This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Legends of Aria rolled into early access after postponing its Steam-specific early access into the new year. While hype for the game has been high, the official servers have been seesawing this week with rollbacks as the team works on data synchronization.
Ashes of Creation formally announced Apocalypse this week too; it’s a standalone free-to-play battle royale mode built in the MMORPG’s engine with tie-ins to the MMO itself, which is still in production. It launches December 18th.
Meanwhile, Saga of Lucimia’s release 11 went live for backers this weekend, War of Rights hit early access, Valiance Online teased the “next stage of testing,” Dual Universe’s newsletter recapped the launch of its alpha, and Crowfall is winding down its pre-alpha. Finally, Star Citizen posted its monthly studio report and pushed 3.3.7 live, plus we streamed the game and picked it for our current run of Choose My Adventure.
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.
Ashes of Creation
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse, the MMORPG’s battle royale mode, launches December 18 - Over the course of the fall, Ashes of Creation developer Intrepid Studios has been testing a battle royale mode component for the Kickstarted full-scale MMORPG. Devs have maintained over the…
Star Citizen shows off Lorville business district for 3.4.0 as alpha 3.3.7 goes live - Sean Tracy and Steve Bender helm this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, and the dev update focuses on the culture and business district of Lorville - specifically, the inside.…
Crowfall’s first campaign is the last phase of its pre-alpha testing - The ramp-up for Crowfall's first campaign in pre-alpha 5.8 continues, with the team kicking off the first snap testing on the game's test server. No, this doesn't mean snap-fighting like gangs…
The Stream Team: A brief Star Citizen road trip - Before the votes for Choose My Adventure are tallied, MassivelyOP's Chris & MJ are going to take a moment to hop into a pretty girthy spaceship and float through the…
Legends of Aria AMA covers sandbox endgame, difficulty, balancing, and future content - Yesterday, devs from Citadel Studios zipped over to Reddit for an AMA all about Legends of Aria, which MMO players will recall just recently hit early access off-steam. Studio boss…
Temtem’s alpha adds Luma Ganki along with numerous bug fixes - The initial backer alpha release of Temtem was pretty short on critters to catch, partly by design. So it's a good thing that the patch notes for patch 0.1.3 note front…
Choose My Adventure: Taking the steering wheel of Star Citizen - Star Citizen's recent free fly event, and in particular the time I spent with MJ and friends riding an extremely swanky ship, has gotten me to dive further into Star…
Legends of Aria resets karma system ahead of tomorrow’s early access launch - With its early access launch happening on Steam tomorrowday, Legends of Aria has been shoring up its headstart. A "high volume of traffic" made logins a problem last week, though that's…
The first early access shot is fired in Civil War battler War of Rights - Attentive MOP readers will know that we have been covering an interesting Civil War title called War of Rights for a while now. Apparently aimed at reenactors who would love…
Legends of Aria pushes off Steam early access launch into 2019 - So for Legends of Aria this afternoon, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that general early access is still happening: It's still going to go live for…
Saga of Lucimia’s pre-alpha 11 is live December 8 with SWG-style wounds and battle fatigue - If you've been following Saga of Lucimia, you probably know how the game's build tests work in pre-alpha: Stormhaven opens the servers periodically with the latest build to showcase for…
Camelot Unchained talks 64-bit client, animations, and class building in beta - Camelot Unchained's 64-bit client officially a go, folks. "As of now, the client is full 64-bit, and should be the default client launched," CSE's Tyler Rockwell says in the game's…
Elite Dangerous’ Beyond Chapter Four launches December 11 - Elite Dangerous commanders haven't got long to wait for their next big thing: Frontier announced this morning that December 11th will be the day for Beyond Chapter Four, the hefty…
Valiance Online
We're working on some dramatic server optimization to improve overall performance, as seen in this screenshot (hint: check the upper left). These optimizations will be necessary for the next stage of testing we're working on… (yes, another hint) pic.twitter.com/eSUliYYkL1
— Valiance Online (@ValianceOnline) December 6, 2018
Campaigns and crowdfunded MMOs we’re watching
3001SQ (Société des Mondes Virtuels) – Kickstarter unsuccessful, dev halted in 2018.
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. Probably dead.
Dragon of Legends (Thrive Games) – Successful Kickstarter.
Dual Universe (Novaquark) – Kickstarter funded, donor platform. Backer alpha.
Eco (Strange Loop Games) – Funded, now in alpha.
Edengrad (Huckleberry Games) – Kickstarter funded; in early access.
Elite: Dangerous (Frontier Developments) – Funded and fully 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. Pre-alpha.
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. Early access.
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.
Saga of Lucimia (Stormhaven) – Indiegogo. Intermittent pre-alphas.
Temtem (Crema) – Kickstarter fully funded; now in alpha.
The Exiled (Fairytale Distillery) – fka Das Tal;Â 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; in early access but not active dev.
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) – Soft launch July 2016. Launch March 2018.
Star Citizen (Cloud Imperium) – Ongoing donations/packages. Backer alpha.
TUG (Nerd Kingdom) – Totally abandoned without a word. Now considered a scam.
Vigor Roads (NeuronHaze) – Kickstarter unsuccessful; early access planned for 2017.
War of Rights (Campfire Games) – Successful Kickstarter; in early access.
