Weekly Recap #297 July 4th – Overwatch, Paladins, Black Desert & More!

Weekly Recap #297 July 4th – Overwatch, Paladins, Black Desert & More!

A quick look and discussion for every major announcement and update during the week! This week we discussed updates from the following games: ELOA, ASTA, HeroWarz, Elsword, Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Paragon, Smite, Paladins, Overwatch, Black Desert, Tera, Aion, Riders of Icarus & Revelation Online!

Weekly MMO News summary for the week ending July 4th, 2016 (June 27th – July 4th).

Webzen kicks off its summer celebration event for all of its games:
http://mmohuts.com/news/webzen-launches-summer-events-webzen-com/
http://mmohuts.com/giveaway/webzen-summer-2016-superpack-giveaway/

HeroWarz doesn’t mess around its time for Open Beta:
http://mmohuts.com/news/herowarz-begins-open-beta/

Elsword shows off the 2nd class paths for Rose, Bloodia and Crimson Rose:
http://mmohuts.com/video/elsword-bloodia-crimson-rose-trailer/

In celebration of the Star Trek 50th anniversary, STO launches Agents of Yesterday:
http://mmohuts.com/video/star-trek-online-agents-yesterday-launch-trailer/

Neverwinter launches on the PS4 with all 9 expansions on July 19th:
http://mmohuts.com/news/neverwinter-ps4-launches-july-19/

Paragon gives PS Plus players a little simpathy – Free starter pack for July:
http://mmohuts.com/video/paragon-free-playstation-plus-july-2016/

Lots of changes in Smite’s mid-season patch 3.12:
http://mmohuts.com/news/smite-season-3-12-patch-overview-gallery/
http://mmohuts.com/video/smite-3-12-patch-preview-midseason-update/

Just as many changes in Paladins along with a new champion viktor the generic:
http://mmohuts.com/video/paladins-closed-beta-28-patch-overview/
http://mmohuts.com/video/paladins-viktor-champion-teaser/

Overwatch fires up its competitive play game mode and summer 2016 season PvP:
http://mmohuts.com/news/overwatch-competitive-play-now-live/

Black Desert recieves its previously delayed Valencia Part One update:
http://mmohuts.com/video/black-desert-online-valencia-part-one-trailer/
http://mmohuts.com/news/black-desert-online-valencia-part-one-expansion-tomorrow/

En Masse announces a new update for Tera arriving this week:
http://mmohuts.com/news/tera-aces-wild-update-announced/

The Aion Echoes of Eternity update is coming on July 13th:
http://mmohuts.com/video/aion-echoes-eternity-lore-cinematic/

Riders of Icarus Teases Open Beta Updates and Beyond:
http://mmohuts.com/news/riders-icarus-teases-open-beta-updates-beyond/
http://mmohuts.com/news/riders-icarus-top-10-visually-stunning-ground-mounts/

Revelation Online shows off its seamless open world in a new trailer:
http://mmohuts.com/video/revelation-online-fly/