Corepunk has launched, MMORPG fans enjoy the old-school experience: “It’s a hell of a lot of fun”

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 3 minutes

On November 26, 2024, the new MMORPG Corepunk started early access. What stands out: Many genre fans are excited about the old-school approach of the online role-playing game.

What kind of MMORPG is Corepunk? Corepunk is a “top-down MMORPG” with an open world and sandbox character. Visually and also in terms of controls, it resembles League of Legends. At the same time, it is also a classic online role-playing game that is supposed to remind players of the difficulty of Vanilla-WoW.

In the game, you can expect six classes with a total of 18 different specializations, dungeons, as well as raids and PvE content in an open world equipped with a fog of war. A crafting system, open-world PvP, and arena matches complement the offerings.

In the alpha, Corepunk was quite unfriendly to beginners, ruthless, and frustrating. The well-known MMO YouTuber TheLazyPeon even described it as the “most frustrating experience for new players that I have ever encountered in an MMORPG”.

A gameplay trailer for Corepunk:

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Corepunk – 15 Minutes Gameplay

Less ruthless, more fun

How does the early access version perform? With the start of early access, Corepunk has made a noticeable step forward compared to the alpha. There are numerous tutorial pop-ups that introduce systems and mechanics. You no longer have to take long recovery breaks after each battle. And questing is also smoother.

Nevertheless, Corepunk continues to offer quite an old-school gaming experience:

  • Fighting against two or three enemies at once can quickly end in death. At first, you deal most of your damage through auto-hits.
  • You have to move cautiously through the world, as you can quickly encounter enemies that are (still) too strong.
  • Characters do not regenerate health points outside of combat. Instead, they must use consumables or sit by a campfire.
  • NPCs are not marked as quest givers. You have to talk to them to see if they have a quest for you.
  • There is also no automatic quest tracking that guides you to your destination via pop-ups on the map or in the game world.

What is the preliminary conclusion of the early access players? Many buyers of the early access access praise the old-school gaming experience.

  • DNedry writes on Reddit: “I am having a lot of fun. I expect that it won’t be particularly popular among younger players or critics of old-school MMOs. It is slow, deliberate, challenging, and punishing. It takes time to get going, and is definitely a slow game. It is not for the masses, but rather for old-school fans.”
  • Mage_Girl_91_ compares the early access to the alpha (via Reddit): “It’s funny how we spent the last year of the alpha phases with multiple wipes being told it had to be hard, grindy, and unforgiving, and just before early access, they rebalanced everything and apparently it has become at least a bit more bearable so far.”
  • Parafault is having fun (via Reddit): “I really enjoy Corepunk. It’s a new MMORPG that has innovative systems and a unique art style. The fights are fun, but they are a bit slow at the beginning. The gameplay is different from the major MMOs on the market, and the best part: It’s Buy2Play, with a harmless, purely cosmetic cash shop.”
  • Lughburz had initial difficulties (via Reddit): “I was pretty lost and a little frustrated in the first hour. Then I read a post on Reddit where someone said: Just accept the quests and then forget about them. And it worked. Just running around, killing stuff, looting, and collecting, and the quests sort of take care of themselves.”
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Has MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz played it yet? Yes, but unfortunately only for a few hours in both the alpha and the early access version. I also feel that Corepunk seems a bit tamer and less frustrating after the recent changes.

Compared to modern MMORPGs that aim to appeal to as large an audience as possible and therefore build as few hurdles as possible, Corepunk still plays out with an old-school grind and painstaking pace.

While the new tutorial pop-ups help to navigate through the game, they can also be annoying as they rapidly cover the screen at first. Fortunately, this noticeably decreases after a little while. And the more time I spend in the game, the more fun I have exploring the world of Corepunk. You can find all the important information about release, download, launcher, steam, early access, and keys here.

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“This is crazy” – Players of CoD Black Ops 6 are annoyed by colorful effects, but a setting can help

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 2 minutes

In Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, you can of course buy various skins in the shop again. These now even have special effects, which many players are annoyed about.

What are these effects? With the launch of Season 1, the sale of skins really took off in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. As every year, Activision offers especially colorful and eye-catching specimens in the shop again.

Some of the new skins even come with weapon blueprints that trigger special death effects. These effects are triggered – as the name suggests – whenever a kill is made with the respective weapon blueprint.

For example, the “Wintertime-Showtime” tracer pack includes the “Snowbomb Death Effect,” which makes dead operators disappear in an explosion of snow. Another effect disintegrates opponents in a colorful explosion. It doesn’t matter whether you or a teammate makes the kill, as you can also see the effects of other players.

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Players find death effects “ridiculous”, are annoyed

What does the community think of the effects? Many players are annoyed by the effects and express this on social networks. One player complains on Reddit: “We all agree that this is ridiculous, right?” The post received over 3,000 upvotes from the community.

However, many players are not bothered by the fact that the skins themselves are colorful and look “ridiculous.” A major criticism of the effects is that they can make it difficult to see an opponent. In the worst case, the opponent may even get the kill because you didn’t see him because of the effect or saw him too late.

A Reddit user summarizes: “I have nothing against quirky skins, but I don’t want a rave in my face when someone kills someone in front of me.”

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Effects are hidden behind a setting

How do you turn off the death effects? You can turn off the death effects by disabling the option “Kill and corpse effects” in the settings under “Account & Network”.

By turning off this option, you also disable the gore effects. This means that killed characters will no longer be depicted as “dismembered.” There is no way to turn off just the colorful death effects while keeping the gore effects active.

A compromise for you might be to add the option to your quick settings, in case you occasionally want to play with gore effects – for example, in zombie mode or in lobbies where not many players use skins with death effects.

Another feature that can make sense to disable is crossplay. While it allows you to play with friends on another platform, it also means that console players can encounter cheaters who are on a PC: Black Ops 6: How to disable crossplay

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A team of 5 German Twitch streamers conquers LoL, now NNO is falling apart and starting anew

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 3 minutes

The NNO team consists of 5 German Twitch streamers for League of Legends, including the biggest and most relevant: NoWay4u, Tolkin, Agurin, Broeki, and Karni. In 2025, the team will split into 3 groups, and one team of three could be particularly exciting as they are apparently heading to England. They want to compete against the newly formed, star-studded streamer teams there, which field internationally renowned players like Nemesis, Rekkles, Jankos, or Perkz.

