crowdfunding
World War II Online seeks more crowdfunding for Unreal Engine upgrade
You know how everyone likes to joke that M*A*S*H the TV show was several times longer than the actual Korean War? Let us pause...
Cozy multiplayer sci-fi life sim Galactic Getaway crosses the Kickstarter finish line
While its final tally may not be record-breaking in the annals of crowdfunding, a win is a win for multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway.
The...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Sinnoh Tour turned players into guinea pigs
Both the Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both ended, and while there are good points to be...
10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next year’ following CSE rebrand and investment haul
So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game...
Star Citizen’s CIG admits to rumored layoffs, blaming restructuring and relocation
Over the past couple of weeks we've been reporting on an apparent wave of layoffs at Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games, starting first...
Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing
Originally Kickstarted in 2018, Last Epoch has been in early access on Steam for about five years, but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games...
Zenith OARPG Infinite Realms launches today as Steam reviews plummet over MMO development halt
There wasn't much lead-up to this - indeed, the world has known it was happening for less than a month - but Zenith's new...
Star Citizen followers uncover additional layoffs at CIG that reference relocation and restructuring
A couple of weeks ago we caught word of Star Citizen's game director leaving his position after nine years at CIG, with most assuming...
Make My MMO: Scars of Honor’s Kickstarter, Temtem’s and Zenith’s spinoff drama
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! We've got three specific newish Kickstarters to talk about.
Galactic Getaway,...
Star Citizen talks flight and combat in alpha 3.23, sets next CitizenCon for October 2024
Star Citizen is just chock-full of headlines as we head into the weekend, starting first with its latest Inside Star Citizen video, which once...
Titan Forge’s EVE War for New Eden board game closed out a successful Kickstarter with $682K
The EVE Online-themed board game has finished out its Kickstarter this week, pulling in roughly $682,000 US from backers - not that there was...
Kickstarted OARPG Last Epoch officially launches as players overwhelm its servers
Can we properly claim Last Epoch as a "win" for our crowdfund-centric Make My MMO column? Well, we're doing it anyway, as the OARPG...
Stormgate studio plans to sell company stock to its players in order to raise marketing funds
Normally when a company "goes public," it generally means that its executives are beholden to the whims of an investor board that almost exclusively...
Star Citizen talks up the wide assortment of missions possible at alpha 3.23’s distribution centers
Usually the words "distribution center" conjure forth some logistical nexus full of a company's product plopped in the middle of a field for trucking...
Star Citizen’s live game director vacates position after nine years at CIG
We'll admit that this bit of Star Citizen news is ripe for speculation, and that speculation may be steered by how one feels about...
MMO Week in Review: Skull & Bones departs drydock
Skull & Bones finally drifted into its soft launch open beta after eleventy billion delays and do-overs, and... it's actually not terrible? And it's...
Star Citizen begins its Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year, and free fly events for February this weekend
The month of February is loaded to the gills with events (and shop sales) for the alpha spaceship sandbox of Star Citizen, as CIG...
Not So Massively: Stormgate isn’t delivering a revolution (yet)
Stormgate's marketing is laser-focused on studio Frost Giant's plan to deliver an "RTS revolution." With StarCraft II still popular but slowly waning as it...
Scars of Honor is a throwback to the ‘golden age’ of MMOs with a $200K Kickstarter
Another day, another MMO that seeks to "bring back the golden age of the genre." But will the emerging Scars of Honor capture the...
Animal Crossing-inspired cozy MMO Galactic Getaway launches $50,000 Kickstarter
Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned...
