Vogster Entertainment, the developers behind the recently released MMORPG CrimeCraft, have announced a new subscription structure for CrimeCraft.

"Obviously sales and subscription numbers are not meeting expectations. CrimeCraft was only released a little over a month ago on Aug 25th, so to see this kind of promotion this early on you know the game is in trouble."
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GamingShogun.com writes: "Rumors began circulating today that CrimeCraft developer, Vogster Entertainment, had closed its doors. We discovered an official statement from the community manager for CrimeCraft on the game forums telling players that there have been 'some changes'..."
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GamingShogun.com writes: "Vogster has announced that CrimeCraft has officially shipped to Best Buy locations across North America and should be up for sale tomorrow for $49.95. CrimeCraft allows players to join or create their own gangs in a persistant online shooter environment. The game will include two months of 'premium subscription' time as..."
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You know what gangs are good at? Shooting at each other. And pretty soon, you can pull out a burner and murk some fools of your own in the persistent online shooter CrimeCraft. The game’s out on August 25th – in the meantime, check this article every day for the next five days for a new exclusive video, each featuring a demonstration of one of the game’s killtacular skills, weapons, or devices. ... » Read More

Gamingshogun.com writes: "Vogster has announced the various digital download purchase and pre-order bonuses for their upcoming persistent online shooter, CrimeCraft. Due out on August 25th, where you purchase/pre-order your copy from is important as these bonuses are retailer-dependent.

CrimeCraft.com:
§ 'V Dust Super Boost' – boosts weapon damage, accuracy, resistances and health by 15% for 5 rounds
§ Limited edition Atticus t-shirt for your avatar;
§ Exclusive CrimeCraft shirt for your avatar.

Pre-Order from CrimeCraft.com and get all the great launch items plus:
§ Another hit of 'V Dust Super Boost' – boosts weapon damage, accuracy, resistances and health by 15% for 5 rounds...."
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Destructoid writes: "Laying down real coin for MMO content updates is a bummer, regardless of what the extra stuff brings to the game. Most MMOs already have flat fees you pay for the pleasure of playing the game. Plus, there's an opportunity you could be leaving a couple of your guild brethren behind as you move on to the new hotness with the swarm of content-hungry players. Vogster Entertainment is planning to curve the hurt a bit with the price of their content updates to Crimecraft.

'We have a pretty aggressive content update schedule with new abilities, instances, clothes, weapons, items, achievements, challenges and gameplay types being released monthly free of charge,' Mike Donatelli, Vogster's senior game designer told us via e-mail.
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CrimeCraft is not "a full-featured MMO" and they don't want to be, developer Vogster want "a solid shooter with good character customization" and social aspects.

While MMO All Points Bulletin may have 100 players on at a time, CrimeCraft has 1500 says the team - outside of customisation CrimeCraft is "a very, very different game" from APB.
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Best Buy has been announced as the "exclusive retailer" of CrimeCraft. As such, they're getting some nice in-game bonuses for players who pre-order and buy the game there. One of the exclusive bonus items, the Best Buy Discount Card, will give players a discount when purchasing in-game items.
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The wait is over. Vogster Entertainment has announced that CrimeCraft will launch on August 25th, meaning it may well be the first of the shooter/MMO hybrid games to go live.
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Beta registration just started for the MMO CrimeCraft. This article gives a brief look at the type of MMO CrimeCraft is and how to sign up for the beta.
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Catch up on all the latest news from the MMO world including Warcraft's new update and info from GDC on a few of the new MMOs that will be hitting us later this year.
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Reports from several sources this morning revealed that the Xbox 360 version of CrimeCraft, a massively multiplayer third-person shooter, was cancelled, although we can confirm that this isn't the case. The not yet confirmed Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will be developed once the PC version has been released.
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Videogaming247 writes: Vogster Entertainment has announced a new MMO entitled Crimecraft. The game will be powered by Epic's U3 engine and will cost nothing to play.

The game will be "an innovative massively multiplayer online game for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3¿ set in a modern world. Players will take part in the political, economical and social life of a big city. They will run businesses, engage in commerce, and suffer the consequences of confrontations with criminal groups and shadowy law enforcement figures. Powerful AI will support the constantly changing atmosphere of the streets and enable players to feel the live pulse of the Megapolis."

Arseniy Nazarenko, the game's producer said, "It is going to shake the global video game industry with its innovative features and characters actions".

Big promises indeed.

Apparently Crimecraft will include features such as:

* ownership of real-estate and cars
* possibility to run shops, warehouses, banks, productions
* fight over territories and clan wars
* combat system unique for MMO
* developed social system. Possibility to solve conflicts without a single shot
* a possibility to choose law-obeying, criminal or financial professions and changing of those throughout the game.

The official site's here. Gamershell has the first three screenshots.

The game has a tentative release date of March 09.
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We don’t usually get excited when we hear the words “free” and “MMO” in the same sentence. That is, until we saw the free-to-play third-person shooter/MMO, CrimeCraft. The game’s rather straightforward title doesn’t do much to distance itself from the glut of second-rate free-to-play games flooding the online market these days. But after checking out an early build, we have to admit that it’s ... » Read More

The MMO movement gets another shot in its great big arm as the distressingly-titled Vogster Entertainment announced CrimeCraft. Its a sort of MMO GTA where thousands of people walk the shadier path of life, running shady businesses and generally getting up to no good - killing, robbing, smashing stuff, that sort of thing. Easily the best thing to come from the Ukraine since the Chicken Kiev, were ... » Read More