Which raids are running in March 2025 in Pokémon GO? We summarize the raid bosses and show you the necessary counters.
Raids in March: Which Pokémon can we challenge in March? Some, and especially in the Mega Raids, there are a few highlights this month.
Right at the beginning of the month, we encounter Mega-Lucario, later Mega-Swampert is in action. They are both among the best Mega Pokémon you can use.
But what else is coming up? Definitely the classic raid hours on Wednesdays and the battle against various raid bosses.
To give you an overview, we’ll first show you the raid hours in March, and further down you will find the raid boss changes in the current month with links to the counters against them.
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Pokémon GO: What’s in the new Season Powerful and Masterful
Raid Hours in March 2025 in Pokémon GO
What time is the raid hour? The raid hours always take place on Wednesdays for one hour from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. We summarize the bosses here for you, possible Shinies are marked with an asterisk*.
Of course, in March there are not only raids but also plenty of other events. Among other things, Community Days are coming up, and especially the new season titled “Powerful and Masterful” is starting. When is what happening? You can easily check here: We show you all events in March 2025 in Pokémon GO.
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Pokémon TCG Pocket is a smartphone spin-off where players can collect cards for free. However, the mobile game could now face the same competition that it already had in the anime sector – what a déjà-vu!
Update on March 19, 2025: We have corrected the date of the Digimon Con and added the link for the stream.
What kind of competition is it about? Bandai Namco has hinted at a new mobile game for Digimon with a small teaser. In the clip on X, Renamon, which you may recognize from the third season of the anime, picks up a cellphone. When it touches the screen, it gets sucked into the phone.
Unfortunately, there is no further information yet, except that it is supposed to be a “new card game project.” More details are to be revealed only at the Digimon Con. This will take place on March 20, 2025, at 4:00 AM German time and can be followed on YouTube.
This could give Pokémon TCG Pocket a new competitor on the smartphone. In both games, it will likely be about collecting monsters in card form. This longstanding rivalry between Pokémon and Digimon dates back many years.
The major highlight of the Digimon Con will be another video game:
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Digimon Story Time Stranger: English Trailer for the Anime Game
Pokémon and Digimon are major competitors
Why are they rivals? Both Pokémon and Digimon feature colorful monsters that can be captured and used in battle. The creatures can also be cared for and have the ability to transform into stronger forms. The major commonality between both franchises is, therefore, the monsters.
Both Pokémon and Digimon had an anime that aired in Germany at the same time on RTL 2 in the 90s. However, Pokémon started a whole 2 years earlier than Digimon. Additionally, there is an iconic duo with Ash and Pikachu that has been on television for decades. In Digimon, the protagonists change with each season.
The video games of Pokémon have become successful thanks to Nintendo and continue to produce new generations regularly.
The anime of Assassination Classroom features an iconic character as the main protagonist. The manga’s creator, Yusei Matsui, revealed in an interview how the unusual alien came to be.
Why is the main character an alien? Koro-sensei is an alien who teaches class 3-E for a year. He has a strikingly yellow skin tone, several tentacles, and a face consisting only of two small eyes and a gigantic mouth. He looks like a mix between an octopus and a human.
This is what Koro-sensei looks like in the anime.
As Matsui reveals in an interview, he originally intended to use Koro-sensei in a different manga. However, since he never published that one, he was able to use the alien’s design for Assassination Classroom.
Moreover, he admits that he drew Koro-sensei out of laziness:
With a new manga, I knew it had to be simple. Simple, simple, simple. The easier it is, the more universally things are communicated. Besides the octopus, the other form I considered was a slimy blob. The reason for this is that both are very easy to draw. He has no joints and no hands to draw. As you can see, he has tentacles, so he is very easy to draw.
Almost, the beloved alien could have become a slimy blob, and that just because the manga artist wanted to make drawing as easy as possible.
You can see the alien in action in the following trailer:
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Assassination Classroom: An Extraterrestrial Teacher and a Classroom as Anime
In Assassination Classroom, the students must eliminate their teacher
What is Assassination Classroom about? An alien destroys 70% of the moon and is impossible to kill for humanity. The being threatens to destroy Earth next. However, it gives humanity the chance to avert this horrifying fate within a year.
The alien, henceforth known as Koro-sensei, wants to teach a class. The students must kill the alien within this year, otherwise the Earth will be destroyed. To do this, Koro-sensei even teaches the students how to commit good assassinations. Furthermore, he helps his students to improve in their regular subjects.
How good is the series? The anime is well received by fans. On MyAnimeList, the series has a rating of 8.08 out of 10. The comedy elements are particularly praised for giving the anime its personality.
Where can I watch the anime? Anyone who wants to see Assassination Classroom for themselves and be convinced of the missing hands can do so on various streaming services. Both Netflix and ADN have the anime in their programs.
The series is also one of the animes particularly well suited for beginners. Assassination Classroom has only a few episodes and features a storyline that is easy to understand. MeinMMO has listed 4 more animes that are also suitable for newcomers: 5 anime that are ideal for beginners
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Over the past 28 years, the South Korean company NCsoft has established itself as one of the main operators of online role-playing games. However, the publisher and developer has been facing a crisis for some time, largely due to the PC MMORPGs.
What is the situation with NCsoft? There are more and more indications or even evidence that the South Korean publisher and developer is in a serious crisis:
In February 2025, NCsoft also had to announce that there would be no global launch in 2025 for the major hope Aion 2. Initially, the MMORPG will only be released in Korea and Taiwan… and this, despite having stated previously that they aimed to focus heavily on conquering the western market.
Aion 2 is the major hope for NCsoft:
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AION 2 shows the gameplay of the MMORPG in the trailer
Fresh successes are missing on PC
What is the reason for the crisis? Looking at NCsoft’s current line-up of PC MMORPGs, it stands out: aside from Throne and Liberty, all other pillars of the company are twelve or much older:
Lineage (September 1998)
Lineage 2 (October 2003)
Guild Wars (April 2005)
Aion (September 2009)
Blade & Soul (June 2012)
Guild Wars 2 (August 2012)
This can be explained by several reasons.
