It 27s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG News in Two Minutes.” We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world. You can expect big updates for WoW and FFXIV, a new superhero MMO, some delays, and much more.
The highlights of the week:
- On August 18, 2025, a new superhero MMORPG called Ship of Heroes will be released on Steam. On shipofheroes.com, the developers explain why teaming up can be rewarding, even though all content aside from 2 raids can also be tackled solo. They also clarify that there will be no automated group finder. As in the past, in Vanilla WoW and such, players will need to communicate with each other before forming groups.
- The last major update of World of Warcraft: The War Within is live. We reveal what is included in Patch 11.2 Ghosts of K 27aresh.
- The latest patch in World of Warcraft has caused some dissatisfaction. Because a “great feature” isn 27t really that great.
- Also critical: After the update, warriors in World of Warcraft became unstoppable. What was meant to be the highlight of solo play fell within a few seconds.
- Patch 11.2 of World of Warcraft contains many new and unique mounts. We reveal which ones you can farm easily. What else you should definitely do, you can find out here: 3 things you should do as quickly as possible in WoW Patch 11.2.
- On August 5, 2025, Patch 7.3 of Final Fantasy XIV was released. MeinMMO summarizes the innovations included in the Finale of Dawntrail.
- Nice: Since the launch of the Dawntrail expansion, the community has been criticizing Final Fantasy XIV. In particular, the story has been under fire so far. But the new patch seems to turn the tide.
- Less nice: A new feature of Patch 7.3 affects a dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV, where a popular tactic no longer works. Some fans are criticizing this now.
What else happened? MeinMMO had the opportunity to grill the developers of ArcheAge Chronicles with questions. What we learned about one of the most important new MMORPGs of 2026 can be found in this interview special: The successor to ArcheAge is not a traditional MMORPG – XL Games explains the special features to MeinMMO.
The trailer for Patch 7.3 of Final Fantasy XIV:
Final Fantasy XIV: Neuer Trailer zu Patch 7.3 macht Bock auf „The Promise of Tomorrow“
All 9 elite specializations of GW2: Visions of Eternity are now known
What happened with the big MMORPGs:
- Blizzard has released the release plan for the next raid instances of WoW: Mists of Pandaria Classic. In September, we will once again stand on the “Terrace of Eternal Spring.” More details can be found on blizzard.com.
- Do you want early access to a home in World of Warcraft? Then you need to pre-order the upcoming expansion Midnight. Otherwise, it will take even longer.
- A version of WoW is adjusting its measures against boosting and real money trading and starting the new orientation with a comprehensive ban wave.
- In the first week of August, the annual big style check of World of Warcraft always takes place. In theory, the outfit that best matches the theme should win. However, reality often looks different.
- In World of Warcraft, you can sometimes be kicked for absurd reasons. Even when you are in need of help.
- To ensure that the community actually plays the new capture-the-flag mode in the new season of New World, the developers deactivated other PvP modes. After criticism, they are changing this again.
- On August 13, 2025, the Firemoon Festival event will begin in Final Fantasy XIV. You can find all the information about it on finalfantasyxiv.com.
- On August 7, 2025, update 2.22.0 for Throne and Liberty was released. It includes the major boss event Call to Arms, the treasure hunt for Mystic Portals, and more. You can find the patch notes on playthroneandliberty.com. You can also find an overview of the August events on playthroneandliberty.com. In addition, a new release plan was released for the big Edania update of Black Desert. The first half of the contents is set to go live on August 21, followed by part 2 on September 11. You can find the details at X.
- Until August 12, you can still try ESO Plus for Elder Scrolls Online for free. You can find the details on elderscrollsonline.com. The developers have also introduced the Golden Plans for August, also on elderscrollsonline.com.
- Until August 26, 2025, the Festival of the Four Winds is running in Guild Wars 2. You can find all the info about it on guildwars2.com.
- With the Summoner, Amalgam, and Medium, the developers of Guild Wars 2 have introduced the last 3 of a total of 9 new elite specializations of the upcoming expansion Visions of Eternity. You can find all the information on guildwars2.com. The trailer is as follows:
What happened with the small MMORPGs:
- Would you farm a pet with a drop chance of only 0.00143 percent in your MMORPG of choice multiple times? And even if there was no achievement or other benefit for it? Well, a player from Old School RuneScape did not only do that, but their grind got “somewhat” out of control.
