Fortnite: New Content, Battle Pass, Trailer – All About Season 7 and 8!
The game world is shattering: In “Fortnite” are increasing indications of an imminent natural disaster – and the beginning of Season 8!
Die Map of “Fortnite” is once again changing. The reason for this is the upcoming end of Season 7 on February 28, 2019, and the subsequent kick-off for Season 8. Already in the past week, there were numerous indications that the current map could be hit by an earthquake or even a volcanic eruption and destroyed, Now the signs that speak for this theory are condensing. After the earth has shaken several times in the past few days and tinkerers in the source code of the game had discovered tangible evidence of up to 50 earthquakes, the effects are now obvious.
Fortnite: The earth tears open
In several places on the map of “Fortnite”, the earth breaks apart, apparently as a result of the tremors. There are no concrete consequences for the players at the moment, but further cracks are likely to follow in the near future, resulting in a lasting change in the current game world. Those who want to see the latest signs of impending destruction with their own eyes will find the currently visible cracks near Lazy Links and the Tomato Temple. Many players anticipate the start of Season 8 with a volcanic eruption that could melt the ice in Polar Peak and expose the castle buried there. Fittingly, gamblers discovered huge eggs at Polar Peak and suspected that they could hatch during a volcanic eruption. That would fit thematically to the eighth season of “Game of Thrones”,
Also in the picture would fit the return of the Fire King, which appears as a reward in the current “Prisoner Skin Challenge”. He was imprisoned during the Ice King’s reign at Snowstorm Castle. Some players watched a strange light in the northeast of the island. Behind it could hide the approaching army of the fire king. Players suspect that Season 8 thematically focuses on the Middle Ages. There were no official announcements so far. One thing is certain: It will remain exciting and you should keep your eyes open for extraordinary events in the next two weeks.
Also in the picture would fit the return of the Fire King, which appears as a reward in the current “Prisoner Skin Challenge”. He was imprisoned during the Ice King’s reign at Snowstorm Castle. Some players watched a strange light in the northeast of the island. Behind it could hide the approaching army of the fire king. Players suspect that Season 8 thematically focuses on the Middle Ages. There were no official announcements so far. One thing is certain: It will remain exciting and you should keep your eyes open for extraordinary events in the next two weeks.
At the Spike Video Game Awards Bleszinski wants to talk about the trailer actually only with publishers and explore interesting platforms for publication. Just over a year later, Epic Games is one step ahead. At a comic strip show in San Diego, the studio announces “Fortnite” exclusively for the PC – especially to avoid the time-consuming certification processes on the console. At the same time, it transpires that the developers at “Fortnite” no longer rely on the in-house Unreal Engine 3, but switch to the much more potent version 4. This promises a more impressive graphics but also slows down the schedules of the project. Not the only disruptive factor: In 2012, Chinese Internet giant Tencent acquired 48.4 percent of Epic’s shares for a lush amount of $ 330 million.
But “Fortnite” continues to thrive: Epic is redefining important key positions, and in November 2013, the company reassured impatient gamers with a commitment to “Fortnite.” However, tangible new information will only be available in May 2014 – in a huge cover story in the US trade magazine “Game Informer”. Many fans now hope that “Fortnite” finally appears. But they are disappointed. There are still three more years including many test phases with almost 50 000 participants in the country. Only in July 2017 is “Fortnite” in the Steam-like client from Epic Games available for download. As with the in-house multiplayer strategy game “Paragon” Epic initially decides to an early access phase. Players can buy and gamble “Fortnite” while it’s still in development. The game is well received,
However, Fortnite does not attract the big players – unlike PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), which has been taking the hearts of millions of shooter fans by storm since March 2017 with its Battle Royale mode. Even the developers of Epic Games captivates the principle. The studio acts and divides its employees into two teams. Group A is designed to evolve the classic zombie mode, conjure group B something out of the hat, which can compete with the Battle Royale mode of “PUBG”.
Led by design director Eric Williamson, the multiplayer team designs a Battle Royale card that takes on many design elements from the co-op adventure. On top of that, the makers put the rules of “PlayerUnknown’sBattlegrounds”. In order to stand out from “PUBG”, however, games should take a maximum of 25 minutes, and the construction options remain intact. Players can pull up walls or stairs in the Battle Royale games to protect themselves from shelling or to overcome obstacles.
For all this, Williamson and his colleagues do not even need two months. Already on September 26, 2017, the result appears as a stand-alone game under the name “Fortnite – Battle Royale”. Originally, the Battle Royale mode should belong to the paid Early Access variant. To address the widest possible audience, however, Epic rejects this plan just two weeks before the scheduled release and opts for the free-to-play model. But not only that favors the rocket launch of “Fortnite – Battle Royale”. Since the title is also available on PlayStation 4, rages for the first time a whole new crowd in Battle Royale battles. She had previously keenly directed towards “PUBG” on the PC. And while the competitor has an age rating of 18 years,
After the release, especially the high number of hits of the developers and the clever marketing ensure that the players stay tuned and new ones are added. For example, at the Games Awards 2017 on December 8: Even as you celebrate 30 million active players flickers a smart trailer across the screen, which announces a 50-to-50 mode. Later, the developers dare more experiments, such as a game mode five teams consisting of 20 players each. In addition, they always deliver weapons supplies, including detonator explosives, a powerful shotgun, and a remote-controlled rocket. Everything is free after the motto: Let’s see what the community makes of it! And she makes something out of it. The Remote Control Rocket has made it into countless YouTube videos in which a player controls the bullet to his teammate. The comrade then jumps up at the right moment and flies away. Into the realistic “PUBG” such games do not fit. In the overdriven “Fortnite”, however, they are the icing on the cake. Incidentally, after two weeks of rocket-propelling, the developers have canceled the weapon again, causing the game balance to waver.
The next milestone reached “Fortnite” on March 13, 2018, with the release of the iOS version for iPhone and iPad. Epic Games has done a great job here, because “Fortnite Mobile” is not a lame copy of the game of success. The graphics are very detailed for smartphone conditions, and the App gamers may even compete against players on MacOS, Windows and Xbox One.
And how does “Fortnite” continue? After the game has conquered PC, console, and smartphone, there is a huge potential for growth, especially in eSports. And the competitive scene is slowly gaining momentum: Well-known eSport clans such as the League of Legends outcast TeamSoloMid (TSM) are recruiting scores of players for their newly formed “Fortnite” divisions. So TSM is building up his team just around the professional Ali “Myth” Kabbani. And the FaZe clan, famous in ” Call of Duty ” and ” Counter-Strike “A team around shooting star Dennis “Cloak” Lepore stomps out of the ground. For this purpose, the Internet giant Tencent wants to pump 15 million US dollars alone in the Chinese “Fortnite” sports. And Ohio’s Ashland University now also awards eSport scholarships to Fortnite players.
In order for “Fortnite” to remain at the top of the gamers’ favor, Epic Games must do one thing above all else: continue as before. Developers need to keep their hit fresh with more modes, new weapons, more merchandise, and new challenges. Although there is no date when the announced new map appears. But that should give “Fortnite” further thrust, because then probably also players look again, which have turned in the meantime to other titles.
And then there is still the switch. Nintendo’s new console is selling well, and rumors of a switch port of “Fortnite” are already making the rounds. The Epic Games presents punctually to the games fair E3 (June 12 to 14 in Los Angeles) – claims at least Internet user “LeakyPanda”, which was often correct. According to switch owners even with PC and Xbox one gamers in the Battle Royale ring rise. But also the co-op mode comes supposedly with exclusive content on the switch. What exactly, “LeakyPanda” does not know. That famous Nintendo heroes such as Mario, Donkey Kong, and Co. occur, but quite possible. And they should inspire even more players for “Fortnite”.
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February 21, 2019 Comments Off on Fortnite: New Content, Battle Pass, Trailer – All About Season 7 and 8!
PUBG Mobile: Game Receives Resident Evil 2 Mode
The next stage of the survival fight reaches “PUBG Mobile”: In the new game mode “Zombie – Survive till Dawn” undead from “Resident Evil 2” will hit your throat!
” PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds ” (“PUBG”) is falling behind in the face of growing competition from ” Fortnite ” and ” Apex Legends “. There must be original ideas to keep the players happy. At least in the mobile version of the game developer, PUBG Corp now dares a creative push. From a co-operation with Capcom already announced last year, a new game mode emerges in the ” Resident Evil 2 ” wallet. The is now an integral part of ” PUBG Mobile ” and extends the previous gameplay with bloodthirsty zombies from Capcom’s newly re-launched cult horror game.
In the new game variant “Zombie – Survive till Dawn” the name is a program. The game throws you along with 59 other gamblers on a battlefield, where it is teeming with the undead. Your task: Survive three days and two nights! This sounds easier than it is: in addition to the usual threat from the other Battle Royale participants, the junk-meat comrades move you more aggressive with increasing time of day. If the bats can still be recognized well during the day and switched off remotely, you will lose sight of the brain-eaters as night falls, as they are getting more and more involved.
