If you’ve played past Call of Duty games before, then you know how the Quickdraw gun attachment works. You press the aim-down-sights (ADS) button, and you snap to it as fast as possible in the game. Unfortunately, the gun attachment is bugged in Call of Duty: WWII since the beta, and has carried over to the final version of the game.
Well, people seems to have found a fix! Albeit, one that shouldn’t even be needed in the first place. Check out the two videos below for it. One from YouTuber TheXclusive Ace, and another from pro gamer “Parasite.”
According to TheXclusiveAce, a “simple” fix is not breaking sprint when aiming down sights, pull back on the left analog stick slightly or stop moving forward, and then engage your ADS, and then fire.
There’s another fix, and that involves using the Gunslinger Basic Training skill, and hip fire into ADS as you’re coming out of sprint. Watch the videos above to see how it looks like.
Honestly, it’s a fix that shouldn’t be there in the first place, no? Let’s hope Sledgehammer Games includes the fix for it in next week’s patch.
Even though War for the Atlas, the upcoming expansion for Path of Exile is scheduled for a December 8 release, it appears the studio behind the Action-RPG, Grinding Gear Games, is already prepping the ground work for the expansion.
A new update for Path of Exile is now available on the PC platform. While the changelog, which you can view below, is rather small, it should be noted that the rather large patch file is to ensure the Path Of Exile player base won’t have to download large files come December 8.
3.0.3b change log
Fixed various issues with Templar armour visuals introduced in 3.0.3.
Fixed various visual issues with War for the Atlas supporter pack portals.
Fixed sizing issues with War for the Atlas portrait frames when viewed in 4k resolution.
Fixed clipping issues with the Seeker Cloak.
Fixed a client crash with the low mana tutorial.
New patch aside, the past few days for Grinding Gear Games has also been quite busy, as they’ve been showcasing some of the new content that will go live once War for the Atlas is available. The studio is showcasing a new boss that can be found in act 9, Shakari ,and revealing numerous changes to corpse skills.
Expect more news regarding Path of Exile soon, as details of the Abyss league is set to be revealed sometime this week.
Developer Respawn Entertainment has written a new blog post detailing the Titanfall 2 upcoming update that will see new weapon warpaints, a few gameplay tweaks and more.
Called “Harvest Time,” the next Titanfall 2 update will shoot out next week on November 28. The weapons getting new warpaints for this upcoming patch will be the Flatline, Volt and Alternator SMGs, the R-101 carbine, and Flatline rifles, and the Softball and EPG-1 launchers. You can check out the new weapon skins here.
Patch Notes
Patch notes for this month are small, but it’s a few things that you guys asked for and we agreed with. This month’s patch notes are as follows:
All advocate gifts are now purchasable with credits
Upcoming featured modes: Nitro Mixtape, Nitro FFA
Fixed an issue where cloaked enemies look like they have a mosaic overlay instead of being cloaked when a player is embarked in a titan
Respawn also explained the reasoning behind the last patch Titanfall 2 got. According to the studio, it made the changes to shake “up the meta,” since it was noticing the grapple hook ability was the most used one to the point that it made players to give the other tacticals a chance.
In the last patch, we had a multitude of changes from Arc Grenades, RSPN 101/201 Weapons, pilot abilities and more. The idea behind these changes was to keep the game fresh by shaking up the meta.
The most notable change was to Grapple. This has been the most used tactical ability to the point that we felt it was causing players to not give the other tacticals much of a chance. With that, we decided to remove a charge on the Grapple to bring it more inline with the other tacticals. We knew this change would be risky, but we wanted to evaluate if the impact of this change could encourage a more diverse meta versus playing it safe. We are continuing to monitor this change and will provide an update on it next month.
Now on to the change for the Mozambique and Wingman Elite pistols from secondaries to primaries. We saw a decent pool of players who enjoyed using these as primary weapons and hardly touched the actual primaries. Thus why these specific weapons were chosen. Because they would become primary, they would be under powered compared to the rest so we buffed them to legitimize the users who enjoy this style of play.
You can check the complete blog post from Respawn right here, where the studio also reveals 10 new banners that can be earned by players.
We’ll be sure to alert players once the patch is out next week.
Note that with MP1st being a multiplayer-focused site, the major focus of the review is the multiplayer, though we do touch on the other modes and consider them in the overall score.
Call of Duty: WWII is the franchise’s venerable return to its boots-on-the-ground formula that has made it the biggest video game property since Modern Warfare. Now, the question is, is it a triumphant return or does it fail to trudge through all the mud and grime? The answer is, it’s a mixture of both.
In Call of Duty: WWII’s single-player, you star as “Red Daniels,” a grunt helping the US army take out Nazis. Sure, it’s a bit more nuanced than that, but for the most part, it’s a familiar trek with copious amounts of setpieces, banter, and of course, violence.
Prepare to see limbs severed, heads blown off in gruesome fashion. Thankfully, Sledgehammer didn’t put in gore and dismemberment for the sake of it, which would have cheapened the overall effect.
New and Old Mixed In
If you play every Call of Duty campaign that comes out every year, then there’s a lot in COD: WWII that will feel quite familiar — for better or for worse. I applaud Sledgehammer for trying something new with your character’s health not regenerating and instead relying on med packs (remember those in FPS’?), and that’s just one of the few changes it made.
Unique to COD: WWII is how your squad actually helps you out by giving med packs, ammo, spotting enemies and more. Once you see your squad’s meter fill up, you can go up to them (even in the heat of combat) and get some help. It’s a nice gameplay mechanic that makes you more invested in your squad, rather than going solo and finding ammo and other stuff in the levels themselves.
