This week a new anime-style MMORPG was released. However, another one that was a big hope for 2022 will not be released this year after all. You can find all the important MMORPG news of the week here at MeinMMO.
The highlights of the week:
- The new anime MMORPG Tower of Fantasy was released on Thursday. It had some technical issues at launch, but there are immediate gifts at launch. If you want to start with the game, we have a tier list for you with the best characters.
- In World of Warcraft, a player has such an insane idea for maximizing his damage that Blizzard is changing WoW just for him.
- Lost Ark has been live in the West for 6 months. We spoke with expert Sywo on the half-anniversary of the game, who said: “It’s more fun than any other version.”
The controversy of the week: The big MMORPG hope Throne and Liberty was supposed to be released in 2022 and is supposedly finished. However, developer NCSoft now wants to release the game in 2023, according to rumors with Amazon as a partner.
The discussion of the week: Fans wanted to bring back the Lord of the Rings from 2007 with Echoes of Angmar, but were prevented from doing so by the publisher. Now the project has to shut down.
Tower of Fantasy also showed a new trailer for the release:
New gameplay also shows Past Fate, the MMORPG that is set to release this month
What happened with the major MMORPGs:
- In WoW, Patch 9.2.7 is coming next week and makes the auction house part of the WoW Companion App. It could also be possible that you can play the new class of the Dracthyr coming with Dragonflight before the addon.
- In Lost Ark there were some uncertainties, as players can be banned if they unwittingly accept RMT gold.
- In Final Fantasy XIV, the next patch Buried Memory is on the horizon and will come to the game on August 23 (via mmorpg.com).
- Also on August 23, the next major balance patch for Guild Wars 2 that fundamentally changes how classes work will be released (via mmorpg.com).
- ESO gives a first preview of the new dungeon of the Lost Depths update (via massivelyop.com).
What happened with the minor MMORPGs:
- Chimeraland now gets playable characters alongside crazy animal creatures, including dinosaurs (via massivelyop.com)
- Elyon announces the next class, the Soulbringer, for September 7 (via massivelyop.com).
- Path of Exile 2 announces its beta for July 2023 (via mmorpg.com).
- New World is now going to release its new expeditionafter having delayed it due to technical issues (via mmorpg.com).
- A bug was found in Tibia that allowed players to smuggle high-level items into the starting area just to wipe out beginners.
- Bless Unleashed is celebrating its one-year anniversary but ignoring the bad feelings that the MMORPG caused with its transition to Pay2Earn (via massivelyop.com).
World of Jade Dynasty showcases 5 classes in the trailer and invites to the alpha test:
What happened with the MMORPGs in development?
- The new free-to-play MMORPG Profane showcases its Viking-style housing and sells skins for buildings.
- The medieval MMORPG Past Fate is set to release in August and shows the first 15 minutes of gameplay in a new presentation.
- The VR MMORPG Zenith: The Last City is getting a new expansion and advertises with “full body haptic”, which is supposed to make the game even more immersive (via mmorpg.com).
- On August 19, World of Jade Dynasty will start its first pre-alpha tech tests, but does not yet share a planned release date (via massivelyop.com).
- On August 25, a reboot of the old MMORPG Requiem: Memento Mori known as Requiem Online is scheduled to launch. You can already register for it (via mmorpg.com).
- You can now also sign up for the alpha of Wagadu Chronicles. There you can farm, fight, and continue to expand your city (via massivelyop.com).
These were the news of the week at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything exciting this week? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
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