Star Wars: The Old Republic and Corepunk were supposed to round off the year for MMORPGs in December. However, the new expansion and the start of the beta were unexpectedly postponed this week. What else has happened is revealed by MeinMMO in our weekly review.
What exactly was postponed?
- The new SWTOR expansion Legacy of the Sith was supposed to be released on December 14. The new release is planned for February 2022.
- Corepunk, reminiscent of a mix of WoW and LoL, was supposed to start beta in December. This has now been postponed to “late spring” 2022 (via YouTube).
What was the highlight of the week? Lost Ark finally announced its release date in the West. This was announced during the Game Awards.
The outrage of the week: Crowfall was released only in summer 2021, but it is already facing shutdown. The PvP MMORPG is not generating the numbers that were hoped for.
The discussion of the week: Scot Lane, the head of New World, commented on the declining player numbers on Steam. You discussed reasons, rescue measures, and similar matters hotly:
New Class in Black Desert, New MMORPG for Warhammer
This is what happened with the big MMORPGs:
- A new cinematic was released in WoW, finally explaining important things about Sylvanas. In WoW Classic, on the other hand, there is drama because OP classes are ruining the season of mastery.
- Final Fantasy XIV is still struggling with issues after the release of Endwalker. This week we wrote a guide to unknown and transient gathering spots in Endwalker.
- We at MeinMMO looked back at 2021 for ESO and examined what went well and what went poorly.
- Guild Wars 2 presented a creative solution to make the boring Legendarys of End of Dragons interesting. Furthermore, the first armors from the new expansion were presented (via Twitter) and the Winter Day returns on December 14.
- Black Desert announced a new class inspired by the Monkey King Wukong.
- New World released the new patch 1.1.2. There were also adjustments to the planned changes to the equipment, which are now less drastic. Additionally, there were new features for patch 1.2, which will be released next week. We will tell you things you should accomplish before the update is released:
This is what happened with the small MMORPGs:
- Requiem is an MMORPG from the developer of Ragnarok Online and is now being shut down. However, a new development team has been formed to bring Requiem back “soon”.
- Toram is a mobile MMORPG that is soon to be released on Steam. The game is characterized by the fact that it offers more than 500 billion character combinations.
- DC Universe Online has released the new episode 42 and also started the winter event (via DaybreakGames).
- Swords of Legends Online has released a new raid (via Gameforge).
- ArcheAge has postponed its land rush to December 18 (via Twitter).
- The Lord of the Rings Online has made some adjustments to the new expansion Gundabad (via MassivelyOP).
This is what happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- A new Warhammer MMORPG has been announced, which will focus on PvE and is set to be released in German.
- At Camelot Unchained, there are now hostile sentiments after 9 years in development.
- A new anime MMORPG has been announced, but there is a concern regarding Noah’s Heart.
- Gamigo has a new MMORPG in the pipeline, but no one knows exactly what it is. A timer is running on the website, which ends on December 15 (via uncertainfolder).
This was the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything exciting this week? Or did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO and discuss with us.
