PC gamers can finally enjoy the Game of the Year 2022. After God of War: Ragnarök was initially available only on PS4 and PS5, the game is now released today on Steam and Epic. And it is already a bestseller.
What kind of game is this? God of War: Ragnarök is an action-adventure and the direct sequel to the God of War released in 2018. The god of war Kratos and his son Atreus carry the fight against the gods of Norse mythology right to their doorstep this time.
God of War: Ragnarök received high praise at release, both from the press and players. The press ratings collected on Metacritic give it a Metascore of 94 out of 100, with a User Score of 8.1 out of 10.
The GameStar rated God of War: Ragnarök 93 out of 100 points. They praised the “masterpiece” especially for its gripping story, blockbuster-quality presentation, and intense combat. At the Game Awards 2022, the game won five awards, placing it ahead of Elden Ring.
You can watch the launch trailer for the PC version of God of War: Ragnarök here:
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God of War: Ragnarök – Ein Meisterwerk für PS4 und PS5 erscheint endlich auf Steam
Although God of War: Ragnarök is already two years old and no new content is expected, the demand for the game remains high. It currently ranks 4th in global bestsellers on Steam, even though it has not yet been released (as of 12:50 PM).
New Graphics Options and Gameplay Features
What new features does the PC version bring? Some of the most interesting improvements can be found in the technology. For instance, you can expect:
unlimited framerates
The upscaling technologies Nvidia DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1, and Intel XeSS 1.3
Super Ultrawide Support (32:9 monitors)
In the game options, you can now also adjust how much your companions help you with solving puzzles. A major criticism at release was that players often weren’t given enough time to solve a puzzle themselves.
If desired, you can also enable audio descriptions for cutscenes. Players with visual impairments will receive additional contextual information alongside the dialogues.
Luna is a loyal cat who serves as a sort of mentor in anime and manga for Sailor Moon and the other warriors. Most of the time, she is seen in her cat form, but Luna is also able to transform into a human form.
What does Luna look like as a human? In her human form, Luna is a slender young woman. She has long black hair with curls that go down to her waist. She also wears a dress with a bow around the neck that is yellow and black.
Additionally, Luna has the crescent moon symbol in several places. She wears it on her forehead, as earrings, and as an anklet. You can view Luna in her human form here:
This is what Luna looks like as a human.
When is she seen like this?
The manga first showed Luna in her human form. She and her partner Artemis are seen as humans, for example, at the end of the Dream arc during Bunny’s coronation.
In the movie “Snow Princess Kaguya,” Luna transforms into her human form. She flies with her friend Kakeru into space to watch the moon and stars.
In the original anime, Luna is never seen as a human.
However, human Luna makes another appearance in Sailor Moon Crystal. Since the newer anime series adheres more closely to the manga than the original anime series, she appears briefly here.
Luna is rarely seen in her human form. There are only a few instances where she does not appear as a cat. The reasons for this vary depending on whether we refer to the manga or the film.
You can watch the trailer for Sailor Moon Crystal here:
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Japanese trailer for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos – Part 1
Luna is an alien cat with transformation abilities
Why can she transform? Depending on the medium, there are different explanations for Luna’s human form. In the movie, it is the power of the Silver Crystal that transforms the little cat into a human.
However, in the manga, we learn from Sailor Tin Nyan that she, Luna, and Artemis come from the planet Mau. There, cats can speak like humans or transform into humans with feline behavior.
Luna and Artemis’ daughter, Diana, is the only talking cat that does not come from the planet Mau. Through the power of Sailor Moon, she can also transform into a human form, just like her parents.
The look of Sailor Moon may be somewhat older, but with Sailor Moon Crystal, there is a great alternative that adheres even more closely to the manga. But the original anime is definitely worth a look. MeinMMO has compiled 5 reasons why the anime is still a timeless classic and should be watched: 5 reasons why you can still watch Sailor Moon today
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Andrea Cunningham was part of the leadership team at Apple and was fired multiple times. But she always had leverage in her hands.
What kind of employee was she? Andrea “Andy” Cunningham was one of the earliest employees at Apple and was responsible for marketing products like the Mac.
Why was she fired so often? However, Steve Jobs seemed to be so dissatisfied with her work that he fired her multiple times. According to her statements during an interview with Business Insider, up to 5 times.
But she always had an ace up her sleeve that made Jobs reconsider.
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She had what he needed – a sense for the press
What could she blackmail Jobs with? Ultimately, it was mainly her good contacts with the press in the USA and internationally that helped her keep her job. Because when Steve Jobs accused her in their conversation of doing terrible work, she referred to phone calls from recent weeks with dozens of journalists. They all wanted to know what it was like to work with the eccentric Apple co-founder. She spoke the crucial, subtly threatening words:
Currently, I am still telling them very nice things.
Steve Jobs then agreed – once again – to keep hiring and also paying her. His fear of bad press and the loss of Cunningham’s moderating abilities as a filter between him and the public seemingly caused the shift, as Cunningham reports in the interview. But the professional differences persisted.
What does she think about this time today? She is grateful for the experience in hindsight. Although it was often difficult to work with Steve Jobs back then, as he sometimes made harsh and personal criticisms, it helped her. Some were destroyed by this specific way of being treated. But not her:
I am eternally grateful for the experience because I am now much better at what I do than without the time [with Steve Jobs].
What is Andrea “Andy” Cunningham doing today? She remained loyal to the industry. She soon became self-employed but continued to work with Steve Jobs and many other big names in Silicon Valley. Even today, she still advises other companies and shares what she has learned. More information about Andrea “Andy” Cunningham can be found on her official homepage.
