Just off its big not-a-launch last month, Shroud of the Avatar has teamed up with Star Citizen for a wild cross-promotion that’ll grant players rewards in both games. A new $65 SOTA starter package comes with the game, 50 bank slots, a Star Citizen-themed hat in SOTA, and a Mustang Alpha starter pack in SC. The $400 package includes a Star Citizen-themed airship house in SOTA and a Cutlass Black starship in Star Citizen itself.
In other MMO crowdfunding news,
- Work continues on co-op space sandbox Empyrion Online, which canceled its Kickstarter in 2014; this week, it celebrated its first anniversary since its Steam early access pre-launch.
- The MMORPG subreddit will serve as host to an AMA with Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen developers on August 17th. Save the date!
- Player developers from the donor-supported Star Wars Galaxies emulator put out a call for aid; its June update focused on stability issues, quests, combat, and the player tutorial, among a zillion other additions.
- Former Defiance Creative Lead Trick Dempsey is crowdfunding a novel called Seven Days a Servant based in the world he created for his upcoming indie roguelike. There’s an excerpt — it’s interesting!
- Valiance Online’s latest patch overhauled Street Brawling and Super Strength and added 60 fabulous hairstyles for the male player character.
Read on for more on what’s up with MMO crowdfunding this week and the roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’ve got our eye on!
Shroud of the Avatar gallery
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Crowfall teases the Guinecean Duelist, shifts development to focus on foundations - Small and deadly: That might just be the motto of the Guinecean Duelist, Crowfall's newest archetype in development. ArtCraft teased the pint-sized class yesterday and discussed how the team was shifting…
HEX celebrates its Sea Festival and announces a new card set - [AL:HEX]HEX continues to load up players with as many cards as they can handle (and then some) with the announcement of the game's fifth set, Herofall. "Herofall will feature over…
Star Citizen deep-dives catastrophic capital ship damage - On this week's Star Citizen: Around the Verse, you can safely skip to about 19:30 and peel your eyes wide open. Not that the rest isn't interesting -- there's a series…
City of Titans launches a comic-based Patreon - Developing a game is expensive, and that's why City of Titans has taken to Patreon... sort of. See, the developers are not asking for money just to develop the game;…
What drives Star Citizen’s superbackers to spend $10,000 or more - By now, Star Citizen's crowdfunding success is quite well-known. But perhaps what isn't common knowledge is that there is a group of players -- the so-called "superbackers" -- who have…
Crowfall shows off the power design for the Myrmidon - Crowfall's Myrmidon is the kind of fighter who attacks first, then attacks second, crushes everything to dust, and then asks questions of the smoldering wreckage. It's an archetype built around…
Grim Dawn’s Crucible DLC arrives tomorrow - Multiplayer ARPG Grim Dawn is getting fresh DLC later this month. Tomorrow, in fact. Called The Crucible, the DLC "[...] introduces a challenging new arena survival mode to Crate Entertainment’s Action…
Edengrad gears up for its upcoming alpha - If you knew the end of the world was coming, what would you want to get done before it happened? For Edengrad's post-apocalyptic setting, the end has already come --…
Chronicles of Elyria on expanding team, creature models, and backer-only videos - This week's Chronicles of Elyria update features the Ursaphant mount, which is exactly what is sounds like: an adorable elephant bear thing. Soulbound Studios says that player feedback throughout the last…
Worlds Adrift’s emblem creator tool is now online - When MMORPGs first got rolling, we were lucky to have guildtags at all, let alone emblem creators, but Dark Age of Camelot's guild sigils set a standard, and now we…
Project Gorgon plans music improvements, new forum, and lowbie crafting - Hey now, what is going on over in the realm of Project Gorgon? According to a developer preview post, there is a lot in the works for this indie MMO.…
Albion Online kicks off final beta, plus highlights from the AMA - Albion Online's final beta phase kicks off today, with a reported $7 million under its belt in crowdfunds. Over the weekend, the team ran an AMA on Reddit to answer…
Campaigns and crowdfunded MMOs we’re watching
3001SQ (Société des Mondes Virtuels) – Kickstarter ends August 18.
AdventureQuest 3D (Artix Entertainment) – Raised 368k; plans October launch.
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios) – Fully launched!
Camelot Unchained (City State) – Open donations/packages.
Caribbean Conquest (Invenio) – Kickstarter canceled (site has been taken offline).
Contested Space (Zon)
Crowfall (ArtCraft) – Open donations/packages
Chronicles of Elyria (Soulbound) – Kickstarter successful.
Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.) – Open donations.
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media)
Descent Underground (Descendent Studios)
Divergence Online (Stained Glass Llama) – Three campaigns; now in KS early access.
Dogma: Eternal Night (Prelude Games Factory): Kickstarter over, donor preorder packs.
Dragon of Legends (Thrive Games) – Successful Kickstarter.
Eco (Strange Loop Games)
Edengrad (Huckleberry Games) – Kickstarter funded June 2016; early access coming Sept.
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) – Funded and launched.
Empyrionn Online (Eleon) – Kickstarter canceled; launched on Steam early access.
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions)
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games) – Open donations, no end date.
Greed Monger (Greed Monger) – Abandoned, multiple times now.
Grim Dawn (Crate Entertainment) – Funded and launched.
Guns of Icarus (Muse) – Funded and launched.
Hero’s Song (Pixelmage Games): Kickstarter canceled; game launches in October.
Infinity: Battlescape (I-Novae Studios)
HEX (HEX Entertainment)
Life is Feudal (Bitbox): Indiegogo ended.
LUX (Chimera) – Kickstarter canceled.
Midair (Archetype Studios) – Kickstarter successful.
Neo’s Land (NeoJac Entertainment) – Open donations, no end date.
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
Overpower (Hydrant Games) – Kickstarter unfunded; heading to early access.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms) – Open donations, no end date.
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks)
Planet Nomads (Craneballs) – Successful Kickstarter.
Pixel Starships (SavySoda)
Project Gorgon (Elder Game, LLC)
Pumpkin Online (Monique)
The Realm: Reawakened (Stephen Nichols) – Ongoing GoFundMe.
The Repopulation (Above & Beyond Technologies) – In middle of engine do-over.
ROKH (Darewise) – Kickstarter canceled; early access planned for Sept. 2016.
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora) – Abandoned.
Sacrament (Ferocity Unbound) – Kickstarter failed; Patreon ongoing.
Shadow’s Kiss (Clockwork Throne) – Ongoing Patreon.
Shards Online (Citadel Studios)
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium) – Final wipe was in July 2016.
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium) – Ongoing donations/packages.
TUG (Nerd Kingdom) – In middle of year-long revamp after funding surge.
Vigor Roads (NeuronHaze) – Kickstarter unsuccessful; early access planned for 2017.
Empyrion Online anniversary