Firstly, because some MMORPG projects like Tabula Rasa (2007) and WildStar (2014) were discontinued due to lack of success.
Secondly, because there has been a clear shift in focus from NCsoft to mobile over the past decade.
The official revenue figures from NCsoft reflect the age of the current PC MMORPGs as well as the focus on mobile for years. According to the financial report for Q4 2024 (via ncsoft.com), the mobile game Lineage M alone is said to have generated more revenue in 2024 than Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Aion, Lineage 2, and Lineage combined. Similar trends were seen in 2022 and 2023.
In addition, the other mobile spinoffs Lineage 2M, Lineage W, and Blade & Soul 2 further boost NCsoft’s mobile sector to a multiple of the revenues of the PC division.
However, the mobile sector is also lacking new releases. From 2022 to 2024, total revenue from mobile games has fallen by more than half. Overall, NCsoft currently has ten active MMORPGs on the market, which collectively generate far too little revenue.
What does the future hold? Currently, Aion 2 is the only new project from NCsoft that actually has a release window. Other games like Project LLL (a SciFi MMO shooter), Tactan: Knights of the Gods (RTS MMO), the Horizon MMO, or the MMORPG Project E have been announced for years, and it is unclear whether any of them are among the halted developments or if all are still in production.
Additionally, there are the two games that are supposed to be developed by ArenaNet: Guild Wars 3 and a AAA game being developed in Unreal Engine 5. In both cases, the release is likely still several years away. More on this: ArenaNet is looking for support for the “unannounced project” – What about Guild Wars 3? In short: NCsoft is heading into difficult times for the foreseeable future.
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Two of the biggest franchises are collaborating on a joint project. For some fans in the community, it’s clear: the merger will primarily cause a financial problem for them.
Who is teaming up with whom? It involves the two franchises LEGO and Pokémon. They have now announced a joint LEGO set. What exactly the fans will be able to build is still unknown, but in the trailer on the Pokémon channel, the tail of a Pikachu was already visible.
Previously, Pokémon had a partnership with MEGA, a U.S. subsidiary of Mattel and also a manufacturer of building blocks.
LEGO has already collaborated with the Horizon games to release a joint game:
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Trailer for LEGO Horizon Adventures – Release 2024 for PS5, Switch, Steam and Epic
Pokémon-LEGO could become an expensive hobby
Both franchises are known to have a large fan base that will clash when they merge. Additionally, the products from the franchises are often a costly pleasure.
Cheap LEGO sets start at 5 to 30 euros, while large sets range from 100 to 300 euros. Luxury and collector sets even cost between 300 and 800 euros.
Pokémon merchandise, just through the purchased licenses, also comes with a high price. If you look at the previous Pokémon building block sets from MEGA, they too fall within the same price range as LEGO.
Since it will be a Pokémon-LEGO set, the likelihood of a corresponding price adjustment is high. This is also a concern for some in the community:
Far_Eye6555 writes (via reddit): “If Pokémon had done this 25 years ago, my parents would probably have gone bankrupt.”
coolon23 is worried about his money (via reddit): “My poor wallet”
SpeZiFiScH_Blubb believes that not only the bricks will be expensive (via reddit): “Those will be some expensive stickers.”
And one user is hoping for something completely different:
TheSyrupCompany (via reddit): “I hope we get a LEGO Pokémon game, that would be a great change. LEGO games are really good.”
When will the Pokémon set arrive? Fans will probably have to wait until 2026 to hold their own LEGO Pokémon in their hands. It remains to be seen whether the fans’ fears about the price will prove to be justified.
The well-connected games journalist Stephen Totilo recently had the opportunity to talk with Saber CEO Matt Karch about what has been happening behind the scenes at the Embracer Group. A now-defunct cult studio took particularly hard criticism.
What did Matt Karch reveal? The former interim Chief Operating Officer of the Embracer Group and current CEO of Saber Interactive (Space Marine 2) welcomed Stephen Totilo into his private jet and had so much to say that the games journalist released several interview specials.
In the third part (via gamefile.news), among other things, it was about the studio Volition, which was bought by the Swedish media company Embracer during numerous acquisitions, only to be closed later in 2024.
Volition was founded in 1996 and made a name for itself specifically with Red Faction and Saints Row. Since Saints Row from 2022 fell short of expectations, it was only a matter of time for Matt Karch before Embracer had to react.
The Saints Row team rightly is gone. They were too expensive for what they were. They didn’t know what they wanted to build. They had no real direction. That’s not how you survive. So the question is, who would have financed their next game after this disaster?
The CEO further explains that we are currently in a world where ruthless efficiency is required if one wants to run a large company. Layoffs are inevitable, according to Karch.
Saints Row from 2022 was supposed to represent a reboot for the anarchic series:
At that time, various insiders suspected that the Saudi Arabian Savvy Games Group was behind the deal. Matt Karch confirmed exactly that during the interview. However, the CEO defends the responsible Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors:
They made mistakes. Lars is a very, very trusting person. He is a good person… when [the Saudi deal] didn’t happen, he fell on his own sword in such a harsh way.
Wingefors, however, remains CEO, while Volition and several other studios have been closed. When asked why no high-ranking executives were laid off, Karch was astonished: Embracer has no structure, no bosses. No one became rich there. It’s worth mentioning: The interview took place in the CEO’s private jet. Fun fact: Wingefors’ former pilot was probably at the controls.
Marcel “Staiy” Krustin is a German YouTuber known for his reaction videos. He is now nominated for the German Video Game Award as “Gamer of the Year 2025.” Currently, Staiy is under criticism and is not exactly known for his gaming content.
What is this award? The award for “Gamer of the Year” is presented as part of the “German Video Game Award” (DCP).
It is an unprized award given by a jury. The accolade aims to honor eSports players, let’s players, or gamers who have distinguished themselves with special achievements. It is not only about performing a gaming feat but also about commitment to the medium of games, the community, or society. The award recipient should explicitly be associated with gaming.
