Crowfall shows off the sound design for the Druid
Ah, the sounds of a druid! The metallic clang of her every step, the quacking noise she makes when she cries out for party support, the error buzz that echoes with each ability she uses. Do those...
View ArticlePerfect Ten: MMORPGs with distinct visual styles
Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it’s partly because “realistic” so frequently means “bland and filtered over...
View ArticleCrowfall’s devs talk about zergs, movement, and promotions
You’ve got Crowfall questions? Well, ArtCraft’s devs have Crowfall answers! Oh, sure, maybe not to every last little query that pops into your information-starved mind, but certainly a few more than...
View ArticleCrowfall’s Confessor turns up the heat with improved animations
Crowfall is continuing to do its absolute best to tempt PvE players over to the dark side with its luscious art style and feature set. This week the art team is showing off some of the updated...
View ArticleCrowfall’s seventh class is the mighty minotaur
One of the neat aspects of Crowfall’s archetypes is how the team is scouting a wider range of fantasy races for its inspiration. Move over, centaurs; this week, the spotlight is all on the minotaur...
View ArticleHow starving in Crowfall can turn you into a ‘chicken’
Food in MMORPGs usually exists to provide luxury buffs for characters heading into raids, but for Crowfall it will be present to keep players from becoming chickens. According to a dev blog on the new...
View ArticleCrowfall partners with Travian for European publishing
Crowfall has just kicked off an all-day streamvaganza on Twitch. ArtCraft is promising multiple reveals throughout the day, including the one just mentioned: ArtCraft is partnering with Travian Games...
View ArticleCrowfall’s resource harvesting design plus a timeline of Monday’s stream
Crowfall’s art team has a new video out this week discussing the design of harvesting. The video covers the distinctive design of nodes (which are very much competitive nodes in this PvP game, mind...
View ArticleCrowfall shows you how you can kick down its walls
Did you ever like setting up blocks and dominos as a kid just to experience the joy of smashing them and seeing them fall down? Sure you did, we all did. Crowfall is excited to bring that same type of...
View ArticleCrowfall’s Myrmidon is treated to its own feature poster
Who has plans to play the mighty Myrmidon when Crowfall comes out? This minotaur looks absolutely frightening, a lumbering war machine full of muscles, horns, and a grumpy disposition. To give some...
View ArticleThis is how you’ll customize your Crowfall character
Future Crowfall warriors might be looking at all of the archetypes (classes) and wondering how theirs will play any different than the rest. ArtCraft’s answer to this comes in the form of combat...
View ArticlePerfect Ten: The most exciting MMO developments yet to come in 2016
In the annals of MMORPG history, 2016 might well go down as a very odd duck of a year. While on the surface it might not seem like there is a lot happening with big-name IPs, we’ve already seen an...
View ArticleCrowfall devs talk about the Myrmidon minotaur and murder machines
What’s the Crowfall team up to these days? In a new Q&A video for July, the lead devs talk about the three “tracks” that the team has been working on: the new Myrmidon archetype and the ballista;...
View ArticleCrowfall authorizes RMT program for retired goods
In trying to anticipate the demand for reselling retired Crowfall goods and heading off some of the shadier aspects of third-party RMT transactions, ArtCraft announced that it is authorizing two sites...
View ArticleCrowfall: The art and death of the Minotaur Myrmidon
Crowfall’s posted up videos of some of the reveals from its last livestream, which demonstrates the creation of the Minotaur Myrmidon and its lengthy, epic death animation. They’re a freebie prelude...
View ArticleCrowfall shows off the workings and creation of a ballista
When your castle is attacked in Crowfall, you have a few options. You could, for example, sit back and cry a bunch. That’s time-honored, but it’s also unlikely to stop the attack. You could also try...
View ArticleCrowfall shows off the power design for the Myrmidon
Crowfall‘s Myrmidon is the kind of fighter who attacks first, then attacks second, crushes everything to dust, and then asks questions of the smoldering wreckage. It’s an archetype built around...
View ArticleCrowfall teases the Guinecean Duelist, shifts development to focus on...
Small and deadly: That might just be the motto of the Guinecean Duelist, Crowfall’s newest archetype in development. ArtCraft teased the pint-sized class yesterday and discussed how the team was...
View ArticleLife after death in Crowfall
What happens when you die? As long as you’re limiting this question to Crowfall, ArtCraft said that players have a choice over their afterlife destiny. Deceased characters can resurrect at the...
View ArticleCrowfall opens the doors to its bestiary
Despite the common belief that Crowfall will be nothing but players throwing their meatsack bodies at each other in mortal combat, the team is working on adding PvE monsters into the world. Why?...
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