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Novaquark gives alpha players and fans something to look forward to in a new dev video diary that shows off some of the new features coming when the sandbox voxel game hits beta later this year. This includes an offline notification system that will give players a summary of important things that happened when they were logged off such as [...]
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Novaquark’s sci-fi sandbox MMO Dual Universe is getting a bunch of new features today with the release of the game’s biggest update to date, the Alpha 3 update. The studio has been talking up these new features for the past several weeks which include revamped visuals, improvements to the games economy and industry system, new ship piloting features, and the [...]
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A new Dual Universe dev blog talks about the changes coming to the sci-fi MMORPG’s economy system when the Alpha 3 update comes out later this month. First on the list of changes is Market Taxes. Flat fees, Value Taxes (percentage-based), and Storage Taxes will be implemented depending on the type of transaction. Players will also be given the ability [...]
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Dual Universe developer Novaquark has just published a new podcast where the devs talk about what they’ve learned and their plans for the upcoming sci-fi sandbox MMORPG. In the nearly 40-minute podcast, Founder JC Baille and General Manager Stéphane D’Astous, along with other members of the development team discuss what they’ve learned in the previous alpha tests. The devs go [...]
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Pre-alpha tests seem to be going well for Dual Universe because Novaquark just dropped a number of new features into the sandbox sci-fi MMORPG with update r0.15. The update went live earlier this week featuring graphical improvements, a revamped inventory, and the addition of the Barter and Talent systems. With the new Barter system in place, players will now be [...]
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Crowd funded sandbox MMO Dual Universe's alpha test is now open to all 11,000+ Kickstarter backers. The game wrapped up its original Kickstarter back in 2016 and 2 years later, is finally starting to come together. From the looks of it, Dual Universe is more like Second Life than an actual game as players create most of the content in [...]
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Sci-fi Sandbox MMO Dual Universe unveiled their release roadmap today which reveals key dates for the game up until 2020. The first milestone is in November, 2018 and it will be the game's first round of alpha testing. Check out the development roadmap below: Dual Universe has so far raised over $11 million to date including over $600,000 through Kickstarter [...]
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Novaquark began selling "Supporter Packs" today for their upcoming "civilization building" sci-fi MMO Dual Universe. Even after raising over $500k on Kickstarter, Supporter Packs will allow Novaquark to continue funding the game's development. Pledge packs are available from $60-$180 and feature beta keys and in-game cash shop coupons. Dual Universe is different from most other MMOs. It looks a lot [...]
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Sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe is inching its way closer to Alpha release with a series of closed pre-alpha testing runs held on September 30th and on October 21st. Paris-based indie developer Novaquark said that the tests were a “clear success.” Over 1,000 unique players participated in the tests whose feedback helped the team discover and fix important bugs in the [...]
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In a recent press release, French indie-developer Novaquark revealed their plans to release a Pre-Alpha version of their sci-fi sandbox MMORPG Dual Universe on September 30th. “Dual Universe is a Continuous Single-Shard sandbox MMORPG taking place in a vast Sci-Fi universe, focusing on emergent gameplay with player-driven in-game economy, politics, trade and warfare. Players can freely modify the voxel-based universe [...]
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