We've never really seen an actual World of Warcraft killer. We've seen rival MMOs come and go, with the likes of Final Fantasy 14, Old School Runescape, and Guild Wars 2 pushing their way to the front of the chasing pack, but never quite managing to topple Blizzard's age-old goliath. But, in 2025 alone we saw various new WoW-inspired alternatives appear. Fellowship is perhaps the most prominent, followed by Eldegarde, previously known as Legacy: Steel and Sorcery. Notorious Studios' extraction-based MMO had a lot of promise, but struggled to stick the early access landing. But that was over a year ago, and with a snazzy new name and a lot of fine-tuning, Eldegarde has officially launched in 1.0.
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