Last week, the MMO world revolved around Amazon’s new game New World. Also, there was some conflict regarding Final Fantasy XIV and WoW, to which even the director Naoki Yoshida had something to say. Listen to it now in the News Podcast.
These are the topics: There was a lot going on last week. The beta test finally started for New World, which pre-orderers could participate in. And there was also a lot of feedback about the game. Meanwhile, parts of the FFXIV and WoW communities were arguing over which MMORPG is better. Even the director Naoki Yoshida had something to say about it.
Gameforge celebrated the sales figures of its MMORPG Swords of Legends. On Instagram, CDU politician Philipp Amthor tried his hand at gaming and received a lot of mockery from the German gaming community.
- New World receives much praise and criticism during the beta – However, everyone agrees on one point – (01:43)
- Player leaks secret military documents because a tank in a Free2Play MMO is not realistic enough – (19:41)
- Philipp Amthor takes the controller in hand, brings shame upon himself – (25:29)
- Final Fantasy XIV and WOW players argue about which is the best MMORPG – This is what the director says – (32:52)
- Company tweets about female streamers on Twitch, faces sexism backlash, fires someone – (41:01)
- Gameforge celebrates the sales figures of the new MMORPG Swords of Legends – (51:58)
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- Alexander Leitsch (MMORPG expert)
- Gerd Schuhmann (editor-in-chief)
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