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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s Q&A continues with answers about monetization, scope, and AI tools
Visionary Realms provided further details on Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's development, addressing monetization, scope, and AI tools. The game will retain a purchase-once-and-play model during Early Access, with no plans to scale back the world's scope, though some less central areas may be deferred. While AI may be used for repetitive tasks, the company is not interested in AI-generated artwork.
MMO Week in Review: Foreverrrrr
BlizzCon 2026 saw major announcements including a new open-world StarCraft shooter, Diablo V for 2029, and World of Warcraft Forever launching soon. The event also revealed World of Warcraft's next retail expansion, The Last Titan, and sparked controversy over World of Warcraft Forever's monetization. Other news included the sunsetting of Ship of Heroes, layoffs at Pantheon Rise of the Fallen, and business dealings involving ArcheAge.
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen suffers layoffs as it promises to refine its development processes
Visionary Realms CEO Chris Rowan announced layoffs at the studio behind Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, admitting that recent sweeping updates to combat and character progression were unsuccessful. Robert Crane has been rehired as project manager to improve development processes, while leadership takes responsibility for the failures.
Delaying a planned wipe, Pantheon explains its new combat and progression update rollout pace
Visionary Realms CEO Chris Rowan announced that Pantheon's spring combat and progression update will be delayed, with the wipe also postponed. The update is now targeting a July 17th release on the Public Test Realm for most classes, with full production release and wipe to follow after extensive testing and tuning.