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Overwatch World Cup Now Joins Blizzard eSports Roster

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Today Activision Blizzard has revealed the company’s Q2 2016 finacials, showing the Overwatch now has more than 15 million players all over the world. Hot on the heels of this news Blizzard announced another big movement on eSports: the Overwatch World Cup will kick off next week and the world’s best teams will fight for the global glory at BlizzCon this November. 



The World Cup will feature four stages. the celebration begins with communities around the world voting for which players they'd like to see represent their country. These nominees will include "pro gamers, skilled community personalities from the area, and local players who've climbed the ranks in Season 1 of Competitive Play. Teams will then compete in a series of exhibition matches online and, ultimately, on the BlizzCon 2016 stage.



The world cup will feature the best-of-three and single-elimination format. The finals will include six from the Europe game region, six from the Asia-Pacific game regions, and four from the Americas. The complete list of countries and regions taking part is as follows:



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Clash Royale: Trifecta + Goblin Barrel Deck For Arena 5-7! No Legendary!

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Hey guys, I am going to share a new Trifecta deck with Goblin Barrel. It's a fun and aggressive combo that gives a bit more offensively flexibility to the classic Trifecta. 

My Deck


Battle Strategy
I hate to make the first move because the Trifecta deck is not aggressive enough to set the tempo right out the game. I could have throw down a Hog and Fire Spirits, if I had them both in my starting hand. Of course, start off with Goblin Barrel would be great or you can begin with Musketeer behind the King Tower and then bas on whatever the opponent does.
  
On Offense
Valkyrie + Musketeer + Zap/Fireball
Hog Rider + Fire Spirits + Zap/Fireball
Valkyrie + Hog Rider + Muskteer + Zap/Fireball
Hog Rider + Fire Spirits + Musketeer + Goblin Barrel + Zap/Fireball

On Defence
Spear Goblins/Goblin Barrel – Fire Sprits
Minions/Minion Horde – Fire Spirits/ Musketeer and after that you can add Valkyrie to soak damage for the Musketeer.
Giant Beatdown – After the supporting troops lock onto the Arena Tower, drop Minions to take them out.
Royal Giant – Musketeer and Drop Valkyrie to deal with supporting troops.
 
Check the gameplay video below and learn more about the deck.


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Clash Royale: Best Hut Spawner Deck with For Arena 7-9! Hitting 3919 Trophies!

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Hello clashers, today I am going to share hut spawner deck with you. Since the Tesla got a nerf in March, I have been using huts spwaner decks. After upgrading my arrows to level 11, I reached 3919 trophies (level 10 Arrows cannot deal with level 4 Princess).
 
Here is my records and deck

 
 
The usage rate of hut spawner deck is low in Arena 9. Many people may ask why not add Elixir Collector in the deck since the average elixir is 4.5. Because there are many people playing with Miner deck, I dare not drop it behind Towers. And if I place it in the center, I will suffer a lot when all my huts and pumps are hit by spell. As long as I can play defensively in the first 2 minutes and make it to double elixir time, those huts will bring me great advantage.
 
Advantage
1. Huts will never be nerfed since everyone are playing the Trifecta deck or RG deck.
2. There are few gamers using Hut Spanwer decks in the ladder, they will get surprised when they see the deck and react slowly to it.
 
Disadvantage

1. It’s really hard to complete the crown chest since most of the time I can only get 1 crown wins.
2. The prevailing Poison decks makes it difficult for me to put down my huts.
 
 
Card Breakdown
Barbarian Hut and Goblin Hut are the staple of this deck. I have replaced Goblin Hut with Furnace, it works well but the card level is a problem. Most of the time, I battle against players with level 11 King Tower or level 12 King Tower, maybe level 9 Furnace will be fine.
 
Ice Wizard: Mainly used for defence. Paired with the Huts and Arena Towers, it can take care of Mini Pekka, Valkyrie, Baby Dragon, Barbarians, etc.
 
Princess: Before I reached 3600 trophies, I used Minions which is better in dealing with flying troops. Minions is perfect to take out Giant + Balloon deck.
 
Barbarians: Mainly used for defence. They can quickly take out Royal Giant.
 
Fireball: Mainly used to take care of Barbarians, Bomber, Musketeers, Huts, Wizards as well as the Arena Tower at the same time.
 
Lighting: Keep it for Wizard, Witch and Pump.
 
