This week in MMOs, we had a pile of unhealthy information: Legends of Aria’s blockchain model modified its token and its identify, and Chronicles of Elyria crowed over the dismissal of the lawsuit its backers had lodged towards it – each tales that give MMO crowdfunding a foul identify.
However in happier information, Embers Adrift, which as soon as appeared doomed after the drama that plagued it again when it was often known as Saga of Lucimia, really made it to launch.
Plus, Guild Wars 2 goes all out for Additional Life, Blade and Soul launched Symphony of Destruction, and MOP’s Chris ran down the highlights of Star Citizen’s CitizenCon.
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 Overview!
THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Chronicles of Elyria dev celebrates dismissal of backer lawsuit as subsequent part of ‘hero’s journey’ – The sorry saga of Chronicles of Elyria has a brand new chapter right this moment, as Soulbound Studios’ Jeromy “Caspian” Walsh has launched a Q3 replace, and it is… effectively, not an excellent day…
WoW Issue: Was the faction break up ever good for World of Warcraft? – Earlier than I had performed World of Warcraft and again within the time after I allowed myself to take a position extra freely on what video games could be like fairly than simply really…
LOTRO Legendarium: 4 choices for character leveling in LOTRO – One of many unsung advantages of maturing MMORPGs is that they often supply much more choices for leveling and adventuring than what was current at launch. This, in flip, permits…
Legends of Aria’s blockchain mess will get a brand new identify – BRITARIA – as its token sinks – The crypto shenanigans round Legends of Aria simply preserve getting weirder. Readers will recall that Legends of Aria, Kickstarted by MMO gamers as Shards On-line, struggled all through its growth and…
Activision-Blizzard is being sued by yet one more of its sexual harassment victims – Effectively, rattling. We noticed this story floating across the different day with weak tabloid-esque sourcing, however now it has been confirmed by the legal professional: Yet one more Activision-Blizzard worker is suing the…
4 Winds: The refinement of merchandise improve techniques in MMOs, from Granado Espada to Black Desert – Itemization is a foundational system in lots of trendy MMOs. After gamers attain the extent cap, merchandise ranges largely drive the measurable development of a participant. Last Fantasy XIV, for instance,…
Overwatch 2 counts over 25M gamers in 10 days, declares double XP weekends to have fun – Regardless of all of its launch issues, it might seem that there have been lots of people testing Overwatch 2 over the previous week and a half: 25 million individuals,…
New World’s recreation director on the teachings he’s realized in the course of the MMO’s first yr – It has been a yr since New World has launched, and thru its hovering heights, its near-catastrophic lows, and the present righting of its ship and arguably rising recognition, Amazon…
Jennifer Hale returns to Guild Wars 2 to voice a baby character primarily based on an actual child for Additional Life – As a part of its Additional Life 2022 efforts, the Guild Wars 2 crew goes all out to have fun one of many youngsters helped by way of the Youngsters’s Miracle Community Hospitals…
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen discusses its newest pre-alpha, excursions Sevil Manor and the up to date Wellpond – Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen made quite a lot of noise about the truth that pre-alpha testing got here again originally of this month, and now that the check has…
Last Fantasy XIV previews a spooky new location for this yr’s All Saints’ Wake – What’s the very first thing that the brand new preview of Last Fantasy XIV’s All Saints’ Wake occasion focuses on? The truth that you get a brand new dyeable lengthy coat for each…
E book of Travels eyes value enhance, beginner hand-holding, and focused DLC – E book of Travels simply marked its first anniversary from its October 2021 early entry launch, you may be stunned to comprehend. The “micro-MMO” initially struggled with stability points, permadeath quandries,…
Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘vacationers’ smash MMOs? – Sure, I do know that is a provocative title. Sure, we’re gonna speak about it with some nuance. It is a matter impressed by a Reddit thread from a number of weeks in the past during which…
Last Fantasy XIV particulars the upcoming first stage of increasing the North American servers – In the event you had been round for the launch interval of Last Fantasy XIV’s newest enlargement launch, you know the way it feels when the sport’s servers are at capability. For this reason…
Obscure Patch Notes: Finger-pointing within the MMO and multiplayer video games trade – I do know for a proven fact that I’ve already made the joke at this level about how Babylon’s Fall simply straight-up Babylon Fell, however the wordplay amuses me. That is not what…
Embers Adrift wraps up beta and begins launch rollout – With the beta check behind it, Embers Adrift is full steam forward for launch. And, the truth is, some backers are already within the recreation due to the headstart rollout. This…
World of Warcraft will lastly let Horde and Alliance share mob tagging with Dragonflight – The once-uncrossable line separating Alliance and Horde in World of Warcraft is about to be blurred even additional. With cross-faction grouping added to the sport this previous Could and cross-faction…
