Black Desert leaves fantasy and gets a class with a revolver and shotgun

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It’s time for our MeinMMO format “MMORPG news in two minutes”. We summarize the most important news about the best genre in the world. Get excited the first major content patch for Throne and Liberty, drama in FFXIV, newly launched early access phases and more.

The highlights of the week:

What else happened? Things were particularly hot these days in the community areas of Final Fantasy XIV. In the new Fatal Raid, ambitious progress guilds fought for the world’s first boss kills. However, the fastest community did not cause cheers with its “World First”, but rather a mocking meme fest. Producer Naoki Yoshida won’t like this…

Before patch 1.10, Throne and Liberty player numbers had dropped noticeably:

Throne and Liberty loses more than 70 percent of players on Steam in 2 months

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This happened with the big MMORPGs:

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This happened with the small MMORPGs:

  • With Tarisland, the Chinese gaming giant Tencent wanted to conquer the western MMORPG market. However, the current numbers on Steam are disastrous shortly before the turn of the year.
  • The “The Outer Brood” update has gone live for EverQuest. Included: new zones, raids, missions, quests and collections. You can find an overview of all features on everquest.com.
  • In a new letter to the DC Universe Online community (via dcuniverseonline.com), executive producer Andre Emerson revealed the plans for the future of the MMORPG oldie. Above all, they want to change the structure of the story content and publish so-called story arcs in the future. The first arc is scheduled for January 2025.
  • On March 6, 2025, ArcheAge’s Korean servers will also close their doors (via mmorpg.org.pl).
  • On December 4th, 2024, “The Mines of Moria” went live on the legendary servers Angmar and Mordor from Lord of the Rings Online – you can find the official German patch notes on lotro.com.

    • This is what happened with the MMORPGs in development:

  • The sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei continues to make noticeable progress in the early access phase. The next content update will introduce essential systems for a functioning player economy.
  • Pixelite Online, a new MMORPG, started free early access on Steam on December 5, 2024. You can currently expect the eponymous pixel graphics, 7 classes, the first two of four story chapters, crafting skills such as blacksmithing, PvE content and PvP. Early access is scheduled to run until the first quarter of 2026.
  • Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen will have a total of 22 servers when it launches in early access on December 13, 2024, but only one for the European region (via mmorpg.org.pl).
  • And the crypto MMORPG Ember Sword also started its early access this week (via embersword.com). You can find the launch trailer on YouTube.

    • We have summarized for you the most important things that have recently happened in the world of MMORPGs.

    What were you excited about this week? What were you angry about? Write it to us in the comments. If you’re looking for a humorous but informative all-rounder on the subject of online role-playing games, be sure to take a look here: Reports, columns, talks and the top list of the best MMORPGs of all time – that was MeinMMO’s theme week

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