'We've lost touch with the portion of the playerbase that wants more challenge in their games,' he said, and he wants to bring that back. Every aspect of the game, Jacobs said, will be focused on RVR (realm versus realm) fighting. There's to be almost no fighting PVE (player versus environment/AI monsters). 'I'd rather simply say that we are working on a great concept for a new RvR-focused MMO that draws on some familiar European myths and legends, then go from there.' I have always valued their trust, so while I want the people who played my past games to look at this one and get excited, I won't go around shouting that it's the 'spiritual successor to the greatest RVR MMO evar!' 'I won't try to tell DAOC players that our new project will meet all their desires in this regard. 'I'd like it to be very clear that we are not making a sequel,' Jacobs told Massively. The similarities between Camelot Unchained and Dark Age of Camelot are striking, then, but Jacobs doesn't consider it a sequel. That's almost exactly the same as Dark Age of Camelot, which was split into Albion (Arthurian mythology), Hibernia (Irish mythology) and Midgard (Norse mythology). It's being made by City State Entertainment and the project is led by Mark Jacobs, one of the founders of Mythic Entertainment and one of the leaders of the Dark Age of Camelot MMO project.Ĭamelot Unchained features three factions/realms fighting each other: an Arthurian English realm, an Irish Tuatha Dé Danann realm and a Viking Scandinavian realm.

Complex server-side physics, connected to players' body, mass and fully destructible player-made buildings.Camelot Unchained is a sequel to Dark Age of Camelot in all but name - and even that's quite close.

Players will be making their own abilities out of components, giving the unprecedented level of depth to the character customization.

The truly dynamic world made of islands that will change both appearance and position depending on each Realm's territory control and placing of powerful stabilizers.

Custom made engine (already able to handle many hundreds of players in a small area), crucial for good performance in large scale battles.

It will be based on strong Realm (also, guild or class/race) pride, connected to the unique classes (non-mirrored between different Realms), deep lore and history of conflict.

Each Realm will have at least one humanoid race and unique classes, not even mirrored in any of the other two Realms.Ĭurrently planned number of classes is huge, 33 (11 per Realm, including crafter class) with at least 21 being there at launch Also, game should launch with at least 15 races, 5 per Realm. The three Realms that will be in the game are the noble Arthurians, the fierce Vikings, and the mysterious Tuatha Dé Danann (TDDs for short). (Note that you can click on each of the images to read it's description).

Camelot Unchained is in late Alpha testing, with Beta scheduled to begin in February or March 2016 and launch estimated for late 2016 or early 2017.

It started as one of the most successful Kickstarter games ever and is still raising funds through it's site, with total budget currently close to $7 million.

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