What Are The Best Upcoming MMORPGs?
There’s no way we can get tired of getting new MMOs and MMORPGs – we are always looking for new adventures, new mechanics, and new villains to defeat.
Here are the top upcoming MMOs and MMORPGs we're excited for:
16. Population Zero
Population Zero: New Gameplay Development
In this game you will have to fight not only an infinite number of players, but also the aliens that terrify this world. You will be assigned to a faction and a colony, and conflict will always be a constant in this universe. Get submerged in a fascinating and thrilling world that will test your abilities to the limit.
What Makes Population Zero Awesome
- Survive in an online alien world with strategic thinking
- Learn how to win resources competing against other colonies
- Beautiful alien flora and fauna design
Population Zero Official Youtube
The design that the developers put into the alien flora and fauna that you can find in this game is simply sublime; they offer a colorful and interesting idea of how the life of this planet could be.
This game features common weapons (swords, knives, hammers) and also weapons that are made from basic materials such as stone, bractus and xenofungus, adding a realistic touch to the survival idea of using whatever you can find.
15. Legends of Aria
Legends of Aria Launch Trailer
Experience how you will be playing this game from the beginning. Since you choose your class, you can dedicate yourself to build fortresses, slay monsters or craft magical objects, and also join the typical guilds of friends, participate in wars between guilds and so much more in this beautiful sandbox fantasy MMORPG.
What Makes Legends of Aria Awesome:
- Choose over 30 skills you wish to practice the most
- Lawless PvP regions and regulated fight regions
- You can sell the objects you craft to other players
Legends of Aria Official Youtube
Even if it’s not necessary to slay monsters to play this game, dragons and other typical MMORPG creatures still exist in this world, and the fights are still epic, fluid and interesting to watch, even if you don’t participate directly on them.
You will be able to speak to any player you want, create your own guild buildings and customize them with anything you find on the outer world.
14. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - Gamescom 2018 Campaign Teaser
This game takes place 200 years before its predecessor, Mount & Blade: Warband, and it comes with new features and locations. Also set in the world of Calradia, you will be tested in your capacity of building weaponry and war machinery alongside with your ability of creating criminal networks and alliances.
What Makes Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Awesome:
- Survive through the chaotic war experience
- Craft realistic weapons
- You can create your own modes
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Official Site
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Official Youtube
Attack and siege your enemies after strategically forging alliances and war councils to destroy them and loot their gold and items.
Not everything is siege and battles – you will also be able to exploit your crafting skills to create your own weapons and a series of very interesting objects.
13. Star Citizen
Star Citizen: Alpha 3.0 Feature Trailer
This game takes place in outer space, which will give you a full experience of unimaginable possibilities: you will be able to trade, explore, and fight in a physics-based universe. Create alliances, fly carefully designed starships and destroy your enemies in this sci-fi based online game in which you are the main character.What Makes Star Citizen Awesome:
- Realistic death mechanics: more risk could absolutely kill you very quickly
- Listen to the fictional languages created for three alien races
- It doesn’t have different game servers
It’s very difficult to find something to rival the level of research and design the game developers made to create these starships; the experience you will obtain is invaluable, and it will feel as if you really were flying it in real life.
Use weapons such as ravager shotguns, ballistic pistols or assault rifles, and trade them with other merchants and players.
12. Camelot Unchained
Camelot Unchained Dragon Con 2016 Trailer
Craft and build your own fortresses, live in an environment surrounded by the Arthurian-inspired realms, be the most honorable knight or a twisted mercenary: you will be able to do anything you desire in a world inspired by the legends of the mighty King Arthur and the classically beloved medieval world.
What Makes Camelot Unchained Awesome:
- Abilities and spells can be combined
- Large-scale, real looking battlefield
- Create your own castles
Camelot Unchained Official Site
Camelot Unchained Official Youtube
Create alliances with your friends, organize gatherings and plan your next adventure with them.
You can build anything you want for your friends (and enemies) to visit, and the only limit is how creative you are!
11. New World (amazon)
New World Reveal ~ Amazon Game Studios
New World will also be another thrilling and exciting game that makes you experience the life of explorers and adventurers. You will be able to craft, combat, hunt and claim territories for you and your friends!
What Makes New World Awesome:
- Claim territories and keep your vassal’s loyalty
- Join guilds of crafters, architects, prospectors or warriors
- Face supernatural enemies
New World (Amazon) Official Site
New World (Amazon) Official Youtube
Learn to push your blacksmithing skills to the limit, upgrade your weapons and explore all the options you have to be the best fighter.
Hunt dangerously big animals in the wilderness and annihilate them in order to travel safely with your companions.
10. Identity (Expected Release: TBA)
Identity Trailer
Identity is a game that lets you live your life however you want. Your main character can be of any profession (even a criminal) and you will be able to live in a fictional place of the US that is inspired by the Georgia and the Carolinas.
What Makes Identity Awesome:
- The first social gameplays are available before the release of the whole game
- You completely control your life, your future, and your wealth
- Gorgeous and realistic environments (beaches, mountains, etc.)
You can go to the hairdresser and get a full hairstyling session as many times as you would like, and you will have the power to choose from a whole variety of options.
Shops are extremely realistic, and you will definitely experience purchasing just like in real life. For example, you can go to a sport-specialized shop and buy a biker’s equipment.
9. Magic The Gathering MMORPG (Expected Release: TBA)
War of the Spark Official Trailer – Magic: The Gathering
Based on the worldwide acclaimed fantasy card game Magic The Gathering is an upcoming MMORPG that reunites every known element of high fantasy setting, but it’s inspired on the set of cards, rather than being a digital version of the card game. Any hardcore (or casual) gamer should definitely play this game once it comes out, as it looks more than promising.
What Makes Magic: The Gathering Awesome:
- New interesting storylines
- Expands the original card game universe
- Multiplayer and solo quests
Magic: The Gathering Official Site
Magic: The Gathering Official Youtube
Use the already known characters from the cards and watch them come to life in this upcoming MMORPG.
Defend your cities, barricades and strategic points and destroy your enemies by creating parties with your friends.
8. City of Titans (Expected Release: TBA)
MWM Legacy: City of Titans - Teaser Trailer REBORN
This game focuses on a superhero-focused type of narrative. You will live in the Titan City, and this is where every storyline collides in a major story to create the new world. Explore, travel with vehicles, design your superhero and decide what’s everyone else’s fate.
What Makes City of Titans Awesome:
- You can fly and teleport
- You can choose your own powers for competitions (since the beginning)
- You will choose what your morale will be (hero or villain)
City of Titans Official Youtube
Explore one of the most complete avatar builders that have been seen in a MMORPG, with endless features and possibilities to customize your character even in the most minimal detail.
Fight against other players in the middle of the buildings and skyscrapers, which gives this game a futuristic approach that’s more than captivating.
7. Ascent: Infinite Realm (Expected Release: TBA)
Ascent: Infinite Realm - Reveal Trailer
Ascent: Infinite Realm is an upcoming MMORPG that mainly takes you through the path of air combat. You will see exquisitely designed airships, equipment, and other flying machines that will help you through your journey. Your objective in this game is to determine which realm takes over the control of the sky, and every strategic point you find convenient for battle.
What Makes Ascent: Infinite Realm Awesome
- Steampunk airships
- Focuses on aerial combat
- Practice very complex combat maneuvers with flying suits
Ascent: Infinite Realm Official Site
Ascent: Infinite Realm Official Youtube
The design of the airships in Ascent: Infinite Realm is breath-takingly beautiful, detailed, and very realistic.
In Ascent: Infinite Realm you will see a world surrounded by wars between realms and the remaining of each of these encounters.
6. Lost Ark (Expected North America Release: 2020)
Lost Ark : World Premiere Trailer [KR]
Kazeroth, who leads a Demon Legion, is about to take over the world. Only the hero of this story will be able to stop evilness from surrounding everything that’s known. Your character will be able to explore, conquer, craft and fight against evil in this beautifully designed MMORPG.
What Makes Lost Ark Awesome:
- Different character classes
- There’s a huge amount of challenging puzzles
- Travel using airships
Ally with your friends to fight every dangerous creature you can find, earn experience, and win rewards together.
Fight beautifully designed monsters, use strategy to end their lives and win great rewards after finishing any quest you want to complete!
5. Project TL (Expected Release: TBA)
Project TL Trailer and Cinematic Gameplay - Unreal Engine 4 - New PC MMORPG by NCSoft
As part of the Lineage series, Project TL comes as a sequel to the first Lineage game. Apart from some necessary upgrades that make the gameplay even better, related to design and customization, you will be able to come back and experience the well-known medieval fantasy world of this franchise, full of diverse races, magic, warriors, and hardcore and challenging PvP battles.
What Makes Project TL Awesome:
- You will be able to gather multiple types of characters (clerics, tanks, warriors) and use them whenever you find it convenient
- Upgrades illustrations and character design
- Stunning fortresses to conquer and claim
You will be able to see battles from above, giving you a god-like vision of how crude and terrible war is.
The concept art for armors in Project TL is more than stunning, colorful and interesting to look at, meaning that you have a lot of options to pick up your favorite attire.
4. Dual Universe (Expected Release: 2020)
Dual Universe | 30,000 simulated players in a continuous single shard
This game will feature a sandbox MMORPG that focuses on a science-fiction universe, space, and editable worlds. Businesses and trade, dungeons and interactions with other players are what will build the plot of this story, all this while you craft your own spaceships and weapons to sell to NPCs or your friends in this futuristic world.
What Makes Dual Universe Awesome:
- Realistic industrialization and logistics processes that influence the game
- Politics – you can set a dictatorship or a democracy
- You will have to battle with other players for resources and supremacy over certain territories
Dual Universe Official Youtube
You will get a panoramic view of the landscape while you fly and combat over it.
In Dual Universe you will be able to create a very complex and intricate political system – either a ruthless and feared dictator or a benevolent democratic leader, you can’t lose the chance to manage the world however you would like to.
3.Crowfall (Expected Release: Early Access Available Now)
Crowfall - Throne War: Gamescom 2017 Trailer
Crowfall is an upcoming MMO, in which you can actually become an ‘Eternal Champion’. Among the chaos of war, you will have to make your way through by surviving guild battles, PvPs, the sieges and the encounters with evil and powerful spirits to become the best you can.
What Makes Crowfall Awesome:
- Strange artifacts that you can take to temples to get blessings
- You can capture spirits and get their ‘souls’ in your weapons – to fight more fiercely!
- You claim territories for your guilds or factions
PvPs in this game seem to get quite epic – there’s just a huge colliding of weapons and magic in very interesting atmospheres. You can massively fight against a numerous group of people and see who’s the most skilled one.
You can select different character archetypes and see what’s most convenient for you to take to the battlefield.
2.Chronicles of Elyria (Expected Release: 2020)
Official Chronicles of Elyria - Pre-Alpha First Look
Chronicles of Elyria is a mid-fantasy world with billions of personalized stories, interaction between characters and realistic outcomes. You can even choose to have a noble or a humble background, whatever you prefer, as well as deciding what will be your best strategy to shape the course of the world.
What Makes Chronicles of Elyria Awesome:
- The interaction with the players affect the environment
- Permadeath mechanics
- You can choose in which family you are born
Chronicles of Elyria Official Site
Chronicles of Elyria Official Youtube
Participate in jousting against other players and try to win the tournaments, just like if you were in the XIV century.
Visit fairs with merchants from different locations: trade, buy, sell wares and find magnificent objects.
1. Peria Chronicles (Expected Release: Late 2019)
Peria Chronicles (페리아연대기): Anime MMORPG Gameplay Trailer 2019
Peria Chronicles centers not only in exploring magnificent dungeons, but also on world building. You will be able to create mountains, waterfalls, tunnels, and so on.
This MMORPG aims to stimulate your imagination, and also helps you select powerful and beautiful creatures with their own set of abilities to fight for you in this world full of possibilities.
What Makes Peria Chronicles Awesome:
- Beautiful anime style
- You can create natural elements
- You will control your creatures the way you desire
Peria Chronicles Official Site
Peria Chronicles Official Youtube
Visit fundamentally different locations to explore and combat, with different climates, flora and fauna.
Select your favorite creatures to display their abilities to help you during combat, train them and make them combine their skills to explode their potential.
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