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It’s once again time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG News in Two Minutes.” We summarize the most important news around the best genre in the world. Look forward to a free promotion for Final Fantasy XIV, new updates for GW2 and Lost Ark, as well as exciting new releases.

The highlights of the week:

The legendary German WoW audio play Allimania is making a comeback in the form of a reboot!
On May 21, Cataclysm Classic launched. Less than three hours after the launch of the new Classic expansion, the first player had already reached level 85. Behind this world-first achievement is an exciting revenge story.
In WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, things are turbulent: A player was able to become so powerful that they solo downed raid bosses.
For Guild Wars 2, the Midnight King update was released on May 21, 2024 – featuring three new story chapters, a fractal dungeon, and much more.

A podcast featuring four former Blizzard employees is making waves. Two of the most exciting anecdotes:

Those who played too much WoW at work were fired.
A former German Blizzard employee claims that he had a fake account for years to insult WoW users in the forum.

What else is happening? The MeinMMO editorial team is preparing a packed theme week around the MMORPG genre. During this week, we will crown the best online RPG of all time, as chosen by … you! You can find the final program for the big MMORPG theme week from MeinMMO here.

WoW: Announcement Trailer for Cataclysm Classic

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Here’s what happened in the major MMORPGs:

With The War Within, WoW is getting a new story mode that allows you to experience raids solo.
In WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, many daily tasks await you. One rather hidden activity that only takes five minutes is particularly worthwhile. You should also take a look at the new spools that you can weave into capes.
A WoW player has spent 40,368 hours in Azeroth so far, playing the MMORPG with a touchpad.
On June 3, 2024, the new chapter Gold Road for The Elder Scrolls Online is set to be released. In a preview, the developers introduced the new raid and the world event of the West Marshes. Additionally, celebrations for the explorers are currently underway.
From May 23 to June 20, there will be a free login campaign for Final Fantasy XIV. Additionally, on May 23, the Fall Guys collaboration started (via Lodestone).
For Lost Ark, the May update “Resurrecting Chaos” has been released – featuring the Guardian Raid Hanumatan, the Thaemine story continuation, and an update for the Music Box of Memories (official patch notes).
Until June 3, the Community Convergence event is taking place in New World (via official website).
The node wars in Black Desert have been revamped. The aim: to lower the difficulty level, enable active, lively battles, and enhance comfort (via official patch notes).

MeinMMO demon Cortyn is thrilled about WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria:

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Here’s what happened in the smaller MMORPGs:

The MMORPG set in Star Trek continues beyond the traffic light: lets you change gender and species with a new shop item. Additionally, a new battle royale mode featuring Borgs is planned (via official website).
The Secret World is one of the best story MMORPGs, yet is only played by about 50 fans on Steam.
With Kaetram, an MMORPG has been released on Steam that is reminiscent of Terraria with its charming 2D pixel look and explorative underground world. Many of the initial user reviews are positive.
A few days ago, Abyss Online entered Early Access. The sandbox MMORPG promises chaos in every possible form.
With Teek and Tormax, two new Everquest servers have been launched for All-Access members (via official website).
A player spent 51 days locked in a dungeon in Old School Runescape (via Massivelyop).
A new tutorial experience for Mortal Online 2 has been in testing on the PTR since May 22 (via official website).
The developers of Ravendawn have announced a duel system and a dangerous plunder zone (via mmorpg.com).

MeinMMO author Cedric Holmeier reminisces about his time with Metin2:

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Here’s what happened with the MMORPGs in development:

Amazon Games has opened a new studio in Bucharest that will assist with current projects like the MMORPG for Lord of the Rings Online (via Amazon).
Publisher and developer Smilegate (Lost Ark) has released a teaser trailer for the new MMORPG Lord Nine.
Throne and Liberty appears to be falling significantly short of expectations in South Korea, with no figures reported by publisher NCSoft in the last financial report. There is still no concrete update for the western release.
Chrono Odyssey, on the other hand, appears to be performing much better. A small test was recently conducted for the AAA MMORPG, with 65 selected genre veterans participating. It is said to have “probably the best graphics on the market.”.
The next alpha test for Bitcraft is planned for June (via X).
The one-developer project Slay Together will never leave early access, as announced by the responsible developer via Steam. The free-to-play MMORPG is set to disappear from the distribution platform soon.