MMORPG Games & MMO News – MMOCrunch

I’ll admit to having a soft spot for anything science fiction.  Aliens, spaceships, time travel, anything science-y pulls me towards it like a vast black hole.  NetDevil’s reincarnation of Jumpgate, appropriately titled Jumpgate Evolution, had my ear for some time.  Then the title went dark after being delayed from its June 2009 release date.
NetDevil’s Scott [...]

Lifetime; such a strong combinations of words to put together, also has a powerful impact in marketing campaigns. In light of Cryptic Studios releasing the pricing options for Champions Online this fall, I have to admit that lifetime subscriptions are an attractive option.
I hate to be the one to say this, but lifetime makes the [...]

Today Codemasters accounced that Jumpgate Evolution has hit a lankmark of 250,000 plus beta signups, making it the biggest ever beta signup for them.  While 250,000 is an impressive number, it does not necessarily translate to sales.   Age of Conan broke the 1 million mark for beta signups, the largest beta signup ever, then bombed after [...]

Aside from Tabula Rasa, the last 5 or 6 MMO’s I’ve played have all been fantasy based and after Darkfall I’m now officially burnt out on fantasy games.   I’m now moving on to Sci-Fi or any other genre that doesn’t have swords, horses, medieval armor or bows.   Luckily for me Jumpgate: Evolution and Champions Online [...]

A new trailer for the upcoming MMO Jumpgate Evolution has just been released.  Sorry I couldn’t add the video here directly, its only on their site with no embed code.  However just go to jumpgateevolution.com and you can watch the video from there.  Nothing really new from the rest of the videos, but they also [...]

I recently had the opportunity to interview Hermann Petersheck producer of Jumpgate Evolution at Netdevil.  Being that the inteview was a bit long,  this is not a complete word by word transcript, but instead just the juicy parts.

Q: Going back to the original Jumpgate, which used a classic cockpit/first person perspective, what was the [...]

I’ve been following this game’s progress for some time now and every time I hear something new it gets my blood pumping.  Recently at PAX 2008, IGN had a chance to jump into the pilot seat and get a first look at the gameplay, also if you click the link there’s a brand new trailer [...]