The week from July 21 to July 27 is all about the grind fest on MeinMMO. During our big MMORPG theme week 2025, you can expect nostalgic retrospectives, a journey through the history of online role-playing games, streaming nights, as well as analyses and columns.
The MMORPG genre has been a core part of MeinMMO’s DNA since its founding in 2013, and that will continue in the future. Just like last year, the genre enthusiasts from the editorial team have also prepared a large, colorful theme week for you in 2025 for the best genre in the world. This year it even has a name: the grind fest!
What is the grind fest?
With the grind fest, we want to celebrate our and your enthusiasm for the MMORPG genre. How? With nostalgic anecdotes, well-researched analyses, exciting interviews, and entertaining streaming nights that will go live on MeinMMO from July 21 to July 27. Joining us: some MMORPG fans from the sister publications GameStar and GamePro.
Look forward to a journey through the long history of MMORPGs. Expect insights from Producer Naoki Yoshida about the relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV. And of course many personal insights and informative trivia nuggets as well. You can find the extensive program for the grind fest below.
What you can look forward to – the program for grind fest 2025
What we are planning for the MMORPG theme week in detail is revealed in the following program (please note that individual program points may shift at short notice or there may be additions – but we will update the overview daily and add the respective links as soon as an article goes live).
Monday – July 21, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – Join our survey: Which announced MMORPG are you most looking forward to?
- 10:00 AM – The history of MMORPGs – from the 1960s to 2025
- 12:00 PM – Getting into World of Warcraft is easier than ever before
- 02:00 PM – Playing the old MMORPG of Warhammer today is like visiting a really cool museum for nerds and admission is free
- 06:00 PM – Is it still worth getting into Final Fantasy 14 in 2025?
Tuesday – July 22, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – The story behind the catastrophic launch of Final Fantasy XIV and how Square Enix turned it around
- 10:00 AM – The amazing history of Final Fantasy XIV from the producer’s perspective – Naoki Yoshida in an interview
- 12:00 PM – WoW has forever changed my life, though I almost quit at level 35
- 02:00 PM – A forgotten MMORPG about Monster Hunter was so absurdly hard that the toughest creatures in the wilds seemed like little poodles
- From 06:00 PM – Streaming night with GameStar on Twitch – including quiz, the history of MMORPGs, and a very special guest
Wednesday – July 23, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – This boss duo from WoW broke me, leading me to resign from guild and raid leadership
- 10:00 AM – Flower pots in Final Fantasy XVI looked so stylish back then that they nearly ruined the whole game
- 12:00 PM – How does the world’s most beautiful MMORPG look six months after release?
- 02:00 PM – A 23-year-old MMORPG has the best class system ever and none have come close since
- From 06:00 PM – Streaming night with GameStar on Twitch – including tier list, the current status quo of the genre, an emerging MMORPG trend from Asia, and there will be gameplay
Thursday – July 24, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – Cozy games are the better MMORPGs and I almost believe it too
- 10:00 AM – How a 28-year-old MMORPG from Germany shaped my life
- 12:00 PM – For the greatest betrayal in the history of MMORPGs, a guild invested almost a year to topple a powerful organization
- 02:00 PM – How I started with WoW and immediately stopped playing
- 06:00 PM – An alliance of guilds almost defeated the hardest raid boss in MMORPG history, but Sony prevented it at the last moment
Friday – July 25, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – 8 classic versions of popular MMORPGs that exude nostalgia from every pore
- 10:00 AM – The fascination of MMORPGs: This is why fans spend several years of their lives in Azeroth, Eorzea, or Tamriel
- 12:00 PM – One MMORPG introduced the very first mounts and it wasn’t WoW
- 02:00 PM – 20 years of World of Warcraft – Why play the same MMORPG for two decades
- 06:00 PM – The totally outdated Metin2 is still a successful MMORPG in 2025, especially in Germany – But why is that?
Saturday – July 26, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – MMORPG Tier List 2025: 76 online role-playing games in the ranking
- 10:00 AM – Amazon’s first MMORPG for Steam is considered a disappointment, but one thing was perfect
- 12:00 PM – One MMORPG introduced a popular feature so early that it even holds a world record
- 02:00 PM – One of the best WoW clones failed because it tried to cash in on revives
Sunday – July 27, 2025:
- 08:00 AM – 9 love letters to MMORPGs that excite us about the genre
- 10:00 AM – One of the best MMORPGs of all time does everything at the beginning to scare you off – but it’s worth sticking around!
- No chance for WoW 2 – Why are sequels to MMORPGs so difficult?
- Which announced MMORPG is the MeinMMO community most looking forward to? Evaluation of the survey
- 04:00 PM – A shooter player forever changed how MMORPGs and other games are played on PC
Join us, it’s worth it!
So it’s even more worthwhile to regularly check back at MeinMMO in the coming week. And not just for MMORPG fans! Many of our articles are also aimed at gaming enthusiasts who simply want to learn more about the nearly 45-year history of one of the most exciting game genres there is.
By the way, MeinMMO has also had countless entertaining anecdotes, personal assessments, or informative news from the MMORPG genre in recent days and weeks. Here’s a small selection:
Now it’s up to the MeinMMO community: How important is the MMORPG genre to you? Are you currently actively playing an online role-playing game? In which one have you spent the most playtime? Which upcoming MMORPG are you most looking forward to?
Or have your MMORPG times long passed and you now mainly play other genres? Let us know in the comments!
