FC 24: Make Your Mark Tracker for EURO 2024 – All players and upgrades at a glance

Summer in FC 24 is all about the national teams. With “Make Your Mark” launched on June 14, the next live event in Ultimate Team starts. In this tracker, we show you all special cards of EURO 2024 and provide you with the most important information about their chances of upgrades.

What kind of event is this? “Make Your Mark” is an event that brings a variety of dynamic cards. It focuses on players who want to write their own success stories in the upcoming tournaments over the next few weeks:

  • UEFA EURO 2024
  • Copa América

For the special cards of Copa América, there is also a tracker for you at MeinMMO: Make Your Mark Tracker for Copa América – All players and upgrades at a glance

Some of the new cards have 4 Playstyle+. This has not happened in any other event before. And players can even receive 3 more upgrades.

When do players receive upgrades? Players must meet the following criteria in their national teams to unlock the corresponding upgrades:

  • Debut: Chemistry+ (three chemistry points from the start)
  • Forwards/Midfielders score 2 goals or assists: +1 overall rating (OVR)
  • Defenders/Goalkeepers do not concede a goal in 2 matches: +1 OVR
  • Participate in 5 matches: +1 OVR
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EA Sports FC 24: Update teaser for the UEFA Euro 2024

Make Your Mark: All Players and Upgrades of EURO 2024

In total, there are 47 Mark-Your-Mark cards for EURO 2024. Only 3 players still have a chance to receive upgrades.

What does the tracker show you? You can take the following information from the tracker from left to right:

  • Player (current rating) – Positions
    • all player ratings that have received an upgrade are marked in bold
    • for players who can no longer receive upgrades, you see a small note in parentheses
  • Nationality
    • countries that can provide the player with upgrades are marked with an asterisk (*)
  • Completed matches
    • after one match, Chemistry+ unlocks, and after 5 completed matches, there is +1 OVR
  • Goals/assists for forwards or games without conceding for defenders and goalkeepers
    • Some players can play both in defense and midfield. For the tracker, the player’s primary position counts.

Make Your Mark Tracker: EURO 2024

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityCompleted MatchesGoals/Assists or Games without conceding (+1 OVR)
van Dijk (99) – CB
(all upgrades received)
Netherlands✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
+1 OVR
Konaté (97) -CB
(eliminated)
France✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
+1 OVR
Wirtz (99) – CAM, CM, ST
(all upgrades received)
Germany✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
✅Goals/Assists: 2/2
+1 OVR
Doku (97) – RM, LW, RF
(eliminated)
Belgium✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Carvajal (97) – RB, RCBSpain*✅1/1: Chemistry+
4/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
+1 OVR
Palmer (96) – CAM, RFEngland*✅1/1: Chemistry+
4/5: OVR +1
Goals/Assists: 1/2
Dimarco (96) – LM, CB, LB
(eliminated)
Italy✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Kolo Muani (97) – ST, RM, LW
(eliminated)
France✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 1/2
Rafael Leão (96) – LF, LM, LW, ST
(eliminated)
Portugal✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Højlund (96) – ST, LW
(eliminated)
Denmark✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌4/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Arda Güler (97) – CAM, CM, RF
(all upgrades received)
Turkey✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
✅Goals/Assists: 2/2
Szoboszlai (95) – CAM, RM, CM
(eliminated)
Hungary✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 1/2
Xavi Simons (97) – CAM, RF, LF
(all upgrades received)
Netherlands✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
✅Goals/Assists: 2/2
+1 OVR
Šeško (95) – ST, LW
(eliminated)
Slovenia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Williams (97) – LM, RM, RF, LF
(all upgrades received)
Spain✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
✅Goals/Assists: 2/2
+1 OVR
Mudryk (95) – LM, LF
(eliminated)
Ukraine✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Tchouaméni (96) – CDM, CB, CM
(eliminated)
France✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Nuno Mendes (96) – LB, LCB
(eliminated)
Portugal✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌4/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
+1 OVR
João Neves (95) – CM
(eliminated)
Portugal✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
De Ketelaere (95) – ST, CAM
(eliminated)
Belgium✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌0/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
ter Stegen (95) – GK
(eliminated)
Germany❌0/1: Chemistry+
❌0/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
Alexander-Arnold (96) – RB, RCB, CM
(no upgrades possible)
England✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
Danso (95) – CB
(eliminated)
Austria✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
van de Ven (94) – CB, LB
(eliminated)
Netherlands✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
Theate (95) – CB, LB
(eliminated)
Belgium✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
Drăgușin (94) – CB (eliminated)Romania✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 1/2
McTominay (94) – CDM, CM
(eliminated)
Scotland✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 1/2
Okafor (94) – ST, CAM, LW, LF
(eliminated)
Switzerland❌0/1: Chemistry+
❌0/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Kiwior (94) – LB, CB, CDM
(eliminated)
Poland✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
Özcan (94) – CDM, CM
(eliminated)
Turkey✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Frattesi (94) – CM
(eliminated)
Italy✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Stanišić (94) – RB, RCB, CB
(eliminated)
Croatia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
Frankowski (94) – RCB, RB, LCB
(eliminated)
Poland✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
Broja (94) – ST, LW
(eliminated)
Albania✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Kostic (94) – LM, LCB, LW
(eliminated)
Serbia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌1/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Groß (93) – CM, RB, CDM
(eliminated)
Germany✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌1/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Ilic (93) – CM, LW
(eliminated)
Serbia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Mittelstädt (93) – LCB, LB, LM
(eliminated)
Germany✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌4/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 1/2
Toney (93) – ST, LWEngland*✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌2/5: OVR +1
Goals/Assists: 1/2
Le Normand (94) – CB
(all upgrades received)
Spain✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
✅no goal conceded: 2/2
+1 OVR
Sosa (92) – LCB, LB, LM
(eliminated)
Croatia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌1/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 0/2
Bah (92) – RB, RCB
(eliminated)
Denmark✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌4/5: OVR +1
❌no goal conceded: 1/2
Mikautadze (93) – ST, LW
(eliminated)
Georgia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌4/5: OVR +1
✅Goals/Assists: 2/2
+1 OVR
Reijnders (93) – CM
(eliminated)
Netherlands✅1/1: Chemistry+
✅5/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Boženík (91) – ST, LW
(eliminated)
Slovakia✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌3/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2
Černý (91) – RF, RM
(eliminated)
Czech Republic✅1/1: Chemistry+
❌1/5: OVR +1
❌Goals/Assists: 0/2

When will the upgrades appear in the game? The upgrades will appear in the game just one day after the European Championship. The same applies to the upgrades of the dynamic Path-to-Glory cards. To keep you up to date, we have also created a tracker for Path to Glory at MeinMMO: Path to Glory Tracker in FC 24: All players and upgrades for EURO 2024 at a glance

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After 10 years on Twitch, Pokimane breaks an important streaming rule

The former Twitch streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys switched to YouTube in January and then took a four-month content break. Now she is back with a vlog and reveals much about her private life.

What streaming rule does Pokimane have? Actually, Pokimane is very strict when it comes to her privacy. The streamer has built a huge community over her more than 10 years as a content creator and has one of the most followed channels on Twitch.

As a former face of the streaming platform, Pokimane was very much in the public eye for years. Nevertheless, she has always kept her private life under wraps.

For example, there was no information about whether the streamer is dating someone, and if so, who. For her, “it just doesn’t make sense,” as she “usually doesn’t date people from the public eye.” In a video on her YouTube channel, she has shown herself to be somewhat more open and shares with her community that she is currently going through a breakup.