Last Fantasy VII: The First Soldier is shutting down in January after lower than a yr of operation – It is apparently the season for Sq.-Enix to chop free its numerous on-line video games which might be severely underperforming, as Last Fantasy VII: The First Soldier has acquired an official sundown discover…
After weeks of teasing, the Metropolis of Heroes SEGS Engine undertaking has launched its ‘very alpha’ construct – Over the previous whereas we have been protecting the progress of the Tremendous Entity Sport Server (SEGS) Engine, a fan-run undertaking that is making an attempt to rewrite the code of Metropolis of Heroes…
Blade & Soul performs the Symphony of Destruction right this moment – listed here are the patch notes – Right this moment is the day when Blade & Soul gamers get to rock out. Effectively, they get to rock out as arduous as a harp will permit them to, however since…
New World’s newest trailer demos the brutal greatsword weapon launching subsequent week – When the Brimstone Sands patch drops for Amazon’s New World subsequent week, gamers shall be doing much more than getting sand of their armor. They will even be swinging a…
Good Ten: 10 MMOs that went by way of full technical clownshows – I’ve gone on document a number of occasions to state that once you get proper right down to it, MMOs look fairly darn difficult. There are quite a lot of transferring components when it…
Magic the Gathering On-line particulars the final leg of its transition to Dawn subsequent week – I am betting people have forgotten all about this by now, however final December, Dawn and Wizards of the Coast introduced that Dawn could be taking up publishing duties for Magic…
Torchlight Infinite launches into early entry with cross-platform multiplayer – The Torchlight franchise simply welcomed its latest member into the fold this week — however this one might not appear and feel just like the video games that proceeded it. Torchlight Infinite…
SMITE raises regional costs for Turkey and Ukraine as a result of ‘financial forces and abuse from gamers’ – I am personally not good sufficient to even speculate about what’s taking place within the international economic system, however apparently Turkish and Ukrainian followers of SMITE are going to be dealing with a tougher…
Not So Massively: Everlasting Card Sport is a solo-friendly hidden gem – Over the previous yr or so I’ve developed what you may name a little bit of an curiosity in collectible card video games. Largely I play with bodily playing cards, however typically I…
Elder Scrolls On-line gamers have made the Firesong DLC free due to their efforts in Heroes of Excessive Isle occasion – Congratulations, Elder Scrolls On-line gamers, you have gotten yourselves a free DLC. The top of September noticed the MMORPG kick off the community-driven Heroes of Excessive Isle occasion that unlocked rewards…
Overwatch 2 suffers one other DDoS assault, by chance removes everybody’s earned heroes – The goof parade that’s Overwatch 2 retains marching alongside, regrettably. The newest SNAFU suffered by gamers of the sport concerned an supposed lockdown of a few characters…
New World’s server queue ‘warmth map’ identifies which servers to flee forward of Brimstone Sands – In case you had been questioning concerning the destiny of your New World server when Brimstone Sands launches subsequent week, Amazon has launched a graphic displaying the anticipated server queue scenario…
Chimeraland is merging its international servers after simply three months, and sure you may lose your own home – Chimeraland followers, in the event you’ve been considering that the sport’s inhabitants is shrinking and is in want of a merge, then Stage Infinite agrees with you. “Not too long ago, it is come to our…
Massively on the Go: Comms failures exacerbated Pokemon Go’s underwhelming raid day – Nearly one yr in the past, the Pokemon GO neighborhood rallied round #PokemonNO, a motion spawned from gamers who knew #HearUsNiantic would fall on deaf ears. Effectively, not completely deaf, as Niantic did…
Knowledge of Nym: Trying ahead to Last Fantasy XIV’s imminent patch 6.25 – Effectively, that was… prior to I anticipated! I had truthfully been anticipating patch 6.25 to be additional out than… effectively, subsequent week, however right here we’re! Last Fantasy XIV is…
The froth pit at TwitchCon ended up being a panorama of great bodily damage – Foam pits sound like enjoyable on paper, particularly ones which have elevated platforms the place individuals can duke it out American Gladiators fashion, however the promotional foam pit space that was…
Star Trek On-line’s Enterprise-F confirmed as canon in Star Trek: Picard trailer – The most recent Star Trek: Picard Season 3 trailer had a whopping shock for each followers of the franchise and gamers of the MMORPG. Amid all kinds of yelling and legacy…
Shroud of the Avatar is again on-line, however that ‘check’ rollback to August has turn into a reside actuality – It has been an extended week for the builders and followers of Shroud of the Avatar. The issues started when developer Catnip Video games sought to place out Launch 106 at…
Stick and Rudder: Every little thing we realized from Star Citizen’s CitizenCon 2022 shows – I’ve misplaced 5 hours so you do not have to. This yr’s CitizenCon occasion for Star Citizen was positively one thing, and whereas an excessive amount of it was attention-grabbing as CIG…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
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