The Apple co-founder was, as the story above shows, a special boss whom not everyone could handle. To this day, many of his sometimes annoying quirks from his time at the top of the global corporation have been passed down: Steve Jobs called employees up to 6 times a day while he was on vacation
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The developers of Payday 3 have managed to triple their player count on Steam recently. The reason is an update that players have been waiting for a long time.
What kind of game is this? Payday 3 is a heist game that was released on September 21, 2023, on Steam. Here you can team up with your friends to carry out spectacular heists.
After the game was among the most wished-for games on Steam before its release, it failed spectacularly at launch. However, the developer studio Starbreeze is not stopping there and is actively continuing to work on the title to improve the experience for players.
A new feature has been introduced that is well-received by players and has also boosted player numbers a bit.
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Payday 3 – Gameplay trailer for the sequel to the co-op shooter
Even a bank robber has basic needs
What is this feature? The latest feature that has made its way into the game is the ability to pause the game. This has not been possible before.
To ensure that not a single player can interrupt the round and spoil the fun for the other players, all participants in the current round must agree to the pause for it to take place.
How is the community reacting to this? While Payday 3 had a peak of just under or just over 1,000 players in the 24 hours leading up to the update, the peak according to steamdb.info the day after the update looked much better with 3,834.
One day later, there were still 2,965 players in the 24-hour peak. However, these numbers still seem low when compared to the all-time peak of 77,938 concurrent players, which was reached at the game’s release.
The developers seem to be on the right track with the recent updates. Looking at the game’s reviews on Steam, there are 61% positive reviews in the last 30 days.
In comparison, the total reviews the game has received so far show only 39% positive reviews.
A Chinese player of the gacha game Honkai: Star Rail has completely lost it and accumulated an enormous amount of light cones of a single character.
What did the player spend his money on? Honkai: Star Rail is a gacha game. This means that you can buy rewards by using real money, but specific rewards are not guaranteed. Like at a vending machine, you “pull” a random reward from a large pool – ranging from a powerful 5-star weapon to a nearly worthless 3-star weapon. The most sought-after items are usually new characters that are available only for a limited time.
In this case, however, the player has spent his money on the weapons of the character “Feixiao,” which are also called “light cones” in the game. Normally, you only need one weapon. It is possible to upgrade this weapon, but only up to 4 additional “light cones” can be used. After that, the maximum is already reached. However, this Chinese player treated himself to 520 “Feixiao light cones.”
Honkai: Star Rail also has quite a bit of music in its repertoire:
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Honkai: Star Rail – Version 2.0 Music Video — “WHITE NIGHT”
520 light cones are too much
What does he need so many weapons for? Obviously, he cannot do anything with 520 “Feixiao light cones” at the moment. The weapons in Honkai: Star Rail are attributed to specific characters; only figures from the “Hunt” path can equip this weapon at all. And not every character from this path would benefit from the attributes of this specific “light cone.”
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Perhaps future characters from this weapon could draw their benefits, but that’s still in the stars. Moreover, the player probably wouldn’t be able to accommodate the 520 pieces anyway. It is assumed that the player just wanted to shock the gaming community, and he certainly succeeded at that:
Gamer-chan notes (via Reddit): “Some people have too much money.”
Juan-Claudio is surprised (via Reddit): “How many pulls would be needed for 520 light cones? That must take several hours.”
Accomplished_Cost859 wonders (via Reddit): “What does he want to do with so many light cones? They are just sitting on his account and serve absolutely no purpose. It’s just clutter. His bag must be full already.”
tw33zd is upset and claims (via Reddit): “Money laundering criminals!”
Ok_Marion hits the nail on the head (via Reddit): “Honestly, it’s just a social media thing to attract attention.”
Ultimately, it is of course up to each player what they want to spend their hard-earned money on.
Was this a one-time event? In fact, this was not the first time this Chinese player has provoked with his in-game purchases. He did this already with another character in Honkai: Star Rail and gained attention on the internet. This time, his strategy worked again, as he became a topic of conversation once more. It is likely that this will not be the last time.
Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris (36) has tens of thousands of viewers on Twitch, but comparatively few are currently subscribing to his paid subscription (Sub). What’s going on?
What’s going on with MontanaBlack? The 36-year-old remains one of the biggest streamers on German-speaking Twitch. When he streams, an average of 20-30,000 people tune in (via SullyGnome).
However, when it comes to the number of subs, i.e., the paid subscriptions on his channel, MontanaBlack is far behind. This was noticed by a X user who shared an overview from the analysis site Twitch-Tracker on September 16, 2024, in which MontanaBlack doesn’t even appear in the top 10. He asks: “What happened to Monte?”
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MontanaBlack is one of the most well-known streamers in Germany – This was his very first video
But even though MontanaBlack is no longer the undisputed number 1, he remains one of the biggest streamers on German Twitch. In terms of “average viewers,” he still reliably lands in the top 5 (via SullyGnome).
However, he currently ranks only 11th in Germany in terms of subs – according to TwitchTracker, that’s still over 11,000 subs. So the money for his luxury cars shouldn’t run out too soon – nevertheless, others seem to earn significantly more on Twitch.
Niche streamers with active communities benefit
Who are the big winners? Among the 10 German-speaking streamers according to TwitchTracker that currently have the most subs are some usual suspects like EliasN97, Papaplatte, and Gronkh.
