Fan-Made MMORPG Necropolis Honors 367 Closed Online Games

A fan-built virtual graveyard gives players a way to revisit online worlds that have shut down. Called the Necropolis, the project currently features 367 headstones for closed MMOs and always-online games, with additional plots set aside for announced games that never launched.

Its creator, SomeoneTookMyYogurt, describes the Necropolis as a moonlit city. Visitors can explore on foot or float above it in a hot-air balloon, stop at individual memorials, and light a candle. Each headstone records details such as a game’s dates, creators, peak player count, closure, epitaph and a source used to check the information. That combination makes the site both a place for remembrance and a growing record of online games that are no longer playable.

For players, a closed MMO can mean losing access to a world, its routines and the community built around it. A memorial can’t bring those experiences back, but it can give former players a shared place to recognize them. The Necropolis also makes the scale of those closures visible: its 367 entries gather many separate endings into one explorable space. The creator says the project is still at the beginning, so its open plots leave room for the memorial to grow.

More MMO updates this week

This week’s smaller updates cover free content, upcoming releases, platform access and new difficulty options. Here are the details players may want to keep in view.

V Rising is offering its Haunted Nights Castle Pack at no cost through November 2. Players can find the pack details here. The limited availability gives current players a clear window to claim it, while the castle theme adds a seasonal decorating option.

Profane now has a community wiki. It’s an initial version and remains under construction, so players looking for a settled reference should expect its coverage to develop over time.

Palworld has named its next update “Side by Side” and scheduled it for winter 2026. The announcement supplies a name and release window; further details about what the update adds aren’t included here. For now, the title gives players a marker to watch as the release approaches.

Helldivers II is switching its anti-cheat software from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC), with the stated aim of addressing cheat mods. The change concerns how the game handles cheating, an area where players will be watching for the effect on their play sessions. More information is available in the game’s update notice.

Crossout is now available through the Xbox app on Microsoft Windows. Players on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One can move between console and Xbox on PC using the same Microsoft account, while keeping their game progress and purchases. That shared account setup gives players more flexibility over where they play without having to leave their progress behind.

Players in EVE Online are choosing the 21st Council of Stellar Management from 53 candidates. The CSM selection details describe the current process. The number of candidates makes this a substantial field for the player body to consider.

Farever has added a heroic difficulty option to the Honeyzabeth’s Hivetrunk dungeon. The new option gives players who want a tougher run another way to approach that dungeon.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer has released its first quality-of-life update. The developers say they prioritized player feedback about party size in online multiplayer and controls for mouse-and-keyboard players, along with additional changes and bug fixes. Those areas touch both group play and input preferences, so the update’s focus is on smoothing out common parts of the experience. The update notes provide the details.

Pantheon shared three underwater screenshots from Badia de Cara. The images offer a look at the area’s visual direction; the item shared is a preview, rather than a list of gameplay changes. Players can view the screenshots here.

Worlds to watch

Several more games appeared in the week’s video roundup. Enshrouded players have built a version of The Lord of the Rings, showing how the game’s building tools can support large fan-made recreations. DayZ’s Badlands expansion is out, giving players new territory to take on. And Monster Hunter Wilds is due on Nintendo Switch 2 in December, with a free demo available now. The roundup includes videos for the Enshrouded build, Badlands and the Monster Hunter Wilds demo.

Taken together, these updates range from a memorial for games that have ended to new content and platform options for active communities. The Necropolis is the standout for anyone interested in MMO history: its growing collection turns that history into a place players can visit, one headstone at a time.