Stardew Valley’s creator recently sat down for an interview in which he said, “Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a hard time closing it again because I always want to add more things, make it better, make it cooler, make people happy. It’s exciting. Every single thing I’m adding, I’m thinking about how people are going to play this and talk about it and love it. It’s gonna be part of their experience. It could make a memory that they might cherish forever. That’s a special thing. It’s hard for me to not want to do that.”
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)!
Conan Exiles put out a bug fix patch for Age of War Chapter 4 — but also said, “We are aware of and continuing to investigate an issue where characters may periodically sink into building pieces. Due to the delicate nature of foundations and sensitivity to changes that affect them, a resolution for this issue will arrive with a future update.”
“We are in the process of a complete overhaul of our two-handed melee animations. Best of all, this overhaul will be free to all owners of the game, coming soon in v1.2.1,” Grim Dawn said.
Audiophiles rejoice, for you can now beef up FFXIV’s audio landscape: “Immerse Gamepack Final Fantasy XIV Edition has just received its Version 2.2 Update, bringing the clearest spatial audio experience yet to FFXIV.” These improvements come on top of the news that an official fan gathering in Germany is happening on May 30th.
A small Neverwinter patch nerfed Psychic Armor and made adjustments to the Imperial Citadel’s normal mode.
EverQuest II’s May 14th patch made this class skill update: “Prestige Expertise Passives have been increased for level 130 and above. All classes will now receive the same bonuses from these prestige abilities. This also means that the Max HP granted to tank classes will now be granted to all classes.”
Albion Online’s May 15th patch completely opened up Albion Europe’s world on top of various fixes and balance tweaks.
Elder Scrolls Online has a few suggestions of things to do to get into the spirit of the upcoming Gold Road expansion.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that its new CEOs are Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino, who succeeded Jim Ryan.
Book of Travels added a new clearing area with “Tea Blender, Tea Ghost and Tea Grafter events.”
Vendetta Online added seven new custom-made missions and fixed a few small issues.
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!
