It’s Monday again, and that means it’s Respec time again. Today, there are news including Shroud of the Avatar, TUG, and Life is Feudal. And a presumed dead MMORPG is making a comeback: Greed Monger!
Shroud of the Avatar
Not a week goes by without news about Richard Garriott’s “Selective Multiplayer RPG” Shroud of the Avatar. If you’re interested in the online game with offline mode, you can participate in a 12-hour telethon today. The developers will answer questions from the community for 12 hours, chat about the game, introduce themselves, and even play a round of a tabletop game. Experience shows that alcohol is often involved at such events, so the atmosphere should be quite relaxed. If you want to ask questions, you can do so from today afternoon at 5 PM until 5 AM tomorrow morning in the chat on the official website.
Greybeard Games
Marvel Heroes developer David Brevik is founding a new development studio. Greybeard Games will develop an RPG, but nothing is known about it so far. It could be a multiplayer RPG or some kind of action RPG. Perhaps even an MMORPG or a single-player game. Brevik will initially develop the game alone but plans to build a small team of up to three members later. A AAA MMORPG is therefore unlikely to be expected, but perhaps something that appeals more to a niche audience.
TUG
The sandbox MMO TUG received a funding boost of 8.5 million US dollars, which leads the developers to port the engine to OpenGL now. Therefore, the next update will also be postponed by about a year! The developers also announced that they want to offer TUG for free. No one, including the developers, should have to worry about the business model, but focus on developing the best possible game.
TUG is set to be a mix of Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and EVE Online, set in a huge open world that you can explore together with many other players.
Affected Zone Tactics
IDC/Games will jointly publish the PvP MMO Affected Zone Tactics in Europe with the publisher Light Vision Interactive. The game is a tactical online game in which you take on the role of a commander of an army to wage war against the armies of other players. The battles will be fought in rounds. You will gradually try to conquer the world map of a parallel world. You will also have to improve your army and create upgrades for your equipment. The game will also offer various game modes. It is set to be released this spring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1u-w_xesVk
Life is Feudal
The MMO mode of Life is Feudal will enter a testing phase this March. So far, the game has only been playable in a multiplayer mode with up to 64 players. However, it is set to become a full-fledged MMORPG. This March, a closed beta can then be tested, in which players can also engage in terraforming in vast areas, build and expand their houses, and establish trading posts. War, politics, crafting, PvP, and more will also be integrated.
Greed Monger
The sandbox MMORPG Greed Monger was successfully funded via Kickstarter in 2012 and was meant to be a modern Ultima Online – with all the elements that UO fans loved. This includes non-instanced housing, open PvP, and more. However, updates for the game became less frequent, and last year the project leader and the lead programmer announced they would be leaving the team. They declared the game dead. Backers felt cheated. But now it is confirmed: Greed Monger will definitely continue development. This was announced by the lead programmer himself. So it will be interesting to see…