When the night falls over you, there is not much time left to take care of your human adversaries. Each game lasts 30 minutes. On the battlefield, next to the “PUBG” team, you will encounter newly-developed creatures on familiar faces like the Licker, Police Zombies and G1 Undead from “Resident Evil 2”. As a reward for your efforts, you can also opt for skins from the “Resident Evil 2” characters Leon, Claire, Ada, and Marvin.
February 21, 2019 Comments Off on PUBG Mobile: Game Receives Resident Evil 2 Mode
Google: Unveiling Its Own Games Streaming Service On The GDC?
Already the end of 2018 Google announced work on its own games streaming service. Now, the unveiling of “Project Stream” seems imminent.
Da is about to grow something: Google currently sent out invitations to an in-house presentation at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). The Game Developers Conference will be held March 18-22, 2019 in San Francisco. Google announces its March 19 performance. What is involved remains open, but the solution is obvious. After testing its in-house beta streaming service as early as October 2018 and fully announcing its proprietary technology for the purpose last year, the company is now due to officially launch the service.
Under the name Project Stream, the company claims to have been working for quite some time to optimize the streaming of games. As the company explained in a blog post last year, the transfer of games poses a particular challenge for developers. If small buffers of a few seconds were sufficient for a smooth transmission when streaming movies, games in the range of milliseconds would have to react without delay. Google believes it has the right technology in place – and has already proved it.
In the US, the company launched a large-scale test run in cooperation with Ubisoft. It enabled participants to play ” Assassin’s Creed – Odyssey ” via stream in the browser Google Chrome on October 5, 2018. Players needed an internet connection with at least 25 megabits per second. Nintendo also showed that the model of offering new games via stream is no longer a dream of the future. On the Switch “Assassin’s Creed – Odyssey” appeared in Japan only as a streaming version.
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February 21, 2019 Comments Off on Google: Unveiling Its Own Games Streaming Service On The GDC?
Twitch Prime Loot: Free content for Apex Legends!
Amazon and Twitch drill up the free content for Prime customers in February again. This pleases especially fans of “Apex Legends”!
Underkoffler Replenishment: In the middle of the month Amazon and Twitch expand the choice of content, dusting the prime customer in February for free. In addition to the games available since the beginning of the month, you can now grab a whole stack of attractive bonuses. The highlight should be the free gift for ” Apex Legends ” for many gamers. As a Twitch Prime user, you’ll bag an exclusive “Omega Point Pathfinder” skin – and grab five Apex packs of cosmetic in-game content for free! If you are one of the few players who can not warm up to the Battle Royale shooter, be sure to play Final Fantasy 14!
As Prime customer, you will receive a free “Online Starter” edition for PC. If you prefer it sporty, let it crash in “NBA 2K19” with 25,000 units of in-game currency VC and go shopping in the store! In addition, you will enjoy five free “MyTeam” -Packs! If these gifts are not to your liking, you can still take a look at the Twitch Prime Loot box! Also for the games “Warframe”, “Vainglory”, “Runescape”, Neverwinter “and” Maple Story 2 “Amazon and Twitch cut out free content. In addition, you will continue to enjoy a great selection of games.
In the beautiful indie hit “The Flame in the Flood” you fight for survival in a fantastically staged wilderness as you sail along a raft along a random river. The exploration adventure “Dear Esther” from the year 2012 is no less exciting and atmospheric. Although you do nothing but navigating your pawn from the first-person perspective through a dark but beautiful natural landscape, unfolds a rousing story before you.
Visually much pixelized and in terms of gameplay a lot of action-packed it is in “Downwell”. In the best retro-style, you’ll beam yourself into oblique 8-bit sounds through a randomly generated well shaft, which you fall down with your character. If you want to get your gray cells up to speed, you can look forward to the “Draknek & Co Puzzle Collection”. The game collection includes the three games “Sokobond”, “A Good Snowman is hard to build” and “Cosmic Express”. Each of the puzzle titles requires a good deal of brainwash. All mentioned games are now available for download to Prime customers from now until 28 February 2019 via Twitch.
In addition to free games and in-game content, you will receive a free monthly channel subscription worth € 4.99 on “Twitch Prime”. Amazon also grants users a two-euro discount on all physical new game releases you order from the online shipping giant. The offer is valid in the pre-order phase and ends two weeks after the start of a title. You do not own Twitch Prime? The subscription can be completed on the website of the online retailer and tested without obligation for 30 days for free. Once you have completed the subscription, then link your Prime account to your Twitch account via the official “Twitch Prime” website.
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February 21, 2019 Comments Off on Twitch Prime Loot: Free content for Apex Legends!