Another “new” feature is how challenging the campaign is. Aside from the omission of self-regenerating health, enemies are sharper shots in COD: WWII than in previous COD campaigns. I was playing through the normal difficulty and was surprised to see my character bite the dust a few times. It’s definitely a step in the right direction since it doesn’t border on cheap, or annoying, and helps keep you on your toes.
As I’ve mentioned previously, there’s a lot of setpieces that happen within the 12 chapters available, and it’s what players expect in your standard COD campaign. These are sometimes marked with QTE (quick-time events) that should be a breeze to accomplish, though it does break up the monotony from time to time.
Another “old is new” feature is the Zombies mode, or rather, Nazi Zombies mode. While it’s a bit more horror oriented now than what Treyarch does, it’s still more of what people love. If you’re not a fan of Zombies mode in past COD games, I doubt this will convert you, but if you are, then this third pillar mode will more than scratch that itch.
Back to Basics
We’ve covered a ton of stuff regarding COD: WWII’s multiplayer in our beta impressions, but now that we’ve played a lot of it, we’ve noticed a few good things, and some not-so-good things which we’re sort of conflicted up to now.
First off, prepare for a lot of changes to some of the core mechanics…even if some of them didn’t need it. Gone is Treyarch’s much-loved Pick 10 system for perks. Heck, the whole perks system itself has been replaced by the often-limiting Basic Training system Sledgehammer implemented.
If you want to experiment, you’ll have to do so in a more limited way. You can’t really mix and match Basic Trainings other than with what each Division’s abilities are, which are tailored to specific play styles and weapons.
Want to rock a silenced assault rifle? Nope, not possible. What about trying trying go all noob tubes and grenades? Sure, but lots of compromises are in the way to make it work, which might frustrate some fans. I’m not sure, but one of the possible reasons for the massive change in perks and how it works could be Sledgehammer’s way of”forcing” players to try out different weapons and play styles, and not have everyone using the same stuff. One can argue that every COD games has that issue, but it’s still prevalent in COD: WWII, and that’s not going away any time soon, I think.
While Sledgehammer might have reined in the perks system, it did add a new match mode to the franchise in “War,” and it’s fantastic. For those who aren’t familiar with the mode, it’s all about objective play where kill/death ratios don’t matter, and there’s no scorestreaks. Think of it as like Battlefield 1’s Operations, but in a smaller scale and it’s purely infantry-based.
War is balanced enough that not one side has an advantage, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome. Matches don’t last too long, and the action is fast, but not to the point like it’s a round of team deathmatch. War is such a fun mode that I often found myself playing it over franchise mainstays like TDM and Domination. Don’t be surprised if the mode creeps in to other Call of Duty titles moving forward.
However, there is a a dark cloud in all of this though, and that’s the maps. Due to War mode’s sprawling, and expanding maps (of which there are three), there are only nine maps available for the rest of the other modes. Unless my memory is failing me, that’s the lowest number of maps available at launch for any COD game ever. Sure, one can argue that there’s really 12 maps in the game, but given we can’t play the War maps in other modes, that argument will surely fall on deaf ears.
Compounding the issues with maps are the map design. While not every COD game has top-tier maps, some of the design choices in COD: WWII’s are, well, baffling. There’s USS Texas which feels like a re-skinned and inferior version of Treyarch’s Hijacked, Gibraltar which gives one side a big vantage point advantage in Domination, and possibly the worst one of all, Gustav Cannon — a big map, with one big centerpiece that’s perfect for sniping…and not much else. It feels like Sledgehammer Games tried its best to deviate from Treyarch’s three-lane formula, that if forsake balance, and sound map design just to be different.
For now, we don’t know whether Sledgehammer will roll out more multiplayer maps aside from the ones that’ll be available in the Season Pass. If this is it though, base game owners will be in for a long 12 months.
Tools of the Trade
While I’ve managed to gripe about the perks system and the maps in COD: WWII, I did enjoy my time playing the multiplayer. Sledgehammer nailed the gunplay the series is known for (lag notwithstanding), and the gun balance out of the gate is fine so far. While some might argue that the BAR is the end-all, be-all ultimate weapon, the same can be said the for the PPSH SMG, STG assault rifle, etc. I don’t know about you., but if people are saying all guns are overpowered, then that means it is balanced, right?
Another plus (for me, at least) is how scorestreaks aren’t the main focus of each match. In past CODs, it usually boiled down to which team managed to push out their scorestreaks first that decided the match. Not so in COD: WWII, Sledgehammer has drastically reduced the effectiveness of most ‘streaks, which means the focus now is on gunplay. Now, some might balk at that, but for me personally, giving the winning team/side more ways to win with a push of a button isn’t really on the fair side.
By Design
While we were playing COD: WWII extensively for review, there is one thing that has yet to be fully resolved until now and it’s Headquarters mode. This social space (think: Destiny 2’s Farm) has you interacting with players, watching Supply Drops being opened and more. It’s great in theory, but when it was working, I didn’t really felt the need to socialize other than jumping on to the next match.
For now though, HQ is still hit or miss, and I’ve yet to see anyone other than NPCs in mine, which is fine since I’d rather be in matches anyway. Speaking of Supply Drops, there is the constant loom of weapons only attainable in these RNG boxes, which always upsets the community — understandably so. With the recent Supply Drop leak, it seems it’ll run the gamut of sidearms to full blown weapons that might affect the gun and game balance.
Possibly the biggest gripe I have with COD: WWII’s multiplayer is how it’s different for the sake of being different. SHGames looks to have made a concerned effort to not follow Treyarch’s (or Infinity Ward’s) footsteps that it stumbles in some areas because of it.
