Tag: Greenlight

Mortal Online Greenlight On Steam


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Star Vault has announced that Mortal Online has finally been approved by Valve for release via Steam’s Greenlight program. The sandbox MMO has sat near the top of Valve’s list for a good while now, seemingly passed over with every month’s release set. Well the good news is that players will soon be logging in and running around buck naked or clothed if you’re into that sort of thing.

Thank you to our awesome community for voting us up to the very top of 15,000 game titles and earning our place on Steam, the worlds largest online PC game distribution platform. More information concerning our plans for Steam will be announced shortly; we just wanted to shout out a big “thank you” to our incredible community. Mortal Online’s future is getting more exciting by the day!

Hopefully the influx of new Steam players will bring much needed profit to the Swedish developer.

(Source: Mortal Online)

City of Steam Successfully Greenlit on Steam


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Congratulations are in order for the team at Mechanist Games for the successful Greenlighting of City of Steam on Steam Greenlight. City of Steam joins as one of the twenty titles approved in the sixth batch of games to be given the go ahead by Valve to release on the mega-platform. City of Steam is an upcoming browser game built for the UNITY web player and set in an industrial fantasy world with Steampunk elements. Players are able to take control of eleven races of creatures with four classes to choose from.

City of Steam is currently in between beta stages and is set for release sometime before Tupac finishes releasing new albums.

City Of Steam Coming To Steam Greenlight


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Name one thing City of Steam needs. If you said, I need City of Steam to be on Steam so I can play Steam while I’m on Steam, then may Cthulhu have mercy upon your soul. Announced today, City of Steam is making a bid to be on steam, with the goal of expanding its community, reaching a wider audience, and a general misunderstanding of what constitutes irony. As we’ve pointed out here on MMO Fallout, Steam Greenlight works pretty simply. A developer slips their game, along with a $100 bribe, under the doors at Valve Headquarters, and the game is listed for the community to vote on. Once the game becomes trending, Valve takes it into consideration as a possible release title.

Following the contemplation period, and a lengthy ritual involving the sacrifice of a Moogle to the great god Newell, a list of titles are announced as greenlit. To give players more reason to play through Steam, the folks at Mechanist Games are offering 7 extra pets, 3 new steambikes, 8 new dungeon types, many new hats, jetpacks, and extra customization options.

And just because:

(Source: City of Steam)

Darkfall Finds Itself On Steam Greenlight


Darkfall: Unholy Wars launches December 12th, 2012, and with luck you may be able to get it on Steam. Aventurine has posted the upcoming revamp to Darkfall to be voted on by the masses and, if the tides are right, approved by Valve to be released on Steam. You can head to the link below to vote for Darkfall: Unholy Wars, even if the game doesn’t get approved by December 12th, hopefully it will be greenlit eventually.

(Source: Greenlight)

Another Set Of Titles Greenlit On Steam


 

Heroes & Generals

Heroes and Generals was actually Greenlit the previous time around, but since it was the only MMO at the time to be approved, I feel it warrants another look. Heroes & Generals is an upcoming MMOFPS by Reto-Moto. The game is an open world, free to play title set in World War 2, and mashes together first person shooter with real time strategy. Players on the ground take care of the assault while those higher up in command view the battlefield from a top down perspective and order strategic movements. Reto-Moto is made up of the original founders of IO Interactive, the minds behind the Hitman and Freedom Fighters games.

Heroes & Generals is currently in development and not set for release for some time. Players are able to sign up for a beta key at the main website.

Perpetuum

You likely already know about Perpetuum Online. Like a few of the other games on Greenlight, Perpetuum Online has already launched and has been available for quite some time. Sometimes referred to as Eve Online on the ground, Perpetuum is a single-server, sandbox MMO that focuses on players controlling highly customizable mechs in order to compete over the land, the resources, and the environment. Just like Eve Online, players are able to purchase and trade subscription items (PLEX) which would allow a player to play Perpetuum free of charge as long as they can make enough money.

