Tom and Jerry Chase Mobile Game Review

Have you ever thought on how Tom and Jerry feel as if you are in their shoes? If you have been a fan of watching Tom and Jerry classics on the television, it centers between the rivalry of these lovely characters; a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry. Tom is always the losing end when it comes with a fight with Jerry. In Tom and Jerry Chase, you will finally have a chance to help Tom as you'll be playing him in this game hunting Jerry and the rest of the mice gang. 

Tom and Jerry: Chase is a 1 vs 4 2-D platformer casual mobile game with the nostalgic feels of the original classic animated series. It was released last week August 21, 2020 and available to the Southeast Asia regions including the Philippines. The game was officially licensed under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and brought to you by NetEase Games.

Gameplay

Play either as Tom or Jerry the mouse in a 10-minute battle, playing Tom is a little bit in a bully sometimes as you'll be up against 4 mice as your enemies. Your primary objective is to catch them one by one and place it on a fireworks to eliminate each of them and most importantly to stop the mice from getting the cheese to their hideout (mouse hole). Tom's advantage is he is faster to walk and have much higher life. On the other hand, playing as Jerry will allow you to pair with other 3 players, your main objective is to steal all of the cheese that are randomly spawned around the house and you need to push as many cheese as you can to the mouse hole. Once Jerry team succeeded a brick will open that will allow them to escape from the battle, but the last obstacle is you need to destroy the bricks to escape. 

It features a multiplayer, where you will be playing with other 4 players online either by a random pool or forming up your team with friends. The match making is pretty quick, in just a matter of seconds you'll be able to find a match as many players around SouthEast Asia are playing the game.

Each round, there is only one Tom in every game and the rest are of 4 players are the mice. The matched game includes a ranking leaderboard where players can showcase their scores and ranked level against other players. 

Before proceeding to the game match, you will undergo a 3 to 5-minutes training first as it will allow any beginners to familiarize the basics and expert tutorials for the game. Players can also do a Bot Practices, which we recommend before playing with other players or in the ranked mode. Under Test Courses are the basic course, advance course (unlock after reaching level 10) and expert course (unlock after reaching level 15). 

For players who wants to take basic or advanced course, they can finish tutorials which players will also receive a course certificate that contains rewards like coins and perk points which they can use in the game. 

For the game controls, it is just right, roaming around the house is a no problem. The controls use a joystick controls for strafing from left to right. In the right corner of the screen, the controls for jump, skills and other interaction are located – pretty much like controls from an MOBA or Battle Royale game. You can also choose 4 different skill keys which may suit you during the gameplay. These are composed of the following:  

  • Free Attack  
  • All-in-one  
  • Free Interaction  
  • Free mode  

Note: Key bindings can be changed in the Settings page at any time. 

Conclusion

Our final verdict for this game is Netease nailed everything, reviving this nostalgic animated TV series into a game is just a dream come true for every 90 kids from the visuals, characters the sounds are all on point.

It is also a on the go game as you can play each round for less than 10 minutes, best for busy people who can play during their breaktime. And as well as for gamers who want to have a new level of a challenging game or for casual gaming.

Tom and Jerry Chase is now available on Google Play for Android and App Store for iOS in Southeast Asia in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, East Timor and Brunei. 

Follow them for updates and latest news at www.tomandjerrychaseasia.co.


How to Teleport (Fast Travel) in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Though the main objective of playing a Flight Simulator is to fly a plane from destination A to destination B like in real life. There are some players that are curious with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, because of its real-time world map showing your favorite localities in the game and exploring these places virtually. But it will take a lot of time to reach these destinations and could take days to travel every tourist spot you want to reach, this is where fast travel or teleports comes in.

This is a very useful features for content creators that want to showcase their area and actually create a video out of it.

Table of Contents

  1. Enable Developer Mode Tools
  2. How to Teleport or Fast Travel
  3. Controls for Slew Mode (Teleport)

In this guide, we will help you how to fast travel in Microsoft Flight Simulator and reach your destination in just a click away.

Enable Developer Mode Tools

First, you need to enable the developers tools in Microsoft Flight Simulator. This tool has lots of useful functions that can change the current environment of your flight, even changing your current plane.

To enable the Developer Tools, go to Options > General > Developers.

