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 for you. Look forward to more information about WoW housing, a new PvE MMORPG, fresh servers, and much more.
The highlights of the week:
- Blizzard plans a huge change to WoW, banning add-ons and wants you to be able to play with just one button. Will the game become easier as a result? Here’s MeinMMO demon Cortyn’s assessment.
- As soon as 200 guilds have fully mastered the current raid instance of World of Warcraft on mythic difficulty, they will be included in the corresponding Hall of Fame and secure an exclusive achievement. However, something went wrong during the current awarding, which is quite embarrassing for Blizzard.
- On blizzard.com, the WoW developers provided insight into the upcoming housing rewards. Most of the decorations are expected to be available from vendors, other players via the auction house, or through quest completion. There will not be a new profession. All primary crafting professions will be able to create decorations.
- On April 29, 2025, a new update was released for DC Universe Online, which included a new campaign chapter, private matchmaking, and improved graphics for PC. You can find the details on dcuniverseonline.com.
- With the PvE MMORPG Embers Adrift, a new representative of the genre has officially been released on Steam – which focuses on cooperative group content and aims to do without a shop or microtransactions. The fun is expected to cost around 29 euros.
What else has happened? The team responsible for Dungeons & Dragons Online has announced plans to permanently open the 64-bit server Cormyr for all interested players (via ddo.com). Previously, a paid VIP status was required for access. The developers at Standing Stone Games are repeating something that was very successful in Lord of the Rings Online.
Standing Stone Games also takes care of Lord of the Rings Online – here’s the trailer for the current expansion “Morgoth’s Legacy”:
Lord of the Rings Online: Trailer for Morgoth’s Legacy Prepares You for the New Expansion
New MMORPG will be “Open Source” before release
This happened with the major MMORPGs:
- On May 2, the Mythic Dungeon International of WoW returned. You can find all the details on blizzard.com. Additionally, from April 28 to May 5, Children’s Week is taking place in WoW – with some new features (via blizzard.com).
- Phase 4 of WoW Classic Anniversary has started this week, featuring Zul’Gurub, the Tier-0.5 class sets, the Dragons of Nightmare, Fisherman’s Competition in Stranglethorn Vale, and the awakening of the Silithid. All details are available at blizzard.com.
- A skill that many already know from the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, is also coming to World of Warcraft – for everyone.
- A big buff on the latest reputation faction in World of Warcraft means you can now quickly obtain all the rewards you want.
- The current antagonist of World of Warcraft has many secrets left. Her origin will be explained more in the next patch – with a cut scene.
- There are some spells in WoW that have no use concerning the battles for the well-being of Azeroth, but which can still bring a lot of joy. One of these harmless skills has been used by monks for many years to relax while fishing. But that is no longer possible from now on.
- A WoW player has been dealing with a bug for 12 years – It takes an extreme lucky day to find a Blizzard employee who can help.
- Imagine losing someone important to you way too early, and many years later you find out that they have been immortalized by Blizzard developers in WoW. That is exactly what happened this week.
- When the chapter Gold Road brought the new writing system to The Elder Scrolls Online, the criticism was loud. The fact that you have to pay extra for the ability to create new skills did not go down well with many players. More than a year later, the developers are changing just that.
- The developers of The Elder Scrolls Online have revealed on elderscrollsonline.com what fans of the MMORPG can look forward to in May. Among other things, the Golden Project “To Celebrate the Day,” the Crime Wave event, and a Relic Hunting weekend will be introduced. Additionally, you can secure a new home this month.
- The developers of New World have introduced the new artifacts that will be coming to Aeternum with Season 8. Where? Here: newworld.com.
- In a new issue of “Eye On Solisium” (via YouTube) and in an article on playthroneandliberty.com, there was a look ahead to the upcoming content of Throne and Liberty. Look forward to more events, a new boss, and much more. Take a look:
This happened with the small MMORPGs:
- Thanks to the enormous success in Asia, ODIN: Valhalla Rising was released on April 29, 2025, in the West – here you can find information about system requirements, classes, and more.
- WildStar makes a comeback on GOG – players vote for this dream, showing another MMORPG that has returned.
- MapleStory is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a patch full of events and goodies. You can find the patch notes on nexon.com.
- The team from RuneScape has released an updated roadmap for 2025 (via runescape.com) and announced plans to significantly improve the support service for the MMORPG – particularly regarding response times, processes for transferring potentially bannable accounts, or security.
- The next expansion of Eve Online will be released on May 27 and includes freelance jobs and new ships (via mmorpg.com).
- Until May 11, 2025, the “Tempest Festival” event is taking place in EverQuest – with new quests, collections, and a weapon ornament. You can find the details on everquest.com.
- In a 55-minute video on YouTube, the creative team behind Albion Online answered questions from the community. The discussions included future plans (more PvE content!), PvP revisions, console ports, and improvements for faction wars, for example. You can also watch the Q&A session here:
This happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- The development team of the MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen remembers its deceased boss. In addition to touching messages, there is a tribute in the game.
- In May, the developers of Ashes of Creation will test their realm-merge system and merge the servers Vyra and Lyneth into the new world Resna. The currently only EU server, Lotharia, will go offline. Since the new Fresh-Start server Shol is located in the USA, there will be no European server for the MMORPG’s alpha until the start of Phase 3 in August (via mmorpg.com).
- Once again AoC: This week, the MMORPG introduced a new starting area and a new biome: The Anvils and the Biome of Junark.
- With the Early Access launch of BitCraft Online on Steam on May 29, 2025, the developers plan to make the source code of the game available to the public. The why and how are explained by the developers on bitcraftonline.com.
- With Middle Ages: Online, a new 2D online RPG has entered open beta. You can reach the website at middleages.online. A new trailer is available on YouTube.
- Legend of Ymir is already playable in South Korea and has received a new update that allows cross-server PvP battles with up to 600 fighters (via mmorpg.org.pl). Whether and when the MMORPG will come to the West is still unclear.
- The developers of Monsters & Memories look back on the recent playtest and announce the Early Access launch for 2026 (via monstersandmemories.com).
- On May 2, the new update for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen was released. You can find a list of the numerous bug fixes and improvements on Steam.
- The developers of Pax Dei have announced that the next Early Access update will be so extensive that another wipe will need to be performed. You can find the details on playpaxdei.com.
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With this, we have summarized the most important events that have recently occurred in the world of MMORPGs.
What were you happy about this week? What annoyed you? Let us know in the comments. If you are looking for a witty yet informative roundup on the topic of online role-playing games, be sure to check this out: Report, columns, talks, and the top list of the best MMORPGs of all time – that was MeinMMO’s theme week