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These are the 5 nominees for the Gamer of the Year award
Who is nominated this year? The 5 nominees this year are:
The historian and Twitch streamer Steinwallen, known for strategy games. We reported on MeinMMO that he has positioned himself against the Germany expansion of Hearts of Iron
The podcaster Dom Schott, who conducts interviews with developers and media creators in his format “Ok Cool.” Schott previously worked for GamePro, which, like MeinMMO, belongs to Webedia. The current award winner for Gamer of the Year, Maurice Weber, also works for Webedia.
Lunarie, who works as a caster in eSports and advocates for the promotion of women in eSports.
JustNoahDe, a content creator from Austria, known for his content on Minecraft, but he also collaborates with ARD.
Staiy is under criticism for his harsh demeanor
Why is this particularly critical for Staiy? Staiy is currently involved in a controversy with YouTuber Alicia Joe. The opinion blogger has accused him of not creating content himself but instead criticizing others’ content and using “outrage” as a business model.
She felt misrepresented by an aggressive thumbnail, which she described as “abominable.” Staiy later changed the thumbnail.
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Staiy has repeatedly stated that he no longer reacts to Alicia Joe’s content because it does not interest him and makes him angry. However, he has continually reacted to her videos. Alicia Joe felt that he was deliberately attacking her through his content.
Moreover, it is questionable whether there is a gaming reference with Staiy, which should actually be a prerequisite for the award. While Staiy has his own YouTube channel dedicated to gaming, it is not his flagship channel.
Staiy’s gaming channel is filled only rather sparsely.
But actually, he is more known for political and social content:
How much gaming does Staiy show on Twitch? On Twitch, Staiy was active for a total of 1,403 hours in the last 365 days, of which he spent 1,087 in the “Just Chatting” category.
His other major categories were “Dungeons and Dragons” (134 hours), “SUPERVIVE” (20 hours), and Norland (18 hours).
In contrast, while Steinwallen was active for “only” 490 hours on Twitch, he spent most of his time gaming: 94 hours in Just Chatting compared to 90 hours in Jagged Alliance 3, 59 hours in Civilization VII, 33 hours in Victoria 3, and many hours in other games.
Lunarie_TTV and JustNoahDe have spent almost all their hours on Twitch in games, especially in Minecraft.
Astonishingly many players of World of Warcraft spend a part of their leisure time in the taverns of Azeroth, immersing themselves in role-playing, enjoying social interaction, and recharging their batteries.
Over the past 20 years, World of Warcraft has been on the brink of destruction several times. And even when no Sargeras wants to ram a huge sword into the planet, a war or conflict is raging somewhere, costing innumerable lives.
As the saviors of the world, it can be quite exhausting to constantly serve a greater purpose for the good of all. It is therefore not surprising that many players in WoW are looking for more mundane activities to unwind and recharge.
A new article on polygon.com reports exactly on these players, which we would like to recommend to you here. Several players from the role-playing community share their experiences, creating special social moments with their communities.
Even in the current WoW Patch 11.1, there are again dangerous conflicts:
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WoW Patch 11.1: Gallywix’s Control over the Cartels
The world is burning? First, a beer!
This is how Braumas, the leader of the Order of the Hippogryphs, explains that they chose the tavern in Theramore to hold regular meetings and RP events – even if the larger capitals are of course much better meeting points for social interactions.
In the establishments of Azeroth, one might encounter a player character who is painfully complaining to an insurance adjuster (also played by a WoW hero) that their bakery has been destroyed and they must now justify their claim for payment.
Or, one might hear a veteran of the Third War toasting with his comrades while he loudly contemplates how the scars of countless wars have been seared into his soul. That the Mulgore firewater eventually takes effect in the chat is completely intentional.
It seems that different taverns also attract different types of players. A role-playing fan explains, “What I love about role-playing meet-ups, especially in taverns, is that you can meet all sorts of different characters there. Taverns are so different depending on the city that you always meet different people.”
A great side effect: When a city is populated not only by NPCs but also by player characters who engage in trivial activities or conversations, it exudes much more life and credibility.
In designing the new regions of the current expansion The War Within, the Blizzard developers have ensured to provide exactly such retreats for role-playing fans. But also context for the new race of the Earthborn, who forego food intake but have other desires.
Earthborn love visiting the hot springs. Various Earthborn players have incorporated this into their RPG experience. Meanwhile, in the freshly released zone of Undermine, Goblin players flock to the Incontinental Hotel to indulge in the chaotic atmosphere of the green-eared ones and celebrate with their kind.
How about you: Do you sometimes slip into a role in WoW? If so, what has been your coolest RP experience in World of Warcraft so far? Share it in the comments!
Overall, The War Within has brought back some important and correct RPG elements to the MMORPG. At the launch of the expansion, MeinMMO demon Cortyn celebrated this and brought many successful examples: WoW is suddenly a real role-playing game again – and I love it
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Twitch streamer Max “Trymacs” Stemmler has finally fulfilled his promise to play through Elden Ring. The community is excited, as he is not making it easy for himself.
What is this promise? Although Elden Ring enjoys immense popularity, Twitch streamer Trymacs had not played it for a long time but promised his community that he would catch up with the successful title from From Software eventually. Recently, the content creator fulfilled this promise.
We present Trymacs’ journey in our video:
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Vom Pizza-Lieferant zu einem der größten deutschen Twitch-Streamer – Leben und Karriere von Trymacs in 2 Minuten
Community is thrilled with Trymacs’ bravery
How does Trymacs make the game harder for himself? Trymacs fully immerses himself in the game and wants to play it without outside help, summoning, and completely without prior knowledge.
Summons are a great help in Elden Ring as they support you in battle, attack enemies, and occasionally grab their attention. Fighting without summons is considered the “harder way” through Elden Ring.
Trymacs’ Twitch colleagues are allowed to give a few tips via Discord voice chat in between, but cannot provide substantial help. This means Trymacs has chosen one of the more challenging variants of playing through Elden Ring.
