The survival MMO Coreborn was released a few weeks ago in Early Access on Steam and can be tried out at gamescom 2023. This way you can test the game before investing 24.99 euros. With Coreborn, the Indie Arena Booth has at least one title in 2023 that you should definitely check out.
What is Coreborn? Coreborn is a survival MMO featuring classic elements of the genre. This includes building, crafting, and action-based combat. By gathering resources in the world, we can create buildings, weapons, gear, and food.
The unique aspect of the game is that we need to protect our developed city, which we can expand over time, from waves of monsters. We can take on the defense ourselves or alternatively hire friends or strangers in the game’s hub.
The game has gained attention in the past primarily because former RBTV employee Hauke Gerdes is involved as the Creative Director. The title is based on the world of “Ultracore,” which he designed.
The world was part of a pen & paper format at Rocket Beans and is based on the open-source rule set “How to be a Hero”.
In an interview, MeinMMO was able to personally ask Hauke some questions about Coreborn:
Why is a visit to gamescom worth it? At gamescom, you can try games for free and see if a game might be for you. If you don’t like the game during the demo, you don’t have to spend the 24.99 euros for it.
The big advantage of Coreborn is also that it is not found in the main halls. Here is the largest crowd of visitors since AAA games are presented in these halls. However, this comes with long wait times: six-hour wait times for a game are not even the maximum.
This year, for example, we can imagine long queues at the following exhibitors, who officially confirmed it according to our colleagues from GameStar:
- Starfield (Microsoft/Xbox/Bethesda)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft)
The Indie Arena is a smaller area where many games meet. The booths are usually tightly packed and therefore do not offer the opportunity for long queues to form.
Therefore, it is quite possible that you won’t have to wait too long to test Coreborn.
Additionally, the developers of a game are usually present at the Indie Arena Booth. This way, you can share your questions and comments directly with the team responsible for the game’s development.
The team can take your feedback directly and often implement it better than AAA titles in the main halls. In those halls, there are usually only hostesses present who have nothing to do with the actual development.
I even felt this myself: when I had a question about AAA titles, it often couldn’t be answered. In the indie sector, it’s different: last year, I was able to speak directly with the developer of the acclaimed indie RPG Chained Echoes.
In the indie sector, we directly see the feedback from the developers and responsible parties when we have compliments or criticism about a game. Together with the shorter wait times than in the main halls, visiting the booth is really recommendable.
If you decide to visit gamescom this year, you should definitely check out Coreborn. It is the only MMO found in the Indie Arena.
If you are interested in more survival games, we can recommend these 5 games: The 5 most popular survival games on Steam
