This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned about the Kickstarter for a “MOBA type of combat game” called Descent: Underground. Yes, it’s that Descent, and it even has Interplay’s blessing. It also boasts a few Star Citizen veterans on its dev team, and it earned an endorsement from Cloud Imperium’s Chris Roberts.
The rest of this week’s crowdfunding roundup is just past the cut.
Current Campaigns
Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.): Open donations, no end date
– A vast, dynamic world
– “Nothing is set in stone; each player will experience the game in very different ways”
Crowfall (ArtCraft): Kickstarter closes March 26th
– All PvP all the time
– Campaigns reset, characters don’t
– Voxelized destruction
– Procedurally-generated maps and flexible campaign rules
Contested Space (Zon): Kickstarter coming soon
– Player-design spaceships and stations
– Action-oriented combat, territory expansion and defense
Descent: Underground (Descendant Studios): Kickstarter closes April 10th
– 6DoF
– Ship combat and resource gathering
– Unreal Engine 4
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games): Open donations, no end date
– Fantasy medieval setting with a classless system and unrestricted character development
– Realistic weather system
– Greenlit on Steam
Neo’s Land (NeoJac Entertainment): Open donations, no end date
– A voxel-based sandbox where the community decides development by roundtable discussions
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms): Open donations, no end date
– Old-school fantasy MMO with focus on group content
– The return of corpse runs
– Back in “full development mode”
Fully Funded
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios)
Camelot Unchained (City State): Recent news – New stretch goal, alpha success
Crowfall (ArtCraft): Recent news – Offline skilling, crafting full-time
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media)
Divergence Online (Ethan Casner)
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions)
Greed Monger (Greed Monger)
The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies): Recent news – Silver early access
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks)
Pumpkin Online (Monique)
Shards Online (Citadel Studios)
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium): Recent news – First in-game wedding
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium): Recent news – First person presentation, client size concerns
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora): Project abandoned
TUG (Nerd Kingdom): Recent news – Traps, slingshots, and storage
Launched
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments): Recent news – BAFTAs, 1.2 patch, Braben interview
Guns of Icarus (Muse)
Kickstarter puts the the fate of fledgling MMOs in the hands of gamers. Which will live and which will die? Check the pulse of MMO crowdfunding with Massively’s Jef Reahard every Saturday in Make My MMO.
