From May 31 to June 6, there was a lot happening in the MMORPGs. Two new expansions were released, and two new games announced their release dates, while two others at least provided a release window. We at MeinMMO have summarized all the important news of the week.
The highlights of the week:
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will be released on June 9, which is next week
- Crowfall has announced July 6 as its release date
The developers of Swords of Legends also talked about the release. It is mentioned “a few weeks after Beta 2”. Bless Unleashed, on the other hand, has delayed its release somewhat. Additional optimizations are supposed to be completed in mid-July, and the release is still expected “in summer 2021” (via Steam).
What were other highlights?
- On June 1, the new expansion Blackwood was released for The Elder Scrolls Online
- The following day, WoW Classic received the new expansion Burning Crusade. There, the first players completed raids after just 24 hours
This week’s discussion: In Retail WoW, there is a prolonged content drought. Cortyn from MeinMMO believes: WoW: Shadowlands has lost, no matter what Blizzard does now.
New dungeon for Black Desert, more events in Guild Wars 2
This is what happened this week in the major MMORPGs:
- WoW and ESO both released an expansion.
- Black Desert released a new video for the upcoming cooperative dungeon Atoraxxion (via YouTube).
- Guild Wars 2 made two new episodes of the Living World available for free, where an achievement is currently bugged (via Guildnews).
- For Final Fantasy XIV, we at MeinMMO created a guide with all fashion accessories and how you can find them.
This week in the smaller MMORPGs:
- Neverwinter has received its first new class in 5 years
- ArcheAge is bringing Ancestral Skills for the Gunslinger class next week (via Twitter)
- SWTOR announced the events for June (via SWTOR)
- Gloria Victis released an update on resource gathering (via MassivelyOP)
This is what happened in the MMORPGs in development:
- For Swords of Legends, we at MeinMMO created a report after 80 hours of gameplay
- With Palia, a new MMORPG was announced by Blizzard veterans, aimed especially at fans of Animal Crossing
- New World has released a new Alpha update
- We checked how the western version of Lost Ark is actually doing
- Ashes of Creation showcased a battle for fortresses
- New gameplay videos and information on a new class were shown for Blue Protocol
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen released a new video about NPC combat (via YouTube)
This was the overview of this week’s news from the world of MMORPGs. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience something exciting this week? Or did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments.
