mmo industry
Make My MMO: Zenith’s Kickstarter, Ashes of Creation’s battle royale, and Elite’s next big thing
This week in MMO crowdfunding, cyberpunk MMORPG Zenith joins our list; it's already blasted past its original $25,000 Kickstarter ask with a whole month...
MMO Business Roundup: Riot’s diversity ‘progress’, NetEase’s esports arena, DayZ down under, and Twitch threats
Welcome back to another roundup of what's going on in the business of making online games! Let's start with the most controversial of the...
Make My MMO: City of Titans devs release lore novel, Ship of Heroes talks character creation beta
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Kickstarted City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans released a novel penned by Jack Snyder from Missing Worlds...
Make My MMO: Kickstarter’s RAW deal, Star Citizen’s alpha 3.6 is live
This week in MMO crowdfunding was not a good week for MMO crowdfunding, thanks to RAW, whose Kickstarter campaign was actually canceled by Kickstarter...
Make My MMO: Albion Online’s Percival, Dual Universe’s alpha 2, and Elite’s next big thing
It was an oddly quiet week for crowdfunded MMOs, probably owing to the short holiday week prior, but the news we did get was...
Make My MMO: Ship of Heroes’ auction hall looks good, RAW’s Kickstarter progresses
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ship of Heroes dropped a new video showing off both its night effects and the current functionality of its...
Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar’s R67, Destiny’s Sword’s successful Kickstarter
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar released its 67th update. In the release instructions, the devs note the update was intended...
Make My MMO: Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid is ‘feeling great’ about the game’s progress
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pantheon's Brad McQuaid posted a lengthy dev blog all about its use of Unity and how the game has...
Make My MMO: Temtem’s alpha, Destiny’s Sword Kickstarter midpoint
Last year's big crowdfunded MMO of the year, Temtem, officially rolled into alpha 0.2 this week, boasting "character customization, trading, new battle mechanics, minimap,...
Make My MMO: Boobs don’t work that way, League of Maidens
A few weeks ago we teased newly announced MMO Eternal Magic for offering a beauty contest "for the girls," which, OK, we all know...
Make My MMO: Playcraft’s Kickstarter ends May 28
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we're turning our eyes back to Playcraft, the MMO in which you build other MMOs. Its Kickstarter ends on...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s monthly studio report for… April
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we're in the back half of May now, and you know what that means: a rather belated studio report from...
Make My MMO: Who do you love now? HOVERBIKES
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen once again made headlines with a concept ship sale, though it wasn't actually for a ship -...
Make My MMO: Oath’s Kickstarter success, Star Citizen’s funding drama
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen made headlines once again thanks to a rather brutal article on Forbes that references everything from Chris...
Make My MMO: An Albion Online revisit and an OrbusVR relaunch
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we dived deep into one of the true successes of MMO crowdfunding: Albion Online. As of its original launch...
Make My MMO: City of Titans’ enemy mob design, Oath’s Kickstarter, and Star Citizen 3.5
This week in MMO crowdfunding, it's been superhero insanity, and I don't even mean City of Heroes. We got updates from Ship of Heroes...
Make My MMO: Albion Online is free-to-play, so of course the review bombing has begun
Never let it be said that no crowdfunded MMOs ever succeed: This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Albion Online launched for what one might...
Make My MMO: Oath is the latest MMORPG to launch on Kickstarter
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, a new Kickstarter contender has entered the ring! The game is called Oath, and Ready-Up Studios is asking...
Make My MMO: You can finally roll a female character in Star Citizen’s latest alpha
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen stole the show with the release of its 3.5 alpha to all backers. Most famously, this...
Make My MMO: Project Gorgon’s cash shop isn’t horsing around, Star Citizen’s playable female characters are finally here
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, beloved indie MMO Project Gorgon raised a few eyebrows this week by announcing a microtransaction cash shop that...