Monthly Archives: October 2015

Kicktracker Report October 2015 – BattleTech, Forced: Eternal Arenas, and More!

OnRPG’s Kicktracker Report returns for October 2015. Get the latest overview on our favorite picks on Kickstarter and keep up to date on major news from previously crowdsourced games with your host, Mikedot.

12 is Better Than 6 (Successful)
http://www.onrpg.com/games/12-is-better-than-6/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1926605606/12-is-better-than-6

Socuwan – Community Driven MMORPG (Failed)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1465468930/socuwan-the-community-driven-indie-mmorpg

First Wonder (Cancelled)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roguerocket/first-wonder

War of Rights (Ongoing)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947432146/war-of-rights

FORCED: Eternal Arenas (Ongoing)
http://www.onrpg.com/games/forced-2/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/betadwarf/forced-eternal-arenas

BattleTech (Successful; Ongoing)
http://www.onrpg.com/games/battletech/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/battletech

We’re also giving away Das Tal alpha keys! Find out more here.

 


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Descent: Underground launches on Steam Early Access

Descendent Studios, the Austin, Texas-based game developer, today announced the public Early Access release of its reboot of the classic 1990s FPS, Descent. The Early Access version of Descent: Underground is now available to all crowdfunding backers as well as the general public.

An officially-licensed prequel to the enormously successful Descent series of games, Descent: Underground combines first-person shooter action with six degrees of freedom vehicular movement. Players take on the role of pilots commanding space-combat ships in high-stakes battles for control of warrenlike asteroid mines. Combining AAA graphics and unique gameplay, Descent: Underground attracted long lines at this summer’s Rooster Teeth Expo as fans clamored to get a chance to play.

At 11AM Eastern (1500 UTC) today, Descendent Studios is hosting a Twitch livestream and releasing a playable Early Access version only six months after their successful Kickstarter campaign. The current version includes three ship classes, five map and game mode combinations, and several diverse weapons. All crowdfunding backers with game packages can use their DescendentStudios.com accounts to request a playable Steam Early Access key.

Over the course of the next several months Early Access players will be able to play the game and have their feedback integrated into the project. As a sign of the studio’s commitment to transparency and community development, players are being encouraged to stream, record, and share their playtests with other gamers around the world.

“Fully testing and balancing a richly-featured multiplayer and single player game requires a lot of players,” said Descendent Studios CEO Eric Peterson. “Steam Early Access gives us the chance to bring more people into the game at a crucial stage of development and get their feedback, which we plan to incorporate into the final game.”

Peterson also highlighted the company’s commitment to fans in a business model announcement: “In response to a broad cross-section of our community, we’ve also decided to move away from the micro-transactions model we had discussed during our Kickstarter. Once we leave Early Access, any future content will be bundled into larger expansions.” Peterson continued, “Fans have spoken and we listened, ‘buy once, play forever’ is the course they wanted, and one we fully embrace.”

Descent: Underground is scheduled for release during the first part of 2016 on PC, Mac, and Linux. More information is available on the company’s website at www.descendentstudios.com

RUNE STORY RPG: Now Available for iOS and Android

Rune Story

COLOPL NI, Inc., in association with gumi Inc., today announced the global release of Colopl Rune Story for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android devices. Based on White Cat Project, the chart-topping mobile Action RPG in Japan, Colopl Rune Story is now available in the West re-imagined for an international audience. Players are invited to download Colopl Rune Story free today:

App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/colopl-rune-story/id1010987911
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.coloplni.wcatus

Get a glimpse of the action in the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meanm5mbPGc

In Colopl Rune Story, players embark on a story-driven journey that blends RPG, city-building, and resource-management elements. From the flying island of Astora to the final destination of “The World’s End,” players must use a mystical rune compass to uncover ancient magical runes that fell from the sky centuries ago. Recruiting and training hundreds of characters, joining forces with other players, as well as building a town from which to harvest resources and upgrade weaponry are key to leading a strong army.

