During the week of August 23 to 29, 2 new beta events for September were announced. Additionally, there are two new releases that you should definitely keep an eye on. We have summarized all the important news of the week for you from MeinMMO.
The highlights of the week:
- As part of gamescom 2021, New World announced its Open Beta. This will take place at the beginning of September and allows you to try the game without needing to pre-order it.
- Also starting in September, the hardcore MMORPG Mortal Online 2 will enter beta.
In September, you can also look forward to 2 major MMORPG releases:
- On September 28, New World will finally be released.
- On September 29 – just one day later – Elyon will be released.
The drama of the week: Many players were hoping for news about Lost Ark at gamescom 2021, but were bitterly disappointed. However, with their inquiries, they also disturbed the chat so much that Lost Ark became a “forbidden term”.
The discussion of the week: Bless Unleashed has been out for a while now, and we have thoroughly tested it for you. The conclusion: It’s actually really good, but there are 2 problems that severely dampen the enjoyment of the game. Below the article, players are discussing how serious these problems are.
ESO brings new DLC, DC Universe gets better for Free2Play players
This week in the major MMORPGs:
- WoW pulls the emergency brake and introduces some changes with the upcoming Patch 9.1.5 that players have been demanding since the release of Shadowlands, but which have been ignored until now. Additionally, a crazy player managed to complete Torghast at level 12 and in “Flawless” in under 4 minutes.
- ESO has released the new DLC Waking Flame. MeinMMO editor Jürgen Horn has played it and complains about disgusting crawly creatures.
- Guild Wars 2 has released a detailed roadmap for the time leading up to the release of the expansion “End of Dragons”. Expect several beta tests, annual events, and insight into the major WvW update.
- Final Fantasy XIV is still experiencing a huge influx. Thus, 8 servers were closed so that no new players could create their characters.
- Pearl Abyss, the developers of Black Desert, spoke about the future of the game in a “Late Night Talk”. Detailed class overhauls for the Ranger and Warrior were presented, as well as the postponement of new ocean content (via BlackDesertFoundry).
This week in the smaller MMORPGs:
- Swords of Legends Online has released a new patch with 2 new raid instances (via Gameforge).
- DC Universe has released the major summer update, through which old episodes are now free and many other changes for Free2Play players have been implemented.
- A Twitch streamer lost gold worth 12,700 Euros in Old School RuneScape and then freaked out in front of his family.
- Blade & Soul 2 breaks records in Korea with 7.4 million people wanting to play the new MMORPG.
- Steam has removed 2 MMORPGs from the platform that looked suspiciously similar.
- Lost Ark is becoming more popular in its homeland and even surpasses FIFA and PUBG.
- Dark Age of Camelot has launched a new event that allows players to catch up to veterans faster (via DAoC).
This week in MMORPGs in development:
- A new MMORPG called Cinderstone Online has been announced, which sounds like it could be a better ArcheAge.
- The Tiny-MORPG Book of Travels has again postponed its Early Access launch (via Steam).
These were the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience something exciting this week? Or did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments.
