Developer raked in nearly 8 million for his MMORPG, hasn’t even finished the website update for months

It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG News in Two Minutes.” We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world. Look forward to Chronicles of Elyria, OnlyFangs, and countless new content updates for various online worlds.

The highlights of the week:

World of Warcraft has regularly fallen victim to DDoS attacks since the start of the World-First race of the current season from The War Within. Many players are demanding compensation for their game time. The attacks have repeatedly also affected the hardcore servers of WoW Classic.
After particularly painful wipes in Blackwing Lair, the streamer guild OnlyFangs announced the end of their hardcore project.
Blizzard responded and changed its own rules for hardcore to minimize damage from DDoS attacks.
Nevertheless, there will be the last raid of OnlyFangs in its current form next weekend. Afterwards, Sodappopin and other players will take a break from regular progress. What will happen to OnlyFangs next is currently unclear.

What else has happened? With Patch 7.2, the new content update for Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail has been released. As soon as the new features were live, there were discussions about the adjustments for the Black Mage job. An overview of the fresh endgame content of the MMORPG can be found here: Endgame until Patch 7.2 with new raid and new trial.

Here is the trailer for Patch 7.2 of Final Fantasy XIV:

The new trailer for Patch 7.2 of Final Fantasy XIV shows the new, highly anticipated content

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New updates everywhere you look

This is what happened with the big MMORPGs:

A YouTuber focusing on Final Fantasy XIV took on a new challenge in the game: Instead of wanting to be the fastest or the player with the highest damage, he set out to complete A Realm Reborn without any skills.
This week, the summary of the 86th Producer’s Letter went live on the FFXIV forum. Check out forum.square-enix.com.
On March 27, 2025, Update 2.3.0 for Throne and Liberty was released. Included: new resource bosses, easier solo dungeons, higher chances for Tier 2 equipment, and the new Starbloom Festival.
For the MMORPG New World, the developers from Amazon Games announced a new fun item that can lead to funny situations.
Since its release in February 2022, Lost Ark has been dealing with bots and cheaters. A recent statement from the developers now shows a reason for why Amazon Games is unable to get control of the bot situation: first-time offenders are punished inadequately. Additionally, a small content patch was released this week; you can find the patch notes on playlostark.com.
On March 26, 2025, there was a comprehensive balancing patch for World of Warcraft, with various nerfs and buffs for the different classes. With the ID change, you can also easily earn loot up to item level 665.
The renaming of a guild from WoW will cost 200,000 gold pieces instead of money starting April 22, 2025, and will be possible once a year.
With over 850 million players, Dungeon Fighter Online is the largest MMORPG in the world. This week, the 20-year-old game from developer Neople received a comprehensive expansion, creating great anticipation among fans.
Until March 31, 2025, the Champion Test in the Vengeance Campaign of Elder Scrolls Online is active. This test is intended to help developers figure out which adjustments they need to make to improve performance and gameplay in PvP. During this test, all other Cyrodiil campaigns are disabled. Meanwhile, Update 45 and the dungeon DLC Fallen Banners have been released on consoles.
For Black Desert, a new content update has gone live, featuring the toughest hunting zone yet, the new season of the “Black Desert Academy”, and an important story finale.
A player invested 20,000 hours into Black Desert and fascinated many Reddit readers. It doesn’t even make it into the top 175 of the MMORPG.
The console version of Black Desert will receive a major current-gen update on June 26 (via press release). A first glimpse of the update can be seen in the following video:

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This is what happened in the developing MMORPGs:

Jeromy Walsh, the mastermind behind the crowdfunding MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, spoke on his Discord about the current status (via mmorpg.com). He is currently working on the project alone and has been doing so for many years without pay. The developer admits that he has made some promises, particularly regarding the modernization of the website, which was supposed to be completed months ago, but also that external pressure and poor media coverage made his work difficult.
The Kickstarter campaign for the SciFi MMORPG Stars Reach from developer veteran Raph Koster has ended successfully. The team behind the game was able to raise multiples of the targeted amount and also welcomed a new investor. The community can look forward to vampires as a playable race.
The new update for Corepunk, which includes 62 pages of improvements, was originally planned for March 2025. This week, the developers explained on the official Discord that they need more time and therefore aim for a release on April 4, 2025.
In December 2024, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen successfully launched in Early Access on Steam. Since then, the old-school PvE MMORPG has been receiving more and more criticism. The new roadmap for 2025 is also not being well received in the community.
On March 27, 2025, a small 2D MMORPG called Magic Soldier launched in Early Access on Steam. The developers promise a focus on world exploration, epic challenges, and a variety of ways to create your own hero. It will include PvP arenas, boss fights, crafting, a player-driven economy, and much more.
EverCraft Online is now called Adrullan Online Adventures; you can find the official website of the project at adrullan.online.
The developers of Ashes of Creation have published gameplay for the new rogue class (via YouTube).