Destiny 2: 6 builds you should use on Day One of The Final Shape

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 3 minutes

On June 7, 2024, the contest mode for the new raid “Edge of Salvation” will begin. Players will give their all in Destiny 2 to win the champion belt. For this reason, we present to you 6 builds that you should use on Day One.

What are these builds? Every team that wants to take home the champion belt from the contest mode is currently stressed with preparations. The raid starts on June 7 at 7 PM German time, and there is not much time left.

For this reason, we have selected two builds for each class that are strong in the current sandbox and could prove useful in the new raid “Edge of Salvation”. We will show you the necessary focuses, aspects, and fragments, as well as the exotics you will need. With our directory, you can jump to the respective builds:

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Titan

Prism Build

Focus:Blade Barrage or Dawnblade Arsenal
Aspects:– Anointing
– Knockout
Fragments:– Facet of Determination
– Facet of Balance
– Facet of Bravery
– Facet of Sacrifice
– Facet of Courage
Exotic Armor:Synthoceps or Firestorm Gauntlets
What you need for the build

How does the build play? This Titan build focuses on its melee attack Anointing. Through Ecstatic Blade, you gain three melee charges that you can send on their way with the aspect “Anointing”. Enemies burst into flames and take massive damage. With this build, you not only regain hit points but also deal massive damage without getting too close to enemies.

Bubble Build

Focus:Shade of Dawn
Aspects:– Bulwark
– Offensive Fortification
Fragments:– Echo of Suppression
– Echo of Weakening
– Echo of Endurance
– Echo of Regeneration
Exotic Armor:Helm of Saint-14
What you need for the build

How does the build play? In this build, you take more of a preparatory role for a DPS phase. With the Helm of Saint-14, your bubble receives a damage buff, and with the aspects and fragments, you take on the role of a supporter. You set up your bubble and give your teammates an overshield, even when they are not in the “Shade of Dawn”.

Warlock

Prism Warlock

Focus:Song of Flame
Aspects:– Feeding the Void
– Firebird
Fragments:– Facet of Determination
– Facet of Dawn
– Facet of Protection
– Facet of Courage
– Facet of Ruin
Exotic Armor:Robes of Harmony
What you need for the build

How does the build play? This build is more about taking on the support role. You increase the damage resistance and ability regeneration of your teammates with Song of Flame, and throw a healing grenade at your teammates when necessary. It is essential to bring solar weapons for the DPS since you can deal more damage with your solar weapons when your super is charged.

Well Warlock

Focus:Well of Light
Aspects:– Flame of the Touch
– Icarus Dash
Fragments:– Glare of the Burning
– Glare of Goodwill
– Glare of the Empyrean
– Glare of Comfort
Exotic Armor:Sight of the Speaker
What you need for the build

How does the build play? The Well of Warlocks has been heavily nerfed, and although it is not as good anymore, you should still keep it in your back pocket. With this build, you mainly focus on healing and buffs. The helm “Sight of the Speaker” also generates healing turrets, allowing you to continuously heal your allies from a distance.

Hunter

Prism Hunter

Focus:Golden Gun: Marksman
Aspects:– Winter’s Shroud
– Stylish Execution
Fragments:– Facet of Dawn
– Facet of Courage
– Facet of Determination
– Facet of Protection
– Facet of Ruin
Exotic Armor:Lie’s Handshake
What you need for the build

How does the build play? In this build, it’s all about melee combat. You probably think this is pure madness in contest mode, but this build is so powerful that you won’t have to worry in close combat. You slow down your enemies with your dodge roll and execute your death blows with the Lie’s Handshake. After each melee kill of frozen enemies, you become invisible and also regenerate melee energy and your health.

Stasis Hunter

Focus:Calm and Storm
Aspects:– Dark Harvest
– Winter’s Shroud
Fragments:– Whisper of Chains
– Whisper of Lightbreaking
– Whisper of Frost
– Whisper of Fragments
– Whisper of Torture
Exotic Armor:Renewal Grips
What you need for the build

How does the build play? In this build, it’s more about support and keeping the enemies at bay. Your Renewal Grips combined with Early Light Field Grenades create icy domes that provide damage resistance to you and your teammates. This is handy and can be especially useful in encounters where you are overwhelmed by enemies.

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These were all the builds we recommend for Day One in The Final Shape. Do you have other builds in your loadouts that you would like to share? Then feel free to share with other Guardians in the comments. More about why the new raid is worth it even for those who dislike raids can be found here: Destiny 2: Why you should try the raid from “The Final Shape”, even if you hate raids.

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A new leak about Cyberpunk 2077 makes fans sad, as they might have met a popular character from the anime

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A new leak reveals where a canceled expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 would have taken place and makes fans sad.

What is this leak about? In 2021, there was a cyber attack on CDPR, where data from the company was stolen by hackers. At that time, it was said that the attackers were in possession of complete copies of the performance servers of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, and they wanted to release the source code of the games if CDPR did not respond to certain demands.

Years later, on June 14, 2024, some files were leaked on 4chan, which are said to come from this hack.

What does the leak show? The leak contains several files and concept art for a DLC that Cyberpunk 2077 was supposed to get but was ultimately canceled. Instead, CDPR decided to fundamentally rework the role-playing game after the much-criticized release state and only release a single expansion: Phantom Liberty.

The files from the leak suggest that the canceled second expansion would have taken place on the Moon. With the release of the DLC, players would have received a map expansion.

Warning, Spoiler: In the following paragraphs, we will discuss specific content from the anime “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.” If you haven’t seen the anime yet and don’t want to be spoiled, you should stop reading now.

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Why are players sad now? Of course, as a fan of a game, one is never happy when a DLC is canceled. However, players are particularly sad in this case because the Moon is important in the lore of Cyberpunk and also plays a central role in the anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Players believe they could have met Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners in the DLC on the Moon. User IcePopsicleDragon writes on Reddit: “I have to cry,” user redstar46 adds: “Damn, uncancel it [the DLC], please, for heaven’s sake.”

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Why should Lucy be on the Moon? In Edgerunners, we follow the protagonist David Martinez and witness his development from an ordinary teenager to a dangerous cyberpsycho. Very early in the story, David meets the netrunner Lucy, who shortly thereafter shows him a braindance from the Moon. A few episodes later, the two become a couple.

Lucy’s big dream is to leave Night City someday and live on the Moon. After David is killed in a fight with Adam Smasher and Lucy is taken away by Falco with 2.5 million eddies, she fulfills this dream. Lucy travels to the Moon, visits the places they looked at together in the braindance, and the anime ends.

Cyberpunk 2077 takes place after the events of the anime, so it is quite possible that Lucy could have been encountered on the Moon – if the DLC had been released. However, since Update 2.0, you can find other hints about the anime in the game: Cyberpunk 2077: After Update 2.0 you can find a sad Easter egg related to the Edgerunners anime

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Photographer cheats in AI art competition – with a real photo

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A photographer named Miles Astray recently made headlines when he submitted a real photo instead of an AI-generated image at the 1839 Color Photography Awards.

What did the photographer do? AI programs like ChatGPT by OpenAI are becoming increasingly popular, which is often a thorn in the side of artists. Therefore, photographer Miles Astray submitted a real photo instead of an AI-generated one in the 1839 Color Photography Awards competition in the AI category. His photo showed a flamingo on the beach.

His cheating did not immediately catch the jury’s attention, which led to him securing the bronze place with his real photo and winning the People’s Vote Award.