Successful female streamers also exist in the German space. We introduced five of them in the video:

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Whether on Madeira or at the mixing console – These are 5 of the biggest German Twitch streamers

“This breakup feels different than others.”

Why is she making it public now? Her reasoning for sharing her private life now is simple: “I thought this breakup could be interesting to talk about for a few reasons.”

This breakup feels different for Pokimane, she said, because she is at an age where one plans a future together with a partner. Especially when it comes to marriage and children, and then dissolving that possible future, “there is a lot to process,” the streamer said.

Also, it sometimes feels better for the content creator to talk to her community about her problems. This way she can get support from her fans, as some can relate to her emotional state and share that with her.

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In this video, Pokimane talks about her private life.

Pokimane has uplifting words for her fans: “You are not alone.”

This is the streamer’s message: Even though she is currently affected by heartbreak herself, Pokimane supports her fans: “If you are going through a breakup or have gone through one, be aware that you are not alone. (…) And secondly: Time heals everything.”

Pokimane values her privacy greatly

Why does Pokimane share so little of herself? Pokimane explained her reticence regarding her privacy by stating that she has had a lot of public appearances as a streamer in recent years. Therefore, her privacy became all the more important to her, and she simply wanted to “have a few years for herself”.

However, that has now changed, and she misses sharing her personal matters with her community. She finds a lot of joy in this and is trying to open up in the future.

For female streamers, it is often not easy to make their relationship status public. They have to deal with the judgments of fans. However, there are also reasons for being open about one’s relationship publicly. A popular German Twitch streamer explains why she made her relationship public.

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A big shooter on Steam now has deep red reviews, even players with 3,000 hours are complaining

There is trouble at Apex Legends: EA is changing the battle pass model. Instead of $0 per season, players will now have to pay $20 for the battle pass. This does not sit well with them. Even players with 3,000 hours in the shooter are punishing Apex Legends with negative reviews on Steam, but a announced boycott seems to be absent.

This is the problem: Yesterday on MeinMMO, we reported on the changes to the battle pass in Apex Legends:

  • So far, it has been the case that frequent players could effectively acquire the battle pass in Apex Legends for free using the currency AC, as they earned new currency for the next battle pass while playing through the current one.
  • Now, however, the battle pass can only be purchased with real money.
  • In addition, there are now two of the passes, but with easier-to-achieve rewards.

In practice, this means: While frequent players previously spent $0 per season to obtain and play the battle pass, they will soon have to pay $20 to stay at the same level.

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Apex Legends Shows the New Hero Conduit in the Trailer

Thousands of negative reviews flood in for Apex Legends on Steam

This is the impact: On reddit and Twitter, many players of Apex Legends have expressed their dissatisfaction.

As a result of the now-typical “review bombing” on Steam, recent reviews have collapsed to “Mostly Negative”:

  • On July 8, 479 negative reviews came in.
  • On July 9, there were 1,448 negative reviews – about 10 times more than on a normal day.
  • On July 10, 3,262 negative reviews came in.

In the reviews, people write specifically:

  • “Very good battle pass update, makes my uninstall button spin,” writes a player with 1,280 hours on Steam.
  • “It’s a hard no from me to a two-battlepass-and-only-cash meta,” writes someone who has spent 3,093 hours on Apex Legends on Steam.
  • A player with 3,000 hours even states: “GARBO GAME” – meaning “garbage game.”

Player calls for protest but continues to play

Are people following through with the protest? Not really. It is not measurable or really evident yet.

When comparing player numbers on Steam, no measurable decline that goes beyond normal fluctuations is visible:

  • On July 7 (before the trouble), 148,000 people were logged in at 2 PM.
  • On July 8, there were 151,000 people on Steam at 2 PM.
  • On July 9, it was 149,000 people.

Thus, Apex Legends remains one of the largest shooters on Steam and one of the top 10 games overall. Currently, it ranks in 10th place in the Steam charts behind the two new games The First Descendant and Once Human.

Even one of the Steam reviewers, who had spent 3,087 hours in the game when he vented his frustration, has spent another 6 hours in the shooter since the review.

It seems to be one of those cases where people announce that they will stop playing Apex Legends immediately and never play it again, but these effects are not yet measurable or reflected in reality. It will certainly be observed in the coming days how many players actually follow through with the protest. At the moment, it doesn’t look like EA is really feeling the community’s anger: Players threaten to delete Apex Legends from their hard drives because EA has “improved” the battle pass.

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Path to Glory Tracker in FC 24: All players and upgrades for EURO 2024 in overview

In FC 24, with the start of the European Championship on June 14, the Path-to-Glory players have come into focus. In our tracker for EURO 2024, we present all players with their progress and upgrades.

What are Path-to-Glory players? With the Path to Glory, you can accompany selected players on their journey to the finals of major tournaments. This concerns the following international competitions:

  • UEFA EURO 2024
  • Copa América

All Path-to-Glory cards are dynamic, meaning they can improve depending on the performance of their national teams.

The Path-to-Glory cards are particularly interesting because you can obtain many in the new Season Pass. We show you how to quickly get the cards: 3 tips to quickly level up the Season 7 Ladder

How do upgrades work? Certain upgrades are given to the players only when their national team meets one or more of the following criteria:

  • Country of the player wins 1 match: +1 OVR
  • Country of the player wins 3 matches: +1 Play Style+
  • Country of the player wins the quarter-finals: +1 OVR
  • Country of the player wins the semi-finals: +1 OVR or 5/5 * in Skill Moves (SM)/Weak Foot (WF)
  • Country of the player wins the final: +1 OVR
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EA Sports FC 24: Update teaser for the UEFA Euro 2024

Path to Glory Tracker for EURO 2024: All players and upgrades

At the start of the event and with the beginning of the group stage of the EURO, 39 Path-to-Glory players were released in Team 1. Meanwhile, 15 more cards have been added for the knockout round.

Out of a total of 54 cards, 10 players still have the opportunity to collect further upgrades.

What information do you see in the tracker? The tracker starts on the left with the player and their current rating. Ratings that have already been changed through upgrades are marked in bold by us. In the same column, you can also see which positions the player is intended for.

Next to it, you can see the nations of the cards. The nations where players have chances for further upgrades are marked with a star (*).

In the two columns on the right in the table, we indicate side by side which upgrades the card has already received and when the next upgrade is possible. If the player’s nation has already been eliminated, we have noted this as well.

Path to Glory Tracker: EURO 2024 – Group Stage

Group A

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Undav (95) – ST, CAM, CFGermany+1 OVR: 1 win
Tiki-Taka+: 3 wins
eliminated
Tierney (93) – LB, LWBScotland/eliminated
Füllkrug (94) – ST, CFGermany+1 OVR: 1 win
Calm+: 3 wins
eliminated
Ndoye (93) – RM, LM, RWSwitzerland+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Szalai (92) – CB, LBHungary+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated

Group B

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Pedri (98) – CM, CAMSpain*+1 OVR: 1 win
Forward Pass+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs England
Chiesa (96) – LM, RM, RF, LFItaly+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Olmo (97) – CAM, CF, RF, LFSpain*+1 OVR: 1 win
Trivela+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs England
Gvardiol (94) – CB, LBCroatia/eliminated
Hysaj (92) – LB, RB, LWBAlbania/eliminated
Brozovic (92) – CDMCroatia/eliminated
Vicario (93) – GKItaly+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated

Group C

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Saka (98) – RF, RM, LM, LFEngland*+1 OVR: 2 wins
Hard Pass+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: reaching the semi-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs Spain
Oblak (96) – GKSlovenia/eliminated
Walker (97) – RB, RWB, CBEngland*+1 OVR: 1 win
Relentless+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: reaching the semi-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs Spain
Gomez (95) – CB, RBEngland*+1 OVR: 1 win
Quick Step+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: reaching the semi-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs Spain
Pickford (98) – GKEngland*+1 OVR: 1 win
+1 OVR: 3 wins
+1 OVR: reaching the semi-finals
+1 OVR: reaching the final
after win in the final vs Spain
Christensen (93) – CB Denmark/eliminated
Vlahović (93) – ST, CF Serbia/eliminated
Lukic (91) – CM, CDMSerbia/eliminated

Group D

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Saliba (98) – CBFrance+1 OVR: 1 match won
Pushing+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Depay (97) – CF, ST, LFThe Netherlands+1 OVR: 1 match won
Precise Pass+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Sabitzer (96) – CM, CDM, CAMAustria+1 OVR: 1 match woneliminated
de Jong (97)- CM, CDM, CAMThe Netherlands*+1 OVR: 1 match won
Calm+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Clauss (95) – RWB, RB, RMFrance*+1 OVR: 1 win+1 OVR: 1 match won
Precise Pass+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Barcola (95) – RF, RM, ST, LFFrance*+1 OVR: 1 match won
Precise Pass+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Laimer (94) – CDM, CMAustria+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Zalewski (92) – LM, LB, RM, LFPoland/eliminated

Group E

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Lukaku (95) – ST, CFBelgium+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Škriniar (94) – CBSlovakia+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Trossard (94) – CF, CAM, ST, LFBelgium+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Rațiu (92) – RB, RWBRomania+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Tsygankov (92) – RM, CM, CAM, RWUkraine+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated

Group F

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Rúben Dias (97) – CBPortugal+1 OVR: 1 match won
Power Header+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Kvaratskhelia (96) – LF, LM, RFGeorgia+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated
Silva (95) – CAM, RM, CM, RWPortugal+1 OVR: 1 win
Cutback Pass+: 3 wins
eliminated
Rui Patrício (94) – GKPortugal+1 OVR: 1 win
+1 OVR: 3 wins
eliminated
Schick (92) – ST, CF Czech Republic/eliminated
Kökçü (93) – CM, CAMTurkey+1 OVR: 1 win
Sliding Tackler+: 3 wins
eliminated

Path to Glory Tracker: EURO 2024 – Knockout Round

Player (Rating) – PositionsNationalityPrevious upgradesNext upgrade possible vs
Camavinga (98) – CDM, LB, CMFrance*+1 OVR: 1 match won
Kante+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Griezmann (97) – ST, CF, RF, LFFrance*+1 OVR: 1 match won
Tiki-Taka+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Stones (97) – CB, RB, CDMEngland *+1 OVR: 1 match won
Aerial+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs Spain
Havertz (97) – CAM, CM, RF, STGermany+1 OVR: 1 win
Acrobatic+: 3 wins
Playstyle+: 3 wins
eliminated
Cristiano Ronaldo (97) – ST, CFPortugal+1 OVR: 1 win
Playstyle+: 3 wins
eliminated
Watkins (96) – ST, CFEngland*+1 OVR: 1 win
Playstyle+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs Spain
Ferran Torres (96) – LF, LM, RF, STSpain*+1 OVR: 1 win
Relentless+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs England
Jesús Navas (96) – RB, RWB, RMSpain*+1 OVR: 1 win
Trickster+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
5* SM/WF: reaching the final
after win in the final vs England
de Ligt (96) – CBThe Netherlands*+1 OVR: 1 win
Sliding Tackler+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Weghorst (96) – ST, CFThe Netherlands*+1 OVR: 1 win
First Touch+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Sané (96) – RM, LM, RFGermany+1 OVR: 1 win
Playstyle+: 3 wins
eliminated
Diogo Jota (96) – CF, ST, LFPortugal+1 OVR: 1 win
Technique+: 3 wins
eliminated
Çalhanoğlu (96) – CM, CDMTurkey+1 OVR: 1 win
First Touch+: 3 wins
eliminated
Fofana (94) – CMFrance*+1 OVR: 1 win
First Touch+: 3 wins
+1 OVR: win in the quarter-finals
eliminated
Matheus Nunes (94) – CM, LMPortugal+1 OVR: 1 win
Kante+: 3 wins
eliminated
Akanji (94) – CBSwitzerland+1 OVR: 1 wineliminated

When are the upgrades available in the game? EA has maintained a good pace in updating the upgraded cards in the game. The upgrades are visible in Ultimate Team just one day after being achieved. The Path-to-Glory event was part of a major update for FC 24, which we presented in more detail at MeinMMO: EURO Update is here – bringing a new mode for the Euro 2024 and 7 important changes

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Pokémon GO: Which form of Necrozma is better?

Necrozma can change its form in Pokémon GO through fusion. We at MeinMMO show you which forms the legendary monster possesses and which one you should choose.

Which Pokémon is it about? For the GO Fest on July 13 and 14, 2024, the legendary Psychic-type Pokémon Necrozma will celebrate its global debut. On these days, it will appear in Level 5 raids and can be caught by you. Previously, this was only possible at live events in Sendai, Madrid, and New York.

But the Prism Pokémon from Generation 7 has another special feature for you. As it absorbs light, it can change its form through fusion. This will also be possible in Pokémon GO. We have summarized which forms Necrozma actually has, how strong they are, and which one you should ultimately choose.

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What forms does Necrozma have and how do you get them?

What forms does Necrozma possess? In addition to its normal form, Necrozma has a total of three additional forms: Dusk Mane, Dawn Wings, and an Ultra form. The latter can be assumed by Necrozma when it has absorbed too much light. However, this will not be available in the game for now, which is why the further article will refer to Necrozma (Dusk Mane) and Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

How can Necrozma change its form? Unlike most other shapeshifters, Necrozma uses the power of other monsters to change its form. As it feeds on light, it draws upon the powers of Solgaleo and Lunala. To do this, it fuses with the respective Pokémon. This is how you obtain the two forms:

  • Dusk Mane: Necrozma fuses with Solgaleo
    • in addition to the Pokémon, 30 Necrozma candies, 30 Cosmog candies, and 1,000 Solar Fusion energy are required
  • Dawn Wings: Necrozma fuses with Lunala
    • in addition to the Pokémon, 30 Necrozma candies, 30 Cosmog candies, and 1,000 Lunar Fusion energy are required

You can obtain the respective fusion energy through raids and special research for ticket holders. Additionally, you can already secure some from the current promo codes. What else you should know about the fusion, you can read in the following article:

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Which form is worth it the most?

How strong are Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings? Both the fusion with Solgaleo to Dusk Mane and with Lunala to Dawn Wings make Necrozma a strong Pokémon. Both monsters benefit from high stats:

  • Attack: 277
  • Defense: 220
  • Stamina: 200

Through the fusion with Solgaleo, Necrozma in Dusk Mane additionally contains the Steel type along with the Psychic type, granting it the powerful charged move Steel Beam. With this, it deals 135 damage in trainer battles and even 230 damage in raids and gym battles. Thus, it ranks among the best Steel attackers in Pokémon GO.

In the Dawn Wings form, Necrozma, on the other hand, utilizes the Psychic and Ghost types. Through its Ghost move Shadow Beam, it also deals 135 damage in trainer battles and 230 damage in raids and gym battles. This makes it one of the best Ghost attackers in the game in combination with its fast move Dark Claw.

Even in the Master League of PvP battles, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) can score well and secures 7th place with a moveset consisting of Dark Claw, Dark Aura, and Shadow Beam in the PvPoke ranking. This makes it slightly better than Necrozma (Dusk Mane), which only ranks 15th here. However, both forms can also be used as solid Psychic attackers in raids.

