Each week, we scour the internet for all things indie MMO-related, so you don’t have to. This week, Broken Ranks showcases Hvar’s Wastelands, Dragon and Home holds its Summer Fishing Contest, and we continue to get studio recaps of 2024. Plenty of other stuff is also going on, so let’s quit wasting time and get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
Anvil Empires
Get ready for Anvil Empires’ next Pre-Alpha Test. The test begins on Wednesday, January 15 at 1PM ET and runs through January 19th or until the win condition is satisfied. This is the first test that had that win condition clause attached, and the announcement notes that details will be posted ahead of the test. You can learn more about their Pre-Alpha tests through this blog post.
Broken Ranks
With the next major update fast approaching (January 14th), a new blog post details what players can expect in Hvar’s Wastelands, the new zone being added to Broken Ranks.
City of Heroes Homecoming
A new blog post takes a look back at a successful 2024. 574,534 new characters were created last year. Not too shabby.
Corepunk
A new patch has added Tier 3 (T3) items to Corepunk. Although stat values don’t change from T2 to T3 artifacts, the T3 artifacts will have a third stat.
Dragon and Home
The Summer Fishing Competition has arrived in Dragon and Home. And no, that isn’t a typo or major hallucination on my part.
Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore
Patch 3.5.2 was deployed this week. The patch introduces Spirit Tools along with a slew of other QoL updates and bug fixes.
Monsters & Memories
M&M posted its November/December 2024 dev update this week. Update 45 takes a quick look back at 2024 before diving into fresh artwork and other development updates. The team also a new opening for the role of Tradeskill Designer.
Open Perpetuum Project
Patch 34.2 went live on Friday.
Prosperous Universe
Prosperous Universe welcomes in the New Year with Development Log #465.
Realm of the Mad God
RotMG kicks off 2025 with the return of Oryxmania! To take part in the Rumble, you must fight the Arena Announcer, which spawns twice per Realm at 66% and 33% Realmscore. The event runs through January 15th.
RetroMMO
According to a new post on X, RetroMMO will finally have quests.
Quests in RetroMMO at long last! ???????? pic.twitter.com/ARqROtD2Uh
— EvanMMO (@evan_mmo) January 6, 2025
Ship of Heroes
Ship of Heroes has shared a 2024 recap. The review of last year highlights the vfx and animation upgrades the team made, as well as many QoL changes and extending voice dialog to almost all of the NPC interactions.
Villagers & Heroes
Patch 5.39.0 was released this week. The patch includes a “recalibration” of the level 96-97 gameplay, adjusting the power bump at level 96 to be more in line with previous levels.
Wild Terra 2: New Lands
Although the main part fo the Christmas Event lasts through today, January 12th, crafting will still be available until January 19th.