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I wanted to turn the story around

Why did the photographer enter the competition? His main motivation was to show that nature can still beat a machine, he explained to PetaPixel. He further reported that he had recently seen AI-generated images defeat real photos in competitions. For this reason, he wanted to turn the story around and submitted a real photo to the competition.

How was the scam uncovered? Miles Astray himself exposed his deception by announcing on X after his victory that he had won the competition, even though his submission was a real photo. As a result, the competition organization learned about the matter and disqualified him.

Still, he is glad that his experiment confirmed his hypothesis that there is nothing more fantastic and creative than Mother Nature herself.

You can see the photographer’s photo here on x.com:

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What does the organization say about the cheating? The competition is judged by individuals who work for the New York Times, Getty Images, Phaidon Press, and others. None of these individuals reportedly noticed the scam.

The organizers stated to PetaPixel that while they appreciate his powerful message, they unfortunately had to disqualify Miles Astray for fairness reasons.

The justification for the disqualification is that each category must meet specific criteria, and his submission did not comply with these. Nevertheless, they hope that this conveys a message of hope to other photographers who are concerned about AI.

This was opposite to what happened last year at the Sony World Photography Awards. There, an artist won a photography prize, which he declined because the image was not his, but came from an AI. You can read about how that happened here: Artist impersonates “cheeky monkey”, wins prestigious photography prize – Declines because his image comes from an AI

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9 Things in Elden Ring You Should Do as Preparation for the DLC

Christos Tsogos Christos Tsogos Reading time 4 minutes

The release of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is just around the corner, but before the launch of the DLC, you should prepare. We will show you 9 things you should do before the DLC starts.

When is the release of the Elden Ring DLC? The DLC “Shadow of the Erdtree” is set to be released on June 23, 2024. You will be drawn into another world and must uncover the mystery surrounding the shadow world. In addition to new bosses, weapons, and NPCs, there will be a new location of action.

As exciting as all this may sound, the DLC is supposed to be really difficult, and if you are not prepared, you will mercilessly perish. For this reason, we will show you 9 things you should do before the release of the Elden Ring DLC.

Did you miss the trailer for Shadow of the Erdtree? Then we have the right video for you:

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Find and perfect the right build

In Elden Ring, there are many types of builds you can specialize in. From powerful mages, status effects, to solid melee builds, there is a wide selection that can define your hero. It is important to find the build that suits you and to perfect it. Only then can you ensure that you deal and withstand the highest possible damage.

Things like the balance of your fighter or the defense bonus on your shield are often neglected, but they can determine life and death if you pay attention to them or ignore them.

So take the time during the waiting period and build your own build with the weapons, armor, and consumables you like to use.

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Level your equipment to its maximum level

The higher the level of your equipment, the more effective it is in combat or use. Therefore, before diving into the shadow world, you should have leveled your weapons like swords, bows, scepters, or seals to their maximum level.

But your flasks of celestial and purple tears should also be leveled to their maximum level, as otherwise, they will regenerate less HP and FP.

Collect all recipe books

Recipe books are important in Elden Ring because they allow you to craft useful things with your toolkit. Once you have found them all, a wide range of recipes will be available to you, allowing you to craft consumables, bombs, aromas, arrows, and throwing knives.

This is useful as bosses, enemies, and areas differ, and you need to rethink your tactics and approach depending on the danger. With a large recipe catalog, you’ll be able to craft the items you need most urgently at any time.

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Find all sound pearls

Sound pearls are key items that you can turn in at the Roundtable at the Twin Maiden Husks. They unlock additional purchase options such as smithing stones, lilies for your spirits, or materials needed for crafting items.

It is important that you have found and submitted them all in your current save file so you can easily buy necessary materials for upgrades or crafting instead of needing to farm them.

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Track down all Crystal Tears

Crystal tears are important key items in Elden Ring that you can put in your flask of wondrous physick. Depending on the tear you combine, you can briefly benefit from strong effects after consumption.

Not all will suit your build, but it is worth completing the collection in case you want to re-mix the potion for a boss or an area.

You will find new tears in large basins under lower earth trees. The trees are marked on the map with a tree symbol and cannot be missed.

Stock up on larval tears

Elden Ring larval tears
This is what larval tears look like

Larval tears are an important item for rebirth. With rebirth, you can reassign your attributes with Rennala to build a new build. Even the head behind Elden Ring has talked about the difficulty of the DLC.

So it may be that you need to build a new build depending on the boss or area to succeed. Therefore, it is important to have enough larval tears in stock already.

Collect all Great Runes

In Elden Ring, you can equip your hero with one of six Great Runes that can bless you. Depending on the equipped rune, you get bonuses when you also activate a Rune Arc.

These blessings can increase your HP, grant you additional attribute points, or heal HP if you have lost it recently. The runes are not a must, but they can give you a strong advantage and further complement your build. To collect all great runes, you must defeat the following bosses:

  • Godrick, the Grafted
  • Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy
  • Mohg, Lord of Blood
  • Malenia, Blade of Miquella
  • Morgott, King of the Omens
  • Starscourge Radahn

Level up the best spirit ashes

If you like wandering through Elden Ring solo, you are likely using spirit ashes for bosses. There are many specimens, but only a few are actually strong. If you really want to rely on spirit ashes in combat, you should level them up to their maximum level. The stronger they are, the more efficiently they fight in battles. The strong spirit ashes include the following specimens:

  • Imitator Tear Ash
  • Ash of Tiche the Black Blade
  • Ash of Lhutel the Headless
  • Puppet of the Dung Eater

Defeat Mohg

Elden Ring Mohg Widescreen

Mohg is an important boss to reach the upcoming DLC. He is located in the Mohgwyn Palace beneath the Lands Between and guards the husk of Miquella. As already announced, this husk will represent the entrance to the DLC. It is therefore crucial to defeat him in order to interact with the overgrown dried arm.

However, Mohg is not an easy boss and his bloody attacks also take their toll on the most experienced player. So be prepared for a tough fight.

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These were the most important points you should tackle before the DLC starts. Do you have any additional points for players that we haven’t listed? Feel free to mention them in the comments and also exchange with other players about it!

Are you still looking for the best spells for your caster build but don’t know which ones to choose? Then we have the perfect overview for you: Elden Ring: Best Spells in the Tier List – Overview of all Spells

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Steam: In the endgame of The First Descendant, you can get better loot by increasing the difficulty individually

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The First Descendant is an upcoming loot shooter that will be released on July 2. A developer talk on YouTube now offers additional insights into the endgame content.

What is The First Descendant about? The game The First Descendant is a loot shooter that will be released on July 2 as a free-to-play title on Steam and already recorded over 70,000 players during the beta. Your goal in this PvE shooter is to take on the invaders to protect the continent of Ingris and the people living on it.

The game offers not only a storyline but also a lot of endgame content. In a video on YouTube, the developers of Nexon Games discuss the endgame of the shooter. They explain that players can make the game individually more challenging, and that this can be quite rewarding.

You can see the trailer for the game here:

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Increasing the difficulty individually

How can you increase the difficulty individually? In The First Descendant, which has already been referred to as the baby of Destiny and Warframe since its announcement, you unlock a higher difficulty level after finishing the story. Some of these missions allow you to play with other players. These missions are called infiltration missions.

If you choose the higher difficulty level for the infiltration missions, you will have the option to add individual additional challenges. These make your missions even more difficult if the higher difficulty level is not enough for you.

