This past weekend, Little Orbit’s All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine 3.5 upgrade for the crime shooter. The dev team said that this was another important step toward a full release of what will hopefully be a better performing game.
And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup of other smaller MMO news stories and videos from this past week in this edition of The MOP Up (and if you don’t see a news story that we should have covered, drop us a tip)!
Harry Potter Wizards Unite is throwing a Fantastic Flora and Fauna Event! “During this limited-time bonus event, you’ll be able to encounter Foundables previously available during Part 1 of the event as well as all-new Foundables for Part 2.”
Twin Saga’s 28th patch brings out some new PvP gear for players (or their corpses) to wear.
Roblox continues its world domination by racking up 150 million monthly active users. Holy cow.
Nibble on an Ashes of Creation tidbit with a bit of lore behind the Mireshade Shroud.
Hey look at that — Stardew Valley just got its first physical box edition. Only took four years for that to happen!
World of Warships Legends recently celebrated its first anniversary with some fun goodies.
“To celebrate year two of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, we’re bringing back a limited-time event from the start of year one, the Fantastic Flora & Fauna Brilliant Event,” said Niantic.
Looking for more patches with various small adjustments and fixes? Neverwinter has one, as does EverQuest II, Wolcen, and Elder Scrolls Blades.
Speaking of Wolcen: “We are currently working on a balancing overhaul that will affect every aspect of Wolcen character customization: skills, Gate of Fate, skill modifiers, items, and more.”
Mortal Online 2’s latest alpha patch added shields for the first time.
Destiny 2’s devs talked about building the Prophecy dungeon: “As soon as we started to experiment with rotating the game space, we knew we wanted to go off the deep end with an abstract style.”
Get to crafting with Aion’s latest event: “For a limited time, new Aetherforging crafting recipes are being added to your characters, allowing you to obtain elusive, powerful gear!”
Co-op hack-n-slash Heroes of Hammerwatch has sold 300,000 copies and recently launched on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.
Cyberpunk 2077 said that it isn’t planning on making any last-minute changes to the game in response to the Black Lives Matter movement or any other political situations. And since we’re talking about politics, the US House voted down an amendment that would’ve stopped the military from recruiting on Twitch.
Old School RuneScape presented another huge poll for its players to weigh their opinions.
Riot Games Korea is hosting an internet reality show to unearth the next big League of Legends star. Here’s a sneak preview: It won’t be me.
Valorant would like you to meet its newest agent, Killjoy:
Have some extra money to toss toward Paladins? Here’s its newest season pass:
RuneScape shared how one of its newbie experiences came to life:
If you love Guild Wars 2’s Sylvari, definitely check out this fan trailer:
The MMO industry pumps out more and more news every year – no site could possibly cover everything. That’s why we gather together all the extras every week in The MOP Up, our a weekly compilation of MMO info we don’t want lost in the cracks of time. Send us your news bits through our tips line!