Others, measured by these metrics, may be less well-known, but still have an incredible number of subs. Among them are:
These mentioned streamers are by no means small fish, but are significantly less represented in the mainstream than MontanaBlack. Instead, they have their specific niches, such as LoL, Minecraft, or music, where they are huge, but likely have fewer people aware of them outside of those niches.
What has happened? Of course, it’s not possible to say for certain why MontanaBlack currently has fewer subs than Zarbex or Sintica. However, there are several factors that could play a role:
MontanaBlack has always streamed comparatively little, and in recent months even less than usual. The 36-year-old seems to have little enthusiasm for the current gaming landscape and has also faced swatting incidents. It could be that his fans enjoy tuning in when he is live, but prefer to leave their subs with more active streamers, where they get “more” for their money.
Subs do not necessarily equate to a streamer’s popularity, but rather reflect how well someone can engage their community. High viewer numbers do not automatically mean that as many people will also subscribe.
According to some comments on X, MontanaBlack’s displayed wealth could also play a role. His expensive cars are visible in the background of his streams, and everyone knows that he has made it financially and doesn’t need the money, they say. So, why would one subscribe?
In Space Marine 2 you have a total of 6 different classes to choose from, with which you can complete various PvE operations as well as PvP. We will show you here in our tier list of the best classes which classes are particularly worthwhile in PvE.
How is the tier list created? We took a look at the six classes of Space Marine 2 and tested them in the PvE operations ourselves. We also looked around on social networks and incorporated the community’s opinions into our ratings.
Of course, a tier list is always influenced by the author’s subjective opinion. If you see other classes at the top, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!
The best classes of Space Marine 2 in the tier list
So that you can see the best classes of Space Marine 2 in a brief overview, we have ranked them in a tier list for you. Here you see all classes in the ranking:
S-Tier: Tactician
A-Tier: Defender
B-Tier: Sniper, Scout
C-Tier: Destroyer
D-Tier: Attacker
Space Marine 2 Classes Tier List
At the top of the Space Marines are the Tactician and the Defender, closely followed by the Sniper. This trio is also the ideal choice if you want to face the operations.
The Scout and the Destroyer have their own strengths but fall short in direct comparison to the three front-runners. However, you should avoid the Attacker. Everything he does well, another class does better.
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What makes the classes so good or bad?
Tactician – S-Tier
The Tactician is the ideal all-rounder among the Space Marines. He is good in close combat and has a strong weapon for add-clear with the melter gun. Additionally, the Tactician can deal significant damage to single stronger targets because his ability, the auspex scan, increases damage against scanned enemies.
If the Tactician has a “disadvantage,” it is that he is not the best in various areas. The Defender is better in close combat, the Sniper deals more damage to single targets, and the Destroyer is better at add-clear.
Overall, however, the Tactician is really good at everything that matters in combat. You can even complete missions at higher difficulty levels solo with him.
Defender – A-Tier
The Defender is a true tank. He is really good at staying alive. If an Attacker or Scout is already defeated and lying on the ground, it is the Defender who helps his fallen comrade back on their feet. With his ability, the chapter banner, he can even regenerate the hit points of his squad.
However, with the Defender, you will probably struggle to play missions solo at higher difficulty levels because the Space Marine has no primary weapon and deals little damage to single stronger enemies.
The Defender’s great strength is taking a lot of damage and allowing his comrades to deal a lot of damage in the meantime. In this respect, the Defender performs noticeably better than the Attacker or Destroyer.
Sniper – B-Tier
The Sniper is probably the best Space Marine when it comes to dealing a lot of damage to a single target. The difficulty lies in managing your ammunition reserves appropriately and not suddenly facing the Tyranids with an empty chamber.
Additionally, the efficiency of the Sniper depends on your accuracy. If you miss a moving target, you waste valuable ammunition.
The Sniper is also a good medic. He can revive fallen comrades 30% faster thanks to a perk. Additionally, he can conceal himself and a teammate from enemies during a resurrection with another perk.
Scout – B-Tier
Just behind the Sniper comes the Scout. This class is strong in add-clear and brings an extremely useful buff for its comrades: Through the perk “Inner Fire,” team members restore 15% of their ability charge when they execute finishers.
In addition, the Scout has the perk “Spearhead,” which inflicts a debuff on enemies: If you hit foes with a kick, they suffer 15% more ranged damage for 10 seconds. This allows other Space Marines, like the Sniper, to deal even more damage against strong enemies that need to be defeated quickly.
The Destroyer has a difficult position. He is fun and really good at add-clear – especially in tight spaces. The problem is that adds rarely pose a challenge, and with the Tactician and Defender, we are sufficiently equipped for small Tyranids.
What this team combination lacks is a Space Marine that helps eliminate the stronger opponents. Here, the Sniper and Scout perform noticeably better than the Destroyer. In tight maps, where the Sniper cannot shine as well and has issues, it still makes sense to take the Destroyer as the third Space Marine.
The Destroyer could climb higher in our tier list in the future, but for now, we see him still below the Sniper and Scout.
Attacker – D-Tier
The Attacker suffers because the other classes are simply better in various areas of the game right now. For add-clear, it is usually more sensible to choose the Tactician or Destroyer.
