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The genre had another packed week, capped off by the reveal of Final Fantasy XIV’s Evercold expansion, though it won’t be out until next year. Meanwhile, we got confirmation that Aion 2 is coming our way this year, Nexon announced a new MMO called Embers of the Uncrowned, Netmarble announced RF Online Next for the west, Palia revealed its expansion with mounts, and both EverQuest Legends and Loftia got their betas underway.
Read on to catch up with the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions today as every Sunday (since 2010!) in Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
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Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival reveals Evercold for January 2027 and a major rework of the game’s major progression – A cold wind is blowing across Final Fantasy XIV after the sun-dappled experience of Dawntrail. After the sunny vacation that involved a fair number of summer thunderstorms, the next expansion has been…
Nexon’s Embers of the Uncrowned is a dark fantasy MMOARPG set in a continent ravaged by invaders – This newly announced MMO is right up Justin’s alley. Why do we say that? Because this one is set in a world that’s being invaded by elves and he hates…
Funcom and Nightingale devs rebrand and refurb Conan Exiles with an ‘Enhanced’ UE5 version on PC – When Funcom released Conan Exiles’ R15 update earlier this month, it was coming after a long silence and chiefly included character transfers to facilitate merges of console servers coming in…
NCsoft announces that Aion 2 will launch globally this year on Steam and Purple – You’re not going to be shocked by the news that Aion 2 is officially going global this year. It had a massive launch in Korea last year (in spite of…
We actually bought the Jollibee x FFXIV collab food, and it was delish – If someone had told me back in March that Jollibee, a fast-food chain from the Philippines, was collaborating with Final Fantasy XIV, I would have confidently said, “I’ll eat my hat…
Palia’s Royal Highlands expansion launches May 12 – and it introduces horses – It’s no secret that Palia’s next expansion is coming, nor that it’s called Royal Highlands; we’ve known that for over a month now, and not just because Daybreak’s corporate owner…
Some 35,000 people signed up to test EverQuest Legends, whose beta begins today – If you were hoping to get into EverQuest Legends’ beta as it kicks off today, maybe temper those expectations: In its first producer’s letter, Game Jawn says that almost 35,000…
Netmarble’s RF Online Next is coming to the global market with registrations open today – It’s been a while since we covered RF Online, but there’s a reason for that: The game had struggled with a play-to-earn version and contract issues, leading to the end…
‘There’s no blueprint for what we’re building’: Cozy MMO Loftia begins closed beta today – We joked on the podcast this week that Loftia’s closed beta guide is the best beta guide we’ve ever seen, but fam, that’s no joke because it literally is. And…
WoW Factor: Where World of Warcraft Midnight’s story went wrong – While the gameplay and endgame remain about as good as they were in The War Within, the story for World of Warcraft: Midnight so far has been a sore spot…
Why I Play: There’s something special about Lord of the Rings Online – Throughout the ebbs and flows of my MMO experiences, I’ve found my patience for the genre slowly eroding over time as the thousandth NPC asks for help on the millionth…
Lord of the Rings Online deploys Update 48: A Glorious Hunt – without Rivendell housing – It is a time for celebration, homemaking, and exploration in Lord of the Rings Online. Update 48: A Glorious Hunt arrives in the game today, and with it an array…
First impressions of Diablo IV Lord of Hatred and the Paladin class – If I had to choose two words that explain why I love gaming so much, they would have to be Zealots and Paladins. I didn’t learn these words from school, you…
MMO Business Roundup: Xbox’s resolutions, Microsoft’s employee buyouts, and Meta’s mass layoffs – Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And yes, technically speaking, Microsoft is in the headline twice. But that’s for a good reason. To wit……
Classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot is lifting a bunch of restrictions on free-to-play accounts in its latest update – If you just saw the patch notes for Dark Age of Camelot this week and didn’t read closely or know the lingo, you’d miss some pretty big stuff, as Broadsword…
Lord of the Rings Online celebrates 19 years with an upgraded anniversary festival – Three cheers to Lord of the Rings Online, which has now made it to 19 years of adventure, merriment, and ring-chasing! The fantasy MMORPG kicked off its anniversary festival on…
Blizzard apologizes for World of Warcraft patch debacle, is ‘working around the clock’ to fix it – If you’ve played World of Warcraft since Tuesday, then it’s certainly not news to you that the MMO got majorly borked by the deployment of Patch 12.0.5. An unstoppable legion…
Massively Overthinking: Do you try to deinfluence fellow gamers from any MMOs? – Last weekend, a big old dramabomb went off in a specific MMORPG community. I’m not gonna rehash it, but in the course of my research, I was struck with how…
Once Human rolls out RaidZone, custom server updates, Starfire Festival, and a ‘magic’ screenshot filter – Once Human has once again got another new update online, and if you play on custom servers or RaidZone servers, you’re pretty much the primary target for this patch. As for…
Neverwinter begins testing Module 33 and its new frozen Reghed Edge zone – Yesterday, MOP’s Eliot delivered a massive interview with Cryptic all about Neverwinter, along with the game’s immediate roadmap and free toon promotion. And now, the first content of that roadmap,…
Where Winds Meet ties down April 30 release date for the third portion of its Hexi expansion – Fans of Where Winds Meet have already know for some time now that the game’s big chonky Hexi expansion was going to be broken up into three release servings, but they…
Elite Dangerous delays dungeon-like operations to June, makes new ship available for credits April 28 – It’s a case of good news, bad news, for fans of Elite: Dangerous this week, as Frontier Developments has made an announcement that confirms its dungeon-like instanced operations feature is being pushed…
Blizzard has canceled yet another Hearthstone mode – this time, it’s Twist – Hearthstone is becoming a Ship of Theseus but in reverse: Blizzard is slowly stripping away its component parts but not replacing them with a direct cognate. That was my first…
Choose My Adventure: The slow walk-up to tighter tactics and unlocked features in The Division 2 – So far, so good. That’s about the fastest way I can describe my time in The Division 2 for this week’s run. It’s going good so far. Things are slowly beginning…
Perfect Ten: Warframe is the most mobile gacha cash grab game that isn’t any of those things – If there’s one thing I know in this world… well, actually, that’s Transformers. But if there’s one video game-related thing I know in this world… wait, no, that’s probably something…
Ubisoft confirms that it canceled its multiplayer cozy RPG, Alterra – Between all its workplace trials and layoffs and strikes and canceled games and lawsuits and AI glazing and stock dips and studio closures, Ubisoft doesn’t have a whole lot to…
Microsoft lowers the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate but will stop offering new Call of Duty titles – Microsoft, in its incredible benevolence and keen business acumen, has solved a problem of its own design: The price for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has officially been lowered from $30 a…
Camelot Unchained will now open ‘early access’ testing on all Wednesdays, not just weekends – Camelot Unchained’s rendition of early access, as we’ve noted a few times over now, has been limited chiefly to weekends, but the latest Discord announcement from Unchained Entertainment confirms that…
New World doubles experience rates and lets remaining players buy five houses a pop – As New World’s year-long maintenance mode marches on, we’re resigned to taking what we can get from these tiny monthly updates, and what we got today is tiny indeed. This…
Interview: Neverwinter’s 2026 roadmap, Quick Start event, and Randy Mosiondz chat – Cryptic is diving into the big news today with the announcement of its 2026 plans for two of its major titles. Neverwinter is one of them, and in addition to the…
Interview: Star Trek Online’s 2026 roadmap, Quick Start event, and Thomas Marrone chat – After a bit of quiet, Cryptic Studios has started sharing its plans for its MMORPGs over the next year, and it’s a lot of big plans. Star Trek Online is taking…
PvP MMO Reign of Guilds will merge all servers into one, cuts staff to just two devs – It’s been some time since we peeked in on Reign of Guilds, the self-described hardcore old-school PvP MMORPG from Russian developer Atlant Games. The title first hit our notice back in 2018,…
World of Warcraft rogue server Stormforge is closing down following a Blizzard C&D – Last summer, when Blizzard began hitting World of Warcraft emulators and rogue servers with cease-and-desist warnings, TurtleWoW wasn’t the only target, even if it was the most obvious – and…
World of Warcraft Patch 12.0.5: Lingering Shadows arrives today – here’s the trailer – The first content update for World of Warcraft: Midnight arrives today, April 21st, with a buffet of new activities to enjoy. “Engage in new activities, experience more of the story…
Albion Online officially joins the Xbox X|S ecosystem today with full PC/mobile/console crossprogression – Drag out your Xbox X|S, fam, because Albion Online has officially set up camp there to bring consolers into the PvP MMORPG sandbox fray this morning. As we’ve previously noted,…
Gloria Victis kicks off its first public Steam playtest under new publisher Gamigo – As promised, Gloria Victis is back today with its first playtest since its development revival. The test is currently on through the crack of dawn on April 27th, meaning you…
Monsters & Memories has delayed its early access from June to October – We’ve been keeping an eye on Monsters and Memories all spring, ahead of its planned June early access. Unfortunately, that early access has been pushed off to October. “We’re moving…
Windrose hits new peaks in sales (1M) and player concurrency (222K) as it addresses connection issues – Sure, we’ve had first check-in on a fledgling early access survivalbox, but what about second check-in? Yes, we are once more marking the development track for the pirate-themed multiplayer title Windrose, but…
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second 7.5 live letter, from Beastmaster to Shantotto – On April 17th, I had my alarm set so I would be up in time for the Final Fantasy XIV live letter, and I went to bed so that I would…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
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