Weekly News Recap #220 – October 7, 2019

Weekly MMO News Recap #220 - October 7, 2019

A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending October 7, 2019. This is episode 220 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games covered this week were: Astellia, Planetside Arena, ArenaNet, Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Age of Conan, Conan Exiles, Ashes of Creation Apocalypse, Camelot Unchained, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Legends of Aria, and Playable Worlds. Links to individual news articles we covered this week:

• New Astellia Online Buy to Play Packages Earn the Ire of Founders Pack Owners
• Daybreak Makes Changes to Planetside Arena to Compensate for Low Playerbase
• Arnanet co-founder and President Mike Obrien Leaves to Form New Studio with Friends
• Neverwinter Uprising Now Available on Xbox One and PS4
• Tencent Acquires 29% of Norweigan Game Developer and Publisher Funcom
• Intrepid Studios Talks about Improvements made based on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse
• Camelot Unchained Tests out Minstrel Class
• Elder Scrolls Online Reveals Performance Improvement Roadmap for Update 24-26
• World of Warcraft Classic Phase 2 Launching Later this Year
• Legends of Aria Community Manager Talks about Point Release 8 Part 1 and 2 Updates
• Raph Koster Announces New Studio Playable Worlds and new MMO in Development