It’s been a weird week in MMO crowdfunding. The Codename Reality Kickstarter isn’t looking good; devs have raised under 2% of their original half a million dollar goal. Project Oasis World is over this week too, well under its goal. EverFeud‘s Kickstarter has already been canceled, as that studio says it’ll hunt for other options. As for Endless Trials, that Kickstarter has also ended abruptly; team Fire Hurts says it’ll try a fresh campaign with a video at some point in the future.
AdventureQuest 3D, however, has already seen outrageous success with its Kickstarter for… plushies. For real. As I type this, the game is four times over its goal. Plushies are happening.
Meanwhile, Pathfinder still isn’t dead, Elite Dangerous’ next big thing will launch at the end of August, SOTA is hard at work on player-created dungeons, Dual Universe updated its roadmap, Camelot Unchained is working on its 64-bit client, Ashes of Creation showed off its alpha combat, and a judge is permitting most of the Crytek Star Citizen lawsuit to continue.
Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last couple of weeks and our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following.
Elite Dangerous’ next update
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Ashes of Creation preps for September’s Alpha 1, shows off its action combat - Need a good dose of Ashes of Creation news to spice up your week? Intrepid Studios popped its head back up to talk up the game, starting with the revelations that…
Crowfall: New marketing boss, bestiary entry, player mapping, and the Mother of Cats - Crowfall has a bunch of smallish pieces of news this week that we don't want to miss. First, ArtCraft announced that it's picked up a new VP of Marketing with…
Star Citizen shows off atmo moon landscapes, dishes on the studio’s dev process - In this week's Around the Verse, Star Citizen's Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts have a stack of gorgeous environmental pan shots for your to feast your eyes on - that's…
Elite Dangerous’ Beyond Chapter Three launches on August 28, players take on massive effort to salute community helpers - The next phase of Elite Dangerous is en route - specifically, that's chapter three of the Beyond rollout. In a brief tweet this afternoon, Frontier put a date on it…
Pre-alpha colony sim MMO Seed will grant players the tools to fight toxicity - Seed resurfaced this summer after intensive work by studio Klang Games building out the colony simulation MMO (plus a big influx of investor money), and this month, it's put together…
Zeal tosses out patches like there’s no tomorrow - Did our reporting on Zeal get you interested about the possibilities for this upcoming action RPG? Then you might want to be tracking the game's ongoing development as it patches…
Albion Online makes trade mission bundles much heavier - A little change can make a big difference in terms of balance. It's what Albion Online did with its latest patch; all that's really been changed is that trade mission…
Orake’s devs ask someone, anyone, else to take over this 2-D MMO - No, you've probably never heard of Orake before -- and chances are that you never will again, either. The crude-looking indie MMORPG has been slowly but steadily progressing through development…
A judge has mostly denied Star Citizen studio’s motion to dismiss the Crytek copyright lawsuit - MMO-watchers will recall that just before the turn of the new year, Crytek filed to sue Cloud Imperium, the company behind the sprawling and controversial crowdfunded MMO Star Citizen. Crytek…
AdventureQuest 3D Moglin plushies can be yours through Kickstarter - If you are a fan (or fanatic) of game-related plushies, AdventureQuest 3D has something you might want to check out. It's a Kickstarter for 12 cute and cuddly Moglin mascots.…
Star Citizen highlights community rover events, the group system, and atmospheric worlds - Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts are both back in the latest instalment of Star Citizen's Around the Verse. You've probably noticed the shift this summer that ATV is…
EverFeud’s Kickstarter has been canceled, but the devs say they’ll ‘pursue other options’ - At the tail end of July, we covered the Kickstarter of EverFeud, a PvP-focused MOBA/MMO hybrid that sought $105,000 to fund development. Unfortunately, the Kickstarter lasted only a week, as…
Camelot Unchained’s latest beta build patches up the UI, fixes superpowered rocks - Camelot Unchained's beta one is rolling on, and we're assuming City State's Mark Jacobs is napping on a beach somewhere enjoying his long-delayed vacay because CSE co-founder and technical director…
Project Gorgon’s casino features games with ‘strategic elements’ - Project Gorgon is an MMO that packs itself full of activities, all of which it does in its own special way. You can clearly see this in the way that…
Take a peek at the development of Shroud of the Avatar’s player-designed dungeon system - Drama seems to plague Shroud of the Avatar, but if you can look past it, there's some fun innovation going on inside Portalarium in regard to MMO mechanics. Portalarium Technical…
Crowfall shows off the behind-the-scenes magic of the Clusterizer - As cool as it may sound, unless you're actually working on developing Crowfall, the odds are you will never see the Clusterizer in action. You will only ever see what…
Greed Monger delays refunds again because of crypto market dips - There's been another update in the long-running saga that is Greed Monger. Greed Monger is easily the most infamous MMORPG Kickstarter failure to date, having raised over $100,000 back in 2012…
City of Titans explains costume unlocking - A recent post by the City of Titans team in which it briefly mentioned "costume unlocks" for the upcoming superhero MMO got the community's full interest. As such, the team…
Path of Exile’s Delve launches August 31 with an infinite dungeon; here’s our chat with Grinding Gear’s Chris Wilson! - Picture this: an underground dungeon that gets progressively more challenging -- and rewarding -- the deeper you go, and there is no end. Not no end in sight, but no…
Endless Trials seeks $66K on Kickstarter to build a semi-hardcore endgame PvE MMO that omits grind - Here's a new one for us, and if you like it, you can throw money at it right now: It's called Endless Trials, and it is gunning for some of…
Crowfall’s latest community Q&A covers skinning coins and equipment mitigation - Why does skinning something in Crowfall currently result in getting coins? That makes absolutely no sense. Well, according to the latest Q&A video, the developers are well aware that it…
Pantheon fully reveals its last three classes - If you're still figuring out what you're going to play in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, you've gotten the last of your options revealed. The last three classes of the…
Dual Universe lays out its roadmap through a 2020 release - Unlike some indie MMOs that keep an intentionally vague timeline of development, the team at Novaquark has mapped out the development and testing of Dual Universe from now through launch.…
Saga of Lucimia’s epic quests will take ‘time, effort, and teamwork’ to finish - What defines an epic adventure? This is the burning question that Saga of Lucimia is tackling this week, starting with the derisive analysis of current MMO questing as "grocery runs."…
Chronicles of Elyria on character family influences and playable instruments - The latest production update from Chronicles of Elyria is going to make those of you who are super into detailed and meaningful character creation perk right on up. Elyria is…
Pathfinder Online promises free trial, open enrollment, and a marketing push - About nine people showed up at a GenCon Pathfinder Online panel this past weekend, during which Paizo CEO Lisa Stevens gave an update on the status of this struggling sandbox…
AdventureQuest plushies
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.Â
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.) –Â Open donations.
City of Titans (Missing Worlds Media) – Successful KS; launching fall 2018.
Descent Underground (Descendent Studios) – Successful KS.
Divergence Online (Stained Glass Llama)Â –Â 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.
Endless Trials (Fire Hurts) – Kickstarter canceled.
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
EverFeud (PSB) – Kickstarter canceled.
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) –Â KS canceled; Indiegogo. Canceled w/ refunds.
Infinity: Battlescape (I-Novae Studios)
HEX (HEX Entertainment) –Â 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) –Â Open donations, no end date.
Novus AEterno (Taitale Studios)
OrbusVR (Ad Alternum) – KS funded March 2017. In early access.
Overpower (Hydrant Games) –Â Kickstarter unfunded; heading to early access.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms) –Â 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; 2015Â KSÂ 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.