Arrows: It’s great to deal with Princess and Goblin Barrel.

Battle Strategy
The hidden elixir has been denied, so I prefer to start off with Goblin Hut > Barbarians Hut dropped in the cener as soon as my elixir hit 9.5. The worst starting hand would be 3 spells + Barbarians, and then you have to wait your opponent move first.
Note: Within Royal Giant’s shooting range (1 title away from Arena Tower)
 
Matchups
Royal Giant
The first hut will definitely be destroyed when we battle against RG deck. We can use the spawners + Ice Wizard to deal with RG. If necessary we can sacrifice the tower’s Hp to bait the opponent to focus on the lane. The main combo to deal with RG would be Ice Wizard + Barbarians.
Note: RG cannot target on the hut (0 title away from Arena Tower)
 
Hog Rider
2 titles away from Arena Tower
 
Poison + Miner Deck
Because they have Poison, it would be difficult to put down Huts. Use Ice Wizard to deal with Miner. The wining condition of this deck would use Lighting to deal with Furnace as well as the Musketeer, and after that add Princess to make a push.
 
Giant Beatdown
Because we don’t have zap, we will be at a disadvantage. There are two options to deal with it. A) If you can use Lighting + Fireball to kill then tank + supporting troop as well as do damage to the Arena Tower, then do it. B) Use Barbarians + Spwaners to deal with Giant.
 
That's all, Thanks for reading. Enjoy Clashing!

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Lost Ark VS Lineage Eternal: Who's the Next Action MMO King?

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There's no need to do an introduction to Lost Ark and Lineage Eternal, the two candidates in today's Face-off. If you are not familiar with the 2 games, you can head over to Lost Ark and Lineage Eternal's game hubs.
 
Lost Ark will finally start first closed beta in South Korea August 24, and Lineage Eternal plans to start open beta in South Korea later this year. They may not come out to the west at the same time (we predict Lineage Eternal will be available for western players first) but the Lost Ark VS Lineage rivalry will be a brutal and close one to see in late 2016 and 2017.

Don't forget to take a vote below
 
 
Graphics
 
Lost Ark ★★★★ 
  • Lost Ark is built with Unreal Engine 3 but that doesn't mean the graphics are outdated. There may not be super realistic details and top notch graphics techs, but Lost Ark has some really talented artists who have created an eye catching world. 
  • The use of isometric camera allows the developer to show a gorgeous world. Many areas are floating in the sky or reach high to the air, making your adventure feel more epic.
  • Unreal 3 Engine means you don't need to update your PC with the most latest and advanced hardware. On the other hand, UE3 has its shortage, such as no DX12 support 
 


Lineage Eternal ★★★ 
  • NCsoft uses a custom engine to develop Lineage Eternal and they haven't changed it since the beginning. Looks like NCsoft is quite satisfied with it as they keep improving it. 
  • We haven't seen the game's actual footage for years. So base on the screenshots taken 4 years ago we think the overall graphics are fine, especially the environment. 
  • Without actual screenshot, we know Lineage Eternal has got license from NVIDIA last year to use Gameworks technology to boost the game's graphics. 
  • Compared with Lost Ark, Lineage Eternal's visual style is closer to Diablo 3, for it delivers a dark, dirty and bloody (it actually has blood effects) feeling.
 
Combat
 
Lost Ark ★★★★★  
  • Similar to Diablo 3, Lost Ark takes point and click movement system. You can use ability by pressing Q, W, and E, etc. It's worth mentioning that you can equip up to 8 abilities for a character each time.
  • It gives you some Dynasty Warriors feeling as you can kicking multiple enemies to mid-air at the same time, or knock a herd of mobs back.
  • With 18 different classes, you always get a combat style suits you, even you've tired of one or two of the classes.
  • Skill effects are awesome like Diablo 3's. Combat is more challenging than Diablo 3's and keyboard mashing won't do any good.
  • Tripod system allows you to morph a skill to one of the three different paths.
  • There are brutal effects like dismemberment when you kill enemies with heavy blows.
  • It lacks destructible objects in the environment which could make combat even more immersive.



 


Lineage Eternal ★★★★★
  • The game's combat feels like Diablo 3, in terms of the feeling of hacking, smashing and knocking enemies. 
  • The uses of dynamic camera offers non-fixed view angles, giving you more optimized and immersive combat experience.
  • Innovative "Drag Action" mouse control allows you to cast certain abilities through mouse gesture.
  • Diablo-style combat in massive siege battle — it will be very interesting to see how it looks like.
 
