Our latest coverage of Corepunk.
Last weekend’s Corepunk alpha test revealed several glaring issues related to the top-down MMORPG’s gameplay, one of which was that the game was too challenging and punishing. While it initially seemed like that was developer Artificial Core’s intention all along, it apparently wasn’t. “We never intended to create a hardcore game,” the Ukrainian studio said. “The goal was to make [...]
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Artificial Core held a brief alpha test for Corepunk over the weekend that revealed a few kinks in the top-down MMORPG’s gameplay. The 29-hour long affair mainly focused on testing low-level content and the two new zones that were added since the last playtest. Brief and limited as it may have been, the test still provided the team with valuable [...]
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Artificial Core is gearing up for the start of Corepunk’s next testing phase which will bring on a few more players to help test the upcoming open-world MMORPG. The next closed beta test is set to begin on November 4th and will feature a slightly bigger testing pool that will include a little over a hundred players from four different [...]
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Despite the extremely small sample size of Corepunk’s alpha test last month, developer Artificial Core was apparently able to gather enough data and feedback to start making improvements to the long-delayed open-world MMORPG. “A big takeaway from your feedback was the immersive nature of the Corepunk world,” the studio reports. “We’re committed to enhancing this immersion in future updates. However, [...]
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After years of development and multiple delays due to the Russian invasion, Ukrainian studio Artificial Core is finally ready to start testing its flagship game Corepunk. The playtest, however, will be significantly smaller compared to traditional MMORPG playtests, with just 21 players from Western Europe doing all the work. The studio promises to expand testing scope in the lead up [...]
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Artificial Core is back with a progress report for its long-delayed top-down open-world MMORPG Corepunk in its May developer update. The game’s development hasn’t been without its fair share of challenges, not the least of which is the ongoing conflict in the studio’s home country of Ukraine. However, it looks like the team is slowly and steadily making progress. Long-time [...]
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After an understandable delay, Artificial Core has released an hour’s worth of gameplay footage from its upcoming top-down open world MMORPG, Corepunk. The footage offers a good look at the game’s current state with a focus on the eight crafting and gathering professions which is apparently as important to progression as grinding mobs. Unlike most MMORPG’s, gathering and crafting will [...]
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Corepunk’s promised closed beta test has been delayed yet again, marking the fourth time that testing has been delayed in the past 12 months. The beta test was initially set to begin in December 2020 but was pushed back to spring 2021, then to August of the same year, and finally to the end of 2021. We’re now nearing the [...]
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The last that we heard from Artificial Core was that several of their employees and their families were hunkered down in bomb shelters in Kyiv as Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital. Most of their staff, however, had already relocated to safer regions in Europe and are continuing to work on Corepunk even while the studio is in “emergency mode.” The [...]
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Since the conflict in Ukraine started a few weeks ago, the country has received an outpouring of support from the whole world including several video game companies. Studios that have offices in the affected regions are also doing everything they can to support their employees and their families as events continue to escalate. Among these studios is Corepunk developer Artificial [...]
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