If you discount all the digital gaming Valentines floating around social media this week, it’s been a quieter Valentine’s Day for MMOs this year than in past years – perhaps because so many more games are doing Lunar New Year instead. If you ask me, and you did not, that’s probably a net positive anyway as V-day always skewed a little ridiculous in MMORPGs. However, we still have a little list of Valentine’s Day events in MMOs to present to you! Happy love day, folks!
Black Desert celebrates anniversaries and Valentine’s Day on PC and console, applies minor updates on mobile - It's a season of celebration in the console and PC versions of Black Desert this week, as both MMORPGs are marking some specific anniversaries and the wider Valentine's Day holiday.…
City of Heroes Homecoming kicks off Spring Fling event, upgrades SQL server to handle player load - Even heroes celebrate Valentine's Day, apparently: City of Heroes Homecoming has officially launched its V-day-themed Spring Fling event as of last night. It doesn't look as if there's anything brand-new…
DC Universe Online reopens Love’s Battlefield and hands out new rewards for Valentine’s Day - Nothing says love quite like denying a villain his heart's desire because it would destroy an entire city. If that setup sounds familiar to DC Universe Online players, then congratulations:…
EverQuest and EverQuest II’s Erollisi Day Valentine’s events return with new and returning quests and goodies - The season of love - or at least the season commanded by Erollisi Marr - has returned once again to EverQuest and EverQuest II. It's time for the Erollisi Day…
Fallout 76 opens the PTS for Atlantic City America’s Playground as Burning Love begins today - Fallout 76 is generally not the game I would've picked to rush Valentine's Day, but here we are: In Bethsoft's latest Inside the Vault, not only does the studio tease…
Final Fantasy XI’s Valentione’s Day arrives once more with bird mating - Once again, Final Fantasy XI will spend its Valentione's Day celebrating that which matters most: bird mating. Yes, as always, the annual Valentine's Day event within the game features a…
Final Fantasy XIV sets its annual Valentione’s Event for February 7 - What the world of Etheirys needs is a summer vacation, but that's not happening until Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail arrives this summer. Until then, all it needs is love, and…
Heckbugs in Love return to voxelbox Trove for Valentine’s Day starting next week - It warms my heart to think that a lil tiny piece of Defiance lives on in Trove thanks to the game's bizarre Valentine's Day events. Yes, the Heckbugs are returning…
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO shows little love for February - Pokemon Go's roadmap for February is out, but once again leakers have deflated some of that potential hype Niantic tends to squander anyway. While Niantic is trying to build interest…
Sky Children of the Light celebrates emotional connections in its updated Days of Love event - Love takes a lot of forms, whether it's romantic, platonic, or familial, and that wide spectrum of affection is the heart of Sky: Children of the Light's 2024 edition of…
Star Citizen begins its Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year, and free fly events for February this weekend - The month of February is loaded to the gills with events (and shop sales) for the alpha spaceship sandbox of Star Citizen, as CIG has elected to blend its Coramor…
Star Wars Galaxies Legends dropped a massive player city upgrade (with roads!) for Valentine’s Day - Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is the home of the event we called the most cursed Valentine's Day event in MMOs as well as the winner of our…
The Stream Team: AQ3D adds mail in time for Heroes Heart Day - Who doesn't like to get valentines in the mail? And now, for AQ3D's Heroes Hearts Day, you can! Because the MMO has just added a mail feature for folks to…
The Stream Team: Spreading the Star Days love in Warframe - [AL:WarF]February holiday events aren't always about hearts and pink... oh, whom are we kidding? Yes they are; even for space ninjas. Warframe's Star Days are no different. Massively OP's MJ…
Warhaven puts out a new character, new pre-season, and Valentine’s Day event ahead of April sunset - Warhaven is still a multiplayer title that's headed for a sunsetting in April, but you probably wouldn't know that judging by the game's content output: Nexon put forth its Pre-Season…
World of Warcraft begins both Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day events for 2024 - World of Warcraft players have not one but two holiday events on deck this week thanks to a quirk of the calendar. First, the lunar new year event known as…
A few more that crossed our desk this week:
- PlanetSide 2 is the subject of much drama right now, but it nevertheless patched in its Valentine’s Day event, which continues through February 28th.
- Blessed be, Gamigo didn’t forget about RIFT: The ol’ Trion Worlds MMORPG is running a love-themed dimension and screenshot contest.
- Wurm Online is handing out freebies starting today through February 21st!
- Blizzard is running a Valentine’s Day sale across Battlenet. “There’s no better way to say ‘I love you’ than spending quality time felling fiends and racking up killstreaks together,” someone in the marketing department was forced to write.
- Love Ascended is live for all ARK Survival Ascended players, with massive bonuses for harvesting, taming, experience, and breeding.
- Gameforge’s Aion Classic’s event is on through the 28th, offering Celentine quests, buffs, and skins.
- Project Winter released Cupid’s Chaos for survival fans.
- Dark Age of Camelot released its V-day event yesterday; there are multiple questlines as well as a mini-event running through the 20th.
- Second Life is celebrating with the Love Train: “On Wednesday, February 14th starting from 12:30pm PT, join Linden Lab employees and Second Life Residents on the Bellisseria Valentine’s Love Train!”
- Riders of Icarus has launched a combination Valentine’s Day event and lunar new year event called Love and Lunar Beginning. Um, it involves roulette and dice for unknown reasons.
Let us know about any others you’ve spotted!