Everything is manufactured by players, along with player-built settlements. The environment can be terraformed, and character progression is based on time rather than grind.

Taco Tuesday: Five More Steam Greenlight MMOs


I’m writing on scenic on-campus, and that can only mean one thing: It is Taco Tuesday, inarguably the greatest day of the week in cafeterias all around America and hopefully much of the world. Taco Tuesday is also the day where I get to put some focus on games that I think you should be watching out for, even if I don’t normally have an opportunity to fit them into everyday MMO Fallout life.

Continuing on with the past few weeks, I’d like to expand upon my list of Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter games. The best part about Steam Greenlight is that, generally, a lot of the games I get to talk about are already available to play either as live titles (Perpetuum, Battleground Europe, etc) or in beta (see this list). So even if the games wind up in limbo on Greenlight for the next two years, you can still download them from their respective sources and play now.

1. Dino Storm

Just take a minute to soak in the above image. A cowboy riding a dinosaur wielding a laser gun. With that sort of introduction, Dino Storm has a lot to live up to. From the looks of things, Dino Storm features questing, loot collection, and player vs player combat with territory control and resource collection. Gain recognition and even compete with other players for offices and become the town sheriff.

It may not be sharks with laser beams attached to their heads, but surely this unholy trinity is worthy of some sort of attention. Even better, you can play Dino Storm’s open beta right now.

Official website: http://dinostorm.com
Steam Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94544410&searchtext=

2. NEStalgia

So I’m a sucker for 8-bit graphics and old school RPGs. Sue me. NEStalgia merges old school RPG mechanics with the trappings of the MMO genre, merging turn based combat with online play, auction housing, and guilds. NEStalgia is free to play without microtransactions, but with an optional subscription which unlocks new classes and ways to customize your character’s appearance.

NEStalgia can be played currently at its website.

Website: http://silkgames.com/nestalgia
Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92588954&searchtext=

3. Dark Blood

I normally wouldn’t consider myself to be easy to please, but show me a game where I can play as an ass-kicking polar bear, and I’m a happy guy. Dark Blood is a beat-em-up arcade brawler along the lines of Dungeon Fighter Online, and the game looks pretty good to boot. Dark Blood is free to play with microtransactions (as you’d expect), and there isn’t really much more to add. You’ll fight through dungeons, massacre all sorts of creatures in large quantities, and fight other players in arena combat.

So if you enjoy games like Dungeon Fighter, why not play the best looking game in the bunch? Dark Blood can already be played at its website below.

Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94463555&searchtext=
Website: http://darkblood.outspark.com/

4. Heroes & Generals

I love World War II, and there is a particular place in my heart for massively multiplayer games that are set in World War II, even better if the game is a first person shooter. The core of Heroes & Generals is a team-based first person shooter, players taking to the trenches and fighting it out on foot, in planes, or in vehicles. Strategically, both sides must manage resources and territory, sending troops where they are needed and taking command. If this is sounding like a 2012-Battleground Europe, stop me now.

Heroes & Generals is being developed by the founding fathers and core developers of IO Interactive, our dear friends who brought us Hitman and Freedom Fighters. You can sign up for the beta at the website below.

Website: www.HeroesAndGenerals.com
Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93051095&searchtext=

5. Island Forge

Yes, I’ve talked about Island Forge before, but it wasn’t from this particular computer. Island Forge presents two games in one: One half of the game is a hex-based world creator. Design and publish islands for other players to quest through, creating your own stories and adventures only limited by your creativity. The other half involves, of course, exploring other player’s creations, besting their quests and knocking a few heads together.

Island Forge is quite impressive, seeing as how it was developed by a single person. You can even play the game in its current iteration on the main website below, free for 30 days with a subscription going forward. And since I’m already on track to “this is a sales pitch” comments, you can support Island Forge’s Kickstarter below as well.

Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93854071&searchtext=
Website: http://islandforge.com/
Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1391235405/island-forge-establishing-a-creative-player-commun