mmo industry
Make My MMO: Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss is on Patreon (February 20, 2016)
So here's a new one for the Make My MMO crowdfunding column: We have a game that's actually vying for Patreon donations rather than...
Make My MMO: Inside The Repopulation & Hero’s Song (February 13, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, two studios spoke to Massively OP in-depth about their major crowdfunding decisions in 2016. Pixelmage Games'Â John Smedley told...
Make My MMO: Divergence’s drama (February 6, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the Divergence Online drama came to a close, as DMCA claims against the developer were dropped early and...
Make My MMO: Smedley’s Hero’s Song ditches Kickstarter (January 30, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, John Smedley put an end to the Kickstarter for his OARPG Hero's Song, telling backers that Pixelmage Games had made "mistakes"...
Make My MMO: Smedley’s Hero’s Song sings for its supper (January 23, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, former SOE/Daybreak CEO John Smedley revealed his new company, Pixelmage Games, and its first game, sandboxy OARPG Hero's...
Vivendi sells all of its shares of Activision Blizzard for $1.1 billion
Breaking up is always hard to do -- unless, of course, there's a whole ton of money in the mix to make you feel...
Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar preps release schedule (January 16, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar broke $8 million in crowdfunding thanks in part to a crazy telethon in which...
Elite: Dangerous has sold 1.4 million copies
After a solid year's worth of updates and the first pass of planetary landing mechanics, Elite: Dangerous has hit a grand total of 1.4...
Make My MMO: Oculus Rift, Greed Monger’s return, and TUG’s $8.5M (January 9, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the Oculus Rift, once a crowdfunded venture, is now asking a whopping $599 for its final product, befuddling market...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s big reveal (January 2, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, crowdfunding is dead. Just kidding. But a whole lot of you said you're not planning on Kickstarting anything...
The9’s CEO is throwing over a million bucks at Chinese Firefall players
It's kind of a nail-biting time to be looking in from the outside when it comes to Red 5 Studios and Firefall. The past...
Make My MMO: The Repopulation’s blackout (December 26, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, The Repopulation suspended its test servers thanks to the HeroEngine fiasco, though Above & Beyond says it is...
Make My MMO: Elite’s new Horizons (December 19, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Elite: Dangerous launched the first chunk of its planned Horizons campaign, Albion Online celebrated 60,000 founders, and Ultima Online...
Massively Overthinking: MMO predictions for 2016
Now that we've all had a good laugh at the things we got wrong and marveled at the things we got right in last...
Make My MMO: Spatium and Labyrinth of the Druids (December 5, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we said hello to Spatium and Labyrinth of the Druids, though the former isn't actually on Kickstarter yet. The...
Make My MMO: Dogma’s world of darkness comes to Kickstarter (November 28, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Dogma: Eternal Night kicked off its fundraising campaign, for those of you still feeling the burn from CCP's failed...
Make My MMO: Infinity funds, Star Citizen teases 2.0 (November 21, 2015)
It was a huge week for crowdfunded space sims. First, Infinity: Battlescape met its $300,000 Kickstarter goal with over a day to spare. Then,...
Make My MMO: Hero Engine woes ‘blindside’ The Repopulation (November 14, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, it was pretty much business as usual. Major players like Star Citizen, Camelot Unchained, and Crowfall continued their...
Make My MMO: Infinity gets a Star Citizen assist (November 7, 2015)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Infinity: Battlescape kept motoring toward its $300,000 funding goal. As of press time, the seamless sci-fi shooter had...
The Repopulation patches delayed due to Hero Engine issues
Fans of The Repopulation have grown accustomed to an aggressive testing and update schedule, but the testing schedule has suddenly and unexpectedly slowed. A...
