crowdfunding
The Daily Grind: What exactly defines an ‘indie’ MMORPG studio?
Earlier this week, I happened to see a mainstream website refer to ArtCraft as an indie studio, and it jolted me. ArtCraft, as anybody...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus a mailbag entry on looter shooters as the future of MMORPGs.
IGDA calls for transparent guidelines on game studio social media and harassment following Guild Wars 2 dust-up
Regardless of who you believe had the right and wrong of the ArenaNet Twitter fiasco last week, game developers have expressed concern over the...
New Dawn, a survival sandbox set in the 1800s, has launched into Steam early access
New Dawn - not to be confused with Darkfall New Dawn or Osiris New Dawn or Star Trek Online's New Dawn - is hitting...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained’s crash rate is coming down (July 7, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, the Kickstarter MMO crowd held its breath to find out whether or not Camelot Unchained would indeed make its...
The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?
GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...
Richard Garriott rejects idea that Shroud of the Avatar is a ‘flop’, says the game will run ‘forever’
Shroud of the Avatar has long been an odd bird in the MMORPG crowdfunding space. Driven by the eccentric Richard Garriott, it raised large...
Fractured devs discuss planetary travel, stargates, survival, and more in Kickstarter Q&A video
MMORPG sandbox Fractured continues its Kickstarter this week, with just 20 days to go on Kickstarter; as I type this, it's pulled in just...
Stay Awhile And Listen II is on Kickstarter covering the development of Diablo II
Would it be wrong to call Diablo II the most influential sequel ever? Maybe. But it undoubtedly had a huge impact on the game...
Fractured is just over 40% funded as the developers show off more of the game
The earliest moments of a Kickstarter can be the most nail-biting, as doing well early on can often determine whether or not the project...
Pokemon-inspired MMORPG Temtem just funded on Kickstarter with over half a million bucks
Temtem has just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of just about $573,919, with 11,715 backers (the counts will keep fluctuating for a...
Make My MMO: Fractured and TemTem work Kickstarter as Elite, SOTA, and Aria post big updates (July 1, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding is one of the biggest ever for this little subgenre, make no mistake. TemTem is about to fund. Fractured's Kickstarter...
Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss turns on its alpha servers
Six months after raising over $80,000 in its Kickstarter campaign, Shadow's Kiss is drawing players into its dark alpha test.
The alpha servers are now...
Starfighter Inc expands its alpha test and overhauls its ship systems
Remember Starfighter Inc? This crowdfunded title was aiming to be a multiplayer spiritual successor to the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games of the 1990s....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 176: Guild Wars 2, The Crew 2, and Elder Scrolls too
Justin and Bree discuss Fractured's Kickstarter, Trion Worlds' purchase of Gazillion, Guild Wars 2's new episode, The Crew 2's launch, drama in Elder Scrolls Online and Black Desert, The Sims, DDO, Trove, what we bought in the Steam sale, and pipedreams for Marvel Heroes.
SpatialOS MMORPG sandbox Fractured has just gone live with its $116K Kickstarter
If you've been following Fractured and SpatialOS as long as we have, then you're probably right on top of the game's Kickstarter launch today....
Make My MMO: SOTA sees layoffs, Crowfall sees delay, Star Citizen sees shade, and Camelot Unchained sees beta on the horizon (June 23, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained is in the home stretch before open beta. Yes, really, open beta. This is happening, people! Clear...
Fractured reaches 30k registrations and shows off building mode
As Fractured continues to ramp up to its hopefully successful Kickstarter campaign, interest ramps up from the MMO community about this indie title. The...
Shroud of the Avatar suffers layoffs, saying ‘right-sizing’ is needed ahead of episode 2
It appears as if Portalarium is suffering some layoffs and downsizing in the wake of the launch of Shroud of the Avatar: The studio's...
The Flower of Knighthood Kickstarter has been cancelled
Launching a Kickstarter is always a nerve-wracking experience. (Believe us, we know about it.) But then there are times when you see evidence that...
