This week, the studio behind grimdark sandbox MMO Revival announced that formal work on the client is coming to a halt and sales of homes in-game will end, suggesting that resources for the game had run out. All hope is not lost, however; Illfonic says the game is “not completely dead” and suggests it’ll “figure some new way to make Revival happen.”
Read on for the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions.
THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Revival’s development has been indefinitely suspended - We're sorry to report this afternoon that indie grimdark sandbox Revival is being put on indefinite hold. Illfonic's Adam "Snipehunter" Maxwell has posted that formal work on the client is coming…
Daybreak appoints former EA and Zynga exec as new Senior VP of Games - MMO studio Daybreak has a new Senior VP of Games. Gamesindustry.biz reports that Larry LaPierre, a 14-year veteran of Electronic Arts and former general manager at Zynga, will take on…
Guild Wars 2 suspends legendary weapon development in favor of Living World content - ArenaNet President and Game Director Mike O'Brien told forumgoers this evening that Guild Wars 2 is planning to "indefinitely suspend" work on new legendary weapons in favor of "Living World-style content":…
Black Desert’s craftable ghillie suit counter will be craftable ‘soon’ - We posted yesterday on Black Desert's maintenance and patch, but since that time we've gotten a little bit more information on what's in the patch. Two lines in those notes…
Camelot Unchained’s weekly update focuses on lighting, armor, and clutter - Camelot Unchained is crunching along, this week squeezing in time for another meaty update. "In terms of our biggest achievements this week, our lighting system definitely leads the charge [and]…
Desert Nomad: Quality of life in the Black Desert - Hello friends, and welcome back to Desert Nomad. After last week’s in-depth look at Black Desert’s cash shop, I decided that this week I would continue the trend of demonstrating how…
EverQuesting: First impressions of life after Landmark’s latest wipe - When Daybreak drops a big Landmark patch, it apparently does so quite literally... onto hard, unforgiving concrete... from the top of a tall building. Because this puppy broke! I was…
WoW Factor: The problem with Garrisons isn’t Garrisons - When World of Warcraft rolls away from the inexplicable inclusion of alternate Draenor for good, it will also mean bidding farewell to the elements of Draenor, and I imagine most…
Coding and cupcakes: The lawsuit against ARK - Are cupcake and coding skills mutually exclusive? That might actually be a relevant question in relation to the recent lawsuit Trendy Entertainment filed in Florida against Studio Wildcard, creator of…
William Shatner lends voice to Elite: Dangerous addon - HCS VoicePacks, a website that sells Elite: Dangeous voice addons in collaboration with Frontier, will soon have a new one from Star Trek actor William Shatner. "A new voice pack…
Superdata predicts China will buy up more western gaming publishers - Superdata has released a summary of its research on the worldwide digital games market for February 2016, claiming that the digital games market sales have increased by 10% year-over-year. League…
Perfect Ten: Most notable console MMORPGs to date - It used to be that hunting for a console MMORPG was one of the most fruitless endeavors known to gamers. The PC was where it was at, dating all the…
ARK: Survival Evolved studio hit with lawsuit - Kotaku has reported on an ongoing lawsuit lodged by Dungeon Defenders developer Trendy Entertainment against ARK: Survival Evolved's Studio Wildcard. Trendy has alleged that Jeremy Stieglitz, formerly the controversial creative…
Happy third birthday, Warframe - [AL:WarF]Warframe is busy celebrating its third birthday this week. "Tenno, in three years you have succeeded in 1.5 billion Missions, killed over 50 billion Grineer, captured 120 million prisoners and…
Black Desert is altering the ‘shitstorm matrix’ compensation deal - If you have yet to receive the compensation outlined in Black Desert's "shitstorm matrix" posted earlier this month, you should know that Daum EU has a new plan for you.…
Black Desert hints at a big content update this month - There's no denying that Black Desert is hot, hot, hot right now in the MMO community, and for players enjoying that sandbox, there's probably a desire to know what is…
Landmark adds claim rez, ditches PvP and EU servers - Although tons of information (5,000 words worth!) was posted in Landmark's update notes, some new stuff surfaced in the official livestream today. Devs also demonstrated a few of the upcoming…
Eternal Crusade preps infographic for its launch outlook - Behaviour Interactive says Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade is at a "critical juncture in [its] development," and the only solution is... an infographic. Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson explains that staff setbacks…
Heroes of the Storm lets teams ban heroes from draft and custom play - Draft lobbies will soon be treated to a major overhaul in Heroes of the Storm, as Blizzard announced yesterday that it will be revamping the interface and functions in an…
Black Desert is Awakening the Valkyrie in Korea - Black Desert has only recently launched here, but it's been out for a little while in its native Korea and it's getting regular updates. Its newest update preview highlights the…
See Darkfall: Rise of Agon in action for the first time - So where do you stand in the great Darkfall Schism of 2016? Are you still flying the banner of Unholy Wars, trusting in its official greatness? Or have you taken…
The Division’s next patch makes the Dark Zone not suck - As promised, Ubisoft is pushing out a Division patch this week -- tomorrow, in fact. There's a huge list of bug fixes in the patch notes, along with some hefty…
Blade & Soul profiles Silverfrost Mountains dungeons for March 23 launch - Last week, NCsoft announced Silverfrost Mountains, a big update for Blade & Soul that'll launch, among other things, a new capital city and a total of eight dungeons. Three of…
Former TERA community rep says MMORPG community management is an afterthought - What do you get when you remove an MMO community manager from that position and give him free license to talk what really goes on behind the scenes without the…
Lord of the Rings Online gives players the first taste of Update 18 - [AL:LOTRO]The next update to Lord of the Rings Online is not here just yet, but it is in its testing stage, and that means players can start exploring the update…
THIS WEEK’S CASTS & STREAMS
Massively OP Podcast Episode 56: Ghillie nation
The Stream Team: A look at Chronicle: RuneScape Legends’ beta
The Stream Team: Bringing down ARK’s Broodmother
The Stream Team: Every bunny loves HEX
The Stream Team: Beyond Black Desert’s Velia
The Stream Team: Looking at Landmark’s latest wipe
The Stream Team: Sharing SMITE presents for its birthday
The Stream Team: An evening with EverQuest II Heritage Quests
The Stream Team: Watch Neverwinter and win a mount
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Every week, get caught up on the MMO genre’s latest news and Massively OP’s best content in our MMO Week in Review! Want more roundups of content? Try Friday’s Betawatch for MMO testing highlights, Saturday’s Make My MMO for MMO crowdfunding updates, and Sunday’s The MOP Up, which mops up all the little bits of news we didn’t cover anywhere else.
