This week week in MMO crowdfunding, spring has sprung in Shroud of the Avatar, whose latest community newsletter teases a bunny basket full of confections and cakes coming to the game, along with a deep-dive of row houses for new players.
Meanwhile, Saga of Lucimia previewed its quest system in video form, Dual Universe counted 30000 bots and players on one planet in its alpha, Ashes of Creation talked up castle sieges, City of Titans dropped some fresh lore, Temtem rolled out its latest alpha update, Crowfall previewed its PvP features, and yes, there’s an unsanctioned Star Wars sandbox MMORPG pitch on Kickstarter trolling for $10M, which we will not be covering beyond this acknowledgement.
Finally, Spycursion’s Kickstarter hit the halfway point in its campaign with still less than $5000 of its $100K goal pledged.
Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last week, plus our roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’re following!
Saga of Lucimia
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Recent MMO crowdfunding news
Ashes of Creation says it’s aiming for the ‘largest organized PVP battles of any MMORPG’ in castle siege blog - Buried in last week's news that Intrepid was delaying Ashes of Creation's next phase of alpha one (and therefore delaying its release into next year) was the promise that the…
Star Citizen previews urban dystopia and in-game holidays, drops February studio report - Very few settings in games spark as much joy in me as a glowy rainbow neon urban cyberpunk dystopia, so that makes this week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the…
Dual Universe counts 30,000 simulated players on the same planet in its latest alpha - If you're gonna be an MMO, we wanna see massive: lots of people on a server, lots of people in a fight. Dual Universe is clearly heeding that call, as…
Albion Online answers questions about randomized dungeons from players - The developers at Albion Online are hyped about the game's new randomized dungeons. That makes perfect sense. But they also recognize that players have questions, and thus they're taking the…
OrbusVR: Reborn previews new dungeons and talent tweaks ahead of final beta test - The folks at OrbusVR have been hard at work since they announced the game's first major expansion/complete overhaul, OrbusVR: Reborn, back in August of last year. Since then, the expansion's…
Legends of Aria makes its roadmap public as it preps its experimental test server - Legends of Aria's new community lead has a new letter for the playerbase this week, and while it's not bristling with critical info, it's a big step toward transparency, as…
Crowfall buffs Hunger shard hunting by improving rewards and skills - The most recent patch to Crowfall quietly tweaked a rather important aspect of the game's spawning Hunger crystals, and it's a small change but a significant one. As always, these crystals…
Albion Online’s Oberon patch hits test server with randomized dungeons and QoL improvements - The latest build of Albion Online's upcoming Oberon update has hit the game's test server, bringing with it the new randomized dungeons feature, an overhauled tutorial, and a whole smorgasbord…
Choose My Adventure: New tools, same flailing in Legends of Aria - So, full disclosure here: This edition of Choose My Adventure is going to come from a perspective of limited play time. My "real" job and other projects effectively ate up…
Camelot Unchained beta testers peek at the characters 2.0 revamp and new crafting UI - One of the things that drew me to Camelot Unchained from the very beginning was its clothing and armor, of all things. Yes, I'll be here for the crafting and…
Path of Exile’s Synthesis launch had the game’s second-highest player concurrency - The goal of any major update release for any game is to launch with no real issues, but it's rarely what you actually expect. So you can imagine how happy Path…
Legal proceedings between Crytek and Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium move to alternative dispute resolution - Just when we all thought the matter had seen a major roadblock in the proceedings, a new chapter in the game engine lawsuit between Crytek and Star Citizen's Cloud Imperium…
Crowfall previews the PvP map structure of its first campaign in feature walkthrough video - Since its original Kickstarter reveal, Crowfall has been absolutely clear on its key conceit: PvP. This is a PvP MMO. In fact, the devs frequently refer to the game as…
Crowfall
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.) – 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) – 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) – 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. 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) – 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 unsuccessful.
Pumpkin Online (Monique) – Downgrading from MMORPG.
Temtem (Crema) – Kickstarter fully funded; now in alpha.
The Exiled (Fairytale Distillery) – fka Das Tal; 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; 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.
Spycursion (Defun) – Kickstarter ends March 28.
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
This week we bring you another Lore update, courtesy of Staff Writer Eric Pawtowski.
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— City Of Titans (@CityOfTitansMMO) March 14, 2019
