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Chronicles of Elyria developer Soulbound Studios continues to talk the talk while barely walking the walk. Late last month, the studio sent out an alpha form to gather suggestions for its 2024 development roap. The controversial studio is apparently working on six projects and wants to know which of them it should prioritize. The poll was allegedly answered by [...]
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Soulbound Studios, one of the most controversial indie studios in Kickstarted MMO history, has started alpha testing not for Chronicles of Elyria as promised, but for a form of all things. The form is supposedly meant to help CEO Jeromy Walsh “understand community sentiment and priorities” as he works on a 2024 development roap for the still-in-development-to-avoid-another-lawsuit MMORPG. “So [...]
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As if Chronicles of Elyria’s development hasn’t been controversial enough, Soulbound Studios has decided to once again postpone the release of the long-delayed MMORPG and its city management sim Kingdoms of Elyria. Studio founder Jeromy Walsh cites Baldur’s Gate 3 as the inspiration for the delay, saying that he doesn’t want to rush the launch and wants to polish the [...]
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Running a video game development studio is obviously a very daunting task, especially if you’re a small startup studio. Over the past few years, we’ve seen multiple studios fail to rise to the challenge, but probably none as controversial as Soulbound Studios. The Chronicles of Elyria developer ended up spending all of its crowdsourced funds and going bankrupt with nothing [...]
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The legal drama surrounding Soulbound Studios and its supposedly still-in-development game Chronicles of Elyria has come to an abrupt and unexpected end. The class-action lawsuit against the studio and its CEO Jeromy Walsh by backers looking to recover their pledges has just been dismissed by the Washington Western District Court. “The dismissal of the lawsuit marks the end of an [...]
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Chronicles of Elyria’s development history has been an incredibly messy one. At the start, it looked like all was going well with the ambitious MMORPG’s development. Soulbound Studios managed to raise $1.3 million during its initial crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and an additional $7.7 million of additional funding from subsequent crowdfunding campaigns on their website. Three years after the game’s [...]
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Soulbound Studios is back with news on their controversial and still-in-development fantasy MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria and the now-standalone game Kingdoms of Elyria. In his Q1 2022 state-of-the-game update, CEO Jeromy Walsh outlines work that’s been done on the game over the past few months which included a two-day Early Alpha test. “Since February, we've been quietly working on the [...]
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The Chronicles of Elyria legal drama continues to play out after the class-action suit was divided into two separate complaints back in July. For those following the proceedings, you’ll that the Xsolla part of the lawsuit was moved to non-class arbitration in California per the company’s of Service, while Soulbound Studios’ part was moved to the studio’s home [...]
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The class-action suit against Chronicles of Elyria developer Soulbound Studios and third-party payment processing company Xsolla has been split into two lawsuits after the presiding judge approved Xsolla’s motion for non-class arbitration in California under the company’s original of service. Meanwhile, the now separate lawsuit against Soulbound Studios, whose headquarters is in Bellevue, Washington, has been transferred to the [...]
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Soulbound Studios is back with more theoretical information on how stuff will work in Chronicles of Elyria and its city management strategy spin-off Kingdoms of Elyria. Today, we’re diving into the importance of indigenous fauna, the role they’ll play in both games, and how they will be different from mindless mobs in other MMOs. “Many games have simple AI routines [...]
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