Bethesda’s Todd Howard promoted Fallout 76 recently, saying, “Well, I have to say Fallout 76 right now, it’s the game we’re still doing the most work in. The Burning Springs update just came out. The ghoul is in the game, so if you’re watching the show and you think, ‘I want to experience that’, 76 right now is just awesome, and you’re gonna meet other players in the community.”

And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup of other smaller MMO news stories and videos from this past week in this edition of The MOP Up (and if you don’t see a news story that we should have covered, drop us a tip)!

“2025 was a huge year for ARK: Survival Ascended. From epic new maps to creatures inspired by the community and massive expansions, players got to explore, tame, and battle like never before. This post rounds up some of the highlights — some coming straight from Wildcard, others brought to life by the community’s creativity,” said Team Wildcard.

Path of Exile 2 shared concept art from its Last of the Druids supporter pack that came out earlier in December.

Craftopia got a patch, saying, “This update introduces a new type of dungeon: Boss Challenge Dungeon! This dungeon features high-difficulty combat under special conditions, such as weapon restrictions and enemy Life recovery. Bosses here drop medals, which can be exchanged for weapons and armor!”

Catch up on all of the latest events, promotions, and tournaments happening in Magic Online over the holiday break!

MapleStory: Idle RPG rolled out its Zakum raid, a new guild raid, dungeon presets, medal system and Christmas events.

The MMO industry pumps out more and more news every year – no site could possibly cover everything. That’s why we gather together all the extras every week in The MOP Up, our a weekly compilation of MMO info we don’t want lost in the cracks of time. Send us your news bits through our tips line!