This was the highlight for NNO: NNO is a group of streamers for League of Legends, some of whom were previously professionals on a national level, having won championship titles in the Prime League, but are now essentially “too old” for esports. They jokingly referred to themselves as a retirement group.

Nevertheless, they played in the second league in 2022 and fumbled through the season without a coach and without much training. But as the season entered its critical phase, NNO suddenly stepped up and dominated the playoffs in the second league, defeating much stronger teams and won the league while hundreds of thousands watched, more than in the first league.

However, due to restrictions still in place for streamers at the time, NNO decided in 2023 not to play in the first league. They hired new players for the spots and named the team NNO Prime. NNO Old drifted apart and only played together for major events, like against Faker.

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NNO splits into 3 groups in 2025

Here’s how it goes in 2025: The streamer NoWay4U announced in a stream that NNO will split and go in 3 directions (via YouTube):

  • ADC Broeki moves to Eintracht Spandau – this is officially known.
  • A player whose name NoWay does not mention will play in the 1st division of the Prime League and “try hard” – evidently, this player wants to build their own team. It is excluded that this player is NoWay themselves or Broeki.
  • 3 players would preferably like to add two Scandinavians or Brits to compete in the Nordic European league NCL against other streamer teams like Los Rartones or Ruddy Gaming. However, this is still uncertain as they need a spot.

NoWay seemed to only want to “hint” at the announcement. They initially intended to publicly announce all information at an event. But ultimately, it seems the streamer has already let slip all the relevant information.

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Who is the one player playing in Germany? NoWay does not explicitly disclose it and even jokes that it is Karni.

But everything points to the fact that the player is the jungler Agurin:

LoL Broxah
This is Broxah – he could possibly replace Agurin at NNO in the future.

Will they soon play against Jankos or Nemesis? NoWay’s plan is apparently to buy a free spot in the NCL, bring in two Scandinavians and Brits into the team, and then play against the streamer teams in the NCL alongside Tolkin and Karni.

But there are still several questions open about whether that will work.

Alternatively, it seems likely that they could bring in two German players and play in the lower divisions of the Prime League.

Why are there so many streamer teams now? What caused NNO to break apart in 2022 has now changed. Riot Games has relaxed the rules for streaming in regional leagues for 2025. That’s why so many teams consisting of streamers are currently emerging: The heroes of Europe, Perkz and Jankos, are likely playing LoL together again, as Riot amends the rules.

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One Piece: Louis Arnot plays an important role for Elban – Who is that?

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 2 minutes

After Egghead Island, the Straw Hats have now arrived on One Piece at Elban. A person named Louis Arnot is mentioned, who has never been seen in the anime. MeinMMO explains what this character is about.

Warning, Spoiler: The following article contains spoilers for the current manga chapter 1132.

When does Louis Arnot make his appearance? On the last page of manga chapter 1132, Louis Arnot is mentioned. A textbox appears that includes a narrative from him. He describes the island of Elban and its appearance:

From the grasses or trees, vines to the flowers and the insects, fish or birds. Including all the animals, one can only marvel at the sheer size of everything. Dear explorers, the time you spend here will not be in vain.

However, a few images later, after the silhouette of a person and a gigantic grizzly bear are seen, he issues a travel warning. If he could write just one thing about Elban, he would wish that his readers would only remember these words: “Do not extend your stay in this country for too long.”

You can find the trailer for the latest One Piece movie here:

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Louis Arnot will probably never be seen in One Piece

Who is Louis Arnot? Louis Arnot was a researcher who published the articles of his travels in an adventurer’s book. He first appeared when he spoke about the island Little Garden. He was also the one who gave the island its name. 

The adventurer has now passed away. Therefore, he will never appear in the One Piece anime. The only way would be to depict his adventures through flashbacks. Nevertheless, his discoveries are important for the Straw Hat Pirates, as he could warn them in advance of dangers lurking on Elban.

One Piece Brag Men
The adventurer’s book in One Piece.

Where do the texts come from? The texts that are displayed in the chapter come from an adventurer’s book called “Brag Men”. Nami had the book in her collection when the Straw Hat Pirates first landed on Little Garden, quite at the beginning of their adventures.

In it, daring adventurers report on their discoveries on different islands. However, many people did not believe the ridiculous stories in the book, which is why they were considered fairy tales. Hence the name “Brag Men”, which translates to “Braggers”. 

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It was one of the books that were saved during the Buster Call of Ohara. At a later time, the book probably went into mass production.

Another character who only acts in the background is Pandaman. He appears in many episodes, but only for a few seconds. MeinMMO presents the character and what is special about him: A character appears in over 80 episodes of One Piece, but hardly anyone knows him

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Star Citizen allegedly lays off employees without severance after they had to go through the overtime hell

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

According to several sources, there are layoffs at the developer of Star Citizen during the ongoing Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2954. The details paint Cloud Imperium Games in a bad light.

What is known? The well-connected industry insider Tom Henderson reports on insider-gaming.com that there have been layoffs at Cloud Imperium Games. Henderson relies on a message from a former CIG employee as well as several anonymous sources.

So far, the CIG authorities have apparently not responded to comment requests regarding the reports. Already at the beginning of 2024, there was a phase in which the company parted ways with over 100 employees over weeks. At that time, they wanted to ensure that no one learned about the wave of layoffs with confidentiality clauses.

While the Polaris (see trailer) is sold for just under 1,000 euros, employees are apparently laid off without severance.

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Star Citizen: The new capital ship Polaris in trailer

What is the status of Star Citizen?

Why the layoffs? At first glance, one might think that CIG must have plenty of money. After all, they have already raised 751 million US dollars through crowdfunding. With CitizenCon 2024 and the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2954, there have been two major events recently that likely brought in a lot of money.

Some might have secured the new heavily armed capital ship Polaris for just under 1,000 euros. However, upon closer inspection, there are reasons for concern.

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A finding from the report: Apparently, the enormous revenues will soon be depleted because costs are simply too high, despite the very low salaries in many cases. It also fits the picture that there are reports of a new project at CIG, which is supposed to generate additional income soon: Are the developers of Star Citizen working on a fantasy MMO on the side? Players find clues

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Pokémon TCG Pocket starts Venusaur Event: All Promo Cards, Challenges and More Information

Jasmin Beverungen Jasmin Beverungen Reading time 4 minutes

Collectors have the chance to snag new promo cards at the drop event featuring Venusaur in Pokémon TCG Pocket. MeinMMO reveals which deck you should bet on and what rewards await you.

