The Exiled is an upcoming game that promises to blend MOBA combat in a sandbox MMO, and the developer has detailed the final alpha test for 2016. Sandbox MMOs, as well as the rest of the genre, pretty much live and die based on server population, so what do you do when the population gets … Continue reading “How The Exiled Handles Server Activity”
The latest trailer for Conan Exiles has released, showcasing environmental destruction, combat, slavery, dismemberment, and a giant colossus punching a giant snake in the face. Developed by Funcom, Conan Exiles is set for launch on Steam Early Access in January 2017 and on Xbox Preview in Spring 2017, Conan Exiles is a survival sandbox game. … Continue reading “[Video] Conan Exiles Trailer”
Asteroids: Outpost was the subject of an Early Access Fraudster article back in March, I pointed out that the game had been abandoned by its developer (Salty Games) with no comment by its publisher (Atari, yes that Atari). As an online only game, the fact that the Asteroids servers had evidently been offline since November (as … Continue reading “Abandonware Asteroids: Outpost Yanked From Steam”
From August 30th to September 5th, you can get your hands on early access packages for sandbox game Wild Terra at a discount of up to 70%. You can find the early access packages on the official website, with prices down below. The latest update to Wild Terra, v0.8.11 introduces blacksmithing, a new skill that … Continue reading “Wild Terra Sale: Up To 70% Off”
Divergence Online is the Early Access game by Ethan Casner, a man whose abilities as a programmer and businessman I showed no faith in three years ago and who still hasn’t managed to disappoint me to this day. Since its launch, the unofficial Star Wars Galaxies 2.0, complete with interface clones, has completely floundered and … Continue reading “Unfinished Early Access Game Divergence Online Spawns New Unfinished Early Access Game”
Developer Juvty Worlds has announced that their open world sandbox game Wild Terra is now playable in your browser. Anyone who owns the game can log in to one of the game’s two servers (international and Russian), and start playing without having to download the full client. For those who haven’t purchased the game, they … Continue reading “Wild Terra Now Playable In Browsers”
Developer Juvty Worlds has announced that their open world sandbox MMO Wild Terra has successfully been voted on by the Steam Greenlight community. Juvty thanks the nearly six thousand users who voted to pass the title, bringing it to the top 5 voted games and winning the approval from Valve. With all of the recent … Continue reading “Wild Terra Successfully Voted Through Greenlight”
Paypal has announced that crowd funding ventures will no longer qualify for payment protection, meaning you’ll no longer have outside help if the wine condoms, cat panties, or that completely legitimate hardcore sandbox MMO run by an MMA manager whose love for video games trumps his complete lack of experience making them doesn’t end up … Continue reading “Paypal Will Not Protect Crowd-Funding Pledges”
Chronicles of Elyria is getting a huge amount of attention thanks to its Kickstarter campaign, currently at $673,000 out of $900,000 with 25 days to go in its campaign. A lot of the attention comes from the very unique concept that the game bases itself on, that your character actually grows up, lives, and eventually … Continue reading “Chronicles of Elyria: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Today’s Crowdfunding Fraudsters come in the form of Sacrament, a game that describes itself as a sandbox for everyone, by a small team of people who have no idea how to build a game. Remember Greed Monger and how that … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Sacrament From Kickstarter To Paytreon”
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