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December 2015 First team members were hired.[1]
February 2016 Ashes of Creation design documentation and prototyping.[2][1]
December 10, 2016 Official website was launched and project announced.[1]
January 18, 2017 Official discord was launched.[3]
May 2, 2017 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal.[4]
June 3, 2017 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809.[5]
June 2017 Game production began with a team size of 15-20.[2]
June 21, 2017 Summer crowdfunding campaign launched.[6]
July 22, 2017 Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers.[7]
September 1, 2017 PAX West 2017.[8][9]
November 4, 2017 Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals.[10]
December 15, 2017 Alpha-0 released on schedule.[11]
March 19-23, 2018 Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.[12]
April 5, 2018 PAX East 2018.[13]
August 15, 2018 Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs.[14]
August 20, 2018 At Gamescom with My.com.[15]
August 27, 2018 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation.[16]
September 1, 2018 PAX West 2018 panel.[17]
October 19, 2018 Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds).[18]
November 4, 2018 Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[19]
April 15, 2019 60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team).[20]
November 3, 2019 Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[21]
August 21, 2020 Announced a mutual parting of ways with publisher My.games.[22]
October 17, 2020 Almost 3,000,000 registered accounts for Ashes of Creation.[23]
October 17, 2020 ~87 developers working on Ashes of Creation.[24]
November 8, 2020 Raised $88,546 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[25]
February 26, 2021 Official ashesofcreation.com website redesign.[26]
May 5, 2021 Alpha-1 sales resumed with the announcement of the Adventurer pre-order pack.[27]
May 17, 2021 Verbal NDA was lifted from Alpha-1 testing.[28]
July 9, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA preview weekend began on schedule.[29]
July 11, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA preview weekend completed on schedule.[30]
July 14, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA month long test began on schedule.[31][32]
August 15, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA month long test completed on schedule.[33]
November 7, 2021 Raised $34,485 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[34]
December 23, 2021 Announced that Ashes of Creation is moving to Unreal Engine 5.[35][36]
January 14, 2022 Over 120 people working on Ashes of Creation.[37]
November 5, 2022 Raised $77,939 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[38]
August 31, 2023 Over 150 people working on Ashes of Creation.[39]
November 5, 2023 Raised $76,964 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[40]
December 19, 2023 Over 170 people working full-time on Ashes of Creation.[41][42]
March 1, 2024 188 employees working on Ashes of Creation.[43]
April 30, 2024 Nearly 200 employees working on Ashes of Creation.[44]
August 16, 2024 Alpha-2 roadmap and release dates announced.[45]

Release schedule

Alpha-2 testing phases.[46]

Alpha Two starts on Friday, October 25th 2024! We have not announced specific dates or testing schedules [for] Beta One, or Beta Two yet.[47]

The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.[48][49]

We obviously have PI joining us in testing, but we need more testers, so we are going to be starting to expand that. We're going to do a slow rollout of what that expansion looks like; and so for these initial testing we are going to be starting to add some of the Alpha-1 users. Now, how we're going to pick that? I know that's going to be a big contentious thing, but we are definitely going to do our best; and so the first thing that we want to do for this first round is we're going to add the top 500 from the Alpha-1 contributors. So, that is looking at people who actually participated in game in Alpha-1. We are going to be grabbing those users and then we're going to have another 500 that will be randomly chosen. You guys will all be emailed- the goal is to email you within this July timeframe.[50] – Margaret Krohn
Phase Release Estimated/Actual date
Pre‑alpha Alpha-0.[51] December 15, 2017.[11]
APOC Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA).[52] September 7, 2018.[53]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA lifted).[18] October 19, 2018.[18]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale open beta.[54] December 18, 2018.[55]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access.[56] September 24, 2019.[57]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode PI closed testing.[58] December 19, 2019.[58]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale testing ends.[59] March 10, 2020.[60]
Alpha Alpha-1 early preview livestream.[61] March 27, 2020.[62]
Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).[63][64] May 28, 2020.[65][66]
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).[67] Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.[67]
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).[67] Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.[68][69]
Alpha-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).[70][71] Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.[70][71]
Alpha-1 preview weekend (no NDA).[70] July 9 - July 11 2021.[30][29][70]
Alpha-1 (no NDA).[70] July 14 - August 15 2021.[33][72]
Alpha-2 spot testing (NDA).[73][74][75][76] November 2023.[77]
Alpha-2 phase-1 (No NDA).[46][47] October 25, 2024.[46][47]
Alpha-2 phase-2 (No NDA).[46] December 20, 2024.[46]
Alpha-2 phase-3 (No NDA).[46] May 1, 2025.[46]
Beta Beta-1.[47] To be announced.[47]
Beta-2.[47] To be announced.[47]
Pre‑release Head start for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.[78] 1-2 days before launch.[78][79]
Release Launch (live) release. To be announced.[72][80]
Post‑launch Major releases (DLC expansions). Quarterly or six-monthly.[81][82]
Minor releases. Monthly.[81][82]