The big feature of the Attacker is the jump module, which allows you to jump high into the air and crash down on your enemies with a devastating attack. However, this jump module feels significantly weaker in missions than in the campaign. Titus simply has a better grip on the jetpack. Additionally, many maps in missions have lower ceilings. The developers have also said in a Q&A that they are looking into the issue and considering how they can work on it (via focus-entmt.com)
Compared to the Defender, it is even more noticeable that the Attacker has no primary weapon. Generally, it is easier to stay alive with the Defender. Unless Saber Interactive finds a solution for the weaknesses of the jump module, we unfortunately see the Attacker at the bottom of the tier list.
Do you have a favorite class in Space Marine 2 that is clearly the best in the game for you and that you constantly play? Then feel free to participate in our survey on MeinMMO and show us your favorite: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2: What is the best class? You decide
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Professional player Tyson “Tenz” Ngo has ended his career in Valorant, where he earned $218,150 in prize money. Now the 23-year-old explains what he thinks of Deadlock, the new MOBA shooter on Steam. According to him, the game is too complicated for casual gamers to comfortably consume as an eSports title.
MOBAs are among the biggest eSports titles in the world, along with LoL and DOTA 2. It raises the question of whether Deadlock is suitable for eSports as well.
This is what TenZ says: According to Tenz, Deadlock is a cool game that is fun to play, but it is not an optimal title for eSports:
The game has certain aspects that make it too confusing for casual or even beginner players who will not understand it.
MOBAs are already difficult for many people to understand, but this game is definitely a step forward. Because it’s a MOBA, but a third-person shooter, and it has an additional lane and an additional player.
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This is Deadlock – The new MOBA shooter from Valve
Valve would need to invest a lot in the presentation of Deadlock
What could help? According to Tenz, Deadlock needs to improve the “viewer experience” so that spectators understand what is truly important.
As ObsSojourn, a pro from Overwatch 2, notes (via x), the casters are important for the success of Deadlock. One needs an outstanding casting team with great game understanding to sell Deadlock in a way that players can “digest” it.
Is eSports even a topic? Yes, because the eSports cycle is already starting for Deadlock, even though the game has not officially been released yet.
On October 4, there will be the first tournament with a prize pool of $10,000.
In other games, it has been observed that teams decide to declare a game that is currently hyped as an eSports title, even though the developers themselves may not have thought about it and perhaps did not intend it.
For example, in 2017, an eSports scene had formed around the shooter Fortnite, which was neither desired nor intended by Epic Games. This caused prolonged conflicts between casual players who wanted fun and variety, and professionals who sought stability and fair conditions. In the end, there was even a World Championship in 2019 with a lot of money in Fortnite, but it may have been manipulated: The World Championship in Fortnite made teenagers millionaires: However, in retrospect, it was a mistake
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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have been friends for decades. Nevertheless, Spielberg has never directed a single film from the Star Wars saga. There is a reason for that.
Who directed Star Wars? The very first film A New Hope was directed by George Lucas himself. At that time, it was his grand, ambitious project into which he poured all his heart and soul.
However, over time he realized that directing was not his favorite activity in filmmaking. He preferred to come up with stories and fictional universes, alongside Star Wars, Indiana Jones is one of them.
Instead of directing himself, Lucas let others take the helm. Notably Irvin Kershner and Richard Marquand for Episode 5 and 6 of the original trilogy. However, even back then, Steven Spielberg was eyeing the possibility of directing a Star Wars film. After all, it was the franchise of his good friend George.
But it never happened. Today, many years later, Spielberg believes he has found an explanation for that.
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Therefore, it would have made sense to give his personal touch to the story of Luke Skywalker. However, George Lucas resisted allowing Spielberg to direct the original trilogy. Spielberg says today:
He didn’t want me to do it. I understand why – Star Wars is George’s baby. It’s his home franchise and his signature.
Star Wars was meant to be shaped by Lucas’s own vision. He found it easier to pass that on to other directors who were not Spielberg. Lucas probably feared that Spielberg’s style might change “his” Star Wars too much.
Years later, however, Lucas reconsidered and even thought about letting Spielberg take the director’s chair for the first installment of the prequels, The Phantom Menace. By then, Spielberg already knew how much Star Wars meant to his friend and asked why he didn’t want to direct again himself.
Lucas took that offer to heart and actually directed all the films of the prequel trilogy himself.
Bethesda is unimaginable without Todd Howard. In an interview, former employee Bruce Nesmith stated that Todd Howard is the face of Bethesda partly because he is so “incredibly photogenic”.
Who is Bruce Nesmith? Bruce Nesmith is a designer who worked on the biggest games at Bethesda, including Skyrim, Fallout 3 and 4, and Starfield. He also worked closely with Bethesda’s head Todd Howard.
The latest game from Bethesda is Starfield, which opens up a completely new universe. We give you a glimpse with the official gameplay trailer:
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Starfield – Official Gameplay Trailer
Todd Howard, the photogenic workhorse
Bruce Nesmith provided insight into the initial state of Bethesda in an interview with KIWI TALKZ on YouTube. The marketing team was looking for someone to be the face of Bethesda, as it wouldn’t have been advisable to deploy an entire marketing team. They needed someone who was “the guy”.
At that time, Todd Howard was the head of the development team, and his manner in interviews and on stage was just right to represent Bethesda. He was not only a workhorse but also “incredibly photogenic”. Thus, he was the “natural choice”.
What else did Bruce Nesmith say about Todd Howard? As Bruce Nesmith’s time at Bethesda was coming to an end, Todd Howard had about two dozen projects on his plate at the time. Some were big and some were small, including mobile games.
According to him, it would probably take “many, many years” before Todd Howard retires.
