your armor chest.
Equip what the game suggests as optimized equipment. This can be done quickly with the Equip button.
If your armor class isn’t good enough for the next combat content, you can still exchange your Allagan stones. You can read which are currently relevant and which have been sorted out in our guide to current endgame currencies. In it, you will also learn how to obtain the latest armors:
Alternatively, you can stock up at the market board with enough gil. Here you can find crafted items as well as gear available from NPCs. So before you spend a lot of money, it’s best to check out the NPC vendors in the next larger in-game city. Their wares are usually sufficient for dungeons and normal trials.
A fresh UI for a fresh perspective
Depending on how intensively you played Final Fantasy XIV before your break, you may have tweaked your UI and are now faced with an outdated layout. Or perhaps a layout that you can no longer work with at all.
In fact, a functional UI can make the game worlds easier for you. Combined with clever macros, Final Fantasy XIV even becomes incredibly comfortable. Macros, however, are something for later.
You can read everything about the UI of the MMORPG in the official UI guide. In it, you will find everything related to the basics. If you are looking for inspiration, this Reddit thread is a good starting point.
If you aren’t sure which UI adjustments would be good for you when returning to Eorzea, you can of course take care of these only after you’ve played a bit. If you find yourself overwhelmed by your previous creation, you can simply reset the layout back to standard.
With these tips, you should be ready to jump into Final Fantasy XIV fresh after your break. We wish you a lot of fun!
What’s next after your return
On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Final Fantasy XIV continues with Patch 7.2. The developers will bring new story quests, as well as the new tier of the current 8-man raid. In addition, there will be a new trial in two difficulty levels as well as a new dungeon.
However, the additional major content will unfortunately only follow during the patch series: The cosmic explorations will go live on April 22, 2025, with Patch 7.21. The field expedition Kreszentia starts on May 27, 2025, with Patch 7.25.
If you want to know how to access this content, you can read all about it in our endgame guide. We will update this upon the patch release when the final patch notes go live.
Many players have been waiting for the field expedition Kreszentia for a long time – during the Endwalker patch cycle, there was no similar content. The focus back then was on making the game overall friendlier for single players. But until May there is still plenty of time to catch up on the story and prepare for the challenge. By the way, if you want to fundamentally change your character by then, you can still secure a free Fantasia until Tuesday: You can still receive one of the most popular shop items in Final Fantasy XIV for free in-game for one more week
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It has been a long time since the last appearance of the Avengers in the MCU. The last movie was released almost 6 years ago. The Russo brothers will direct the latest installment, just like in the past. However, they initially did not want to do that.
Which movie is it about? In 2019, Avengers: Endgame was the last film (for now) from Marvel’s beloved hero team. In the meantime, 13 films and countless series have been released, but fans had to wait a long time for a new appearance of the Avengers. Next year it will finally happen, and with Avengers: Doomsday, a new movie that brings many heroes together will be released.
The special thing about the film is the new villain, Dr. Doom, who is not only quite menacing but is played by Robert Downey Jr. The Russo brothers are also back and will direct once again after Infinity War and Endgame.
However, they originally did not want to return, as they revealed in a recent interview.
The last Avengers film was released in 2019:
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German trailer for the Marvel movie „Avengers 4: Endgame“
We were resistant for a while
What did the Russo brothers say about the upcoming Avengers film? In an interview with omeleteve (via YouTube), the directors talked about Avengers: Doomsday. They did not reveal any story details about the film, but discussed how they came to return.
They were asked who had the idea to not only bring Robert Downey Jr. back but also to cast him as the main villain. The brothers said: It was not their idea at all, but rather that of Marvel boss Kevin Feige. They originally did not want to make the film either. Even after Robert Downey Jr. tried to convince them, they declined: We were resistant for a while
In the end, it was the persuasive power of Steve McFeely, the writer of Avengers: Endgame. He had the idea for the new movie, and the Russo brothers were convinced:
And then one day, Steve McFeely, who is one of our most important collaborators, said: “I have an idea.” And he called us […] and we said: “This is the story. This story needs to be told. It’s a really strong story.”
Anthony and Joe Russo about Avengers: Doomsday (via YouTube)
Especially the villain of the upcoming film seems to have convinced them. They cannot tell any details, but they explained that they love villains who think they are the heroes of the story. Then they become three-dimensional, and they become more interesting.
This focus on the villain also fits with the previous Marvel films of the Russo brothers. With Thanos and Baron Zemo, they brought two of the best villains of the MCU to the big screen. In the comics, Dr. Doom is actually not Tony Stark, but the tech billionaire has done some terrible things there as well: 7 ruthless things show the dark side of Tony Stark in the Marvel universe
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The Swedish Consumer Protection Authority filed a complaint with the European Union against a game. Now, the European Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC) is responding with new guidelines for something that bothers all players: microtransactions.
