This week in MMO crowdfunding, City of Heroes-inspired superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes launched its Kickstarter, seeking $400,000. But three days later, Heroic Games canceled the crowdfunding attempt, saying it believed it “went to Kickstarter too early.” The new plan is to return to development, raise awareness, take donations through the website, and retool development based on its current level of funding, meaning a potentially smaller but earlier game.
In happier news, congrats are due to post-apoc sandbox Edengrad, which successfully launched into early access. Edengrad was funded last year for over $50,000 USÂ thanks to Kickstarter backers.
Meanwhile, Dual Universe reached another stretch goal, Worlds Adrift launched its 6.0 update, Grim Dawn detailed the Necromancer class coming in its first expansion, Elite: Dangerous dropped its cash shop prices permanently, Starfighter Inc. continues to inch its way toward its Kickstarter end, and Shroud of the Avatar is in the midst of another free trial period.
Read on for more on what’s up with MMO crowdfunding over the last week and the regular roundup of all the crowdfunded MMOs we’ve got our eye on.
Edengrad is live
Recent MMO crowdfunding news
City of Heroes-inspired MMORPG Ship of Heroes has canceled its Kickstarter bid - The team behind Ship of Heroes has just announced that it's canceling its Kickstarter. Since the crowdfund's launch on April 4th, it had raised only $35,138 of its $400,000 goal. "We’ve had…
Kickstarted indie VR MMO OrbusVR plans alpha tests, character customization upgrades - What's up with OrbusVR, the blocky indie VR sandbox that breezed through its quickie Kickstarter to raise $34,000 last month -- 340% of its goal? Quite a bit, it turns…
Camelot Unchained focuses on particles, trees, and the beta interface - I know most of you come to these Camelot Unchained posts hoping to hear about beta one. I can't wait to write that post, believe me, and I'm pretty sure…
Chronicles of Elyria is making progress on lighting and critters - With all of the work Chronicles of Elyria put into having its demo ready for the last two major gaming conventions, there wasn't a whole lot of time to focus…
Cooking and zone progression come to Worlds Adrift - This week, Worlds Adrift is better looking, better feeling, and better tasting, thanks to the game's new 6.0 update. The better looks come courtesy from the addition of global illumination…
Dual Universe crosses $690,550 stretch goal, eyes bounty system - How big can two universes get? Dual Universe is pushing the boundaries this month as community donations propelled it past another stretch goal. Dual Universe met its 650,000€ ($690,550) "construct…
Rend wants to fix the fatal flaws of survival sandboxes - It should be quite obvious that the developers over at Rend are huge survival sandbox fans, because why else would you make a game in a particular genre? And in…
Star Citizen starts building surface outposts, continues to test Patch 2.6.2 - It's always a good day when you get to open up a new box full of fun toys to build worlds to your heart's content. The folks behind Star Citizen…
Crowfall adds skill loadout customization - Thanks to a new update, Crowfall is giving its players more freedom than before in customizing their own playstyle. The focus here is on an adjustable user interface that allows…
Shroud of the Avatar kicks off another free trial weekend today - Someone in our comments a few days back was just wishing he could pop into Shroud of the Avatar on a free trial to check it out before plunking down…
Elite Dangerous permanently reduces cash shop prices - AND THE CROWD GOES WILD
Dual Universe fan trailer: ‘This is true massive multiplayer’ - Have you ever noticed that sometimes fans can put together trailers that put the originals to shame? I mean, look at this "modern" Empire Strikes Back trailer and tell me…
Path of Exile discusses the fine art of templating item descriptions - [AL:POE]Odds are good that you spend very little of your day thinking about how an item's stats are templated in your game of choice. When an item's abilities consist of…
Crowfall answers questions about stuff that doesn’t exist yet - The latest video Q&A from the Crowfall team answers a whole lot of questions about things that don't exist in the game at this point. For example, one of the…
The Pantheon team is ‘very satisfied’ with the game’s progress - In an interview with Pantheon Senior Game Designer Corey LeFever on MMO Play, LeFever said that the dev team is "very satisfied" with the progress that the team has made…
Albion Online has huge plans for its player-run economy, including all-crafted drops - Albion Online isn't letting up on the updates in the window of time from now to July when it launches for real, nope. Today, the studio's put out its plan…
AdventureQuest 3D adds party system, cosmetic items, and dungeon options - Patch 1.4 landed in AdventureQuest 3D yesterday, bringing with it several important and welcome features to the game. And yeah, the patch even included the VR goggles that the team…
Post-apocalyptic Edengrad launches into early access today - Starting today, the Kickstarted post-apocalyptic sandbox MMOÂ Edengrad is leaving its pre-alpha cocoon to clamber into a bigger cocoon called "early access." With Patch 0.2.1, the title is officially in its…
Multiplayer space sim Starfighter Inc. has 12 days to finish raising $150K - We've been covering Starfighter Inc. for the last few weeks in Make My MMO, but apparently a lot of you folks who say you want to hear about up-and-coming MMOs…
Ship of Heroes’ original Kickstarter pitch
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.
Antraxx (Team Antraxx) – Kickstarter canceled.
Ascent: The Space Game (Fluffy Kitten Studios) – Successful KS. Fully launched 2016.
Camelot Unchained (City State) – Kickstarter successful; open donations/packages.
Caribbean Conquest (Invenio) – First KS canceled, second ended unsuccessfully.
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; launch planned for 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, now has donor platform. Alpha delayed.
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.
Epic Space (EpicSpace.net)
Ever, Jane (3 Turn Productions) – Now in open beta.
Gloria Victis (Black Eye Games) – Open donations, no end date; in early access.
Greed Monger (Greed Monger) – Abandoned, multiple times now.
Grim Dawn (Crate Entertainment) – 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. Currently in alpha.
Life is Feudal (Bitbox): Indiegogo ended. Currently in beta.
LUX (Chimera) – Kickstarter canceled.
Maestros of the Anthymn (String Theory) – Kickstarter canceled.
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.
Overpower (Hydrant Games) –Â Kickstarter unfunded; heading to early access.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen (Visionary Realms) –Â Open donations, no end date.
Pathfinder Online (GoblinWorks) – Doom, mostly.
Planet Nomads (Craneballs) – Successful Kickstarter. Early access hits April 18.
Pixel Starships (SavySoda)
Project Gorgon (Elder Game) – Kickstarted in three tries + Indiegogo. In alpha.
Pumpkin Online (Monique) – Downgrading from MMORPG.
The Exiled (Fairytale Distillery) – fka Das Tal; 2015Â KSÂ unsuccesful. In Steam early access.
The Realm: Reawakened (Stephen Nichols) – Ongoing GoFundMe.
The Repopulation (Idea Fabrik) – Kickstarted twice by A&B. Back in alpha
ROKH (Darewise) – Kickstarter canceled; early access delayed to 2017.
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.
Shroud of the Avatar (Portalarium) – Successful KS. Soft launch July 2016.
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.