Open World
 
Lost Ark ★★★★
  • In addition to quests and stories, there are dynamic events, and one type is invasion, which opens a chaos gate that spawns demon troops. 
  • You can sail to the high sea and see what await there 
  • Crafting and exploring could unlock hidden quests, treasures, and areas 
  • There are other PvE events come in the form of mini-games.
 
Lineage Eternal ★★★
  • Guild Wars 2 style dynamic events that can be shared by players in the same area
  • Highly interactive environment. You can reach the top of castle walls, or fly through broken bridge with hooks.
  • Open world boss raids that need to be fought by players together.
 
Dungeons
 
Lost Ark ★★★
  • Incorporating cinematic elements, dungeons try to offer movie quality of experience, not just grinding and farming. 
  • In Guardian Dungeons, boss battles are epic and involve interactions with the environment.
 
Lineage Eternal ★★★★ 
  • There are nearly infinite possible combinations in terms of dungeon layout and mob types 
  • In the dungeons, not only the layout and mob types are randomly generated, but also the quests and events in the dungeons are dynamic.




Clash Royale Weekly Tournaments, Just For Fun!

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Tournaments are currently the only real way to play games without risking trophies, which is nice for more casual gaming and can be a fun way to try out new - potentially janky - decks against a varied meta.

Therefore2p.comis going to hold a 100 player tournament for our fans. It’s just for fun. Players from all arenas can join the tournament. The tournament will be held on Saturday, 6 Augst, 10:00- 11:00 p.m. EST. BTW we will host the tournament every weekend, if you want to join us just do as below.

Step 1: Like our Clash Royale Facebook page
Step 2: Send a private message
Step 3: You will get the rely with tag and password at 9:30 p.m. EST on 8 August.
Step 4: Join the tournament!

Last but not least, I would looking forward to hearing from you guys about how to win Tournament or issues you are struggle with. Do not hesitate to share with us!

Check our clash royale fansite for more decks and guides.

Black Desert Players Kick off Massive Protest in Game Against Pay-2-Win Changes

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Black Desert announced the plan to make a big change to the economy last Thursday, allowing premium items to be sold in the market place in the game. That means you can buy premium items including Value Pack items with real money and then sell them in the game for in game credits. This is considered to be a pay-to-win change by many players and therefore, massive protests are kicked off by players in the game.
 
Related:Black Desert's New Value Pack Raises Pay-to-Win Concern


PC Gamer reported that some of the largest guilds have set up protests in major cities with “pay-to-win” signs in the hands of the characters. Some other guilds even edit their insignia and put them up on the territories they own.


 

For those who are not familiar with the game, Black Desert’s in game credit can purchase the best gear in the game. And selling premium content for credit is like buying credit with real money, and that’s how the game is considered becoming pay-to-win.

The negative feedback has forced Kakao Games to do some compromises to the changes. They plan to limit the premium items sells to 5 items per week for each player. However, it seems players are not buying it.

Related: Black Desert Offers a Solution for the Pay2Win Concerns Raised by the Value Pack

5 Recommended Olympic-Themed Mobile Games That are Worth Playing

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The 2016 Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro today, and the best way to celebrate the game is watching the Olympic Live at home, drinking some bear and also playing some simple sport themed games on your mobile devices. Today we will recommend you five Olympic themed mobile games which could let you experience those classic sports in a fun way. 

Google's Rio 2016 Doodle Game





Google's Rio 2016 doodle get a lot more interactive and fun since Google has not just put up a cool doodle but added a mobile game in iOS and Android app as well. In order to play the game, you have to own an Android or iOS device and get the updated Google app from the store. If you tap on the fruity doodle on top, you'll get to choose between 7 tiny games. By the way the Fruit Games will be available until August 21.



The doodle in itself is pretty entertaining and shows off some fruits participating in the mock ‘Fruit Games’. The game features adorable Fruit characters and fun mini games which you can finish them in 1 minute. In addition, if you get bored racing as a strawberry, you’ll also be able to run as different fruits, such as coconuts, strawberries, and watermelons.




