NovaQuark's Crowd Funded MMO Dual Universe Alpha Now Open to All Backers

Crowd funded sandbox MMO Second Life than an actual game as players create most of the content in the game.

While I remain skeptical of any crowd funded MMO, Dual Universe seems to be making progress. The sandbox experience seems to be making good progress, but the game's economy, combat systems, politics, and other promised features have seemingly made no progress.

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