This week, WoW was primarily in focus with its new updates 10.0.7 and 10.1. A lot of information was shared about it. But Lost Ark, Bless Global, and the indie MMORPG Past Fate also made headlines. We have summarized all the important news.
The highlights of the week:
- WoW has introduced the new Patch 10.1. This is supposed to be released in spring and will bring a new area, a raid, and cross-faction guilds. Prior to that, Patch 10.0.7 will be released on March 22.
- Bless Global, a relaunch with NFTs, attempted to bribe users on Steam for positive reviews and is being removed from the list.
- Lost Ark is bringing a new update and new events on March 15. MeinMMO author Mark Sellner is sure: There’s never been a better moment to start or return to Lost Ark.
The uproar of the week: A fan festival is finally taking place in person again in Final Fantasy XIV. But scalpers are taking advantage of this and demanding $1,000 for a link.
The discussion of the week: Modern MMORPGs have a grind aspect that was much rarer in the past and is really annoying. This refers to daily and monthly tasks as well as cooldowns that hinder progress. Does this bother you too or do you consider this change to be a good thing? Feel free to discuss here or directly in the article.
The week in the podcast: In their own podcast MMO News, Alexander Leitsch and Mark Sellner talk again this week about the most important news around MMORPGs. Topics included the new information on Throne and Liberty, Amazon in general, Bless Global, the new MMORPGs Teredor, Pax Dei and Pantheon, as well as the latest news around Lost Ark and WoW.
You can listen to the podcast on Apple, YouTube or here on Spotify:
WoW Overhauls Mythic+, Lost Ark Players Show How Good the Western Version Really Is
This is what happened with the big MMORPGs:
- WoW listens to player criticism and overhauls the affixes in Mythic+. Additionally, the rewards for “Recruit a Friend” have been updated. In a survey, we wanted to know how active you still are in Dragonflight. It turned out that about 1/3 of you have stopped playing.
- YouTuber Memorizer92 shows in a video how Pay2Win Lost Ark is in Korea and how well we have it with Amazon here in the West.
- In Guild Wars 2, there was only a shop update this week, which introduced a summonable noodle stand that can seat 3 people (via GW2).
- In ESO, the new DLC Scribes of Fate will be released on March 13 with the prologue for the upcoming expansion Necrom and two new dungeons.
- Puma has entered into a collaboration with FFXIV and is releasing shoes in the style of the MMORPG (via FFXIV).
- Black Desert is releasing the new expansion “Land of the Morning Light” in Korea this March. This brings a new area but eliminates the usual grind spots (via YouTube).
This is what happened with the small MMORPGs:
- A new “Pokémon MMORPG” has launched with Chainmonsters. You can play it on PC or smartphone.
- City of Heroes was a popular MMORPG among testers and players in 2004. But what did it fail at? We took another look at the game in retrospect.
- Dark Age of Camelot has brought back its speed leveling event. If you want to start with the old MMORPG from 2001, you can participate (via DaoC).
- ArcheAge has released its roadmap for 2023/24. This includes a revamp of Hiram City, new equipment items, an increase of the quest log to 150 quests, and a new playable fairy race (via MassivelyOP). Furthermore, the Twitter account of ArcheAge will be deactivated on March 17 – important news will only be shared through the official website and Discord.
- Albion Online has released a new patch that has slightly adjusted the rules of the Crystal League (via MassivelyOP).
- CCP Games – the company behind EVE Online – has laid off 13 employees. However, a new game, not EVE itself, seems to be affected (via MMORPG.com).
- A new pirate MMORPG has launched on Steam with Uncharted Waters Origins. However, it is being torn apart in reviews for relying on gacha and pay-to-win mechanics (via Steam). The trailer promised grand game worlds and diverse battles:
This is what happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- Bellatores is a medieval MMORPG in Unreal Engine 5. New details about classes, PvP, and the game world have now been released.
- Past Fate is also a medieval MMORPG that has now released 30 minutes of gameplay.
- Blue Protocol is likely to be censored in the West, as some childlike NPCs have been found wearing pants instead of skirts in data mining.
- Ghostcrawler, the head of the LoL MMORPG, is leaving Riot Games for personal reasons.
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is hosting a new alpha event from March 18 to 19 (via Twitter). The last gameplay shown was not received well: The new MMORPG was considered the great PvE hope for 8 years – But the new gameplay looks terrible
These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience anything interesting this week that you would like to share? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Feel free to write it in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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