Star Trek Online is all about the Discovery these days, and in a new lore blog, the team gives some backstory to the mysterious Yard 39 that will be featured in the Rise of Discovery update.
“The eruption on TL-9139, which had caused Yard 39 to be abandoned so quickly, had left a lot of technology behind, ready to be claimed,” the team posted. “And while Starfleet wouldn’t have risked the ships or the lives of their crews to obtain it, Section 31 was all too willing.”
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)!
Dark and Light is rallying its community to build some grand monuments: “We want to see players make their own real life monuments in Dark and Light! Pull inspiration from historical buildings from across the world and put your building skills to the test by creating them in game.”
Budgie Madness has taken over RIFT in the MMO’s most recent patch: “Minions from the plane of death have ripped a hole into the pocket dimension that is the native habitat of the Budgies. In an effort to help protect the local budgie population, the Planar Research Institute is looking to the Ascended to help combat these minions of the plane of death who seek to subdue and corrupt additional budgies.”
League of Legends has partnered with Marvel to create an in-universe comic book series. And speaking of comics, Aion’s got the first issue of its new Legions of War webcomic posted for your enjoyment.
Revelation Online gave a quick preview of the updated battle companions interface: “Still a work in progress, but almost complete, this is the hub where you will level up, and feed your pet to strengthen it.”
Disturbing news for Nexon’s Battlerite — the studio has decided to shut the MOBA’s servers down in Korea. Bum bum BUMMM.
Meet the Grand Councillor, one of the major figures coming in Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr expansion.
Can you spot the ninja fix in this week’s RuneScape’s patch notes?
The Firecat Alley zone is on sale through May 19th in Wizard101!
The Sea of Thieves team showed off the cutthroat battles of the Arena:
