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Crowns of Power Fans Buy Out Game from Developers - MMORPG.com News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited April 2017 in News & Features Discussion

imageCrowns of Power Fans Buy Out Game from Developers - MMORPG.com News

Crowns of Power, an MMO developed by Rampid Interactive, originally debuted in 2008, though shut down in 2011. Usually that is the end of a story. However, an intrepid group of fans who missed their favorite MMO got in touch with members of the original team and have successfully purchased the development and publication rights to Crowns of Power.

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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,651
    See... now THAT'S Crowdfunding a game!

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  • OzmodanOzmodan Member EpicPosts: 9,726
    Another game I never heard of, but good for them.  Passion about a game is always good.
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,404
    That's very touching how he bought it in memory of his brother who died.
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  • Hashcow101Hashcow101 Member UncommonPosts: 105
    I wish someone would do this with SWG, and roll back to pre cu Holo grind

    "May Your Head Explode And Blood Swell From The Wound"
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  • edujamedujam Member UncommonPosts: 12
    So as city of heroes from nc f***ing soft. I don't get it if you don't want to profit it let someone do it. Let the game in maintenance mode like guild wars 1. Most of us city of heroes players would be so damn happy.
  • mgilbrtsnmgilbrtsn Member EpicPosts: 3,430
    Good for them!

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  • ChristyStarChristyStar Member CommonPosts: 1

    edujam said:

    So as city of heroes from nc f***ing soft. I don't get it if you don't want to profit it let someone do it. Let the game in maintenance mode like guild wars 1. Most of us city of heroes players would be so damn happy.



    I miss City of Heroes but it IS on it's way back as Ship of Heroes (https://www.shipofheroes.com/)
  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680

    Ozmodan said:

    Another game I never heard of, but good for them.  Passion about a game is always good.



    Agree hope it works out for them.
  • tristanfeytristanfey Member UncommonPosts: 13

    ChristyStar said:



    edujam said:


    So as city of heroes from nc f***ing soft. I don't get it if you don't want to profit it let someone do it. Let the game in maintenance mode like guild wars 1. Most of us city of heroes players would be so damn happy.






    I miss City of Heroes but it IS on it's way back as Ship of Heroes (https://www.shipofheroes.com/)



    I wouldn't hold your breath. They canceled their Kickstarter de to lack of funds. They claim development is still ongoing and that they will launch sooner than previously planned. Their way if achieving that is to release an unfinished game. Basically a small slice if it and will add to it over time. In other words it will be something like the starter area will be available to play at launch. I'm sorry, but that is a horrible way to launch a MMO.

    https://www.pcgamesn.com/ship-of-heroes/ship-of-heroes-kickstarter-cancelled
  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 10,014
    The devs dont have any faith in it but the fans do? Doesnt sound like a good recipe for success.
  • StelawratStelawrat Member UncommonPosts: 7
    I only had the opportunity to play this for a short time prior to it being shut down. I kept returning to the forum for months afterwards, to read the posts by the vets, who were really entertaining to say the least.

    I'm really happy to see that it will be returned in it's original state & can imagine how all of the vets feel, even with the bitter sweet reason.

    Looking forward to how everything pans out. Good luck you guys. o/
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    edited April 2017


    DMKano said:





    Hashcow101 said:



    I wish someone would do this with SWG, and roll back to pre cu Holo grind









    SWG is not for sale.





    Kind of a major difference.











    Yeah, Star Wars is hot and god only knows how much Disney would charge for such a licence.

    Bill Gates or some other billionaire could probably afford it.

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  • zycamzipzycamzip Member UncommonPosts: 5
    SWG could rename to something else, and changing the character models. It's also really easy to change character names in a database. However, there was a SWG emulator. Makes more sense to take over that project.

    COH was sued by Marvel. Slim chance of that coming back, no matter what was said about it being on the return.

    There are several games I would like to see come back, and could host them rather cheaply on a server - but have no idea how to contact each dev, nor how much they would want for a now defunct game.
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,936

    ChristyStar said:



    edujam said:


    So as city of heroes from nc f***ing soft. I don't get it if you don't want to profit it let someone do it. Let the game in maintenance mode like guild wars 1. Most of us city of heroes players would be so damn happy.






    I miss City of Heroes but it IS on it's way back as Ship of Heroes (https://www.shipofheroes.com/)


    I think City of Titans is probably the closer game. Whether they finish it or not is another thing.
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  • jj7009jj7009 Member UncommonPosts: 223
    edited April 2017
    Ignore my last comment. He was refering to ship of heroes not crowns of power.
  • Stevenm09Stevenm09 Member CommonPosts: 1
    Thanks for the support guys, I'm the new owner of the game, gonna be one hell of a journey. The new website will be up in a couple of days the one up. Now is the old one From the old company. The kickstarter will be back up as well. I cancele it because of Changes that where made and not saved before launch.
  • Hashcow101Hashcow101 Member UncommonPosts: 105

    DMKano said:



    Hashcow101 said:


    I wish someone would do this with SWG, and roll back to pre cu Holo grind






    SWG is not for sale.



    Kind of a major difference.






    First off did I ever say SWG was for sale? No I did not. Second the said article reports that avid fans contacted the developer to buy the game so what's to stop a fan of SWG to do it.

    "May Your Head Explode And Blood Swell From The Wound"
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  • Hashcow101Hashcow101 Member UncommonPosts: 105

    Octagon7711 said:




    DMKano said:







    Hashcow101 said:




    I wish someone would do this with SWG, and roll back to pre cu Holo grind












    SWG is not for sale.







    Kind of a major difference.
















    Yeah, Star Wars is hot and god only knows how much Disney would charge for such a licence.



    Bill Gates or some other billionaire could probably afford it.



    Disney has no rights to SWG, Lucas arts and formerly SOE Hold the rights to the game Disneys purchase of starwars would more than likely be irrelevant to set purchase.


    "May Your Head Explode And Blood Swell From The Wound"
    - Hashcow

  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,651

    Hashcow101 said:



    Octagon7711 said:






    DMKano said:









    Hashcow101 said:





    I wish someone would do this with SWG, and roll back to pre cu Holo grind















    SWG is not for sale.









    Kind of a major difference.





















    Yeah, Star Wars is hot and god only knows how much Disney would charge for such a licence.





    Bill Gates or some other billionaire could probably afford it.






    Disney has no rights to SWG, Lucas arts and formerly SOE Hold the rights to the game Disneys purchase of starwars would more than likely be irrelevant to set purchase.







    LucasArts is actually part of Disney...

    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

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    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

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  • Hashcow101Hashcow101 Member UncommonPosts: 105

    Slapshot1188 said:



    Hashcow101 said:





    Octagon7711 said:








    DMKano said:











    Hashcow101 said:






    I wish someone would do this with SWG, and roll back to pre cu Holo grind


















    SWG is not for sale.











    Kind of a major difference.


























    Yeah, Star Wars is hot and god only knows how much Disney would charge for such a licence.







    Bill Gates or some other billionaire could probably afford it.









    Disney has no rights to SWG, Lucas arts and formerly SOE Hold the rights to the game Disneys purchase of starwars would more than likely be irrelevant to set purchase.












    LucasArts is actually part of Disney...



    Ok well the under lying question would be lucasarts and soe have any development right to SWG still and would SWG fall under the sale.

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