MMO Week in Review: Playing devils, punching dinos (July 5, 2015)

July 5, 2015 8:00 PM

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Trion confirmed this week that it is indeed porting Korean MMOARPG Devilian Online to the west as Devilian. In a welcome letter posted to the community, the head devs asserted that the game deserves the MMO label, talking up the game’s open world and large-scale PvP.

Want to game with members of the Massively Overpowered community? MOP’s own Jef is hosting an ARK: Survival Evolved server. Come punch dinos with us!

Read on for the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions.

THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES

Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR community divide over Knights of the Fallen Empire - [AL:TOR]The past couple of weeks have been kind of strange for me. For five years, I've written about Star Wars :The Old Republic. I've embedded myself in the game and the big news and community discussions.…

Player analyst believes EVE Online concurrency is at its lowest point since 2008 - It's really difficult to be sure about how EVE Online is doing, since CCP Games has stopped releasing subscription numbers on a regular basis. But there are still statistics available, albeit ones that are often presented…

Chaos Theory: ‘Never say never’ for The Secret World housing - I have to admit, so many dreams were shot down this past week when the news came out suggesting that personal housing would never make it into The Secret World. I felt as if my soul had been…

Daybreak overrules EverQuest progression server vote - Part of what keeps the community engaged with progression servers like the most recent EverQuest pairing of Ragefire and Lockjaw is the idea that the community determines the pace of updates. If the players don't want…

TERA is going berserk with its new update and new class tease - [AL:TERA]Summer's certainly not going to be boring in TERA's neck of the woods. The action MMO is prepping a new content update for next Tuesday called Go Berserk, and it's got a lot of everything to…

Flameseeker Chronicles: Exploring Guild Wars 2’s new Lion’s Arch - [AL:GW2]Good morn-noon-ning (hell, I don't know what timezone you're in!) readers, and welcome along to another instalment of Flameseeker Chronicles! Be warned: This edition will focus on both the destruction of the old city and the rebirth…

WoW’s last major Draenor raid is Hellfire Citadel - Warlords of Draenor's last major raid will be Hellfire Citadel, according to an interview with World of Warcraft lead game designer Cory Stockton. Patch 6.2 will also be Draenor's last, though Blizzard Watch reports that the…

WildStar’s devs spill more on F2P transition - The picture of WildStar's future is slowly starting to emerge from the haze with continuing discussion from Carbine Studios about this fall's business model shift and major game changes. Last Friday's studio livestream saw the devs…

FFXIV halts sales of Mac client, offers full refunds - Are you a Mac gamer who bought Final Fantasy XIV only to find that your Mac couldn't handle it? I have good news and bad news for you today. FFXIV head honcho Naoki Yoshida has penned a giant letter…

Star Citizen gets a monthly report, Star Marine status update - Hot on the heels of last week's Star Marine delay update comes a new monthly report from Star Citizen chairman Chris Roberts. As per usual, the report is a lengthy look inside each of Cloud Imperium's…

Reddit protest sees /r/gaming lock its doors - Remember when you were in your first raiding guild, and it was nothing but drama from start to finish on your guild forums because no one had invented social media yet? Fast-forward to today, when Reddit is…

ArtCraft addresses concerns over ‘more PvE features’ in Crowfall - Here's another Crowfall news bite! Today's drop takes the form of a video Q&A with design lead Thomas Blair and creative director J. Todd Coleman. The duo spends the better part of 10 minutes addressing questions…

Cabal 2 launches right here, right now - You ready for some frantic action combat? Cabal 2 is open for business, as ESTSoft's fantasy title officially releases to the public today. COO Steve Pae said that Cabal 2 shows how combat doesn't have to…

Guild Wars 2 reveals Stronghold PvP Mist Champions, admits SAB is on hold - ArenaNet has just announced Mist Champions for Guild Wars 2's incoming Heart of Thorns Stronghold PvP mode. In a new dev blog released today, Branden Gee and Hugh Norfolk explain that the Mist Champions replace heroes…

Skyforge soft launches into open beta on July 16th - Skyforge fans, get ready to get ready because your game is headed for soft launch. The open beta, which won't be wiped, begins on July 16th, and early access for that open beta kicks off one week from…

Path of Exile: The Awakening launches on July 10, here’s a trailer - [AL:POE]Path of Exile's Awakening expansion will officially release on July 10th. Grinding Gear will continue PoE's storyline into Act IV with the new update. The patch also introduces completely new areas, monsters, and end-game maps for…

E3 2015: Holly Longdale on the EverQuest franchise’s progression servers - Progression servers are definitely a hot topic in the EverQuest franchise right now. EverQuest recently opened up a new one for those nostalgic for the original version of the original game (and then quickly had to…

Check out Lord of the Rings Online’s new PvP map - After eight years of being confined to a single zone, Lord of the Rings Online's PvP population will soon get a new map upon which to fight. The Battle of Osgiliath is coming with this summer's…

The Elder Scrolls Online has a new creative director - The Elder Scrolls Online is down a dev this month, as Creative Director Paul Sage has left ZeniMax Online Studios to join Gearbox. According to Assistant Community Manager Gina Bruno on the official forum, Lead Content Designer Rich…

THIS WEEK’S STREAMS