Milestones
- First team members were hired in December 2015.[1]
- Ashes of Creation development began in February 2016.[1]
- Official website was launched and project announced, December 10, 2016.[1]
- Official discord was launched, January 18, 2017.[2]
- Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal, May 2, 2017.[3]
- Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809, June 3, 2017.[4]
- Summer crowdfunding campaign launched, June 21, 2017.[5]
- Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers, July 22, 2017.[6]
- PAX West 2017, September 1-4, 2017.[7][8]
- Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals, November 4, 2017.[9]
- Alpha-0 released on schedule, December 15, 2017.[10]
- Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018, March 19-23, 2018.[11]
- PAX East 2018, April 5-8, 2018.[12]
- Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs, August 15, 2018.[13]
- At Gamescom with My.com, August 20, 2018.[14]
- 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation, August 27, 2018.[15]
- PAX West 2018 panel, September 1, 2018.[16]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds), October 19, 2018.[17]
- Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life, November 4, 2018.[18]
- 60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team), April 15, 2019.[19]
- Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life, November 3, 2019.[20]
- Announced a mutual parting of ways with publisher My.games, August 21, 2020.[21]
- Almost 3,000,000 registered accounts for Ashes of Creation, October 17, 2020.[22]
- ~87 developers working on Ashes of Creation, October 17, 2020.[23]
- Raised $88,546 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life, November 8, 2020.[24]
Spis treści
Release schedule

I am happy to announce the dates for Alpha One testing. This schedule will include Alpha One testers for a 4-day stress test starting on December 18, 2020. Now this first test will remain under NDA, as there will still likely be some considerable polish and bug fixing necessary. I will of course provide some recorded footage of the event so the community at large can see the testing. The gap between the December test and the February test will provide our team with the time necessary to iterate and fix bugs, then in March we will aim to have a 1-week test stood up in preparation for the final month-long test in April.[25] – Steven Sharif
The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.[26]
As we set out into the new year, we have several internal milestones which remain unannounced that I am hopeful will represent significant leaps for the project and company as a whole. Additionally, we have 3 remaining Alpha One testing dates that will be coming up very soon.[27] – Steven Sharif
Phase | Release | Estimated/Actual date |
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Pre‑alpha | Alpha-0.[28] | December 15, 2017.[10] |
APOC | Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA).[29] | September 7, 2018.[30] |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA lifted).[17] | October 19, 2018.[17] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale open beta.[31] | December 18, 2018.[32] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access.[33] | September 24, 2019.[34] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode PI closed testing.[35] | December 19, 2019.[35] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale testing ends.[36] | March 10, 2020.[37] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode.[29] | After Alpha-1.[38][36] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse horde mode.[29] | After Alpha-1.[38][36] | |
Alpha | Alpha-1 early preview livestream.[39] | March 27, 2020.[40] |
Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).[41][42] | May 28, 2020.[43][44] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).[25] | Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.[25] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).[25] | Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.[27][25] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 3 (no NDA).[25] | Mar 19 - Mar 26 2021.[27][25] | |
Alpha-1 release (no NDA).[25][45] | April 6 - May 6 2021.[27][25] | |
Alpha-2 (persistent alpha).[46][47] | - | |
Beta | Beta-1. | - |
Beta-2. | - | |
Pre‑release | Head start for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.[48] | 1-2 days before launch.[48][49] |
Release | Launch (live) release. | To be announced.[50] |
Post‑launch | Major releases (DLC expansions). | Quarterly.[51] |
Minor releases. | Monthly.[51] |
Accomplishments
- Kickstarter's most funded MMORPG.[52]
- Kickstarter's #7 most funded video game.[53]
- Most anticipated MMO – MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.[54]
- Most anticipated early access hands-on MMORPG – MMOs World.[55]
- Gamescom 2018: Best Independent game.[56]
- Gamescom 2018: Best Online game.[56]
- Best indie MMO of 2020 – massivelyop.com reader's poll.[57]
- Most anticipated MMO of 2021 and beyond – massivelyop.com reader's poll.[58]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MASSIVELY OP interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO.
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter campaign
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Schedule.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Map.
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Dev Team.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Livestream, 2018-01-18 (2:48).
- ↑
- ↑
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- ↑ Ashes of Creation Gamescom 2018 Interview: Responding to Criticism.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Extra Life 2018 (@MediaAoC).
- ↑ Interview, 2019-04-15 (5:09).
- ↑
- ↑ Blog: New Adventure Awaits.
- ↑ Interview, 2020-10-17 (18:36).
- ↑ Interview, 2020-10-17 (56:55).
- ↑
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.7 25.8 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
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- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
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- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Livestream, 2018-09-01 (54:06).
- ↑
- ↑ Press release - Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Launches December 18.
- ↑
- ↑ Blog: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse heads into early access.
- ↑ @AoCApocalypse on Twitter.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Livestream, 2019-12-17 (18:33).
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Blog: Early Access for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Battle Royale Testing Ends.
- ↑
- ↑ 38.0 38.1
- ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
- ↑ Video, 2020-03-23 (0:01).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Creative Director's Letter, 1 April 2020.
- ↑ Livestream, 2018-01-18 (49:26).
- ↑ Livestream, 2018-01-18 (25:22).
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- ↑ 48.0 48.1
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- ↑ Livestream, 2019-03-08 (57:26).
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Livestream, 2017-05-08 (11:14).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.
- ↑ Most Anticipated MMORPGs For 2018.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 DualShockers’ Gamescom 2018 Awards
- ↑ MassivelyOP 2020 awards reader's poll.
- ↑ MassivelyOP reader's poll.