The closures sent power prices soaring in the country that relies on nuclear for 72.3% of its electricity production. In France, where temperatures hit 40C (104F) in the Rhone Valley area, French utility EDF shut down the 1,335-MW Saint-Alban-1 unit, Bugey-2 and Bugey-3 (each 910 MW), and 920-MW Fessenheim-2 reactor, citing high temperatures in the Rhone and Rhine rivers. A blistering heatwave also affected a wide span of Asia and scorched parts of North America. Guild Wars 2’s ninth anniversary lands tomorrow, which means the oldest toons will start getting their anniversary gifts sooner those’ll include cake, new dyes, weapon packs, boosters, and the usual assortment of goodies.Scorching temperatures during the summer of 2018 forced a swathe of power plants across the world to reduce power or shut down temporarily, owing to warmer-than-usual temperatures of cooling water and other general heat-related issues.Įuropean countries from Scandinavia to Russia grappled with summer temperatures that were between 6C and 10C above the seasonal average. Next, the infographic has a few juicy nuggets, including the fact that the game counts 16M accounts. If you’re just returning to the game after time away, make sure you log in to claim Daybreak – that’s the freebie episode this week. We’ll be posting a dedicated blog on the feature well in advance of the first beta event, which will include an up-to-date overview of the system and our plans for the betas.” We know you’re eager for the gritty details about world restructuring. Ideally, you shouldn’t notice anything different in your WvW gameplay during this time. This new server code is going to run silently in the background for a few weeks, allowing us to stress test the system with live player data. On August 31, we’ll be rolling out some substantial updates to our server infrastructure-specifically, the servers that make World vs.

“We have a lot of work to do before then.

Players can opt-in through the in-game options menu, and are encouraged to leave feedback and report any issues via the Guild Wars 2 forums.” “The DirectX11 integration will go into beta testing on September 21. Expect the usual run of festivals as well as continuing freebie episodes.

We already knew about the elite spec beta events we’re expecting three more in September, October, and November, along with a WvW alliance beta in a month too. Play Guild Wars 2First, the roadmap itself.

Gw 2 2018 summer update pack