Ultimately though, fans know what to expect from every year’s COD title, and COD: WWII is no different. It doesn’t do anything to offend, and does enough new things to keep things fresh, and the touch of new innovations such as Headquarters, the willingness to go back to boots on the ground are much appreciated.
Make no mistake: COD: WWII is a Call of Duty game. It looks like one, it feels like one, and it plays like one, too. Regardless if that’s a good or bad thing for you, it does do a lot of things right. From a value proposition, a full-fledged campaign, a deep multiplayer Zombies mode experience, and of course, multiplayer, makes it well worth the price of admission.
Score 8/10
Pros:
Boots to the ground is back! No walljumps!
Fresh ideas aplenty with Basic Training, Divisions, etc.
Gunplay focus is refreshing, gun balancing is spot-on so far
Cons:
Just nine multiplayer maps out of the box for main modes
Basic Training and Divisions system feels limiting compared to past titles
Predictable campaign
Call of Duty: WWII review code provided by publisher. Played on PS4 Pro, and reached Prestige 1 (level 20+) for review. You can read MP1st’s review and scoring policy right here.
The Blizzard Black Friday 2017 sale is on! Pop open the Blizzard PC app and you’ll find a host of great deals. In addition to game discounts, there’s also money off some Blizzard Gear Store items.
Here are the gaming discounts:
Destiny 2
Take to the stars with epic savings of up to 35% on digital versions of Destiny 2: Standard Edition, Destiny 2: Game + Expansion Bundle, and Destiny 2: Digital Deluxe Edition.
Destiny 2 Standard Edition – Save 35%
Destiny 2 – Game + Expansion Pass Bundle – Save 25%
Destiny 2 Digital Deluxe Edition – Save 25%
Overwatch
Whether you’re a soldier, scientist, adventurer, or oddity, you can jump into the fight for the future with savings of 50% on the digital versions of Overwatch and Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition for Windows PC.
Overwatch includes 26 heroes, 21 different maps, and endless fun for just $19.99 (reg. $39.99).
Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition includes all the excitement of Overwatch along with 10 Loot Boxes, five special hero skins, plus in-game goodies for Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft, Diablo III, and StarCraft II for $29.99 (reg. $59.99).
Heroes of the Storm
Starting today, find epic savings on select Heroes of the Storm bundles, Heroes, skins, and mounts, all available in-game:
Save 33% on the Legendary Bundle, which includes playable Heroes Jaina, Li-Ming, D.Va, Muradin, and Diablo, along with the Legendary skins Abyssal Dreadlord Jaina, First Ascendant Templar Li-Ming, D.Va the Destroyer, Maraudin’ Muradin and Nightmare Prime Evil Diablo. The bundle also includes the Angry Cloud mount—previously only available for purchase with shards!
Save 29% on the Skin Bundle, which comes with the Oni Genji, Skeletal Raven Sylvanas, Dark Auriel, Blackrock Garrosh, Shadow Priestess Tyrande, Dark Seraphim Tyrael, Deadwalker Warmatron Cassia, Dominion Elite Agent Nova, Ashen Hellflame Nazeebo, Black Grand Marshall Uther skins.
Select Heroes, skins, and mounts will also be available for purchase with Gems at a 50% discount, see the Heroes of the Storm blog for more detailed information on individual purchases.
The 360-day Stimpack is also on sale for a limited time! Get boosted with 360 days of +100% bonus XP and +150% bonus gold!
World of Warcraft
Explore Azeroth your way with savings on the base game and the latest expansion, Legion™!
Save 50% on World of Warcraft, which includes the base game and all expansions through Warlords of Draenor™ and lets you play up to level 100. (World of Warcraft Legion: expansion sold separately.)
World of Warcraft – $9.99 (reg. $19.99)
Explore the Broken Isles, play as the Demon Hunter class, and experience the latest chapter in the saga with savings of 50% on World of Warcraft: Legion. (Requires World of Warcraft, sold separately.)
Legion Standard Edition – $24.99 (reg. $49.99) Legion Digital Deluxe Edition – $44.99 (reg. $69.99)
And here’s the official lowdown on Blizzard Gear sale items:
Blizzard Gear Store
The Blizzard Gear Store has some deep discounts on Blizzard apparel, collectibles, and more. The week of Black Friday (November 20–November 26), we’re holding special Flash sales and Daily Deals on limited quantities of goodies.
Will you be grabbing any games or gear during this sale?
Feast your on eyes on these Walmart Black Friday 2017 deals! Gamers have plenty to throw money at, with console hardware and games being hit with hefty discounts.
Take a look at the list of deals below:
PS4
Games
Agents of Mayhem — $29
Ark: Survival Evolved — $29
Batman: Arkham Knight — $12
Battlefield 1 Revolution — $29
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — $12
Call of Duty: Black Ops III — $19
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition — $29
Toys R Us Black Friday 2017 deals have been revealed, and while there isn’t much in the way of hardware discounts, game prices are getting slashed.
Take a look at the long list of discounted games below, which includes PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Wii U and 3DS titles. There’s a couple of peripherals to look out for, too!
