Just before the launch, there is more and more new information about WoW Dragonflight, but there is also news to report not only from Blizzard’s MMORPG. What happened this week, you can find out here at MeinMMO in the MMORPG week review.
The highlights of the week:
- A new MMORPG called Arvita, which is set to be released in 2023 and focuses on fighting against the developers.
- After 11 years, the German MMORPG Drakensang Online 2022 is now available on Steam. But is it worth starting now?
- WoW wants you to take your time leveling in Dragonflight – hence some content will be released later.
The discussion of the week: Our editor Alexander Leitsch threw money at Lost Ark and since then it has been much more fun for him. This sparked an interesting discussion.
The outrage of the week: In most MMORPGs, newcomers always find it harder to catch up with veterans because no one wants to take them along.
Not only with money does Lost Ark get better, but also with a pinch of The Witcher:
Astellia is back, but in worse condition and Aura Kingdom disappears silently from Steam
What happened with the major MMORPGs:
- In WoW, mysterious new NPCs are spying on the latest class, but it is based on a story that is over 18 years old.
- We took a look at this new class for you and found 5 reasons why you should play it – and 3 against it.
- Black Desert Online is getting a new class, in fact, even two. The “Twin Classes” are coming simultaneously and will be unique for both the PC and mobile version of the MMORPG (via massivelyop).
- Lost Ark is still working on the ongoing server issues. For over a week there have been constant disconnections. An initial fix came from the developers, but it could not change anything (via mmorpg.com).
What happened with the minor MMORPGs:
- The MMORPG Astellia was actually discontinued in 2021, but is now returning under the name Astel of Atra – bringing blockchain and cryptocurrency along.
- The next expansion for the MMORPG evergreen EverQuest is called Night of Shadows and will be released on December 6 (via mmorpg.com).
- Mortal Online 2 banned hundreds of accounts for using an exploit to avoid the game’s full-loot system (via massivelyop).
- Tower of Fantasy introduces a new area and new challenges with its update 2.1 (via massivelyop).
- Metin 2 is getting a battle pass 18 years after its release with the next update (via gameforge.com).
- Blessed Unleashed introduced a completely new class with the Assassin this week (via steam).
- After ongoing issues with various payments, publisher Aeria Games is pulling the MMORPG Aura Kingdom from Steam without prior notice (via massivelyop).
- The monster MMORPG Chimeraland is introducing monster kids and the well-known nine-tailed fox in a new update (via massivelyop).
Only one of 5 MMORPG trailers that get you really excited for the future:
Controversial MMORPG gets another mobile version – tests starting in December
What happened with MMORPGs in development?
- The autoplay MMORPG MIR 4 focuses on cryptocurrency and is generally considered controversial. Now, a new offshoot of the game with a similar concept, MIR M, is being released, completely optimized for iOS and Android. The first beta tests will start on December 8 (via mirmglobal.com).
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is also bringing new tests in December. The PvE MMORPG will start its pre-alpha tests on December 3 (via massivelyop).
- Camelot Unchained receives 15 million dollars in fresh funding and promises medieval battles for 1,800 players.
- The MMORPG publisher Kakao Games has had little luck with its new sci-fi shooter Dysterra. Shortly after entering early access, the game must already perform a rollback due to too many cheaters (via massivelyop).
These were the MMORPG news of the week in overview. What was your highlight? Did you experience something exciting this week that you would like to tell us? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Feel free to write it to us in the comments here at MeinMMO.
MeinMMO author and MMORPG expert Mark Sellner is of the opinion: MMORPGs are better when there are both overpowered and underpowered classes
