In the week of June 21 to 27, 2021, there was a flood of new info about the highly anticipated action-MMO Lost Ark. Additionally, you can now earn real money items with a lot of grind in ESO, and there have also been some developments in WoW. Find here the most important MMORPG news of the week in our summary on MeinMMO.
This week’s highlights:
- 5 good MMORPGs are currently available at a discount in the Steam Summer Sale. Make sure to check it out, including Black Desert Online and ESO being on sale.
- A new space MMORPG named Starborne: Frontiers has been announced by CCP, the makers of the famous EVE Online.
- Of all things, the Classic Server of Aion has queues at launch in the West, with over 30,000 players in line.
This week’s hot topic: The recently released MMORPG Elyon is already dead in its home country Korea. The local version is said to continue running, but many readers foresee its ultimate demise.
The discussion of the week: The announcement that the upcoming MMORPG New World will feature a particularly challenging area has been eagerly discussed. Especially whether the game can maintain motivation over time and provide enough endgame content.
Lost Ark introduces a new class and discusses gender lock
This week’s news on major MMORPGs:
- In WoW there are several curious news items. Among them, a weapon that eats your other weapons and comments on it in a wicked way. Additionally, you will probably have to rebuild your best items again in Patch 9.1, and an impressive video should even bring hardened players to tears. We also have all the details on Update 9.1 and recommend you get the nasty spider as a mount while you still can. Don’t miss our news about 9 ancient recipes that are finally back after 10 years and prepare for the toughest dungeons to get the best loot.
- For Black Desert Online, we created a guide showing you: How do I actually get a horse? You can also see the roadmap for the 2nd half of 2021 here.
- In ESO there is finally a way to grind premium items from crown crates without real money. Additionally, there’s now the Midyear Mayhem event rewarding PvP players and we created a nice guide for Magicka DD builds.
- In Guild Wars 2, the Dragon Bash is starting again. (Via MassivelyOP)
- Final Fantasy 14 has brought some small but fine changes with Patch 5.57. (Via MassivelyOP)
This week’s news on smaller MMORPGs:
- In Lord of the Rings Online, two new servers went online. (Via MassivelyOP)
- In The Secret World Legends, players are hosting their own radio show. (Via MassivelyOP)
- In ArcheAge Unchained you can earn a plush cow pet. (Via MassivelyOP)
- Dungeons and Dragons Online is getting new content and endgame changes. (Via MassivelyOP)
- Phantasy Star Online 2 is bringing bug fixes (via MassivelyOP)
This week’s news on MMOs in development:
- After hearing nothing about the game for ages, there is finally news about Lost Ark. The action MMORPG now finally has a release date in Europe. Additionally, we asked about the community’s class preferences and there are also new details about the beta. There’s even a new class and less gender lock. Furthermore, we checked how much Diablo is in Lost Ark.
- In New World, there is a new update before the beta in July that modifies PvP and the leveling process.
- The Asia MMORPG Swords of Legends Online now has a release date and you can find all further information here.
- The new Digimon MMORPG finally shows gameplay and the combat system.
- Crowfall is showing what’s to come before the launch on July 6. (Via MassivelyOP)
These were the news this week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Or did you experience something exciting this week? Did we perhaps forget something important? Let us know in the comments.
