game design
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Minecraft’s ‘Worst’ Server Was Exploited So Hard Griefers Could See The Future
1The tale of how hacker group Nerds Inc. took over 2b2t — Minecraft’s oldest so-called anarchy server — is convoluted and painstaking. It’s the story of how 300,000 players were constantly tracked, 15,000 bases discovered, and over 200 million items stolen. And it was all achieved exploiting not the software intended to keep the server…
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Outriders Doubles Horrendous Legendary Drop Rate
If players have one complaint about Outriders — besides the rampant connectivity issues and the inexplicable instant deaths — it’s with the game’s apparent dearth of legendary weapons and armour. Today, after much community feedback, developer People Can Fly finally addressed the issue by rolling out an update that doubled the legendary drop rate.
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Overwatch Adds Crossplay
Where once Overwatch players were divided along the lines of both platform and whether or not they’d push the damn payload, now they can at least not push the payload together.
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Apex Legends Adds Penalty For Leaving Arena Games Early
Apex Legends introduced a new 3v3 Arena mode with Season 9 in early May, and I’ve been enjoying it for the handful of times when I’ve been able to play out a full match. Most of the time, a player will bail after a few bad rounds, leaving me at a severe disadvantage or giving…