Tera was in 2011 a kind of "Best of" MMORPGs - Now, after a 3-year break, a new update is surprisingly coming out

It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG News in Two Minutes.” We summarize the most important news from the best genre in the world. Look forward to a Rift update, plenty of WoW, the Chrono Odyssey beta and much more.

The highlights of the week:

In World of Warcraft, this week Patch 11.1.7 has gone live and brought various new features. Among them is a stylish mount – a black dragon in pirate attire. You would actually need a full 5 weeks to achieve the achievement, but the first players have already done it in just two hours.
Tip: In the depths, WoW players can currently farm absurd amounts of Golden Shields.
Blizzard has already provided a preview of Patch 11.2 for WoW. You can expect the largest raid boss of all time and a new artifact cloak that transforms you into energy.
Phase 5 of the WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition starts on July 11, 2025 – with the opening of Ahn’Qiraj and new class armor sets. You can find the details at worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com.
Surprise! A new update for Rift is set to be released on June 24. This would be the first update since May 2022. The information comes from dataminers who contacted the current community manager of Rift after their findings. Look forward to the return of the summer festival, a new mount and more. You can find more details at thegharstation.com.

What else has happened? From June 20 to June 22, 2025, there will be a closed beta for Chrono Odyssey on Steam. It is the first time that such a large number of players will be unleashed on the servers. The distribution of invitations is expected to be staggered. Servers will be available for North America, Europe, and Asia. Everything important about Chrono Odyssey can be found here.

The latest trailer for Chrono Odyssey comes from the Summer Game Fest 2025:

Chrono Odyssey: Trailer from Summer Game Fest 2025 shows action-packed battles and a dark world

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The comeback of Reckful moves the WoW community

This happened with the big MMORPGs:

The current expansion Dawntrail for Final Fantasy XIV has been met with backlash from the community since its release. With the last patch, new reviews also rolled in on Steam. The well-known YouTuber Zepla now responds to an article about it and criticizes what fans have loved about the devs for years.
Speaking of which: The new field operation Kreszentia, a very classic MMO content in Final Fantasy XIV, is just a few weeks old. In an interview, two developers recently revealed that there should be more rewards because players have repeatedly complained.
In Final Fantasy XIV there are some very rare mounts. One of them is locked behind over 200 hours and 3,000 hunting boss grinds. A player has received it anyway.
With a small trick, you can significantly improve the graphics of World of Warcraft. You just need a macro for the “glasses effect”.
Do you often leave your teammates hanging in World of Warcraft? That will soon have consequences because everyone will see what a jerk you are.
A Hero of the Alliance from World of Warcraft is becoming a supervillain. It requires a lot of endurance – and perhaps too much time.
The development of a character in World of Warcraft has not been well received by fans. A major hero from the past behaves quite differently.
Typically, a group in World of Warcraft needs tank, healer, and DDs. But if tanks are not interested, they simply exclude the others. Yes, this also applies to higher Mythic+ levels.
When the popular WoW player and streamer Byron “Reckful” Bernstein died in the summer of 2020 at just 31 years old, thousands of players gathered in World of Warcraft to mourn the loss together. This week, his account celebrated a surprising but probably brief comeback.
With a teaser, the developers of Black Desert hinted at playblackdesert.com the next class. Parts of the community are strongly expecting the iconic Monkey King. Additionally, on June 19, a fresh, almost 8 GB patch went live, which brings a new boss to the servers among other things. You can find the patch notes at playblackdesert.com.
In Guild Wars 2, Dragon Bash 2025 has started. From brawls against dragons to bets on Moas – you can expect a variety of activities. The details can be found at guildwars2.com.
The new season of the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online was also launched on the consoles this week with a new trailer. However, the anticipation for it is relatively low. Additionally, the event “Zenithar’s Zeal” has started. This runs until July 8, 2025 and rewards honest work. The details can be found at elderscrollsonline.com.
A gaming magazine has already been able to try out Chrono Odyssey for themselves, but delivers a rather disappointing first impression: Oh dear… the biggest new MMORPG of 2025 is said to be just a “poor imitation” of New World.
Players of Throne and Liberty can look forward to a PvP arena event this month, performance optimizations, balancing improvements, and meta changes (via YouTube). The associated patch is scheduled for June 26, 2025. Here you can see the current episode of “Tico Talks”: