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You can cosplay as Princess Leia in Stars Reach if it collects 5000 Kickstarter backers

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While the major stretch goals of Stars Reach's Kickstarter have come thus far at predictable funding milestones, Playable Worlds is granting perks for smaller...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Unova Tour was functional but no fun

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Pokemon GO's just announced the next Go Fest, but the recent Unova Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both recently concluded,...

Stars Reach passes $550K on Kickstarter and unlocks a detailed guild alliance system

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The Stars Reach Kickstarter continues to climb since its debut last week, as Playable Worlds has now pulled in over $550,000 from players eager...

Fractured Online and its dev team have been bought out by a new studio – and it’s not a crypto scheme

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Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured has been teasing something big coming for the last month, punctuated by a promise from Dynamight's Jacopo Gallelli earlier this...

Star Citizen outlines progress on base building, crafting, and mission updates in February report

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Like clockwork, Star Citizen has pulled together another monthly progress report to recount development steps made for the previous month, and so that means...

Star Citizen details updates to character item recovery arriving in alpha 4.1 and beyond

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The penalty for character death in Star Citizen is going to get a fresh new wrinkle, as CIG has begun to test item recovery...

The Daily Grind: Why are people reacting so strongly to Stars Reach?

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Ever since Playable Worlds fully unveiled Stars Reach, we've seen a huge wave of conversation and interest rise around this sci-fi sandbox MMO. This...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 508: Stars Reach fires up crowdfunding

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Justin and Bree discuss Stars Reach's Kickstarter, LOTRO's U43 and server transfers, Jake Song departing ArcheAge Chronicles, Dauntless' sunset, and Monster Hunter Wilds' debut, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Undermined, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on the Elder Scrolls Online difficulty situation.

Stars Reach teases adorable retro bug people for its newly unlocked species

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As we noted yesterday, when Stars Reach crossed the $500,000 crowdfunding threshhold on Kickstarter, players effectively unlocked the pre-launch (rather than post-launch) addition of...

Apogea is a developing sandbox MMORPG that relishes challenge and a stated lack of direction

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If you decided to blend RuneScape and Tibia together with the sensibilities of the more "hardcore" MMORPG lovers, then what you might end up...

Stars Reach’s Kickstarter broke half a million dollars already, deep-dives the fishy princess Hansian species

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Less than a week into its whirlwind Kickstarter - remember, we didn't even know there'd be a Kickstarter two months ago! - Stars Reach...

Stars Reach Kickstarter hits $450K, unlocks crafting appearance customization as devs say headstart isn’t P2W

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As the Stars Reach Kickstarter nears half a million dollars, the Playable Worlds team is using Kickstarter memos to further explain how the game's...

Stars Reach crosses $400,000 pledged and unlocks waterworld Hansian species

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The absolute juggernaut of Stars Reach's Kickstarter continues to barrel forward, with the fundraising campaign already doubling its starting $200K target and unlocking its...

Raph Koster’s Stars Reach has launched its $200,000 crowdfunding campaign (and now it’s fully funded)

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If you're seeing these words, then the Kickstarter for Stars Reach is finally live. Longtime readers will know we've been covering this game since...

Star Anvil’s Secret World North America TTRPG expansion raised over $63K in crowdfunding

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It's very clear by now that there is a ravenous appetite for more of The Secret World in the tabletop RPG space: This past...
It's a metaphor.

Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on Stars Reach’s origin story and his goal to create ‘an alternate reality’

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Regular readers of our site and followers of the MMORPG genre know by now that Raph Koster has a lot to say - and...

Make My MMO: The impending Stars Reach Kickstarter and the latest loss of Legends of Aria

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Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP's long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and...
It's a metaphor.

Stars Reach: ‘We’re not gonna break the economy for the sake of the Kickstarter’

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If for some reason were home on a Saturday watching a stream instead of playing a game, then you likely just got an eyeful...

The reboot of Kickstarted MMO Shards Online, Legends of Aria Classic, is officially sunsetting

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I'm sorry to report this morning that Legends of Aria Classic is closing its doors - again. The news comes via the game's Patreon...

Stars Reach reschedules its Kickstarter launch for February 25

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Not February 10th, and not this week, but next week: Stars Reach has a new-new Kickstarter launch date. It's rolling out on February 25th. The...

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