“What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI designers made Turkulon on the side. Here is the origin story for Aeternum’s most fearsome turkey,” said New World.
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)!
“We’re excited to share some important updates as part of our commitment to keeping the economy in Trove fair and balanced,” said Gamigo. “We’ve identified some items that have been affected by previous exploits, and we’re making necessary adjustments to enhance the experience for everyone in our community.”
Ubisoft Barcelona’s unions filed a lawsuit against a return-to-office mandate: “The unions are demanding that Ubisoft revert the return to office mandate and ensure remote working is protected by a collective agreement.”
Lost Skies’ latest development update focused on new character racial options and ambient VFX such as “floating leaves in forests and dust in plains.”
Fractured Online focused on fixing a few “critical” bug fixes.
Golf MMO Shot Online pushed outs its second big patch of 2024 with a new golf course called Totem Hill: “Featuring an eastern-inspired aesthetic, this newly designed course showcases traditional Korean cloud-patterned bunkers, providing players with a visually enriching and immersive experience throughout the course.”
Sky: Children of the Light is running a Days of Music event through December 8th with “all new ways for players to express their inner virtuoso, including an enhanced, portable Jam Station and fresh activities to help players create melodic masterpieces.”
Myth of Empires spoke up about its upcoming Persia DLC, which will focus on a “high-difficulty underground area” in caves.
Riot Games is lowering the boom on potty-mouthed streamers even when they’re not actively playing one of Riot’s titles.
An antitrust lawsuit against Valve has spiraled into a class action lawsuit, covering “virtually anyone who’s sold games on Steam since 2017,” according to PC Gamer.
DDO shared the full soundtrack for this year’s Myth Drannor expansion:
Ravenswatch launched on Xbox and PlayStation, with a Switch version coming in January:
Realm of the Mad God pumped up interest for Season 18:
Armored Warfare rolled out the Seahawks battle path:
Titan Quest IIÂ shared its main theme:
Check out Medieval Destiny’s autumn update trailer:
A YouTuber sat down with two Conan Exiles devs for an interview on recent work:
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!
