crowdfunding
Make My MMO: June 13, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal failed to meet its Kickstarter goal, but developer Fairytale Distillery intends to soldier on. "Das Tal...
Das Tal’s Kickstarter fails, but development continues
Das Tal's Kickstarter has ended without meeting its €50,000 goal, but it's not game over for the indie PvP sandbox.
Thanking fans for the nearly €33,000...
Crowdfunded game developer bows to FTC pressure
Don't look now, but the federal government is riding to rescue people who willingly donated their money to a Kickstarter campaign. In its "first case involving...
Play Das Tal’s alpha for free right now
You'd never buy a car without test-driving it, would you? If only that applied to games and you could take Das Tal for a...
X-Wing spiritual successor Starfighter Inc. fails to fund
You can't win them all, kid. And while $226,000 is an impressive chunk of money to raise for a game, it wasn't enough to...
Das Tal is halfway to funding on Kickstarter with two days left
The halfway mark for funding is an important milestone for any Kickstarter campaign, but whether it's a good sign or a darker one depends...
HEX celebrates its second birthday
A lot has changed for HEX since the game first went to Kickstarter a few years ago. The anniversary letter to the community touches...
Make My MMO: June 6, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal continued its Kickstarter info dump and it invited everyone into its alpha test for one day...
The Daily Grind: Should mature MMOs consider crowdfunding?
Massively OP commenter The_Grand_Nagus recently pointed us to a conversation on the Star Trek Online forum where a Cryptic Studios employee discussed the studio's games' revenues...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
Das Tal invites everyone to the alpha test for one day only
Das Tal's Kickstarter campaign is staring down its final week, and with only a little over 27 grand raised of its $55,794 goal, it's...
Voxelnauts gets Greenlit, posts a new Kickstarter video
Looking forward to playing Voxelnauts? So are lots of people on Steam, it appears; as the game approaches the halfway point in its Kickstarter...
The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks,
Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...
MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 2015)
Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMOÂ news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review!
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Das Tal plans Kickstarter-exclusive preview, discusses server architecture
Are you seriously interested in server architecture? Can you not wait to find out how Das Tal is handling its backend for logging in?...
Make My MMO: May 30, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Square Enix pimped out 2-D action MMO hopeful Dragon of Legends as part of its Indie Collective showcase. In...
Catching up with Shroud of the Avatar’s Starr Long
As Kickstarter projects successfully funded via the power of nostalgia have proven, gamer loyalty can burn strong even decades after experiencing titles that make...
Greed Monger officially calls it quits
After staff defections and general developer drama earlier this year, there really wasn't much hope for the future of Greed Monger. Now there is...
Shards’ project lead talks development, pay-for-mods, and more
What's up with Shards Online this week? Well, quite a bit according to project lead and Ultima Online veteran Derek Brinkmann. MassivelyOP recently caught up with...
Crowfall updates its pledge tiers
Crowfall updated its website today, and Artcraft used the opportunity to announce that it still plans to have a playable pre-alpha this summer. The...