Dusk Mane or Dawn Wings – Which form is better?

Which form should you choose? Both forms of Necrozma have strong stats and movesets and are also among the best attackers in Pokémon GO. Your choice should therefore depend mainly on what you want to do with the respective form.

If you need a strong Steel attacker for your raid team, you should go for Necrozma (Dusk Mane). For use in the GO Battle League or as a Ghost attacker for raids, you should rather choose Necrozma (Dawn Wings).

What you need to consider: In your choice, you should also consider that there are relatively few legendary raid bosses that have a weakness to Steel attacks. Additionally, Necrozma (Dusk Mane) is vulnerable to many types like Ground, Ghost, Fire, and Dark, which weakens it in battle.

In contrast, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) only has weaknesses against Ghost and Dark attacks. For this reason, you have better chances of keeping it in battle longer, especially in the GO Battle League.

So if you don’t have a clear idea of what you ultimately want to do with the form, you can’t go wrong with Necrozma (Dawn Wings), as you can use it both as a good attacker in raids and as a strong contender in the GO Battle League.

How do you like the forms of Necrozma? Which one will you secure? And why did you choose this one? Feel free to let us know here at MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.

By the way: The two forms of Necrozma not only enrich your teams in battle. You can also activate their moves outside of battles and temporarily benefit from special bonuses. What contents await you through the adventure effects and how to activate them, read here.

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Players in Elden Ring elect new Easy Mode and it is not the Mage

When players talk about Elden Ring and an Easy Mode, all mage builds are immediately brought up and flaunted, but fans have now crowned a new Easy Mode. This has nothing to do with magic, but rather raw violence.

What is this debate about? In Elden Ring, there are many players who want to adjust the difficulty, but anyone familiar with FromSoftware’s Souls games knows that this is not possible. Only strong builds can simplify your journey, and what could be easier than a powerful mage build?

At the release of Elden Ring, the mage was considered the most powerful option to defeat bosses and regular enemies. You operate from a distance and can hurl powerful spells at your foes. However, with the release of the new DLC, players’ opinions have changed. It is no longer the mages that are supposed to be powerful, but those who can swing big clubs.

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With Unga Bunga to Victory!

What is the new Easy Mode? On Reddit, the user mimudidama clarified that it is not the mage that is the Easy Mode, but rather strength builds that rely on raw violence. With his statement, the user received a lot of agreement and up to 4928 upvotes (as of July 11, 2024, at 12:50 PM).

According to him, strength builds where players jump on their enemies and crush them with their massive weapons are the easier and better way to breeze through the game. In PvE and PvP, this strategy proves effective, as the raw firepower of these strength weapons generates huge damage numbers with just a few hits.

The community agrees with mimudidama and comments with the following remarks:

  • “I agree, I use the Great Club and just hit things and they die. Sometimes I have to hit it multiple times, but the effect is the same” – AdventurousAd9519
  • “I like mathematically optimized and carefully researched Unga, it bunga well and it’s fun to think about.” – Urtoryu
  • “Great Club is 100% Easy Mode” – TCGHexenwahn
  • “A friend of mine completely skipped the second phase of Rellana by using two Great Clubs and jumping on them.” – Gwalitaetsware

Whether you use a mage or strength build to breeze through the game depends on which playstyle you prefer. Both are strong Easy Modes that you can use – it just depends on what you prefer. We have summarized one of the best strength builds for you in case you want to change your build: Elden Ring: The best strength build – How to crush every enemy in the DLC

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5 things you should do before the launch of WoW: The War Within

The new expansion of World of Warcraft is starting soon. MeinMMO will tell you what you should definitely get done before the new addon.

Much faster than many expected, we are moving towards the next expansion of World of Warcraft. With “The War Within”, we are diving deep towards the core of Azeroth. The aim is to thwart the plans of Xal’atath and once again save the world from doom.

As usual, it is a wise choice to prepare in advance for the new addon. Because with a little planning, you can save a lot of time and frustration later and instead peacefully dive into the new expansion.

Therefore, we will show you some things that you should have done before the launch of The War Within on August 27, 2024 (Early Access).

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WoW: Trailer for the release date of The War Within

1. Level secondary characters to level 70

In The War Within, it will be easier than ever to quickly level up secondary characters and make them relevant for endgame. This is possible due to various advantages that greatly assist secondary characters.

On one hand, reputation in The War Within is account-wide for the new factions. If your main character has already achieved many levels of glory with the new factions and earned some initial rewards, then your twinks also already have this glory level and can directly access the benefits.

While you are tackling dungeons or engaged in other endgame activities, you will occasionally find items that are bound to your “war party”. These items have an item level that is somewhat lower, but can be passed on to your other characters. This way, you can equip secondary characters with relevant endgame gear while playing a completely different character.

Lastly, you can easily send various important resources back and forth between your characters. This will no longer be complicated through various vendors but will instead be comfortably done through a new menu. Want to play a different character? Then you can almost transfer all earned relevant resources simply to the new character.

Or in other words: It has never been easier in the history of World of Warcraft to play multiple characters at a high level simultaneously or to switch your “main” character at will.

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Right now, leveling is super fast – perfect for quickly leveling characters.

Therefore, it pays off to have many characters of different classes already at level 70. Leveling is currently incredibly fast. In WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria you can reach level 70 in just a few hours. Professionals even achieve this in an incredible 30 minutes.

If you wait until the release of Pre-Patch 11.0, this time will even be nearly halved again, as the required experience points will be drastically reduced.

So it’s best to set up several characters at level 70 so that you have a wide selection in The War Within and can find the class that perfectly matches you with the new hero talents.

2. Farm gold – because you will need it

For 20 years, there has been a resource in World of Warcraft that has always been important: gold. In many expansions, gold has become more of a luxury resource that is only needed for a few things. Sometimes you need to repair equipment, and sometimes you buy potions or crafting materials at the auction house.

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A hefty cushion of gold would be good – because you will need it in The War Within.

In The War Within, however, you will need a lot of gold if you want to benefit from one of the biggest features: the shared bank of your war party.

In the new expansion, your characters will receive a shared bank (similar to a guild bank) that can be used by all your characters simultaneously. This way, you can transfer crafting materials or strong loot between your characters. This is particularly interesting for crafters. For example, if Hero A puts herbs into the war party bank, Hero B can immediately use them in alchemy without having to move them to their inventory first.

The catch with this feature: it costs a lot of gold.

While you can get the first bank slot for 1,000 gold almost “for free”, the last slot costs a hefty 2,500,000 gold. Each slot provides space for a solid 98 items. So you don’t necessarily have to buy all slots if you can manage with less space. However, since the war party bank will be a permanent feature that remains relevant in future expansions, it doesn’t hurt to unlock the bank completely. You will need 3,126,000 gold for the complete unlocking of the war party bank.

How much gold you need and what you get for it is shown in this list:

Bank slot numberSlots (total)Cost per slotCost (total)
1981,000 gold1,000 gold
219625,000 gold26,000 gold
3294100,000 gold126,000 gold
4392500,000 gold626,000 gold
54902,500,000 gold3,126,000 gold

You can earn gold in various ways, and you basically have free choice.

  • Slow but steady by completing world quests with gold rewards. Just check every day which quests offer gold and work through them.
  • Riskier are speculations in the auction house. You should only do this with some experience, as it’s possible to lose a lot of gold as well.

Alternatively, you can get creative and offer special services. This could include obtaining special achievements, farming transmog items, or simply running through dungeons.

