It's been 5 years since the MMORPG Shadowbane was released, and while the game wound up being a commercial failure, it still has a dedicated fanbase who enjoy PvP-oriented games where you can build your own cities and destroy your enemies'. The tale of the developers along with how publisher Ubisoft has decided to keep the game running is too long for this blog, but it's nice to see a publisher making a game free and then keeping it going anyway.
The developers recently wiped the server for the 5th anniversary and restarted the game, and players have been frantically playing to build cities, keep each other away from the money, and try and gain a foothold so that they can start taking out their rivals' towns. It's a fresh change from other MMORPGs where there are no consequences for losing a PvP battle; here, you can lose your whole livelihood. It sounds brutal, but those who work together best and come up with solid player builds and group makeups do very well. You'd be surprised how hard people fight back when they actually have something to lose in the game. Take that, WoW battlegrounds!
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