New World has become popular again and WoW players complain until they get something back from Blizzard. A lot has happened this week in the world of MMORPGs. Here’s the overview in our weekly review.
The highlights of the week:
- After New World launched the Fresh-Start servers, the MMORPG exceeds 100,000 simultaneous players again, which not only pleases the developers.
- EVE Online blows up a whole sun and our author Mark Sellner was there in the front row and was thrilled by the misfortune of hundreds of players.
- WoW players complain to Blizzard until they bring back the “Silver Dragon”.
The uproar of the week: Can also be found in WoW. Because there Blizzard is now giving away a mount that was previously worth $3,000, which annoys especially wealthy fans.
The discussion of the week: Our editor Alexander Leitsch thinks that Ashes of Creation is doing everything right and is stealing from New World – thus sparking a discussion.
The most important information about Ashes of Creation can be seen in this video:
In ESO you can finally pet cute animals
This is what happened with the major MMORPGs:
- New World launched the Fresh-Start servers on November 2, and only 18 hours later, the first player was already at max level 60.
- Lost Ark brings new pets via Twitch-Drops, which were partially designed by community manager Roxx.
- Black Desert ends its Halloween event 4 days earlier than planned. The reason is a disaster in its own country.
- The Elder Scrolls Online introduces a great feature with the new Update Firesong. You can finally pet cute animals.
- World of Warcraft changes forever when you receive your loot and shifts the weekly reset by a few hours.
This is what happened with the small MMORPGs:
- RuneScape also launched new Fresh-Start servers, but players found a way to smuggle gold onto them. The developers then permanently banned them, now they are protesting against it.
- Astellia was actually shut down after its release in 2019. Now it will be re-released as a blockchain MMO under the name Astel of Atra (via massivelyop).
- Albion Online is starting its first large-scale playtest for the new feature The Mists (via mmorpg.com).
- The post-apocalyptic MMO shooter Ashfall improves its graphics and brings new game modes (via massivelyop).
- The Lord of the Rings Online is delaying its major “Before the Shadow” update by a few days to November 15 (via massivelyop).
- Mortal Online 2 shows graphics updates and large battles for territory control in its roadmap (via massivelyop).
The VR MMORPG Zenith is getting bigger:
VR-MMORPG to be a launch title for PSVR 2
This is what happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- The successful VR project Zenith: The Last City will be a launch title for PlayStation VR2 and will be available on the first day, November 15 (via mmorpg.com).
- Another VR MMORPG, Ilysia, shows mainly visual progress as it prepares for beta (via massivelyop).
- Ares: Rise of Guardians shows a new trailer and introduces a visually stunning new class (via massivelyop).
- The new survival MMO Frozen Flame starts its early access on Steam in two weeks. It relies on a concept that has even won awards.
- Bandai Namco confirmed this week that Blue Protocol is still in development and promised an announcement for next week (via mmorpg.com).
- Profane explains how you progress in the game and shows you new armors (via mmorpg.com).
- After Epic Games shut down the MOBA Paragon and many fans mourn it, it now returns under the name Paragon The Overprime, under the supervision of Netmarble (via massivelyop).
These are the MMORPG news of the week at a glance. What was your highlight? Did you experience something interesting this week that you would like to share? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Please feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
