During the week of August 2 to August 8, 2021, there were long faces among fans of New World, as the game was unexpectedly postponed. Additionally, the Blizzard scandal made big waves. You can find all the important MMORPG news of the week here in our summary on MeinMMO.
The highlights of the week:
- New World is postponed, but fans are taking it easy
- A new action MMORPG Bless Unleashed has been released
- The largest German WoW fan site, Vanion, is history
The controversy of the week: The Blizzard scandal has claimed its most prominent victim so far. The president of Blizzard is leaving the company.
The discussion of the week: Asmongold continues to criticize New World, calling it garbage, yet it is still good.
New World is postponed to September – Here’s what else happened
This week’s happenings in major MMORPGs:
- Asmongold compares FF14 to Lord of the Rings and is surprised
- A player in WoW has collected 160 reputation points, Shadowlands brought a top quest, the team is looking for 41 new employees, Turbo leveling was possible and a streamer has had enough and deletes all characters. Additionally, a crazy paladin has established an army of 100 NPCs and an unpopular feature had to be buffed.
- Our ESO author Melli shows why the launch is worth it right now and a bug turns you into a skeleton dragon.
- When New World finally arrives, you can become an ice mage with our guide. Additionally, there was much praise but also criticism after the end of the beta.
- Black Desert is adjusting animations (via MassivelyOP)
- Guild Wars 2 teases logos and other things for End of Dragons (via MassivelyOP)
What happened in the smaller MMORPGs:
- The old-school MMORPG RuneScape is very popular on Steam
- ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained are offering events in August (via MassivelyOP)
- SciFi MMORPG Skyforge is hosting events in August (via MassivelyOP)
- Lineage II is celebrating Watermelon Festival (via MassivelyOP)
- EVE Online is celebrating Amarr Foundation Day (via MassivelyOP)
- TERA is getting updates on consoles (via MassivelyOP), on PC there is a new dungeon (via MassivelyOP)
- D&D Online brings a new area (via MassivelyOP)
- EverQuest II plans to bring dinosaurs (via MassivelyOP)
- Crowfall intends to bring points and other rewards for campaigns (via MassivelyOP) and is launching Shadow Update (via MassivelyOP)
- Rift removes free trial access from Steam (via MassivelyOP)
- Mortal Online gets new monsters (via MassivelyOP)
- SWTOR reveals new lore info (via MassivelyOP)
This week’s happenings in MMORPGs in development:
- New World and Elyon are arriving almost simultaneously, which is not good
- Book of Travels shows how to communicate without chat
- Blizzard is working on 2 new Warcraft games
- You can try out the new old-school MMORPG TitanReach for a short time
- A 14-year-old MMORPG is getting a sequel
- There were new developer responses regarding Ashes of Creation (via MassivelyOP)
- VR MMORPG Ilysia has sponsors (via MassivelyOP)
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen brings new information about skills and attributes (via MassivelyOP)
These were the news of the current week from the vast world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight this time? Did you experience anything exciting this week? Or did we perhaps forget something important? Let us know in the comments.
