A very happy birthday to Villagers and Heroes, an underrated MMORPG that’s pushing 14 years old – 11 of them on Steam: “Throwback to 11 years ago today, when we not only celebrated the Villagers and Heroes Steam Launch, but also the release of our first expansion Fury of the Stone Lord. A very special day in our history!”
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)!
Golf MMO Shot Online is hosting a 2025 Star Speed Jumping Event through the end of May to help players level up faster than normal.
The Feast of Swords is live in Final Fantasy XI — here’s how you can partake in it!
Fansite EVE Workbench released its 2.0 version: “Whether you’re just starting out and looking for your first fit, or looking to dip your toes into something completely new and need a baseline to start, EVE Workbench has a great repository.”
“We’re calling all adventurers back to one of Albion’s most iconic battlefields — Old Frontiers Hadrian’s Wall. Long dormant, this historic warfront now stirs with conflict once again,” said Dark Age of Camelot.
Wuthering Waves shared stats and its plans for Update 2.3 on a livestream this past Saturday.
FFXIV composer Masayoshi Soken is feeling strung out after Square-Enix tasked him with making music for FFXVI as well. “Every day was a really horrible hell – really something beyond your imagination of hell,” he said.
The Finals’ Bunny Bash is here: “Our egg-cellent spring event is back! For the next two weeks, you’ll be hopping into a version of Power Shift with locked loadouts, hand-crafted for chaos.”
“See the other side of the Emerald Dream, with revamped Trinkets, a huge minion refresh, and more in Battlegrounds Season 10, Second Nature, going live on April 29th,” said Hearthstone.
Path of Exile 2 shared its plans for the next patch, saying, “The main focus of 0.2.0g will be to address two highly sought after improvements as well as a flurry of other minor to moderate changes. The first improvement is around loot drops […] The second improvement is around Corrupted Nexuses.”
Marvel Rivals’ latest patch added the ability to change your costume’s colors.
Albion Online’s Season 27 debuted with a significant change: “The Might requirements for Treasures, Crystal Creatures, Smugglers, and Gathering categories have all been reduced.”
The Critical Role show is returning to Elder Scrolls Online for another themed adventure.
EverQuest II delivered a fix-and-adjust patch that, among other things, “corrected an issue with event or promo Overseer adventures that prevented them from delivering Season 7 rewards.”
Former Concord VFX artist Stephan Williams went on record why the previous shooter bombed, saying, “Concord failed to inspire players, and the message was heard loud and clear. It was gut wrenching to see our project fail, and be the laughing stock of many online.”
NosTale is bringing back two of its popular events this month: NosFire through June 18th and the Easter event with raids against the Chicken Queen and King.
Hearthstone rearranged its patch plans: “We’re pushing the Arena revamp back one patch, into Patch 32.4. To allow us the focus we want for Arena, we’re also moving Pets out one patch, into Patch 33.0. ”
Albion Online wrapped up Season 26 in the three regions, with Season 27 heading our way soon.
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!
