Make My MMO: Star Citizen, Camelot, Codename Reality, and EverFeud (August 5, 2018)

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen did some just Star Citizen things as fans raised a pay-to-win stink over CIG’s lifting of the cap on pre-launch currency stockpiles, meaning hardcore backers can hoard now and have (another) major advantage come launch. The drama would’ve probably blown over in a day or two but kept blazing through the weekend, as first a CIG PR statement and then Chris Roberts himself bizarrely denied the pay-to-win aspects of the game. Oh yeah, and 3.3 was delayed to coincide with CitizenCon.

Want something new to back? We got two new MMORPG Kickstarters this week: One for a self-described “massively multiplayer online persistent entity game” called Codename Reality, which seeks $583,918 wants to “revolutionize the MMO genre,” while the other, at $105,000, is for a PvP MOBA/MMO hybrid called EverFeud. Both join our list today.

Good news on the Camelot Unchained front: Beta one did indeed launch as planned this week, and thought it won’t look considerably different to existing testers, it’s a major milestone for the Kickstarted RvR MMORPG. Meanwhile, Razer launched a super quiet Kickstarter for left-handed gaming mice, Zeal announced it’ll kick off a Kickstarter in September, Albion Online launched its Merlyn update, and the Diablo history book Kickstarter pulled through to successfully fund in the end (phew!).

Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last week and our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following.

Codename Reality’s Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/173043241/codename-reality-the-first-ever-mmopeg

EverFeud’s Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/everfeud/everfeud

Recent MMO crowdfunding news

Star Citizen fans raise pay-to-win objections over removal of in-game currency stockpiling cap - Our inbox exploded last night with Star Citizen tips, and that can mean only one thing: money shenanigans. In-game money, that is, but this is Star Citizen we're talking about,…

Albion Online’s shift away from mobile was a matter of market forces - If you remember a lot of the early marketing for Albion Online, it focused quite heavily on how the game was going to feature cross-platform play for PC and mobile…

Chronicles of Elyria gets players to shape the world through a plague - Chronicles of Elyria's biggest community event yet looks to change the very face of this developing MMO -- but there's a good chance that fans won't survive the plague that's…

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts downplays currency stockpiling controversy: ‘You win by having fun’ - Pay-to-win? What's that? That's just your silly imagination getting worked up over nothing. This seems to be the company line concerning RSI's Star Citizen and the recent decision to remove…

Gamers played a Star Citizen web game to earn a chance at a medical ship variant - Players who would like to roleplay the fantasy of being a high-tech emergency medical rescue service can get their chance with Star Citizen's Apollo spaceship. The spotlight was on this…

AdventureQuest 3D readies an epic pirate vs. ninja showdown - Are we really just a month away from September already? That means that there is practically no time to get in our International Talk Like a Pirate Day shopping, decorations,…

Crowfall explains its new capture system with outposts - As you roam through the world of Crowfall, there will be various points of interest. Sometimes they'll be obvious resource nodes, yes, but sometimes they'll be things like the new…

‘MMOPEG’ Codename Reality seeks half a million Kickstarter bucks to ‘redefine the MMO genre’ - If immersion and realism are what you crave in a new MMORPG, take a look at Codename Reality, another new game in our field of view this week. Europe-based studio…

The Stream Team: Shroud of the Avatar’s Shooter Jennings album release party - Have you ever attended an album release party? You can in Shroud of the Avatar! Shooter Jennings, whose music is in game, has an album releasing on August 10 and…

Seed gives its first development update since January - Hot on the heels of its pre-alpha teaser, the sandbox space colony MMO Seed is celebrating the progress that it has made in 2018 to date. The team put out…

Crowfall demonstrates the glory of its seasons - It might not be a nice round number (or decimal point), but Crowfall's Update 5.7 promises to be one of the most significant the game has fielded to date. Much…

Albion Online’s Merlyn update is live with faction warfare and crafter tweak – here’s the new trailer! - Albion Online's enriched its sandbox self with another big update today, this one the long-awaited Merlyn patch. As we've been covering, the most interesting bit for existing players is surely…

PvP-centric sub MMO/MOBA hybrid EverFeud has launched its $105K Kickstarter - As we foretold yesterday, the PvP-focused MOBA/MMO hybrid EverFeud has officially launched its Kickstarter today. Developer PSB Entertainment has described the title as a hyper-competitive "arena and battleground-styled multiplayer PVP game…

Camelot Unchained’s beta is indeed launching today at noon - It's happpppeeennning! City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs told us last night that the beta one for his RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained's will indeed begin today at noon. MMO vets will recall…

Shroud of the Avatar works on global visual improvements, throws Shooter Jennings album release party - No, your eyesight hasn't just gotten way better than last week; it is just that Shroud of the Avatar is starting to look a lot nicer. A few of these…

Zeal is an upcoming MMOARPG with PvP, PvE, 15 classes, and no grinding - Here comes a new one to the MassivelyOP pages! It's an MMO called Zeal, which developer Lycanic Studios bills as "an indie action RPG that allows you to build your…

Diablo franchise history book Stay Awhile and Listen nears the end of its Kickstarter - Has it really been a month since we covered Stay Awhile and Listen, the second volume in David Craddock's history of Blizzard's development of Diablo? It has, and that means…