In the developer talk, we already see the following options:

  • Reduce Descendant HP by 10 %
  • Reduce gun ATK by 10 %
  • Reduce DEF by 10 %
  • Enemies gain 10 % more HP
  • Enemies gain 10 % more ATK
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What advantage does that bring you? Of course, it also gives you an advantage if you decide to select additional challenges along with the increased difficulty level. If you play at a higher difficulty level, you earn points for defeating enemies. The more challenges you individually add, the more points you can earn.

In the video, we see that without a selected challenge, you have a score of 100%, and for each selected challenge, an additional 10% is added. With a total of five challenges, according to the video, you can reach a maximum of 150%. In addition to the higher points, you also receive better and more loot due to the increased difficulty. However, we do not yet know what this will look like in detail.

Last year, the developers already showed 17 minutes of gameplay of the new loot shooter The First Descendant. Many new elements were presented that had not been seen before. You can find out what you can see in the video here: New shooter mixes Warframe and Destiny, now shows 17 minutes of gameplay – Coming for Steam, PS5, and Xbox

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Riot believes that the LoL community is getting older because the game is too complex for newcomers

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In a Q&A session, Riot Games discussed the future of League of Legends and the challenges it faces. One topic was the age of the player base and the growing competition in the gaming market.

What is the problem with age? In a closed Q&A session at the Summer Game Fest, Game Director Pu Liu and League Studio Director Andrei van Roon talked about the future of League of Legends and the challenges it faces.

A major challenge that both mentioned according to PC Gamer is the age of their player base. Pu Liu emphasizes that he has no problem with players getting older, but this brings certain challenges. However, this does not mean that the game is going downhill. Rather, it is a long-term hurdle for them.

This is not the first time Riot has faced challenges. Last year, they were able to overcome their biggest crisis in years by listening to their players.

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The competition is bigger than it was 10 years ago

Why are fewer younger players joining? Game Director Pu Liu has a simple explanation for why fewer younger players are getting into League of Legends: The competition is greater.

He describes how League of Legends was the game that everyone talked about 10 years ago. Additionally, it was one of the few games offered as a time consumer – and it was free. Nowadays, there are dozens of titles like Apex Legends, Counter-Strike, Warzone, or Valorant.

What further complicates the challenge is the complexity of LoL. Although players on platforms like Reddit explain to beginners which champions they should ban, the MOBA with over 150 champions – each with different abilities and builds – is still considered difficult to learn.

Riot Games is aware of this, as Jeremy Lee made clear in the Q&A: “As a player, I think we still have a lot to do to make the game more understandable. How we teach people the game, how we make things a bit clearer… there are many ways to just tidy things up, whether it’s visual clarity or UI, a better tutorial (via DotEsports).”

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Does Riot have a solution for the age problem? Pu Liu and Van Roon do not specifically address how they plan to solve these challenges. However, Pu Liu notes that they are very aware of these challenges and will continue to seek a solution in the future.

This is not the only challenge they are currently dealing with. Van Roon says that there are many older players who are now working and looking for a balance between competitive gaming and other experiences in LoL. They do not yet go into detail about how they plan to tackle this challenge.

Among professional players, there are also some who are already considered old at just twenty-five in League of Legends. Nevertheless, the 25-year-old top laner from Gen.G proved that he has what it takes. This year he won his first title, against the world champion T1. How he felt after the game can be read here: LoL: 25-Year-Old Cries After Defeating Everyone After 7 Years, Even Surpassing Faker

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IT company fires employee without suspending access – causes €632,000 in damage

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An IT employee was sentenced to over 2 years in prison for causing damage of €632,000 to his former employer after his dismissal.

Disclaimer: The title image is a symbolic image.

Who are the parties involved? NCS Group is an IT company from Singapore that offers various services and has over 13,000 employees worldwide.

One of these employees was 39-year-old Kandula Nagaraju, who, according to ChanneNewsAsia (CNA), was part of a 20-member team at NCS responsible for the quality assurance of computer systems from November 2021 to October 2022. The team’s task, according to CNA, was to test new software before it was released. This system consisted of 180 virtual servers.

However, NCS terminated the contract with Nagaraju after just under a year of collaboration, forgetting to revoke his access to the systems.

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Ex-Employee Deletes 180 Virtual Servers

How did the ex-employee cause the damage? According to CNA, Nagaraju unlawfully accessed the NCS system several times using the admin login details months after his dismissal.

During this time, he also wrote some scripts and tested whether they would run on the system to delete the 180 virtual servers.

Nagaraju then executed his revenge plan, according to CNA, in March 2023 by running a script in the NCS system that deleted all 180 virtual servers of the quality assurance system. This caused damage of €632,000 to NCS.

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What was the outcome of the revenge for the employee? As reported by CNA, NCS filed a report with the police in Singapore after they noticed that servers were being deleted.

Additionally, the company transmitted some IP addresses to the police, which they discovered during internal investigations, according to TomsHardware. Based on these IP addresses, the police were able to determine Nagaraju’s location and confiscate his laptop.

On the laptop, the authorities discovered Nagaraju’s Google search history, which showed he had searched for scripts to delete virtual servers. Additionally, the scripts he used to delete the servers were found.

The court subsequently sentenced Nagaraju to two years and eight months in prison.

NCS is not the first company to suffer hundreds of thousands of euros in damage because a former employee sought revenge. A bank had a similar experience with a terminated cloud engineer: A fired employee caused around €200,000 in damage because his employer did not directly take away the company laptop.

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Diablo 4: Blizzard is currently making a lot of fans happy, fulfilling even more wishes with Vessel of Hatred

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Diablo 4 has received significant criticism since its release: too little endgame, poor balancing, missing content. Within the first year, Blizzard has worked on improving the game and has been achieving many successes for several weeks now. Now we know the future, and it will get even better with Vessel of Hatred.

These wishes have already been fulfilled by Blizzard:

What’s coming with Vessel of Hatred: As part of the release announcement for Vessel of Hatred, the first expansion for Diablo 4, Blizzard has directly published a blog post with new information.

This post explains new endgame features, which sound like raids, and especially: Mercenaries. They apparently work similarly to companions in Diablo 3, following you and helping in combat. They can level up and learn skills.

Companions or mercenaries have been a feature of the series since Diablo 2, but were missing in Diablo 4. Accordingly, many players have called for this content, and with Vessel of Hatred, the mercenaries are finally coming. We don’t know much about them yet, but from the first image, some “classes” can be inferred:

  • A tank with a heavy shield, similar to the Templar in Diablo 3
  • A archer or ranger, similar to the rogue from Diablo 3
  • A hybrid creature that can apparently cast spells
  • A berserker or shaman with two hand axes

Furthermore, we already know that Blizzard is foregoing early access as a pre-order bonus. This marketing tactic drew significant criticism during the release of Diablo 4. Vessel of Hatred will be released for everyone at the same time.

You can find all information about the release and contents of Vessel of Hatred in our overview here. Blizzard has already released the intro cinematic:

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Vessel of Hatred expands all classes

Together with the new content, existing content will also be expanded. We already know that there will be new skills, legendary glyphs, and Paragon boards for all classes.

Additionally, there will be new types of dungeons and new whispers at the tree, although we don’t have any concrete information about them yet.

