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 a great event in WoW, exciting announcements, and a new season in New World.
The highlights of the week:
- On May 13, 2025, the new “Season of the Divide” for New World started. You can expect hardcore servers for the first time, fresh content for the Outpost Rush, a test of a “Capture the Flag” variant, and a new world boss event.
- In World of Warcraft this week, the “Turbo Boost” event has started. Here’s the deal: no matter which content you want to play right now – everything contributes to character improvement.
- The most popular addon for World of Warcraft is returning as a remix variant. The developers have revealed first details about WoW: Legion Remix.
- Update 2.10.0 is live for Throne and Liberty. There’s a raid event with a world boss guild (running from May 15 to 29 and featuring special rules and rewards), a bait event for fishing, a new spectator mode, and numerous smaller adjustments. You can find the official German patch notes on playthroneandliberty.com. Throne and Liberty is currently the MMORPG with the most players on Steam.
What else happened? Almost exactly 20 years ago, the paladin Leeroy Jenkins stormed into a room full of dragon eggs, causing the most famous wipe in WoW history and one of the first memes from the gaming sector. For the anniversary, not just the developers congratulate, a community manager also recalls the moment of seeing the video for the first time.
WoW: Legion has been a real highlight for many fans of the game:
WoW: Legion – Spectacular Cinematic Trailer for the Demonic Strong Expansion
Preparing for the Kazeros Raid in Lost Ark
This is what happened in the major MMORPGs:
- Leveling in World of Warcraft takes too long? That was once. In just 3 hours, you can level up from 1 to 80 if you do it cleverly.
- A new plague is annoying the community in World of Warcraft. Those who want to go into dungeons need to pay a tip.
- Finding the beloved guild in World of Warcraft after 20 years … actually a nice thing, if it weren’t like a relic of the past.
- A new game mode in World of Warcraft is supposed to be creepy. What kind of horror have the developers thought up?
- When players in World of Warcraft believe that they are dealing with a woman, they become generous – and some have skillfully exploited that
- The Worm Cult seasons continue the story of the base game of Elder Scrolls Online from 2014 in June. MeinMMO tells you what content you should play now to be ready for the upcoming adventure.
- If you’re excited about the seasonal content of Elder Scrolls Online, you’ll definitely need the new content pass. But what’s actually included? And what about ESO Plus and the free updates? MeinMMO summarizes everything about the new payment model for you.
- Black Desert received a new patch on May 15, introducing class changes and comfort improvements for taming and hunting. The patch notes can be found on playblackdesert.com.
- On May 19, 2025, the Gold Saucer Festival of Final Fantasy XIV begins. You can find the event page on finalfantasyxiv.com.
- The developers of Lost Ark have given a preview of the upcoming updates for May and June. The focus is on the new Kazeros raid, which will receive its prologue next week (via YouTube) and is expected to go live in June.
This is what happened in the small MMORPGs:
- Old School RuneScape received a new update on May 15 titled “Yama, the Master of Pacts”. This is an endgame duo boss that you can now challenge. There’s already a list of planned fixes to make the battle smoother. You can find all the info on runescape.com.
- For EverQuest II, the Origins PvP server Dozekar has entered beta. This world takes place in the era of “The Shattered Lands,” without any unlocked expansions. You can find all the info on everquest2.com.
- The first players are reaching level 500 and beyond in Tibia with the monk class. Currently, the player Bizung Monkas is in first place (via tibia.com). Additionally, three new PvP worlds, Sonira (EU), Kalimera (NA), and Luzibra (SA), will be launched on May 21.
- On May 14, a small patch went live for Lord of the Rings Online, bringing new event missions for the current anniversary to Middle-earth. The patch notes are available via lotro.com.
- Also on May 14, a new update was released for Dungeons & Dragons Online, providing the final quest of “Tavern Tales”, available via ddo.com.
- The developers of Mortal Online 2 want to revise territorial control. You can find an overview of that on mortalonline2.com.
The latest developer stream about Mortal Online 2:
This is what happened in MMORPGs in development:
- With Aion 2, a new and important MMORPG is set to launch in Korea this year, which will later also come to the West. Now the developers are showing new content from the game, but the fans have high expectations.
- The new MMORPG BitCraft Online is preparing for its early access launch on Steam with a new trailer. Particularly interesting: The developers want to make the code open to the public and work on the game together with the community.
- Things are not going well for the MMORPG Pax Dei. Players are expected to pay monthly for the most important feature before the final release of the game.
- Originally, Blue Protocol was considered a failed MMORPG that would never make it to the West. But now the game has been revived and is set to be released in Germany later this year, also on Steam.
- Crystal of Atlan is an action-magicpunk MMORPG for iOS, Android, PC, Epic Games Store, and PlayStation 5. The release is scheduled for May 28. You can find the official website at nvsgames.com. The launch trailer is available on YouTube.
- Supposedly, the first screenshots of Chrono Odyssey have been leaked, which you can view on mmorpg.org.pl. They show the game menu, a dark scene from the beginning, and the talent tree for the crossbow.
- The developers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen have published an article on their official website about the iconic abilities of all classes. These are skills that should make each archetype feel essential and important in its role, via pantheonmmo.com.
- Raph Koster, the mind behind Stars Reach, discusses the economy of the SciFi MMO and 24/7 goals in a recent talk. Where? On YouTube.
More about MMORPG:
The most successful MMORPG from Germany since Tibia is not only becoming more beautiful but also conquering new platforms
New MMORPG does without classes, lets you take over defeated enemies, now inviting you to playtest on Steam
With that, we have summarized the most important events that have recently occurred in the world of MMORPGs.
What were you excited about this week? What frustrated you? Feel free to write it in the comments. If you are looking for a fun yet informative overview of online role-playing games, be sure to check out here: Report, columns, talks, and the top list of the best MMORPGs of all time – that was the theme week from MeinMMO