Then turn on the Developer Mode. After turning on, there should be a [DEV MODE] menu that will appear at the top of the screen.

How to Teleport or Fast Travel

First, you need a coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the destination that you want to teleport. You can get this via Google Map, just search the location, then right click at the map and click "What's here".

Then the coordinates will be displayed at the bottom, take note of the latitude and longitude of the location.

To teleport, at the Microsoft Flight Simulator Developer Tools menu, go to Windows > Teleport Window.

Make sure to check the "Slew Mode", this will pause the plane from flying, allowing you to manipulate the plane in any direction and altitude you want.

After that, enter the latitude and longitude of the location you wish to fast travel, then the Go to LatLon button.

Your plane will automatically reach the destination after clicking the teleport.

Controls for Slew Mode (Teleport)

Since we've checked the slew mode, your plane will be automatically pause at the air allowing you for more controls.

In slew mode, you can reposition your plane from any position you want. Below are the list of controls that you can use to position your plane.

For computer (Keyboard keys)

  • F1 – to move downward
  • F4 – to move upward
  • NUM 4 – to strafe right
  • NUM 6 – to strafe left
  • NUM 8 – to move forward
  • NUM 2 – to move backward
  • NUM 0 – to pitch plane upward
  • F5 – pitch plane upward plus 7 degrees (angle)
  • F8 – pitch plane downward plus 7 degrees (angle)
  • NUM 7 – roll to left angle
  • NUM 9 – roll to right angle

That's it! Hope this guide will help you and learn how to easily reach your destination in an instant.


How to Take Off in Microsoft Flight Simulator

If this is your first time to fly a plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator, especially the new released 2020 version. There is a good chance that you have no idea on how to take a plane and might be confusing on what the instruction says during the take off training.

When you've tried the training 3 "Take-off & Level Flight" to learn how to take off, it seems the instruction didn't work and you have problem to taxi your plane to the runway. In case, I've increase the throttle speed and pitch the plane just to move it to the runway, but it is wrong.

In this guide, we will help you how to take off your plane the right way.

How to Taxi the plane to the Runway

The first objective is to taxi your plane in to the runway, you can achieve this by turning off your parking brakes.

In computer, this is by pressing the CTRL + NUM DEL from your keyboard. Note: Press the DEL button from the numeric keypad not the DEL button on the navigation keys (INS, HOME, PAGEUP, DEL, END, PAGE DWN) area. If you press in the navigation keys, it will not turn off the brake, this is where I was stuck and takes hours to figure out.

In XBOX One controller, to turn off the brake, just press Y or B.

In the cockpit, you can find the parking brake control just at the bottom left corner.

Once your parking breaks are now turn off, you are now ready to taxi your plane to the runway. To taxi your plane, slowly increase the throttle speed to 10 to 15. In keyboard its F3, while on XBOX One Controller its A or B.

This will allow you to move your plane forward, press the NUM 0 to turn to left and NUM Enter to turn to right and move to the center of the runway. In XBOX ONE Controller, control it with the analog LEFT RIGHT.

Once you're at the center, turn on your parking break again by pressing the CTRL + NUM DEL. In XBOX ONE Controller, pressing Y or B.

How to Take off your Plane

Now, since your plane is now at the center of the runway. You're now ready to take off.

To take off, first you need to turn off the parking brake by pressing CTRL + NUM DEL. In XBOX One controller, its Y or B. Then increase the throttle speed to the maximum speed at 100%.

This will move your plane forward, wait until you've reach 55 knots. When you reach it, slowly pitch by pressing NUM 2 until you successfully take off.

That's it guys! Hope this tutorial helps you learn how to take off your plane for the first time.


How to Use Throttle Lever in Microsoft Flight Simulator

In the flight training "Basic Controls & Camera", there is the portion in training that it is hard to figure out if it is your first time to fly a plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator, because there is indicator for what key to press for the instruction, it simply says "Use Throttle Lever, Decrease Throttle to cut engine power".

Looking for the right keys in the control will also take you time, so in this guide we will help you how to do it right.

How to Increase/Decrease Throttle in XBOX Controller

For XBOX One controller, simply press A and B to control the speed of your plane engine. A to increase, while B to decrease the throttle speed.