How does the community react? The community is thrilled with the Twitch streamer’s new gaming project:
jakobjungbauer5321 praises the Twitch streamer’s skills (via YouTube): “I am honestly very surprised at how good he is at the game, respect. Not many do this well in their first Souls game.”
edwin.508 finds Trymacs’ way of playing just right (via YouTube): “Honestly, damn good video. Max plays the game just how it should be played. Don’t let everything be dictated by coaches and just play.”
ben.lmk_5635 could hardly wait for the Let’s Play (via YouTube): “That’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for since the release of Elden Ring!”
According to information from the website Courthouse News Service, Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard, filed a lawsuit against two news sites on March 11. In reports from Gizmodo and Kotaku, he feels misrepresented. The articles discuss his alleged interest in buying TikTok. According to Kotick, the articles misrepresent his role in the 2021 Blizzard sexism scandal.
What is known about the lawsuit? The site “Courthouse News” reported on March 13 that Bobby Kotick feels defamed by two news reports from March 2024 and is suing the sites.
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Bobby Kotick feels maliciously misrepresented
This bothers Kotick: Kotick is said to be upset that in March 2024, after the settlement, two articles appeared regarding his alleged interest in buying the platform TikTok. One article was published on Gizmodo, the other on Kotaku. Both sites were then part of G/O Media – Gizmodo has since been sold.
Kotick is quoted saying:
Neither of the two articles had anything to do with Activision. Both discussed rumors that Kotick was interested in purchasing TikTok. Nevertheless, Kotaku and Gizmodo spared no effort to make retracted, false claims regarding workplace issues, of which G/O Media knew had been conclusively disproven by numerous investigations… solely for the malicious purpose of causing Kotick further harm.
According to Kotick, both media outlets took extra time to write false accusations against him in the articles, which had already been disproven. This was done out of “pure malice” to harm Kotick.
As Kotaku reports, Kotick demanded media companies to correct the articles and also change the headline in which Kotick was referred to as “disgraced.”
The articles were also adjusted; nevertheless, Kotick is now suing.
How were the articles adjusted? In the article from Kotaku, it is stated that the article was adjusted on April 1 to more closely address the settlement and that Activision Blizzard denies having done anything wrong.
What does Kotick demand? He demands damages to be determined by the court.
Hulk Hogan.
Hulk Hogan sued media company back then into ruin
What does this remind us of? In 2013, professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Gene Bollea), with the support of Peter Thiel, sued the media company Gawker, which at that time also included Kotaku. He sought $100 million in damages and was awarded $140 million.
Three months later, Gawker filed for bankruptcy. Afterward, Gawker had to pay an additional $31 million to Hulk Hogan.
The lawsuit concerned a video that showed Hulk Hogan having sex with the wife of a radio host. Hogan testified in court that the video was recorded without his knowledge or consent. Kotick’s departure from his position as head at Activision Blizzard was covered by us in December 2023 on MeinMMO: The boss Bobby Kotick leaves Blizzard – “Finally, he is gone,” says the community
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On March 20, 2025, the next live-action adaptation of a Disney classic will be released. After The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, one of the most important Disney films follows: Snow White. However, the film’s adaptation is not being received positively by everyone. Not even by the son of the original director.
Why is the original Snow White such an important film? Although Disney had made smaller animated films before, the best-known example is probably Steamboat Willie from 1928. However, the first true feature film was Snow White from 1937.
It is now getting a live-action adaptation, which will be released here on March 20, 2025. Many are not happy about the remake. Not even the son of the supervision director of the original, David Hand. He criticizes the live-action adaptations and believes that neither his father nor Walt Disney would have been satisfied with them.
Image rights for Snow White 2025 are owned by Disney
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Disney’s Snow White – Trailer for the upcoming live-action adaptation of the animated classic
No respect for what Disney has done
What does David Hand’s son say? David Hale Hand spoke to telegraph.co.uk in light of the live-action adaptation and had no good words for the upcoming remake. He believes that his father and Walt Disney would not have liked such a remake.
There is no respect for what Disney has done and what my father has done… I believe Walt and he would be turning in their graves.
In addition, he says that the stories of these remakes are changed too much. They are no longer the originals. I honestly find it a bit offensive what they have done to some of these film classics.
The 91-year-old calls the film woke and says he does not like such things. Later in the interview, he also mentions Adriana Caselotti, who voiced Snow White in the original. He believes she would be shocked by the remake.
How valid is his criticism? Of course, Disney’s live-action remakes of well-known classics are worthy of criticism. Often, the charming aesthetics are replaced with a generic design. However, the criticism that everything is changed does not quite fit.
The Twitch streamer and YouTuber Charles “Cr1TiKaL” White is known for his crude expressions, but with one song, he went so far that PlayStation has wanted nothing to do with him ever since.
Which streamer is being talked about? Charles White, known as Cr1TiKaL on Twitch and penguinz0 on YouTube, is a successful opinion blogger from the USA, who often uses a crude and downright repulsive imagery in his content – which probably cost him his dream partnership with PlayStation.
This CEO also showed how much an ill-considered action can impact a career:
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Chef ruined his company in 59 seconds on Twitch – What happened to him?
A song cost the streamer two partnerships
What was the story? Cr1TiKaL revealed in January 2023 that a music video had cost him a major partnership. “Filthy” is a song that the streamer released together with singer-songwriter Troy Mckubre. The lyrics are extremely graphic, but so exaggerated that they lean more towards an absurdly funny direction.
The streamer himself describes the track as a “joke song” that is meant to be simply disgusting and repulsive. However, his potential partners apparently couldn’t laugh about it, because Cr1TiKaL reported back then about panicked messages. The cooperation was canceled at the last minute – as was any chance for future collaboration.
A little over 2 years later, the streamer now reveals that it was a planned collaboration with PlayStation, specifically with the survival horror Dead Space and the JRPG classic Final Fantasy.
Here you can listen to the story in the flowery language of the content creator:
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Cr1TiKaL regrets this, as a deal with PlayStation would have been his absolute “dream partnership”, having grown up with their products. At the same time, he maintains that the reaction was overblown.
