Weekly News Recap #56 - August 15, 2016

Weekly MMO News Recap #56 - August 15, 2016 by Omer

A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending August 15, 2016. This is the fifty sixth episode in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this week are: Twin Saga, Riders of Icarus, Black Desert Online, Ark: Survival of the Fittest, World of Warcraft, Peria Chronicles, Tera, Mobile Suit Gundam Online, Lineage 2: Revolution, and Battlegrounds. Links to individual news articles we covered this week:

• Twin Saga Founders Beta Begins Today
• Riders of Icarus Producers Letter Details Plans to Combat Bots
• Riders of Icarus Details Manastone PvP Battles
• Black Desert Online Controversial Cash Shop Marketplace Update Goes Live
• Peria Chronicles May be Delayed Indefinitely
• Ark Survival of the Fittest Abandons Free to Play
• World of Warcraft Unleashes Demon Hunter Today
• Runewaker's Guardians of Ember Launches on Steam in September
• Lineage 2 Revolution Slated for Beta Test in September (KR), Global Release in 2017
• Tera Devs Try Luck With New Battle Royal Game Called Battlegrounds
• Mobile Suit Gundam Online Goes Open Beta in Taiwan
• Tera's August 9th Update Introduces New Solo Dungeon and Expands Flying Zones
• Lineage Eternal Closed Beta May Happen in November