How to Increase/Decrease Throttle in Keyboard

To increase or decrease the throttle, simply press F2 and F3 from your keyboard. Pressing F3 will increase the Throttle putting more power to the engine, while pressing the F2 will decrease the engine power. However, pressing the F1 will automatically cut off the engine power to 0%.

In the cockpit view, you can also interact inside the cockpit, you'll notice a lever control for THROTTLE at the bottom center of the cockpit. Pressing and holding this lever will also increase/decrease the engine power. Pushing forward to increase, backward to decrease.

Alternatively, you may also use climb (NUM 8 from your keyboard) the decrease the speed of your engine and pitch (NUM 2 from your keyboard) to increase the the speed.

That's it guys! Hope this help you get started with flying at Microsoft Flight Simulator.


Facebook Classic Blue-Design will no longer be Available starting September

The classic Facebook blue design will no longer be available starting September. If you recently received the new layout of Facebook, you can still switch back to the classic blue-design without any problem. But today, Facebook recently add a feedback survey once you've try switching to the classic version, that says "The classic Facebook experience will no longer be available starting in September. Before the new Facebook.com becomes the default experience, we want to learn more about how we can improve.".

A lot of users are still using the classic blue-design because they are more comfortable to use than the new layout, due to hard to find features and unfamiliarity. Browsers in desktop, laptop and smart phone are one of the affected with these changes. However, we have no information if the 3G mobile interface (m.facebook.com) is also affected.

The "New Facebook" was first introduced in 2019 during the F8 Developer conference, it is one of the biggest changes made since their existence wayback 2004; cleaner interface, and allow users to switch to dark mode. But most importantly, it improves the backbone of the site with new programming technologies that improves user experience and compatibility with every phone.

Well, you still have almost a week to enjoy the classic facebook blue-design. Are you one of those users who still prefer to use the old design? Let us know in the comment section.


Stuck at Gathering Quest in Perfect World VNG

If you recently stuck one of the quest in Perfect World VNG specifically for the gathering quest, you'll probably have no idea on how to fix it and you may think it is a bug. Eventually in the game, after you auto-quest each of the game quest, you're stuck on Gathering Feathers quest from the NPC Peregrine near the city hall where you'll be eliminating Iriswings but the gathering of feather didn't progress or stuck at 0/4.

Well, it's not a bug of something, its just Perfect World didn't have a function to notify players that their inventory are already full and need to sort out.

How to Complete Gathering Quest

Make sure your Inventory are not full, the default inventory size for the game is at 40, it will increase as you level up in the game or purchase a space from the store.

To sort out your inventory, just click the bag icon at the upper right corner of the screen.

Dismantle Equipment that are not important like the no-color equipment. Keep in mind, Blue and Purple are important equipment if you're early stage in the game. However, you may dismantle blue once you already have full set of purple equipments.

Once you already have extra space in your inventory, you can now go back eliminating your objective and receive the items for the gathering quest.

That's it guys! If you still have problem with the quest. Please leave a comment down below.


Tom and Jerry: Chase Mobile now Available on iOS and Android

NetEase Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the official launch of the first-ever 2D 1v4 asymmetric mobile game, Tom and Jerry: Chase in Southeast Asia. The game is now available for iOS and Android devices in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, East Timor and Brunei. Players in these regions can download the game on the App Store or Google Play.

Tom and Jerry: Chase is a mobile game where players can select to play as either a cat or mouse. Join the quick-witted mice in their efforts to team up and gather cheese while making fun of the cat, or join the cat side and go solo to catch the mice. Players can enjoy this classic tale of cat and mouse within just eight minutes, anytime, anywhere.

Tom and Jerry: Chase has also added a slew of brand new features for its official launch:

Five new casual modes, Cheese Frenzy Match, Team Speedrun, Clone Battle, Fun with Fireworks and Operative have been added to the mix. These casual modes will bring players even more fun. For example, in Team Speedrun mode, players can team up to have a no-holds-barred 3v3 battle. While in Cheese Frenzy mode, the goal is to push a set number of cheese wedges into the mouse holes within the time limit.

Popular characters including cowboy Jerry and cowboy Tom have also made their official debut with the launch! Players can gain their S-Class skins, Hero of the West, via the Magic Mirror.

To celebrate the launch, massive bonuses and events have been prepared to welcome players. Completing the 7-Day Challenges guarantees players a free A-class skin for King Jerry. Daily logins will also reward Coins, Perk Points and Stars.