But offers like “I will level your pets” would also be an option. In this case, you set a flat rate for each pet, have the pets given to you at level 1, and return them after leveling to get your gold.

Finally, you should turn all the “junk” in your bank into gold. Resources from the current expansion will soon no longer be needed by anyone. Convert them into gold now before they become completely worthless.

We have more tips and tricks for farming gold in Dragonflight here.

Every gold piece helps you afford the new bank from which you will benefit for the rest of your WoW career.


3 more things you should do are on the next page of the article.

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Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail has so many cutscenes that you could watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy twice

The MMORPG made a big leap in length regarding cutscenes with Endwalker. Dawntrail is no exception and provides players of Final Fantasy XIV with an incredibly high number of cutscenes.

How long have the cutscenes become? A fan has taken the effort to track the length of all cutscenes. In the reddit forum, he proudly presents the results and reveals that the cutscenes are almost as long as in Endwalker:

  • A Realm Reborn: 9:45 hours
  • Heavensward: 8:15 hours
  • Stormblood: 11:33 hours
  • Shadowbringers: 15:28 hours
  • Endwalker: 23:37 hours
  • Dawntrail: 21:07 hours

According to HowLongToBeat, it will take about 47 hours to complete the main story. That means we spend about 45% of the DLC watching videos. The percentage decreases when repeating certain content and reaching the endgame.

To give you an impression of Dawntrail, you can watch the following trailer:

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Final Fantasy XIV: Launch trailer for Dawntrail prepares for the adventure in Tural

On average, players spend about 12:40 minutes in a cutscene per quest out of every 100 quests. So if you plan not to skip the cutscenes of Dawntrail, you might want to prepare your favorite snacks.

For comparison: The extended version of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy is 11:35 hours long (via Moviepilot). Thus, fans of fantasy universes could watch the trilogy twice to get an impression of how long the cutscenes in Dawntrail are.

The quality of cutscenes has increased

Is it worth watching the cutscenes? MeinMMO author Sophia Weiß has already noted, that the quality of the cutscenes has clearly increased. The staging feels more dynamic, the camera movements are more varied, and the action scenes have been enhanced with more effects than before.

Even small details like hand animations are now better. Your character is also seen much more often, making the hours spent in the character editor for Dawntrail worth it.

After completing the main quest, players will spend more time in content than in cutscenes. In the endgame of Final Fantasy XIV, you can earn a cute outfit. However, with the wrong color combination, it turns into a nightmare: A new outfit in Final Fantasy XIV should actually be cute – Causes nightmares in the right color

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A new MMORPG from the West is launching in 2024 on PC: Will bring back the good old days in PvE

The PvE MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is set to enter early access in December 2024. The CEO states: They are now ready to show the game to the whole world.

What will Pantheon offer at launch? Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen will offer the following at launch:

  • 6 playable races
  • 12 classes
  • 6 zones

The classes follow an expanded “Holy Trinity”; in addition to tanks, damage dealers, and healers, there is a fourth class type responsible for support and crowd control.

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen shows the art update in the trailer

Spiritual successor to Everquest and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

This is the story of the game: Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is the brainchild of Brad McQuaid, an important MMORPG developer who played a major role in Everquest and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

He left Everquest in September 2013 and started his own project, a “spiritual successor to Everquest and Vanguard”: Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. However, McQuaid passed away in 2019.

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This is a picture of Brad McQuaid. The developer passed away in 2019: His MMORPG Pantheon is supposed to be a successor to Everquest.

After that, the MMORPG seemed to stagnate for a long time and was declared dead, especially as in 2022 they upset existing fans with the announcement of a second game. Also, the gameplay did not look very appealing.

However, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has gained momentum again in recent months through some changes. They have switched the art style and revamped the development with a wild idea.

CEO raves: Incredible momentum developed

Exactly this new momentum of recent months is emphasized by the current head of the MMORPG, Christopher Rowen (via mmorpg.com):

During the testing phase, we have developed incredible momentum and streamlined our processes. We have an incredibly supportive community that has made these immense advancements possible. Now we want to make it accessible to the world while we add the rest of the content and systems we have planned.

“PvE MMORPG like in the old days”

What is the idea behind Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen: The team remains committed to the idea of creating a “true PvE MMORPG like in the old days”, where players must play together to achieve something. This high difficulty in PvE is known from Everquest – while new MMORPGs like WoW are said to allow players to rush through most of the content blindly.

They advertise that players will be able to explore a large open world, where it will be possible to climb the world and recognize hidden details through a “perception” system.

Gaining experience in dungeons and coming back up with powerful loot is also supposed to be a central gameplay experience.

Do the dead live longer?

This is what it’s all about. Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen generated strong excitement in its early years as a vision, but this wave has ebbed over the years. In the meantime, especially after McQuaid’s death, there was only frustration and anger surrounding Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen.

But the developers have managed to breathe new life into the project. They have received funding from Twitch streamer CohhCarnage, who believes in the project.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen occupies a niche within a niche

Therefore, the mood around the MMORPG has significantly improved in recent months. Nevertheless, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is currently still an absolute niche project in the niche MMORPG market as an “old-school indie PvE MMORPG”.

Previous attempts to create such “old-school MMORPGs” have had various outcomes:

Whether Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen will succeed in achieving the success that founder Brad McQuaid surely hoped for will remain to be seen. After a long time of uncertainty for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, a bold change apparently brought a turnaround: A new MMORPG relies on a wild idea for fresh content, now celebrating its success

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One of the biggest critics of The First Descendant on Day 1 now says: He is obsessed with the game

At the start of the loot shooter “The First Descendant”, journalist and Destiny expert Paul Tassi initially expressed a dismissive opinion about the shooter. However, his views have changed. This seems to be a trend: some people drop out early or they stick around and find enjoyment in the game.

This was his opinion: Paul Tassi writes for Forbes and has been covering loot shooters like Destiny for many years:

  • At the release of The First Descendant, he seemed very biased against the game and criticized the developer Nexon, who are known for their difficult approach to monetizing games.
  • He also had little good to say about the game – it felt very generic and the activities were “very, very boring.” He formed this opinion after just one day.
  • His video was released on July 2nd and has since garnered 39,000 views.
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Looter-Shooter The First Descendant announces its release date in the trailer

Despite much criticism, he played 30 hours in the first week

This is how his opinion changed: Already on July 8th, Tassi released a second video stating: Yes, The First Descendant is slowly growing on him, but it still has several issues.

In the video, he explains that even though he has some difficulties with the game, he invested 30 hours in just one week and now has a character at max level.

This second video came after about a week in the game. Tassi explained that he enjoys the combat, and the weapons and skills of the characters are interesting and exciting. It is a good goal to develop a character and build a system. However, he criticized technical issues in the game like lags and rubberbanding.

Tassi also found it difficult that the most effective way to progress a character was a very boring method.

The First Descendant satisfies a hunger that no game has fulfilled for a long time

This is what he says now: In the latest video, released today, July 10, 2024, at 6 PM, Tassi is enthusiastic. He says he has – somehow – made a 180° turn.

The game becomes noticeably more exciting with increasing playtime because the missions, bosses, and character builds become increasingly diverse and thrilling.

The main reason I currently like the game: It is not just a restart, and we all start from point zero. It is something where I am constantly working towards a goal. This is something I haven’t felt in my main game, Destiny, for a long time.

In The First Descendant, he is still in the honeymoon phase, and he cannot guarantee that he will now log 400 hours – but at the moment, the game offers him something that Destiny cannot.

On Twitter, he even explains: He is obsessed with The First Descendant and cannot remember the last time his opinion about a game changed so significantly. The game satisfies a hunger in him, similar to what Diablo 4 did last time. Although Tassi does not name it, it seems to be the hunger for loot and leveling: The new loot shooter on Steam fills a gap in your gamer soul left by The Division, Anthem, and Destiny.

