This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier has been showing off what’s coming in Elite Dangerous’ Beyond – Chapter Four, specifically the exploration bits as promised in the studio’s schedule. Thanks, Colin!
In that other Kickstarted MMO, meanwhile, CIG has released the Kraken, at least to those of you with way too much money: The highest-tier wave-one price for the absurdly huge Star Citizen carrier is $1650. The bad news is that price will go up later!
Meanwhile, Greed Monger is dead (again), Shadow’s Kiss pushed out mature content to Patreon subbers, Ashes of Creation temp-dropped its NDA to allow streamers to blast out some alpha previews, and Through the Moongate: Richard Garriott, Origin, and Ultima funded on Kickstarter successfully!
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.
Elite Dangerous
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Chronicles of Elyria will let players choose their game worlds in upcoming map voting - It's virtually every MMO player's dream to be able to shape the worlds they inhabit, but Soulbound Studios is allowing backers of its in-development title Chronicles of Elyria do so…
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse recaps Squadron 42 and CitizenCon 2948 - Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardiner are back after CitizenCon last week with another Star Citizen Around the Verse video, and this time it's all about Squadron 42 and the big…
Crowfall shows off some of the monstrous wildlife for players to fight - You will be fighting lots of monsters in Crowfall, but thanks to the force of the Hunger many of today's monsters were yesterday's normal examples of wildlife. The latest article…
Crowfall shows off its animations for making the Guinecean moves - The latest video from the Crowfall team covers both a monstrous race and bones! How could it be anything less than seasonally appropriate? Of course, the monstrous race in question…
Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss makes good on mature content - If you were super sad when Revival and World of Darkness closed up shop, you should probably point your eyeballs over at Shadow's Kiss. The Kickstarted MMORPG is in alpha…
Tactical space shooter Dreadnought launches on Steam - Developer Six Foot has announced the official launch of its free-to-play space shooter Dreadnought. The game, which includes the new launch update Command the Colossal, is billed as a "tactical…
Ashes of Creation temporarily drops alpha NDA, allow streamers to broadcast live footage - Saturday night, the folks at Intrepid Studios lifted the NDA on the Ashes of Creation alpha for a few hours, allowing streamers to broadcast live footage of the game for…
Camelot Unchained continues work on optimization, characters 2.0, and animation 2.0 - The folks at City State Entertainment are back again for another weekly Camelot Unchained Top Tenish update. This week is largely more of the same as the past couple of…
Elite Dangerous announces Beyond Chapter Four, beginning beta October 23 - If you point your brain back to August, you'll recall that players were a bit miffed over the Elite Dangerous' most recent Beyond chapter. But at the time, Frontier did…
Star Citizen’s CitizenCon didn’t help make as much money as last year, but damn it made a lot - So, how much money did Star Citizen make last week as a result of its CitizenCon push and concomitant ship sale? A lot. Eurogamer's napkin math put the one-day CitizenCon…
Lead programmer: ‘There is no hope for Greed Monger’ - The long-troubled Greed Monger, a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that produced a remarkable project implosion, took an interesting turn last week when its former lead programmer came out of the woodwork…
Star Citizen releases the Kraken
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 unsuccessful.
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 unsuccessful.
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.
Crowfall
What evil lurks behind those cold, stone walls? Crowfall celebrates Monster Month with a nod to the classic horror films of yesteryear. Bravely enter the creepy cabin in the woods to see what hideous creature hides within! #crowfallgame #monstermonth #MMO pic.twitter.com/ru8XtSRNE8
— Crowfall (@CrowfallGame) October 17, 2018