PS4
Games
Assassin’s Creed Origins — $40
Call of Duty: Black Ops III — $40
Call of Duty: WWII — $45
Cars 3: Driven to Win — $40
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy — $25
Destiny 2 — $35
FIFA 18 — $30
For Honor — $20
Ghost Recon: Wildlands — $30
Grand Theft Auto V — $30
Injustice 2 — $30
Lego City Undercover — $40
Lego Dimensions Starter packs — 50% off
Madden NFL 18 — $30
Middle-earth: Shadow of War — $30
NBA 2K18 — $35
Outlast Trinity — $30
Overwatch — $30
Persona 5 — $30
PES 2018 — $30
Rainbow Six Siege — $20
All Skylanders Starter packs — 50% off
South Park: The Fractured But Whole — $40
Tekken 7 — $30
Watch Dogs 2 — $20
WWE 2K18 — $35
Hardware And Accessories
PS4 Slim 1 TB — $200
Select PS4 DualShock 4 controllers — $20 off
Lego Dimensions figures — 50% off
LucidSound LS20 wired headset — $40
PS4 Player’s Kit — 50% off
Xbox One
Games
Assassin’s Creed Origins — $40
Call of Duty: Black Ops III — $40
Call of Duty: WWII — $45
Cars 3: Driven to Win — $40
Destiny 2 — $35
Disneyland Adventures — $10 off
FIFA 18 — $30
For Honor — $20
Forza Horizon 3 — $40
Forza Motorsport 7 — $40
Gears of War 4 — $40
Ghost Recon: Wildlands — $30
Grand Theft Auto V — $30
Halo Wars 2 — $40
Injustice 2 — $30
Lego City Undercover — $40
Lego Dimensions Starter packs — 50% off
Madden NFL 18 — $30
Middle-earth: Shadow of War — $30
NBA 2K18 — $35
Outlast Trinity — $30
Overwatch — $30
PES 2018 — $30
Rainbow Six Siege — $20
Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure — $10 off
All Skylanders Starter packs — 50% off
South Park: The Fractured But Whole — $40
Super Lucky’s Tale — $20
Tekken 7 — $30
Watch Dogs 2 — $20
WWE 2K18 — $35
Zoo Tycoon — $10 off
Hardware And Accessories
Xbox One S 500 GB — $190
Select Xbox One controllers — $20 off
Lego Dimensions figures — 50% off
LucidSound LS20 wired headset — $40
Xbox One Player’s Kit — 50% off
Nintendo Switch / Wii U
Games
1-2-Switch — $20
Disgaea 5 Complete — $40
FIFA 18 — $30
Just Dance 2018 — $40
Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game — $30
Lego Worlds — $30
Paper Mario: Color Splash — $35 (Wii U)
Star Fox Zero — $35 (Wii U)
Super Bomberman R — $30
3DS Games
Kirby: Planet Robobot — $25
Mario Party: Star Rush — $25
Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World — $30
Does anything catch your eye? Let us know if you’ll be taking advantage of Toys R Us Black Friday 2017 deals!
The Japanese sales charts have been revealed, taking all physical sales into consideration. Sat at the top, in both first and second place, are Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon, as well as the “Double Pack” edition.
In third, we see Super Mario Odyssey still slaying. Fourth place is where Star Wars Battlefront II (with the “Deluxe Edition” included) finds itself.
Here’s the full list of software sales for November 13-19:
MU Legend‘s latest patch fixes an error with the “Blader’s Redemption” skill, adds security related patches and more.
Find the full list of patch notes below:
Bug fixes
A bug in the price of the resurrection when a character dies has been fixed. The pricing of the Resurection Stone in the Legend shop is not affected by this change.
– Fixed an error with the Blader’s “Redemption” skill
– Added some security relevant patches
Ranking
– Zen amount in rankings has been removed while we investigate on suspicious accounts.
Known Bugs
We are aware of a bug which makes the Constellation Wings and the Kelbra Wings sometimes give you less Movement Speed and MP Cost Reduction as they should provide. We’re going to fix that bug on the 28th of November.
Since we are still working on our actions against abusive players, we couldn’t open the trade system. We will keep you updated on this topic. In order to get more details and for further investigation, it is temporarely impossible to register a new item in the auction house.
What do you think of the latest update? Are you glad that suspicious accounts are being investigated? Let us know.
The Battlefield 1Premium Pass grants players access to four expansions with 16 new multiplayer maps, 20 new weapons, new Operations and more. It also unlocks a load of Battlepacks.
The Premium Pass is usually on sale for $49.99. However, up until November 28, players can grab it for $14.99. That’s a hefty discount of 70%!
Head here to pick it up for PC, here for Xbox One, and here for PS4.
Here’s the official breakdown of what’s included:
Four themed expansion packs with 16 new multiplayer maps, 20 new weapons, new Operations and more. Two-week early access to any unreleased expansion.
• Battlefield 1 They Shall Not Pass: The hardened veterans of the French army make a stand in a brutal defense of their homeland.
• Battlefield 1 In the Name of the Tsar: Enter the biggest front of World War I with the Russian army.
• Battlefield 1 Turning Tides: Participate in the amphibious warfare of World War I.
• Battlefield 1 Apocalypse: Go over the top in hellish infamous battles during the most cataclysmic time of the war.
Also includes:
• 14 Battlefield 1 Superior Battlepacks, delivered monthly starting November 2016.
• And more.
Will you be grabbing the Premium Pass for $15? Let us know.
If you haven’t yet played any of Battlefield 1‘s expansions, you may want to take part in the They Shall Not Pass (November 22 – December 4) and In the Name of the Tsar (December 8 – December 10) free trials.
A new update has been released on PC and PlayStation 4 for HEXfixing several gameplay issues, including: Jovial Pippit will no longer incorrectly transform the player’s Champion, scheduled tournaments no longer delay the start of the next round, and more.
You can find the full list of patch notes below:
GENERAL
– Scheduled tournaments no longer delay start of next round due to forfeits during reserves
– Cards in limited pools no longer incorrectly square the quantity displayed
– Extended Art cards can now be correctly attached to mail and sold on the Auction House
GAMEPLAY
– Brown Fox Scout no longer reveals the next card in the deck
– Polar Ferret now correctly requires two Diamond threshold for its Frostform cost
– Jovial Pippit no longer incorrectly transforms the player’s Champion
– Cards with “may” are now correctly optional
– Frenetic Doppelganger no longer hangs indefinitely when targeting Spellsong Sweeties
– Fixed a game lock that was caused by Ghastly Exchange
– Cards that trigger during the combat step no longer incorrectly push priority forward a step – Players can no longer change their champion during reserves of a draft (PS4)
– Cards and powers that have “as an additional cost” now function correctly (PS4)
– The Bloodhorn, Scourge of the Sea fight in the campaign no longer incorrectly gates the game (PC)
What do you think to HEX’s latest patch? Let us know below.