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With Vessel of Hatred, a new class will also be released, the Spiritborn. On July 18, the class will be fully presented, but so far, we only know a few details:

  • Spiritborn are said to be “ultimate predators”
  • They apparently fight with spears or polearms, possibly with a shield
  • Spiritborn are closely tied to the new region Nahantu and use a type of magic related to spirits

Spiritborn will be a completely new class that has never existed in Diablo before – even though the community sees it as a mix of monk, witch doctor, and amazon. The great desire of the players since release has been for a new paladin, one of the wishes that is at least not yet fulfilled. But Diablo head Rod Fergusson explains why a completely new class is coming instead: Fans have been calling for a paladin in Diablo 4 since release – The head explains why you won’t get one now

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For 10 years I was afraid of the next part of my favorite role-playing game – Now it looks better than expected

Benedict Grothaus Benedict Grothaus Reading time 5 minutes

Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally shows first, real gameplay and reveals some information about the game. For MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus, a long-standing concern has been alleviated. And even though there is a lot of criticism about what has been shown, he could hardly be happier.

For me, Dragon Age is still the best role-playing series ever. Although I love Gothic, devoured the Witcher books, and consider the Pathfinder games (or anything from Owlcat, really) to be among my favorites, nothing beats Dragon Age.

My enthusiasm goes so far that even the rather small series “Absolution” on Netflix excites me more than Arcane, and I celebrated that – like everyone else – immensely. Dragon Age is simply a significant part of my life, a game that has accompanied me since my youth.

Now, ten years have passed since I played the latest part, Inquisition. The third Dragon Age, released in 2014, had a very open ending, with an evil cliffhanger. And since then, I’ve wanted to know how it continues.

Often it is the case that after a long pause, the enthusiasm simply wanes. With Dragon Age, that was not the case for me – simply because the studio has diligently produced other games. And with that, it has consistently raised the concern in me whether Dragon Age will even continue.

There have been teasers for Dragon Age 4 again and again, but they couldn’t calm my fears:

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Dragon Age Dreadwolf Thedas Calls Trailer

The big fear: Will there even be a Dragon Age 4?

The studio behind the Dragon Age series is BioWare – the very geniuses who were responsible for Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and even the first two parts of Baldur’s Gate.

And for Anthem. You probably guess where I’m going with this.

BioWare has had quite … difficult years:

In 2023, EA finally laid off a total of 50 employees from BioWare. Although it was said at the time that the development of Dragon Age was not affected, a fan naturally still worries about their favorite games.

The years since Inquisition have been tough, and there have been uncertainties again and again about whether Dragon Age 4 will even come. Even with teasers and the codename Dreadwolf, this skepticism remained in my mind – it could still be canceled. Just now, with the latest information, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief after almost ten years and know: Dragon Age 4 is coming, and I will enjoy it.

The latest trailer has caused quite a commotion:

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard introduces your companions in the trailer

The first real trailer is coming, and no one knows what to think of it

With this opinion, I still stand relatively alone. At the Xbox Showcase 2024, BioWare showed a new trailer for Dragon Age 4, now under the title: “The Veilguard.”

And the first reaction from the fans is to tear apart everything in the scenes. Nothing pleased the people: too colorful, too wild, and everything looks more like Fortnite than Dragon Age.

I could understand the reaction to some degree, but for me, what was much more important was: Awesome, finally something new about Dragon Age 4, it’s not dead! At the same time, there’s that nagging thought in my head about whether the fan reactions might hold some truth. Will the game really be good?

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Just a day later, at least for a large part of the community, the doubts were dispelled. A gameplay snippet of just 24 seconds shows a dark Dragon Age, just as everyone wanted.

Now there are even fully 20 minutes of gameplay available, and they show a really good game. One that is different from any Dragon Age before, yes. But that’s also what makes the series unique: Every game stands on its own, only the story connects everything.

I can say: after ten years of anticipation, I am finally feeling optimistic and looking forward to the game. However, not all details are pleasing.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard shows 20 minutes of gameplay from the new fantasy adventure

One detail has me more excited than anything else

Colleague Dimitri Halley from GameStar had the chance to see a whole hour of the new Dragon Age at the Summer Game Fest. During that, he talked to Game Director Corinne Busche and got some questions answered and things shown.

The detail that excites me the most in his report is the backgrounds. Similar to Dragon Age 2, the character in Veilguard again has a fixed name: Rook. Everything else is customizable: gender, race, and even the origin.

What this means is that I get to give my character a backstory. While it is pre-made, I know from a report that it should be possible to play a crow from Antiva.

The crows are assassins, spies, and infiltrators, basically fantasy ninjas, and since Origins, they have been the faction that has excited me the most. After each previous Dragon Age gave me a more or less fixed place in the world, I now have the opportunity to truly decide who I am. Not the Grey Warden, not the Inquisitor, not Hawke – but a crow, my crow!

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Three pieces of information make me still skeptical

At the same time, Dimitri unfortunately reports directly on several things that I am still unsure of what to think about them. BioWare is taking a whole new path with Dragon Age: The Veilguard with a completely different team than before, and you can already tell:

  • The group size shrinks from four to three members in total, so I can only take two companions with me.
  • Instead of a half-turn-based combat system with skills, there is an action combat system with active parrying and such. The tactical pause remains, but I have always appreciated the “D&D feeling” in role-playing games.
  • Additionally, you can only actively control Rook in combat. Companions can only be “commanded” by telling them: “Go there,” or “Stay put for a while.” Almost like in a raid in World of Warcraft, where the leader coordinates their teammates …

These points make me skeptical, but they only slightly dampen my excitement. I want to embrace Dragon Age 4, to see it as its own game. And I am already quite sure that I will enjoy it.

What I know so far about Veilguard is encouraging, and BioWare would have to make a very serious mistake to ruin the hype for me. But I don’t want to judge the game too early. I’ll do that once I have played it. Until then, I look forward to new snippets about the story and gameplay – or gossip with other nerds about any strange details: Dragon Age finally reveals the gameplay, but fans almost exclusively talk about a broken crossbow

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A game about a banana has 700,000 players on Steam because greedy gamers hope to make money with it

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 2 minutes

Over 700,000 players hope to make money with bananas, making “Banana” the second most played game on Steam.

The title image is a symbolic image.

What kind of game is it? The “game” is called “Banana” and was released on April 23, 2024, on Steam. Banana is a so-called clicker game. This means you do nothing but click with your mouse on a virtual banana.

  • Players can receive more bananas when the game runs for a certain time. The new bananas come in different designs.
  • These new bananas appear every 3 and every 18 hours – provided you have clicked on your banana at least once.
  • However, the new bananas are not skins or similar. They are just images that you cannot equip in the game.

On Steam, Banana has now reached a player peak of 702,000 and is currently the second most played game on Steam (via SteamDB). It has more players than Dota 2, PUBG, GTA V, or Elden Ring. Only Counter-Strike 2 is currently more popular.

Wealth through banana trading?

Why do players hope to make money from it? When you receive a new banana, you can sell it on the Steam marketplace – similar to skins in Counter-Strike. And just like in CS2, the bananas are supposed to drop in different rarity levels.

The idea of many “players” is therefore to get a rare banana with a bit of luck and sell it on the marketplace. The buyer hopes in this assumption to sell the banana for an even higher price later. The principle is similar to NFTs, which also tried to gain a foothold in gaming a few years ago.

Another important aspect of this trade is the so-called “Fomo”, meaning “Fear of missing out”. The bananas you can receive change regularly. Some bananas disappear from the drop pool and are no longer available – unless you buy them. This also leads gaming professionals to regard Banana as a really bad scam.

Also, Ubisoft tried its hand at NFTs a few years ago and even showed a trailer with content for Ghost Recon Breakpoint:

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Ubisoft showed NFTs in a trailer in 2021 that were supposed to appear in Ghost Recon

Should you play Banana and quickly buy bananas? Ultimately, that’s your decision, but the chance of making a profit by selling a banana is probably higher if you set up at the weekly market in your hometown.