 
 


Rio 2016 Olympic Games





The Rio 2016 Olympic Games is the official mobile game of Rio 2016. Developed by Neowiz Games, the game allows you to experience the magic of the Olymic Games in the palm of your hand.



The game features various minigames in 6 sports: Football, Basketball, Table-tennis, Archery, Skeet and Tennis. The game is pretty fun and easy to play but difficult to master, and you can always find your favourite game in this game. Moreover, you don't need to access the internet to play this game. 



 
 

Beach Volleyball 2016





When we talk to Rio, everybody getting in mind will be the beach, samba and Footvolley, which is a sport that combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football. However today we will recommend a new Beach Volleyball game of 2016.



In Beach Volleyball 2016, you can choose from 16 International Male or Female teams and play on 5 different exotic courts around the world. The game features stunning 3D graphics, real animations as well as three in-game modes including Singleplayer, Multiplayer and Tournament. 


 

QWOP for iOS




For a normal person, you don't feel hard for walking, running and jumping, but in QWOP, these movements will drive you crazy. In QWOP, you need to tilt your device to control your balance, and two virtual joysticks control the positioning of your legs. Your first ten minutes with the game you will likely do nothing but fall flat on your face. However, after a little practice, you'll get in to the rhythm and be at least making a few baby steps forward.



 
 

One Tap Tennis





Developed by Chillingo, One Tap Tennis is a brand-new tennis game and aims to provide you a very different experience. In this game, you don’t need to control the movement of the players, and the only thing you have to do is tapping the right time when the ball approaches the colored area. Thanks to the powerbar, you don’t need to play for hours to win the game. You can return the ball to fill the powerbar, and once you fill it, you can perform end-game ball and win the game. Players can take participate in the famous tournaments in Tokyo, Berlin, New York, London and more to win the score of world leaderboard.


Iranian Government Bans Pokemon Go for National Security Concerns

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According to BBC’s report, Iran's High Council of Virtual Spaces, a government department responsible for overseeing online contents and activities, has decided to ban Pokemon Go in the concern of national security.
 
Iran becomes the first country to officially ban the game, while some other countries also express their concerns of their countries’ security. BBC also reports that Iranian government hoped to negotiate with Niantic on possible solution through game content modification but that didn’t happen.
 
There’s no official words on what specific risks the AR mobile game would cause. Eurogamer speculates that some of the game’s contents are oppose to the Islamic country's religious regime.


En Masse: No Plans to Port TERA to Console at This Time

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BlueHole and En Masse Entertainment have recently sent out an email to TERA's players to complete a survey, which indicates that the possible console version of the game is being considered. As a long-existed MMORPG, there are tons of TERA's gamers in the world, and the dev team wants to know how many can play the game on consoles. 



After the survey, En Masse announced that there is no plans beyond PC currently. "Being player-focused, we appreciate the opportunity to conduct check ins, including surveys, to solicit feedback from our community on a variety of topics, both related to active games and general topics that help with our planning and decision making. There is no official announcement for future TERA plans beyond PC at this time. " Would you like to play TERA on console? leave a comment below to tell us.

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Transformers Online's New Trailer Pits Robots Going Toe-to-Toe with Each Other

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Transformers Online, the Unreal Engine 4 team-based shooter developed by Tencent Games and Hasbro has entered closed beta in China. Western players will have to wait for open beta to play this game but they can take a look at this cool trailer, where Breakdown is facing Bumblebee, and Optimus Prime and Megatron are going toe-to-toe. There are also Jazz, Ratchet, and Bluestreak who are doing sniping or healing at a distance.
 
 
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The game has 15 heroes (Transformers) currently and opens Team Deathmatch, Resource War, and Melee Combat modes for beta. The game focuses on shooting but it allows every Transformer to equip a melee weapon at the same time for close combat. Unlike Overwatch which is a pure competitive shooter, Transformers Online has talent tree that allows players to customize their heroes' abilities and combat style.

Related: Transformers Online Features 5v5, 8v8 Matches and a Melee Combat Mode



New Tactical TCG SUMMONERS FANTASY Launching August 11th on iOS

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Summoners Fantasy, a new free-to-play tactical TCG, is hitting the App Store on August 11th.


 
Venture into the mystical land of Alpha Terra, where legends are told of the Master Summoner -- a mighty being who sealed Gods, Demons, and other beasts into magical cards. Preserving the Master’s legacy, Summoners across the land duel each other for the right to become the next Master Summoner.
 