The latest Dragon Saga patch extends the Thanksgiving event and introduces the Black Friday sale week. In addition to this, Guild Level has received an upgrade, allowing you to now reach level 6.
For the full list of updates, see below:
W-Coins
– 2x W-Coins for the price of 1 (150 IM)
– 10x W-Coins for the price of 5 (650 IM)
– 20x W-Coins for the price of 10 (1000 IM)
Pet and Mount Stuff
– 4x Mount Food (10 days) instead of 2x (150 IM)
– 4x Pet Food (10 days) instead of 2x (150 IM)
– 4x Mount Food (30 days) instead of 2x (300 IM)
– 4x Pet Food (30 days) instead of 2x (300 IM)
– 2x Pet Option Randomizer for the price of 1 (75 IM)
– 10x Pet Option Randomizer for the price of 5 (300 IM)
– 20x Pet Option Randomizer for the price of 10 (400 IM)
– Pet Dye Potion 50% off! (125 IM)
-Pet Name Changer 50% off! (150 IM)
Enchanting
– 20x Enchant Insurance Scroll for the price of 10 (80 IM)
– 20x Reinforced Insurance Scroll for the price of 10 (100 IM)
– 2x Soulcraft Randomizer for the price of 1 (50 IM)
– 10x Soulcraft Randomizer for the price of 5 (200 IM)
– 20x Soulcraft Randomizer for the price of 10 (300 IM)
– 2x Card Insurance Scroll for the price of 1 (50 IM)
– 10x Card Insurance Scroll for the price of 5 (200 IM)
Fatigue
– 10x F7 Fatigue Recovery Potion for the price of 5 (80 IM)
– 2x Gathering Fatigue Recovery Potion for the price of 1 (100 IM)
– 10x Gathering Fatigue Recovery Potion for the price of 5 (400 IM)
Storage
– Account Vault 50% off! (150 IM)
– Permanent Character Vault Expansion 33% off! (200 IM)
– Guild Vault Expansion 30% off! (350 IM)
Inventory
– Equipment Inventory Expansion 50 IM off! (150 IM)
– Consumables Inventory Expansion 50 IM off! (150 IM)
– Misc Inventory Expansion 50 IM off! (150 IM)
– Cash Inventory Expansion 50 IM off! (100 IM)
Miscellaneous
– 20x Premium Shop License for the price of 10 (300 IM)
– 120x Perfect Hunch for the price of 60 (200 IM)
– 200x Perfect Hunch for the price of 100 (500 IM)
Black Friday Week Sale Exclusive!
You can get these items only during the Black Friday Week Sale! (exclusive means that you won’t be able to get these items during the next 6 months at least)
Consumables
– Jack’s Bean Package – get 10 Jack’s Bean for only 250 IM
Enchant and Soulcraft rates are doubled until November 29th 12:00 Server Time
– 2x Soul Craft Extractor for the price of 1 (50 IM)
– 10x Soul Craft Extractor for the price of 5 (225 IM)
– 20x Soul Craft Extractor for the price of 10 (400 IM)
Guild Level Upgrade
Guilds can now reach Level 6.
– 122,000 Guild EXP is needed to upgrade to Level 6
– Level 6 guilds can invite 150 members
– The leader is automatically changed after 90 days of inactivity for Level 6 guilds
– Level 6 guilds can buy the skill Adrenaline Booster Lv. 2 (active skill) which increases the Attack Speed by 10% and the Movement Speed by 5% for a duration of 1 minute.
What do you think to the latest Dragon Saga patch? Will you be taking advantage of the Black Friday exclusive sale? Let us know in the comments.
Writing on the official PlayStation Blog, SIEE’s Tim Hodges provided new details of updates coming soon to GT Sport. Players can expect new cars, offline modes, GT League and more.
Hodges also said that the game has already seen “over 26 million hours of gameplay around the world,” since launching on November 17.
Here’s the need-to-know info round-up:
Patch 1.06 (Coming November 27th, 2017)
– Three new free cars:
– Livery Editor, Scapes and Campaign modes supported offline (internet access required to save progress)
– Various tweaks and adjustments to balance the gameplay
GT League (Coming December 2017)
– Single-player mode
– Racing through a series of cup competitions from beginner to pro levels
– Includes endurance races
New Cars (Coming December 2017)
Mazda — RX-7 Spirit R Type A (FD)
Nissan — Skyline GT-R V・spec II (R32)
Nissan — Skyline GT-R V・spec II Nür (R34)
Ford — F-150 SVT Raptor
Lamborghini — Countach LP400
Ferrari — F40
Ferrari — Enzo Ferrari
KTM — X-BOW R
Suzuki — Swift Sport
Volkswagen — Samba Bus Type 2 (T1)
Chris Holstrom Concepts — 1967 Chevy Nova
Chevrolet — Corvette Stingray Convertible (C3)
From now until March 2018, “a total of approximately 50 cars are already planned for addition to the game.” Hodges promises that “the updates will continue beyond March,” which will include new tracks.
In what is arguably the ultimate pay to win scheme, the website Bidvine is inviting gamers to hire Call of Dutypros to play the game and rank up quickly.
If you bought the latest title, but don’t have the time to grind towards a high rank, you can just plop down some cash and have someone else do it for you!
The prices are flexible, with premium costs added for additional camo unlocks, maintaining a specific K/D, and other particulars. However, Bidvine has given a rough estimate of around £15 ($20) per hour.
Here’s the advert:
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World of Warcraft‘s latest hotfix tweaks its 13th Anniversary Event, makes adjustments to several items, and more.
For the full list of updates, see below:
Dungeons and Raids
– Siege of Orgrimmar
– Paragons of the Klaxxi and Siegecrafter Blackfuse are much better hosts and no longer lock their doors if you leave the raid early.
Items
– Death Knight: Dreadwake Armor
Frost
– Item – Death Knight T21 Frost 4P Bonus now deals 210% weapon damage per tick (was 420%).
Unholy
– Item – Death Knight T21 Unholy 2P Bonus now deals 35% of direct damage (was 25%) from Death Coil over 4 seconds.
Demon Hunter: Felreaper Vestments
Havoc
– Item – Demon Hunter T21 Havoc 4P Bonus now increases haste by 15% (was 40%) for 8 seconds.
Druid: Bearmantle Battlegear
Balance
– Item – Druid T21 Balance 4P Bonus now increases the damage of Moonfire and Sunfire by 20% (was 10%) for 4 seconds.
Hunter: Serpentstalker Guise
Beast Mastery
– Item – Hunter T21 Beast Mastery 4P Bonus now reduces the cooldown of – Aspect of the Wild by 1.5 seconds (was 2.0 seconds).
Survival
– Item – Hunter T21 Survival 2P Bonus now increases the critical strike damage of your next Raptor Strike by 100% (was 50%) within the next 20 seconds.
Mage: Runebound Regalia
Arcane
– Item – Mage T21 Arcane 2P Bonus now increases your damage by 2% (was 4%) for 8 seconds per Arcane Charge spent.
– Item – Mage T21 Arcane 4P Bonus now has a 10% chance (was 8%) to increase your haste by 15% (was 20%) for 6 seconds.
Fire
– Item – Mage T21 Fire 4P Bonus now increases your critical strike damage by 10% (was 12%) while Combustion is active.
Frost
– Item – Mage T21 Frost 4P Bonus now increases the damage of Flurry by 15% (was 25%) for each successive ice bolt.
– Item – Mage T21 Frost 2P Bonus now increases the damage of your next – – Ice Lance by 20% (was 25%).
Monk: Chi’Ji’s Battlegear
Brewmaster
– Item – Monk T21 Brewmaster 4P Bonus now reads, “Every time you dodge an attack, the remaining cooldown of Breath of Fire is reduced by 1.0 sec.”
Windwalker
– The 4-piece bonus is now the 2-piece bonus, and still has a 100% chance to generate 1 Chi when you consume Blackout Kick!
– The 2-piece bonus is now the 4-piece bonus, and now it increases the damage of your next Blackout Kick by 175% (was 150%).
Paladin: Light’s Vanguard Battleplate
Retribution
– Item – Paladin T21 Retribution 2P Bonus now increases the damage of Judgment by 40% (was 60%).
Priest: Gilded Seraph’s Raiment
Shadow
– Item – Priest T21 Shadow 4P Bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Mind Flay, Void Bolt, and Mind Blast by 0.5% (was 1%) per stack of Void Form.
– Rogue: Regalia of the Dashing Scoundrel
Assassination
– Item – Rogue T21 Assassination 2P Bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Deadly Poison and Wound Poison by 60% (was 15%) for 6 seconds.
– Item – Rogue T21 Assassination 4P Bonus now has a chance to grant 2 – Energy (was 4 Energy) when your Deadly Poison or Wound Poison critically strikes.
Outlaw
– Item – Rogue T21 Outlaw 2P Bonus now increases the damage of your next Run Through by 15% (was 5%), stacking up to four times.
– Item – Rogue T21 Outlaw 4P Bonus now has a 16% chance (was 12%) to grant you a random Roll the Bones effect, that is not already active, for 10 seconds.
Subtlety
– Item – Rogue T21 Subtlety 4P Bonus now has a 3% chance (was 5%) to grant Shadow Gestures when using Gloomblade, Backstab, and Shadowstrike.
Shaman: Garb of Venerated Spirits
Enhancement
– Item – Shaman T21 Enhancement 2P Bonus now has a 30% chance (was 15%) to increase the damage of your next Rockbiter by 100%.
– Item – Shaman T21 Enhancement 4P Bonus now causes the target to take 15% (was 10%) increased Fire and Nature damage from your attacks for 4.50 seconds after using Rockbiter.
Warlock: Grim Inquisitor’s Regalia
Affliction
– Item – Warlock T21 Affliction 4P Bonus now increases Corruption, Siphon Life, and Agony damage by 10% for 8 seconds (was 6 seconds).
Destruction
– Item – Warlock T21 Destruction 2P Bonus now increases the critical strike chance of Incinerate by 40% (was 20%).
Warrior: Juggernaut Battlegear
Arms
– Item – Warrior T21 Arms 2P Bonus now increases your critical strike damage by 7% (was 10%) after using Colossus Smash.
– Item – Warrior T21 Arms 4P Bonus now increases the damage and critical strike chance of your next Whirlwind or Slam by 12% (was 15%), stacking up to three times.
Fury
– Item – Warrior T21 Fury 2P Bonus now causes the target to bleed for an additional 18% (was 30%) of the direct damage dealt by Rampage, over 4 seconds.
– Item – Warrior T21 Fury 4P Bonus now increases the damage of your Rampage by 25% (was 75%) for 8 seconds.
Events
– WoW’s 13th Anniversary
– Anniversary boss bonus rolls now reward Artifact Power instead of gold if you do not receive an item.
