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Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s procedural cities, Camelot Unchained’s beta tester rewards (October 28, 2017)
Ever wanted to walk around on Coruscant? Star Citizen may be granting your wish, or at least a solid approximation. During this weekend's CitizenCon,...
Make My MMO: Dual Universe vrooms into another pre-alpha test (October 21, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, the much-anticipated indie sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe dropped a starship-load of tutorials on ship construction, the interface, territory, and...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen is hosting parties for space whales (October 7, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, I hope you've got your special black Star Citizen VIP card because CIG has invited concierge-level backers -- sorry, space...
Make My MMO: The Thargoids should win Elite Dangerous (September 30, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite has finally begun to sound "dangerous" indeed. After just a few days of owning players, the alien race that "returned"...
Make My MMO: Ship of Character Customization (September 23, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ship of Heroes continued proving itself worthy as a City of Heroes successor with a new video demo of...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen would make for a terrible scam (September 16, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts gave an interview that seemed to express understandable frustration with the constant barrage of demands...
Make My MMO: Everybody poops in Star Citizen (September 9, 2017)
Remember a few weeks ago when Star Citizen confirmed survival mechanics like eating and sleeping? Welp, add pooping to the list. This week in MMO...
Make My MMO: MMOTCG HEX is coming to PS4 (September 2, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, HEX announced it is officially coming to PS4 on September 9th under a hybrid HEX: Card Clash moniker, which...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s Gamescom demo, Camelot Unchained’s beta progress (August 26, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen brought a playable (though tweaked) version of 3.0 to Cologne for Gamescom this week, a demo apparently endlessly...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen scrubs release windows from 3.0 schedule, Fig investors turn a profit (August 12, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen surprised backers by removing all "aim dates" from its weekly production schedule, which is intended to provide a roadmap...
Netmarble under scrutiny by government agencies in the wake of a crunch-mode death
You probably remember the sad news about a Netmarble employee who was, essentially, worked straight to death. That's the bad news. The good news...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen 3.0 progress report, Albion Online DDOSed after RMT crackdown (August 5, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen posted its monthly studio report along with its updated 3.0 production report as it works on the...
Make My MMO: Valiance Online’s founder alpha has begun (July 29, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Valiance Online took everyone by surprise by announcing the launch of its investor alpha on PC for Friday, though...
Make My MMO: Albion Online joins the list of launched crowdfunded MMORPGs (July 22, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, indie sandbox Albion Online -- whose 250,000 founders reportedly crowdfunded the game for almost $10,000,000 -- formally launched. The...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid elaborates on designing for an audience
Did you know that Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is not meant to be for everyone? Probably, because the game sort of...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s derelict ships’ Firefly and Star Wars inspiration (July 15, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen released a new cinematic trailer featuring characters checking out derelict ships in-game, both on the surface and in...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s alpha 3.0 has been delayed again (July 9, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped more than just its work on procedural planets and moon: It also posted its 3.0 production schedule...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous journeys to PS4, we interview Kickstarted MMO devs (July 1, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier launched Elite Dangerous for the PS4, complete with relevant adjustments for touchpad controls and a "fast headlook" mode for...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen sells 14K concept ships in 24 hours (June 24, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen followers once again proved their game's dominance by purchasing 14,000 of its new Nox concept ships in less...
Make My MMO: Broke Protocol launches early access after failed Kickstarter (June 10, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Minecraft-meets-GTAO MMO Broke Protocol's Kickstarter ended unsuccessfully on Thursday, but the good news is that the game launched its early access...