Key features of Colopl Rune Story include:

  • Over 1,000 Story Quests: Journey through 11 flying islands with hours of gameplay and a narrative told through full-motion cut-scenes reminiscent of Japanese RPG classics.
  • Over 200 characters to play: Unlock fighters from an extensive roster with thousands of weapon combinations within six classes—Fencer, Lancer, Warrior, Brawler, Sniper, and Mage.
  • Real-time co-op missions and guild system: Meet other adventurers online via Colopl Rune Story’s robust multiplayer system to form guilds, perform magnificent combo attacks to slay epic bosses, and gain Guild Points from competing co-op quests to earn special rewards.
  • Real-time city living: Assume the role of mayor to build a town from which to harvest food and supplies, maintain training centers to level up the fighters, and forge weapons.

“After the monumental success of White Cat Project in Asia, we sought to create a newly evolved version of that experience fit for the international market,” said Shohei Yoshioka, CEO of COLOPL NI, Inc. “By maintaining the one-thumb controls and building upon the character roster and online capabilities, we created Colopl Rune Story as a brand new adventure for mobile’s newest operating systems and devices.”

For more info, visit http://runestorygame.com

NetDragon to Soft Launch “Dead Union” in Australia

After months of waiting, the launch date of Dead Union (https://www.facebook.com/DeadUnion), NetDragon’s mobile FPS game, has been confirmed — October 22nd in Australia. It will be available in Google Play then.
NetDragonDead Union is a blend of FPS gameplay with base building strategy mechanics and plenty of zombie elements as well. In this game, players will take a role of a tough soldier in the zombie apocalypse to follow the storyline and complete the given missions of eliminating zombies. Players need to win items and money to unlock new weapons and get them upgraded. Besides the single-player mode mentioned above, Dead Union has two extra game modes: X-Mode to test players’ limit and PVP Mode for online competition. A fancy part is that in PVP Mode, for players, it’s cool to deploy zombies as their main military unit to attack opponents. The resources plundered from other players could be used to level up base and units.

NetDragon

Dead Union Features:

  • A well-designed weapon system, providing 29 types of weapons together with numerous items;
  • Multiple game modes and traps, offering more possibilities of combinations;
  • Innovative design of deploying zombie units, making it more fascinating to zombie fans;
  • Unique zombie looks and skills, giving a fabulous game experience.

PvP

In Game

For more info, visit http://du.99.com/

Happy Wars: Three Big Campaigns Available for 3rd Anniversary

Happy Wars

Toylogic Inc. is holding “The Third Anniversary: Three Big Campaigns” to celebrate the third year for “Happy Wars” on Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions from October 22 (Thursday) to November 17 (Tuesday).

A plan for “The Third Anniversary: Three Big Campaigns” is the first campaign: “Halloween Styling Campaign” the second campaign: “Let’s Play with the Developers,” and the third campaign: “Happy Lottery.”

“Halloween Styling Campaign” is a special campaign where users equip their characters in Halloween theme, take screenshots, and post them on Twitter or Facebook. Some of the best screenshots will be introduced on “Happy Wars” official site, and picked 30 users will receive “Happy Wars” original T-shirts as a reward.

The submission method is to follow “Happy Wars” official account (@HappyWars) and tweet a screenshot with hashtag “#HappyWarsHalloween” for Twitter, and simply post a screenshot with hashtag “#HappyWarsHalloween” for Facebook.

The campaign period for “Halloween Styling Campaign” is from October 22 (Thursday) UTC 9:00 to November 1 (Sunday) UTC 9:00.

And ass a token of appreciation, “Happy Wars” will give out all players 80 Happy Tickets and one 7 Day Premium Membership.

Happy Tickets are paid in-game content, and they can be used to play “Happy Cards,” a game mode where players can have a chance to obtain Premium Items, can be used to obtain customizable parts and support items to level-up characters and equipment. Premium members have a lot of privileges while the membership lasts.

“Halloween Campaign” is also going on!
Stages are decorated in Halloween theme, and all players can receive monster design helmets based on Werewolf, Vampire, and Frankenstein.

Both campaigns run from October 22 (Thursday) to November 4 (Thursday).
You can receive all gifts when you play “Happy Wars” during the period.

For more info, visit https://www.happywars.net/