What kind of event is this? Similar to the Lapras-ex event, the Venusaur event is a drop event. This means that collectors have the opportunity to receive exclusive cards that are only available during the event. All they have to do is defeat a deck that focuses on Venusaur and its pre-evolutions.

To participate in the event, you must join the CPU battles through fights. For every match won, you lose one event stamina, which refills over time or can be replenished with event hourglasses. You can even save event hourglasses across several events; they are valid for all subsequent events.

MeinMMO tells you which deck you should use against Venusaur, what rewards there are, and what you need to consider in a special challenge. 

You can find the trailer for Pokémon TCG Pocket here:

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Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket: The Trailer for the Mobile Game

All Information about the Venusaur Event and How to Defeat It

When does the event take place? The drop event runs from November 29, 2024, at 07:00 until December 13 at 06:59. You have until then to collect all promo cards and rewards.

What new cards are there? This drop event offers 5 new cards. These are included in promo packs Series A, Vol. 2, which you can obtain by defeating one of the Venusaur decks. One of the following cards is included in the pack with the following probabilities:

  • Haunter: 23.84 %
  • Onix: 23.84 %
  • Jigglypuff: 23.84 %
  • Venusaur (Full-Art): 12.66 %
  • Quajutsu: 15.82 %
Pokémon TCG Pocket Haunter
Pokémon TCG Pocket Onix
Pokémon TCG Pocket Jigglypuff
Pokémon TCG Pocket Venusaur
Pokémon TCG Pocket Quajutsu

Onix and Quajutsu are the same version as from the current boosters, but they have a new design. Haunter and Jigglypuff, on the other hand, have an entirely new ability.

What battles and rewards are there? To get the rewards, you need to defeat one of the Grass Pokémon decks that have been newly added under the event battles. With each level, the difficulty of defeating the deck increases. The following rewards are available for the (first time) victory over the decks:

  • Bulbasaur
    • First time: 2 pack hourglasses, 50 Stardust, 1 shop ticket, 25 XP
    • Thereafter: 25 Stardust (100 %), 1 promo pack (51 %), 1 shop ticket (38.7 %)
  • Venusaur & Scyther
    • First time: 4 pack hourglasses, 100 Stardust, 1 shop ticket, 50 XP
    • Thereafter: 25 Stardust (100 %), 1 promo pack (64 %), 1 shop ticket (48.3 %)
  • Venusaur-ex
    • First time: 6 pack hourglasses, 150 Stardust, 1 shop ticket, 75 XP
    • Thereafter: 25 Stardust (100 %), 1 promo pack (80 %), 1 shop ticket (60.4 %)
  • Venusaur-ex & Dressella
    • First time: 8 pack hourglasses, 200 Stardust, 1 shop ticket, 100 XP
    • Thereafter: 25 Stardust (100 %), 1 promo pack (100 %), 1 shop ticket (55.5 %)

What deck should I take? To withstand the Venusaur decks, you should go for a fire Pokémon deck. Recently, there was the Mass Gathering event where you had the chance to draw new fire Pokémon.

To master the challenge in every match, only use cards up to rarity level ♢♢♢, we recommend the following cards:

  • Vulpix (2x)
  • Ninetales (2x)
  • Ponyta (2x)
  • Rapidash (2x)
  • Magmar 
  • Porenta
  • Pokéball (2x)
  • X-Initiative (2x)
  • Professor’s Research (2x)
  • Sabrina (2x)
  • Pyro (2x)

Alternatively, you can switch one Vulpix/Ninetales and one Pyro for Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard. If you mastered the challenge with the rarity level everywhere, you can switch to Charizard-ex and Moltres-ex.

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Is there a special challenge? When you face the “Venusaur & Scyther” deck, you must put a Pokémon to sleep. The new promo card of Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Hypno, Mottineva, and Giflor are suitable for this. 

To keep you well informed about which events are currently running, MeinMMO has created the roadmap of upcoming events. This way, you will always know when to expect new cards, rewards, and battles: Pokémon TCG Pocket Roadmap – Here’s what to expect in the coming weeks

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The new island in Palworld is said to be six times larger than the last one, presenting players with a tough challenge

Christoph Waldboth Christoph Waldboth Reading time 2 minutes

The next big update for Palworld is just around the corner. The developers announced this and revealed the first details about the new island, which is said to surpass all others in terms of size.

What’s going on with Palworld? The game by developer Pocket Pair is still being supplied with content, and it has also been making headlines recently beyond that.

The developers are not only in a legal dispute with Nintendo, which claims its own patent has been violated. It has also been announced that Palworld will have a crossover with the 2D game Terraria. However, not all fans view this positively.

When it comes to new content, Palworld doesn’t hold back on providing fans with more, even aside from collaborations. As the developers announced, the game will receive a big update in December. The highlight will be a large, new area.

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A mysterious island full of Pals

What kind of area is this? On x.com, the developers announced the currently unnamed update. This new area is an island – similar to the last big update “Sakurajima”.

On the new island, fans can also expect new Pals and numerous challenges. The developers describe it as a tough and mysterious environment. Early images emphasize this. They show strange crystals protruding from the ground, as well as forests and caves filled with glowing stones.

Palworld new island 2
Palworld island 3
First impressions of the update.

Especially regarding the size of the new island, the developers are setting new standards for their game. According to the post on x.com, the new area is supposed to be about six times larger than Sakurajima.

There is much for both new and old players to discover. It will be interesting to see if, like with the last update, more players will populate the Palworld servers again.

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Thus, 2024 ends for Palworld with a bang. The game, which was released in January, can look back on a successful year. However, it does not appear on this year’s nominations for the Game Awards: Palworld was overlooked in the Game of the Year vote – fans are more upset than the developers themselves

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Player from WoW finds way to win The War Within early – “Chris Metzen: Are they allowed to?”

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

In “The War Within” by World of Warcraft, Xal’atath, the “Blade of the Black Empire” is the focus of many events. In a somewhat tongue-in-cheek post, a WoW fan has now supposedly found a way to stop the Void creature prematurely.

What is this way? Anyone who has played World of Warcraft attentively during Legion, Battle for Azeroth, and Dragonflight or has read the MeinMMO special on Xal’atath knows that the “Herald of the Void” was long bound to the dagger named “Xal’atath, Blade of the Black Empire”, which served as both an artifact weapon and a quest item.