When buying a banana in Steam’s community market, you cannot see who is selling the banana. Moreover, the true drop chances are not visible. So we do not know if any of the “rare” and expensive bananas can actually drop for the average player, or if the “developers” are trying to make money this way.

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However, Banana must already prepare for competition, as another clicker game called “Cats” was released on May 21, where you receive cats instead of bananas. Cats is also gaining popularity and already has over 19,000 players on Steam.

If you don’t want to spend your money on virtual bananas but on real food, MeinMMO editor Benedict has introduced seven snacks that you can actually eat. And the best part: You won’t mess up your entire gaming setup with them: 7 gaming snacks that taste good but won’t mess up your controller or crumbs on your keyboard

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New MMORPG Tarisland is looking for the best players: Offers 450 € if you can defeat the hardest boss quickly

Cedric Holmeier Cedric Holmeier Reading time 2 minutes

The new MMORPG Tarisland has launched a competition for Raiders. The developers challenge you to show who is really the best, and the reward is worth it.

What is this challenge about? The new MMORPG Tarisland will be released on June 21. It has been known for some time that the developers are working on a system for speed runs for hardcore players. This will include titles and other rewards for the game.

Now the developers have released the system and announced what rewards are really available and what needs to be done for them.

Here you can watch the current trailer of Tarisland:

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Tarisland shows ‘Rage of the Dragon’ in the new trailer

The top 10 will earn almost a mini-job salary

What can be won? For the very best players, there are substantial prizes. While most raids only offer titles and in-game items as rewards, the final boss Blight Dragon has cash prizes for the best of the best. The Blight Dragon is the last and toughest boss of the season and is expected to be a tough nut to crack.

The Blight Dragon rewards the team that defeats the boss the fastest during the event with $500 in Amazon gift cards per person. That’s more than €450 and surely a motivation for some. The teams in 2nd and 3rd place will receive $300 (approx. €280) and $100 (approx. €93), while teams in places 4 to 10 will each receive $20 (approx. €18) per person.

Whether a whole esports scene like in World of Warcraft will emerge from these prizes is still unclear. However, the developers have invited two WoW veterans, Scripe and Maximum, for the launch to play the game at release (via X.com).

The challenge is about defeating the boss the fastest on the highest difficulty level, not being the first. However, whoever defeats the boss first will receive the title “Professional Player”. According to the website, the challenge runs until July 31 and starts with the boss Merfolk King on July 10, 2024.

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How does the challenge work? To participate at all, all players must register in advance on the developers’ website. Your registration details must be the same as those you will use to log into the game. At this point, there are already rewards in the form of a sweepstakes for all players, regardless of whether you completed a raid or not.

Once you are registered, you still need to complete the raids Merfolk King, Ancient Tree, Synthesis Doctor, Forest Gemini, Archdruid, or the final boss of the season, Blight Dragon, in-game. It should be noted that you must defeat the bosses on the highest difficulty level, which is Challenge Mode and in Elite.

The challenge is therefore not easy, and only a few can earn the big rewards. If you don’t consider yourself a hardcore player, but are still thinking about trying Tarisland, then you should know one thing about the launch of the new MMORPG: The new MMORPG Tarisland is purposefully planning a strange release, but there is a brilliant plan behind it

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Source(s):
  1. Tarisland Website

German YouTuber played CoD: Black Ops 6 and reveals which new feature he is most excited about

Dariusz Müller Dariusz Müller Reading time 2 minutes

A German YouTuber and CoD expert HapticRush was able to test Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. He is particularly looking forward to one change.

Who is it about? The German YouTuber and CoD expert Haptic/HapticRush says in his latest video that he was invited by Activision to test the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

  • Haptic has over 860,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel HapticRush and regularly achieves over 200,000 views with his videos.
  • On HapticRush, he primarily focuses on Call of Duty, but also tests and rates similar shooters like XDefiant.
  • Haptic has been playing Call of Duty since Black Ops 1 and regularly demonstrates in his videos and streams that he has become an expert over the years, playing the shooter at a high level.
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Trailer for CoD Black Ops 6 provides insight into the campaign

What does Haptic say about the gameplay? In the new video, Haptic explains right at the beginning that he cannot talk about the play session or his impressions. However, he can say that he has already been able to play BO6 and can share information that was communicated to content creators during a presentation and a Q&A session.

Nonetheless, he occasionally lets insights into the gameplay slip through in the video, for example saying: At the reveal event for Black Ops 6, it could be seen and inferred that the time-to-kill is somewhat higher than in the current Modern Warfare 3. Accordingly, you need more bullets to take down an opponent.

You can watch the entire video from Haptic here:

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What is Haptic most looking forward to? The HUD. At the reveal event, the developers already showed that it will be customizable. You can move details like the minimap to a different position or even turn it off.

Haptic says about this: “I’ve always said: ‘Why don’t they do it like Mobile, so everyone can decide how their HUD looks?’ Yes, now you can do that and that is the coolest change for me. You can move everything around as you wish. You can take things out.”

In addition, Haptic reveals that the shape of the minimap can be changed. You can switch from a small round minimap to a larger rectangular one, as existed in Black Ops 3.

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What does the customizability of the HUD bring? On one hand, it allows you to move the HUD elements to places where you can see them better or where they disturb you less.

On the other hand, you also have the option to turn off elements that just take up space on the screen and provide unnecessary information. This makes the screen tidier and only provides – depending on your settings – the information that you actually need to play.

Moreover, you can create a hardcore shooter-oriented HUD that gives almost no information and also removes the minimap. This is interesting if you want to experience the campaign as immersively as possible or want to play a private match with friends under challenging conditions.

An overview of the information shown at the reveal event for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 can be found on MeinMMO. One of the highlights is definitely the confirmed return of the round-based zombie mode: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will get a mode that fans have been waiting for years and reveals exciting new features

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Player has been defeating a specific NPC daily for 2.7 years – there was a special event for the 1,000th death

Linda Knabe Linda Knabe Reading time 2 minutes

Waiting for the release of a new game can sometimes be quite annoying and exhausting. A Skyrim player has set himself a personal quest for this time.

Many players have been waiting for years for news and of course the release of The Elder Scrolls 6. In 2018, a 30-second trailer announced the new installment of the game series. Since then, fans have repeatedly had to wait for news. In March of this year, the developers stated that The Elder Scrolls 6 is now indeed playable.

So far, only the developers are playing it, and players have to continue to be patient and bridge the time until the release. The player Sidek has become particularly creative in this and has been killing a certain NPC daily since 2021.

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Which NPC has to be taken down daily? The player has targeted the NPC Nazeem, a Redguard in Skyrim, for the past 2.7 years. He lives in Whiterun in Skyrim and likes to brag at the market stalls that he “earned” his position at the Jarl’s court “hard.”

Nazeem has become something of a running gag in the Elder Scrolls community due to his arrogant demeanor. Even his wife Ahlam seems to speak fairly disparagingly about him. When asked where he is, her response is that he is best found “in the Jarl’s backside.”

So, the NPC is not exactly popular with the players. And Sidek makes sure he feels that every day.

How does the player kill him? Once a day, Sidek kills the NPC and uploads the video to his YouTube channel. He likes to show creativity in his methods. With different weapons and spells, he has already disposed of Nazeem. Sometimes stealthily from behind, and sometimes he confronts the NPC face to face.

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New milestone celebrated with a Battle Royale

This week, the player reached a significant milestone in his personal quest. He killed the NPC Nazeem for the 1,000th time. He celebrated this with a special event:

In his video for the 1,000th death of Nazeem, he shows how he lets several “Nazeems” fight against each other in a sort of Battle Royale until only one Nazeem remains. This one then leisurely leaves the battlefield in the video, leaving behind its lifeless duplicates.

