This week has seen a lot of movement in the MMORPGs. A new game has been released with Rise Online, while Warhammer: Odyssey had to be discontinued due to hacker attacks. Additionally, there were new announcements for Lost Ark, New World, and a major presentation of the new ESO expansion.
The highlights of the week:
- The new Rise Online has been released for PC. However, there has been quite a bit of criticism following the launch.
- Warhammer: Odyssey had to completely shut down after weeks of hacker attacks.
- The Elder Scrolls Online shared new details about the High Isle expansion and the new card game. Additionally, we conducted an interesting interview with Game Director Rich Lambert.
The uproar of the week: A new game for Ragnarok Online has appeared on Steam. However, it is being torn apart in the reviews. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch wonders what has become of the franchise of his youth.
The discussion of the week: Lost Ark will soon have a Battle Pass, and we want to know if you would buy this.
GW2 grants developers a break while GW1 is booming with player numbers
What happened with the big MMORPGs:
- Lost Ark received its smallest weekly update so far. In addition, a new event started over the weekend where you can quickly and easily earn 600,000 silver. However, the highlight of the week was the teaser for the new class Lance Master, which is expected to arrive next week.
- In WoW, the new expansion will be presented next week. This week, however, there was an update allowing you to craft Tier Sets yourself. There was also a big discussion about WoW’s player numbers.
- In Final Fantasy XIV, there was a change to housing that disappointed many players. Additionally, PvP is currently booming, which was previously quite unpopular.
- In Guild Wars 2, there was a new developer letter discussing rewards, upcoming updates, and a regeneration break for the developers (via GW2).
What is happening with the small MMORPGs:
- New World has released a new patch and a killer rabbit event. In addition, there was a preview of the May patch and upcoming PvP arenas.
- Guild Wars 1 will soon celebrate its 17th birthday, and coincidentally, there are now new servers and the news that the player numbers have tripled since 2018 – and that without new content.
What is happening with the MMORPGs in development:
- Tower of Fantasy will start its beta on April 19. It is an anime MMORPG reminiscent of Genshin Impact.
- The social MMO Palia has started an alpha in which testers have destroyed the game by baking too much cake.
- Richard Garriot, the creator of Ultima Online, is working on a new MMORPG.
- The studio Improbable has introduced its new technology that allows 10,000 players to play in one place.
That was the news this week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. Tell us, what was your personal highlight? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Have you perhaps experienced something exciting that you would like to share with us? Feel free to write it in the comments here on MeinMMO.
