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Make My MMO: April 20 - April 26, 2014
Trials of Ascension acquitted itself well this week with a new dev video that showed off its unique dynamic spawning feature. In other crowdfunding news, The Chosen's IndieGoGo campaign came and went without hitting its $1,000,000 goal. Thanks to the service's flexible funding, though, The Chosen's devs will keep existing donations to the self-described "game-child" of EVE Online and Fallout 3. Click past the cut for the rest of Massively's weekly crowdfunding roundup.
Make My MMO: Crowdfunding February 23 - March 1, 2014
This week's Make My MMO adds Trials of Ascension's Light the Forge campaign, which is Chaos Forge's company-specific (i.e., non-Kickstarter) bid to raise $40,000. The fantasy sandbox canceled its initial Kickstarter campaign because it "failed in showing its true potential," according to a news posting on the ToA website. If the Light the Forge drive is successful, the devs will use the $40,000 to finish the game's demo and return to Kickstarter in the hopes of attracting additional funding. Head past the cut for a breakdown of other crowdfunded MMO projects for the week ending March 1st, 2014.
Indie sandbox MMO The Chosen is the 'game-child' of EVE Online and Fallout 3
Sci-fi pseudo-MMO The Chosen -- not to be confused with Snail Games' Chinese historical MMO of the same name -- is hoping sandbox fans will back its new Indiegogo campaign. Studio Fair Games Productions today announced the game's crowdfunding plans, promising an EVE Online-style space exploration game that will "most likely be classified as MMORPG" and features FPS and TPS rather than point-and-click gameplay. "If EVE Online and Fallout 3 were to have a game-child," says the press release, "that would be The Chosen." The developer's website notes planned game systems such as a player-driven economy, a persistent universe, dynamic missions, and both interior and exterior ship design (yes, you can walk around inside your ships). Fair Games hopes to collect at least a million dollars by April 25th, but under Indiegogo's "flexible funding" rule, all funds pledged will go to the studio even if the game fails to completely fund, and the studio includes tiers above and below that mark. We've included the campaign trailer just after the cut. [Source: Fair Games Productions press release]
Play The Chosen VIP-style by winning a prize pack from Snail Games and Massively!
The Chosen, the latest offering from Snail Games, has been moving along steadily since its July launch. If you haven't tried it yet, or if you'd like to give one of your current characters a little bump, we've got just the thing for you. The team at Snail Games has given us a prize package for one Massively reader. The package contains a Frost Wolf mount, 20 Mysterious Eggs, a $25 growth pack, and a 30-day VIP pack. The VIP pack contains five free instant revives per day, free teleport, notification in chat and above avatar of character's VIP status, and a VIP trumpet window to broadcast messages to other players. Since we like to have fun with these contests, we want to know how you'd use that VIP trumpet if you were the winner. That's right, all you have to do to enter this contest is leave a comment telling us what you'd broadcast to other players, but remember to keep it clean! Do this before noon EDT tomorrow and we'll choose the one that makes us laugh the most. So check out the contest rules, leave your comment, and good luck!
RIFT founders receive free game client for friends
RIFT founders, check your emails. Trion Worlds has sent out a new offer tied to its Ascend-a-Friend promotion. The program is geared toward early (and multi-month) adopters and their RIFT-less buddies, and aims to bring people together in the world of Telara for hours of adventure and progression. The founder email features a code that grants your friend a free copy of the game client, and as long as your pal signs up under the Ascend-a-Friend program, he'll count towards your reward total. If you manage to convert three friends, you'll receive an Ember Steed which matches the speed of your fastest mount, and probably looks a lot nicer to boot. Your friend isn't left out in the cold, of course. In addition to a free copy of RIFT, Ascend-a-Friend participants will get a unique in-game title ("The Chosen") as well as the ability to summon (or be summoned) to their referring buddy once every half hour.
Snail Games' The Chosen launches today
Snail Games' latest free-to-play MMORPG The Chosen has gone live, and we have a smattering of screenshots and a gameplay trailer to whet your appetites. The Chosen is set in a fantastic version of ancient China, where the human empires stand in the middle of a war between the Light World and Dark World. Players take the role of one of six classes, each with their own signature weapon, and then join up with one of five factions to do battle with the diabolical Dark World. The game boasts seven different battle systems which cover PvE, PvP, and everything in between. Players can also train and raise animal companions to fight by their sides as well as build a family with other players, which provides unique in-game benefits. Check the gallery below for some nifty screenshots of the game, and jump past the cut for the game's launch trailer. If those pique your interest, you can get started with the game at the official site. %Gallery-126949%
The Chosen enters closed beta and prepares for release
The Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history has become a popular backdrop for MMOs of late (not surprising, considering the growth of the Chinese MMO market). Snail Games' The Chosen is the most recent entry in the particular sub-genre, with the game having just begun its closed beta process. The beta promises to be a fairly short one, however -- the game is due for an official launch on July 5th, allowing everyone to explore the game's open skill system and factional warfare. To help kick off the beta, the team behind the game has released both a brand-new trailer for prospective players and a series of screenshots and concept art. While the historical period has become a popular setting, The Chosen is taking a looser approach to the setting and mixing in a greater dose of mythology, which might be just the thing to hook certain players. %Gallery-126949%
Snail Games introduces The Chosen with closed beta keys from Massively!
Snail Games has introduced a new free-to-play title and is almost ready to start closed beta testing. The Chosen is "set in a legendary war-torn China, where you must pledge allegiance to one of five Chinese dynasties vying for dominance over the region." Choose your faction, select one of the six available classes, and dive into the conflict between dark and light. The Chosen boasts seven PvE and PvP battle systems, trainable pets, mounts, and more. The game will begin closed beta testing on June 22nd, so if you'd like to give it a try, visit our giveaway page to pick up a beta key. Once you've done that, create a game account, activate your key, and download the client to jump right into The Chosen! [Closed beta has ended; The Chosen is now open to all players]
GameTap Thursday: Dangerous Waters of The Chosen
Let's just focus on the good GameTap news from yesterday that Interplay and Take-Two have made new deals with the service. This week's new titles sure do show that the online buffet could really use an adrenaline shot to the heart for the weekly updates. Of course, it's unfair to look at things that way, considering if we take the whole library into account there's plenty of options to last us from now until the Zombie Apocalypse. It's coming ... just wait. Dangerous Waters (Windows) - Hardcore submarine simulator. The Chosen (Windows) - A budget title Diablo II clone. Metal Slug 2 joins the gratis GameTap lineup listed after the break.
