Per tradition, we’ve been covering the launch of Valentine’s Day events in MMOs and MMORPGs over the last couple of weeks, but tomorrow is the big day and we can finally stick a pin in that heart balloon. At least until next year!
Here’s a few events we haven’t already covered individually yet:
- Ultima Online has a wee V-day gift for you: a cuddly little cupid bear.
- Both classic Defiance and Defiance 2050 are have begun their usual round of events.
- Heckbugs in Love returns to Trove.
- Blade and Soulmate is back in Blade and Soul.
- Dauntless’ Saint’s Bond event began this very morning.
- Runes of Magic’s Flower Festival is on!
- Apex Legends is running its Valentine’s Day Rendezvous through February 18.
- Among the smaller Gamigo games, Grand Fantasia, Echo of Soul, Aura Kingdom, and Fiesta Online are all getting into the spirit of heart day.
- Atlantica Online challenges players to take on the Mistress of Bees.
- The Guardians Gala is back in EVE Online.
- And ARK: Love Evolved is a thing that is happening.
And here are the events that have gotten coverage of their own:
The Stream Team: Investigating Valentine’s Day in Secret World Legends - [AL:SWL]What better Valentine's gift for Massively OP's MJ than adding a new mission in her favorite game? And her favorite kind of mission at that! It was a very happy…
The Stream Team: Valentine’s Day means helping heckbugs find love in Trove - [AL:Trove]What are your plans for Valentine's Day? Massively OP's MJ will be helping some heckbugs find true love in Trove! The so-ugly-they-are-cute critters are looking for love in Dragonfire Peaks…
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for duoing in 2020? - Appropriate topic for Valentine's Day, right? I mean, sure, you could go get reservations and pay through the nose for expensive dinner along with a bajillion other people on the…
Black Desert patches in Witch and Wizard succession skills, plus a wacky bee event - Apiphobes should stay the heck away from Black Desert right about now, as the PC version of the game is under siege by bees. Just kidding, it's under siege by…
Valentine’s Day 2020 across the MMO universe - Per tradition, we've been covering the launch of Valentine's Day events in MMOs and MMORPGs over the last couple of weeks, but tomorrow is the big day and we can…
The Stream Team: Heroes and hearts aplenty in AdventureQuest 3D - Are you a hero? Do you have a heart? The come join Massively OP's MJ for AQ3D's Heroes Heart Day event. There is a new quest called spreading the Love,…
DC Universe Online and Skyforge detail their Valentine’s Day seasonal events - Whether you're a god-like being in DC Universe Online or an actual god in Skyforge, there's a way for you to celebrate the season of love and snag some spiffing…
Find your soulmate in Secret World Legends and Anarchy Online - It's love amid Lovecraftian terror and alien worlds, if Funcom has anything to say about it. Both Secret World Legends and Anarchy Online have activated their respective Valentines events, so…
The Daily Grind: Which MMO puts on the best Valentine’s Day? - Valentine's Day tends to be one of the stranger holidays for MMO developers to try to shoehorn into their game worlds. It can be very easy to go overboard and…
PlanetSide 2 celebrates Valentine’s Day, hypes Escalation - Admittedly, there probably aren't many ways a game like PlanetSide 2 can mark a holiday around love like Valentine's Day other than let players dress up their weapons. It's still…
RuneScape adjusts War’s Retreat and asks players to help King Slime find love - Just because you're a gelatinous mass of awful material doesn't mean you don't deserve love, and it's up to RuneScape players to help that happen. This setup is part of…
RIFT and ArcheAge outline their respective Valentine’s Day events - The season of love (or at least mutually beneficial teamwork long enough for everyone to get rewards and then never speak of the pairing ever again) continues to descend on…
Warframe releases its new Kuva Lich improvements and brings back its Valentine’s event - The much-maligned (according to player survey results) Kuva Lich content in Warframe has gotten its first tune-up. Kuva Lich improvements have arrived to all platforms this week, bringing some noteworthy…
Destiny 2’s Crimson Days Valentine’s event arrives on February 11 - For one week, the Guardians of Destiny 2 are going to be celebrating love. Or, at least, "the bond that Guardians share on the battlefield." Which... isn't really the same…
EverQuest II brings back its Valentine’s Day event with a new quest and new rewards - The season of love has arrived to EverQuest II once again. It's Erollisi Day and this year's event is promising some new quest rewards, items, and more during its Valentine's…
Final Fantasy XI adds Siren for Summoners in the next version update - Sorry, folks, but you will not be able to stay away from the next update to Final Fantasy XI. You might want to, you might have no real desire to play, but you…
Black Desert: The Guardian awakens, Valentine’s Day begins, and players raise money for charity - If you happened to miss our Desert Oasis piece on Black Desert's Guardian awakening last week, today is the day to get caught up, as Pearl Abyss and Kakao have…
City of Heroes’ Homecoming buffs tanks and Masterminds, begins the Spring Fling - I hate pet classes. Always have, always will. I'm barely able to stand them save for the Railmaster's pet train in Torchlight Fro--, er, Torchlight III. I still don't think…
Final Fantasy XIV previews this year’s dressed-up Valentione’s Day event - As it was in every prior year of Final Fantasy XIV, Lisette de Valentione has arrived once more to celebrate the holiday of Valentione's Day with everyone in Eorzea. Unlike in…
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