In the mentioned quest from Battle for Azeroth, it’s the heroes of … well … Azeroth, who help to free the essence of Xal’atath from the blade, allowing the Void creature to claim the body of a Night Elf and later betray everyone.

But what if one breaks this chain of events? That’s exactly what Jelnir suggests in his post on Reddit, accompanied by the sentence “I think I found a way to win The War Within prematurely.” and a screenshot showing him entering the “Delete” command for “Xal’atath, Blade of the Black Empire”.

Xal’atath has been built up by Blizzard over the years:

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WoW: Pre-Patch 11.0 – Trailer for the new pre-event of The War Within

“Snake! You’ve created a Time Paradox!”

How does the community react to the fun? With over 3,800 upvotes and witty remarks and memes.

  • GrimmBrowncoat imagines how the lore guru from Blizzard must react on Reddit: “Chris Metzen: Are they allowed to do that?”
  • Some fans like Marco_Polaris reference an iconic quote from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (via Reddit): “Snake! You’ve created a Time Paradox!”
  • crazy_cat_broad regrets on Reddit his inaction: “I still wish I had thrown it back into the sea after it was washed ashore in BfA.”
  • MooKids clearly envisions the new story arc (via Reddit): “Sure, do that. The voices will also stop. Instead, you will start whispering to other players. But your quests will be different, somehow wrong. Once you reach Visions of N’Zoth, it suddenly seems like a really good idea to restore Ny’alotha…”
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While there are evidently more than enough players who can hardly wait to catch a glimpse of the long-established antagonist of The War Within. Some find Xal’atath the hottest invention since the Molten Core. Others focus particularly on one specific body part. Yet others want to stroll around with the Void creature: The new enemy in WoW has a problem: “Many players want to be Xal’atath’s friend”

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A Survival Game on Steam Reaches a Milestone After 8 Years That Nobody Believed at the Beginning

Niko Hernes Niko Hernes Reading time 2 minutes

Few games manage to turn around negative player opinions on Steam. After all, the first impression is quite important. However, some rare examples show that developers can win the community over with enough updates and patience. A well-known survival game achieved an important milestone after 8 years.

Which game is it? In 2016, No Man’s Sky from Hello Games was supposed to become the big new survival star. Players were promised nearly endless possibilities in space together with friends. But at release, hardly any of the major promises were visible.

The players were angry, which was reflected in the Steam reviews. At the beginning, they were mostly negative. That’s quite a bad stamp for a game. But the developers regularly delivered new updates that also increased player numbers.

This seems to have paid off after 8 years, as the game has now reached a new milestone. All reviews now stand at very positive. Many praise the developer, but some users on reddit are not satisfied with that.

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The developer is happy, but some players are not celebrating

How did the developers react? The founder of Hello Games celebrated the new milestone on x.com. There he wrote: “Thank you, thank you, thank you. You don’t know what this means to us.” Many users congratulate the studio under the tweet:

  • @MisterBiter: You are an example of what the industry should strive for.
  • @NewVariant24: The greatest redemption arc of all time. Congratulations to you and your team for all the hard work and dedication that brought you back from the depths.
  • @GateSharks: Congratulations, you deserve it.

On reddit, the new milestone is also being discussed. Some users are less enthusiastic; they still criticize the false promises:

  • jbert146: I still believe they should be fined until they get forgotten. The extent of […] false claims that Sean Murray himself made on launch day was absolutely insane.
  • Practicalaviationcat: I think it’s good that they continue to update the game, but it still leaves a bitter aftertaste in my mouth.
  • CWPL-21: I am really happy for the people who can finally enjoy the game. For me, it’s nothing.

Despite the criticism from some users, many here also congratulate the new milestone and write about how much they now enjoy the game.

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One thing you have to give to the developers. Despite the poor release, they have worked on the game for 8 years, with regular updates and new content. Nowadays, No Man’s Sky is also among the best survival games you can currently play: The 29 best survival games 2024 for PS5, Steam, and Xbox

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Pokémon TCG Pocket: Quickly Farm Pack Sandglasses and Shop Tickets – Here’s How

Johanna Johanna Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon TCG Pocket you can collect pack hourglasses and shop tickets. MeinMMO gives you all the necessary information about the items and how to farm them.

What are pack hourglasses? You can use hourglasses in Pokémon TCG Pocket to reduce the time until your next booster pack.

What are shop tickets? Shop tickets are a currency that you can only use in the shop. You can redeem them for the following items:

  • Pack hourglasses
  • Wonder hourglasses
  • Special shop tickets
  • Accessories (covers)
  • Supporter cards
  • Item cards

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In our video, we present three of the best decks in Pokémon TCG Pocket:

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Here are the 3 best decks for Pokémon TCG Pocket!

Quickly farm shop tickets – Here’s how

Daily gift from the shop

Every day you can pick up a gift from the shop once. This includes shop tickets.

Gift from Wonder choice or battles

After you have fought against other players, they can give you a shop ticket as a thank you. The same goes after the wonder choice.

Complete solo battles and their missions

The small campaign of Pokémon TCG Pocket offers shop tickets as rewards. When you complete the solo battles, you will receive some, and also when you fulfill the missions of the battles.

Complete card collections

In “Missions” you will find specific collection missions that you can complete by obtaining the specified cards. If you only need one card left in a collection, you can check if you can buy it with pack points in the shop.

When you register many new cards in your card Dex, you will also receive shop tickets.

Obtaining pack hourglasses

Fulfill missions

By completing three of your daily missions, you will receive four pack hourglasses. If you fulfill advanced missions, you will receive more.

Complete solo battles and their missions

By completing solo battles and their missions, you will not only receive shop tickets but also pack hourglasses. The harder the battles are, the greater the corresponding rewards will be.

Reach a new level

When you reach a new level, you will also receive pack hourglasses.

Buy in the shop

Pack hourglasses can be exchanged for shop tickets in the shop. However, the supply is limited, but it is replenished every month.

Complete events

If you complete missions within an event, you will not only get rare cards, like in the Lapras ex event, but also pack hourglasses.

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In Pokémon TCG Pocket, there are not only shop tickets that you can use to buy items. The special shop tickets are a special type of shop tickets that you can use to obtain rare cosmetic items. You can find out more about this on MeinMMO: Pokémon TCG Pocket: Special Shop Tickets – How to get them and what you can redeem them for

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Throne and Liberty: Patch Notes for Update 1.8.4 – fixes missing loot from raid bosses and bugs in castle sieges

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

On November 28, 2024, the servers of Throne and Liberty will be offline for 3.5 hours to implement the new features of Update 1.8.4 into the MMORPG worlds. MeinMMO has the official German patch notes for you.