Here you can watch the video of the Battle Royale yourself:

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But as you might have guessed, the 1,000th death of Nazeem is not supposed to end this way. The player conjures a magical bow and takes out the last surviving Nazeem with a precise shot to the back.

Is the “quest” now over? For Sidek, the “quest” is still not over. The next day followed the video for the 1,001st death of Nazeem, and this will continue until the release of The Elder Scrolls 6. Another player is also bridging the wait in Skyrim: Player reaches the highest level in Skyrim 13 years after release by casting the same spell for 43 hours

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3 groups that will be happy with WoW: The War Within – and 2 that will be bored

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 5 minutes

World of Warcraft: The War Within continues the successes of Dragonflight. But not everyone will be happy with it – because something is missing.

The next expansion of World of Warcraft is not far away. Already at the end of August, The War Within will be released, marking the beginning of the saga surrounding the world soul. Blizzard is introducing some new features, but is holding back on really big highlights – at least it seems that way. We take a look at the upcoming expansion and reveal who can look forward to The War Within and who might not be happy.

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WoW: The War Within – All the major features of the new expansion

Solo players finally get real progress

Even though most somewhat dedicated players are mainly on groups and tackle dungeons or raids: There are a huge number of WoW heroes who primarily play alone. They go through the campaign story, complete some world quests, and farm reputation, but are not so interested in the endgame content that requires groups.

For these characters, it was always quite quick for “the stove to be out”, as the maximum gear was reached quickly.

With the “Delves”, there is for the first time a really solid progress system for solo players.

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Delves were presented at BlizzCon as a major feature – especially solo players should be pleased.

The Delves can be understood as large caves that can be found all over the world. There are a total of 13 Delves, and what you can experience in them changes every week. Alongside NPCs like Brann Bronzebeard, you explore the Delves and find a treasure chamber with truly solid loot at the end.

By the way, visits to the Delves also ensure that you fill your “Weekly Chest” with contents. This way, even solo players can receive a really strong item once a week that is on the level of heroic raids.

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WoW: The War Within trailer introduces Delves

If desired, you can also complete the Delves with friends – the difficulty adjusts to the group size.

Aside from that, all dungeons in The War Within can already be completed with NPC companions at launch. Thus, one is not reliant on others for the story experience and can complete everything at their own pace.

Collectors will be very happy

The second group that will likely be jumping for joy with The War Within are the collectors. With Patch 11.0 – that is, the launch of the expansion – not only will much be account-wide, but collecting transmogifications will also be much easier.

In the future, you will be able to add all items to your collection, regardless of whether your character can actually use them.

To clarify: Currently, you, for example as a mage, only collect cloth patterns and weapons that you can use with that mage. So if you find plate or a two-handed sword, it will not be added to your collection.

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WoW: The War Within trailer introduces Warbands

With The War Within, this restriction is lifted. Then you could also collect items in the plate, chain, or leather categories as a mage and also add weapon types to your collection that you cannot use at all.

However: For transmogification, your mage cannot use the plate items himself. However, if you create a warrior, paladin or death knight, they can use the plate patterns collected by the mage.

Finally freedom for many characters

Many play only one character in World of Warcraft and have done so for many years – perhaps another twink for relaxation. Yet many players play multiple characters, sometimes even one of each class. Those who frequently switch between characters face many various challenges.

On the one hand, quests must be repeated to earn unlocks. Then each character needs reputation to buy rewards and must also farm resources.

All this is drastically reduced in The War Within. Because there is the feature of the “Warband”. In short, this means that almost all unlocks of your characters are account-wide.

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If you play many characters, you will be really happy with The War Within.

Especially important is this for reputation. Reputation and associated glory are also account-wide. So if you have reached the maximum with one character, then all characters have reached it at the same time. Conversely, this also means that you cannot earn reputation for story quests multiple times. Thus, there is no reputational advantage to completing the same quests multiple times with different characters.

The second major point is your currencies. Because numerous currencies that actually cannot be exchanged or traded can now simply be sent between your various characters through a menu for a small fee. Gone are the days when you had to buy special packages from vendors for that – now it can be done centrally through one menu option.

No major highlight as a feature

Who might not be happy with The War Within is a group of players who long for a new, major feature that lasts through the entire expansion and is in the focus of attention.

The War Within mainly continues the trend of Dragonflight to improve more on the fundamental structure of the game and to ensure that WoW remains attractive in the coming years and improves and expands meaningful, long-term systems.

This comes at the expense of large and new features.

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The “big feature” is missing – once again.

If you are hoping for new systems, like a garrison, housing or something like the order hall with artifact weapons, or just the covenants from Shadowlands, you might be disappointed. Because in this respect, The War Within indeed has little new to offer.

Everything that The War Within announces as new in the trailers is basically just minor improvements. While they lead to significant quality of life improvements, as a “brand new feature”, the Delves likely do not qualify – they are essentially a mix of Torghast and scenarios. Also, the hero talents are, if viewed somewhat soberly, just a small expansion of the talent system.

If you are waiting for a real blockbuster as new content, you may be significantly disappointed by The War Within.

The War Within offers more of the familiar – but indeed very little that is truly new.

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Story fans get no conclusion

World of Warcraft has the reputation that stories are often not really concluded. Some storylines are picked up, accompanied for a while, and then discarded. Some characters come into the spotlight, only to disappear again for years and essentially play no role.

Sometimes it seems that World of Warcraft lacks a red narrative thread that leads somewhere, brings multiple stories together and provides a conclusion.

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Xal’atath is the antagonist from The War Within – but the story certainly doesn’t come to a conclusion.

Whoever thinks that The War Within brings such a conclusion is mistaken – because that is not intended.

The War Within is merely the beginning of a three-part saga centered around the world soul of Azeroth. Triggered by the mysterious Xal’atath with her complex story, this is merely the first of three parts and therefore cannot provide a satisfying ending.

This inevitably leads to The War Within being able to only begin what will continue and hopefully conclude in the upcoming expansions “Midnight” and “The Last Titan”.

Which group do you belong to? Are you looking forward to The War Within? Or are you not convinced by the features of the new WoW expansion?

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Pokémon GO: Events in June 2024 – All Dates and Bonuses

Franzi Korittke Franzi Korittke Reading time 3 minutes

In June 2024, there will be plenty of events coming up in Pokémon GO. Here on MeinMMO, we provide an overview of all known dates, initial details, and which events are particularly worth attending.

What events are involved? Every month, you can look forward to various events in Pokémon GO, such as Raid and Spotlight Hours, a Community Day, and various themed events. Alongside interesting bonuses, these often bring strong monsters, cool shinies, and occasionally a new Pokémon.

In June, there will again be a whole range of these events. In addition to the contents of the new season Heavenly Teamwork, you can especially look forward to the return of Mega Rayquaza in the coming weeks. We have summarized what other events June has in store for you in the overview below.

Update from June 19: We have added the anniversary event to the list for you.

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All Events in June 2024 at a Glance

What does the overview show? In the table below, you will find all known dates for the events that await you in June. We will update these regularly as new content becomes known.

