Today, on October 17, the next MMORPG Elyon is released. Additionally, New World continues to dominate the headlines and is by far the largest MMORPG on Steam. We at MeinMMO summarize all the important news of the week from October 11 to 17.
The highlights of the week:
- Today marks the beginning of the head start for Elyon. We take a look at who might find this MMORPG interesting here.
- New World is the largest MMORPG on Steam with over 500,000 average daily players. However, it made negative headlines this week because innocent players were reportedly banned during a large ban wave. Additionally, on Wednesday, the new patch 1.0.2 was released, which led to a nearly 7-hour maintenance.
The discussion of the week: MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch claims that there are currently too many good MMORPGs. Do you agree?
Final Fantasy XIV reveals new details about Endwalker, and a new Minecraft MMORPG has launched
This week in major MMORPGs:
- Final Fantasy XIV showcased many new details about the Endwalker expansion. We extensively played the two jobs Sage and Reaper and conducted an interesting interview with Naoki Yoshida.
- WoW released new details about patch 9.1.5. The focus is on 3 changes that aim to reduce annoying grind.
- In ESO, the upcoming DLC Deadlands is in the spotlight. We show you 4 major combat changes through the accompanying update.
- Guild Wars 2 announced Pink Day in LA for October 23. They also provided a preview of the livestreams leading up to the release of End of Dragons. New maps or content from the expansion will be presented almost every week (via GuildWars2.com).
- In Black Desert, multiple events related to Halloween have started (via BlackDesert.com).
This is what happened in the smaller MMORPGs:
- A new MMORPG has launched on Steam that strongly resembles Minecraft.
- Bless Unleashed released a huge roadmap for the upcoming weeks, which surprisingly looks very good.
- Dungeons and Dragons Online is currently giving away quest packs and has expansions on sale (via MassivelyOP).
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis has launched a Halloween event (via PSO2.com).
This is what happened with the MMORPGs in development:
- Corepunk – a mix of LoL and WoW – released new PvE gameplay.
- The sandbox MMORPG Profane has revealed new details and new gameplay.
- Embers Adrift, which particularly targets PvE players, now allows you to purchase access for the alpha (via Twitter).
- The VR MMORPG Zenith hinted at a new beta test and shows a new city (via MassivelyOP).
This was the news of the week from the world of MMORPGs at a glance. What was your personal highlight? Did you experience something exciting this week? Or did we forget something important? Let us know in the comments and discuss with us.
