Last week was marked by the major New World update, a change in Lost Ark that caused some stir, and new info about MMOs in development. You can find all the important MMORPG news from last week in our weekly recap.
The highlights of the week:
- The studio Dark Passenger consists of former developers of Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. They have freshly founded and want to build an MMO that sounds like Destiny 2 with ninjas.
- Black Desert Online starts its summer event and turns you into cute otters fighting over sandcastles. The event is well received by the players.
- In Guild Wars 2, you can now get the popular Raptor not just in the endgame, but already at level 10.
The controversy of the week: The failed MMORPG Legends of Aria is trying for a fresh start as a Pay2Earn title. It now sells random Pay2Win characters for €69 – and you don’t know what you’re getting.
The discussion of the week: Saintone, one of the biggest Twitch streamers for Lost Ark, confirmed in his stream that you can practically have no life if you really love the MMORPG. This sparked a discussion in the community.
The summer event in Black Desert is going to be really sweet:
WoW restricts boosting and New World postpones 2 major features indefinitely
This is what happened with the major MMORPGs:
- Large boosting communities of World of Warcraft were attacked and their Discord servers shut down. Also regarding Dragonflight, there was new information, stating that leveling will be 100% faster and the necessary XP for level-ups should be drastically reduced.
- Lost Ark changed several aspects of how to use gold with the weekly update. This is said to have been a measure in the fight against bots. However, an important button was forgotten, causing users to now have to click over 700 times. Additionally, Twitch streamer Asmongold explains why raids in Lost Ark are better than in World of Warcraft.
- Elder Scrolls Online responds to the criticism of the combat system and changes it for the 5th time in just one year.
- New World released the big summer update and promised a dungeon finder and a new expedition within it. Both have been postponed indefinitely due to bugs.
This is what happened with the minor MMORPGs:
- Lord of the Rings Online wants to revamp old content. This is intended to make the MMORPG visually nicer and the entry more modern.
- EVE Online revealed new details about faction wars and this time even goes into detail. Originally, the feature was announced at Fanfest 2022 (via massivelyop).
- In Old School RuneScape, you can now interact with cats significantly more (via massivelyop).
- Swords of Legends Online is getting a hard mode for the demon battlefield and a new event (via massivelyop).
- Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis is adding a new class called Waker (via mmorpg.com).
Tower of Fantasy shows its new trailer shortly before release:
Two MMORPGs are set to release this month
What happened with the MMORPGs in development?
- Tower of Fantasy shows off its muscles in a new trailer. The MMORPG is set to release on August 11.
- Also in August, but still without a date, the MMORPG Past Fate will be released. This is set in a medieval fantasy world, with dungeons, raids, and more.
- The head of the LoL MMORPG talks about why the game was announced in such a weird way and says that it was planned this way.
- The TMORPG Book of Travels wants to revise its prologue and adjust some things on its roadmap (via massivelyop).
- The niche MMORPG Embers Adrift has hired YouTuber and streamer Morrolan TV as its narrative designer. He will be responsible for the title’s story in the future (via massivelyop).
These were the news from last week at a glance. What is your highlight? Did you experience something exciting last week besides that? Or did we possibly forget something important? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
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