Weekly News Recap #96 – May 22, 2017

Weekly MMO News Recap #96 - May 22, 2017 by Omer

A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending May 22, 2017. This is the ninety-sixth episode in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this week are: Crowfall, Destiny 2, Black Desert Online, RuneScape, Jagex, Wild West Online, Taichi Panda 3, Allods Online, Age of Conan, Archeage, Arcfall, Marvel Heroes, Dreadnought, Gwent, Lawbreakers, Secret World Legends, and Final Fantasy XIV. Links to individual news articles we covered this week:

• Crowfall Open Beta Set to Begin by the End of the Year
• Crowfall Massive Reveal Day Shows off New Graphics and More
• Destiny 2 PC Launch Exclusively on Battle.net / Blizzard App
• Black Desert Online's Striker Update to go Live Alongside Steam Launch on May 24th
• Jagex Partners with Improbable to use Spatial OS in Future Projects
• Runescape NextGen Accidentally Leaked in livestream
• Wild West Online No Longer Needs Kickstarter Funding, Launching This Year
• You Can Play Taichi Panda 3 Right Now on Android
• Allods Online Update 8.0.1 Creation Goes Live May 23rd
• Runescape's Menaphos Expansion Introduces New Slayer Dungeon and Increases Skill Levep Cap
• Celebrate Age of Conan's 9th Anniversary with Free Level 80 Characters
• Archeage's Erenor Eternal Update Adds new Zones and More on June 7th
• Arcfall Launches Steam Early Access
• Marvel Heroes Omega PS4 Open Beta Begins May 23rd
• Dreadnought Warps Into Open Beta
• Gwent Public Beta Begins May 24th
• Lawbreakers Closed Beta 2 Begins May 18th with Tons of New Content
• Final Fantasy XIV Revolutions Theme / Trailer Released for Stormblood (Main Theme)