What do you think about World of Warcraft‘s latest hotfix? Are you celebrating their 13th anniversary? Let us know below.
WarfaceBattle Royale is now live on PC, bringing the latest every-man-for-himself craze to Crytek’s free-to-play shooter. If Fortnite isn’t doing it for you, then Warface may be worth a go!
Here’s the official Warface Battle Royale announcement, followed by a dedicated reveal trailer:
Warface has a broad variety of game modes available — some are more conservative and classic, suited to the 5-on-5 scenarios, whilst some others are more dynamic and perhaps even, arcade. With Battle Royale, we wanted to create something on the thin verge between the two, and here you have it: quick-paced combat with an element of the unknown — you never know which gun you’re going to get, with action taking place on the largest PvP map ever seen in the game.
MAIN FEATURES
– The game mode takes after the most classic scenario: each man for himself.
– Dynamic engagement, that always keeps you on the move — linger a minute too long and you’ll be caught outside the shield and left for dead.
– An enormous new map with plenty of areas to explore. No round will ever feel the same — you never know where you’re headed until the “Zone” hits.
– Plenty of achievements to unlock!
https://youtu.be/0HT1AVBlWr4
Will you be giving Warface Battle Royale a download and play? Let us know.
Following Pokemon Goupdate v0.83.1, which was released earlier today, the folks over at The Silph Road commenced their teardown of the latest patch. These teardowns provide much greater information than the official patch notes, and provide a better idea of what exactly has changed, and what could be coming in the future.
Here’s the official v0.83.1 patch notes:
– Added support and made optimizations for the iPhone X screen resolution.
– Removed support for devices running iOS 8.
– Resolved a bug causing error banners to remain visible until the app is restarted.
– Resolved a bug that prevented Trainers from powering up Pokémon to their max CP.
– Improved load times when you open the app.
– Various bug fixes and performance updates.
And here’s The Silph Road’s v0.83.1 teardown:
Optimizations
1. App Project Upgrade to Unity 2017.1 (For Real This Time)
v0.81.1 (two version ago) saw Pokemon GO upgrade to Unity v2017.1. Then we immediately saw an unprecedented roll-back.
This time, it looks like v2017.1 is back. This means performance improvements and, perhaps most notably, audio fixes for the volume management issue that plagued the older Unity3d engine versions.
2. New Asset Loading Optimizations
It appears a sweep of optimizations was added to this APK version in regards to the loading and requesting of assets. It appears that Pokemon sprite caching may have new optimizations such as LOAD_ONLY_IF_DIFFERENT.
Additionally, new caches have appeared for the Pokedex and inventory.
There is also an interesting new addition regarding SYNCHRONOUS vs ASYNCHRONOUS loading (which, for those unfamiliar means waiting til a request comes back before proceeding vs not waiting up and letting it come back whenever it comes back). Assets appear to have a loading policy attributed to them now.
See if you notice any differences in the Pokedex or other asset loading behaviors, travelers!
3. Bootup Load Time Optimizations
As identified in the patch notes, we do see several tweaks to help reduce the apps boot-up time – including new BootMetrics that appears to track retries, the time spent before loading the map, and the logo and splash screen times.
We’re glad to see these being monitored, and hope they have been reduced across all devices. Give it a try, and see how it performs for you, travelers.
Quality of Life Fixes
4. Accidental Button Press Fix
A new addition has appeared that apparently aims to reduce accidental button pressing. This may simply be a time delay between double taps. See if you can trigger it, travelers. 🙂
Internal Tools
5. New Buddy Pokemon Test Tool
This one was a surprise.
Interestingly, there appears to be a new internal tool for testing different buddy Pokemon out, complete with a GUI to swap between forms, genders, and shiny status.
No idea why this tool was necessary – but it may be an internal way to test out the Gen III pokemon and make sure they all look and work great as buddies.
Curiosities
These are both grasping at straws a bit, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention them. Buckle up!
6. New Import: Google S2 Geometry Library
A new library has appeared in the APK that contains many functions useful in S2 cell calculations and lookups. S2 cells, for those unfamiliar, are a Google invention for spatial indexing – particularly useful for ‘mapping’ space on the globe to a 1-dimensional index, which allows for very fast retrieval.
Niantic has sliced the globe into 2d “S2 cells” which enable them to rapidly and inexpensively query and catalog locations for anything on the spherical surface of the planet (think spawnpoints, etc).
What’s interesting about this inclusion is that it’s just been included now, after having been used on the server-side application since the game’s inception.
What might Niantic need client-side S2 cell geometry for?
We don’t know yet. But for those interested in digging into this library, here’s a java implementation. The DataStructures and MultiMap packages were the ones included.
This could turn out to be nothing, or it could hint towards future functionality. But that it’s been added to the clientside APK has us interested. 🙂
7. Caching … Battle Parties?
Amongst metadata regarding enabling local disk caching, an interesting naming decision was made:
MaxNumberLocalBattleParties
We couldn’t help but be reminded that in v0.67.1 the concept of “Battle Teams” were added to the APK, complete with the ability to name teams and error messages when your team had a fainted member and you tried to use the team.
Could this maximum allowed ‘Battle Parties’ be a sign that this feature isn’t fully in the icebox? It’s not the exact verbiage (though this is not the first time Niantic would have renamed things in the APK. See forts = gyms, and troy disks = lures). And why ‘local’ battle parties? We don’t have an answer at this point.
But the thought gets us excited; battle teams would be a fantastic quality of life improvement, and fun new dimension for hand-picking and building our counter squads up for Raiding and general gym play. We’ll have to wait and see what future APKs hold!
Looks like there’s some exciting things to come! Click here to read The Silph Road’s “Parting Thoughts” on the teardown findings.