- Speaking of: Old School RuneScape remains successful despite its age. Now, the 12-year-old MMORPG even broke its own all-time record for concurrent players.
- And once again OSRS: The developers are currently preparing to implement the sailing skill, with fresh resources, rewards, and mechanics. So much is included that there was a long blog post by the developers about it on runescape.com.
- On August 5, Update 45.1.1 was released for Lord of the Rings Online. Problems were fixed and minor changes were made. You can find the patch notes on lotro.com.
- From August 5 to August 11, the Pirate Attack event runs in Star Wars: The Old Republic. An overview of all events in August can be found on swtor.com.
- Metin2 is getting paid servers and a subscription called Metin+, via mmorpg.org.pl.
- Until August 19, 2025, the Elysian Initiation event is running in Trove. Tauri is your guide through a new quest line with 15 steps, full of trials, familiar faces, and a few surprises. You can find more information on trionworlds.com.
- The MMORPG oldie Rift received another small patch on August 5 with event contents and bug fixes. You can find the patch notes on riftgame.com.
- After switching to 64-bit servers, there were not only problems with Lord of the Rings Online but also with Dungeons & Dragons Online. At times, the player experience in the modern worlds was so slow that the community organized a strike to make it clear to the developers that it couldn’t stay that way. You can learn more about it on ddo.com.
WoW Patch 11.2 Spirits of K’aresh – The Threat of Dimensius
What happened with MMORPGs in development:
- It has already been indicated: Chrono Odyssey cannot meet the targeted release for late 2025 after the difficult beta. ArcheAge Chronicles will also experience a slight delay. Expect both MMORPGs in the second half of 2026.
- After the sign of life in May 2025, studio head Mark Jacobs has now once again sat in front of the camera to talk about the current state of Camelot Unchained and to show new gameplay.
- When the MMORPG Tera was released in 2011, it shone despite some weaknesses with its action-packed, powerful combat. Now there are reports that a second part is said to be in development.
- In the latest developer update on Ashes of Creation, the focus was mainly on the progress the ambitious MMORPG has made in recent weeks. The team was able to successfully complete a groundbreaking test.
- Since July 24, 2025, registrations for the first global beta of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance have been ongoing. There was intense criticism regarding the monetization beforehand. The developers are now responding to this.
- Ragnarok Online 3 recently showed a new trailer with gameplay and thus sparked hope among many veterans. Now comes the sobering reality, at least for fans from Germany and other countries in Europe: The game will not be available here.
- The good news: According to recent reports, RO3 will have a predatory, pay-to-win model, thus having nothing to do with the original Ragnarok Online. You can read more about it on Reddit.
- On August 6, the early access version of Pax Dei received another update, featuring a revised journal, a new storage in Petra Dei, and more. You can find the patch notes at playpaxdei.com.
- The developers of Persist Online have given their zombie MMORPG a comprehensive overhaul of the skill system and further updates. The patch notes from recent days can be found in the official Discord. Meanwhile, another test of the contents is taking place this weekend. When a larger audience will have access to the servers is unclear.
- On Steam, you can currently download the beta of Calamity. The developers describe their game as a free sandbox MMORPG inspired by genre legends such as World of Warcraft, Lineage, Diablo, and Albion Online. However, due to the pixelated top-down perspective, a lot of imagination is needed.
- In the latest part of the podcast about the MMORPG project Ghost on YouTube, lead developer Greg Street revealed that the blue zones should also cater to small teams of 2 players, for example. They are also considering solo support, but actually want people to team up. Otherwise, it was mainly about sound design and music.
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Thus, we have summarized for you the most important events that have recently occurred in the world of MMORPGs.
What made you happy this week? What upset you? Let us know in the comments. If you’re looking for a comprehensive overview of the history of online role-playing games, you’ll find it in this comprehensive special: The history of MMORPGs – From Habitat to Throne and Liberty, and everything that happened in between