Update from November 28 – 11:00 AM: Maintenance is over, the servers are back online. Enjoy your time in Solisium!

Until when will the servers be offline? According to playthroneandliberty.com the servers of Throne and Liberty have been offline since 7:30 AM our time, and maintenance is expected to last 3.5 hours. Thus, the MMORPG should be accessible again from 11:00 AM. However, the maintenance phases have recently often been significantly shorter than announced.

As part of the maintenance, the developers are implementing Update 1.8.4 of Throne and Liberty across all platforms. If you want to check the server status of the MMORPG for yourself, you can easily do so. Current announcements regarding the server status can be found either on the official X-channel of Throne and Liberty or in the server status section of the official Discord-channel.

Additionally, there is an overview of the current server status on the official website of the MMORPG, similar to Lost Ark. You can find this overview at playthroneandliberty.com. Below, you will find the official patch notes of 1.8.4.

The MeinMMO/GameStar talk about Throne and Liberty:

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Patch Notes for Update 1.8.4

General

  • Transformation: A problem has been fixed that caused health to regenerate unusually quickly due to the removal of the global cooldown for the transformation.
  • Erboss: A problem has been fixed that caused Queen Bellandir and Tevent to not drop the expected loot items.
  • Dynamic Events: A problem has been fixed that prevented the Festival of Fires and the Moonlight Spell Dispel Event from starting properly.
  • Domains: Dark Destroyer: A bug has been fixed that caused the domain portals for this event to not appear correctly.
  • Controller: The text at the beginning of the login screen has been corrected when you try to use the “Enter Game” button.

Castle Siege

  • The geometry of Castle Rockwatch has been adjusted to prevent unintended early access to the courtyard over the western walls.
  • The problem has been fixed that caused guilds to not distribute loot correctly at the end of the siege of Luzent.
  • A problem has been fixed that prevented plunder stones from being looted.
  • A problem has been fixed that caused characters to disappear into the ground of Castle Rockwatch.
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What else do I need to know about Throne and Liberty? Throne and Liberty was released on October 1, 2024, for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5. There is crossplay between platforms. The MMORPG intends to finance itself through an in-game shop, battle pass, and real-money currencies. You can find all further information in our comprehensive overview: Everything important about classes, release, crossplay, gameplay, payment model, early access, platforms of Throne and Liberty.

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23-year-old MMORPG played more than New World, Throne and Liberty, and Lost Ark combined thanks to a major event

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

The RuneScape, released in January 2001, is one of the largest and most successful MMORPGs in gaming history. The classic “Old School” version has now achieved an impressive record.

What kind of record is it? On November 27, 2024, “Leagues V: Raging Echoes” launched for Old School RuneScape. The update allows all players with an active membership to embark on a fresh adventure in one of many new worlds.

You’ll not only encounter the familiar content from the main game but also fresh combat masteries, relics, echo bosses, and more. According to the official FAQ (via docs.google.com), Leagues V is expected to run for eight weeks.

Clearly, this offer has captured the interest of many fans of the classic MMORPG. A screenshot posted a few hours ago on Reddit shows that 210,027 players were online simultaneously in Old School RuneScape. On X, the developers confirmed that this is the highest number of concurrently active players so far. A record for the studio Jagex!

You can also play Old School RuneScape on Steam – here’s the trailer:

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Old School RuneScape – Trailer for the Steam Release

Old School RuneScape breaks its own record

What was the previous record? In November 2023, MeinMMO reported that Old School RuneScape achieved a new milestone with 185,123 concurrent players. Even then, other current MMORPGs like Lost Ark and New World did not look too good in comparison.

The latter has also not changed due to the fresh releases of New World Aeternum and Throne and Liberty. When you add up the recent Steam player counts of the three games from Amazon Games, you get the following: 92,573 (24-hour peak of Throne and Liberty) plus 23,135 (New World) plus 26,635 (Lost Ark) equals 142,343 players.

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Of course, you also have to consider the MMORPG fans who play New World and Throne and Liberty on consoles. But are there more than 67,684 players? Even if that is the case, we find it remarkable how popular the 23-year-old RuneScape is compared to the considerably more modern MMORPGs. And this is true, despite the recent largest increase in subscription prices since launch.

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AAA studio has to close because the corporation behind Diablo Immortal is apparently turning off the money tap

Karsten Scholz Karsten Scholz Reading time 2 minutes

The Chinese company NetEase currently has its hands in so many exciting MMORPGs that its recently struggling stock has been able to rise significantly on the stock market. A new AAA studio, however, had to be closed down.

What MMORPGs are these? Similar to Tencent, NetEase has invested extremely large sums of money in Western studios and projects in recent years to gain influence and revenue opportunities outside of the Chinese home market. The financed games include:

This very portfolio of upcoming, promising MMOs and already well-running service games is, according to industry analysts from marketwatch.com, mainly responsible for the recent rise of NetEase’s stock by 13 percent after the company published its new quarterly report for the 3rd quarter of 2024 (via ir.netease.com).

The new MMO studio of Greg Street in the presentation trailer:

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Ghostcrawler presents his new development studio in the video

Solid Quarter Thanks to WoW and Hearthstone

What does the financial report reveal? NetEase looks back on turbulent months. After significantly missing its targets in the 2nd quarter of 2024, there had also been investigations against NetEase executives for fraud and corruption, leading to two stock crashes on the stock market (via massivelyop.com).

Although there was again a decrease in revenues and net profits in the 3rd quarter compared to the previous year, the figures are solid compared to the previous report, primarily due to the following factors:

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What about the closed studio? One of the projects financed by NetEase was also the new AAA game from Worlds Untold, which was founded a year ago by former Mass Effect lead Mac Walters.

On linkedin.com, the very Mac Walters has now stated that all activities at Worlds Untold must be paused until a new partner is found to help implement the current project. At the same time, however, they are currently looking for new jobs for all employees, indicating that there may not be much hope for the studio’s continued existence.

