Guild Wars 2 completed out its season one reboot with a bang this week due to the discharge of episode 5, which duties gamers with saving Lion’s Arch itself.
In the meantime, SWTOR introduced Showdown on Ruhnuk, FFXIV revealed patch 6.3, we took a have a look at Marvel SNAP, Crowfall goes into what seems to be like a sundown, and Activision-Blizzard launched its Q3 financials, which lastly represented a slight bump in revenues for Blizzard itself due to Diablo Immortal’s Chinese language launch.
Learn on to meet up with the perfect of this week’s MMO information and opinions right this moment as each Sunday (since 2010!) in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Evaluate!
THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Crowfall goes offline on November 22, supposedly for additional growth work – Since Crowfall was bought in December of final 12 months, the information popping out of the sport has been minimal at greatest. So right this moment’s announcement that the sport will go offline…
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2022: Blizzard MAUs and revenues are up as NetEase dispute looms on the horizon – Welcome again to our trimonthly protection of Activision-Blizzard’s quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have now Q3’s outcomes, comprising July, August, and September 2022. Analysts had identified that share…
Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s S1 reboot with episode 5, The Battle for Lion’s Arch – It is lastly right here! Probably the most memorable, most vital a part of Guild Wars 2’s Dwelling World Season 1 story. The second we have all been ready for: the introduction of Taimi! Oh,…
Wow Issue: Welcome the desert of the actual Blizzard – This whole column happened as a result of our staff was discussing World of Warcraft at work and I noticed one thing type of odd: The Dracthyr simply do not look cool. Clearly, everybody’s…
First impressions of Marvel Snap, an addictive cellular card sport by Hearthstone’s former director – Feeling the consequences of the “superhero film fatigue syndrome” that is going round as of late, I wasn’t overly keen to take a look at Marvel Snap when it launched final month. But I…
Imprecise Patch Notes: Alas, poor Crowfall, you’re gone now – Dusty dusty, ashy ashy, Crowfall’s aircraft went crashy crashy. Sure, we are actually speaking about Crowfall very strictly previously tense. You can argue that technically it is simply sleeping,…
Ultimate Fantasy XIV previews the upcoming patch ‘Gods Revel, Lands Tremble’ – No, Ultimate Fantasy XIV’s patch 6.3 just isn’t popping out tomorrow. Or the day after. And even the day after that. In truth, patch 6.3, which has been titled Gods…
SWTOR is launching Showdown on Ruhnuk with new planet and PvP overhaul by the top of the 12 months – Throughout its livestream final night time, BioWare revealed Star Wars The Outdated Republic’s subsequent massive factor: Sport Replace 7.2, Showdown on Ruhnuk, launching “winter 2022.” Here is what to anticipate: The story…
Sony and NCsoft have reportedly teamed as much as produce an MMO primarily based on the Horizon franchise – Is anybody else feeling prefer it’s just a bit odd that at this level any online game sequence with multiple entry is now a franchise? Effectively, that is the place…
NCsoft Q3 2022: Lineage W drives QoQ revenues, Guild Wars 2 had an amazing 12 months – NCsoft’s Q3 2022 financials are one other story of ups and downs. Whereas the South Korean MMO firm’s revenues have declined for the previous couple of quarters, Q3 is up considerably -…
Ultimate Fantasy XI releases its November replace with extra story and extra Sortie opponents – You there! Do you play Ultimate Fantasy XI? If not, go play it till you are able to do Sortie content material! We’ll see you for the rest of this information piece…
Massively Overthinking: The New World comeback – New World is having a little bit of a comeback second – or is it? For the reason that launch of Brimstone Sands and the recent begin servers over the previous couple of weeks,…
Summoners Battle Chronicles, the free-to-play Summoners Battle MMO, has formally arrived to cellular and PC – Again in 2017 we bought phrase that an MMO primarily based on the 2014 cellular sport Summoners Battle was on the horizon. That sport ended up being Summoners Battle: Chronicles, which…
For Science: New examine finds optimistic affiliation between extreme gaming and children’ cognition – Teachers provided up one other good motive to play video video games this previous October: A brand new examine of round 2000 children discovered that online game play was positively related to efficiency…
Wild Terra 2 New Lands has formally launched because the sequel to 2017’s Wild Terra On-line – As promised, Wild Terra 2, the sequel to sandboxy MMO Wild Terra, has formally launched on Steam right this moment beneath the Juvty Worlds banner. The second sport within the franchise was…
Battlefield 2042 plans limited-time free-to-play durations in December and talks up its subsequent two seasons – Earlier this week we had frightened aloud that Battlefield 2042 may not make it to a 3rd season owing to the truth that followers had been fleeing the shooter for its…
Nexon Q3 2022: ‘Report breaking quarterly income’ is earned on the power of cellular gaming in Korea – We’re again with one other quarterly gaming monetary story due to Nexon placing out its third quarter report, which seems to be to be full of excellent information for buyers as the corporate…
Overwatch 2 promotes its first mythic pores and skin whereas lowering legacy pores and skin costs for former gamers – Dressing up your favourite Overwatch 2 character in shiny skins is probably going what makes most gamers spend their cash, and Blizzard is hoping that would be the case with the…
