This week, the new MMORPG Blue Protocol has been released, and yes, you can play it from Germany as well. Additionally, the new games Palia and Scars of Honor have announced tests for the summer. We summarize everything important for you.
The highlights of the week:
- Blue Protocol has launched in Japan and can even be played without a VPN after our tests.
- Palia looks like Animal Crossing as an MMORPG and will start a new test for 200,000 players on July 6.
- Scars of Honor is also hosting a test in July. The game strongly resembles a Free2Play WoW with its two factions, classes, and combat system, but with significantly weaker graphics. However, it offers housing.
The discussion of the week: Throne and Liberty has released a new trailer and has received a lot of criticism for it. Should trailers make their combat system appear more action-packed than it really is?
The week in the podcast: In their own podcast MMO News, the two MeinMMO editors Alexander Leitsch and Mark Sellner will discuss the most important news around MMORPGs this week again. Topics included Tarisland, which looks like a good WoW clone, the possible sale of SWTOR, a first assessment of ESO: Necrom, and the death of Swords of Legends Online.
You can listen to the podcast on Apple, YouTube or here on Spotify:
Black Desert receives a new expansion, Throne and Liberty disappoints
What happened with the big MMORPGs:
- More and more details about Patch 10.1.5 in WoW are becoming known. So Warlocks are getting a new quest to customize the appearance of their companions. Also included in the update is a mount that randomly transforms into another one, including some of the rarest in the game. Additionally, you can once again transform new equipment into tier set pieces. However, Twitch streamer Asmongold has expressed some negative opinions about WoW. He is particularly bothered by the microtransactions in the game.
- Black Desert has released the new expansion Land of the Morning Light on Wednesday.
- A new beta event for adjustments in WvW is currently running in Guild Wars 2 (via GW2).
- Lost Ark has the lowest player counts ever – Is it because of Diablo 4? Additionally, the new Elgacia continent was released in the game on Tuesday.
- ESO has released a new trailer for the expansion Necrom, which was consciously set to Skyrim. We also wrote about a touching story in which a guild sent a pizza to their healer because he couldn’t afford it himself.
What happened with the small MMORPGs:
- New World has achieved the “positive” category for the first time since October 2021 in reviews on Steam. We reveal what has changed. Additionally, New World has announced a new Heart Rune, with which you can summon a sandworm as reinforcement (via New World).
- The developers of LOTRO have announced the new race of River Hobbits and some additional details about the content for 2023 in a Q&A (via MassivelyOP).
- Developer Bill Tost, who previously worked for Amazon Games on New World, is moving to Ashes of Creation (via MMORPG.com).
- EVE Online has released the new expansion Viridian (via EVE Online).
What happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- Pax Dei is a new sandbox MMORPG that promises: “You can do whatever you want at level 1.”
- Fractured is returning with many changes to the areas, combat, and character progress. A first test of the new version without gamigo is scheduled for June 22 (via MassivelyOP).
- We have updated the overview of all weapons in Throne and Liberty.
- The developers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen have announced that crafting will allow the creation of items that can compete with the best endgame items (via Pantheon).
- Tarisland, the new MMORPG from Tencent, has released a trailer for the Mage class:
These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything interesting this week that you would like to share? Or did we possibly forget something important? Feel free to write it in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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