City of Steam Articles
One of the better browser ARPGs, City of Steam, is ending service on Sunday, January 31st. According to MMOGames, developer Mechanist Games had a rocky go of it after ending a publication partnership with R2Games.
The City of Steam team has let us know that a new Euopean server has officially kicked off. To celebrate, several in-game events are taking place to give players an incentive to try it out.
The City of Steam page has been updated with a new blog post that gives a sneak peek at upcoming changes to the crafting system in the next patch. According to the article, the crafting interface will be simplified and made easier to understand, among other significant changes to the crafting feature.
Troubled steampunk MMO City of Steam continues to strive for improvement and recently announced the successful completion of its first round of cross-server PvP. Developer Mechanist Games also revealed details of its latest update which will address issues with the crafting system as well as introduce a new form of in-game currency.
City of Steam developers have been hard at work to make some big improvements to the game, including bug fixes, improvements and more. Most significantly, the team has been hard at work on a new type of dungeon experience and an inter-server war feature.
In what is surely a good sign for City of Steam: Arkadia, the team has announced that a new US server will be added and that the first EU server will be opening soon. EU players who have been gaming on the US server will be allowed to transfer all characters and currency to the new EU server when it goes live.
Mechanist Games has announced that City of Steam: Arkadia will launch on December 4th. Arkadia is the newest version of City of Steam after Mechanist retook the English language version of the game from R2 Games.
A new internal Q&A at Mechanist Games reveals a lot of new information about City of Steam and the relaunch of the game in November. Mechanist Games recently reacquired the English language rights to the game and has plans to republish it as City of Steam: Arkadia.
Mechanist Games has sent us word that it is reclaiming the English language version of City of Steam from current publisher R2Games. The game will be self-published and improved by Mechanist. The title will be rebranded "City of Steam: Arkadia" and is expected to relaunch in November.
City of Steam has announced that a new patch will be deployed next week that will see significant additions to the game including a higher level cap, improved/expanded quests, and the introduction of the new Channeler class.
To help celebrate the opening of Server 2 - MMORPG.com has been given special gift codes for City of Steam that will grant players free in game gifts including a Transmuted Marshopper, 5 keys and much more! Get your key now!
Mechanist Games has announced that the City of Steam beta will kick off tonight at 10:00 pm EDT / 7:00 pm PDT. The team is reporting that an aggressive development schedule took place over the past five months, allowing for new features to be added to the beta and a new zone later this month.
R2Games and Mechanist Games have announced that City of Steam will be launching into beta this week and that all interested players can check out the forthcoming game. The beta is expected to kick off on May 10th with a host of new and improved features.
Mechanist Games and Reality Squared have announced that the early access open beta for City of Steam will begin on May 10th. The early access beta is being designed to test out some of the newly added and overhauled features suggested by the closed beta community.
Mechanist Games has proudly announced that City of Steam is now included in Valve's Steam Greenlight program after a successful campaign to drum up enough votes for inclusion. The future goal from here out is to ensure that CoS is included in Steam's stable of games once it hits release.