Welcome to this week's installment of MMORPG.com's Quick 5. This week we've seen a return of one of gaming's legacy developers, delays for MMO reveals and "road maps."
In a video on the official Outriders channel, Square Enix shows off a 4k graphics comparison, language support, crossplay support, DLSS, and much more.
Take a Quick 5 and get caught up with what you may have missed over the past week. Outriders has been delayed, and Path of Exile gets a new expansion.
EVE Echoes, the spacefaring mobile MMO by NetEase and CCP Games have released their first major expansion titled Indomitable. The team has also released a launch trailer that outlines the features that players can expect.
In a livestream today on Twitch, New Zealand-based developer Grinding Gear Games announced Path of Exile's next expansion, Echoes of the Atlas. The new content is releasing rather quickly, coming to PC next week on the 15th, while console players will be waiting till the 20th.
Perfect World Entertainment has revealed its next module in their Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG, Neverwinter. Titled Sharandar, the new content will be a three-episode module with the first episode, titled "The Iron Tooth" will hit PC on February 9th, consoles to follow a month later.
After Update 1.2 and a story wholly focused around Albedo, Genshin Impact has released a new character teaser for Ganyu, the next character headed to the game later this month.
Pearl Abyss has updated Black Desert on PC and Consoles with new events and the release of the Nova's Awakening and Succession skills. PC players can also claim a New Year's Gift with a coupon code by January 20th.
In a new blog post on the Ashes of Creation website, the team at Intrepid Studios has showcased the Mage Archetype to fans in its latest Alpha One preview.
It seems NCSoft is teasing its follow-up to the long-standing MMORPG franchise, Blade & Soul, coming in 2021. Blade & Soul 2 seems to be getting a 2021 release date, if recent teasers and a new trailer have anything to say about it.
Season VI: Scourge of Winter is now live in Conqueror's Blade, and players will be tasked with ridding the wintery northlands of Ostaria of some new forces of darkness. Conquerors will have a new campaign, dynamic weather, an upcoming PvE event, and some winter festivities in the Royal Falcon Tavern to keep them busy.
Cyberpunk 2077 dominated this week's news cycle, so it was probably pretty easy to miss some of the other biggest news stories. If you've got 5 minutes for 5 articles, we'll get you all caught up.
If you play Magic: The Gathering, you might not want to miss this teaser.
If you missed the latest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen developer roundtable, you'll want to be sure you check it out on the official YouTube channel, as it has over an hour of information about the environment in Pantheon with Senior Environmental Artist Jimmy Lane.
EverQuest II's Reign of Shadows expansion is live, and it comes with a welcome addition of a new playable race, the Vah Shir. The expansion not just introduces a new playable race, but has a ton of new features as well, including 10 new Reign of Shadows prestige abilities, an increased Maximum Guild Level, a new Adventure and more.