What happened? The Swedish Consumer Protection Authority filed a complaint with the CPC against the developers of the equestrian game Star Stable Online. The CPC reviewed the complaint as well as information from the company regarding commercial practices, also known as microtransactions, that children might encounter in the game.
In the process, they found the following violations of existing consumer protection laws and points that could specifically harm children. Among other things, children in the game would be directly addressed and encouraged to purchase items and currencies. Furthermore, a lack of transparency and pressure from time-limited offers was criticized.
The developers of Star Stable Online have until March 21, 2025, to respond in writing to the CPC regarding these issues and to propose improvements. Meanwhile, the European consumer protection agency published a report with new rules for in-game purchases.
Microtransactions have been annoying players for a while:
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The future of microtransactions? Everything should get better in the EU
What are the new rules? The CPC published an eight-page report with principles for virtual in-game currencies. The report can be downloaded from the official website of the European Commission.
Specifically, the CPC lists seven principles that define the minimum requirements for purchasing and using virtual currencies:
There must be clear and transparent pricing
Practices that obscure the costs of digital content and services in games should be avoided
Practices that force consumers to purchase unwanted in-game currency should be avoided
Players should be provided with clear and understandable information even before the purchase
The consumer’s right of withdrawal should be respected
Contract clauses should be fair and written in clear, understandable language
The vulnerability of consumers should be taken into account, especially when it comes to children
In the report, the CPC also specifies clear measures to be taken for affected companies. Here is an example of the principle for clearer pricing:
The action points for principle 1 regarding clearer pricing for in-game purchases.
What could this mean in practice? Microtransactions and in-game currencies will remain for now, even with these new guidelines. However, pricing may become more transparent. In addition, it may become more difficult for companies to directly address children and adolescents under 18 with their offers.
So far, everything is set for a release of GTA 6 in autumn 2025. If that is not the case, it could lead some companies in the gaming industry to go under, says an analyst.
Who is the analyst? The analyst speaking now is Ben Porter. He is employed as Director of Consulting at Newzoo, an analytics company focused on the gaming industry. In an interview with PC Gamer during GDC 2025, he commented on the influence of GTA 6 on the industry:
If you, as a company, are currently eagerly waiting for the release of GTA 6 and it gets delayed by three, four, five, six months, what do you do then? Either you have to be able to throw yourself into the big black hole that is now open, or you need to extend your development time by another six months – I am sure some companies will go under because of that, right?
According to Porter’s theory, companies that want to avoid the launch of GTA 6 could face financial problems if it gets postponed. Another analyst recently got into trouble with one of the developers of Baldur’s Gate 3:
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The wait for GTA 6 also costs
What is the validity of the statement? In fact, many game developers seem to be currently refraining from announcing specific releases, as they want to avoid GTA 6. This is noted by gaming journalist Jason Schreier at Bloomberg (Paywall). According to his sources, companies want to ensure that GTA 6 really appears in 2025 and does not get pushed to 2026.
Publishers seem to fear that a release too close to the launch of GTA 6 could have a negative impact on their own sales figures.
Ben Porter, in turn, implies with his statement that some companies cannot afford the waiting, hesitating, and pushing:
An unreleased game without a release date – whether full release or early access – usually does not bring in any revenue for the developer: Without a clear release date, pre-orders are banned in Germany too (via Heise).
This can mean that a developer might be stuck with the costs of a possibly finished game indefinitely. Not all game developers can afford this in the long run.
What is the status of the release date? At the moment, there are rumors, but no official announcement of a release delay for GTA 6. Accordingly, it is still to be expected that the game will be released in autumn 2025. Even if there are always rumors about a postponement.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is actually a co-op shooter that throws you and up to 4 colleagues into various missions where you quest through a dystopian world. Now the game is introducing a horde mode for casual rounds.
What kind of game is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide? Darktide can most closely be compared to Left 4 Dead. You have different classes with various weapons and abilities and can go on various missions in co-op with up to 4 players.
Now the developers at Fatshark have announced a new mode that focuses on casual fun with countless hordes and random buffs instead of fixed loadouts. This is also intended to appeal to players who do not necessarily want to grind the endgame.
A major update in September 2024 already caused a surge in player count:
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12 waves, massive hordes, and a growing power fantasy
What kind of mode is this? In a new blog post, the developers at Fatshark announced the new mode Mortis Trials for the upcoming update Nightmares & Visions. Mortis Trials relies on a roguelike structure and a lot of chaos.
You will be able to play Mortis Trials from level 13, and the mode is supposed to offer an easy and quick introduction.
Each round consists of 12 waves, in which you must face hordes of heretics.
You will not only have to eliminate enemies mindlessly, as every 3 waves you will receive an objective that will give you a strong buff if you complete it.
