Weekly News Recap #52 - July 18, 2016

Weekly MMO News Recap #52 - July 18, 2016 by Omer

A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending July 18, 2016. This is the fifty second episode in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this week are: Atlantica Online, Twin Saga, Hongmoon Rising, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, First Assault, Kal Online, Mu Origins, Shards Online, Aion, Chronicle: Runescape Legends, Asta Online, Overwatch, Trove, and Black Desert Online. Links to individual news articles we covered this week:

• Valofe to Take Over as Publisher of Atlantica Online
• Twin Saga Founders Pack Available, Founders Beta Begins August
• NCSoft and Tencent Announce Blade and Soul Prequel: Hongmooon Rising
• Nvidia Driver 368.69 Includes Lost Ark SLI Profile
• World of Warcraft Legion Pre Expansion Patch Goes Live on July 19
• First Assault Free to Play Till July 21st
• Kal Online Launches on Steam
• Mu Origins Is Launching on July 28th
• Major Shards Online Release Adds Necromancy and Free Trial Weekend
• Aion 5.0 Update Echoes of Eternity Goes Live
• Chronicle Runescape Legends Introduces New Legend Morvran
• Asta Myth 1 Gets New World Boss and Battleground Map July 19th
• Overwatch Ana Amari Formally Unveiled
• BlacK Desert Online Welcomes Kunoichi and Ninja July 20th and adds Node / Siege Wars July 17th
• Trove is Headed to Playstation 4 and Xbox One Later This Year