Intrepid Studios has announced that a 12-hour playtest for Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse will take place on August 20th from 11am to 11pm Pacific Time. Apocalypse is the standalone battle royale version of the Ashes of Creation MMORPG.
Bandai Namco revealed a new anime-styled MMO called Blue Protocol earlier this month and it has accumulated quite a bit of hype so far, amongst Western fans included. Over the past several weeks, lots of teasers for the new MMO in development were released including a gameplay trailer and a character creation video. The game is in Japanese and already conducted alpha tests in Japan this month.
Dragon’s Dogma Online, Capcom’s high fantasy MMORPG for the PC, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4 is scheduled to shut down in Japan on December 5th. The game initially launched in Japan on August 31, 2015 and never made it out to other regions. Capcom states that they have tried to support the game for players but it has become difficult to continue to provide satisfactory service.
Indie studio Bitbox has announced that medieval MMO Life is Feudal: MMO has changed from buy-to-play to free-to-play. Initially announced during their last AMA, the change is accompanied by a host of other new changes such as difficulty reduction of skill leveling after level 90, drop value changes, and more listed below.
Every new member will receive 3 days of Premium subscription and a Ticket to Abella.
The much-loved Double XP Weekend Event is returning to RuneScape this month and it will last for 72 hours. From July 26th through July 29th, all players will receive XP bonuses. Those with RuneScape membership benefits will receive +100% XP earned. Free players will get a smaller +20% XP earned.
New details have been revealed about Bandai Namco’s upcoming online action RPG Blue Protocol. For three days, alpha testers will get to play for several hours each day and try out the four available classes of Aegis Fighter, Blast Archer, Spell Caster, and Twin Striker. The trailer below teases the game’s world, combat, cinematics, and classes.
Gameforge has sent word that AION 7.0 has been postponed to arrive on July 24th instead of the original July 10th release date. The large content update will bring two additional instances; Dumaha Region and The Stella Development Laboratory. On top of that, a new class specialization for the Artist class called The Painter will be added.
Bandai Namco has announced a new online action RPG titled Blue Protocol. The game is developed by Project Sky Blue, a team consisting of veteran members from Bandai Namco Online and Bandai Namco Studios.
MMOs or ‘massively multiplayer online games’ are capable of supporting hundreds to thousands of players on the same server. 