You can watch the entire interview here:
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A player explains that he has bought a new gaming PC for a lot of money. But the community warns him that the purchase was not a good one. At first glance, a 14-core processor sounds really good, but the age of the hardware is the big problem.
The purchase of a new gaming PC is a big moment. But even here, you can easily make mistakes. A user has recently bought a new PC and wanted to know from the community how good the purchased PC is. The buyer’s problem is particularly that he doesn’t really know what he has bought. He writes:
I bought a refurbished computer and don’t know much about computers – how will it perform?
But it quickly becomes clear: He should not have bought the device.
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What hardware is in the computer?According to a reddit post, the following hardware is in the computer for about 800 euros:
14-Core Intel Xeon E5-2690V4 CPU
64 GB RAM (2x32GB) DDR4 2133 MHz PC4
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB
Other components like motherboard, case, or storage medium (HDD, SSD) are not mentioned.
What is the problem? The hardware is significantly outdated for the mentioned price of around 800 euros: The Intel processor is 8 years old, and the RTX 2080 is “only” 6 years old.
Additionally, the price is completely inflated:
For the Intel Xeon E5-2690V4, you pay about 43 euros used on eBay.
For a compatible motherboard (lga 2011-3), you pay between 80 and 100 euros used.
For an RTX 2080, you still have to pay around 200 euros.
For DDR4 RAM, you pay around 50 euros for brand new and get significantly better RAM than what is installed here.
How did it turn out? The user was very lucky. On reddit, he explains in an update that he was able to cancel the purchase. He also writes that the next time, he wants to take more time before buying a PC again.
Is old hardware even worth it? The problem with very old components is often that they limit themselves: A 10-year-old processor can only be equipped with a similarly old motherboard and DDR3 RAM. Therefore, you will never enjoy modern features. Additionally, older CPUs are often not really energy-efficient.
For modern hardware, you already have to replace the entire system (motherboard, RAM, and CPU). Upgrading old hardware with similarly old hardware is rarely worth it. A list of hardware that you should not buy today can be found in the following article directly on MeinMMO: 7 Upgrades for your gaming PC that you should not buy at all
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A trainer in Pokémon GO has narrowly won a Dyna battle. For this, he was rewarded immediately after the battle.
What is a Dyna battle? Dyna battles are a big part of the new Dynamax feature in Pokémon GO. Here you face enormous variants of Pokémon against other monsters in this form. To participate in these battles, you can only use Dyna Pokémon.
A trainer from the community is now showing how much luck is possible in a single Dyna battle. And it really is quite something.
Here you can see the trailer for Dynamax in Pokémon GO
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Dynamax in Pokémon Go – How to participate in the gigantic battles
Narrow victory, big reward
What was lucky about the raid? The trainer completed a Dyna battle against Tanhel, which you can find in Dyna battles since the start of the Psycho Spectacle event. Tanhel is the strongest Pokémon in these battles so far, with a difficulty of 3*.
The battle was a close call for the trainer. He ultimately emerged victorious, with a remaining Pokémon, Charizard, which still had exactly 1 HP left. If Tanhel had hit his Charizard just one more time, he would have lost the battle. The trainer couldn’t have achieved a closer victory.
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What does the reward look like? For this narrow victory, which may have made the trainer sweat a little, he was eventually rewarded. As seen on the capture screen, he was able to enjoy a Shiny Tanhel after the battle.
Additionally, the IVs of the Pokémon are also decent, so the trainer can plan for Dyna battles with the Tanhel for the long term. They are at 14 Attack, 11 Defense, and 13 HP.
A company offers you a complete social network with thousands of comments praising and admiring you. The catch of this network: Apart from you, no one is real.
What kind of network is this? The SocialAI network from Friendly Apps looks at first glance like Twitter, X, or other social feeds. Once you post a message there, you receive replies from other people.
However, SocialAI is special in this regard because apart from you, no one is real; all other participants are AI-powered bots.
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You decide who can comment and who cannot
Every bot is selectable: In SocialAI, you decide what kind of followers you have in the network. The network offers you a long list of bots from which you can select any number of followers who will then comment on you. However, you must choose at least three types of bots.
Do you want to finally make your voice heard or just want to hear nice things? Then choose bots like “Supporter”, “Fan”, “Cheerleader”, and “Charmer” and receive a compliment for every comment.
But you can also achieve the opposite and only select critical bots that will treat you much less kindly. Whatever is behind the bot “brutally honest”.
How well does it work? The online portal Techcrunch teases a bit, saying that SocialAI feels more like a “showcase for AI technology” than a real social network, but SocialAI is still in its early stages. The responses are sometimes more or less meaningful. So you shouldn’t expect too much from SocialAI just yet.
How much does the app cost? At the moment, SocialAI is completely free and is foregoing in-app purchases during the testing phase. The company only plans to introduce them once it has achieved market maturity with SocialAI.
By the way, SocialAI is the third app that Friendly Apps has developed. The company has already experimented with AI, for example with AI Hits, a website for music streaming charts, and with Cosmic, an online dating system that connects users through AI personality tests.
The story mode for the raid in World of Warcraft was highly announced. But MeinMMO demon Cortyn thinks that the feature isn’t really good.
Since yesterday, not only has the first season of World of Warcraft: The War Within started, but a new mode of the raid is available – the “Story Mode”. With this, you have the opportunity to tackle the final boss of the new raid, Queen Ansurek, solo. This is intended to give everyone the chance to experience the raid’s finale – even without a raid group.
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WoW: The War Within – Forces Within
What bothers me the most is the fact that in story mode, the mechanics don’t play any role at all. This is generally not a problem – because in LFR the mechanics are often so simple that they hardly matter. But with the difference: The mechanics are at least fully present.
Even if the big abilities cause little damage, they are at least playable in full. However, this is not the case with the story mode variant.
This causes the story mode variant to teach the boss “incorrectly”. What you see here is simply not the mechanical experience that you get in the normal or heroic mode. The mechanics are partially present – but not fully. And that makes it very strange.
Xal’atath likes to simply leave her followers behind.
When Queen Ansurek sends out a wave of poison, you should actually jump over it to avoid the damage. But the partial mechanic to jump over this wave simply doesn’t exist.
Even in the final phase of the boss fight, where you should actually jump through portals to avoid a deadly mechanic, these portals are simply missing.
In both cases, the answer is: The mechanic that causes the damage is present – but not the mechanic to avoid that damage. So the correct solution to the problem is missing.
I am aware that you cannot or do not want to achieve the complexity of the real boss fight for the story mode. But mechanics that deliberately function “incorrectly” will ultimately only lead to players making mistakes when visiting the normal raid (or even in LFR). That is simply not well done.
Defeating Queen Ansurek in story mode feels strange – it is not well integrated story-wise.
By the way, there is no loot for the story mode, although the reward from the quest is relatively generous. With this, you are able to craft a pretty strong item, making the (one-time) visit in story mode quite worthwhile.
The presentation feels wrong
Also, how the boss fight is presented in the story seems strange. You complete a small quest chain in the city of threads until the vizier – relatively suddenly – says: “Alright, now it’s time to kill the queen.”
That made me raise my eyebrows a bit in confusion. But also the transition into the raid feels somewhat odd. You say “I am ready” and get teleported into the raid – along with 9 NPC companions, right before the boss fight against Ansurek.
This just feels wrong – especially since everything else in the story mode raid is already dead. This leads to you being simply thrown to the end of the raid, which seems inappropriate and hasty story-wise.
From my perspective, the story mode is a nice idea, but so far it’s only experimental and not really thought through to the end. Surely the idea can improve significantly in the future and serve as a good alternative if you just want to see the story. But in the current case, this variant feels more like a foreign body that doesn’t quite fit into the story – strange for a “story mode”. If you want to vote on how good the new expansion is, we have here a large survey on WoW The War Within and its features.
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Behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 lies a huge world full of lore that is not explained in the game. MeinMMO helps you understand some of the backgrounds and explains who exactly you are playing.
In the campaign of Space Marine 2, you are Titus, a lieutenant of the Ultramarines. You won’t really learn more than that, and if you have only read the brief summary of the lore, you will probably struggle to make sense of these terms.
Throughout the story, names come up repeatedly that sound important – and they certainly excite Warhammer fans. And indeed, you play a very important role, as Ultramarines are more or less the reason why Warhammer 40,000 exists as you know it today.
Note that this is a heavily condensed summary and many secondary events from the lore are not covered. It is solely about explaining who the Ultramarines are as simply as possible.
The key info about Ultramarines:
Ultramarines wear blue (“ultramarine”) armor with an inverted white omega as their emblem.
The home world of the Ultramarines is Ultramar, a vast system consisting of about 500 planets. As the only chapter, they dominate an entire sector.
The order of the Ultramarines comes from the “First Founding,” making it one of the oldest associations of Space Marines.
The namesake legion from which the Ultramarines originated was the largest legion of Space Marines.
Ultramarines are known for their immense loyalty to the Emperor and their adherence to the principles of the Codex Astartes.
The Primarch (essentially “founder” or “father”) of the Ultramarines is Roboute Guilliman.
By the way, in co-op and PvP you can also play other chapters and customize your Space Marine:
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Ultramarines are the ultimate soldiers
To give you a little insight into who exactly you are playing: Space Marines are genetically modified super soldiers. Through “gene-seeds”, additional and altered organs are cultivated in a human, making them literally superhumans with superpowers.
These gene-seeds originate from the original Primarchs and have been preserved over millennia. Each seed has special properties – and brings dangers that can cause the organs to mutate.
The gene-seed of the Ultramarines is considered the most stable and at the same time the most versatile of all Space Marines, ensuring that the recipient is very likely to gain certain characteristics:
Ultramarines are aggressive but self-controlled in appropriate situations.
They are extremely disciplined and always act purposefully.
More than most other chapters, Ultramarines have a sense of hierarchy and loyalty to their codex.
Together, this makes Ultramarines the perfect soldiers who work together ideally and obey their commanders. There are only a few exceptions and deviations from the Codex Astartes, which you can even see in Space Marine 2.
Without Ultramarines, there would be no Space Marines
In the lore of Warhammer 40,000, the Ultramarines play a significant role. The legion, from which several orders later emerged, was the largest legion of Space Marines before the Horus Heresy (a kind of civil war between Space Marines) with about 250,000 members.
With this force, despite significant losses, the Ultramarines made a major contribution to the victory of the Imperium. Their Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, even served for a brief time as the regent of the Emperor – at least until stability was restored.
The Codex Astartes, the rulebook by which almost all Space Marines organize their lives, also comes from the pen of Guilliman. With this work, he aimed to prevent another war like that from occurring again.
The nine companions from Lord of the Rings could not be more different. They must first combine their strengths together, and then at different locations, to defeat Sauron. Which of them are the strongest, we will look at in the ranking.
