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Crowfall’s July ACE Q&A dissects the Fortunes of War update
The end of July saw Crowfall's latest ACE Q&A session, which was held back on account of J. Todd Coleman's work travel. Both he...
Crowfall devs discuss solving MMO multiway warfare imbalance, reacquisition of EU publishing from Travian
ArtCraft Creative Director J. Todd Coleman and Design Director Thomas Blair are back on YouTube answering Crowfall questions from high-end backers and players this...
Crowfall Q&A discusses major armor rebalance and being too ‘hardcore’ for regular gamers
Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair might be losing their minds a tiny bit in ArtCraft's latest Q&A video, but we're here for...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Crowfall tries out its updated scoring system in a new round of campaigns
A new round of test campaigns has started in the world of Crowfall, and this time around, the game has been updated with the...
ArtCraft outlines Crowfall’s (surprisingly short) road to alpha 6.0
Even as a Crowfall backer, I've been occasionally confused about the game's test status, especially after it missed two of its original planned soft-launch...
Crowfall devs dig into optimization issues, campaign balance, and more in new interview
Are you a Crowfall fan who loves Artcraft's regular Q&A videos but finds that they always leave you wanting more? Then boy are you...
Make My MMO: Aria’s second closed beta, Star Citizen’s protest, and Crowfall’s engine on the market (July 15, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we got our first hints of "emergent gameplay" in Star Citizen as a group of players took over a refueling...
Interview: ArtCraft’s J. Todd Coleman on prepping Crowfall’s Artisan Engine for the broader industry
Yesterday, Crowfall studio ArtCraft announced it was spinning off a brand-new company dubbed ArtCraft Technologies that would basically turn Crowfall's engine into a marketable...
Crowfall studio ArtCraft spins off new company to license its MMORPG-oriented Artisan Engine
Well now things just got interesting over in the land of Kickstarted Crowfall. ArtCraft announced this morning that it's spinning off a "new division" called...
Crowfall gets so popular it overwhelms its own code
Every MMO wants to be popular. You get to sit at the nice lunch table and everyone talks about how cool you are, all...
Crowfall comes alive with its new day/night cycle
It's amazing how something as simple as days turning into nights and vice-versa can serve to transform a static setting into a living, breathing...
Crowfall’s fly-on-the-wall series shows you how the team is making unique campaign worlds
The second part of Crowfall's video series is now up which covers the world-building strike team and its efforts to come up with the...
Crowfall lays the foundation for future systems
While ArtCraft is busy at work shoring up the fundamental systems that will make up Crowfall's core gameplay, the studio also has to lay...
Crowfall’s new hires bring studio to 45 people as ‘complete game loop’ testing is mapped out
Let's talk about money. Specifically, let's talk about Crowfall's money. ArtCraft is doing just that in a dev blog out today.
Referencing the $6M cash...
Crowfall studio ArtCraft just raised another $6M from investors to launch the game
Lest you be dispirited by the fact that Crowfall's soft launch isn't going to make 2017 as promised (after also not making 2016), ArtCraft...
Crowfall: ‘You don’t have to get into the stats to have a good time in this game’
Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Billy Garretsen are back for another ACE Q&A - you can pretty much mark the months by these things....
Crowfall opens up dozens of race and class combos
It's a good time to be a Crowfall pre-alpha tester.
The select elite are being treated to a new build today that adds in all...
MMO biz roundup: The voice actor strike, e-sports crime, CCP VR, Crowfall, and new acquisitions for Tencent, EA, and Nexon
Let's end the week talking about money. What could go wrong?
The year-long video game voice actor strike is finally fully over, as more...
Crowfall explains castle wall construction, addresses patch 5.3
Chances are that all save but the most architecturally nerdy among you don't find walls, panels, and sockets a particularly exciting topic. But your...