This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped a nifty Around the Verse that focuses on the Area18 spaceport. Remember the demo video CIG floated a few years ago that everyone said made the game look like Coruscant Online? These cityscapes look more like Corellia now, with tracked transit systems to go along with the aerial movement. Good news too if you’re an elite tester: Alpha 3.5 dropped for the Evocati this week! (Thanks, DK!)
We also got our first new MMO on Kickstarter of the year: Spycursion, an indie cyberespionage title. It’s off to a bit of a slow start, with only around $4000 of its $100,000 goal so far in the bag, but it’s got most of March to catch up.
Meanwhile, Ashes of Creation is planning a state of the game stream next week (thanks, Pseudophonia!), Temtem updated backers on physical rewards, Saga of Lucimia set its next tester release for early April, Camelot Unchained counted 5100 humans and bots in its latest test, and Elite Dangerous dropped a bombshell: It’s moved most of the team to a major paid expansion coming in 2020.
Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last few weeks and our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following!
Spycursion’s Kickstarter
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Elite Dangerous has shifted the ‘majority’ of its live team to what sounds like a massive 2020 expansion - Last August, Frontier intimidated that it was shaking up how content in Elite Dangerous would be formatted in 2019, including a "major milestone" for the game that would be paid…
Shroud of the Avatar has improved its quality of life and offers pronged weapons with release 63 - The latest patch for Shroud of the Avatar is all about prongs. Well, partly about prongs, anyhow; the new three-pronged one-handed spears are out with this patch, and they apply on-hit…
Camelot Unchained now boasts a record 5100 bots and humans in a single battle - Camelot Unchained's City State Entertainment has posted its monthly newsletter today, and it's big news indeed: The studio's just hit 5100 ARCs (autonomous remote clients - its combination of real…
Chronicles of Elyria’s latest community letter promises production update, title transfers, and more - Chronicles of Elyria's February newsletter rolled out last night to fans and backers, and it's primarily focused on goings-on in the community, but there are some tidbits of note, including mention…
Legends of Aria shores up bugs in new update, picks up new community manager - Legends of Aria has two shiny new things this week: a new patch and a new community manager. "My approach to community management is this – I want to be…
The Repopulation previews new tutorial island, lore timeline, and upgraded development servers - The Repopulation's latest dev update is giving me some serious Star Wars Galaxies player city vibes, but then I guess that was always part of the charm, right? Developer Idea…
Choose My Adventure: So long The Elder Scrolls Online, hello Legends of Aria - It's been a refrain in this edition of Choose My Adventure, but I still have to say it again: I have had a blast in The Elder Scrolls Online. I…
Indie cyberespionage sandbox MMO Spycursion sneaks into Kickstarter tonight - Back at the beginning of February, we covered an unusual indie PC MMORPG called Spycursion. It's basically a cyberespionage sandbox MMO rich in "edutainment," boasting a flexible skill-based system" and…
Camelot Unchained is full speed ahead constructing its new skill ability builder - There was no player test for Camelot Unchained this past weekend, but that's because Friday's test focused so hard on the ongoing ability builder. If you're wondering what the ability…
Ship of Heroes details the mechanics of its mission difficulty slider - Ship of Heroes is continuing to pump out new updates for eager future players on its game forums. Heroic Games' Casey McGeever most recently put up a post talking about…
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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; Issue 0 delayed into 2019.
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.
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.
Saga of Lucimia (Stormhaven) – Indiegogo. Intermittent pre-alphas.
Shadow’s Kiss (Clockwork Throne) – Ongoing Patreon, Kickstarter funded.
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium) – Soft launch July 2016. Launch March 2018.
Squadron 42 (Cloud Imperium) – Beta delayed until at least 2020.
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.
City of Titans
We have another one-shot this week, once again courtesy of Jamie 'GeeksGoneBad' Cunningham. pic.twitter.com/jiZnsZhjmd
— City Of Titans (@CityOfTitansMMO) February 28, 2019