He did not speak ill of Sony in the song, and he was not even popular enough to pose a special risk for the brand. Nevertheless, they seemed to hate him at Sony so much that “not even the book from It Takes Two” could bring about reconciliation.
“Two years have passed now and it’s pretty clear that I will probably remain on the blacklist at PlayStation headquarters forever,” said the streamer. Just recently they were close to a deal with another PlayStation product, but at the last possible step, Sony blocked it.
However, “Filthy” cost Cr1TiKaL another partnership: his long-time partner, the energy manufacturer G Fuel, apparently wanted to use the incident as leverage for a new contract that would have left the streamer in a much worse position. However, as he says, he has moved on from that since the brand Gamer Supps is much better anyway.
Why is he speaking out now? According to Cr1TiKaL, he had hoped for two years that Sony would come to their senses and acknowledge that the song wasn’t such a big deal. However, he has since given up hope of being able to mend the relationship.
MeinMMO author Dariusz has played many years of Rainbow Six: Siege and therefore had high hopes for Siege X. However, the anticipation has somewhat subsided.
Rainbow Six: Siege will receive a major update in 2025, thus becoming Siege X. This is an important step to ensure that the shooter remains future-proof. The game is already 9 years old, and some aspects have clearly aged – especially the engine seems partly overwhelmed by the steadily growing scale of the game.
Anyone who has played Rainbow Six: Siege in recent years will criticize the sound, for example. It used to be really good, but nowadays footsteps are far too often inaudible. They are not too quiet, but simply absent.
Because I love Rainbow Six despite the numerous problems, I was looking forward to Siege X – but so far, the update does not feel like the fresh start that players like me had hoped for.
This is what Siege X changes
Siege X releases on June 10, 2025 (free-to-play for new players, Ranked requires Premium Access)
There will be 5 visually revamped maps at launch: Cafe, Clubhouse, Chalet, Border, Bank
Existing players keep everything, including Ranked access
A new permanent mode is coming: Dual Front
Larger squads, 6v6 instead of 5v5
Attackers and defenders play together on the same team
Play takes place on a new, larger map
The goal: capture the enemy’s “base” and defend your own
All operators can move around both outside and inside
There are respawns (about 30 seconds respawn cooldown)
The mode has a limited operator pool that changes every season
Wall anchoring is changed (sprint along the rope to climb around corners)
Destruction of environmental objects (fire extinguishers, gas pipes, motion detectors)
Motion detectors can be disabled with EMPs or destroyed with explosions
Gas pipes spray flames and explode when shot
Fire extinguishers create smoke clouds and can stun enemies when exploding if they are too close to the blast
New animations, such as when reloading
Veterans receive rewards for each year they have played Siege
Year 1 reward is a new “Black Ice” skin;
There will be a badge indicating when you started playing Siege.
The unranked mode is back
Introduction of a new “Pick & Ban” system for operators
3 bans per attack and defense, 1 ban per round
Example: In round 1, the attackers ban the operator Mira, in round 2 Valkyrie, and in round 3 Jäger.
The ban from round 1 also applies in round 2.
After the side swap, the bans are reset.
With Siege X, “ShieldGuard” goes live to combat cheaters. It detects actions that are impossible for legitimate players – such as shooting while sprinting.
Outlines for characters will be introduced to better see operators.
Update for the basic movement: You can now jump down from small ledges (like from a bed) without losing momentum.
Introduction of a communication wheel to coordinate a push without voice chat or request the blowing up of a wall.
Players can now inspect their weapon
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Rainbow Six Siege X – Trailer shows the biggest update to the Ubisoft shooter
Siege X is a penalty kick without a goalkeeper, but Ubisoft kicks against a balloon
Last weekend (March 15/16, 2025) I tested the closed beta for Siege X. It should be noted that only the new 6v6 mode “Dual Front” was playable. However, that was enough to at least gain a first impression.
That only Dual Front was playable is also my first point of criticism:
Siege X is a penalty kick without a goalkeeper for Ubisoft. This means Ubisoft has the chance to appease years of critics and just has to slide the ball into the empty net. They have already done the groundwork that led to the penalty kick. Now they just have to convert it.
The groundwork that led to the penalty kick
Rainbow Six: Siege has some problems. The biggest, of course, are the numerous cheaters. But there are also small issues that pinch in the football shoe which Ubisoft addresses with Siege X. For me, as a long-time player, these three changes are particularly interesting:
The audio overhaul
The introduction of outlines for operators, so they can be seen better regardless of the background and the uniform played
the return of unranked
Now the penalty kick occurred, but instead of a high-quality leather ball, there lies a balloon on the spot that wobbles back and forth in the wind when you try to shoot the balloon into the goal.
Who is writing here? Dariusz has been playing Rainbow Six: Siege since the closed beta and bought the tactical shooter right at its release in December 2015. In total, he has amassed over 4,500 gameplay hours on PlayStation and PC combined, reached the highest rank in the game, and closely followed the e-sport scene of the shooter. In recent years, however, Dariusz lost interest in the game after various changes, but recently hoped that Siege X would turn the right screws to rekindle his love for Ubisoft’s successful title.
The penalty kick that was not ideally utilized
Instead of presenting the really interesting changes on the already known maps, only the new mode was accessible in the beta. This takes place on a significantly larger map, features respawns, and occurs much less within a building than on the maps of the other modes. Naturally, sound behaves differently on the much larger map than we are used to from the ranked maps.
Furthermore, Ubisoft is introducing a new “Pick & Ban” system for operators with Siege X that we will encounter in ranked and unranked. Of course, we could not test this without the respective modes in the beta. And how well the new outlines for the operators actually work on the maps we know is still uncertain.
Ubisoft has worked hard to present the major update, yet does not allow us to test important and interesting changes. And the new mode is not enough to generate excitement for Siege X.
The new mode is just a byproduct and not a new era
Dual Front can be fun, but the mode is clearly designed as a byproduct. The focus will be on the “normal” Siege. It will still primarily be about playing 5v5 in ranked and the other modes – after all, the operators and maps are designed for this gameplay. Ubisoft knows this and is therefore visually revamping old maps like Border and Chalet.
