This Week in Gaming: 22nd - 26th Nov 2021
Like always, WTFast brings you the latest from the world of Online Gaming. This time around, we take a look on a few game updates that happened through out the week along with some important news regarding game developer and publisher, Valve.
So let’s start
Battlefield 2042 Update 1.04
The first in the series is talk of the town Battlefield 2042. A game which has taken the online gaming world by storm is constantly trying to keep it as balanced and smooth as possible.
The update is named Update #2 and covers a game-related changed, bug fixes and weapon balances as well. A few of the important ones are as follows.
· The most notable of them all is the change to bullet spread. All weapons now in Battlefield 2042 have a less bullet spread with Shotgun being the only exception. This was aimed towards making the overall accuracy better for players.
· The infamous PP-29 has been slightly nerfed as the Devs have increased the vertical recoil for the weapon to overcome its effectiveness in long range combat.
· Player stuck and revive issues have been fixed.
· Reduced splash damage of MD540 Nightbird Mounted 20mm Cannons
· Reduced damage radius and splash damage of AH-64GX Apache Warchief
· Reduced overall damage of KA-520 Super Hokum 30mm Cannon
· Reduced damage of all miniguns in land vehicles
· Resolved a bug that caused players queued for match to be sent back to the main menu when the slot becomes available.
If you are also on the Battlefield 2042 bandwagon then be sure to check out the entire update in the game or the official website.
Dark Souls awared 'Ultimate Game of All Time'
The Golden Joysticks awards happened this week on Tuesday. While on the side news PC was declared the Ultimate Hardware of all Time, the audience was waiting for another nomination. This was for the Ultimate Game of all Time with the nominations being Doom, Half-Life 2, Minecraft, Halo: Combat Evolved, GTA V, Portal, Dark Souls and Space Invaders. The votes came in and Dark Souls 2011 was the game to win the Ultimate Game of all time award.
Dark Souls director had the following to say on receiving the prestigious award.
"Thank you very much for receiving such a wonderful award. It's still unbelievable that the user chose from the nominated works, but I feel it's a great honor."
Dead by Daylight to go free for the next week
The multiplayer serial killer simulator, probably the one of the best multiplayer horror survival games ever, is going free for a week from 2nd December. The game has extraordinarily improved since the original release in 2016 and with a group of friends, there is nothing better. Epic Games has announced it as a freebie for next week so if you are one of those players who has got a thing for horror survivals and still haven’t touched this beauty, then this is just the right time for you.
New World EU Server Roll Back
Amazon Games have rolled back the entire Central EU Server after an accident that caused a lot of players to receive 300,000 in-game gold.
After a lengthy maintenance period, the roll back was announced which sent the server back a few hours before the gold was sent.
The developer made the following statement in a forum post in this regard.
"After our patch early this morning, a separate database modification in EU was executed to grant catch up funds for players affected by in-game tax losses since the November feature release. This database change mistakenly granted very large sums not reflective of the intended amounts."
Valve under fire for competitive team registration rules
Dota 2 is among the top competitive games in the world right now. The amount of viewership and player base is greatly due to Valve’s constant support of the game while maintaining a stable competitive and professional field for the game. The rules however are sometimes greatly criticized by the community and pro players alike which leads to outcries and frustration almost every year.
Dota 2’s Pro Circuit or DPC started the new season 2021-22 after Valve released a long information page on the official Dota 2 website. While it covers almost everything the season has to offer, it also includes a few rules about the season itself and team ownership.
This, however, has been the point of debate among pro players since the current rule contains some loopholes and possibilities of team highjacking, hostage, or spot selling situations.
Things like this have been an ugly past within the competitive Dota 2 scene as notable professional players such as Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao, Danil "Dendi" Ishutin fell prey to these situations details of which a just too long and technical to discuss. Although this happened in the last DPC Season, players were hoping the new season would have some ways to resolve such loopholes which, however, isn’t the case.
Fans and players aren’t currently questioning these rules on different forums. And while many seem to turn a blind eye towards it, some are trying to highlight it in hopes of getting it solved for the upcoming season.
Final Words
With this we bring an end to another edition of This Week in Gaming. Come back again next week for the latest in the world of gaming. And be sure to grab that free copy of Dead by Daylight while it lasts!
