CrimeCraft guns down a ship date, initiates gangsters into closed beta
Vogster Entertainment has made it this far with the awkwardly alliterate name of CrimeCraft and its half-blatant ripoff-ancy of -- do I really need to say it? -- every series Blizzard has named since 1994. Oh wait. Maybe DiabloCraft would've been too obvious. But now it's time to head into closed beta (aka: free QA for Vogster time) which always means early bragging rights for those that are blessed and annointed by the beta gods.Despite my jeering comments above, I'm glad that a contemporary setting is making its way into the MMO landscape. And with Vogster aiming at 4,500 concurrent users per realm, individual criminals' and organized crime syndicates' reputations could end up carrying a lot of weight on each server.
CrimeCraft is going for a late summer ship date of August 25th. Oh, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention their cutesy creation of the PWNS MMO acronym. As in, Persistent World Next-Gen Shooter. They'll try and force the issue, I'm sure. But the genre already goes by the acronym of MMOFPS (even if it's in third-person). News outlets trying to give the PWNS thing a hike in popularity will have to spell out the acronym every time or immediately lose everyone. Just saying.
Vogster’s Persistent World Next-Gen Shooter CrimeCraft Announces Ship Date and Enters Closed Beta
NEW YORK, NY, May 20, 2009 –Vogster Entertainment, LLC, an international innovator in video game design and content, today announced that fans interested in participating in its CrimeCraft closed beta program can begin signing up now at www.crimecraft.com. The first public hands-on test drive of CrimeCraft, the acclaimed Persistent World, Next-gen Shooter (PWNS), officially kicked off this week for all registered users. Additional beta slots will be released on an ongoing basis throughout the summer to registered and qualified participants. The highly anticipated CrimeCraft is slated to ship for PC on August 25, 2009.
“Anticipation and acclaim continue to grow for CrimeCraft and we are excited to offer fans an exclusive chance to play the game before its release, providing feedback that will help fine-tune development,” said Matt McEnerney, Executive Producer of CrimeCraft. “Our game promises a refreshing, gritty and fast-paced alternative to the current online gaming realm. Our goal is to launch the best hybrid of twitch shooter action and RPG gaming depth, set in a persistent world environment. This closed beta is a pivotal milestone to ensure that we deliver on the high expectations that we and our fans have for CrimeCraft.”
CrimeCraft is a Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) that blends a gripping, action-packed shooter experience with the best community and role-playing elements found in massively multi-player games. CrimeCraft is set in a gritty fictional city of the near future, following an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale, where the price of life is far less valuable than one’s reputation. Join thousands of players online as you learn the rules of the street, build your own gang, and do whatever it takes to survive amidst the chaos. Earn a reputation. Build a gang. Kill the competition. For additional information about CrimeCraft and the closed beta program, please visit www.crimecraft.com.
About Vogster Entertainment
Established in September 2005, Vogster Entertainment, LLC, is a venture-funded, independent entertainment company that delivers high quality, inspiring and creative content for all major gaming platforms, leveraging opportunities that tie into refreshing themes and brands relevant to gamers. The international company is headquartered in the New York City metropolitan area and has offices in Chicago and Eastern Europe, where it employs nearly 200 talented industry professionals with multiple awards and top-selling games to their collective credit. Vogster is currently working on the Persistent World Next-gen Shooter (PWNS) CrimeCraft, the comic-book inspired arcade brawler Unbound Saga and two sequels to their acclaimed cartoon-strategy series Robocalypse. For more information, visit www.vogster.com.