In Summoners Fantasy, challenge your opponents to duels using your collection of monsters and deities in a fight to control the most spaces on a battle grid. Each card has four numbers representing its strength. Players place cards on the grid, which makes them attack adjacent cards. If the attacking card has a higher strength value, it wins the battle -- and converts the enemy card to your team!

Summoners Fantasy features four different game modes:
 
*   NORMAL: Players place cards and duel for ownership of the battlefield.
*   VEIL: The strength values of cards on the battlefield are hidden -- and the only way to discover their power is to place a card next to them and hope your card is strong enough.
*   ELEMENTS: The battlefield is enhanced with elemental effects that your cards can use to buff (or debuff) themselves.
*   ENGAGED: Cards automatically attack any adjacent cards -- which can trigger devastating chain reactions across the grid.
 
(Each mode requires a special approach to victory -- and a single misplaced card can quickly spell defeat ...)
 

Strategic placement is everything. Some cards will have a single strong number -- making them perfect to take on a particular card but also leaving them open to retaliation on their weaker sides. It’s also possible to sell unneeded cards for Essence, which you can then use to power-up your favorite creatures. You can even combine cards or grant them special bonuses with Gems and Runes to make them more effective.
 

Once you’ve mastered the A.I., take your deck online and show your competitors you have what it takes to take on the mantle of Master Summoner :)
 
KEY FEATURES
*   Enjoy hand-drawn cards and an original music score
*   Rise above your peers with a four-way battle system
*   Test your skills and face human opponents in real-time PvP battles
*   Evolve cards through experimentation and practice to make them your own
*   Stay on your toes with four unique gameplay modes
 
PRICING & AVAILABILITY
Summoners Fantasy will be available for free on the App Store on August 11th. Players can buy Gems through in-app purchases that can be used for in-game items and cards.

This Chinese Paladin VR Game Allows You to Peep the Heroine Bathing

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During ChinaJoy 2016, Softstar Entertainment, a video game developer and publisher based in Taiwan, unveiled a new teaser for its upcoming VR game The Legend of Sword and Fairy (Chinese Paladin).
 

The Legend of Sword and Fairy is also known as PAL. As one of the best Chinese RPG ever created, many new versions and sequels were created since its first release in 1995 (DOS version). However, none could replace the breath-taking and tragic tale it was born from. And this upcoming VR game is adapted from its original version. The teaser tells us when and how our two protagonists Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling’er know each other. It’s the beginning of the whole story.
 
Players will take the role of Li Xiaoyao and wake up in Xianling Island where the legendary fairy lives. There are various traps in the Island so players need to use wits to rule out all the traps. After that, you will see Zhao Ling’er is taking a shower.
 
The official release date and platform are yet to be confirmed. But according the official announcement, the game is in final test and will be available soon. 

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Online Mobile Game Chart in Week #4: Pokemon Go Still Tops the Chart

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The chart aims to present the most popular online mobile games that have been available for everyone (released or in open beta). There is a score for each game on the chart, which is calculated through certain fomula.
 
Top 20 Most Popular MMOs
 Game InformationRankTrend
1Pokemon Go  Pokemon Go
    Real World Location/Pokemon/AR
38792
2Hearthstone  Hearthstone
   Blizzard/Multi-Platform/Card
35978
3Clash Royale  Clash Royale
   Supercell/Strategy/Card
35471
4Chaos Chronicle  Chaos Chronicle
    3D/Fantasy/RPG
34571-
5MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY  MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY
   Action/RPG/Japanese Mobile Game
33541-
6Pathfinder Adventures  Pathfinder Adventures
   Card Game/F2P/TCG
32578
7HIT: Heroes of Incredible Tales  HIT: Heroes of Incredible Tales
   Action/NEXON/UE4
31542
8Battle Champs  Battle Champs
    2D/Japanese/Strategy
30576
9Vikings: War of Clans  Vikings: War of Clans
   Battle/War/Strategy
29871-
10Tome of the Sun  Tome of the Sun
   3D/Multi-Player/PVP
27854
11Marvel Contest of Champions  Marvel Contest of Champions
   Marvel Super Heroes/Action
25784
12ChronoBlade  ChronoBlade
    Action/RPG
24574-
13War of Nations  War of Nations
    Action/RPG/PVP
23781-
14Mobile Strike  Mobile Strike
   Action/MMO/PVP
21473
15Lineage II Blood Alliance  Lineage II Blood Alliance
    Korean Game/RPG/Fantasy
19274-
16LEGO STAR WARS: The Force Awakens  LEGO STAR WARS: The Force Awakens
    Action/Adventure/LEGO
18795-
17Deckstorm  Deckstorm
   2D/Card Game/Battle
17187
18Kingdom Hearts Unchained X  Kingdom Hearts Unchained X
   Disney/Fantasy
16871
19Forsaken World Mobile  Forsaken World Mobile
   ARPG/iOS/Android
15780
20Chaos Legends  Chaos Legends
   ARPG/iOS/Android
15173-

