If you’re a former Firefall player — or a current one, since technically it’s still alive — and you are looking forward to Mark Kern’s next big thing, then there might be something in it for you.
Crixa Labs today announced a “Firefall Founder’s Credit Program” for Firefall players migrating to the upcoming “massive planetary wargame” Em-8ER. Kern was a founder and CEO of Firefall’s Red 5 Studios until his own board voted to oust him in 2013. He offered to buy the game from The9 last year; in the meantime, he’s building and crowdfunding Em-8ER.
“We are offering you a full credit on your original Founder packs for Firefall towards Em-8ER,” says a newsletter blast today. “Also, any Firefall player prior to the end of 2015 can receive a $10 credit by verifying their account” — on a validation page provided by the studio.
Crixa reminds players that it is not affiliated with Firefall or Red 5 but “would like to extend this courtesy to all original Firefall players” anyway.
Kern is a decidedly controversial (his word) figure to MMORPG genre veterans thanks to his involvement with Firefall and the vanilla World of Warcraft community last year, among other internet movements. He has previously discussed his plans for this shooter, including “serial Kickstarting” and a Firefall-esque foundation that doesn’t “drift over to ‘WoW with guns’ again.” Studio Crixa has thus far raised $23,000 in the first of its planned miniature crowdfunding campaigns, exceeding its goal.
