Western MMO News cover massively multiplayer online games that are developed by individuals, companies or groups from the Western regions of the world. This includes countries in North America, South America, Europe, and The Commonwealth of Independent States.
Black Desert Online on PC will shed new light to main weapon skills by introducing Succession Skills in next week’s update. Succession skills “will allow players to make the choice between choosing to specialize in their main weapons by sacrificing access to their Awakening skills. In return, they get powerful new skills focused on using their original weapons.”
A new indie-developed MMORPG titled Reign of Darkness has launched into Early Access. While still in development, the game is currently a tab-target, theory-crafting, dragon-runner and RPG game based on Dungeons & Dragons concepts. Check out the videos below for gameplay and development footage.
The Elder Scrolls Online wants its players to defeat dragons in the next big event titled ‘Dawn of the Dragonguard’. The event gives bonus rewards to those brave enough to take on Dragons and bosses found within this year’s Season of the Dragon content. Players will be able to pick up the Dawn of the Dragonguard quest from the in-game Crown Store. The event begins on Tuesday, November 26 at 10:00AM EST, and runs until Monday, December 9 at 10:00AM EST.
The sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria developed by Citadel Studios announced that the game’s upcoming ‘New Dawn‘ update will be released next month on December 5th. The update will add brand new content, features, and the much awaited free-to-play option to the game. Free players will have access to almost all of the game’s content, “but will need to purchase a Citizen’s Pass to build a home, launch a player-run shop, unlock your bank’s full capacity, play on Community Servers, and more”.
During Xbox X019, the annual Xbox celebration event held in London, Phil Spencer, the head executive of Microsoft’s Xbox division confirmed that Square Enix‘s popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV will be coming to the Xbox One console. No details or release dates have been mentioned.
Bless Unleashed, the new MMORPG on Xbox One has launched its open beta. Bless Unleashed shares the same lore and world as the previously shut-down PC MMORPG Bless Online. The game is published by Bandai Namco. The beta is set to run from November 7th to November 21st. You can start your adventure by downloading the game from the Xbox Microsoft Store.
From now until November 13th, the base version of the popular MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online is free to play on all platforms. The game is playable on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. This allows gamers to get a glimpse of ESO’s content and gameplay before embarking in the game’s several buy-to-play expansions such as the new Dragonhold DLC that released just weeks ago.
Pearl Abyss has announced that the Mystic class has come to the Xbox One version of the action MMORPG Black Desert. Similar to monk classes in other RPGs, the Mystic is a female close-range melee brawler class that makes use of powerful combat Gauntlets and Vambraces to perform a variety of skills:
