MMORPG Events

1996 Sep 27 Meridian 59 Launches
Meridian 59 was one of the earliest massively-multiplayer online games. It first went online in December, 1995, and it was published in September, 1996 by The 3DO Company. Meridian was ...
1997 Sep 25 Ultima Online Launches
Ultima Online (UO) is a graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), released on September 25, 1997, by Origin Systems. It was instrumental to the development of the...
1999 Mar 16 EverQuest Launches
EverQuest, often called EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on 16 March 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQu...
1999 Nov 2 Asheron's Call Launches
Asheron's Call (AC) is a fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows-based PCs, released on November 2, 1999. The land of Dereth and its surrounding islands, in which the game is based, is a lar...
2001 Jun 6 World War II Online Launches
World War II Online: Battleground Europe, also referred to as WWIIOL:BE, WW2OL or BE is a massively multi-player online first-person shooter computer game (MMOFPS) first released June 6, ...
2001 Jun 27 Anarchy Online Launches
Anarchy Online is an online role playing video game published by Funcom, known for its The Longest Journey, Dreamfall, and Age of Conan titles. Development of the science fiction themed g...
2001 Oct 10 Dark Age of Camelot Launches
Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG that revolves around war between three realms following King Arthur's rule. DAoC includes both Player vs Environment and Realm vs Re...
2001 Oct 10 Motor City Online Launches
Motor City Online was a racing massively multiplayer online computer game released by Electronic Arts on October 10, 2001. The point of the game was to buy classic cars (mostly American m...
2002 May 16 Final Fantasy XI Launches
Final Fantasy XI (ファイナルファンタジーXI Fainaru Fantajī Irebun?), also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Sq...
2002 Sep 24 Earth and Beyond Launches
Earth & Beyond is a science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts (EA). The game was released on S...
2002 Nov 22 Asheron's Call 2 Launches
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings was a fantasy MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) for Microsoft Windows-based PCs that was released on November 22, 2002 and shut down o...
2003 Mar 25 Shadowbane Launches
Shadowbane was a free fantasy computer role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Wolfpack Studios and published on March 25, 2003 by Ubisoft for Windows and Mac platforms. Originally commerci...
2003 May 6 EVE Online Launches
EVE Online is a video game by CCP Games. It is a player-driven persistent-world massively multiplayer online game set in a science fiction space setting. Players pilot customizable ships ...
2003 May 20 Planetside Launches
PlanetSide is a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter computer game published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on May 20, 2003. PlanetSide chronicles the efforts o...
2003 Jun 26 Star Wars Galaxies Launches
The base game, titled Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, was released on 26 June 2003 in the USA and on 7 November, 2003 in Europe. A localized version for the Japanese market was pub...
2003 Dec 9 Horizons: Empire of Istaria Launches
Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted (formerly Horizons: Empire of Istaria) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Artifact Entertainment and released in E...
2004 Apr 27 City of Heroes Launches
City of Heroes (CoH) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft. The game was launch...
2004 Nov 1 Vendetta Online Launches
Vendetta Online is a 3D space combat MMORPG for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. This MMO permits thousands of players to interact as the pilots of spaceships in a vast universe. Users ma...
2004 Nov 8 EverQuest II Launches
EverQuest II is set on the fictional world of Norrath five hundred years after the The Planes of Power storyline of the original EverQuest game. The gods withdrew from the world in retali...
2004 Nov 23 World of Warcraft Launches
World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warc...
2005 Mar 22 The Matrix Online Launches
The Matrix Online (also known as Matrix Online) was a massively multiplayer online game developed by Monolith Productions. It was the official continuation of the storyline of the Matrix ...
2005 Apr 28 Guild Wars Launches
Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games developed by ArenaNet and published by NCsoft. Although often defined as an MMORPG, the developers define it as a...
2005 Oct 31 City of Villains Launches
City of Villains is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. Released on October 31,...
2006 Feb 28 Dungeons and Dragons Online Launches
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (abbreviated as "DDO") is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine, Inc. and originally marketed as Dung...
2006 Apr 11 Auto Assault Launches
Auto Assault was a massively multiplayer online game (or MMOG), developed by NetDevil and published by NCsoft. It combined vehicular combat with role-playing elements, allowing the player...
2007 Jan 16 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Released
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first expansion pack for the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It was released on January 16, 2007 at midnight (12:00 AM) in Europe and North America...
