The week from June 29 to July 5 is once again all about the grind fest on MeinMMO. During our big MMORPG Theme Week 2026, you can expect nostalgic retrospectives, exciting analyses from renowned industry veterans, previews of upcoming online role-playing games, and fun streams.
The MMORPG genre has been firmly part of MeinMMO’s DNA since its founding in 2013, and that will remain the case in the future. As in the past two years, the genre enthusiasts from the editorial team have also prepared for you in 2026 a large, mixed grind fest theme week for the best genre in the world.
What is the grind fest?
With the grind fest, we want to celebrate our and your enthusiasm for the MMORPG genre. How? With nostalgic anecdotes, well-founded analyses, exciting interviews, and enjoyable streaming evenings, which will go live on MeinMMO from June 29 to July 5. Joining us will be renowned industry veterans who have been shaping the MMORPG genre for decades. You can find the extensive program for the grind fest below.
This was one of the exciting talks from the grind fest 2025:
What to look forward to – the program of the grind fest 2026
What we are planning in detail for the MMORPG theme week is revealed in the following program (Please note that individual program items may change at short notice, or there may be additions – but we update the overview daily and add the respective links as soon as an article is live).
Monday – June 29, 2026:
- Live: Since MMORPGs are the most beautiful genre in the world, we are celebrating the grind fest for a week
- Live: Yoshi-P talks to us about Evercold and the future of Final Fantasy XIV
- Live: Because Sophia is vain, she needs a very special mouse to play MMORPGs
- Live: Raph Koster (Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online) showed us Stars Reach and impressed us especially with a strength of the MMORPG
- Live: Benedict’s favorite MMORPG is so difficult to play that he needs 2 VPNs and 4 new email addresses for it
Tuesday – June 30, 2026:
- Live: After the playtest on Steam, the developers of Scars of Honor talk to us about lessons learned, early access, and financing of the MMORPG
- Live: Niko has already seen a film by Spielberg 3 times because it shows how an MMORPG has to feel
- Live: One MMORPG managed to turn Jasmin from an early bird into a night owl
- Live: The history of MMORPGs from the 1960s to 2026
Wednesday – July 1, 2026:
- Live: 10 MMORPGs from which upcoming online role-playing games should learn vital lessons
- Live: We played Persist Online, the new MMORPG from the Tibia makers in Regensburg – and got all kinds of questions answered by a developer
- Live: Preview of the two streams for the grind fest – Starting today with the MMO fails, WoW vs GTA and the big MMORPG quiz
- Live: Is the golden age of MMORPGs finally over? (new video on the YouTube channel of MeinMMO) – you can find it embedded below.
- Live: Because Nicole needs an alternative to New World, she listened to a colleague’s recommendation – and can’t get enough of it
- Over, VOD coming: Start of the first stream on the Twitch channel of GameStar (MMO fails, WoW vs. GTA, quiz)
Thursday – July 2, 2026:
- Live Nearly 8 years after release, Fallout 76 is a much better game – the director talks to us about the biggest changes
- From 10:00 AM: Start of the second stream on the Twitch channel of GameStar (Future of MMOs, tier list, fascination LARP)
- Live: The best MMORPGs for the Steam Deck
- Live: The future of MMORPGs in the tier list: Which online role-playing games can save the genre?
- Live: WoW has given Paul a lasting friendship, all because he wanted linen fabric
Friday – July 3, 2026:
- Live: The creators of Soulframe tell us how the fantasy Warframe is supposed to shape a new MMO genre
- Live: MMO Lite instead of classic online role-playing games – Is the golden age of MMORPGs finally over?
- Live: 8 upcoming Asia MMORPGs in check: Which ones are worth it for you and which ones should you avoid?
- Live: Is Pokémon GO an MMORPG? After thousands of hours of monster hunting, Paul’s answer differs from what you think
- Live: If you’re wondering why you keep getting pimples on your ears, your headphones might be to blame
Saturday – July 4, 2026:
- Live: While almost all crowdfunding MMOs of recent years failed, a studio from Berlin shows how to do it right – they share their secret recipe with us
- Live: The best MMORPGs of the future: The MeinMMO community has voted
- Live: Johanna was never into MMORPGs, but that could change soon due to a trend that our expert thinks is really silly
- Live: New World could have captivated our shooter expert Dariusz for thousands of hours, but it would have had to reveal its identity
Sunday – July 5, 2026:
- Live: 6 MMO legends tell us why it is so difficult to create a successful online role-playing game today
- Live: “The MMO genre is funded by hope and dreams” – The YouTuber Phönix Bote talked to us about the end of Ashes of Creation and his restart
- Live: Guild Wars 3 shows why a 20-year-old MMO series is suddenly hot again
- Live: How Alex found friends for life through a terrible raid in Final Fantasy XIV
- Live: Dariusz has a gaming PC worth 2000 euros, but thanks to a gadget that cost 10 euros, he finally has fun with Warframe
Come by, it’s worth it!
Therefore, in the coming week, it is even more worthwhile to regularly check in on MeinMMO. And this not only for MMORPG fans! Many of our articles are also aimed at game enthusiasts who simply want to learn more about the roughly 45-year history of one of the most exciting game genres there is.
By the way, MeinMMO also had numerous entertaining anecdotes, personal assessments, or informative news from the MMORPG genre in recent days and weeks. Here’s a small selection:
Now the MeinMMO community is called for: How important is the MMORPG genre to you? Are you currently actively playing an online role-playing game? Which one have you spent the most playtime on? Which upcoming MMORPG are you looking forward to the most? Or have your MMORPG times long since passed and you now mainly play other genres? Let us know in the comments!
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