It is time again 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 impressions from Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, an upcoming open beta for New World: Aeternum, a packed roadmap for RuneScape, and much more.
This week’s highlights:
- MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz was able to try out the new expansion Janthir Wilds of Guild Wars 2 – here is his preview report.
- In line with that, a fresh anecdote from Karsten, where the ArenaNet MMORPG plays a decisive role: “My wife won me in a Guild Wars 2 contest” – as a consolation prize, so to speak.
- For New World Aeternum there will indeed be an open beta phase before the launch in October, from September 13 to 16, 2024.
What else happened? With Rextroy one of the most notorious players from World of Warcraft made a comeback. After almost twelve months off, he first took down raid bosses with 300 million damage, only to later make a naked Death Knight hunt down Horde characters. Rextroy is already looking forward to all the potential exploits that The War Within will bring.
The time is coming soon – here once again the new trailer for WoW – The War Within:
Middle-earth celebrates the Harvest Festival
This is what happened with the major MMORPGs:
- In the latest episode of WoWCast, there were some exciting news about WoW: The War Within. The highest level of the Depths is said to resemble the difficulty of the Mage Tower. Additionally, there will be open-world objectives for the Great Treasure Chamber.
- From August 26, 2024, you can secure another expensive TCG mount as a simple Twitch drop for WoW.
- A player collected over 172,000 lines of data over the years to determine the perfect time to purchase the WoW Token in The War Within.
- Maximum, the leader of the pro guild Liquid, explained in an exciting interview why his community is so successful and thriving.
- On August 19, 2024, WoW MoP Remix concludes. What happens to the maxed-out characters, Blizzard has revealed in detail now.
- The social media team of Blizzard released a short teaser this week, fueling hopes for an animated series about Warcraft. Now it is clear: That was the brief preview of a new story trailer for Alleria.
- On August 19, 2024, the new content update 43 for the PC version of Elder Scrolls Online will be released, featuring new features for the Endless Archive and the premiere of the Home Showcase.
- For Lost Ark, the new content update titled “The Calm Before the Storm” was released on August 14, 2024. Included: a new gold currency and an island with a solo dungeon.
- A player from Final Fantasy XIV is so annoyed by the playstyle of many healers, that he has launched a website to showcase better healing methods.
This is what happened with the smaller MMORPGs:
- The developers of Black Desert are hosting an exclusive PvP event, in which the top 100 players of the Solares Arena will participate. You can find all information on naeu.playblackdesert.com.
- With an update, the developers of Tarisland implemented new levels for the Arcane-Realm Floor Challenge. There were also adjustments to the difficulty level, bug fixes, and more (via X).
- Richard “Lord British” Garriott believes that he will “soon” regain his legendary first MMORPG, Ultima Online.
- Until August 27, 2024, an open beta is running for EverQuest II, testing the feature “The Immeasurable Menagerie.” Only players with access to the expansion “Ballads of Zimara” can participate (via everquest2.com).
- This summer, a new dungeon called “The Dragon and the Storm” is set to be released for The Lord of the Rings Online, which you can tackle solo, as a duo, or in a 6-player group. The testing phase is currently running on the Bullroarer server (via forums.lotro.com).
- Since August 14, 2024, Update 41.1 is live on the servers of The Lord of the Rings Online – you can find the official German patch notes at lotro.com. A current highlight: the Harvest Festival, which runs until September 3, 2024.
- For Dungeons and Dragons Online, the update “Magic of Myth Drannor” was released on August 14, 2024. It takes you to the namesake ruins, where new quests and rewards await you (via ddo.com).
- From August 16 to 25, 2024, anyone interested can download and play the MMORPG Fractured Online for free. More information on fracturedmmo.com.
- The team responsible for RuneScape has released a large roadmap for the planned innovations until June 2025 (via YouTube). Later in 2025, a new area expansion will also be released. But see for yourself:
This is what happened with MMORPGs in development:
- On August 21, 2024, inactive purchasers of the early access version of Pax Dei will lose their plots if they meet certain criteria.
- The MMORPG Legend of Ymir is now said to be released worldwide for PC and mobile next year.
- Not actually an MMORPG, but a game where you can develop MMORPGs, that is Let’s Build a Dungeon, which has been announced for Steam.
Thus, we have summarized the most important things that have recently happened in the world of MMORPGs.
What have you been excited about this week? What have you been annoyed about? Let us know in the comments. By the way, there was a special from MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz in the past few days, who listed some killer features that no new online role-playing game should be without: These 10 amazing features should be included in every MMORPG