2007 Jan 30 Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Launches
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is a high fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Sigil Games Online, and now developed and run by Sony Online Entertain...
2007 Apr 24 The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Launches
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (commonly abbreviated to LOTRO, LotRO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows set in a fantasy ...
2007 Nov 2 Tabula Rasa Launches
Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa was a MMORPG developed by Destination Games and published by NCsoft, designed in part by some of the creators of Ultima Online including Richard Garriott. T...
2008 Jan 22 Pirates of the Burning Sea Launches
Pirates of the Burning Sea (abbreviated PotBS) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Flying Lab Software (FLS). The game is set in the Caribbean in 172...
2008 May 20 Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Launches
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by the Norwegian computer video game developer company Funcom and p...
2008 Sep 18 Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Launches
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (officially abbreviated as WAR) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy setting. It was develope...
2008 Nov 13 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Released
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is the second expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft, following The Burning Crusade. It ...
2008 Nov 18 The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria Released
The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is the first retail expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar and was released on November 18, 2008. It wa...
2009 Feb 26 Darkfall Launches (Europe)
Darkfall is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Aventurine SA that combines real-time action and strategy in a fantasy setting. The game features unrest...
2009 Sep 1 Champions Online Launches
Champions Online is a subscription-based, superhero-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game by former City of Heroes/Villains developer Cryptic Studios based on the Champion...
2009 Sep 22 Aion: The Tower of Eternity Launches (North America)
Aion: The Tower of Eternity (Korean: 아이온: 영원의 탑), known also as The Tower of AION (タワー オブ アイオン?) in Japan is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released by NCsoft, ...
2009 Sep 22 Fallen Earth Launches
Fallen Earth is an MMO developed by North Carolina-based Icarus Studios LLC and Fallen Earth LLC. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland located around the American Grand Ca...
2009 Dec 1 The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood Released
PRESS RELEASE WESTWOOD, MA – September 4, 2009 - Turbine, Inc. today unveiled The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the digital expansion to the award-winning massively mu...
2010 Feb 1 Global Agenda Launches
Global Agenda mixes a science-fiction setting with a secret agent backdrop, leading the developers to refer to the game genre as spy-fi. The game is set on 22nd-century Earth in the wa...
2010 Feb 2 Star Trek Online Launches
Star Trek Online, often abbreviated as STO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios based on the popular Star Trek series created by Gene...
2010 Jun 9 Mortal Online Launches
Mortal Online is a First Person, Open World, PvP/PvE Sandbox MMORPG developed and published by the Swedish video game company Star Vault, released on June 9, 2010. The game is inspired by...
2010 Jun 29 APB: All Points Bulletin Launches
APB: All Points Bulletin is a massively multiplayer online video game for Microsoft Windows based in urban sprawls and featuring two sides, Enforcers and the Criminals. Players may join e...
2010 Jul 27 Need for Speed: World Launches
Need for Speed: World (previously known as Need for Speed: World Online) is the 15th installment in the long-running racing video game Need for Speed franchise published by Electronic Art...
2010 Sep 21 Final Fantasy XIV Launches
Final Fantasy XIV (ファイナルファンタジーXIV Fainaru Fantajī Fōtīn?), also known as Final Fantasy XIV Online, is the fourteenth installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was released in September ...
2010 Oct 26 LEGO Universe Launches
LEGO Universe is a massively multiplayer online game developed by NetDevil. The game was released on October 26, 2010, with an early opening (October 8, 2010) for LEGO "Founders", which c...
2010 Oct 27 Vindictus Launches (North America)
Vindictus (Korean: 마비노기 영웅전, Mabinogi Heroes) is a hack and slash MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) created by devCAT, an internal studio of Korean free-to-play game...
2010 Nov 25 Perpetuum Launches
Perpetuum is a video game by Avatar Creations Ltd. It is a player-driven persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction ground setting. Players pilot customisable robots on various isla...
2010 Dec 7 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Released
With the release of Cataclysm, the maximum player level has been raised from 80 to 85. The game's two main continents, Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms have been redesigned with a changed ap...
2011 Jan 7 RIFT Beta Event 4
Trion has changed the beta #4 level cap from 25 to 27. The event will include the Black Garden Warfront map, the zones of Gloamwood and Stonefield, and the Darkening Deeps and Deepstrike...