I can't say anything on that list does much for me. I am mildly curious about the DIvision for the mere fact it takes place in a setting that would be new to me...I have been fantasy / sci-fi pretty much exclusively for MMO settings.
Now..in 2016...I cannot help but be excited about Shroud of the Avatar and its sister game Underworld Ascendant, as well as Crowfall. I am happily backing all three, with SotA as the one I have already been testing and have a more significant financial investment (some would say gamble) in.
I am actually glad that big money has pulled out of MMO's. They have made crap for the last decade for the most part. Hopefully the next few years ushers in a badly needed period of quality MMO's to choose from.
Oh my. That list is....If that list were the only "MMOs" releasing this coming year, the genre is in big trouble. A bunch of non MMO's and console games. I'm guessing the writer of the article really doesn't like MMO's with sandbox features.
I thought the Repopulation was slated for sometime this year? It may have been pushed back.
I've been waiting for the division for a while, and I'm kind of disappointed we haven't gotten to see much more of it. What I have seen looks amazing, and the chances that I buy it on a console are actually pretty high if it releases at the same time as a PC version, or before.
GW2s expansion is a must buy for me as well. I'm keeping an eye on some of the others too, and I'm interested to see where the repopulation and pathfinder go this year.
Right now we are in a bit of a lull in the MMO release schedule. Crowdfunding campaigns like Crowfall keep on trucking and the astronomically high level of hype around Star Citizen continues to escalate, but both of those games are pretty far off from a real release. This list isn’t going to mention any current crowdfunding games, nor will it mention stuff that will go into a closed alpha of any kind – only open betas and full releases. This list will however include expansions and ports of MMOs to different consoles.
I'm curious as to how EQNext made this list when clearly it will not be released in 2015. And Shroud? I think the concept of *release* has long been forgotten and any game put out there, in any state, qualifies as a release.
EQN didtnt make the list.
10. Neverwinter (XBox One)
9. Planetside 2 (PS4)
8. Shroud of the Avatar
7. Elder Scrolls Online (Console)
6. skyforge
5. Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade
4. Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
3. Landmark
2. Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
1. The Division
The OP misnamed #3, it is not Everquest Next, it is Landmark (as they state in the description).
Originally posted by Vonatar 4 MMOs (arguably), 3 console re-releases, 2 expansion packs and an online shooter.
I feel this is just a reflection of the sea change as big money decides to leave the PC MMO stage. Some will reach out towards console gaming to try and expand into that customer base while others will abandon this market entirely and move on to a more stable investment. This mutation leaves the playing field wide open for smaller indie companies to make the games they want rather than just chasing trends. In the end I think this will be a good thing for PC MMORPG gamers who are weary of the current MMO offerings.
Well said.
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Half the games are just expansions and console ports, calling them "releases" seems to be stretching things.
Cut them out and make a top 5 list instead. Still, a few interesting games on the list even If I would have wanted more (curses to CCP for cancelling WoDO to focus on Dust).
This is how bad it's got for mmorpg.com, it's actually boarder line insulting that they think we would actually believe the title of the thread and agree with their list lol.
The best one is EQN lol, seriously after all that's gone on with SOE they actually have the nerve to include EQN in that list. Even before the Daybreak melt down EQN wasn't coming in 2015.
"This list isn’t going to mention any current crowdfunding games, nor will it mention stuff that will go into a closed alpha of any kind – only open betas and full releases."
You are including Everquest Next, which is not in beta. Along with the corp. shuffle and speculation this game may not even get released, it probably shouldn't be on your list of 2015 most anticipated games.
That was without a doubt the saddest most anticipated update in the history of them. The only redeeming quality it had was Shroud of the avatar, a multiplayer game half-heartedly converted to an mmo.
3 out of 5 of the games you listed are already out. Why bother even making a list of games?
I was hoping to see GAMES not EXPANSIONS.
I hoped to see more on Shroud of the Avatar at the very least on that list.
You should have put Shroud of the Avatar as number 3 and boot Landmark the hell out of there, it would atleast give your list some sort of credibility. Landmark has ZERO anticipation this year since people were told it was going to be released years ago. I seriously doubt it will even release this year as well as I played it last month.
first of al when I read the topic title I was like WOOT!....I must have missed allot of news about newly released or soon to be released MMORPG's.
Then saw the list and sort of understood it. While some of those games are re-launches onto a console system still makes it a new release. Even though many of us PC gamers have already played/tried or tested those games on pc.
Now about the list a few things I noticed.
Shroud of the Avatar a 2015 release? I honostly doubt that. Mid or late 2016.....maybe...but of course I could be wrong...