Tired of D.Va’s Default Skin? Here’s D.Va Stinger Skin Cosplay

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You may have seen many Overwatch’s D.Va cosplays that feature the default hero skin. If you haven’t, you can see them here and here. Recently renowned cosplayer Miyuko tried D.Va’s Stinger skin, making it as awesome as usual.
 




If you like Overwatch cosplays, you can see other epic cosplays of the game by clicking the links below.

Widowmaker and Mercy Cosplays by Korean cosplayers
Stunning Overwatch Character Cosplays
Mind-Blowing Female Mccree Cosplay
Widowmaker Cosplay Is Nearly Perfect
Fantastic Overwatch Female Heroes Cosplays by Spiral Cats



 









Bless Online : NA - EU Publisher Update Shows its Work

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Aeria Games, the German publisher responsible for bringing Bless Online to the western territories, offers new details about its current work after a long pause. After Aeria Games merged with Gamigo AG (at the end  of May), the German team was able to play the game on the test serves and analyze the game's mechanics. Also, during this time, representatives of the German publisher have been to Korea in order to speak with the Neowiz Bless Studio about the "milestone planing for Bless".

Another meeting with the Korean developer will take place during Gamescom 2016 (17-21 August) and will probably lead to a rough release date for NA & EU. Meanwhile, the localization team is currently working on the Korean to English translation and the IT team is working on establishing the server specs for launch. Bless Online is scheduled to launch in North America and Europe in 2017.

Source: bless-source

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Overwatch: Players Exploiting “Underdog” Matchmaking System Becomes a Thing

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With the first season of Overwatch competitive play coming to an end very soon, many players are managing to get a higher rank recently, especially those players who have a chance to hit top 500 title which will reward an extra player icon and animated spray. Recently a reddit user named “Menismyforte” reported that large number of players exploiting the "underdog" xp system to achieve Top 500 ranking and it stirred intense discussion on reddit.



According to Menismyforte, Overwatch matchmaking system is the main problem. Since there is no single player rank and party rank in Overwatch, when players with high rank gap team up to play together, they will face the much easier opponents than they do the single player rank matches.    



Basically, a player who is usually Rank 70-75+ logs into an alternate account that is ranked 40, the game then assigns the opposing team players who actually are much less skilled than the smurfing player and his partner, in an attempt to help the "Rank 40" player out. The problem is, as you can see in the example, the duo queue abusing the mechanic has an actual skill rank of about 75~, but they are playing against players who are far below that because their represented rank is 55~ (40+76 % 2). What do you think about this? Leave a comment below to tell us.

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Star Citizen Alpha 2.5 Update Provides Access to GrimHex Outlaw Base

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Star Citizen
, the much-awaited space game from Wing Commander’s designer Chris Roberts, will have alpha 2.5 update, according Star Citizen Newsletter. Players will be able to explore the Grim HEX outlaw base, fly the community-selected Reliant and try out the brand new Argo shuttle in the upcoming update.
 

The game has hit a milestone as the biggest crowdfunding video game in the history with about $117,320,000 funded by over 1.4 million backers through both the RSI website and Kickstarter and is still growing at a substantial rate. The crowdfunding began in 2012, and though we’re 4 years later now, I still think we’re I that range. That leads in to the main criticism of the game, that Chris Roberts is delaying Star Citizen endlessly due to feature creep. More and more modules are being added in the game as the time goes go which could make the final product bloated or delay it forever.
 
Some gamers said that they have kind of lost interest after many delays and some frustrated backers even asked for refunds. There is no confirmed release date for the upcoming update. It seems that Cloud Imperium Games is gearing up to present recent milestones around GamesCom (AUGST 17th) and their own game conference, so I’d expect any announcement regarding content schedule to be made then.
 