Since NetEase was the previous partner providing the funding, it seems certain that the Chinese company has pulled out of this collaboration. Reasons for the separation are not yet known. By the way, the Destiny developers from NetEase have also been well compensated: Bungie received 100 million dollars for a new game – Now it is known for which one

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Man behind Anthem explains why new MMOs fail so miserably: Compares WoW to Starbucks

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Producer Mark Darrah saved the MMO Anthem from developer hell for BioWare and handled the release. However, Anthem turned out to be a flop. Darrah has apparently thought about this for a long time and developed a theory as to why new service games like Suicide Squad or Concord have failed so badly.

This is the basis for Darrah’s theory: Darrah uses two terms for games that fundamentally differ:

He refers to live-service games or MMOs like Anthem, WoW, or Destiny as “Forever Games” – games that you play forever. He compares these games to a shop where you go every day to have a coffee.

Single-player games like The Witcher he calls “self-contained games,” meaning games that stand on their own. He compares these games to restaurants.

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Anthem chief explains why new MMOs have such a damn hard time

That’s why new MMOs fail so badly: Darrah states that when you launch a new “Forever game,” you are always competing against existing “Forever games.” You want a player to leave their existing game, which they enjoy every day, and switch to a new game that they do not yet know.

The existing games have a huge advantage:

For a new game, it must be compared to the already-existing game, but not to the game on Day 1, rather to the game in its current state. And that game has been improved over more than 20 years and supplied with new content.

The existing game also has the advantage that it is a fixed part of the players’ lives – where they have their friends and have invested a lot of time.

Moreover, the existing game has shaped the players’ perceptions of how such games should be.

Switching to a new MMO involves many hurdles

These are the disadvantages of new MMOs: When players switch from their old game to a new one, they have many hurdles to overcome, Darrah explains:

  • They first have to buy the game
  • Convince their friends to switch with them
  • They have to get familiar with the new game and still level up their characters

You have to be better than this game for it to be worth the effort to make a switch. They need to buy the new game, they need to convince their friends to come with them, they need to learn the new game, they need to level up again – there are a lot of obstacles to switching between two live services. But even if I’ve set the other live service aside, the fact that I’ve played it for so much longer has ingrained an idea of how this type of game should be, which this new competitive game has to overcome.

He explains: New MMOs would inevitably be compared with established competitors like WoW. In his analogy, it’s like opening a coffee shop to sell people their daily coffee, but directly competing with the already well-established and optimized shop Starbucks.

New MMOs must dramatically outperform existing MMOs to survive

This is the mistake that MMOs make. Darrah states that studios make the mistake of thinking that their new MMOs only need to keep up with the old ones to earn enough money. This is a fallacy.

To overcome the massive pull of existing “Forever” games, new MMOs need to be “dramatically better” than the existing ones and have a massive appeal themselves.

The companies seem to have forgotten this or didn’t know it from the start. They think that their live service only needs to be comparable to that other live service [and] doesn’t have to dramatically exceed it.

And it’s not the same for other games? In single-player games, he says, it’s not the case because they are like restaurant visits. Players want new experiences and are also willing to go to different restaurants than McDonald’s to have a different taste.

Even if “The Witcher” were an extremely great game, players would eventually be done with it and be willing to play the similar but slightly worse “The Watcher” two years later to have a new experience.

For years, all games have been like this – the new “Forever” games demand a change in thinking.

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Players of WOW know the phenomenon

This is what’s behind it: What Darrah says makes sense and is clear to many MMO players, even if they can’t articulate it that way. There is a significant difference between these “coffee” shops, the MMOs, and regular single-player games.

Those who play WoW can see this clearly: When a big new single-player game with strong appeal comes out, like Fallout 4, everyone is gone for a few weeks, and you can hardly get together groups or raids, but after a few weeks, everyone is back.

A bit bitterly, one might say that Darrah should have known this five years ago. Although he probably couldn’t have changed that Anthem wasn’t as good at release as other games were after five years: Anthem is dead – The short life and long death of EA’s “next big thing”

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A father wants to delight his son with a PS5, but the community saves him from a bad deal

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Many gamers wish for a PS5 for gaming. A father wanted to make his son happy but almost fell for a bad deal.

The PS5 offers some of the best games available today. Recently, there was an upgrade to the hardware: now you can not only buy the classic PS5 but also the Pro version of the PlayStation 5.

However, there are enough gamers for whom this new version is too expensive – and even the old PS5 is not an easy purchase for many people.

Moreover, the hardware topic quickly becomes confusing if you are not familiar with it. Just think of the stereotype of parents for whom even the new Xbox Series X/S will always be the “Nintendo”.

A story has now drawn the attention of the PlayStation community in the relevant subreddit. Because there, it was a father who wasn’t very knowledgeable who asked a question.

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Father finds PS5 with 29 games, but luckily seeks advice

In the subreddit about PlayStation (via reddit), a user named ChinkyBoii reported that he was looking for a gift for his son. It was to be a PS5.

He ended up with the following offer that someone wanted to sell him:

  • A classic PS5 with a disc drive
  • One controller
  • 29 games
  • An external 4 TB HDD

Since he was not very knowledgeable about the subject himself, he asked the community whether all of this was a good price for 700 US dollars.

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The community intervenes: The response in the comments is quite clearly that this is not a good deal.

On the one hand, current prices of the console are mentioned. You can currently get a PS5 for about 350 Euros. The Pro variant, priced at 799 Euros, is indeed more expensive than the offer but not too far off.

On the other hand, gamers point out the games: of the 29 games, only two are for the PS5. All others are PS4 games. And even though they can be played on the PS5 and include some very good titles like The Last of Us 2, various CoD titles, or Uncharted 4, there are also many that are no longer useful. Thus, this deal likely won’t work out well. The HDD is also only somewhat useful, as you cannot store PS5 titles on it. For that, you need internal SSD storage.

In short: the community clearly warns the father not to accept the deal.

  • “Sounds like the seller wants to compensate for his Pro upgrade. Stay away from that,” says user EE-PE-Gamer (via reddit).
  • “A bad deal for the buyer,” says user Fit-Ad-5946 (via reddit).
  • “Bad deal, you could get a far better deal with a new PS5, a PS Extra subscription, and a gift card to sort through GameStop’s second-hand titles,” thinks user samseesghosts (via reddit).

In the end, the father also comments again: he thanks everyone for their many replies and says he would rather look for a new PS5 with a subscription model. “Good thing I asked the experts before I buy,” he says.

