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Reported on Jun 01, 2013Mechanist 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.
Reported on May 10, 2013R2Games 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.
Reported on May 07, 2013Mechanist 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.
Reported on Apr 26, 2013Mechanist 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.
Reported on Apr 19, 2013During GDC, we had the opportunity to check out City of Steam, a steampunk based MMO on the rise in many folk's mind. We have a full report of our time with City of Steam that you won't want to miss. Read on before heading to the comments.
Reported on Apr 07, 2013Part of our ongoing effort to keep our readers informed is to make sure they have the knowledge they need to be excited about a game. We've reached out to every developer releasing a game this year to have them talk a bit about why their game is special. Next up in this ongoing series is City of Steam. Read our mini-interview and then talk about it in the comments.
Reported on Feb 13, 2013Mechanist 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.
Reported on Jan 22, 2013As the open beta phase of development approaches, City of Steam's Dave Lindsay has penned a new letter to the community on the official site. In it, Dave talks about his experiences with closed beta testers and how his own game time led him to some important changes the team will be bringing to CoS in the next version.
Reported on Jan 09, 2013In the latest in a series of developer diaries, the City of Steam team has revealed the look and purpose behind the guard uniforms that players will see in the game. The journal reveals that the team wanted to go for a more "Victorian look".
Reported on Jan 02, 2013The City of Steam development team has released a new "dev humiliation" video based on the Steam-o-Meter that is now live on the site. As the team reaches certain goals, the meter rises and those things are included for the upcoming closed beta. In addition, as goals are reached, certain...embarrassing things will happen to devs. Check out the first installment!
Reported on Dec 27, 2012The City of Steam team has let us know that the official Steam Greenlight campaign has kicked off. Participants voting for City of Steam will benefit from a bevy of in-game rewards for helping out.
Reported on Dec 12, 2012The latest City of Steam developer blog lays out the details about recent changes to the user interface. The GUI has been retooled, overhauled and refitted into the current beta version of the game.
Reported on Dec 11, 2012The City of Steam team has announced that the game will be released in North America and 'emerging markets' in Q1 2013. CoS will be available to players in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey and will be fully localized in both Arabic and Turkish.
Reported on Nov 30, 2012City of Steam is a clear entry into what we like to think of as a new sub-genre of MMOs, steampunk. We offer our readers a brand new hands on preview of City of Steam. Check it out and then leave your reactions in the comments.
Reported on Nov 15, 2012City of Steam is heading into Closed Beta! Testing will take place between November 16th and December 28th, divided into 4 seasons: Nov 16-20, Nov 30-Dec4, Dec 14-18 and Dec 23-28. This key will work for all phases of the beta test. Get yours now while supplies last!
Reported on Nov 13, 2012Mechanist Games has announced that the first City of Steam closed beta event will officially kick off on November 16th. The closed beta will run for five days during four separate events from November 16th through the end of December.
Reported on Oct 26, 2012City of Steam is getting ready to leave its alpha phase of development into beta testing. We caught up with Mechanist Games' Dave and asked what the team has been up to and what the future holds for CoS. See what he's got to say and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
Reported on Oct 17, 2012A new developer journal has been posted on the City of Steam site that takes a look at the art of breaking barrels. There's more to breaking a barrel than simply smashing it to pieces with your character's weapon.
Reported on Sep 29, 2012Get your alpha test key now! This weekend will be the final phase of the City of Steam alpha test!
Reported on Aug 13, 2012