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Pokémon GO: How does fusion work with Necrozma? Evening Mane and Morning Wings

In Pokémon GO you can connect Necrozma by fusing it with Solgaleo and Lunala. How does that work and what are the benefits?

This is fusion in Pokémon GO: There are various Pokémon that can perform fusions with other monsters. Necrozma is the first Pokémon in Pokémon GO that has this option.

  • The fusion with Solgaleo transforms it into Necrozma Dusk Mane
  • The fusion with Lunala transforms it into Necrozma Dawn Wings

We will show you how to use this feature here.

How strong is the fusion? Very strong, in both cases. 

  • Dusk Mane Necrozma is one of the top Steel attackers in Pokémon GO. Steel Aura makes it extremely powerful. 
  • Dawn Wings Necrozma is one of the best Ghost attackers when using Shadow Ball.
  • Additionally, both variants are strong options in the Master League of PvP.
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How to use the fusion of Necrozma with Solgaleo and Lunala

What you need: You must own both monsters that you want to fuse. So you definitely need Necrozma, along with Solgaleo or Lunala.

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The Dusk Mane form of Necrozma

You will also need so-called fusion energy, Necrozma candies, and Cosmog candies.

For Dusk Mane, you need:

  • Necrozma
  • Solgaleo
  • 1,000 Solar Fusion Energy
  • 30 Necrozma Candies
  • 30 Cosmog Candies

For Dawn Wings, you need: 

  • Necrozma
  • Lunala
  • 1,000 Lunar Fusion Energy
  • 30 Necrozma Candies
  • 30 Cosmog Candies

How do I obtain fusion energy? You can get it at the global GO Fest 2024, when you defeat Necrozma Dawn Wings or Dusk Mane in raids. Additionally, the energy will be available in the special research for the event, for which you will need a ticket.

How do I perform the fusion? Simply select Necrozma and scroll down. There you will find the corresponding options.

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Here you can find the fusion in the menu

How long does the fusion last? The fusion lasts until you manually separate them again. You can do that in the menu of the fusion monsters.

What distinguishes the fusions? Both have a special attack, which also serves as an adventure effect.

Adventure effects of Necrozma Dusk Mane and Necrozma Dawn Wings

You can also use the adventure effects outside of battles. Read more about the adventure effects of Necrozma here.

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This is how you can select the adventure effect

Adventure effect of Necrozma Dusk Mane: The attack is called “Steel Aura” and can be activated for 3,000 Stardust and 3 Necrozma Candies. Once activated, it attracts monsters that usually appear during the day. These include: 

  • Pidgey
  • Alolan Marowak
  • Sunkern
  • Wurmple
  • Fomantis
  • Bagon
  • Mangy, which can evolve into the Dusk form of Lycanroc with luck
  • Imantis

Adventure effect of Necrozma Dawn Wings: The attack is called Shadow Ball and also costs 3,000 Stardust and 3 Necrozma Candies when you want to use it. It attracts nocturnal Pokémon, including: 

  • Alolan Rattata
  • Clefairy
  • Alolan Marowak
  • Hoothoot
  • Galarian Zigzagoon
  • Lunatone
  • Somantung
  • Amarino
  • Mangy, which can evolve into the Dusk form of Lycanroc with luck

In total, Necrozma has a lot to offer. But there is still plenty more to do when the GO Fest runs, as the Ultra Beasts will return as well. And even after that, you can meet many more exciting Pokémon, especially during the Hyper Bonus Events. So that you always know what’s coming up: Here you can find all events in Pokémon GO in July 2024.

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The First Descendent: If you want to unlock Valby painstakingly, you might want to wait until August

The water-bender Valby looks like a fun class for many players of The First Descendant, but it might be wise for you to wait to unlock her.

Who is Valby? Valby is one of a total of 14 playable descendants in The First Descendant and is able to liquefy her body through her “Archea-Hydro-Symbiosuit.” She is a damage dealer and attacks using water. Her attacks deal area damage and damage over time.

Why should you maybe wait until August? Nexon has announced that Ultimate Valby will be released in August. Ultimate versions are special variants of descendants that have improved stats and wear unique outfits.

If you currently plan to unlock Valby, it may be wise to wait for the release of Ultimate Valby and get the improved version of the damage dealer directly. Unlocking a new descendant is associated with a lot of grinding.

Also, you can only have a limited number of descendants. So if you have both the normal and Ultimate version of a character, you may be wasting a valuable slot. You can only increase the descendant quota by investing real money.

Is it still worthwhile to unlock Valby directly? That really depends on how sure you are that you will enjoy Valby. If you were able to test the water-bender during a previous beta and liked her then, waiting makes sense.

However, if you’ve never played Valby and can’t yet know if you ultimately like her play style and will enjoy her abilities, then you might want to test the normal version of the damage dealer before investing a lot of time or money into unlocking Ultimate Valby.

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The First Descendant – Official Trailer Reveal gamescom 2022

August brings more than just Ultimate Valby

What else is coming in August? A new descendant is set to be released in August, which is said to be named “Luna.” Not much is known about the upcoming class yet, but rumors suggest that her abilities will be based on music or acoustics.

An Ultimate descendant that has caused a stir in the community of The First Descendant is the special version of Bunny. Some players believe the skin could bring the developers a pot of gold: Players say: A special skin will make The First Descendant a fortune

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Dragon Ball: Early sketches reveal that Master Kaio almost had a sumo wrestler as a teacher for Son-Goku

Son-Goku has had many masters throughout his training. One of them is Master Kaio, who waits at the end of the Snake Way in the afterlife. Early sketches by Akira Toriyama show what ideas the mangaka had for Dragon Ball regarding Kaio.

What ideas did Toriyama have for Master Kaio? The sketches date back to 1989. At that time, the Saiyan Saga was being published in the manga, featuring Radditz. Back then, Toriyama was considering how he could design Son-Goku’s teacher, Master Kaio.

Many different ideas must have come to him:

  • There is a version in the sketch of Master Kaio that does not have antennae. He lacks the cap and has a long braid as his hairstyle.
  • In another version, he also lacks antennae. Instead, he has a black nose.
  • Another version of Son-Goku’s master would have become a sumo wrestler. Only the iconic glasses and the ears still remind us of him.
  • A very abstract design shows that Master Kaio would have nearly become a panda.
  • Additionally, there is a design that shows the face of a frog-like creature.

Alongside the sketches of Son-Goku’s master, a few designs of his two pets were drawn. In the anime, Kaio has a cricket named Gregory and a monkey named Bubbles. Gregory was almost a toad, while Bubbles was always intended to be a monkey, only smaller.

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Early sketches of Master Kaio and his pets, via 3D Juegos

Just like with the villain Boo, one of his ideas prevailed. Master Kaio got a cap, antennae on his head and a round body. Luckily, he retained his iconic sunglasses, which perfectly complete his appearance.

Master Kaio may also appear in Dragon Ball Daima:

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Dragon Ball DAIMA is nostalgic in the new trailer

Son-Goku owes much to Master Kaio

Who is Master Kaio? Master Kaio is a mentor that Son-Goku had in Dragon Ball Z. He lived in the afterlife and taught Son-Goku after he died in battle. Although Kaio is not exactly the best fighter, his techniques helped the Saiyan to overcome his opponents.

Among the strongest techniques that Master Kaio taught Son-Goku are the Genkidama and the Kaiohken. With the Genkidama, for example, Son-Goku was able to destroy Boo, an opponent who has several forms.

