Royal Quest Online is running a four-day open beta to stress-test its new server hardware: it opens on Friday, August 21 and closes on Monday the 24th at noon Moscow time. Fishing is the system under the microscope.
The Warlock is live in Sphere 3: it runs on necrotic energy, and when that energy drops, every spell is paid for with the caster's own health. GameXP published no requirements and no patch notes.
The old-school MMORPG confirms its early access is still set for October 1 and previews this week's patch: two new dungeons, three raid bosses and a first pass at the player camera.
Visionary Realms has wiped Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's PTR characters again, this time to reach the player market with clean data. The patch also reworks level 14-36 weapons and turns on masteries for eight classes.
Gloria Victis has switched on State of War: guild-versus-guild warfare over Guild Islands, with sieges of up to 30 minutes against player-built castles. The first battles are fought tomorrow.
The update landed with the August 18 maintenance. The Ignite server gets you to level 75 in a week without spending, with free transfers to the main servers from August 26, alongside the new Flame Warden class and the return of Blackram Supply Chain.
The Of Rabbits and Wolves patch adds two quests, Manenu's shop with its own event currency and another round of controller fixes. Woodcutting, the next lifeskill, lands on September 1.
Playable Worlds opened paid early access for Stars Reach on Steam on August 18, seven years into development. The studio admits it is still wrestling with its servers, and the first Steam reviews landed mostly negative.
Triune Studios says its quest system is done and itemization is next. The demo arrives in October and stays up until launch, which the studio still pegs at early 2027.
The MMORPG's 0.2.0 update adds a continent you only reach by pledging to a faction, a second class per character, and world bosses that hurt again no matter how much Defence you stack.