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We've been following Star Vaults difficult launch of Mortal Online 2 over the past couple weeks, and needless to say, things have not gone well. Players have continuously had issues transitioning from Haven to Myrland, and Star Vault has had trouble getting a fix in place, even after numerous patches, a rollback, and several server reboots.

It is not uncommon for MMORPGs to face a number of issues on launch, and Star Vault's Mortal Online 2 if no exception. The Founder of Star Vault Henrik Nyström released a statement yesterday via their website to apologize for the ongoing server queue issues related to logging into Myrland from Haven, and detailed the gameplan on fixing the problems.

Torchlight Infinite has a lot going for it. After seemingly disregarding Torchlight III entirely by creating a direct sequel to the much beloved Torchlight II, developer XD intends to deliver on every point that made the franchise great to begin with. Check out this list of the good and the bad Torchlight Infinite has to offer from the mobile closed beta.

If you've been following Amazon Game Studios release of their, once highly anticipated MMORPG, New World, then you know that their launch didn't exactly go as smoothly as they would have liked. As we head into 6 months after release, the players that have left the game on Steam in early December have yet to return, which has resulted in over a 90% drop in active daily players since the game launched in September of 2021, according to SteamDB.

Indie games have come a long way over the past decade. Many independent studios are filled with passionate team members that are determined to see their projects through. This year, several indie studios have expressed a desire to finally launch their MMORPGs. If you've been wondering what MMOs you have to look forward to this year, look no further, we've put together a short list of 5 unique indie MMORPGs that you'll want to follow in 2022.

For those that may not be aware, Mortal Online 2 is set to launch on January 25th, 2022. With mere days until the game goes live, Star Vault is gearing up for their last week of testing, which begins on January 18th, where a full wipe of the servers will be performed, as they deploy their new server setup.

If you've been wondering when The Wagadu Chronicles will finally let people in to test the game, the wait is almost over. According to the office Wagadu Chronicles twitter account, Twin Drums will be releasing their Alpha 1 test in February 2022.

Back in October of 2021, Valve announced that it would ban games that have NFT's and Cryptocurrencies from their Steam platform. Still, despite a number of blockchain-based games being removed, several remain, and it begs the question, why?

The past 6 years have been pretty wild for Intrepid Studios, with their flagship title, Ashes of Creation, pushing through the different stages of development. With Alpha 2 on the horizon, and their recent transition from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, there is plenty to get excited about when it comes to Ashes of Creation. Shortly after the announcement of the UE5 transition, we sat down with creative director, Steven Sharif, to talk about the advancements the game has made, how the outloo

Last week, Jagex Limited released their Annual Investment and Financial Report for 2020. The 40-page report details the ongoing strategy Jagex intended to employ, the successes of both RuneScape and Oldschool RuneScape, and several hardships the company went through which included the pandemic, and the sale of Jagex to Platinum Fortune in May of 2020, for 530 million dollars.

Executive producer of Embers Adrift John Gust took to the forums to post the latest State of the Game, which talks about all of the progress made in December. The month of December was huge for the team at Stormhaven Studios as an increased testing schedule, changes to combat, and much more took shape, and culminated in the release of their first official game trailer January 1st.

WEMADE, a Korean development studio behind the MIR series of games, has announced a new title called Legend of Ymir. In the tech demo announcement released by WEMADE Global, the Producer of Legend of Ymir explains that the upcoming title will adhere to the story of Legend of MIR, but will utilize Unreal Engine 5 as their first foray into a next-generation MMORPG.

With new blockchain games materializing almost out of nowhere every week, and news outlets struggling to keep up with the emerging trends, there is a growing unsettling factor that needs to be addressed when it comes to how blockchain, and most especially games, are handled in the media. In the age of blockchain games, who can you really trust when popular opinion could directly correlate to personal wealth?

Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda took to the Square Enix Holdings website with his New Year's Letter, which covers a number of different topics that the company aims to focus on throughout 2022. While the vast majority of the letter revolved around the influence of blockchain games, NFT and the metaverse, Matsuda also spoke of Square Enix' investment into artificial intelligence and cloud technologies and how they intend to leverage all emerging tech in the future.

It has been nearly 9 months since our review of Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, and during that time, we've seen new classes grace the game, some quality-of-life features, and now a new region. Is Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis finally playing the right tune?