Ex-CCP devs announce post-apoc survival MMO Annex – Prepared for a brand new participant within the MMORPG style? Then meet Arctic Idea, a studio comprised of former CCP and EA builders who banded collectively to “reshape the panorama of…
Flameseeker Chronicles: How the Elementalist saved Guild Wars 2 for me – First off, I do know I am not the standard author for Flameseeker Chronicles, and I am not ousting Colin or Tina from their spot; in reality, Colin simply delivered impressions of the…
Good Ten: 10 metrics to test to gauge MMO success or failure – There are a variety of MMOs on the market. How have you learnt which one among them is the most well-liked and due to this fact the very best one? Effectively, you ask me. No,…
Dungeons and Dragons On-line releases Replace 57 Grip of the Hidden Hand right this moment – listed here are the patch notes – Immediately marks a brand new content material replace for Dungeons and Dragons On-line with the arrival of Replace 57: Grip of the Hidden Hand, bringing a brand new quest pack and a range…
Diablo Immortal merged a ton of servers with right this moment’s replace – How effectively is Diablo Immortal doing proper now? Effectively, we have had a few clues: Its international launch in June wasn’t sufficient to rescue Blizzard’s Q2 financials, however its Chinese language…
Blue Protocol readies for one more community take a look at in Japan ‘in preparation for launch’ – Final week we lastly heard phrase from Bandai Namco that Blue Protocol was certainly alive and growing after a worryingly lengthy span of silence. Now the studio is piping up…
Misplaced Ark’s Reaper class will lastly launch within the west on November 16 – Whereas Korean gamers have already been Reaping it up since September 2020, gamers within the west have needed to wait till this month’s replace to get their Reap on. Fortunately,…
European Union’s government arm begins investigating the Microsoft-ActiBlizz buyout – The mega-deal for Microsoft to purchase up Activision-Blizzard is as soon as once more beneath a serious microscope. The European Fee, the chief arm of the 27-nation European Union bloc, introduced earlier in…
Neverwinter’s Northdark Reaches module is dwell on PC and console right this moment – [AL:NW]It is an enormous day for PC gamers of Cryptic’s Neverwinter, because the Northdark Reaches launches on the platform. There hasn’t been an entire lot of prep time for gamers for…
Select My Journey: Mist Legacy manages to in some way be each an idle and punishing MMORPG – After I first took a glance into Mist Legacy throughout a livestream, I used to be each intrigued and charmed. The sport mainly appeared and performed like a digital tabletop program and…
EVE On-line brings new ship variants, frontlines, and shinier hangars in right this moment’s Rebellion replace – The newest replace for EVE On-line has been the speak of the sport for some time now (and has reportedly been drawing in a variety of curiosity), however finally…
Xbox Sport Studios head Matt Booty claims Halo Infinite’s dwell service plans have fallen far in need of expectations – When Halo Infinite launched, some parts of the sport weren’t prepared for prime time. Cut up-screen co-op was not within the sport (and has subsequently been cancelled altogether), the Forge…
Knowledge of Nym: The unfinished areas left in Ultimate Fantasy XIV – It’d actually be good to go to Ala Mhigo, however I sincerely doubt at this level that we’re ever going to go there in Ultimate Fantasy XIV. As with most nations…
Misplaced Ark broadcasts an upcoming collaboration with The Witcher in spring 2023 – Would you wish to share grunts with Geralt in Misplaced Ark? In the event you mentioned one thing to the impact of, “That is not attainable, you foolish particular person, these are two totally totally different…
Rumor: Diablo IV may launch in April 2023, with pre-orders accessible throughout The Sport Awards 2022 – When can gamers count on to wander the darkity-dark of Diablo IV? Someday within the first portion of 2023 if some rumors are to be believed. In line with rumors from The…
Vitae Aeternum: Tackling New World’s endgame as a solo participant – After almost a 12 months of stopping to scent the roses, I lastly made it to degree cap in New World shortly earlier than the launch of Brimstone Sands. Having now been…
Sq.-Enix Q3 2022: Ultimate Fantasy XIV subs proceed to develop together with firm’s NFT aspirations – We are actually formally in that point of the 12 months when monetary experiences begin flying across the digital room, so right this moment we flip our consideration to Sq. Enix. In line with…
This previous weekend noticed New World hit its highest participant concurrency all 12 months – Final week, as we noticed New World’s concurrency creeping up and up and up, we suspected that it might not solely blow previous the 69K concurrency peak the sport noticed…
Guild Wars 2 previews the buffs and nerfs of its upcoming steadiness replace – Massive adjustments are coming to just about each class in Guild Wars 2 on November twenty ninth, which can strike nervousness, pleasure, or curiosity in these affected (i.e., each participant). To…
DC Universe On-line devs and followers honor the passing of Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy – Yesterday the world misplaced one of many greats of performing in gaming, comics media, and leisure usually when Kevin Conroy handed away at age 66. Conroy’s physique of labor…
Elder Scrolls On-line’s inventive director admits to ‘rougher than regular’ launch for Firesong – Apparently, Elder Scrolls On-line’s final massive content material drop of the 12 months — and its Legacy of the Bretons cycle — type of stumbled, tripped, and fell down a number of flights of…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
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