Official Site: Hero’s Song
Studio:Â Pixelmage Games
Launch Date: Planned for October 2016
Genre:Â Open-world online sandbox action roguelike RPG
Business Model:Â Pure B2P with expansions (No Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Hero’s Song updates Indiegogo backers on funding, AI, and Steam
Hero's Song's Indiegogo update today reveals how far the game has come, both in terms of its finances and its design.
"We're hard at work...
Make My MMO: Indiegogo campaigns for Mark Kern and John Smedley (September 17, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news was one of the biggest we've had all year for crowdfunded games. Former Firefall boss Mark Kern made...
Why Hero’s Song is leaning on Twitch to generate enthusiasm
Twitch is a vital part of marketing an up and coming video game, according to Pixelmage Games CEO John Smedley. In an interview with...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 82: Boldly go
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, GW2, RIFT, STO console, Otherland, EVE F2P, Camelot Unchained, Dual Universe, and Hero's Song, with mailbag questions on what games MMO devs play and Stranger Things vs. The Secret World.
The Stream team: Live interview with Hero’s Song’s Smedley
Interviews with developers often happen, and then players get to read the results afterward. But what if you could sit in on one live?...
No need to upgrade your rig to play Smed’s Hero’s Song
Pixelmage Games boss John Smedley has issued another update for Hero's Song Indiegogo watchers, who've pushed the game to $55,000 in crowdfunding thus far....
Make My MMO: New biome for Camelot Unchained; new campaigns for Hero’s Song, Dual Universe (Sept. 10, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, our own MJ - MJ Guthrie, that is - returned from DragonCon with reports from several crowdfunded MMORPG...
Smed says Hero’s Song is in the home stretch after early stumbles
In a beefy update letter to the community on Reddit last night, Pixelmage Games CEO John Smedley talked about how far Hero's Song has...
Smed: Hero’s Song will launch early access with 15 classes
Pixelmage Games'Â John Smedley has posted an update for Indiegogo backers and would-be backers for his MMOARPG, Hero's Song.
"As I write this we're sitting at...
Smed plans Indiegogo, Twitch stream for pixel-art OARPG Hero’s Song
Back in January, former SOE/Daybreak boss John Smedley revealed the details of his new company, Pixelmage Games, and its first title, a PvE-focused, sandboxy,...
Former H1Z1 developers join John Smedley’s Pixelmage Games
John Smedley's Pixelmage Games has gotten a few devs richer at H1Z1's expense. Massively OP reader Kinya pointed us to the Twitter feeds of...
Global Chat: When MMORPG raiding becomes a job
When does a game go from fun to obligation? Xenophics wrote a gut-wrenching confession about how raiding in World of Warcraft became his "office,"...
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...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained’s beta delay (April 23, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Camelot Unchained's devs revealed that they will not make their planned target for beta. The beta phase has...
Dave Mark: EverQuest Next’s AI ‘was not vaporware’
AI developer Dave Mark has weighed in mightily on the EverQuest Next cancellation. Mark worked on the game's expansive AI system years ago alongside...
Make My MMO: Inside The Repopulation & Hero’s Song (February 13, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, two studios spoke to Massively OP in-depth about their major crowdfunding decisions in 2016. Pixelmage Games'Â John Smedley told...
Interview: John Smedley on Hero’s Song crowdfunding and the future
Following the abrupt cancellation of the Kickstarter for Pixelmage Games' sandboxy OARPG Hero's Song, we chatted with studio CEO and MMORPG veteran John Smedley about...
Make My MMO: Smedley’s Hero’s Song ditches Kickstarter (January 30, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, John Smedley put an end to the Kickstarter for his OARPG Hero's Song, telling backers that Pixelmage Games had made "mistakes"...
Leaderboard: Massive servers vs. custom communities
One of the trends cropping up in the MMO industry in recent years is the Neverwinter Nights custom shard phenomenon. Games like Star Citizen,...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