How was the ranking created? The companions are all quite different. Representatives of various peoples of Middle-earth, namely men, elves, wizards, dwarves, and hobbits, come together to support Frodo on his mission to destroy the One Ring.
For our ranking, we compared the abilities of the individual companions and thus came to a conclusion. Note that “strength” does not necessarily have to be purely physical. We have also taken individual deeds into account without which the rescue of Middle-earth would probably not have succeeded.
In the end, the ranking is of course subjective, so feel free to share your opinion in the comments.
Attention spoilers: Below we reveal individual details from all three parts of Lord of the Rings. If you are among the few who do not know the films or books, you are hereby warned.
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Place 9: Boromir
Someone has to be last, and in this list, it is the man Boromir. Yes, he may be a good and strong fighter, but he also shows a great mental weakness. The One Ring has enchanted him from the very beginning. Already at the first meeting in Rivendell, Boromir suggests not to destroy the ring, but to use it for his own purposes.
On the later journey, he tries to take the ring from Frodo. Just being near him is enough to seduce him. However, it should be positively highlighted that Boromir’s heroic effort for Pippin and Merry at the end of the first part is an act for which he pays with his life.
Place 8: Pippin
The hobbit Pippin loves pipe weed and has rather accidentally become one of the companions. What he lacks in strength and skill in battle, he makes up for with wit and unwavering optimism. This keeps the companions in good spirits.
Pippin resisted the power of the Palantir, one of the “Seeing Stones,” through which he briefly looked into the eye of Sauron. Additionally, he ignited the fires of Minas Tirith, alerting allies to the city’s plight.
Place 7: Merry
The race between Merry and Pippin is very close. The quirky hobbit is also not a born fighter, although over the course of the films he puts on armor and tries his hand with a sword.
Much more, Merry impresses with his temperament. Like Pippin, he is often in a good mood, but at crucial moments he recognizes the seriousness of the situation. It was Merry who moved the Ents around Treebeard to their final march—after he angrily commented on their unwillingness to go into battle. Without the Ents, Isengard might not have fallen, which earns Merry 7th place.
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In Baldur’s Gate 3, everything actually revolves around dialogues that advance your story. However, one player has decided to play the game in a completely different way. He wants to wipe out all life without mercy.
What does the player have in mind? User Dechna shared his evil plan on Reddit. His goal is to eliminate every living being in the game where possible. Only beings that cannot be killed should survive.
In his post on Reddit, he asks the community for help. He doesn’t want to kill the wrong person too early and ruin his game. He fears that he might exclude himself from progressing to the later acts. The Reddit users immediately know what he needs to pay attention to.
More about your dirty secrets has been revealed by the creators of Baldur’s Gate 3:
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Community helps, even when it comes to evil things
How does the community help? The community is discussing on Reddit which NPCs could cause trouble if one attempts to eliminate them or attack too early without having completed other tasks first.
How do you get to Baldur’s Gate without NPCs? Even without NPCs, there is always a way to progress. The path to Moonrise and Baldur’s Gate is also shown in documents that you can find.
The developers at Larian are known for incorporating many “fail-safes”. These prevent players from being unable to continue, even when making really dumb decisions. That’s also the reason why it’s even possible to wipe out everything and everyone while still completing the game.
The player also mentions in his post that Act 1 was completed quite quickly since most of the time in the game is spent on dialogues that no longer need to be held when no living being is left. Those who prefer speaking with an AI sometimes get really dumb responses: A user asked ChatGPT about 15 dumb things and events – This was his answer
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With a new trailer, the developers behind Decadent (Steam, PS5) reveal their biggest influences: H. P. Lovecraft and Resident Evil 4.
What kind of game is it? Decadent (not to be confused with Decadence) is a first-person horror shooter developed by Incantation Games. The game is set to release in 2025 for PC on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
In Decadent, we step into the shoes of John Lorn, a researcher, World War I veteran, and occultist. But we are not the only ones inhabiting his body; there’s also a sinister parasite making itself known as a glowing eye on his hand.
In a trailer with the promising name “Madness,” the developers provide a first glimpse into the game. Also featured is a merchant that players may recognize from Resident Evil 4.
You can watch this trailer here:
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Decadent: The trailer for the horror shooter combines H. P. Lovecraft with Resident Evil 4
What does the trailer show? After a brief shootout and subsequent escape, we wake up in a bleak, dark forest. Shortly thereafter, we are greeted by a cloaked merchant with a distinctive accent who tries to sell us some weapons – which strongly resembles the merchant from Resident Evil 4.
The similarities are unmistakable
Under the video on YouTube, viewers also agree that they recognized the merchant from Resident Evil 4. They immediately began quoting the quirky merchant from Resident Evil 4 and (even as a joke) making a connection between the two.
somebody1692 immediately thought of a specific line from the merchant: “What’re ya buyin’?” [roughly: “What are you buying?”]
louiemontinola9688 is sure: “RE 4 merchant was confirmed as an interdimensional being.”
SchemingSkelly merges the two characters and writes: “I am just a simple merchant… STRANGER.”
Just like in Resident Evil 4, we find ourselves in Decadent in a dark, eerie forest, repeatedly encountering madmen and monsters. We could just as easily apply the “mad” part to ourselves.
Our character regularly suffers from hallucinations. What appears to be a wild beast at this moment may later turn out to be an innocent camper. Visually, Decadent is heavily inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror, including strange tentacled creatures.
The crazy survival game Palworld launched in January 2024 in Early Access on Steam as well as Xbox and became a mega hit. Due to the obvious similarity of some monsters to Pokémon, many believed a lawsuit from Nintendo was imminent – and now the creators of Pokémon have initiated legal action.