Master Kaio trained not only Son-Goku but also his companions Piccolo, Yamcha, Chaozu, and Tenshinhan. He is an important character for the Z-Fighters, even though he only lives in the afterlife.

Master Kaio’s technique ensured that Boo was destroyed. Kaio was also the one who prevented Son-Goku from wasting too much time with Super Saiyan 3. Because Son-Goku did not have much time to train his son: Dragon Ball: The Super Saiyan 3 is rarely seen – Son-Goku explains the reason.

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Full Bag in Pokémon GO? There is now more space for Pokémon and items

In Pokémon GO, the maximum amount of monsters and items in your bag is limited. Now, Niantic has increased the capacity. We at MeinMMO will show you the new limits.

What limit is it about? The most important goal in Pokémon GO is to go outside and catch Pokémon. Some items, such as balls and berries, are needed in this process. However, the amount of Pokémon and items that you can store in your respective bags is limited. You cannot expand these indefinitely using PokéCoins.

But all collecting trainers who are already at the storage limit can now breathe a sigh of relief. As the developers announced on the evening of July 10, 2024, via their X account, the maximum limit for items and Pokémon has been increased by 500 slots each, just before the upcoming GO Fest.

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How many monsters and items you can now collect and who this is worth for, we have summarized for you below.

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Increase of 500 slots for Pokémon & Items

These are the new limits for Pokémon & Items: After the limits for the Pokémon bag was raised to a maximum of 7,800 monsters in February 2024 and the item storage to 6,800, you can now enjoy another increase of 500 slots. The following limits are now available to you in the game:

  • 8,300 in your Pokémon bag
  • 7,300 in your item storage

How can you get the expansions? To be able to use the new storage limit, you need to invest your valuable PokéCoins and purchase the corresponding expansions in the in-game shop. Each costs 200 coins and unlocks 50 additional slots after purchase. Expanding your Pokémon and item bags is therefore quite costly.

However, if you need other items for the upcoming GO Fest in addition to the expansions, you can also take advantage of one of the offers in the in-game shop or the Pokémon GO webshop and in this way save some coins or money. Currently, the following boxes can be found there:

  • Super Storage Box in the in-game shop for 550 coins (can be purchased up to three times)
    • Contents: 1x Pokémon Expansion, 1x Item Expansion, 1x Premium Battle Pass, and 1x Remote Raid Pass
  • Hyper Storage Box in the Pokémon GO webshop for 5.99 euros
    • Contents: 1x Pokémon Expansion, 1x Item Expansion, 1x Premium Battle Pass, 1x Remote Raid Pass, 1x Incubator, and 1x Super Incubator
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Who benefits from the high limits?

The storage limits for Pokémon and items in Pokémon GO are now relatively high and are therefore not fully utilized by most players. Especially players who regularly sort their bags usually have no problems with the available spaces.

This is also reflected in the comments on social networks. A user by the name of anon636391 writes on Reddit: That’s a big step forward when I think about my space of 6700 Pokémon and 4300 items.

However, many trainers are also pleased with the increase of the limit, such as the user Parrichan, who writes on Reddit: These 500 additional slots in the bag will work wonders for me, nice.

Especially players who are collecting for a Living Dex or have many teams for raids and PvP battles need plenty of space. Through events like GO Fest, several hundred caught monsters can pile up quickly in one day, which also need space in the bag until they can be sorted in peace.

What do you think about the increase in storage limits? Have you reached the maximum so far? Or are you one of the players who don’t need that much space? Let us know here at MeinMMO in the comments and exchange ideas with other trainers. By the way: Here we show you 10 monsters you shouldn’t miss at GO Fest.

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What is Enshittification and why has it arrived in the Xbox Game Pass?

Streamers like Asmongold discussed whether Enshittification has arrived at the Game Pass. But what is that anyway and what does it mean?

What is behind Enshittification? The term was coined by Canadian science fiction author, journalist, and blogger Cory Doctorow (via pluralistic.net). The term refers to how companies treat their users:

  • A new platform offers useful products and services at a loss to attract new users.
  • Once users are locked in, the platform shifts the surplus to the service providers.
  • But once the platform has achieved a monopoly or quasi-monopoly position, there is no longer an incentive for the platform to maintain quality – Now it seeks to extract as much profit for itself as possible.

High switching costs prevent users from leaving the platform, even if there are technically alternatives available.

Many users believe: the Game Pass is now worse for players

What does all of this have to do with the Game Pass? According to some users and streamers like Asmongold, the Game Pass is going through the same process of Enshittification. Asmongold discusses this with his viewers on YouTube and refers to the changes as “Shittification” (1:06 in the video).

This is the logic behind it: The Xbox Game Pass was initially calculated by Microsoft at a loss. In a conversation with WindowsCentral, it was stated in 2023 that Microsoft was investing many millions into the Game Pass as a service, not really making money from it in total.

According to reports, the Game Pass now has around 30 million subscribers, which it is said to owe in part to the success of Starfield, which became available on Day 1 in the Xbox Game Pass.

The success was also due to the relatively low price that attracted many players.

Increased prices and no release games in the standard Game Pass

This is the current peak of the discussion: With the announcement to significantly increase prices and remove release games from the normal Game Pass to place them in a much more expensive version, users now claim that the peak of Enshittification has been reached.

Now profits and shareholders are the focus, not the average player anymore.

Here are the new prices for the Game Pass:

  • The price for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate increases from 14.99 € to 17.99 €.
  • The regular PC Game Pass increases from 9.99 € to 11.99 €.
  • Xbox Game Pass Core (formerly Xbox Live Gold) increases from 59.99 € to 69.99 € per year, but still costs 6.99 € per month.
  • New is the Xbox Game Pass Standard. This subscription contains old, popular titles from the Xbox catalog but no longer includes Day-One games. The price is 14.99 € per month.

The biggest competitor for the Game Pass is PS Plus on PlayStation. With the price changes and game adaptations, PS Plus may become somewhat more attractive again. After all, the strongest argument for the Game Pass until now was that you could access all new games directly for 10 euros a month: Game Pass vs. PS Plus – The two major subscription models for console and PC compared

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3 developers visited several museums for you so that your game on Steam turns out as realistic as possible

The End of the Sun is a new fantasy adventure on Steam, but it also aims to delight you with a particularly realistic time travel experience.

What game are we talking about? The End of the Sun is a new fantasy adventure developed by a small indie studio from Poland, consisting of three developers. An official release is scheduled for the third quarter of 2024. Currently, you can play the demo on Steam.

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What can you expect? You take on the role of an Ashter, a time traveler, and land in an old Slavic village. Here, the boundaries between reality and myths seem to blur, and you should be able to experience some mysterious things.

The End of the Sun is a story-driven adventure, and as you go through the story, you should be able to manipulate time to set the various fates on new courses. This way, you will gradually discover new fragments of the game world and story.

You will travel back and forth between different villages and homesteads. As you solve various puzzles throughout the story, the time of day, weather conditions, and lighting conditions change regularly.

Developers scanned real objects and buildings

The world of The End of the Sun is heavily inspired by ancient Slavic culture. To represent this as realistically as possible, their research took the developers to several museums. According to their own statement (via pcgames.com), they scanned various objects and buildings to incorporate them into their game.

With this, they primarily want to focus on realism in design so that this time travel feels particularly authentic for you as a player. In the trailer, you can get a glimpse of the different buildings and objects, and when you delve a little into Slavic culture, it becomes evident how much love for detail the developers put into the design.