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What to note: The story illustrates well that when looking for gifts, one should always gather information – whether you want to buy a PS5, a new Xbox, a Nintendo console, a PC, or any hardware. With the many versions and variants available, it can quickly become confusing if you’re not familiar with it. In the worst case, you end up spending far too much money or buying the wrong hardware – which would ultimately annoy everyone. This also applies to monitors. You can view a summary of the best gaming monitors here.

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A mount in WoW outshines all others, can carry weapons

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

A new mount in World of Warcraft is likely to become the favorite of many fans. Because the mount proudly carries your weapons.

In World of Warcraft, there are now well over 1,000 mounts, and most of them are quite similar in their basic functions. It is rare for a mount to appear that does something entirely new – but that is exactly the case in patch 11.0.7, when you can secure Jani.

The new main content of patch 11.0.7 has been presented by Blizzard here:

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What kind of mount is this? The mount “Jani’s Trashpile” is a new mount that you can obtain in patch 11.0.7 – at least if you take on the task of playing a lot of content. Strictly speaking, Jani is not a normal mount, as you do not ride the Dino-Loa. Instead, you will be transformed directly into Jani, allowing you to continue controlling your character – you simply have the appearance of the Loa.

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As Jani, you still carry your weapons. (Image source: wowhead)

What makes the mount so special? Jani was one of the smaller Loa from Battle for Azeroth and particularly known for collecting a lot of trash, playing pranks, and stealing. This is exactly what the mount will be able to do. Because in addition to the distinctive “Hek! Hek! Hek!” at each summon, Jani also proudly carries your weapons while you are on the mount. Apparently, Jani has identified your weapons as “junk”.

Thus, Jani is the first mount that can carry weapons – even if that is just a cosmetic effect. Of course, Jani cannot fight like any other mount either.

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How do you get the mount? To obtain Jani’s Trashpile in patch 11.0.7, you must complete a very long meta achievement. Basically, you have to complete all the content of the “Battle for Azeroth” expansion to enjoy the mount. We have shown you the exact requirements for this here.

If you want, you can already start completing the various achievements, as most can already be completed in advance. Otherwise, you can expect to play through all the content over the Christmas holidays –because patch 11.0.7 goes live a week before Christmas.

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Riot’s Anti-Cheat in LoL and Valorant is so good that you can now earn almost 2 annual salaries if you overcome it

Cedric Holmeier Cedric Holmeier Reading time 2 minutes

The developers of League of Legends and Valorant are proud of their anti-cheat Vanguard. Unlike the competition, Riot’s games seem almost free of cheaters. Now the developers want to know and are putting a bounty on their own cheat defense.

What kind of anti-cheat is this? The anti-cheat “Vanguard” from Riot, which was first introduced with the release of Valorant, is feared among hackers. Hardly any cheater can cheat in one of Riot’s games for long without getting banned.

Even if a cheat works, Vanguard constantly monitors the game and can even terminate it if a cheater is caught in real time. While the anti-cheat still doesn’t work perfectly, many fans consider it the best protection in a game.

The anti-cheat software in other games, for example in the competition from Counter-Strike, repeatedly fails and is even trying to emulate Vanguard now. Riot itself now wants to find out how secure their cheat defense really is and has put a bounty on it.

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Bounty on its Own Software

What’s this bounty about? Riot has set rewards of up to nearly €95,000 as part of a so-called bounty program for bugs. To earn the money, hackers must manage to break the anti-cheat software from Riot.

However, a simple bug in Valorant is not enough for that. On the website hackerone.com, there are detailed descriptions of the targets that hackers must achieve to receive the bounty.

The most money is awarded if one manages to exploit the program to throw any player out of the round. The same amount of money is awarded for abusing the anti-cheat to disclose IP addresses of targets without being friends with them or in a round with them.

Similarly, a considerable reward is given if one can execute code on a victim’s computer without them having to click at all. However, Riot rewards every qualified submission on the website with at least around €235.

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Doesn’t this play into the hackers’ hands? That Riot trusts its anti-cheat is undoubtedly a given. The bounty program aims to encourage interested hackers to work for better protection instead of developing their own cheats that would then diminish the player experience.

To prevent hackers from doing both, i.e., developing cheats and reporting them to earn double money, Riot prohibits the publication of found vulnerabilities. Those who do so will not receive a reward for their discovery. The competition from Valve is also continuing to strive against cheats: The new Steam hit Deadlock wants to deter cheaters directly, finding creative solutions

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Path of Exile 2 Reveals Game Details: Here’s What to Expect on Steam, PS5, and Xbox

Cedric Holmeier Cedric Holmeier Reading time 3 minutes

The developers of Path of Exile 2 have revealed all content for the game’s Early Access launch. MeinMMO shows you what’s in the game.

What’s the status of Path of Exile 2? In just a few weeks, on December 6, 2024, Path of Exile 2 will start Early Access on Steam, PS5, and Xbox. The sequel to the popular action RPG will be available for €30 starting at that time, and it will already offer some content at launch.

What you can expect and what is included in Early Access, we will reveal here.

Here you can watch the movie-like intro for the Early Access launch of Path of Exile 2:

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Classes, Leveling, and Story

What is the structure of Path of Exile 2? Path of Exile 2 is based on its predecessor when it comes to class variety. Initially, six classes will be available to you:

  1. Monk: A fast and deadly fighter who defeats his opponents with precise attacks and momentum mechanics.
  2. Warrior: A heavy melee fighter who crushes armor with powerful blows and obliterates enemies.
  3. Ranger: A nimble ranged fighter who shoots while on the move and remains mobile with her escape abilities.
  4. Mercenary: A versatile fighter who uses his crossbow and various types of ammunition, relying on explosions as well.
  5. Witch: A master of the undead and chaos spells, tormenting her enemies with minions and chaos damage.
  6. Sorceress: A ranged fighter who masters the elements and uses powerful magic to plunge her foes into chaos.

Another six classes will be released later. In the end, you will be able to choose from twelve classes. As expected from PoE-1, you can select skills from any class and combine them as you see fit.

The large passive skill tree also returns in Path of Exile 2. Although it has been altered, it has not shrunk in size. However, it is new that two classes will share a starting point, such as the Witch and the Sorceress.

How does leveling and the story proceed? In Path of Exile 2, you start at level 1 and fight through the first three acts, by which you will reach about level 45. Once you have completed Act 3, the difficulty increases, and you will start again in Act 1.

This mode is called Cruel and replaces the actual Acts 4 to 6, which will only be available at the full release of the game in favor of the endgame.