The second phase of PUBG1.0 update testing is now live on the Test Server. New tweaks and improvements have been made to make this second testing phase run more smoothly. With that said, do be mindful that this is a test build and things may be a little wonky!
Take a look at the testing schedule for this week:
– PST: November 21st 11:00PM – November 23rd 11:00PM
– CET: November 22nd 08:00AM – November 24th 08:00AM
– KST: November 22nd 04:00PM – November 24th 04:00PM
These are the available regions and modes:
– NA – SOLO & SQUAD, First-person / Third-person
– EU – SOLO & SQUAD, First-person / Third-person
– ASIA – SOLO & SQUAD, First-person / Third-person
Here’s the latest patch notes for this second test build:
Optimization
Optimize character animations
Added LODs to further optimize weapon rendering for long distance
Optimized various world effects
Optimized various UI elements
Optimized the sea by reducing wave effects
Decreased terrain loading time
Decrease memory usage of characters
Animation
Additional vaulting animation for objects with a height of approx. 60 cm or lower (when holding down the Shift key)
Greatly reduced jacket/coat clipping issue when moving in ADS while leaning
Gameplay
Reduced the hit damage for hands and feet and increased the hit damage on thighs and arms.
The healing period for bandages has been reduced to 4.5 seconds from 8.5 seconds. The casting time and the amount of health restored are the same as before.
Players can now parachute and land on certain areas that were not previously accessible, including the outskirts of the island
Added markings for zeroing distances on 15x scope reticle texture
Added new 4x reticle for 7.62mm weapons
Added new 4x reticle for sniper and SMG weapons
Added blur effect on the outside of scopes
Bullets now penetrate water based on the velocity of projectile (the faster the velocity, more shallow the penetration)
Lowered camera position when proning in third-person
Decreased firing rate of SKS and Mini-14
Increased sprinting speed while holding DMR in hands (now as fast as assualt rifles) Decreased recoil for Mk14
8x and 15x scopes cannot be attached to an M16A now
Item
Added 2 new weapons.
– Added DP-28. DP-28 will be spawned in world. It has a 7.62mm 47-round pan magazine for 7.62mm. Sights and a 4x scope can be attached. It has low firing rate but a long effective firing range with high damage
– Added AUG A3. The AUG A3 can be obtained from care packages. It’s a variant of a bull-pup assault rifle that uses a 30-round magazine as standard and 40 rounds when extended. It has high muzzle velocity, high rate of fire and low vertical recoil.
Kar98k will no longer be included in care packages. World spawn rate of Kar98k will remain the same
Will you be trying out the new features found in PUBG update 1.0? Let us know.
With Thanksgiving just a few days away and studios scrambling to get a patch out before the holiday, you can expect the same to be true for Hi-Rez Studios and Paladins on PC.
The next time you boot up the fantasy-based shooter, you shall be greeted with numerous new changes being introduced to the game, thanks to the recent hotfix. These include nerfs to the recently released champions Terminus and Vivian.
For the full details of this hotfix, feel free to read them below:
Bug Fixes
– Implemented several crash fixes.
– Fixed an issue where the Flank Skin Key could unlock skins for other classes.
– Fixed an issue where Vivian’s Deflector Shield could block Dragon Punch.
– Fixed an issue where mounts sometimes did not animate.
– Fixed an issue where, if one person in the Match Lobby had a Booster Weapon equipped, the Booster icon would appear next to the player at the top of the screen.
– Fixed an issue where Instant Fire abilities could not hit more than 3 targets.
– Fixed the Gold Reserve Quest counting each game as 1 gold.
– Fixed an issue where the Feudal Chest would sometimes not show items rolled.
– Fixed missing sounds on Jenos’ Shatterstar weapon.
– Fixed missing sounds on Fernando’s Enforcer skin.
– Fixed an issue where the “Complete 40 Daily Quests” panel did not display a description or reward.
– Fixed Daily Quests sometimes missing a title and description.
– Fixed an issue where login progress would be set to 49,710 days until reset.
– Fixed missing mount previews under the Diamond Chest details screen.
– Fixed flickering sprays.
– Fixed an issue where fog effect did not appear outside the map.
– Fixed cosmetic names and descriptions that were cut off in several languages.
– Several UI fixes for overlapping panels, hidden text, etc.
– Fixed a bug with Battering Ram and Heroism where they were not giving the full 90% damage reduction
Balance Changes
Vivian
– Health
Lowered from 2300 to 2200
Deflector Shield
Health lowered from 1800 to 1400
Cooldown increased from 10s to 13s
Sentinels
Decreased damage per Sentinel from 250 to 200
– Cards
Scapegoat
Lowered redirected damage percent from 15% to 10%
Runic Ammunition
Lowered health gain from shield damage from 10% to 5%
Terminus
– Health
Lowered from 4500 to 4000
– Power Siphon
Initial energy cost increased from 20% to 25%.
– Shatterfall
Cooldown increased from 14s to 15s
Alongside a new hotfix, Hi-Rez Studios has also taken this opportunity to announce changes to its patching schedule for Paladins due for the upcoming holiday:
– The OB64 Patch Preview will air on Tuesday, Nov 28th.
– OB64 will release on Tuesday, Dec 5
– OB65 will release on Wednesday, Dec 13, per usual.
On the console side of things, it appears that those on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One won’t be receiving the OB 63 patch that introduced Vivian and Star Wars inspired skins. As according to the lead console specialist for Paladins, OB 63 won’t be available until early next week due to the holidays.
In recent Paladins news, it was revealed that Magistrate’s Archives is the next map to be released for the game, with Hi-Rez Studios confirming that it will be released with the OB 64 patch and will be an Onslaught map.
