It’s no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year’s player housing system. And in a new — and very short — video, ArenaNet quickly highlighted some of the brilliant creations that the community created with this system.
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)!
Raph Koster shared a true account from Stars Reach, saying, “This is the story of how I accidentally put all of Beanstalk City under a meter of water and collapsed every basement into a mudpit.”
“7,106 accounts just got blocked for cheating or botting. Happy holidays!” said War Thunder.
Valheim’s team isn’t really revealing much about future plans in its holiday letter.
Apex Legends provided a matchmaking update: “We are committed to focusing on matchmaking every season, continuing the conversation with you in the coming seasons, and promising that this is a priority for Apex.”
EverQuest II is getting all mathy with its December 17th patch, saying, “Increased the precision of some ability descriptions that would previously round a negative float to the nearest negative whole number instead of displaying the correct number with decimal.”
Bellwright released a hotfix to manage a couple crashing issues.
Blizzard gave an update on Overwatch 2’s esports plans: “In 2025, we’re doubling down on what has made OWCS so captivating by focusing on three big areas: creating a more rewarding and open competition; streamlining our programs; and increasing accessibility for players and fans. You won’t have to wait long – the 2025 OWCS season starts in January.”
Star Trek Online added actress Jill Jacobson (1954-2024) to the Memorial Plaque Contact.
Black Desert Mobile actually released a comic of its very own!
TerraTech Update 0.6 arrived with new block progression, better tutorials, tech yard improvements, a forest biome rework, a new 2-D UI, and improved building controls.
Destiny put out a montage of players enjoying the Rising content.
My Time at Sandrock added crossplay to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, saying, “True cross-platform multiplayer co-op is something that we’ve always wanted to offer our fans.”
Destiny 2’s lead addressed some — but certainly not all — of the concerns and issues plaguing this popular looter shooter.
New World Aeternum’s soundtrack is out now, and the composers shared how they came up with the inspiration for these new pieces:
ARK asks you to save earth itself with a free “Extinction Ascended” update, saying “The Extinction map brings survivors back to Earth—the birthplace of the ARK saga and the stage for its epic finale:”
Lost Skies put out a dev stream showing the island creator in action:
Simulated MMO Erenshor announced that “early access will release early in 2025 via Steam and will feature over 30 zones with 100+ hours of gameplay:”
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!