After completing Act 3 in Cruel mode, you will have reached about level 65. From then on, the endgame of Path of Exile 2 begins, where you can level up to level 100 again.

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Path of Exile 2 already has an endgame in Early Access

What endgame content is available at Early Access? Although the game is not finished yet, the developers have already prepared a lot of endgame content for players at the start of Early Access. From the start, the following modes are available:

  • Trial of the Sekhemas: A challenging trial with rogue-like mechanics that tests your skill and patience all the way to the endgame.
  • The Trial of the Chaos God: A trial in the Vaal jungle, where you must choose between safe rewards or more dangerous challenges for greater gains.
  • Expedition: A digging adventure with explosives, where you can fight against resurrected dead and gain valuable artifacts through rising risks.
  • Ritual: Here you sacrifice defeated monsters to ritual altars to fight them again in enhanced form and earn powerful rewards.
  • Delirium: A foggy chaos that draws you into dangerous nightmares, where increasing risks lure with richer rewards.
  • Pinnacle: A dangerous fortress with a central flame labyrinth that tests your abilities.

Some of the endgame content comes from Path of Exile, but has been altered for the sequel. The Trials that players know from the first part have been expanded, for example. The Pinnacle mode is entirely new, and the developers have so far revealed little about it.

The endgame modes are now located on the so-called Atlas, a separate map that you can explore infinitely. There you will find various map types and particularly interesting points to work towards. But beware: If you die on a field in the Atlas, that path is blocked, and you must go a different way.

In the endgame, each game mode will receive its own skill tree where you can progress. Those who want to get the most out of their character will have to play all game modes, as each offers different loot.

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How many bosses are available at launch? Path of Exile 2 is expected to launch with 50 different bosses and over 400 enemy types. Many of the still missing content are also said to be “80% complete,” explains game director Jonathan Rogers in an interview with MeinMMO.

According to him, the Early Access period is expected to last at least until May, but at most until the end of 2025. So if you prefer to wait until your class of choice is in the game, you will have to be patient for a while longer. MeinMMO author Cedric Holmeier is certainly looking forward to a change that is new to the game: Path of Exile 2 is getting a new feature that makes it much easier for beginners – But even I as a veteran am excited

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RTX 4080 Super on Black Friday cheaper than ever: Finally, 4K gaming is affordable!

Moritz Zillmann Moritz Zillmann Reading time 2 minutes

This is definitely the best deal for graphics cards on Black Friday! You usually never get the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super for under 1000 Euros – it’s never been this cheap for the 4K GPU!

Currently, graphics cards that can provide you with a 4K resolution are absurdly expensive again. But a Black Friday deal at Mindfactory has your back. There you can currently get a Nvidia RTX 4080 Super for the first time under 1000 Euros, the cheapest ever! This offer will definitely be sold out quickly, so you should take advantage of it while you still can.

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With the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super, even the most graphically demanding game highlights like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine 2, and Cyberpunk 2077 in impressive 4K with ray tracing are no problem.

Ray tracing, path tracing & DLSS 3.5 with the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super at the lowest price ever!

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The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super offers you impressive performance for gaming in WQHD and demanding 4K thanks to the modern Ada Lovelace architecture and generous 16 gigabytes of GDDR6X memory. With innovative Nvidia technologies like RTX ray tracing and DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), you can enjoy realistic light and shadow effects in supported games – and that at smooth frame rates!

The Black Friday 2024 at Mindfactory is your best destination for a new 4K graphics card!

The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super is extremely powerful while being space-saving, making it perfect for compact SFF PC systems! The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super is extremely powerful while being space-saving, making it perfect for compact SFF PC systems!

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The technical specifications of the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super at a glance:

  • GPU Clock: 2,295 MHz (2,580 MHz in Boost)
  • Graphics Memory: 16 Gigabytes of GDDR6X RAM
  • CUDA Cores: 10,240
  • Connections: 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
  • Power Consumption: 320 Watts
  • Recommended Power Supply: 850 Watts
  • Dimensions: 294 x 116 x 49.5 mm

At Mindfactory, you can now get the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 Super on the occasion of Black Friday for historically low price of only €999!

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A Detail from the Filming of Saving Private Ryan Proves That Steven Spielberg is a Great Director

Christoph Waldboth Christoph Waldboth Reading time 2 minutes

Steven Spielberg is one of the most famous and successful directors of all time. An anecdote from the filming of one of his best films highlights a special quality.

Steven Spielberg is responsible for some classics of cinema. In addition to ET, he directed Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, the not entirely flawless Jurassic Park or Saving Private Ryan.

The war film even earned him his second directing Oscar in 1999. He received his first a few years earlier for the Holocaust drama Schindler’s List.

That his films entertain and emotionally engage is widely known. But only his closest collaborators know what qualities lie within Spielberg apart from that. An actor who has worked with the director revealed why he considers him a virtuoso.

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Trailer for the masterful war film ‘Saving Private Ryan’

Preparation is everything

Which actor is being referred to? Giovanni Ribisi played the medic Irwin Wade in Saving Private Ryan. During the filming, he got to know Steven Spielberg’s way of working and has admired it ever since.

In an appearance on the Podcast ReelBlend, he talked about the shoot, particularly emphasizing one detail that sets Spielberg apart from other directors:

At one point, there is a whole opening battle scene that is about 27.5 minutes long. In the script, it was seven and a half pages. But at one point, we were two weeks ahead of schedule on that scene, which is amazing considering that everyone else was two months behind schedule. He [Spielberg] was just prepared, and he is such a virtuoso.

Giovanni Ribisi on Podcast ReelBlend

In fact, time during filming is often the biggest challenge. Every shooting day costs a lot of money, and even small problems cause delays. According to Ribisi, Spielberg was so well prepared every day that the team even finished ahead of schedule. By the way, the director has a special ritual before filming.

His performance on the set of Saving Private Ryan is also admirable because Spielberg was anything but well-rested when he came to the shoot. In the months prior, he had filmed two other movies, namely The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Amistad. Immediately afterwards, he appeared on the set of his famous war film.

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Good preparation and a clear vision are among the strengths of a seasoned director. While it may not necessarily be visible on screen, it is essential for successful filming. Spielberg has shown himself and his team that he belongs among the greats. However, things did not always go smoothly for the filmmaker in the 90s: Steven Spielberg was once sued for a film he didn’t even direct

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