OARPG Grim Dawn’s third expansion is on the way with a brand-new game mode that should inject some extended life for its playerbase:
“Ascendant Mode is intended to be challenging, with monsters posing a threat similar to what the Shattered Realm’s 60th Shard would be. But what it will also do is enable a number of new mechanics intended to spice up your campaign experience and make running through the world exciting again. In that sense, we want to make the campaign world the third pillar of endgame!”
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)!
Craftopia’s July 19th patch fixed no more and no less than two niggling bugs.
Undecember recently kicked off Season 5: Exodium with new dungeons and an unfolding story on Kustodia Island.
Legends of Runeterra’s Patch 5.7 shakes things up a bit: “Pyke gains a Constellation, Jayce comes back to The Path of Champions, and Weekly Nightmares make their debut.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 talked about its September patch, including split screen updates, honor mode improvements, and the anticipated modding toolkit.
Cozy up to Vivek, Elder Scrolls Online’s living god, in this new character bio.
Last Epoch delivered Patch 1.1.2 with some controller tweaks, damage conditionals, visual improvements, and changes to Nemesis spawns: “In the campaign nemesis does not spawn if the items were generated at least 15 levels above the zone level, or there is an egg present. Additionally, if the player interacts with nemesis in a campaign zone of a certain level, and then interacts with a nemesis in campaign zones at or below that level three more times, the nemeses will not appear for them in campaign zones of that level or below.”
Loftia’s devs shared some of their current projects, including cooking stations, tools, and various farming crops.
Simulated solo MMORPG Erenshor is looking for testers for an upcoming closed beta.
A new Diablo graphic novel is out called Legends of the Necromancer: Rathma.
Reign of Guilds rolled out Update (deep breath) 0.94.962 with “many improvements and fixes aimed at enhanceing your gaming experience.”
“We are happy to see players explore the new modules added to the Sunderer this week,” said PlanetSide 2. “We’ve been reading your feedback across social media, the forums, Reddit, Discord, Steam, YouTube and Twitch. We agree with the census that the Sunderer could use some rebalancing. We are working on an update that will hopefully make proper balance adjustments to the Sunderer’s capabilities. We’ll post more information about that update later.”
Valve created a 2-D fighting game from DOTA 2 called Sleet Fighter:
Titan Quest II promised a gameplay trailer at the THQ Nordic Showcase on August 2nd:
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!