Another game on Steam also sets its scene in the past and even brings Netflix stars into the game: Strategy game on Steam brings 3 of the greatest Viking heroes from Netflix into the game

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If you want to survive in The First Descendant, you should equip certain components

There are components in The First Descendant that particularly help you to get shot less often and to hope for help.

The 14 different classes of The First Descendant, called descendants, differ not only in their abilities. They also have different values. For example, an Ajax, which acts as a classic tank, has more health points and higher defense than the nimble Bunny.

It is therefore known in the community of the loot shooter: Somewhere there is always a Bunny in the dirt waiting to be revived by an Ajax.

If you are constantly getting shot down by enemies and rely on the help of your allies, you should look for certain components.

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External components with double rolls provide double boosts

What are components? In The First Descendant, you can enhance your character by equipping external components. These have a fixed value that they increase and a random one. There are a total of four different slots for external components:

  • Auxiliary Energy
  • Sensor
  • Storage
  • Processor

The fixed value that a component increases depends on the respective set to which the component belongs. The “HP Support” set, for example, increases health points (HP). The “Supernova” set boosts your defense (DEF).

Which components should you equip? If you want to end up in the dirt less often, you should try to increase your health points or your defense. Choose a component that increases the desired value and farm it accordingly.

Your goal when farming is to get a so-called double roll. This refers to components where the fixed and random values are the same. A processor from the Supernova set would thus increase the defense value by 2x.

If you want to build a build for Bunny that can also stand up against bosses, this is one option for boosting your health points or defense.

If you like playing Bunny but don’t want to spend money on Ultimate Bunny, we have created an overview on MeinMMO on how to unlock the special version of the Sprinter for free: The First Descendant: Unlocking Ultimate Bunny – How to get the Sprinter and her upgraded version

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The new action MMORPG from Amazon was supposed to launch today on PS5 and Xbox – But that won’t happen

Amazon has canceled the closed beta of New World: Aeternum just before the launch. The action MMORPG was supposed to be the new version of the Steam hit New World. But just before the launch, there is a delay.

Here was the plan:

  • The beta for New World: Aeternum was supposed to start on July 11 for PS5 and Xbox Series S/X
  • The beta was to run until July 17, giving console players on Xbox and PlayStation a chance to play the new game
  • However, Amazon has now canceled the beta just before the launch
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Amazon postpones the New World beta by 2 weeks

This is how it stands now:  The new beta is now set to start on July 25 and run until July 31.

No reason is given for this postponement, with Amazon merely stating: They are working hard on the beta and want to provide everyone with the best possible experience.

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What is New World: Aeternum? New World: Aeternum is the second attempt for New World. From the MMORPG with survival elements that was huge on Steam at release, Amazon is making an action MMORPG with a more dynamic combat system, better cinematic presentation, and less grind.

We have explained the core ideas in this article.

How is the postponement being discussed? In the reddit for New World, people are typically skeptical and see it as a sign of problems at Amazon. It is said:

  • “And so it begins!”
  • “The first of many delays”
  • “Whoever makes decisions at Amazon is an idiot – let’s be honest”

Overall, the mood among existing players of New World is low. The announcement that a major expansion is planned, primarily targeting a new player group, the console players, was not well received by the existing PC players: Things are heating up on Steam for the MMORPG New World after Amazon’s announcement: Even a player with 5,000 hours is giving up

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One of the cutest new companions in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is obtained not in the main but in a side quest

When a new expansion launches in Final Fantasy XIV, most players first play the main quest. However, for one of the cutest new companions in Dawntrail, it’s worth leaving the MSQ behind.

What kind of companion is this? The absolutely adorable companion in question is something very special: a talking corn on the cob that walks on two legs. With a brush-like ponytail on its head and a cloth draped in Tural style over its shoulder.

When you touch the minion with /stroke, the green leaves around the corn open up with joy. And when you use the command /poke, it jumps out of the green husk and falls back again.

The minion is called Master Corn and looks like this:

Which quests do you need to complete? The quest line that unlocks Master Corn starts in Tural’s capital, Tuliyollal. You need to search for the NPC Corny Being at X: 16.4 and Y: 12.8. We have marked the quest here on the map – walk to the red X:

Talk to the corny being and accept the quest The Beginning of a Hungry Journey. Your first task will be to distribute corn cobs to the townsfolk. Upon completion, you will receive Tural Corn and unlock the next quest.

Once you reach the end of the quest line, Master Corn will stay with you permanently as a minion.

A quest so good, the main quest can wait

What makes the quest so good? The story around Master Corn is a lot of fun: for one, the corn continuously throws puns at you – what else – about corn. On the other hand, everything is sprinkled with jokes like those from the popular quest line surrounding Hildibrand Manderville.

The Hildi-quests have been a staple of the game since the 1.0 iteration of Final Fantasy XIV. In these, you accompany Hildibrand Manderville, a private detective, on his work. Also along is Nashu Mhakaracca, Hildibrand’s sidekick with a penchant for explosive gadgets.

The quests are characterized by their crude, exaggerated humor and the corresponding wild NPCs. Those who enjoy anime or manga-style humor will have a blast. And indeed, the quests about Master Corn fall into this category.

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This quest is particularly recommended in English: The localization team led by Koji Fox is known for taking a few more liberties in the translation from Japanese. For the corn quests, this means they will inundate you with corn puns until you can’t take it anymore.

While you definitely should check out this quest line, there is one that you should leave aside until a certain point in the main quest: it spoils the main quest for you. We’ve gathered all the details here for you: Final Fantasy XIV players warning: Better leave a side quest out for now

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WoW Cataclysm Classic: „Machine Gun Hunter“ has 500% speed, already at level 1

Even in WoW Classic, incredible records are being set again and again. A hunter now shows how one can achieve 500% speed at level 1.

Although World of Warcraft is a game known in every detail, especially in the old ‘Classic’ versions, there are always scenes that astonish. Currently, there is a hunter in Cataclysm Classic who fires his bow so quickly that one might think he is using a machine gun.

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What is to be seen? In one of his latest videos, Exehn shows some scenes from the current “WoW Cataclysm Classic”. He plays a level 1 hunter and already achieves absurd speeds – namely (at least temporarily) a whopping 500% speed. This allows him to take down enemy players and mobs in seconds, which are actually many levels above him.

His bow actually has a speed of 2.8 – meaning it is fired once every 2.8 seconds. However, the high speed ensures that the bow shoots at 6 times the speed (that is, 500% faster), allowing multiple shots to be fired per second.

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How does this work? During the times of Cataclysm, it is possible to apply some enchantments to items that have a very low level. These are actually endgame enchantments that are used later on – but in theory, they can be used at level 1. Thus, one merely needs a lot of gold or a few friendly enchanter friends to help out.

Along with the heirloom equipment, which also has a few points of speed and buffs like the war drums, the hunter can increase his speed to an impressive 500% – allowing him to attack much faster.

In later versions of World of Warcraft, this is no longer or only very limited possible. There, certain enchantments can only be applied once the target item has a certain item level, or the enchantment itself scales with the character’s level.

Exehn is already known for some absurd videos. He has also made a rogue at level 10 so powerful that he wins against a player at level 60 – simply because he perfectly dodges every attack and can never be hit.

Can such values be achieved differently? In a “legal” way, it is nearly impossible to reach these values on a character with a higher level. Because the higher the character level, the more points are needed to achieve the same advantage from a stat. 10 points of “speed” have a much greater effect on a level 1 character than on a level 80 character.

The only legal way to somewhat achieve such values currently is in WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria. However, this mode is isolated from the rest of the game world, and it is intended by Blizzard that one is a bit “op” here – but this is only a temporary matter, with the launch of The War Within, the values of all Remix characters will be lowered to a normal level.

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