Author: Bree Royce
It’s not every week when MMO Week in Review gets to recap a week where the MMO genre got some incredibly good news, but this was just such a week, as Fawkes Games announced that it’s reviving – or unsunsetting, as we like to say around here – Trion/Gamigo’s old Defiance MMO. Everyone will be starting from scratch on PC when the April launch rolls around, but hey, we’ll take it. Meanwhile, Guild Wars 2 launched its Janthir Wilds Repentance update, Elder Scrolls Online launched its Fallen Banners DLC, World of Warcraft teased its housing tools, BlizzCon is coming back…
Make My MMO: Stars Reach triples its Kickstarter ask, Fractured Online celebrates its own buyout
Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and older games long past their fundraising.The last few weeks in MMO crowdfunding have kindly offered us all a juicy campaign to follow as Stars Reach officially launched its $200,000 Kickstarter bid – and it’s already tripled that ask as of this afternoon – and it’s spent the last few weeks cranking out stretch goals.Read on for more on what’s been up with MMO crowdfunding over the last few weeks, plus our roundup of all the crowdfunded…