Accomplishments

  • Kickstarter's most funded MMORPG.[83]
  • Kickstarter's #7 most funded video game.[84]
  • Most anticipated MMO – MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.[85]
  • Most anticipated early access hands-on MMORPG – MMOs World.[86]
  • Gamescom 2018: Best Independent game.[87]
  • Gamescom 2018: Best Online game.[87]
  • Best indie MMO of 2020 – massivelyop.com reader's poll.[88]
  • Most anticipated MMO of 2021 and beyond – massivelyop.com reader's poll.[89]
  • Top 10 Best Upcoming New MMORPGs For 2021 And Beyond – Forbes.[90]
  • 2022 Best MMO Studio – MMOGames.[91]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MASSIVELY OP interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 steven-milestones.png
  3. ↑ Ashes Discord.png
  4. ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter campaign
  5. ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter.
  6. ↑ Summer Crowdfunding.png
  7. ↑ summerended.png
  8. ↑ PAX West 2017 Schedule.
  9. ↑ PAX West 2017 Map.
  10. ↑ Intrepid Studios Dev Team.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Livestream, January 18, 2018 (2:48).
  12. ↑ GDC.png
  13. ↑ PAX East.png
  14. ↑ Newsletter, 2018-08-7
  15. ↑ gamescom.png
  16. ↑ Ashes of Creation Gamescom 2018 Interview: Responding to Criticism.
  17. ↑ Newsletter, 2018-08-7
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 alpha1-phase-1-update.png
  19. ↑ Intrepid Studios Extra Life 2018 (@MediaAoC).
  20. ↑ Interview, April 15, 2019 (5:09).
  21. ↑ extralife2019.png
  22. ↑ Blog: New Adventure Awaits.
  23. ↑ Interview, October 17, 2020 (18:36).
  24. ↑ Interview, October 17, 2020 (56:55).
  25. ↑ extralife2020.png
  26. ↑ Livestream, February 26, 2021 (9:51).
  27. ↑ Ashes of Creation Store: May cosmetics.
  28. ↑ steven-a1-verbal-nda.png
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Ashes of Creation Twitter - Alpha-1 Preview Weekend Begins
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 steven-a1preview-end.png
  31. ↑ toast-a1-launch.png
  32. ↑ Guide to Alpha One.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 alpha-1-end.png
  34. ↑ extralife2021.png
  35. ↑ Video, December 23, 2021 (0:00).
  36. ↑ Livestream, December 23, 2021 (19:59).
  37. ↑ Interview, January 14, 2022 (9:11).
  38. ↑ extralife2022.png
  39. ↑ Livestream, August 31, 2023 (2:16:45).
  40. ↑ extralife2023.png
  41. ↑ Steven Sharif Christmas message, 2023.
  42. ↑ Livestream, December 19, 2023 (1:32:23).
  43. ↑ steven-employees.png
  44. ↑ Livestream, April 30, 2024 (54:54).
  45. ↑ Livestream, August 16, 2024 (15:08).
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 Livestream, August 16, 2024 (15:07).
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.5 47.6 Intrepid Studios Support - What are the Alpha/Beta Release dates?
  48. ↑ Livestream, August 12, 2024 (1:11:05).
  49. ↑ kickstarter release schedule.png
  50. ↑ Livestream, July 3, 2024 (1:33:19).
  51. ↑ alpha-0 pre-alpha.png
  52. ↑ Livestream, September 1, 2018 (54:06).
  53. ↑ alpha-1-stress-test-3.png
  54. ↑ Press release - Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Launches December 18.
  55. ↑ apoc-beta.png
  56. ↑ Blog: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse heads into early access.
  57. ↑ @AoCApocalypse on Twitter.
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Livestream, December 17, 2019 (18:33).
  59. ↑ Blog: Early Access for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Battle Royale Testing Ends.
  60. ↑ apoc-offline.png
  61. ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
  62. ↑ Video, March 23, 2020 (0:01).
  63. ↑ alpha-1-nda-2.png
  64. ↑ alpha-1-nda-1.png
  65. ↑ steven-a1-testing-start.png
  66. ↑ Creative Director's Letter, 2020-04-1.
  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 67.2 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
  68. ↑ Livestream, February 26, 2021 (14:58).
  69. ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 70.3 70.4 Alpha One Schedule Update, May 10 2021.
  71. ↑ 71.0 71.1 An Update on Alpha One Schedule, March 12 2021
  72. ↑ 72.0 72.1 release-dates.png
  73. ↑ Livestream, September 29, 2023 (55:34).
  74. ↑ Interview, July 9, 2023 (26:35).
  75. ↑ Livestream, March 31, 2023 (5:57).
  76. ↑ Livestream, October 14, 2022 (17:05).
  77. ↑ steven-a2-spot-testing-started.png
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 founder.png
  79. ↑ braver of worlds.png
  80. ↑ Livestream, March 8, 2019 (57:26).
  81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 Interview, February 7, 2021 (21:57).
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 Livestream, May 8, 2017 (11:14).
  83. ↑ kickstarter most funded MMORPG.png
  84. ↑ kickstarter most funded video game.png
  85. ↑ MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.
  86. ↑ Most Anticipated MMORPGs For 2018.
  87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 DualShockers’ Gamescom 2018 Awards
  88. ↑ MassivelyOP 2020 awards reader's poll.
  89. ↑ MassivelyOP reader's poll.
  90. ↑ Forbes: Top 10 Best Upcoming New MMORPGs For 2021 And Beyond
  91. ↑ Twitter - MMOGames.
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