Landmark....as said the game has been in alpha for some time now. But from what I read in the topic they are going to skip "closed" beta and be entering open beta soon? Or did I misunderstand some of that?
Only game on the list I really want to play but am not sure why it's on that list is The Division. With all the info given I am really not sure why it's in the most anticipated MMO release list. It's on my personal most anticipated 2015 GAMES list. Unfortunaly I don't see any MMO or MMORPG's being released in 2015 of interest for me. And those I do like who are still in development I have a hard time believing they will be able to make it a 2015 release.
To be fair, gaming is in a wonderful place right now - it's just that the big-budget release PC MMO is a dying breed.
What did ya'll expect to happen when we've had year after year of high profile, big budget, super-hyped MMO releasing to anywhere from mediocre to downright abysmal performance over the past... about 10 years now?
The release of big budget, big name MMOs has been a few years behind popular opinion and the trending opinion ever since WoW came out.
Taking many years to develop, when they release they are already yesterday's "hot" thing.
That is one advantage, certainly, of the sequel printing machines like the CoD and Battlefield etc. is that they get to keep up with the trends a lot better.
Other really popular and successful franchises just follow their own formulas, releasing new titles every couple of years with updated graphics and whatever new buzz-word systems they can throw in. I'm talking the GTA's and the Uncharted's and the Halo's etc.
Every once in a while you get a break out, stand alone hit that isn't a rehash or a sequel.
Expect the trend for games to be more and more multi-platform to continue. Why do you think the new gen console went x86? Pretty obvious...
Just about every "major" AAA release is going to be multi-platform, or at least with timed exclusivity, with the current costs to make games - you just have to target a wide audience with a AAA title.
PC gaming isn't dying or slowing down, it's speeding up - but the type of games is really changing, and the exclusivity of certain genres to PC gaming is certainly diminishing rapidly. What we call a "PC" is rapidly changing too.
Within 3-5 years we may have tablets running what only a full-tower PC can do today. That is going to change a lot of things.
Gaming is going to be even less about platform than it is now, and more about input and output.
Controller vs. keyboard + mouse, touch, voice, kinnect / PS eye, and VR / AR.
TL;DR - ya'll just have to accept that the big budget AAA PC only MMO is really a thing of the past... it's happened before in other genres, like the PC flight sim. PC gaming is only growing due to new types of games like MOBA and the rise of indie titles.
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lol at the list....indy mmo's and 2014 console versions....
Sad state of mmorpg's people
At least Eve Online is shaking up their sov war mechanics.
And a fresh Fountain war is kicking off already so glad i have something to do upcomming months o/
MMORPG.com doesn't like sandboxes, apparently.
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Here's my top 3:
The Repopulation
Life is Feudal
GW2: Heart of Thorns
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I can't say anything on that list does much for me. I am mildly curious about the DIvision for the mere fact it takes place in a setting that would be new to me...I have been fantasy / sci-fi pretty much exclusively for MMO settings.
Now..in 2016...I cannot help but be excited about Shroud of the Avatar and its sister game Underworld Ascendant, as well as Crowfall. I am happily backing all three, with SotA as the one I have already been testing and have a more significant financial investment (some would say gamble) in.
I am actually glad that big money has pulled out of MMO's. They have made crap for the last decade for the most part. Hopefully the next few years ushers in a badly needed period of quality MMO's to choose from.
Co-Founder of Elder Moot
SotA Founder
Oh my. That list is....If that list were the only "MMOs" releasing this coming year, the genre is in big trouble. A bunch of non MMO's and console games. I'm guessing the writer of the article really doesn't like MMO's with sandbox features.
I thought the Repopulation was slated for sometime this year? It may have been pushed back.
I've been waiting for the division for a while, and I'm kind of disappointed we haven't gotten to see much more of it. What I have seen looks amazing, and the chances that I buy it on a console are actually pretty high if it releases at the same time as a PC version, or before.
GW2s expansion is a must buy for me as well. I'm keeping an eye on some of the others too, and I'm interested to see where the repopulation and pathfinder go this year.
EQN didtnt make the list.
10. Neverwinter (XBox One)
9. Planetside 2 (PS4)
8. Shroud of the Avatar
7. Elder Scrolls Online (Console)
6. skyforge
5. Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade
4. Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
3. Landmark
2. Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
1. The Division
The OP misnamed #3, it is not Everquest Next, it is Landmark (as they state in the description).
Well said.
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Half the games are just expansions and console ports, calling them "releases" seems to be stretching things.
Cut them out and make a top 5 list instead. Still, a few interesting games on the list even If I would have wanted more (curses to CCP for cancelling WoDO to focus on Dust).