There are still many hidden surprises in the game waiting for players to discover. Are you ready to start a new journey in Tom and Jerry: Chase?

Download link for Android & iOS: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netease.tjglobal

Download link for OPPO: https://actimg.heytapimg.com/cdo-activity/202008/18/cat/index.html


HITMAN is the next FREE game on Epic Games next week, starting August 27

Epic games just listed their next free batch of games for next week. Surprisingly, its a triple A title starring Agent 47, the HITMAN 1. Anyone who claim the game next week on Epic games starting August 27 up to September 3, 2020 will allow them to keep the game forever in their epic library.

HITMAN is an action-adventure stealth video games, known for its third-person shooting/stealth game, players will able to play as the genetically enhanced assassins called Agent 47 – where you'll be targeting different criminals around the world. The game was first released on March 12, 2016 and has a total of six episodes which takes place six years after the events of the 2012 franchise Hitman: Absolution.

Today, players around the world will able to play this wonderful game on their PC next week for FREE and what you only had to do is to check out the game to keep it forever. The game will originally cost you around PHP 1,733 on steam to buy the whole episode.

Next week starting August 27, you can check its official page on Epic Games to grab HITMAN. https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/hitman/standard-edition

Aside from this, Shadowrun Collection is also one of the free games next week on Epic.


Answers to Human Mentor in Perfect World VNG

When you've reached the Celestial Vale in Perfect World VNG, an NPC named Human Mentor will give you several insight into the future.

Initially it will asked you if you're interested on listening to her prophecy. She will asked "Would you like to listen to the prophecy from the Heaven Palace?". You need to answer Sure, tell me everything!.

After that, you'll get Insight +3, 206 EXP and 140 Silver Coin. After that, you need to talk to Human Mentor again for the exam questions which will allow you to enter the Heavenly Palace.

Here are the questions and correct answers.

Questions Answer
If the path ahead is full of hardships, will you still persist on continuning? Of course! If I have a goal, I'll do my best to fulfill it no matter what.
Will you remain steadfast in your ideals beyond the doubt of others? My ideals are like a lighthouse, guiding my path in life. Of course, I'll remain steadfast!
Will you sacrifice yourself in exchange for eternal peace and joy in the world? I'll gladly give my life for the greater good.

That's it! She then asked you to go to Cerulean Grove and find Squall.


How to Redeem Code on Perfect World VNG

Perfect World VNG is finally released in Google Playstore and iOS. Players who pre-registered to the game has given a free welcome rewards, these gifts are given through email in a form of redeem code. Players need to redeem these code to Perfect World VNG official website to claim the rewards.

How to Redeem Code

To redeem the code, you need to go to https://new.khuyenmai.zing.vn/pwm-ph/code

Login your game account then fill up the Code information, then select your server and game account. Don't forget to write the captcha code then hit the Exchange Gift button.

If its successful, you'll get an alert message that says "Exchange code success, login to game to see items".

How to Get more Redeem Code

Here are the list of codes the are currently redeemable in the game.

Codes Rewards
PWMSEA2020
Anyone can use this code
1 x Eidolon Book Chest Lv.35 Pack
2 x Ancient Scroll Lv.1 Sacred Book
5 x Mirage Stone Lv.7 Refine Material
PWMPLAYNW
Anyone can use this code
???
PWTHAHASDW
Pre-registration code for players who pre-register only
????

From time to time, Perfect World will be doing event. They may sending free redeem code during this event.

The upcoming event is in their Facebook page during Kayla Heredia event giveaway, where they will be giving away 150 Perfect World limited-edition fashion in-game items.

That's it! If you have some redeem code to share in the page, just let us know in the comment section.