Update 12:05 – The developers of Palworld have now issued a statement regarding the lawsuit. Here’s the article.
In Palworld, you can explore a new island with the Sakurajima update
So this is how it begins
This is the lawsuit: Nintendo announced in the night from September 18 to 19, 2024 our time that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld creator Pocketpair together with the Pokémon Company at the Tokyo District Court.
The lawsuit concerns injunctions and damages. Palworld is alleged to have violated several patent rights.
Nintendo also announced that it will continue to take “necessary steps” against the violation of its property rights to protect the intellectual property that has been built up over years of hard work (via Nintendo).
On X, formerly Twitter, users are wondering why Nintendo waited so long to take action against Palworld. However, preparing such a lawsuit can indeed take a few months.
Particularly the fact that Nintendo took so long is seen as a bad sign for Palworld: This could mean that Nintendo waited until they had a case they were sure they could win. (via X).
Notably, Nintendo apparently does not refer to copyright but to patent law. So it may be less about the design of the creatures, where fans had noted great similarity to Pokémon from the beginning. Instead, it may refer more to game mechanics such as monster catching.
In January 2024, we already asked the well-known lawyer Christian Solmecke for an assessment of the situation:
It is still unclear what it will mean for the future of Palworld if Nintendo is successful with its lawsuit. Just a few days ago, the creators talked about how the Creature Collector will proceed and discussed possibilities for future monetization: Head of Palworld explains why his game won’t become a hated live-service game
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Since September 1, 2024, the US series “Peacemaker” is running in Germany on Amazon Prime. MeinMMO series expert Schuhmann says: The series is much better than it should be. Anyone who is missing “The Boys” should indulge in Peacemaker. Just for John Cena, it must be seen. The series is really fun.
This is how Peacemaker begins: The heavily injured Peacemaker from “Suicide Squad” considers himself a superhero. The rest of the world sees him as a trigger-happy killer with questionable views on morality and decency.
Peacemaker is discharged from the hospital, breaks into his trailer, and picks up his best friend from his racist supervillain father: a bald eagle named Eagley. He also stocks up on new equipment. Daddy made him new superhero helmets.
Actually, Peacemaker should still be serving 25 years for murder and can’t believe he is free. But it quickly becomes clear to him: He remains free only if he joins a special unit and carries out secret operations on behalf of the US government.
This special unit, however, is not exactly first-class, as it consists of agents who have fallen from grace and his trigger-happy superfan Vigilante. He just can’t get rid of the sociopath. Anyway, after so long in prison and the hospital, Peacemaker first wants to take care of the most important things: drink beer and sleep with a woman. But that’s where the trouble begins.
The intro to the series of Peacemaker is really eye-catching:
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Trailer for the series Peacemaker with John Cena
A biting and colorful mix that is really fun
That’s the tone of Peacemaker: The tone of Peacemaker is exuberant, colorful, and full of joy in play. You can tell that wrestler John Cena enjoys his role every minute.
Cena plays a character who is willing to kill as many people as necessary as long as it’s for “peace.” A crude philosophy that Peacemaker picked up as a child and has never questioned since.
However, the series is neither harmless nor totally silly, but keeps offering biting allusions. Peacemaker is looked at askance for his reactionary macho views when he discusses that a woman has breasts that are too large to call them “sugar tits,” but “pudgy cheeks” is absolutely okay.
The plot of the series is exciting, the action scenes are great, and the pounding soundtrack, which mostly consists of 80s glam rock, is a lot of fun.
This is the highlight: Visually, Peacemaker is impressive, with great ideas like the eagle and the imaginative antagonists you quickly get to know. The series has some clever ideas for its action sequences and the dynamics among the characters. Especially the relationship of Peacemaker to the individual characters and how they change over the 8 episodes of the series has more depth than one might think at first glance. Particularly problematic characters like his “white supremacist” father or the psycho sidekick Vigilante are interesting partners.
The many allusions and wordplay in the dialogues are particularly enjoyable. In addition, Peacemaker is excellently cast.
Besides John Cena, Danielle Brooks, known from “Orange is the New Black,” and “Terminator” Robert Patrick shine. But also the “super characters” like Vigilante or Judo Master are a lot of fun. Just the various insults that the short-statured martial arts specialist Judo Master has to endure are creative.
Vigilante is an unusually amoral sidekick.
Do you need to be familiar with the DC universe for Peacemaker? No, that is not necessary. Although Peacemaker takes place in the universe of Superman and Batman and there are some allusions to the heroes – especially the poor Aquaman suffers. But no prior knowledge is required to enjoy Peacemaker.
MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya Jankowski considers Peacemaker to be one of the very best series of 2022 and discusses Peacemaker in a podcast.
Peacemaker is as quirky as “Guardians of The Galaxy” from the same creator
Who is the series ideal for? Those who like “The Boys” will feel right at home in Peacemaker. Although Peacemaker is not as dark in tone and not quite as bloody, it addresses some themes from “The Boys” and also shows superheroes who have their struggles with the moral code.
The general tone of the series is reminiscent of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Peacemaker in some situations resembles the meaner, more muscular version of Starlord. No wonder, James Gunn, the writer and director of all three “Guardians of the Galaxy” films and also of “The Suicide Squad,” is behind Peacemaker.
Peacemaker has been airing on Amazon Prime since September 1. The first season has 8 episodes. A second season is planned for 2025.