Before the round, you select a buff and then you can choose from different archetypes:
Pyrokinetic
Voltaic
Fulminator
Death Dealer
Colossus
The later buffs in the runs are also supposed to be based on this.
The various buffs are supposed to become stronger the further you progress, and in the last 3 waves you should be able to unleash yourself with your now powerful character.
The mode is intended to offer replayability through the roguelike mechanics and challenges with different difficulty levels. In the form of unlockable conversations, lore enthusiasts should also get their money’s worth.
How is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide generally received by players? On Steam, the game has improved from a rather rocky launch to Mostly Positive with over 88,400 reviews. Many of the endgame contents are designed for multiple players, making it especially worthwhile with friends.
Not all anime are well-known, and some deserve much more attention. We present to you 5 anime series that are hidden gems.
The world of anime is vast and colorful. Nowadays, so many new series are released every season that it’s hard to keep up with all of them – and often, one doesn’t even want to. Often, amidst the flood of well-known animes, some pearls get completely overlooked.
This can have various reasons. Perhaps these animes are airing alongside a mega-hit that gathers all the attention. Maybe a new series hasn’t been licensed in Germany and isn’t available from any provider. Or the series just didn’t quite appeal to the mainstream, thus receiving little attention.
If you prefer something magical, these 3 anime might help:
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With this list, we want to take a look at 5 anime that you may have never heard of – and that are simply too good to ignore. We have tried to ensure a solid mix of genres so that there is something for every taste.
Shinsekai Yori
Alternative titles: Shinsekai Yori: From the New World Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Mystery Number of episodes: 25 Streaming available on:No providers known currently. Available for purchase only.
Many centuries have passed since psychokinetic powers awakened in humanity. Wars have ravaged the world, and the few surviving humans live in strict asceticism to avoid repeating the past incidents. During this time, Saki Watanabe also lives, whose powers have also awakened. As she learns to cope with this gift at school, strange incidents occur – rule breakers mysteriously disappear, and during a school trip, the children discover that the world may have changed even more drastically than they ever imagined…
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Shinsekai Yori combines fantasy with science fiction, often weaving in a touch of horror into the story. The world is extremely complex, and the story offers many high points and drastic twists, continually placing the events into new contexts and revealing only the next layer of what lies beneath the surface of the plot.
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The Brazilian streamer QueenGloriaRP usually streams in front of 37 viewers on Twitch, but is now a big topic in the channels of the influencer scene. Because half of these 37 viewers are probably not real but a bot. This whole situation came out a bit embarrassingly for her. Twitch has also banned her.
This was the situation on Twitch: The Brazilian streamer streams in English. On March 18, 2025, the streamer smiled somewhat coolly into the camera while it was apparent on the screen that she had apparently tapped into a viewbot program. Such a program creates “artificial viewers,” which beautify the statistics but serve no real purpose.
It seems she noticed herself that the viewers had caught onto her misstep and giggled with a high voice. She then explained with a raised index finger that she would be back shortly.
When she was seen again, she announced somewhat uncertainly that her streaming program OBS had required a restart. Clearly a lie: It is likely that she was dealing with her slip-up during the streaming break. Perhaps she deleted a video-on-demand, thereby erasing evidence.
In any case, she could not prevent a clip of her behavior from making the rounds.
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What impact does this have on her? Twitch has banned the streamer QueenGloriaRP. How long the ban lasts is unknown.
Additionally, she has significantly damaged her reputation, as she will now always be suspected of artificially inflating her viewer numbers.
Does she do this often? A user on X has looked closely at the statistics of QueenGloriaRP on Twitch and Kick, and the graphs show steep increases whenever she activated the boost through the viewbots.
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Four days ago, her channel grew significantly without any increase in participation in the chat.
A friend told her that someone was sending her viewbots, which confused her.
She then googled it and found a site. She then realized that anyone could send viewbots to anyone else, and that it was very cheap.
During the stream, she then accidentally clicked on a tab with that site again. But she is a noob and has no idea about the whole site. That’s why she deleted the video-on-demand right away because she was afraid people would think she was a cheater.
Why do people use viewbots? The most likely answer is: To increase the visibility of their stream, as many viewers sort streams by size – the more viewers you have, the more likely you are to appear in the feed of new viewers.
Also, for advertisers, you become more interesting the more viewers you have.
And it could also be a conscious stroking of one’s own ego: Because streamers compete with each other like in a high score list, and everyone wants to climb a few ranks.
This is how it is discussed: Influencer Jake Lucky raises the valid question: If such a small streamer can manage to get 20 viewbots on her stream, what does it look like for larger streamers? (via X)
For a long time now, there have been rumors about streamers with supposedly ten thousand viewers whose Twitch chats are almost dead because only a handful of viewers are chatting.
