The MOP Up: Co-CEOs of Perfect World Resign

As reported by GamesIndustry, there has been a shift in the executive leadership at Perfect World. Co-CEOs Xiao Hong and Lu Xiaoyin have reportedly resigned from their CEO positions but retain their roles as directors. The company announced these leadership changes, as interpreted from Chinese media by Pocket Gamer, also naming previous Senior VP Gu Liming as the new CEO.

This is only the start of the news. Below you’ll find a collection of other lesser-known news articles and videos from this week in the MMO space. All these have been wrapped into the latest edition of The MOP Up. If you’re aware of another news story that we may have missed, feel free to send us a tip!

The 68.1 update for DDO arrived with a special offer for VIP users, that all VIPs get a 1000 Sentient XP Gem by contacting a new VIP Reward Assistant named Rietz, a Dragonborn situated next to Violet Peregrine in the Hall of Heroes’ west wing. This 1000 Sentient XP Gem offer will be available till August 27th, 2024, so remember to login and get it.

The July 23rd patch for EverQuest II brought some itemization adjustments, the Vaashkaani raid fix and changes to the triggered events.

Wayfinder issued a patch to fix some bugs and also to enhance the graphical performance.

The Grow Lancer class was revamped by MU Online and they also launched events for speed servers to facilitate faster progress.

The MMO industry churns out increasingly more and more news each year – we can’t cover it all. That’s why we compile all extra bits in The MOP Up, our weekly aggregation of MMO news we want to keep from being lost in time. Send us your news tidbits through our tips line!