Gameplay-wise, it quickly became clear to me that Dual Front is more of “a nice diversion” than the start of a new Siege era. The mode is good for newcomers as they can initially learn a small selection of operators on a single map. This makes starting the rather complex game easier.
However, I will only play the mode when I do not feel like competitive matches but want to relax. And this is my big problem: Even during the introduction of the mode, Ubisoft emphasized that you should use your drone because otherwise you might find yourself unprepared looking down the barrel of an enemy’s gun.
If you are eliminated in Dual Front, you face an approximately 30-second respawn cooldown. This preserves the tactical gameplay of Rainbow Six: Siege and ensures that newcomers can truly learn all the fundamental mechanics of the shooter. However, I do not need to learn the basic mechanics anymore and do not want to scout a huge map with my drone in a fun mode with respawn or wait 30 seconds after a death.
In my view, Dual Front fails to be a fun mode for occasional play as death should feel too punishing. But if I should play cautiously and deliberately anyway, I would rather play ranked or the returning unranked, because there are more operators and more maps there.
Siege X does not bring the change that brings me back
Actually, Siege X is a step in the right direction and if you are actively playing Rainbow Six, you will probably be pleased with the announced changes. However, I still miss that one big argument that justifies a real return.
The comeback of unranked is cool, but for the most part irrelevant to ranked players.
The audio update is good, but the sound was still somewhat inconsistent in the beta.
The visual overhaul of the maps is nice, but negatively affects the FPS, and in competitive games, I want as many frames as possible.
However, these are just small changes, and Siege X is just an update. Anyone who has not enjoyed Rainbow Six: Siege recently will not suddenly become the biggest fan of the shooter. This update does not motivate me to invest another 4,000 hours into the game. I will still occasionally launch Rainbow Six and play a few rounds, but the time when I played almost nothing else is over and will not return with Siege X. It is not a new game, not a new beginning, but an update that is supposed to make the aging shooter future-proof.
If I currently play Rainbow Six: Siege, various things bother me. For instance, I no longer know which operator to play. Some have been changed in the rebalancing to the point that they are no longer fun for me, while I have played others so much that I no longer want to play them. The maps are similar. I can’t stand the “good” maps anymore, and I still don’t like the “bad” maps – and Siege X will change nothing about that. Siege X is not Siege 2!
I had simply hoped that Ubisoft would somehow manage to bring back the magic of my former favorite game. But I must accept that this will not happen. The game has changed too much since then and is different today than it was from 2016 to 2020, when I played it for hours every day. For me, the hoped-for change has therefore not occurred. I now prefer to play another tactical shooter: I have finally found the shooter I hope to play for the next few years after countless months
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Movies like Peter Jackson’s trilogy of The Lord of the Rings are not free of mistakes. In this list we show you 10 mistakes that you won’t easily forget.
With his adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson made film history. The three adaptations are still very popular and belong to the best fantasy films ever.
However, they are not free from mistakes. A keen observer will discover one or another slip. Considering the enormous running time of about 12 hours in the extended cut, it’s forgivable that Jackson and his team made a few errors. Nevertheless, they are funny or curious – here are 10 that we like the most.
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Epic Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
The rights to The Lord of the Rings are held by Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema
Aragorn’s Two Swords
Aragorn is one of the best warriors in The Lord of the Rings – and one of the strongest members of the Fellowship. During his duel against the Uruk-hai Lurtz at the end of part 1, things get heated for a moment. First, Lurtz kills Boromir with several arrows, then he turns to Aragorn. The Uruk-hai pushes him against a tree and hastily throws his shield after him. This drives Aragorn literally into the wood.
If you look closely, you can see that the impact against the tree knocks Aragorn’s sword from his hand. Of course, the force with which Lurtz knocked the heir of Gondor was enormous. It’s not surprising that Aragorn lost his weapon during this.
However, it seems strange that he is holding the sword in his hand after the next cut – even though it was clearly visible just moments earlier that the weapon fell to the ground. After another cut, Lurtz approaches Aragorn, and suddenly the sword is back in his hand. You can watch the scene on YouTube.
This is a classic continuity error. It is based on the fact that the scene was shot on set in different ways. Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn, did not always release the sword at the same moment in different takes. In editing, various attempts were mixed together, and the error occurred.
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33 Immortals is a new co-op game for PC and Xbox that wraps the raid experience of an MMORPG in the guise of a roguelite in the style of Hades. MyMMO editor Lydia was allowed to test it in advance and reports to you how she fared as an avid single-player.
My favorite games are those in which I have to fail repeatedly to get better. I have spent hundreds of hours on roguelites like Hades and Cult of the Lamb. I love the feeling when I finally overcome a challenge that seemed almost impossible to me at the beginning.
However, I play these games alone. This means I can’t blame anyone when I die because I was too reckless and took a hit because I wanted to strike again instead of retreating to safety.
33 Immortals changes that. The new game from Thunder Lotus is the illegitimate child of Hades and an MMORPG raid, an action-roguelite for up to 33 players simultaneously, inspired by the Divine Comedy. As players, we take on the role of a lost soul and are part of a rebellion, at the end of which we must face God personally.
To do this, we grab one of 4 weapons that also determine our role in the team and venture into the inferno. Although the dungeon is designed for 33 players, it is fought in groups of 2 or 3 players.
During a preview event, I had the opportunity to play 33 Immortals in advance and will report to you how it went. In the trailer, you can already get an impression:
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33 Immortals – Announcement Trailer
Together Through Hell
I set out with 2 other damned souls, hacked my way through hordes of enemies, and faced the torture chambers: rooms for 6 players simultaneously, rewarding you with up to 2 relics and strengthening you for the duration of the run.
This creates an interesting dynamic among the players, as you cooperate but are also in competition with each other at the same time. It is worth wandering through the dungeon with a larger group as this allows you to quickly deal with enemy groups.
Since the loot is instantiated, you miss nothing if you are playing with multiple people. Each weapon has a co-op ability that can only be activated together and grants a buff to the involved players. The more people are nearby, the more likely someone will be found to activate the ability.
