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New MMORPGs 2020: new and upcoming MMOs worth playing

Once rare like a legendary loot drop, new MMOs are now more common than ever. And as part of a genre built upon freedom and vast numbers of players coming together, they are among the most ambitious games around. Each one promises a sprawling world, a vibrant community, and enough content to make you blush and go all dizzy.


New MMORPGs are full of potential, but they're also precariously close to failure - history is littered with MMOs that have had their moment in the spotlight or never garnered the attention they deserved.


In the interest of saving you hours spent in character creation for a game you might not even like, we have compiled a handy list of all the new MMOs that are worth your time. But we have also gone one step further: as the worlds of MMORPGs are ever-changing, we have included games with recent updates, new content drops, and the like, plus new massively multiplayer online games with RPG elements. So, from newly updated sword-and-sorcery classics to emerging action-RPGs, these are the new MMOs you should be paying attention to.


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[NA] Shard Restart 3/14/2020 - 8AM Pacific [4PM Central Europe]

Good Evening/Night Telarans!

We will be performing a server restart on NA shards come 3/14/2020 at 8AM Pacific [4PM Central Europe]. Downtime is expected to be about 60 minutes. You all will be updated in regards to the completion of it here!

[NA& EU] Patch 2/27/2020 11:05 Pacific [20:05 Central Europe]

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[NA & EU] Server Hotfix 2/27/2020 [7:30AM Pacific (4:30PM CET)]

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[NA] Shard only restart for Greybriar, Deepwood, and Wolfsbane [Feb 20th 2020]

As our title states we will be doing a shard only restart for NA shards; Greybriar, Deepwood, and Wolfsbane. We will begin this restart for these shards at 2PM Pacific time, 11PM Central Europe time. We apologize for the inconvenience and will inform you all when we have completed this shard only restart here.