DateEvents
through June 2GO Fest in Sendai
June 1 to September 3Research Breakthrough with
Hisui-Fukano*, Larvitar*, Ohrdoch*, Milza*, Coiffwaff* & Miniras*
June 1 to June 30Limited Research
for the Season Heavenly Teamwork
June 1 to June 2Crypto Raids with Crypto Raikou*
June 1 to June 4Event Stadium Sights
June 1 to June 7PvP: Super League and Hyper Premier
June 1 to June 10Level-5 Raids with Zapdos*
June 1 to June 10Mega Raids with Mega Gyarados*
June 4Spotlight Hour with Makuhita*
& double Catch Candy
June 5Raid Hour with Zapdos*
June 7 to June 12Event Sleeping Sand
June 7 to June 14PvP: Hyper League and Summer Cup (Super League)
June 8 to June 9Crypto Raids with Crypto Raikou*
June 9Community Day with Viscora*
June 10 to June 19Level-5 Raids with Dementoros (Incarnate Form)*
June 10 to June 19Mega Raids with Mega Alakazam*
June 11Spotlight Hour with Wingull*
& double Transfer Candy
June 12Raid Hour with Dementoros (Incarnate Form)*
June 14 to June 16GO Fest in Madrid
June 14 to June 21PvP: Master League and Summer Cup (Super League)
& 4x Stardust on victories (excluding battle sets)
June 15 to June 16Crypto Raids with Crypto Raikou*
June 15 to June 18Event Spelunker’s Cove
June 18Spotlight Hour with Kiesling
& double Evolution XP
June 19 to June 28Level-5 Raids with Yveltal*
June 19 to June 28Mega Raids with Mega Charizard Y*
June 19Raid Hour with Yveltal*
June 21 to June 25Event Sizzling Steps
June 21 to June 28PvP: Super League, Hyper League, Master League
& 4x Stardust on victories (excluding battle sets)
June 22Community Day Classic with Cyndaquil
June 22 to June 23Crypto Raids with Crypto Raikou*
June 25Spotlight Hour with Bubungus
& double Catch Stardust
June 26Raid Hour with Yveltal*
June 28 to July 38th Anniversary Event
June 28 to July 5PvP: Super League and Master Premier
June 28 to July 8Level-5 Raids with Ho-Oh*
June 28 to July 8Mega Raids with Mega Tyranitar*
June 29 to June 30Crypto Raids with Crypto Raikou*
June 29Elite Raid Day with Mega Rayquaza*
Pokémon with a (*), you can catch as a shiny with some luck
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Which Events are Particularly Worth It?

These events are worth it: In June, a whole range of interesting events is coming up. In the Raid Hours with Yveltal and Ho-Oh, you can encounter two strong attackers and even secure the legendary Pokémon Necrozma through the live events at GO Fest in Sendai and Madrid. But you should also not miss the following events in the coming weeks:

  • Elite Raid Day: Many players have been hoping for the return of the Dragon and Flying Pokémon in recent days, and on June 29, it will finally happen. Mega Rayquaza is returning to Elite Raids on a special Raid Day. Be sure to mark this day boldly in your calendar, as Mega Rayquaza belongs to the best attackers in Pokémon GO.
  • 8th Birthday Event: Pokémon GO is celebrating its 8th birthday in June, which is why you can look forward to a corresponding event starting June 28. In the past years, these events have always been relatively large and have included plenty of bonuses and interesting spawns for you. For this reason, it is safe to assume that the developers have something special planned for this year as well.
  • Community Days: In June, you can also look forward to both a Community Day and a Community Day Classic. Not only will you enjoy plenty of bonuses, but shiny hunters will also have a great time on these two days. You can expect encounters with Viscora and Cyndaquil. Especially the evolution of Viscora might be worth it for the GO Battle League.

How do you like the outlook for the events in June 2024? Which ones will you definitely take part in? And what other highlights would you be excited about? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments here on MeinMMO and discuss with other trainers. By the way: Here we show you how to find friends worldwide for Pokémon GO.

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Ludwig sells his company for $2 to the employees so he doesn’t have to sell it for millions to Amazon

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The famous YouTuber “Ludwig” sold his company for $2 and stated that he already has enough money.

Who is it about? Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren is a 28-year-old American YouTuber.

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Sold for $2 because he already has enough money

What kind of sale is this? Ludwig announced that he sold his company “offbrand”.

Offbrand is an agency that takes care of the planning and production of digital events. Implemented events included a dodgeball tournament and the Streamer Awards 2024.

In videos on YouTube and TikTok, Ludwig explained that he sold offbrand to the company’s employees for $2. Until the end, he had been the owner of the company, but now it will be cooperatively managed by the employees. Everyone who works at offbrand now has the opportunity to jointly decide what happens in the company.

According to Ludwig, money or success played no role in the sale of the company. He will continue to work in the company, just no longer be the owner. He believes this is the best way for a stronger and happier work culture and a sustainable company.

I was the largest owner of Offbrand. I invested the most money, and… as you know… that’s how corporations work in general. Whoever puts in the most capital gets the largest share. But I thought to myself: ‘What am I going to do with all these shares? What’s the goal?’ Is it that when I eventually retire, I can cash out and get a big payday? No! […] I made a ton of money. So much that I don’t think twice when I buy a $4,000 tungsten cube. And personally, I feel like when you have that much money, you are doing well. I feel like I don’t need any more.

Ludwig talks on YouTube about selling the company for $2

On TikTok, Ludwig also added that he can no longer sell the company to businesses like Amazon for millions of dollars. After all, he is just an employee now and no longer an owner.

You can watch Ludwig’s TikTok video here:

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With the sale also comes a new department

In the YouTube video, Ludwig also explained that offbrand will receive a department called offbrand Games. This will be a “Game Publishing Studio”, with its first game being the fighting game “Rivals 2” set to be released in 2024.

Additionally, Ludwig announced that the content creator and former Blizzard employee Jason Thor Hall aka PirateSoftware will be the strategy director of offbrand Games. This could prove to be a good omen for the company, as Hall has already managed to grow massively in just a few months on his own channel: Former Blizzard employee grows on Twitch by more than 1,000% in 3 months because he does not mark a checkbox

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You can currently test one of the best coop shooters for free on Steam, but you should be strong of nerves

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On Steam, you can find many shooters that you can play alone or with other players. One of the best co-op shooters can be tested for free for two more days. But if you have a weak nerve, you should be careful.

Which game is it about? GTFO is a hardcore horror co-op shooter from the developer studio 10 Chambers. Since December 2021, the PvE shooter has been a major success on Steam and popular among both shooter and horror fans. Overall, GTFO has received 87% positive reviews from over 38,900 reviews on the platform.

GTFO is especially characterized by its high difficulty and dark atmosphere. Although you can theoretically play the shooter solo, it is hardly feasible. Even in pairs, the game presents a truly tough challenge.

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How long can you play GTFO for free? Currently, you can test the co-op shooter completely free on Steam. However, this offer is only available for two more days. So if you want to take a look, you should take advantage of this weekend.

Until June 27, 2024, you can still secure the game at half price if you want to continue playing after the free trial. Instead of the usual €39.99, you will only pay €19.99.

What can you expect? In GTFO, you take on the role of prisoners who are sent into an abandoned research complex with the mission to secure important data there. A task that initially sounds simple, if there weren’t numerous strange creatures waiting for you there, which you should ideally not wake up.

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The creatures in GTFO are in a kind of hibernation. Stealth and coordination could be the “easy” key to your survival. If one of the creatures detects your presence, then everyone knows. Sneaking through the dark levels requires considerable patience, planning, and coordination.

GTFO relies heavily on teamwork. Missing players are replaced by AI players so that your team always consists of four people. However, the fewer real players are in your team, the stronger your nerves should be, because it increases the chance that you won’t survive.

