This week there were some good news at WoW and Lost Ark. On the other hand, TERA has been permanently shut down. Furthermore, we introduced three new MMORPGs. All the important news of the week is summarized here.
The highlights of the week:
- Hope for Dragonflight! Blizzard buys an entire studio with over 100 developers, who are also directly assigned to the new expansion for WoW. However, Cortyn from MeinMMO still has something to complain about: “Blizzard, you make it hard for me to like you again.”
- Lost Ark has released the big June update. It includes new endgame content, a revision of the weekly resets, and much more. However, players also miss something, namely sexy swimwear.
- TERA was shut down on June 30 after over 10 years. Players took an emotional farewell.
The scandal of the week: MMORPGs are among the most successful gaming genres ever, but that is not due to your beloved PC games, as new statistics show.
The discussion of the week: Do you prefer to play MMORPGs alone or in groups? We would like to know in a survey:
Tower of Fantasy comes to Steam in 2022, a hidden gem is currently in the Summer Sale
What happened to the major MMORPGs:
- In WoW, the last season of Shadowlands will start in August. Before that, there might be a small update that, however, contains two interesting new features.
- In ESO, one item currently dominates the meta in PvP, although it was actually intended for PvE players. Additionally, there is currently an event for crafters in the game that ends on July 12.
- In Guild Wars 2, a new patch was released on June 28, which brought the Easy Mode for raids, among other things. You can find the complete patch notes in the official forum.
- A former employee of Lost Ark published a forum post leaving a grim picture of Amazon. He complains about a lack of appreciation and a “culture of snitching”.
- In Final Fantasy XIV, the upcoming patch 6.2 was shown. It will come in August and brings new story and side quests, a dungeon, a raid, PvP adjustments, and much more (via YouTube). Furthermore, Asmongold explained why he currently doesn’t want to show FFXIV on stream.
What happened to the minor MMORPGs:
- Project Gorgon is currently one of our hidden MMORPG gems on Steam.
- EVE Online plans a major graphics update and hopes to attract new players.
- Lineage 2 has started a new event that relies on Pay2Win and shows who spends the most money on a leaderboard.
- Blade & Soul introduced a new class coming in 2022 that deals damage with instruments.
- Swords of Legends Online received new hard modes for dungeons and started a new PvP season (via Steam).
What happened in the development of MMORPGs?
- Tencent, the largest gaming company in the world, is bringing a new MMORPG in Unreal Engine 5 – Here you can see the first trailer.
- Age of Water is a new MMORPG that only takes place on water and focuses on ships and pirates. You can now register for the closed beta.
- Tower of Fantasy resembles Genshin Impact and is set to release in Q3 2022 on Steam.
- Corleone Online has been announced as a new MMORPG on Steam that has the mafia as its theme.
- Ashes of Creation released a new video on the combat system.
- The sandbox MMORPG Fractured introduced the new seasons system (via Fractured).
These were the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. Tell us, what was your personal highlight of the week? Or have we perhaps forgotten something important? Feel free to write it in the comments here at MeinMMO.
