Mechanist Games has reached a publishing agreement with R2Games (Reality Squared) to bring City of Steam to a worldwide audience. R2Games currently publishes Wartune and Crystal Saga and City of Steam will be its first foray into the browser-based games market.

Having garnered a growing following of hardcore fans throughout the Alpha and Closed Beta tests in 2012, City of Steam has been making waves in both browser gaming and MMO communities. It offers a full MMO experience without the need for lengthy client installs. Loading times are short, and the game runs smoothly on even modest hardware, making it highly accessible to most online gamers. Players explore the ancient city of Nexus, a once great civilization where mechanical steamworks and magic are ever-present. The story initially unfolds from a personal perspective, where players must find a new home for themselves and their families. Quests unravel the boundless mysteries of not only Nexus, but the player's own shrouded past.

Find out more about City of Steam.

Another one off the Radar... R2Games CEO Jared Psigoda is the Captain Ahab of MMO Monetization...

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/374633/F2P-and-monetization.html

very nice to hear

cant wait to play this game some more

Originally posted by timeraider
Never even heard of R2games.. gonna need to dive into their forums to see how they are :P

Oh goodness whatever you do don't look at the forums. They don't delete the forums they lock. It's all forum rage. Ive played Reality Squared games since they were brand new with there first crystal saga server. They are not even close to as bad as the forums make them look. I will say this though. There customer service is pretty slow but its real people and not bots so its way better then most games. Also I found there cash shop to be very fair in crystal saga but VERY overpriced in there brand new game Broken Realm. Hopefully they lean towards the fair priced side again because lately they are milking thier playerbase very badly.

Originally posted by Ozmodan
I have yet to see a decent browser based game.  Why play one when you there are so many much better client based ones?

because nowadays graphics grow over in-depth storyline, fun gameplay and lore. In most of the new games.. overload of graphics = lack of fun gaming.

About R2Games.. im still scared as shit from them... they did post a letter to the CoS community 

http://forum.cityofsteam.com/index.php?topic=4262.0

But i have more trust in the fact that the Mechanist employees say they will keep watch over all the regions and most of the decisions need to get past them.. kinda reassures me

Originally posted by Ozmodan
I have yet to see a decent browser based game.  Why play one when you there are so many much better client based ones?

City of Steam is great Ozmodan. It's not a "pure" browser game, it requires about 100MB of download from what i remember, it is some hybrid model of some sort, i'm not some techy guy to know more, but the game is actually pretty massive. Give it a try when they go in the next beta, It's a great game, the devs know what they are doing. It was number 1 on my wait list for this year, despite of other big titles as TESO or Defiance, Age of Wushu and others. I don't play other browser games, never played any of them for more than 1 week, still, i find City of Steam That good. Unfortunately, I'm still recovering from the news R2Games as a publisher, despite of everything everyone posted (devs, R2Games people) on the official website. Oh well, let's see how it goes.

Being in one of the betas.

Best browser MMO i`ve seen so far.