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This is how bad it's got for mmorpg.com, it's actually boarder line insulting that they think we would actually believe the title of the thread and agree with their list lol.
The best one is EQN lol, seriously after all that's gone on with SOE they actually have the nerve to include EQN in that list. Even before the Daybreak melt down EQN wasn't coming in 2015.
"This list isn’t going to mention any current crowdfunding games, nor will it mention stuff that will go into a closed alpha of any kind – only open betas and full releases."
You are including Everquest Next, which is not in beta. Along with the corp. shuffle and speculation this game may not even get released, it probably shouldn't be on your list of 2015 most anticipated games.
That was without a doubt the saddest most anticipated update in the history of them. The only redeeming quality it had was Shroud of the avatar, a multiplayer game half-heartedly converted to an mmo.
Sad times indeed.
3 out of 5 of the games you listed are already out. Why bother even making a list of games?
I was hoping to see GAMES not EXPANSIONS.
I hoped to see more on Shroud of the Avatar at the very least on that list.
You should have put Shroud of the Avatar as number 3 and boot Landmark the hell out of there, it would atleast give your list some sort of credibility. Landmark has ZERO anticipation this year since people were told it was going to be released years ago. I seriously doubt it will even release this year as well as I played it last month.
I'll give you the condensed version:
Top 10 Most Anticipated MMO Releases of 2015:
THERE ARE NONE, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
*rereads article title several times*
Nowhere in the title do I see PC, original or the tag RPG to the end of MMO so the list seems pretty f'ing accurate to me.
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Lol, just 10 years ago it would have been "The Most Anticipated MMORPG in the next 5 Years !"...
Now we're depressed because there's only 2 or 3 significant new releases in THE NEXT NINE MONTHS !
Lmao !
Mind you, probably 75% of the people reading this site nowadays weren't even playing MMO's ten years ago...
first of al when I read the topic title I was like WOOT!....I must have missed allot of news about newly released or soon to be released MMORPG's.
Then saw the list and sort of understood it. While some of those games are re-launches onto a console system still makes it a new release. Even though many of us PC gamers have already played/tried or tested those games on pc.
Now about the list a few things I noticed.
Shroud of the Avatar a 2015 release? I honostly doubt that. Mid or late 2016.....maybe...but of course I could be wrong...
Landmark....as said the game has been in alpha for some time now. But from what I read in the topic they are going to skip "closed" beta and be entering open beta soon? Or did I misunderstand some of that?
Only game on the list I really want to play but am not sure why it's on that list is The Division. With all the info given I am really not sure why it's in the most anticipated MMO release list. It's on my personal most anticipated 2015 GAMES list. Unfortunaly I don't see any MMO or MMORPG's being released in 2015 of interest for me. And those I do like who are still in development I have a hard time believing they will be able to make it a 2015 release.
Sadly have to agree.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
To be fair, gaming is in a wonderful place right now - it's just that the big-budget release PC MMO is a dying breed.
What did ya'll expect to happen when we've had year after year of high profile, big budget, super-hyped MMO releasing to anywhere from mediocre to downright abysmal performance over the past... about 10 years now?
The release of big budget, big name MMOs has been a few years behind popular opinion and the trending opinion ever since WoW came out.
Taking many years to develop, when they release they are already yesterday's "hot" thing.
That is one advantage, certainly, of the sequel printing machines like the CoD and Battlefield etc. is that they get to keep up with the trends a lot better.
Other really popular and successful franchises just follow their own formulas, releasing new titles every couple of years with updated graphics and whatever new buzz-word systems they can throw in. I'm talking the GTA's and the Uncharted's and the Halo's etc.
Every once in a while you get a break out, stand alone hit that isn't a rehash or a sequel.
Expect the trend for games to be more and more multi-platform to continue. Why do you think the new gen console went x86? Pretty obvious...
Just about every "major" AAA release is going to be multi-platform, or at least with timed exclusivity, with the current costs to make games - you just have to target a wide audience with a AAA title.
PC gaming isn't dying or slowing down, it's speeding up - but the type of games is really changing, and the exclusivity of certain genres to PC gaming is certainly diminishing rapidly. What we call a "PC" is rapidly changing too.
Within 3-5 years we may have tablets running what only a full-tower PC can do today. That is going to change a lot of things.
Gaming is going to be even less about platform than it is now, and more about input and output.
Controller vs. keyboard + mouse, touch, voice, kinnect / PS eye, and VR / AR.
TL;DR - ya'll just have to accept that the big budget AAA PC only MMO is really a thing of the past... it's happened before in other genres, like the PC flight sim. PC gaming is only growing due to new types of games like MOBA and the rise of indie titles.