Cooperation is also important for healing, and communication is advantageous. Healing can be purchased at the shrines at the entrance to the torture chambers. However, each player can only heal once per shrine, but the players nearby also receive a little health boost. It is worth clarifying who buys the heal.
However, access to the torture chambers is limited, and when 6 players are inside, the gates close: If you aren’t quick enough here, you’ll be left outside, missing the chance for a powerful relic – and you’ll be left alone at the mercy of the wandering enemies.
The lost souls before the gate to hell
My First Wipe in an MMORPG Raid and I Want More
Once 12 of these rooms have been cleared, players are pushed towards so-called Ascension Battles, through which they can then ascend to the boss fight against Lucifer. Here, I experienced the typical MMORPG raid experience in fast forward, as none of us really understood the boss mechanics.
We hacked away at the enemy with 15 players, trying to clear out the smaller adds at the same time and completely ignoring the mechanic that would have allowed us to avoid the devastating AoE attacks.
There is no in-game chat, so communication outside of your own team is only possible through an emote wheel – I unfortunately only recognized afterward, when I watched my recording again, that a teammate was desperately trying to point us toward the saving mechanic with arrow emotes. Oops.
Raid boss Lucifer is quite formidable
After the wipe – or victory – the overview of the participating players follows, and loot is distributed in the form of currency for the meta-progression. Cooperative behavior is rewarded here. Those who were involved in triggering many co-op abilities or revived fallen teammates receive more loot and can strengthen themselves for the next run accordingly.
Back in the hub world, we first checked what we had unlocked, equipped our new perks, and dove back into the fray. Unfortunately, we were unable to gather a similarly large group for the fight against Lucifer again.
Even though we now had a better understanding of what we were supposed to do, we simply had no chance of fulfilling the objectives to prevent Lucifer from casting his devastating spell with a crew of less than half a dozen players.
Although I ultimately did not manage to eliminate Lucifer to ascend and eventually face God, I had a lot of fun, and the roguelite typical feeling of “One more run” made the 3-hour preview session go by far too quickly.
Hell is Other People – But Sometimes They Are Quite Okay
But how is this for single-player gamers like me? Even though I had a great time in my co-op runs, I was curious whether a lone wolf has any chance at all, and later started a solo run.
In fact, the contents of 33 Immortals can also be experienced solo. Instead of a fixed group, I ran through the dungeon with people I randomly encountered and actually always found someone with whom I could trigger my co-op ability or from whom I could snag a heal.
I had no problems mastering the torture chambers or the ascension battle and looked just as ancient against Lucifer as I had before in my group. To my surprise, however, I had to realize that I missed communicating and collaborating with my team – a completely new experience whose far-reaching consequences I will likely have to ponder.
33 Immortals launches on March 18, 2025, in early access on Xbox and the Epic Games Store, and will also be playable through Xbox Game Pass at release. Maybe we will see each other in the inferno, as I definitely have a score to settle with God.
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Twitch streamer Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa was robbed at her home along with her husband. Now, four suspects have been arrested, and Amouranth shares how she was able to help track down the potential perpetrators.
This is the backstory: The Twitch streamer Amouranth was robbed at her home. The perpetrators shot open the door, then broke into the bedroom where the Twitch streamer was located. There, they demanded that their victim lead them to her crypto wallets. Before that, the perpetrators took the streamer’s MacBook.
Amouranth cooperated and led the robbers to an outbuilding where her husband was, who shot at the perpetrators. The four were able to escape and have been on the run since then.
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3 German Twitch streamers you should know
“I was stunned”
How was Amouranth able to help? Amouranth posted on X that she can finally break her silence now that the suspects have been arrested. The alleged perpetrators managed to obtain only one item, a MacBook.
The streamer describes that after the incident, she needed to be treated in the hospital. When she was discharged, she tracked her MacBook using the Apple feature “Find My?” and saw that the suspects were being treated in the same hospital as she was.
She writes: “I was stunned when I saw that we were in the same hospital”
In Monster Hunter Wilds there are various versions and variants of many monsters. One of them is the “frenzied” monsters, which are supposed to provide players with a particularly threatening challenge. A player has now defeated one of them in no time, leading to discussions in the community.
Which monsters are involved? Frenzied monsters are alternative variants of already existing monsters that have been infected by the “Frenzy Virus.” This causes them to become rabid and attack more aggressively and quickly. They can also transmit the virus themselves, which increases the damage suffered by the hunter during an outbreak and restricts health regeneration.
To avoid spoilers for the story, we will not reveal the reason that originally triggers the virus. However, if you resolve this, no new infected monsters will appear on the map for a while.
On Reddit, a player now shares his very quick kill, which leads to discussions among fans about whether the frenzied monsters are fulfilling their role.
Do you feel that Monster Hunter Wilds is easier than World? There might be a reason for that:
“Frenzied monsters are poorly balanced in this game.”
What does the player share? With his great sword, the player encounters a frenzied Yian Kut-Ku. In his video, you can see how he brings it to its knees with just under 5 attacks in 25 seconds. The monster hardly gets a chance to fight back:
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How does the community react to this? Fans on Reddit take the quick kill as an opportunity to discuss whether frenzied monsters are not fulfilling their role of providing a special threat.
“Frenzied monsters are poorly balanced in this game,” describes user Darthplagueis13 his experience in a comment. “One would think that they cause more damage or are faster, but I saw a video where someone tested that, and it doesn’t look like it – they are just tankier.”
Many players share the feeling that the monsters do not even attack faster or more often, let alone deal more damage. They simply have less health. Some also theorize that they are only there to fuel the story and have no other purpose.
Fans also criticize that the virus only affects a handful of monsters and would like to see greater variety. Additionally, they demand adjustments to the damage that monsters deal, the resistances granted by the virus, or the attack patterns. As they are now, the monsters are not a real threat.
The team behind Monster Hunter Wilds is constantly working on the further development of the game and is heavily influenced by the feedback from the community. So it is not unlikely that adjustments will be made in the future.
