"By completing things like Linuxification now, we’re saving from having to have patience in CU’s development months from now. Namely, converting the entire server back-end to Linux, something Jacobs insists "had to happen". It's still not an MMO, for one, and Jacobs told MassivelyOP that there's still plenty of work to do on the technical side of Camelot. That, in turn, resulted in work that will speed up the remainder of CU’s development, as well as add things that weren’t planned for CU at launch."ĭespite Camelot's development starting far enough in the past that RPS co-founder and current robot-wrangler Jim Rossignol covered it for us, Jacobs reckons Ragnarok will still hit release before Camelot. "Without the push on Colossus, we wouldn’t have gotten the additional investment in CSE from our investors, which was used, in part, to expand the team significantly. Speaking to MassivelyOP, Jacobs notes that Colossus has been a vital part in keeping Camelot funded. Jacobs does occasionally mention how the development of Ragnarok: Colossus - which began last July - has assisted with CU's matchmaking and server stability. In the entire three-hour stream, very little info is given on the long-suffering MMO. (Gameplay demo kicks off at roughly 1:27:00) It is also, notably, not Camelot Unchained. From the gameplay shown, it looks rather Smite-y, but with way more mooks to smash. The DAoC and Warhammer: Online vet is still going for massive battles, but Ragnarok is set to be an entirely PvE affair - slaughtering thousands of AI foes and defending towers on a huge battlefield. But with no release in sight for the long-awaited castle-crasher, CSE is offering its new game to backers for free, insisting its development is a vital part of building Camelot's massively multiplayer keep.ĭesign chief Mark Jacobs took to a YouTube stream this week to announce Final Stand: Ragnarok (or Ragnarok: Colossus, or simply Colossus), City State's brand new smash 'em up (cheers, Eurogamer). It only rocketed past its two million dollars crowdfunding target a whole seven years ago. The thing is, City State were kinda supposed to still be working on Camelot Unchained, a reimagining of fort-fightin' MMORPG Dark Age Of Camelot. This week, City State Entertainment announced a new game.
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