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Chronicles of Elyria on expanding team, creature models, and backer-only videos
This week's Chronicles of Elyria update features the Ursaphant mount, which is exactly what is sounds like: an adorable elephant bear thing. Soulbound Studios says...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained’s state-of-the-game address (July 30, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Camelot Unchained closed out a quiet July with a newsletter and state-of-the-game address. CSE boss Mark Jacobs told players that progress since...
Mark Kern to Ember followers: ‘I feel a profound sense of responsibility for what happened to Firefall’
In the wake of the apparent complete emptying of the Red 5 Studios offices this week, former Firefall founder Mark Kern is forging ahead...
Fan-made StarCraft Universe goes into open beta, plans late August release
I don't think any of us is under the delusion that Blizzard is secretly working on a StarCraft MMO, no matter how insanely awesome that sounds....
HEX dev blog offers a peek at PvE campaign’s second adventure zone
If you've finished up the PvE campaign in HEX: Shards of Fate and await more, the latest dev blog is aimed at you! With the...
Virtus Gaming hopes to be the next big thing for MMORPG communities
Last week, we were contacted by the purveyor of a new online gaming social media platform called Virtus Gaming. Drew Duncan's his name, and...
Chronicles of Elyria debates day and season length, delays store
Put yourself in the shoes of a developer and ask: How long should a day/night cycle be? What about the seasons? What if those...
Make My MMO: Hero’s Song’s update and the Elite: Dangerous mystery map (July 23, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, John Smedley tweeted a few teasers for his upcoming pixel MMORPG Hero's Song. "We're at 5400 items in our game...
Crowfall: The art and death of the Minotaur Myrmidon
Crowfall's posted up videos of some of the reveals from its last livestream, which demonstrates the creation of the Minotaur Myrmidon and its lengthy,...
Guns of Icarus opens Alliance PvE alpha for a week
If you like aspects of Guns of Icarus but want to play a version without the PvP, your wish will be granted for one...
Crowfall authorizes RMT program for retired goods
In trying to anticipate the demand for reselling retired Crowfall goods and heading off some of the shadier aspects of third-party RMT transactions, ArtCraft announced...
Shards Online AMA covers permadeath, community servers, and the Steam launch
Citadel Studios' Derek Brinkmann hopped on Reddit yesterday for an AMA revolving around Shards Online. Among the highlights:
The game does have hunger, but...
The Stream Team: Attempting Grand Theft Auto Online’s new Cunning Stunts
If racing through the streets of Los Santos just isn't doing it for you anymore, there are now new stunt racetracks strewn about GTAO...
The Soapbox: Calling an MMO launch a launch
It's launch.
Can we collectively accept that? Marketing, developers, and players alike? Launch is launch. When your game launches, it has launched. If I can...
Chronicles of Elyria gets its new website up and running
Fun fact:Â Chronicles of Elyria's web programmer is also the game's creative director, producer, and CEO (among other jobs).
Yesterday, Lead Developer Caspian penned a post...
Make My MMO: Descent Underground (July 16, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Descent: Underground released a major AI update this week -- the Moon Collider’s advanced Kythera AI system -- plus...
Watch your step: Edengrad adds land mines
Flush with success (not to mention cash) from its Kickstarter campaign, the Edengrad team is excited to share what projects it's been working on...
Star Citizen rep: ‘Nothing special’ about $3000 Kickstarter refund
A Star Citizen backer who says he believes the game is a "scam" now says he's successfully procured a series of refunds for his Kickstarter pledge...
Perfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it...
Make My MMO: People are actually buying Richard Garriott’s blood (July 9, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar's Richard Garriott and Starr Long shocked gamers by auctioning off art pieces that include their...
