Thanks to a new Heart of Democracy update, Helldivers 2 is seeing great numbers as of late, with over 2.5 million players enjoying the multiplayer title every week and a concurrency count topping 197,000. “I think this is the largest simultaneous return of players for Helldivers,” Creative Director Johan Pilestedt said.
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)!
“In Update 14.4, a new temporary PvE battle type called Perilous Route awaits you. It’s inspired by the Convoy battle type that has previously been in the game, but this time, you’ll be fighting bots while protecting a command ship under your care,” World of Warships said.
EverQuest II dropped a small patch on May 20th that adjusted a quartet of raids in the game.
War Thunder banned 4781 additional accounts this month.
ESO Tavern is making the rounds this summer, starting with Germany in July. If you’re in the area, you can sign up to participate.
World War II Online is testing a patch to help improve the title, saying, “Addressing population balance to ensure we have a healthier game is our top priority and this marks a major step in that direction to achieving it.”
An indie dev shared a new title called Atlis, “an original 2D multiplayer sandbox MMORPG built entirely in vanilla Java — no engines, no libraries, just raw code.”
Enshrouded improved several aspects of its graphics with a recent patch.
Hearthstone unleashed a balance patch: “In this first balance change after the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set, we’re addressing power and play experience outliers, both in the mini-set and in the cards before it. These changes are primarily aimed at reducing the speed and prevalence of single-turn blow outs.”
Blade & Soul Neo’s latest battle pass offers up a free heroic skill book as part of its rewards.
Last Epoch made changes “related to Dive Bomb and the Birds Aren’t Real node.”
“Starting from May 21st through June 17th, Elsword players are greeted with a new event providing a free permanent raid weapon, the Submergence of Abyss, a powerful weapon in Elsword. Just by logging in for 60 minutes, players can receive it along with the 60-day Ascending Dragon Ice Burner Costume Set to power up their character have more access to endgame content.”
It looks as though Dofus is shopping around for a new creative director.
Temtem is a beautiful game — and now it’s got a book to show off the great art behind it.
Elden Ring Nightreign showed off its Wylder character in a new trailer:
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!
