October 2023 - MMOs.com

Bungie Layoffs Lead To Project Delays, Destiny 2 Expansion And Marathon Shooter Included

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Bungie is the latest studio to succumb to the financial challenges sweeping across the video game and tech industries. The Sony-owned company has reportedly suffered massive layoffs resulting in delayed projects and updates. Bloomberg reports that Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion has been delayed from February 2024 to June 2024. Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter Marathon has also been pushed [...]

Extraction Dungeon Crawler ‘Dungeon Stalkers’ Kicks Off Its First Playtest Next Month

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

The PvPvE extraction sub-genre is getting another addition to its ranks as South Korean video game developer Action Square announces Dungeon Stalkers, a third-person dungeon crawler that promises to throw even the most experienced dungeon delvers for a loop. Players will not only need to make it out of the dungeon alive to keep their spoils, they’ll also need to [...]

Eleventh Hour Confirms A February 2024 Launch For Early Access ARPG Last Epoch

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Eleventh Hour Games has locked in a full release date for Last Epoch nearly five years after it launched into early access. The Kickstarted online action roleplaying game is now set to make the transition out of early access on February 21st, 2024. “After a journey that started with the dream of uniting genre enthusiasts to create the next great [...]

Terraria Announces Cross-Play Between Consoles And Mobile Coming In 2024

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Terraria will be getting cross-play support in a few months’ time as developer Re-Logic begins works to bring console and mobile players together into a single game environment. The studio notes that they’ll need to do a lot of testing and that they’ll be rolling out the highly requested feature alongside Update 1.4.5 sometime in 2024. “We were fortunate enough [...]

New World’s Dives Into Economy Balance, Wealth Gap, And Inflation In Aeternum

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

The New World dev team is back like clockwork with another Forged in Aeternum episode that offers some insight into the current state of the in-game economy. In the new developer video, the team discussed the impact of Rise of the Angry Earth’s launch on the economy as well as the growing wealth disparity between players and inflation in the [...]

Wakfu Partially Rolls Out HD Mode Ahead Of Its Single-Server Launch On November 2

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Wakfu’s colorful world has just received a much-needed update as Ankama Games introduces a high-definition mode for the tactical turn-based MMORPG. The highly requested visual upgrade has been in the works for a while now and is still incomplete, but the studio has finally gotten it to the point where it can be partially released in time for the launch [...]

Mortal Online 2 Is Gearing Up For Another Unreal Engine 5 Playtest On Friday

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Star Vault will be reopening the Mortal Online 2 public test server this Friday for another Unreal Engine 5 testing round. The upcoming test will focus on the engine’s performance and finishing touches to get the upgrade ready for its release on November 5th. Testers will be able to put the sandbox MMORPG’s latest UE5 build through its paces including [...]

RuneScape Begins Testing Combat Changes And Shares Recipes From Its Cookbook

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

A new RuneScape newsletter is on deck with updates on the current state of the game and previews of an upcoming RuneScape-inspired cookbook of, of all things. The more important bit of news is that open beta testing has begun for the previously announced combat changes and adjustments coming to the classic MMORPG. Over the next few weeks, testers will [...]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Is The Face Of Diablo 4’s Vampire Hunter Video Contest

October 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Blizzard Entertainment has kicked off a Vampire Hunters contest and is encouraging everyone to submit clips of their most creative vampire-slaying skills. As an added bonus, the studio has brought in Buffy the Vampire Slayer to help them promote the contest. “Brave souls are invited to show off their skills and prove their worth by submitting clips that demonstrate their [...]

Elder Scrolls Online Rolls Out Update 40 And The New Endless Archive Dungeon

October 30, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Update 40 is now live in Elder Scrolls Online, opening the doors of the new Endless Archive dungeon to everyone who owns the base game. As the name suggests, the Endless Archive offers a virtually infinite dungeon experience as players work their way through randomly generated stages that become increasingly difficult with each successful run. “Update 40 features the new [...]

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