Category: Crowfall News

The Crowfall site has been updated with a new look at the skill system, something that the team hopes will allow players to feel less shoe-horned into a particular way to level up and find a more customizable system that gives them individuality.

Our own Bill Murphy will be on hand tonight at 5:30 pm Pacific / 8:30 pm Eastern to stream some live Crowfall action! It may be the first opportunity for many to see some of the fantastic new stuff included in this iteration of the pre-alpha.

The second Crowfall playtest is upon us and the game has seen some significant additions. While the game is still very early in development, in this column, I’ll explain some of the upcoming MMO’s progress from Pre-Alpha 1.0 to Pre-Alpha 1.1.

Artcraft has announced the start of the latest pre-alpha event for Crowfall. Today’s testing event will include 4,000 players taking part and will be integral in testing core RPG elements including grouping and monster combat. In addition, several performance improvements have been made since the last event that should bring a new feel to combat.

Nearly a year after the game’s announcement, the Crowfall team is one of the busiest in the MMO game space with regular updates and packed with community involvement. ArtCraft is excited to talk about all that’s happened over the intervening months since the Crowfall project began and we’re pleased to host this exclusive developer Q&A.

I love statistics. I was the kid that would have all of his baseball cards flipped stat-side up. Sure, the player’s picture was neat and all, but the real stuff was in the stats. Graphs and charts are my jam. When ArtCraft surprised the community by releasing Part 1 of their recent player survey results, complete with graphs and charts, I was in my happy place.

The Crowfall site has been updated with a letter that lets fans and alpha supporters in on the fact that Hunger Dome 1.1 is nearly complete and is, in fact, in the final bug squashing phase.

The Crowfall team has revealed some of the lore behind the first crow aptly named "Hero". They say that Hero had a thousand lives, but with the anger of the gods always at his back, it was in his best interest to lay low. Over the course of time, Hero became the legend that is presented today on the official site.

With nearly 95,000 registered players, 23,000 backers and nearly $6 million in funding, it’s safe to say that Crowfall has come a long way since their Kickstarter ended in March. Attracting players and raising funds are always two of the larger challenges that indie studios, like ArtCraft Entertainment, will face. The more important challenge, however, is the following through and making a good game!

In November, Pre-Alpha 1.1 testers will have the opportunity to play as Crowfall’s gigantic melee fighter called the Champion. And because there is no NDA, everyone else will have a chance to watch! They’re big, strong and pack a whollop. With a quick Reverse Chain Pull, the burly Champion can hurl himself at the enemy and then strike with powers such as Flying Neckbreaker, Massive Cleave or Whirling Pain.