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Ultima Online meets Neverwinter Nights in this subscription-free online PC game where the community can change all the rules.

Shards Online: Play by your rules

Ultima Online meets Neverwinter Nights in this subscription-free online PC game where the community can change all the rules.
Ultima Online meets Neverwinter Nights in this subscription-free online PC game where the community can change all the rules.
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Citadel Studios
1,683 backers pledged $105,717 to help bring this project to life.
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Pre-Alpha 3 Release and Alpha Backer Access

We are pleased to announce the launch dates for the highly anticipated Pre-Alpha 3 phase. The soft-launch for all backers $75 and above will begin on December 3rd, and all... Read more

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Stress test tomorrow!

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Thank you for your pledge. What's next?

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Thank you for your pledge. What's next?

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Thank you for your pledge. What's next?

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Successfully raised $105,717 with 1,683 backers

A Day in the Life of a Blacksmith

In most online RPGs, NPCs stand perfectly still in town 24/7 just waiting for players to walk up to them and accept a quest. Not in Shards Online! Our NPCs will... Read more

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Housing Showcase and Campaign Wrap-up Plans

How do you get to the essence of player housing in Shards Online in only 38 seconds? Well, we think we've done it with this video! Please share it with... Read more

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Story Q&A: Gods and Conflict

One of the key messages during this campaign is that Shards Online is much more than just a platform for player created content. It is a fully featured role-playing game... Read more

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Player Run Servers Q&A

Are you wondering how we are going to pull off player run servers in Shards Online? Well our Project Lead, Derek 'Supreem' Brinkmann, is back to answer all your questions.... Read more

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Behind the Scenes and Modding 101

We get lots of requests for peeks behind the curtain at our development process. We thought it would be fun to show you guys the process our concept artists use... Read more

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Crafting Q&A and Turkey Hunt Highlights

We have seen lots and lots of questions about how crafting is going to work in Shards Online. We sat down with lead systems designer Bruce Bonnick to discuss some... Read more

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Founders Only Shard Concept and Intro to Modding

We are totally hyped to see that we will be getting fishing and cooking into Alpha 1 thanks to your help. The next goal, perma-death rules, make for the ultimate... Read more

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Dev Diary with a Sneak Peak of Celador

Happy Monday everyone! We've got another dev diary for you this morning. This time, we are talking about some of the world-building efforts for our first alpha map, Celador. Check... Read more

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Roleplayers Rejoice... Emotes Achieved! Next Stop Fishing and Cooking

So great to see how quickly we smashed our stretch goal for additional emotes and animations. Great job everyone!

Even though laying down was part of the goal, that doesn't... Read more

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Announcing Add-ons! + A personal note from our founders

We made it! But this is only the beginning. The initial 50k secured our ability to get to alpha. Every dollar raised from here on makes our alpha release that... Read more

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Q&A with Project Lead Derek 'Supreem' Brinkmann

We asked project lead Derek 'Supreem' Brinkmann some commonly asked questions about the overall vision for the game. Check it out and share it with your friends!

http://youtu.be/w3mrkUEo_EY

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Also,... Read more

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Stretch Goals!!

Hello Everyone!

Without further ado, I present to you our plan for stretch goals up to $100,000. They have also been added to the main Kickstarter page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBrey5hFaQ4

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Here... Read more

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Dev Diary on Graphics and UI

Hey everyone! It's great to see so many pledges still pouring in. Don't forget about our playtest stream tomorrow at 2pm EST on our Twitch channel. As promised, here is... Read more

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THANK YOU!!

Hey Everyone!

We were not planning to send an update today but we felt we needed to express our appreciation for the amazing show of support we've received over the... Read more

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