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Make My MMO: Fractured’s persistent closed beta, Wagadu Chronicles’ alpha...
This week in MMO crowdfunding, SpatialOS MMORPG sandbox Fractured Online pushed its way into closed beta under Gamigo’s publishing banner, with Dynamight’s Jacopo Gallelli talked to us about how the...
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Make My MMO: Embers Adrift is breaking the world
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Embers Adrift is trying to break the world – OK, not literally. As of this morning, the Kickstarted MMO once known as Saga of Lucimia has begin its open beta stress test....
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Make My MMO: Ethyrial Echoes of Yore canceled its Kickstarter
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ethyrial Echoes of Yore canceled its Kickstarter, unfortunately. As we’d noted, the game was a throwback indie sandbox seeking only $63,000, but it threw in the towel on...
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Make My MMO: Indie MMO Genfanad already made its Kickstarter goal
Browser-based MMORPG Genfanad is having a great month, as it began its Kickstarter and almost immediately funded. Of course, it’s asking for only $10,000, which will “fund the last leg of development...
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Make My MMO: Genfanad’s Kickstarter, Dual Universe’s Mercury, Ashes of...
Indie MMORPG Genfanad became the latest MMORPG to fully fund on Kickstarter this week, pulling in almost $20,000 to finish the game and get it launched into beta in the middle of July. Meanwhile, Ship...
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Make My MMO: Pantheon raises another $2.4M in investor funds
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s Visionary Realms got a welcome blast of new funding this week with a haul of $2.4M in Series A fundraising, bringing the company to over $5M raised from investors on top...
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Make My MMO: Elite’s new CEO, Wagadu’s alpha, and Fractured’s conquest system
This week in crowdsfunded MMOs, Kickstarted sandbox Fractured Online dropped a new dev talk video this week, deep-diving the game’s city conquest system and how its developed over the course of the...
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Make My MMO: A big September for Fractured, Temtem, Genfanad, Embers Adrift,...
A whole bunch of Kickstarted MMORPGs are launching or heading into their last legs of testing this month. A slew. A plethora. A lot! Fractured Online rolled onward with an open beta test ahead of its...
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Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s half billion dollar boondoggle
Star Citizen continues making history as this week it reached the lofty heights of $500,000,000 in crowdfunding from gamers, players, and donors. Of course, in just a few months, the game will also be...
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Make My MMO: Embers Adrift’s launch, The Secret World’s TTRPG, and gobs of...
Embers Adrift launched this past week with a surprisingly smooth rollout; while its design is going to suit most MMO gamers, it’s still a welcome sight whenever a Kickstarted MMO, especially one that’s...
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Make My MMO: The Crowfall autopsy
Nobody in the MMORPG community was particularly surprised to learn this week that Crowfall’s new – and very quiet – owners have decided to pull the crowdfunded throne war MMO offline later this month...
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Make My MMO: Crowfall’s sunset and Elite’s update 14
Crowfall went offline this week, possibly for the last time, as new owner Monumental pulled the game back into development without a clear plan, repeating again that nothing is off the table for the...
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Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2022
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP’s column keeping track of all the crowdfunding MMOs in our genre. Last year, the column got a big refresh with a handy tracker for games we’re...
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Make My MMO: The Fractured fiasco
Welcome to the 2023 edition of Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running MMO crowdfunding column. We’ve already rounded up all the big MMO crowdfunding news narratives of 2022, so now, it’s time to recap the...
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Make My MMO: Elite’s delay, Zenith’s birthday, Repopulation’s death
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith rolled quietly into its first anniversary since launching; while the game has become an indie...
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Make My MMO: Embers Adrift’s new zone, Wagadu Chronicles’ next alpha
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Embers Adrift is building out a new zone: a three-tiered canyon-encrusted zone for players to explore. In fact, they can...
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Make My MMO: Embers Adrift’s price drop, Star Citizen’s alpha 3.18
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! While our own experience with Embers Adrift has been a bit of a struggle, the Kickstarted indie MMORPG is nevertheless picking...
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Make My MMO: Embers Adrift’s Forgotten Depths, Star Citizen’s forced march
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Is it a great idea to set devs to crunching for the next patch when the last patch is still a mess? Star Citizen sure thinks...
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Make My MMO: Stop trying to make TitanReach aka World of Titans happen
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! The chaos still trailing behind the failed Kickstarter MMO TitanReach continued through April; readers will recall that...
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Make My MMO: Embers Adrift vetoes PvP, Zenith launches Skyward Summit
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! We don’t often hear the word “never” from MMO developers as studios usually like to keep their options open and their players...
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