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Make My MMO: Crowdfunding June 16 - 29, 2013

MJ Guthrie
- Contributing Editor
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Make My MMO Crowdfunding June 16 29, 2013

Go ahead -- make my MMO. And here you thought this phrase only worked when interrupting a robbery! What was a unique phenomenon in the not-too-distant past has become an increasingly popular trend: crowdfunding new MMOs. Whether they're using the Kickstarter funding platform or another, more and more developers are turning to the public instead of publishers to take their designs from the drawing board and into reality. In fact, sometimes it feels like there are just too many to keep up with! Besides the new campaigns that seem to be popping up like dandelions, there are the successfully funded games to keep an eye on.

So here's what we're going to do for you: We'll make it easier for you to keep tabs on both the new campaigns hitting the crowdfunding scene and the progress of those MMOs that already made their goal and have moved on in their development journeys (but haven't made beta yet). Join us past the break for the inaugural Make My MMO, a biweekly accounting of all MMOs crowdfunded. Have you heard about new campaigns that aren't listed? Send us a note and let us know!



Current Campaigns


Dream a little dream, get a little green, and before long you'll have your very own MMO... at least that's what these developers are hoping! Games seeking funding to make their plans a reality are listed in this section.

Anthym (String Theory Entertainment): Kickstarter campaign ends July 5, 2013

  • Focuses on shaping the online world through music, from classes to actual combat

  • Massively interview

Citadel of Sorcery (MMO Magic, Inc.): Open donations, no end date

  • A vast, dynamic world where nothing is set in stone and each player will experience the game in very different ways

  • Massively interview

Skara: The Blade Remains (8 Bit Studios): Kickstarter campaign ends June 29, 2013

  • A MOBA that melds Street Fighter's action, WoW's story and lands, and Call of Duty's arena

  • Gameplay trailer

Story Quest Online (Naoulex): Kickstarter campaign ends July 17, 2013

  • A community-driven, open sandbox project influenced by The Elder Scrolls and Fable.

Fully Funded


Success has its privileges, like a spot in this section! Games that have reached their crowdfunding goals and are in current development are listed here. Once a game reaches the closed testing stage, it will move to the hallowed halls of Betawatch.

Like few platforms before it, Kickstarter puts the power to determine the fate of fledgling MMOs in the hands of gamers themselves. Which will live and which will die? Check the pulse of all things crowdfunded in the MMO-sphere with Massively's MJ Guthrie every two weeks in Make My MMO. And for a look at non-MMOs in the crowdfunding realm, don't forget Joystiq's Crowdfund Bookie.