PvP-centric sub-based MMO/MOBA hybrid EverFeud launches Kickstarter tomorrow - Gotta love a friendly tweet in the morning that reminds me about a game I'd forgotten about! I'm talking about EverFeud, a game we covered waaaaay back in 2016 when…

Ship of Heroes recaps its July progress, including work on characters, Unreal, and TrueSKY - It was a bit of an unplanned superhero MMORPG weekend, what with news from City of Titans, Ship of Heroes, and City of Heroes' Paragon Chat, not to mention our…

Camelot Unchained

Campaigns and crowdfunded MMOs we’re watching

3001SQ (Société des Mondes Virtuels) – Kickstarter unsuccessful. Work continues.
AdventureQuest 3D (Artix Entertainment) – Raised 368k; beta began Oct 2016.
Albion Online (Sandbox) – Launched July 2017, hit Steam May 2018.
Antraxx (Team Antraxx) – Kickstarter canceled.
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios) – Successful KS. Fully launched 2016.
Ashes of Creation (Intrepid Studios) – Successful KS. Alpha zero.
Broke Protocol (Cylinder) – Unsuccessful KS. In free early access.
Camelot Unchained (City State) – Kickstarter successful; open donations/packages.
Caribbean Conquest (Invenio) – First KS canceled, second ended unsuccessfully.
Codename Reality (Orode) – Kickstarter ends August 31. 
Contested Space (Zon)
Crowfall (ArtCraft) – Kickstarter win, open packages, Indiegogo crowdfunding ongoing.
Chronicles of Elyria (Soulbound) – Kickstarter successful, open packages.
Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.) – Open donations.
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media) – Successful KS; launching fall 2018.
Descent Underground (Descendent Studios) – Successful KS.
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.
Dual Universe (Novaquark) – Kickstarter funded, donor platform. Pre-alpha.
Eco (Strange Loop Games) – Funded, now in alpha.
Edengrad (Huckleberry Games) – Kickstarter funded; in early access.
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) – Funded and launched.
Empyrion Online (Eleon) – Kickstarter canceled; launched on Steam early access.
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
EverFeud (PSB) – Kickstarter ends August 30.
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions) – Now in open beta.
Fractured (Dynamight) – Kickstarter successful.
Global Adventures (SubaGames) – Kickstarter funded.
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games) – Open donations, no end date; in early access.
Greed Monger (Greed Monger) – Abandoned, now allegedly in refund process.
Grim Dawn (Crate Entertainment) – Funded and launched.
Guardians of Ember (Runewaker) – Funded and launched.
Guns of Icarus (Muse) – Funded and launched.
Hero’s Song (Pixelmage) – KS canceled; Indiegogo. Canceled w/ refunds.
Infinity: Battlescape (I-Novae Studios)
HEX (HEX Entertainment) – Funded and launched.
Legends of Aria (Citadel Studios) – Kickstarted as Shards Online. Alpha ended.
Life is Feudal (Bitbox): Indiegogo ended. Currently in beta.
LUX (Chimera) – Kickstarter canceled.
Maestros of the Anthymn (String Theory) – Kickstarter canceled.
Maguss (Maguss) – Indiegogo successful; open beta.
Mekria (Infinity Online Studios) – Kickstarter canceled.
Midair (Archetype Studios) – Kickstarter successful.
Nebula Online (Mizar Games) Kickstarter canceled; launched in November.
Neo’s Land (NeoJac Entertainment) – Open donations, no end date.
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
OrbusVR (Ad Alternum) – KS funded March 2017. In early access.
Overpower (Hydrant Games) – Kickstarter unfunded; heading to early access.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms) – Open donations. Pre-alpha.
Pantropy (Brain Stone GmbH): First Kickstarter canceled, second funded.
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks) – Doom, mostly.
Planet Nomads (Craneballs) – Kickstarted, early access launched sans multiplayer.
Pixel Starships (SavySoda)
Project Gorgon (Elder Game) – Kickstarted in three tries + Indiegogo. Early access.
Project Oasis World (POW) – Kickstarter ends August 20.
Pumpkin Online (Monique) – Downgrading from MMORPG.
Temtem (Crema) – Kickstarter fully funded.
The Exiled (Fairytale Distillery) – fka Das Tal; 2015 KS unsuccessful. Early access.
The Flower of Knighthood – Kickstarter canceled.
The Realm: Reawakened (Stephen Nichols) – Ongoing GoFundMe.
The Repopulation (Idea Fabrik) – Kickstarted twice by A&B. Back in alpha.
ROKH (Darewise) – Kickstarter canceled; now in early access.
RUiN (Tarhead Studio) – Kickstarter successful.
The Stomping Land (Alex Fundora) – Abandoned.
Sacrament (Ferocity Unbound) – Kickstarter failed; Patreon ongoing.
Shadow’s Kiss (Clockwork Throne) – Ongoing Patreon, Kickstarter funded.
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium) – Successful KS. Soft launch July 2016. Launch March 2018.
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.
War of Rights (Campfire Games) – Successful Kickstarter; in alpha.

Razer for the lefties!