Each week, we scour the internet for all things indie MMO-related, so you don’t have to. This week, The Cycle bites the dust while Fractured Online tries to stoke the flames with a free-play weekend, Broken Ranks holds TaernCon 2023, and the City of Titans ’ developers poke their heads up to say hi. Plenty of other stuff is also going on, so let’s quit wasting time and get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.
Oh, BitCraft, how I used to like you until you used the word ‘drip’ in your tweet this week. But hey, you won me back by not showing another campfire, so there’s that. Now, how about you unmask some actual gameplay footage?
<p dir=«ltr» lang=«en» xml:lang=«en»>If the drip isn't immaculate, we're not leaving the house! pic.twitter.com/46RtPW1gwWPatch 6.29 is live, and the changelog details the gear overhaul and additional difficulty levels for instances and loot. And by the time you read this, TaernCon 2023 will have come and gone. I’m sure we’ll have a recap of the event in next week’s IMS.
A new update on the CoTsite provides an update on what the team has been working on. There’s a new launcher, a bunch of combat changes, and…corn?
If you didn’t get a chance to check out Corepunk during the Steam Next Fest, the team has posted videos of their current live streams on YouTube.
It appears that the last drop to Fortuna III will happen in September. That's right, The Cycle: Frontier will sunset on September 27th. According to the devs, the game is no longer financially viable due to a loss of players since launch. The dev attribute the decline in player base to rampant cheating at launch, while many gamers say the game was doomed when it changed direction during development and went from a team-focused shooter to
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