MMO Year in Review: Press F for Another Marvel MMO (May 2022)

Daybreak dropped another MMO in May; In fact, this was the second time a Marvel MMO has been canceled and we had to find out through a financial report after the project lead announced their new studio. Then again, not everyone regretted seeing it canned.

In the meantime, EVEs Fanfest led to a major COVID outbreak among attendees, Activision-Blizzard crawled off the internet with its sunken “Diversity Space Tool” and we got our first glimpse Warcraft Arclight Rumble.

Read on for the full recap from May of last year.

TOP NEWS IN MAY 2022

According to the CWA, Activision-Blizzard management threatened workers for discussing labor rights

The new SWG Legends Livestock, Farming, Taming, Spice and Smuggling patch is now live

The COVID outbreak at PAX East 2022 has already resulted in one death

Activision-Blizzard wants shareholders to vote against the company publishing abuse reports

Blizzard announces Warcraft Arclight Rumble, a new strategy game for mobile devices

EVE Online turns 19 with new skins and Smuggler Hunt

Elite Dangerous lays out a roadmap for 2022, a new plan for the console to PC migration

New York City just filed a new lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard

Legends of Aria talks about the next phases of testing and tries to explain why it “needs” the blockchain.

AQ3D community manager quits after raising allegations of sexual harassment against developer Artix Entertainment

Jack Emmert appears to be heading up a new NetEase studio – and not Daybreak’s Marvel MMO

CIG’s reports for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 detail work on AI, area shaping, and bed sheet warping

Wandering Wraeclast: Pets plunge into Path of Exile’s new Sentinel league

Wandering Wraeclast: Path of Exile’s Sentinel update improves the endgame with new passives and mob modifiers

EVE Fanfest 2022: EVE Online adds spreadsheets to your spreadsheets

MMO Business Roundup: ArenaNet’s pro-choice stance, Blizzard’s new VP, and Nexon’s new CEO

EVE Fanfest 2022: The EVE Online universe FPS is still under development

EVE Fanfest 2022: Fanfest attendees have already started testing positive for COVID

The Lord of the Rings Online Discord fan will be removed from the community

EVE Fanfest 2022: All the important EVE Online announcements from Fanfest

Star Trek Online’s Stormfall brings two new episodes to PC players today

Open-source MMORPG sandbox Ryzom has lowered its subscription price – again

Elite Dangerous is giving console players a free PC copy of the game as it tries to allay concerns about content drought

Final Fantasy XIV finally imposes bans on some streamers via addons

Lord of the Rings actor Billy Boyd joins The Elder Scrolls Online cast for High Isle

The Blade and Soul New Empires update will receive patch notes when it releases today

Starting today, PSO2 New Genesis celebrates its first birthday with quests, trials and cosmetic goodies

Ubisoft 2022 Financials: Skull & Bones will finally set sail early next year

Legends of Aria’s new owner begins testing NFT system even as crypto crashes globally

WAPO calls out gambling industry for lack of support for reproductive health during workers’ strike

Bethsoft has postponed its co-op shooter Redfall to next year – along with Starfield

World of Warcraft is testing a “social contract” for its players in 9.2.5

Lost Ark KR director is reportedly stepping down due to health issues

Activision-Blizzard sneaks off the internet with its ‘Diversity Space Tool’ as union busting continues

Lost Ark admits it’s “waging a war on bots” since launch and has banned millions of accounts

The EverQuest Guild woke up the Sleeper on P99 Green – and all hell broke loose

EVE Fanfest 2022: CCP delivered free food to EVE Online players ambushed by the Fanfest COVID outbreak

BioWare Seeks New Staff to ‘Develop Next Star Wars The Old Republic Game’

WoW Classic interview doubles down on Wrath Classic’s lack of a dungeon finder

Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs says there are “almost” 10 games in the works right now

Final Fantasy XI celebrates its 20th anniversary today

Fall Guys goes free-to-play – but breaks its Steam promise

Hex-crawling MMO World Seed officially launches on Steam with new features, new monetization and no server wipe

Destiny 2’s Bungie says it won’t be “muzzled” by Sony when it comes to “standing up for what’s right.”

Star Citizen boss blames COVID for delaying features, promoting new players and marking a path to beta

Lost Ark’s Destined for Destruction drops the Destroyer and Deskaluda

Age of Conan turns 14 as the celebrations quietly begin today

Neverwinter is making lockers “transparent” starting with June’s “Cult of Dragons” box

Unlikely CEO shows M² Tech review and claims platform has ‘peak capacity’ of 1 billion users

Raven Software QA votes to form a union despite months of union fighting between Activision and Blizzard

What happened to the often-delayed corepunk? It has suspended support to the Russian region

EG7 Q1 2022 Financials: EG7 has retired Daybreak’s Marvel MMORPG

Riders of Icarus, which surpassed one million players six years ago, goes play-to-earn with NFTs

Pearl Abyss reclaims Black Desert publishing rights in South America and touts 45 million registered players

Guild Wars 2 trolls block others’ access to new Legendary weapon skins… by making events a success

World of Warcraft hopes modern reporting tools and social contracts will improve community behavior

Artist shares character creation screens from Daybreak’s screwed up Marvel superhero MMO

Belgium and Netherlands reject Diablo Immortal over locker gambling concerns

MGI & Gamigo Q1 2022: Atlas Rogues is dead

18 European countries support a Norwegian government agency’s claim that loot boxes are “manipulative”.

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