Would you believe that this is only our third year with enough MMORPG Lunar New Year events that a roundup is necessary? A decade ago, these events were rare, and twice that, they were almost unheard of – in the west, of course. Now, every multiplayer title is anxious to add another festival to the winter lineup, and frankly, we’re not sad about out. Here are all the MMO Lunar New Year events in store this year – plus a few of our streams!
Black Desert Mobile celebrates 1500th day with gift code as PC preps for Lunar New Year
DC Universe Online is giving away sweet hairstyles for Black History Month
Diablo Immortal’s Tong-Shi’s Renewal celebrates Lunar New Year early starting tomorrow
Diablo IV’s brand-new lunar new year event, Lunar Awakening, begins February 6
Dungeons & Dragons Online is giving away archetypes, mounts, and more for the Year of the Dragon
Fortnite’s Ramadan-themed event, Lantern Fest, is live through April 10
Genshin Impact brings a New Year’s celebration, new region, and more characters January 31
Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year Festival arrives alongside latest round of profession nerfs
Monster Hunter Now celebrates the Lunar New Year with limited quests and thematic rewards
Neverwinter’s Feast of Lanterns celebrates Lunar New Year starting February 8
New World’s Year of the Dragon mini event rings in Lunar New Year starting February 7
Palia’s lunar new year event is live alongside the return of Maji Market festivities
PlanetSide 2 revamps conduit capture mechanics and preps Lunar New Year event
Sky Children of the Light’s Days of Fortune returns with dragon costumes and races to mark the Lunar New Year
Star Citizen begins its Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year, and free fly events for February this weekend
The Stream Team: AQ3D celebrates the Year of the Dragon
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s Year of the Dragon
War Thunder celebrates the Lunar New Year with dragon decals and a free Soviet tank
War Thunder welcomes Lunar New Year with beefy Chinese tanks
World of Warcraft begins both Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day events for 2024
World of Warships and World of Tanks launch dueling lunar new year events today
A few more that crossed our desk this week:
- Identity V, NetEase’s creepy asymmetric multiplayer title, has added a new Puppeteer character and a Chinatown map reward as its Year of the Dragon content.
- RIFT is running sales on all of its dragons.
- AdventureQuest 3D has brought back its traditional lunar new year event’ players can pick up quests from Saber in the core social district!
- Eden Eternal bundled its Dragon Luck Blessing event into a rather large patch that also increases the level cap to 85 and adds awaken classes for Bards (Battlefield Poets and Life Worshippers) and Blade Dancers (Blade Acrobats and Elegant Dancer).
- Riders of Icarus has launched a combination Valentine’s Day event and lunar new year event called Love and Lunar Beginning. Why choose when you can have both, we suppose.
- Overwatch 2 might not be taking all of this seriously.
- LifeAfter launched its has launched its lunar new year update called Hope Radio and the Golden Dragon earlier this week; “Players can claim their personal portable radio which seems to transmit mysterious messages, and join both new and returning friends in uncovering what’s behind it all.”
Let us know about any others you’ve spotted!
