The Full History of MMOs (and what went wrong)

Today we delve into the past 30 year history of MMOs from 1995 to 2025. From Everquest to World of Warcraft, from Meridian59 to Albion Online... and even un-released titles like Dune and Chrono Odyssey. In this video we will be exploring the major releases of each year and how they had an impact on the genre as a whole.

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00:00 what was the first MMO
01:53 Neverwinter Nights
03:06 Meridian 59/Nexus
05:16 Ultima/Tibia 2D MMOs
08:17 The birth of Lineage
09:49 The first Mainstream Western Title: Everquest
11:10 The first console MMO
11:46 The golden age begins
15:25 Square Enix enters
16:50 SWG/Lineage 2/EVE/Maplestory
21:37 WOW (Everything Changed)
26:06 The Post Wow World and Guild Wars 1
27:47 Dungeons & Dragons
28:58 LOTRO
30:22 Warhammer/Wizard101
32:11 Releases are becoming slower
34:13 Final Fantasy Re enters the space
36:18 SWTOR/First Mobile MMO
39:53 Guild Wars Re enters the scene
41:23 Square Enix Re-re enters the scene / OSRS
45:44 ESO/Wildstar (ex blizzard developers)
48:40 Dead year.. Maplestory 2
50:29 Dead year 2.. AQ3D
51:44 Albion Online
53:09 OSRS mobile
54:17 WOW re enters the scene (it never left)
56:28 2020: the year nothing happened
57:23 New World
58:14 Lost Ark
59:03 The year nothing happened (again) SOD/HC WOW
59:43 Tarisland/CorePunk/Brighter Shores
01:00:37 The present day and beyond (Archeage/Dune/Chrono Odyssey)