You will also need strong nerves because of the dark atmosphere. Furthermore, you should not be averse to a certain amount of horror if you want to test the title. By the way, GTFO also made it onto our list of the 25 best shooters 2024.

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Developers of Helldivers 2 are committed to saving children because you did the same in the game

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A few days ago, a new general order in Helldivers 2 presented players with a nasty choice. Now the developers are showing how proud they are of their community and are donating to “Save the Children.”

What decision were the players faced with? A general order in Helldivers 2 recently presented players with a rather nasty choice. They had to decide between saving one of two planets.

  • From the planet Vernen Wells, a distress signal from a hospital for seriously ill children was transmitted. To save the children, the community had to liberate this planet.
  • On Marfark, a large weapons cache was discovered through an intercepted message. Gaining control of the planet would likely have provided the community with the crucial resources for the “MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines.”
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Which planet was saved? Early on, more than 33,000 players made their way to Vernen Wells to help the sick children. In contrast, only a little over 3,000 players set out for the planet Marfark.

In the end, the planet with the hospital was saved. Even if players were worried for a while, if this was really the right decision.

How are the developers reacting? Regardless of how the decision now affects the story’s progression in the game and the development of the universe, the community has already done something very positive in real life.

In a post on x.com, Johan Pilestedt, the Creative Director of Helldivers 2, wrote: “As the Helldivers 2 community chose to save the children, Arrowhead is doing the same. We have donated to, well, Save the Children. Good job, Divers!”

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Arrowhead donates over $4,000 to children in real life

In a subsequent post on x.com, Pilestedt shared a picture of the charity “Save the Children,” thanking him for the donation of $4,311.00.

Following this, several players followed the developers’ example and shared on x.com that they too contributed and donated to Save the Children. Pilestedt thanked them for this support and remarked: “Just think about the difference we 12M+ can make […].”

However, a user wonders under the post what might have happened if the community had chosen the mines. Pilestedt reacts to this question and replies: “You don’t want to know…” How Arrowhead would have actually reacted remains to your imagination. Just recently, there was also a new update in Helldivers 2: Helldivers 2 now finally shows you in-game the information that can determine victory or defeat.

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Diablo 4 can bring back the worst enemies in history with Vessel of Hatred, and fans say: Yes please!

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With Vessel of Hatred, Blizzard brings a new area to Diablo 4, the jungle of Nahantu. This area around Kurast is similar to the region you traveled in Act 3 of Diablo 2. Players are now wondering if Blizzard will bring back some of the most hated enemies from Diablo – and would even be happy about it.

What kind of enemies are they?

Here’s why the dolls are so nasty: These enemies are considered some of the worst because they appear in huge groups and explode upon death. They are the nemesis of many players and are responsible for a ton of hardcore characters’ demise.

In the community, they are sometimes considered tougher opponents than the bosses Baal and Diablo themselves, for several reasons:

  • They are faster than other enemies and usually faster than the player.
  • Due to their small size, it is hard to hit them with targeted attacks.
  • The dolls explode upon death, which means melee fighters can hardly fight them safely.

In the past, mercenaries were a popular way to deal with the dolls – a feature that returns with Vessel of Hatred. With the expansion, Blizzard has the opportunity to reinvent this type of enemy and integrate it into the game seamlessly.

For some, it would be a sadistic endeavor. Others – and indeed quite a few players – would celebrate it.

Blizzard recently released the intro cinematic for Vessel of Hatred. It looks nasty:

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“I love these little bastards!”

Since the announcement of the release date for Vessel of Hatred and the brief introduction of the new class Spiritborn, many fans have been discussing the upcoming content on social media.

Especially the fetishes have already received several threads dedicated to them on Reddit. In one of these threads, the creator states: “Please, Blizzard, bring these little bastards to the expansion!” (via Reddit) He presents various versions of the beasts:

  • the stygian dolls described above
  • various “normal” fetishes with knives and blowguns
  • fetish shamans that can spit fire and resurrect their companions
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The enemies that are usually so hated seem to be fondly remembered by veterans. There are numerous players who would be excited to see the stygian dolls and other fetishes return in Vessel of Hatred. The jungle itself was worse anyway, which was already designed as a labyrinth with barely visible exits.

Other users are already expressing their fears if it should really happen that fetishes return. Comments such as: “Okay, calm down, Satan,” or: “I didn’t know Mephisto has a Reddit account.” are being made.

The fetishes and especially the stygian dolls have given many players nightmares. However, you should be cautious with your wishes for what Diablo 4 should receive next. Blizzard has fulfilled several wishes recently: New patch brings companions exactly as fans have wanted them since release.

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Destiny 2: Player receives no loot for completing the new raid because his 6-year-old son makes a tragic decision

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A player received no loot for completing the new raid in Destiny 2 and his 6-year-old son is to blame.

With the current expansion “The Final Shape,” Destiny 2 received a new raid called “Edge of Redemption.” The final boss fight of the raid is against the Witness, who poses great challenges to the Guardians as a powerful adversary in the saga of Light and Darkness.

The final boss fight of the new raid is also not an easy task. In the World-First race, it took 19 hours for the Witness to be defeated for the first time by a team and the raid completed.

Although the World-First race and the contest mode of “Edge of Redemption” are now over, the raid remains an activity that costs time and possibly nerves. It is all the more tragic when one then receives no loot for their efforts.

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Player receives no loot because he has children

Who is it about? The tragic protagonist of the story is Twitch streamer “KingGothalion,” who has around a million followers on the streaming service and regularly appears in front of over 2,000 viewers.

Since the release of The Final Shape, KingGothalion has been playing Destiny 2 again regularly in his streams and also completing the new raid. But when he and his team forced the Witness to their knees, the streamer’s game crashed, and he came out empty-handed.

Why did the player receive no loot? A few seconds after the boss’s health bar was completely depleted, KingGothalion found himself back on his desktop. Steam had terminated the application – just before his teammates received the loot for completing the raid.

The streamer reacted confused and believed his game or Steam had crashed. But when he tried to start Destiny 2 again, he found a telling error message from Steam:

“You are logged in on another computer and are already playing ‘Bluey: The Videogame.’ If you start Destiny 2 here, the connection to the other session will be terminated from Steam.”

The solution to the riddle: While the final seconds of the boss fight were running, Brad, KingGothalion’s 6-year-old son, probably also wanted to play and started a game called “Bluey: The Videogame” on another device.

Since you can’t play multiple games simultaneously on different computers on one account, Steam terminated Destiny 2 on the streamer’s PC – at the most unfortunate moment.

You can see a clip of the situation here on x.com (formerly Twitter):

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In the comments on x.com, a user asked whether Gothalion had received the loot via mail or if he had come out empty-handed. The streamer then explained that they had to replay the raid.

Gothalion also writes that his son has his own PC and access to an account with Family Share, but somehow he still ended up on the streamer’s account.

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What loot did the player miss? With the victory over the Witness, KingGothalion would have expected the following loot:

  • Summum Bonum – Sword (Arc)
  • Null and Void – Pulse Rifle (Solar)
  • Critical Anomaly – Sniper Rifle (Stasis)
  • Euphony – Linear Fusion Rifle (Strand) – Raid Exotics

Especially the new exotic fusion rifle Euphony is interesting for players. When you deal continuous damage with the weapon, threads spawn that also deal damage and thus increase Euphony’s overall damage.

A complete overview of all the loot you can acquire in the new raid “Edge of Redemption” can be found on MeinMMO: Destiny 2: Edge of Redemption – This loot you can unlock

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