Indie MMORPG Oath has successfully funded on Kickstarter at nearly twice its original ask - Oath has been a bit of an anomaly on the Kickstarter scene this spring: Ten days into its campaign, it had raised only $6000, but a week later it had…
Shroud of the Avatar developers address Kickstarter reward novel fulfillment, SEC filings - Over the last few days, we've had a rash of tipsters reaching out to us with concerns about Shroud of the Avatar, and now we've spoken to Portalarium to allow…
Forbes characterizes Star Citizen’s development as ‘incompetence and mismanagement on a galactic scale’ - If you have only the faintest idea what has gone on with Star Citizen since its initial Kickstarter, a new Forbes piece on the game and its creator Chris Roberts is…
Dual Universe is embracing player-to-player trading, not just an auction hall - While many MMO players are slowly becoming inured to the idea that some modern MMOs won't have proper player-to-player trading, I'll never be one of them, which is why Dual…
Playcraft is new indie multiplayer game-building game now on Kickstarter - So here's a fun new multiplayer toy that just landed on Kickstarter: It's called Playcraft, and it's being billed by Bebop Games' creator Adrien "Zeroneus" Quay-Thevenon as a "multiplayer free-to-play…
Wandering Wraeclast: Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games earns respect by showing respect - This is Grinding Gear Games. Grinding Gear Games recently acknowledged that some Path of Exile players were unhappy about a few topics and accepted responsibility, apologized for not addressing them…
Inside Star Citizen discusses the 3.5 flight model, collecting feedback, and the Banu Defender - The weekly Star Citizen development video is out once again, and this time it's all about that flight model, which is something that the players wrought based on their feedback…
Lawful Neutral: The war over Star Citizen in Crytek v. Cloud Imperium Games - Hello citizens! Today, I'm going to talk about a little game that's been flying under the radar and I think deserves some air time: Star Citizen. I'm obviously being a…
Dual Universe begins a drastic overhaul of container storage, inventories, and item weight - There's something about space trucking that I adore a whole lot, personally. The logistics of managing weight and fuel load, planning of the route, the zen of a focused task…
Elite Dangerous shores up April update with drag munitions revert and bug fixes - Elite Dangerous' April update was a bit rocky, with Frontier immediately following it up with a laundry list of planned fixes, including the revert of Drag Munitions. As of this…
Camelot Unchained discusses dev tools, art and animation progress in latest newsletter - Camelot Unchained's end-of-April newsletter has arrived, and as always it's stuffed to the brim with plenty of behind-the-scenes info on the game's development progress. One of the biggest bits of…
Ashes of Creation talks architecture and building tools in the newest dev diaries video - The latest entry in Ashes of Creation's ongoing dev diaries video series is out, and following in the vein of its predecessor, which gave players a behind-the-scenes look at the…
Star Citizen celebrates the arrival of its alpha 3.5 update with a week-long Free Fly promotion - Tomorrow, Star Citizen's alpha 3.5 update is lifting off, and to celebrate the occasion, Cloud Imperium Games is making the game free for anyone to download and play. During the…
All systems are go for Elite Dangerous’s first Interstellar Initiative, Bridging the Gap - Saddle up, space cowboys: Phase one of Elite Dangerous's first-ever Interstellar Initiative has begun. Announced earlier this month, Interstellar Initiatives are "a series of in-game events and narratives that play…
Valiance Online’s latest alpha patch touches on characters, animations, and interior procedural generation - We're having a superhero MMO moment here, folks. Last week, Valiance Online teased something big happening, and now we know what it is: an update. Two updates, in fact. "Two…
Chronicles of Elyria details the trials and tribulations of preparing for domain and settlement selection - As Chronicles of Elyria's ambitious domain and settlement selection process kicks off today, the folks at Soulbound Studios have released a new dev diary that delves into the details of…
Legends of Aria’s latest update brings changes to the mount system, introduces ‘horses that don’t suck’ - Earlier this week, indie sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria received its Point Release 5 update which, among other things, brought big changes to the game's mount system. Why, you may…
Camelot Unchained takes a look at new animations and UI updates as siege scenario development continues - This week's Camelot Unchained newsletter is live, and -- quelle surprise -- the team at City State Entertainment is still hard at work refining the game's work-in-progress siege scenario that's…
Ship of Heroes’ signature hero Sword Blossom takes the spotlight in the latest newsletter - This past weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the venerable City of Heroes, and amidst all the hullabaloo about rogue servers (the most recent of which were brought online just…