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There's a beta event going down next week in New World, don't you know, and it's coming with a new shiny client. Can you smell that new beta scent? Probably not. It's a bunch of computer data and it would probably smell like electricity. You shouldn't even be trying to smell it. Why are you […]

MMORTS Starborne's first beta dev blog enters the Dead Zone

Starborne may well be a rising star in the MMORTS genre, causing at least one of our number here at Massively OP to become "totally and completely addicted" to its gameplay. But it definitely needs to up its promotion if it wants to become anything other than an extremely niche title, which is why it's […]

Shadow Arena plans rival system for ranked matches, plus several new modes

When we covered Pearl Abyss' second quarter financial report a few weeks ago, one of the things that stood out to me is that the company does not appear to be giving up on Shadow Arena, its battle royale effort that hit early access back in May. Here in the west, the game started off […]

Take on the evil plant queen Alice in Grand Fantasia's August update

Gamigo has a slew of MMOs that don't get a lot of attention, especially since the Trion takeover, and one of those is the cutesy free-to-play anime MMO Grand Fantasia, which this week dropped a late summer update that teams players up with sprites to take on a terrifying plant queen in a new city […]

MapleStory previews its Astral Blessings event, winds down Burning World

MapleStory fans must be relieved to know that even after the closure of MapleStory 2, the franchise is still making money for Nexon hand over fist and is no danger whatsoever. In fact, it's about to get a large update in the form of Astral Blessings, which Nexon has been teasing all week. It's loaded […]

David Brevik discusses how Diablo 2's development was marked with a year of crunch

It's easy to think of "crunch" in game development being something of a more recent phenomenon as we've heard more about it. It's also easy to assume that your favorite games didn't involve any, or at least involved less. But a recent talk at Devcom Digital by the director of Diablo 2, David Brevik, shines […]

Ex-Riot developers found Odyssey Interactive, raise $6M in seed funding

While Riot Games seems to be shedding developers left and right these days, one good thing that's come out of this is the formation of several new game studios with ambitious and motivated teams. One such studio that just appeared on the scene is Odyssey Interactive, a new company that's aiming to build competitive games […]

The Stream Team: Vanquishing the Voidrakar assaulting AQ3D's DragonWatch Village

So much has happened in AQ3D in the short time Massively OP's MJ has been away from her computer. And while she's not about to grind any class to 100 anytime soon, she can go help save the village of DragonWatch, which is currently under siege by the Voidrakar. She's searching for he newly discovered […]

Champions Online invites you to kill bugs with fire (or frost, lightning, or plasma)

Bugs! Spiders! Creepy crawlies! If these pests invade your home, you have our full permission to exterminate with extreme prejudice. And if giant-sized versions of these insects crawl into Champions Online, you have an obligation to save the world by smooshing them with every power at your disposal. Champions Online is in such need of […]

Star Citizen video and AMA discuss environmental art, rocks, and throwing all the things

Star Citizen's been back in the headlines this week for all the wrong reasons – weird Squadron 42 communication mishaps, pixelships, and huge piles of money being the main ones. But while one part of CIG was busy with that, the rest of the studio was actually off making the damn game, as demonstrated by […]

WoW Factor: All I want from Shadowlands is the pre-patch

Folks, I am tired. It is a deep sort of tired, the one that seeps down to the bone. And it's the kind of tired that has you looking at the World of Warcraft launcher and thinking about the fun that's coming next… followed not all that long thereafter by a new wave of existing […]

Fall Guys sparks a $325,000 charity bidding war between brands

This may just be the most adorable and wholesome thing you'll read all week. The insanely popular (and insanely bonkers) battle royale Fall Guys triggered a massive bidding war between other companies that has now rocketed to $325,000 with over a week to go. The studio that promises to donate the most money to Special […]

Past Fate's Kickstarter is 80% funded as its end looms tomorrow

We're down to the wire for MMORPG Past Fate, whose second Kickstarter is set to expire tomorrow morning. A week or two ago, I didn't think they'd make it; only $4000 had been raised by August 21st. But as of today, the game is hovering around $20,000 of its $25,000 goal, meaning it definitely has […]

Epic's new #FreeFortnite Cup promo is another cynical dig on Apple

If you thought Epic Games was being childish or cynical in its attempts to rile up the video game faithful over its otherwise perfectly reasonable anti-monopoly lawsuits against Apple (and Google, though it's been more of an afterthought), well, then you're not going to change your mind as a result of this story. Apparently, a […]

World of Warcraft is adding diminishing returns for secondary stats in Shadowlands

So secondary stats on gear in World of Warcraft have the potential to get out of control. Fortunately, the developers have a solution for Shadowlands by… wait, I heard someone shout, "by ensuring the endgame isn't an ever-escalating series of rewards for overstuffed raid tiers." That's wrong. Be quiet. It's by… no, wait, someone else shouted, […]