Eldramoor: Haven within the Mist is slated to launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding marketing campaign subsequent week, aiming to revive the enjoyable of not too long ago shuttered VR MMO Orbus VR.
Coming June twenty fourth, the Eldramoor Kickstarter is hoping to garner assist for a brand new VR MMORPG, slated to launch on Quest 3 and SteamVR headsets late subsequent 12 months.
Based by ex-Orbus gamers, developer Resolute Video games took on the problem early final 12 months, forming the studio in February 2024 to create a VRMMO to choose up the place others have faltered.
Right here’s how Resolute describes the motion:
Embark on a mystical journey to Eldramoor: Haven within the Mist, and discover your house away from dwelling! Comply with within the footsteps of the legendary hero Eldranis. Struggle for the folks, grasp various professions and socialize within the native tavern with enjoyable mini-games. In Eldramoor, everyone seems to be accepted for who they’re. However a darkness, lengthy locked away, has come creeping again. Uncover the land’s troubled historical past and defend the island from an historic power that threatens to destroy every little thing in its path.
The studio says the sport will embody quite a lot of playable courses, together with Warrior, Mage, Monk, and Alchemist, in addition to raids, dungeons, world bosses, co-op gathering, and tavern mini-games. Furthermore, it’s promising three designated PvP zones, and a bunch of actions, together with fishing, foraging, mining, woodcutting, smithing, cooking, artisanry—a few of which will not be obtainable at launch.
Resolute Video games hasn’t launched data on funding tiers and doable stretch objectives, nonetheless studio founder and CEO Lynn M. Souza says Eldramoor is aiming for the “similar preliminary aim as Zenith,” pitching an preliminary $25,000 base funding aim.
That stated, the VR MMORPG style has traditionally been a troublesome nut to crack, as phase leaders Orbus VR shut down earlier this 12 months, and Zenith: The Final Metropolis studio Ramen VR introduced late final 12 months they have been stepping again from improvement because of monetary considerations.
In the meantime, Ilysia VR is ostensibly working robust—additionally a results of a profitable Kickstarter in 2020. Immediately, Ilysia VR is offered throughout Quest and SteamVR headsets, and usually releases updates and in-game purchasable objects.
“As most of us know, Orbus was nice for what it was, nevertheless it was developed for the Quest 1 again in 2019 and there haven’t been an entire lot of updates since,” Souza says on the sport’s Discord. “Then, Zenith and Ilysia emerged and I used to be a kickstarter backer and Patreon of Ilysia and liked the idea.”
Resolute Video games says Eldramoor is predicted to be obtainable in December 2026, coming to PC VR, Meta Quest 3 and different forthcoming standalone headsets. The studio says it’s focusing on alpha launch someplace close to the tip of 2025, with a beta focused someday in Summer time 2026.
You will discover out extra when the Kickstarter launches on June twenty fourth, which can run till July twenty fourth. The sport’s Steam web page can be now dwell, so you possibly can wishlist it right here.