Betawatch: Saga of Lucimia’s combat is updated for pre-alpha (June 29, 2018)
The nice thing about early testing is that big things can change and it’s really all part of the experience. Sure, Saga of Lucimia fans may have gotten used to the game’s combat before, but now it’s...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained’s 4th of July beta launch prospects are still ‘too close to...
We’ve updated the end of this article with some words from Mark Jacobs. Last winter, City State Entertainment announced it’d received a big cash investment and put a date on Camelot Unchained’s beta...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained has briefly delayed its 4th of July beta launch because...
Camelot Unchained has postponed its planned 4th of July beta launch in what Mark Jacobs is characterizing as a “short” delay. “It’s not going to be a year delay or a three-month delay,” he told...
View ArticleBetawatch: Camelot Unchained has to delay that beta (July 6, 2018)
It’s important to note that however frustrated you might be about the fact that Camelot Unchained had to delay its long-awaited beta, the developers are probably even more frustrated. The whole thing...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Camelot Unchained’s crash rate is coming down (July 7, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, the Kickstarter MMO crowd held its breath to find out whether or not Camelot Unchained would indeed make its July 4th beta test date as planned. Thanks to an annoying...
View ArticleMassively OP Podcast Episode 177: ArenaNet A-bomb
Justin and Bree discuss the Guild Wars 2 debacle, Trove, The Sims 3, Camelot Unchained, Warframe, Shroud of the Avatar, Temtem, Final Fantasy XIV, Defiance 2050, and Trion's Marvel Heroes promo, plus...
View ArticleThe Daily Grind: What exactly defines an ‘indie’ MMORPG studio?
Earlier this week, I happened to see a mainstream website refer to ArtCraft as an indie studio, and it jolted me. ArtCraft, as anybody reading MOP knows, is working on Crowfall, which at least in my...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained nears beta as its crash rate drops to ‘acceptable’ levels
“From what we’ve seen so far, we’re in really good shape.” Mark Jacobs hasn’t given us a firm start date for Camelot Unchained’s Beta 1 yet, but from the sound of his recent livestream, it’s getting...
View ArticleBetawatch: Legends of Aria wants you to break it (July 20, 2018)
Please, break the servers for Legends of Aria. The developers want you to break the servers. There’s a big event this weekend and everyone is being encouraged to go hog wild and log in until the...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Star Citizen in small claims court, Fractured nearing the finish...
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Fractured ramped up its Kickstarter dev blogs as it nears the finish line of its crowdfunding effort, which ends in just four days. As I type this, it’s less than...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained’s beta is now set to launch on July 31st
City State Entertainment’s Mark Jacobs has just announced on today’s studio Twitch stream that RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained’s beta one will begin next week on July 31st. The launch is contingent on...
View ArticleBetawatch: Fallout 76 starts beta testing in October (July 27, 2018)
Good news for those of you patiently (or not-so-patiently) waiting for Fallout 76 to enter beta testing, you have a date! Slightly worse news, that’s not until October of this year, so you’ll still be...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Camelot’s open beta, Fractured’s successful Kickstarter (July...
This week in MMO crowdfunding, anti-grind, PvP-optional MMO sandbox Fractured became the biggest traditional MMORPG to fund on Kickstarter this year (Temtem pulled in more cash but is not so...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained’s beta is indeed launching today at noon
It’s happpppeeennning! City State Entertainment’s Mark Jacobs told us last night that the beta one for his RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained’s will indeed begin today at noon. MMO vets will recall that...
View ArticleMassively OP Podcast Episode 180: Superstoked for heroic MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss the influence of City of Heroes (Paragon Chat, SEGS, Valiance Online, Ship of Heroes, and City of Titans), plus WoW, No Man's Sky, SWGemu, Camelot Unchained, STO, CCP's new...
View ArticleBetawatch: Camelot Unchained reaches the green fields of beta (August 3, 2018)
Someone break out the “It’s Happening” image, because Camelot Unchained has entered its beta testing at long last! Yes, ti may have been delayed several times, but it’s still made that all-important...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained’s latest beta build patches up the UI, fixes superpowered...
Camelot Unchained’s beta one is rolling on, and we’re assuming City State’s Mark Jacobs is napping on a beach somewhere enjoying his long-delayed vacay because CSE co-founder and technical director...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Two canceled MMO Kickstarters and two languishing, but plushies...
It’s been a weird week in MMO crowdfunding. The Codename Reality Kickstarter isn’t looking good; devs have raised under 2% of their original half a million dollar goal. Project Oasis World is over...
View ArticleCamelot Unchained works on a 64-bit client and lovely new lighting
All this month, Camelot Unchained has been in the thick of its Beta 1 test, and so far, it doesn’t look like the devs are falling apart under the pressure. In fact, it appears as though it’s business...
View ArticleMake My MMO: Dual Universe’s EVE Online inspiration, Ashes of Creation’s...
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Dual Universe was among the handful of in-development MMORPGs that brought the goods to Gamescom; in one of several interviews trickling out of the con now,...
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