crowdfunding
Make My MMO: September 5, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, not a whole lot happened! In the land of pseudo-MMOs, though, Kickstarter darling and PvE-focused survival sandbox Eco...
Eco’s proposed death penalty doesn’t mess around
Eco, the global ecosystem survival game that recently blew through its $100,000 Kickstarter goal, has added a player-run criminal justice PvP system as a...
Ask Mo: The state of Massively Overpowered
Ask Mo is back, and today Mo and I are answering a few meta questions about Massively OP itself. Our first question is from long-time...
History of EVE Online book rolls first copies off the printing press
EVE Online's player history is a massive, ever-shifting entity, and one man is making good on his dream and promise to put it into writing.
A...
Sacrament looking to build an indie MMO with community involvement
If there's an overarching theme to the information that's been posted thus far for Sacrament, it's that the designers clearly want it to have...
PAX Prime 2015: Guns of Icarus breaks ‘preconceived notions’ of naval combat simulation
There are always some games that you look at and think that it would be great to try when you have the time. My...
Eco as an academic tool: Educating with PvE survival and permadeath
Like the idea of survival games, but not PvP? Wish your class involved video games? Maybe you want to doom humanity to choking itself...
Make My MMO: August 29, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon graduated from our "current campaigns" list to our "fully funded" list thanks to its successful $74,000...
Project Gorgon is soon switching to Steam and restricting alpha access
With its successful Kickstarter campaign behind it, indie MMO Project Gorgon is forging ahead with plans to transition to Steam.
Elder Game sent out a...
MUD’s Ben Walsh on the female character stretch goal and Kickstarter ambition
The sandbox known as MUD -- not to be confused with actual MUDs -- launched an ambitious Kickstarter this week, provoking the MMO community to do...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs create personal progression in a post-levels world?
Massively OP Kickstarter donor Craywulf wants us all to sit back in our armchair designer, er, armchairs and tackle a design problem some gamers are convinced...
Massively Opinionated: Which in-game system is most beneficial to an MMO?
In this episode, Larry, Andrew, Troy, and Chuck debate MMO systems -- the neglected ones, the hated ones, and the ones an MMO just can't live without.
MUD launches its Kickstarter following a successful greenlight
MUD is not a MUD. It's inspired in part by MUDs, but the game itself is meant as an open world crafting sandbox driven...
Eco, a global ecosystem game, makes its Kickstarter goal
Good news, ecology fans:Â Eco made its Kickstarter target with 15 days left to go! Non-ecology fans can be excited, too, whether you're a big...
Dream of Mirror Online lands on Steam
Dream of Mirror Online has a new virtual home, as the cel-shaded anime MMO is now available through Steam.
DOMO has had a tumultuous history,...
Star Citizen threatened with class-action lawsuit
Internet Warlord Derek Smart is at it again: This morning, the dev behind Alganon and Line of Defense ramped up his crusade against Star Citizen and Chris Roberts with...
Project Gorgon wraps up Kickstarter campaign with over $74K
It asked players for $20,000 to add better art and additional features, but what Project Gorgon ended up with was an impressive $74,781.
The indie...
Make My MMO: August 22, 2015
One of these weeks we'll stop writing about Project Gorgon in this space, but not today! And why should we, since the indie darling...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR
Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something!
Today's Massively Overthinking question...
Psychochild on what it’s like to make a crowdfunded MMO
Camelot Unchained senior engineer Brian "Psychochild" Green has published a blog post examining his experiences on CityState's crowdfunded RvR title. While he doesn't offer...
