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The Game Archaeologist: A look back at proto-MMOs through the 1980s
Today I want to try something a little different as we look at MMORPG history. Rather than focus in on a single title or...
Camelot Unchained side game Final Stand Ragnarok adds a beta version of a new map in its latest update
Do you remember Final Stand: Ragnarok? It's been a bit since we got news from the game: Readers will remember this as the spinoff/prequel...
Camelot Unchained prequel Final Stand Ragnarok launches into early access – again – today
As we noted earlier this week, the Camelot Unchained spinoff game Final Stand Ragnarok is launching today into its most formal early access yet....
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
The Daily Grind: So who thinks Camelot Unchained is really launching next year?
Unchained Games fka City State Entertainment is one of the rare few studios that gets a standard disclaimer in our posts, and for those...
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...
Camelot Unchained’s latest newsletter reaffirms its old-school business model
We've had one Camelot Unchained newsletter, yes, but what about second newsletter? Then prepare for paragraphs from City State Entertainment as it showcases the...
Camelot Unchained heralds the start of its next beta and hints at ‘good news’ in 2024
A short holiday address from Camelot Unchained pretty much continues the trend of vaguely promising forward momentum on the PvP MMORPG, which hints at...
Camelot Unchained provides a closer look at its new character progression system
You might be surprised to learn that City State Entertainment is working on a character progression system for Camelot Unchained after 10 years of...
Camelot Unchained boss discusses the MMO’s dungeon building tool and character progression
While a lot of what the 10-year-old in-development MMO Camelot Unchained talked about in its last newsletter was about UI updates and alloys, there...
City State says new hires put Camelot Unchained progress ‘ahead of schedule,’ debuts Hamadryad race
A significant hiring push is proving to be a "big assist" in the effort to get Camelot Unchained finished, City State's Mark Jacobs said...
Camelot Unchained’s December dev blog touts $15M investment as a ‘level up’ for City State Entertainment
Last month's $15M investment round is high on the mind of Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs, as he opens up the game's December development report...
Camelot Unchained developer City State picked up another $15M+ in investment funding
Money makes the world go round, and it certainly is the coal that fuels the game development engine. City State Entertainment, the dev studio...
Camelot Unchained devs are working on siege models and a UI refresh
While City State Games has been relatively quiet this summer, work on the long-awaited Kickstarted MMO Camelot Unchained apparently continues, as the game's latest...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Ultima Online
Last week in The Game Archaeologist, we traced the history of Ultima Online’s origin, development, and testing -- not to mention one pesky in-game...
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
The Game Archaeologist: The origins of Blizzard, Mythic, Funcom, SOE, and BioWare
A good origin story always captivates me, especially when it gives me a new perspective on something I've come to appreciate over the years....
Camelot Unchained takes a significant step to opening up a European server
Promising that European players will not be treated as "second-class citizens" in Camelot Unchained, Mark Jacobs and City State Entertainment are running an EU...
Camelot Unchained’s upgraded Golden Plains shows off ‘the intended scale of gameplay’
It's a new year of development for Camelot Unchained, and the team at City State Entertainment is buckling down to get a "proper gameloop"...
Camelot Unchained details new resource node features, terrain updates, and the Viking home island
The year is closing out for Camelot Unchained is closing out with the promise of progress on the RvR sandbox. The month of December's...