The Pokémon trading card game is still very popular. However, retailers are forced to take drastic measures to combat scalpers.
For almost 30 years, the Pokémon trading card game has been around and it is still loved by both big and small trainers. New expansions are regularly released. The next one will be released at the end of March 2025, for which we can already show you 2 exclusive cards.
However, due to the great popularity of the cards, there are also people who buy the cards not for collecting and playing, but to make a profit. And this is exactly what some Pokémon retailers are now taking action against.
You can watch the trailer for the latest digital expansion of Pokémon TCG Pocket here:
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Pokémon TCG Pocket: The Expansion Light of Triumph in the Trailer
Spitting in the scalpers’ soup
What is the problem with scalpers? Scalpers buy collectible card products to resell them for profit. This leads, for instance, to the collectible card expansion Prismatic Developments being sold out at many official retailers, as colleagues from GamePro reported.
Players who still want to acquire products from the expansion either have to pay horrendous prices, wait for reprints, or simply forgo the expansion. This causes frustration among players who want to collect the cards and use them for playing.
What trick are retailers now using? So-called Pokémon Centers, stores operated by the Pokémon Company where many Pokémon products can be purchased, are now employing a simple trick in Japan and Singapore to make it difficult for scalpers to do business.
The plastic seals on collectible card products, such as the Elite Trainer Box, are being removed. Products from which this seal has been removed are significantly more difficult to sell to scalpers, as such products no longer count as unopened.
This is meant to ensure that scalpers no longer buy the products, allowing private collectors and users of the cards to regain the opportunity to purchase affordable products.
The Hitman games are among the favorite games of MeinMMO author Cedric Holmeier. He initially played the latest installments for free – and then bought them on Steam.
When I got the Xbox Game Pass to try Disney Dreamlight Valley, I immediately thought: “I want to make the most of this!” So, I scrolled through the library – and stumbled upon a nearly forgotten game series.
Hitman has always been a game that was fun but then quickly faded into obscurity for me. But this time it was going to be different.
So I downloaded it, started it – and suddenly I was back in the thick of it.
Who is writing here? MeinMMO author Cedric Holmeier prefers to play MMORPGs because he can’t get enough content there, but he often switches to his second favorite genre, shooters.
Here you can watch the trailer for Hitman: World of Assassination:
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Hitman: World of Assassination combines the entire trilogy
Worlds that Stay in Memory
What makes Hitman special? The new Hitman (and by that I mean parts 1-3) has added important new elements to the assassin simulation – things I never thought were missing before, but now I can’t do without.
The new Hitman installments, which are now summarized under the title Hitman: World of Assassination, expand the well-known gameplay with additional story and world-building elements.
Hitman has always had a story and mission descriptions, but in the new installment, it really feels like I am traveling to a distant land and sitting in a street café to shadow people. Instead of bland NPCs, the game now thrives on a believable, vibrant world that allows me, as a player, to immerse myself.
Places like the shisha bars in Morocco, the spa in Japan, or the techno club in Berlin reflect cultural settings so well that one might think they actually exist.
Agent 47 in the Spa in Japan
Endless Replay Value
How much content is there? What defines Hitman, besides the interesting levels, are the diverse ways to eliminate my targets. In most missions, it’s enough to take out my target in any way. However, the story missions were new to me, designed by the developers so that I can follow one of several storylines within a mission to obtain a particularly exciting or creative way to eliminate the target.
This works exceptionally well on the first playthrough and ensures variety. And even if you, like me, have eventually completed all the missions, there are still numerous additional game modes and DLCs waiting.
Agent 47 in the Shisha Bar in Morocco
The Contract Mode particularly appeals to me: Here I can play missions created by other players. Any NPC on a map can become a target, and costumes or murder weapons can even be specified. This way, the content of the shooter keeps growing.
The developers are also active: Every time I log into Hitman, I’m greeted with new pop-ups for limited-time missions, an overview of the current season, or new challenges.
So why did I end up buying Hitman? When I wanted to visit the shisha bar in Morocco again at some point, I unfortunately found out that the shooter was no longer included in the Game Pass. Even though I had already played the game extensively for free and had completed all levels multiple times, I couldn’t resist – and bought it in the next sale on Steam.
If you want to do the same: Currently, Hitman: World of Assassination with all three parts is available until Thursday evening for €27.99 on Steam. If you want to try the game first, there is also a free demo level and cheaper editions with a selection of levels available there.
Has it been too long since you heard the terrified screams of your best friends? A horror game on Steam could quickly change that – and for under €10.
Which game are we talking about? We are referring to the co-op horror game Demonologist, developed by Clock Wizard Games and released on September 25, 2023, on Steam. It has also received very positive reviews: 86% of the reviews on Steam are positive.
Demonologist: Teaser for the Co-op Ghost Hunting on Steam
Co-op Ghost Hunting with High Scare Factor
What is the game about? In Demonologist, you hunt evil spirits at cursed locations. While you can confront them alone, it’s better to work in a group of up to 4 players.
The gameplay loop is essentially the same as in Phasmophobia: You need to determine what type of spirit you’re dealing with in order to exorcise it. However, the spirit will try to stop you – and not just with a restraining order.
Why not just play Phasmophobia? After all, the game has a 96% positive rating on Steam, making it much better rated. Nevertheless, for some types of players, Demonologist might be a real alternative – especially if Phasmophobia isn’t scary enough for you.
Many players who have left their reviews on Steam also agree that Demonologist is the scarier alternative to Phasmophobia:
Tenaciousmc (via Steam): “Among the many Phasmophobia clones, Demonologist stands out by creating its own identity – particularly as a scarier alternative.”
BuDDaHHeaD (via Steam): “[…], the game that takes everything you love about ghost hunting and cranks it up to 11 – or maybe even 12 if you count the panicked screams of your friends. […] It’s like Phasmophobia on steroids – but with way more demons and significantly fewer ‘I’m not scared’ moments.”
SizzleCat69 (via Steam): “The first game that really made me jump and scream out loud! Much better than Phasmophobia and way scarier.”
