The recently launched magic life sim Spellfarers Update 0.511 arrived with “lots of fixes, including to cooking, a new stove for Ilo’s kitchen, minor transmutations, and more. Witches can now properly specialize in moon magic by casting the magic specialization spell.”
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)!
Last Epoch’s Patch 1.1.5 added a few small quality-of-life improvements, tweaked tooltip positioning, and squashed many pesky bugs.
Riders of Icarus is celebrating the season with Big Martin’s Summer Festival, which comes with the new fellow Sushi Dolphini.
Closers added a new character named Yoon Ria who uses a microphone as a weapon and starts at level 67.
Valheim tested “a set of Ashlands tweaks, mainly concerning Flametal spires and enemy spawning.”
Reign of Guilds busted out Update 0.94.1022 with “changes related to weapons, powders, crafting, and the addition of new monsters.”
Rabbit and Steel’s dev is working hard on adding mod support: “I’m working to make things a bit more simple and flexible, so that people can make certain ‘easy’ modifications to the game, and have those modifications work online where they can.”
Final Fantasy XI added some new items and made an adjustment to the quest meu in its latest patch.
Lost Skies walked players through recent development projects, including the skywhale, ship building, windfalls, sky travel, and the user interface.
MechWarrior Online previewed its Apache and Spectre legends with unique equipment.
V Rising added Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Polish, and Italian language support to the PlayStation 5.
“A brand-new Metin2 update is ready for release. Look forward to a fully revamped Sung Ma Invasion Portal, improvements to the Trading Glass, plus many other improvements!”
EverQuest II released a patch on August 13th with some itemization fixes and adjustments to the Masquerades of Divinity live event.
EVE Echoes is on the verge of its 2024 anniversary, which will include a week’s worth of login rewards and a four-week buff event.
Albion Online showed off its new Paths to Glory mounts:
It's been three weeks since we launched #PathsToGlory! Players are racing to complete quests and earn new mount skins and vanity items! Which one are you aiming for first? 🐾
Check out the video showcasing all the new mounts! 👀#AlbionOnline pic.twitter.com/EeCzFCLhYd— Albion Online (@albiononline) August 13, 2024
Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff previewed its newest dungeon:
Here's a first look at a couple new enemies for the first dungeon in Swords 'n Magic and Stuff, The Archives!https://t.co/3spMGhBVef
— Kindred Games (@MichaelKocha) August 14, 2024