Check the official page for more details.
 
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See the World's Best Cosplays at World Cosplay Summit 2016

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The World Cosplay Summit, also known as WCS, is an annual international cosplay event that promotes friendly international exchange through Japanese pop culture. WCS 2016 just dropped its curtain in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture where 18 teams were competing for the championship. It turned out that Indonesian team got the 1st place and Danmark won the 2nd place with French cosplay team being the second runner-up.

Champion: Trinity Blood






In addition, WCS announced a new service platform for all cosers is going to be introduced in September this year with the initial supporting languages up to 10. Also, WCS announced they'll work with Sword Art Online to release the SAO movie in 1000+ theatres world wide in 2017.

 
2nd place: エルハンブルグの天使
Third place: LoveLive!

Some other participated teams:




Source: GNN (TW)

Chaos Chronicles: Best Character Guide and Battle Tips

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Chaos Chronicle is the latest action RPG from Nexon that puts players in the role of a Lord gathering warriors to fight and bolster the renown of their house. The core element of Chaos Chronicle is the different types of powerful characters. In this game, players need to collect, cultivate and evolve the characters, then lead them to sweep the battlefield.

Choose Your Main Characters



The main characters are pretty powerful. Before you enter the game, you will need to choose one from 4 different characters such as Arvento, Lone, Mash, and Karin. These four characters start from 3 stars and could be evolved to six stars. All of these four characters are collectable by the Contract, so don’t worry choose you favorite one at the beginning.

Lone
Melee Physical class
Finishing attacks significantly decrease skill cooldown

Mash
Ranged Physical class
Finishing attacks significantly increase its attack speed.

Karin
Ranged Magic attacks.
Skill cooldown decreases each time an ally uses a skill.

Arvento
Melee physical attacks
The lower the HP, the higher the damage to enemies

Cultivating Characters

  • Characters will grow stronger by leveling up. You can not only get EXP from the dungeons but also transfer other material characters’ EXP to your main characters. Please note that you need to select a character you want to level up, and click synthesize EXP then choose the material characters.
  • There are six Crest for each character, and it increases character stats (Enhancement levels) when equipped to a vassal.
  • When Heroes reach +6 Enhancement levels, you can increased their ranks or trade them for stronger heroes. Trading requires max level, +6 Heroes of the same grade to be used as materials.
Battle Tips

  • The battle mechanic is very simple - You can build up your team by 5 characters, and then lead character squad to move forward as they attack the enemy.
  • ​You can use powerful skill attacks by pressing the character icon displayed.
  • When you use the skill attack to interrupt enemies’ skills
  • The recommended character line-up is 1 Defense+1 Charge+1 Ranged+1Magic+1 Supporter

 

Clash Royale: Hit 3600 Trophies and Win 500 Player Tournaments With The Log Deck

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Hello, everyone. I have heard many complaints about the most useless legendary card The Log so today I am going to share the unstoppable Goblin Barrel + The Log deck with you guys. I successfully reached 3600 trophies and won a 500 player tournament with the 1/4/7/9 deck. Also, I firmly believe that the Clash Royale Team will strengthen The Log in next update. Maybe we can pay more attention to this legendary card.

My Deck and Record

 
Battle Strategy

As you can see in the picture above, the average elixir cost is 2.9 which allow us to quickly cycle Goblin Barrel. In the beginning, I prefer to start up with Goblin Barrel + Zap.
 
On Offence
In the beginning, if you opponent drop pump, you can make a huge push with Mini Pekka + Fire Spirits + Goblin Barrel. Keep cycling the Goblin Barrel.
 
 
On Defence
Poison + Hog + Musketeer + Valkyrie– Inferno Tower + The Log
Poison + Giant + Supporting Troops – The Log + Zap + Inferno Tower
Pekka + Dark Prince + Prince– We can quickly cycle the Goblin Barrel and your opponent have to spend extra elixir for defence. Use Ice Spirit to freeze Pekka and then drop Fire Spirits + Zap to soak damge. Put down Mini Pekka to deal with the double Princes.
Royal Giant– Inferno Tower
Lava Hound– Inferno Tower
Poison + Miner + Furnace – It’s time to change the deck if you meet this combo all the time.
 
Hope this guide will help The Log owners. Enjoy Clashing! xD

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