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Backers of Failed Yogventures Kickstarter Get Landmark for Free

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Backers of the failed Kickstarter for Yogventures, a game from the popular YouTube channel Yogscast, have received free copies of Landmark (formerly called EverQuest Next Landmark).

This is in addition to the free codes backers already received for another crafting and survival game shortly after Yogbentures was canceled, TUG, and Yogcast says that they're planning to give backers even more in the coming weeks.

Even if you weren't a Yogventures backer, you can sign up for seven days of free access to the Landmark beta through the Yogcast page on the game's website. If you'd like to keep playing once the free trial is over, you can still buy your way into the closed beta with one of Landmark's Founder's Packs.

Yogventures was canceled due to lack of funds last month after raising $567,665 from 13,647 backers. Although the Kickstarter campaign made more than double its goal, developer Winterkewl Games did not have enough money to keep the project alive. We later learned that the game's production was mismanaged in several critical ways, including paying one artist $35,000 for only two weeks of work.

Winterkewl was shut down following the cancellation. What assets it did create during development were given to TUG developer Nerd Kingdom. TUG, if you want to try it, is currently available through Steam Early Access.

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Behhh, Landmark has some great ideas but is so poorly optimized for pc, and lacking in overall direction, this is more like throwing salt into a wound.

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This is criminal. Taking peoples money, not doing anything with it, then giving them something they already have access to? Nice joke.

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Because that's definitely the game they wanted, right?

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You mean they get access to a Free to Play game that hands out keys like its Christmas? How very kind of these D-bags. It is clearly a sad attempt to gather some good will from people, but do you know what would make it all better? REFUND THE BACKERS.


Btw if you you for some reason dont have a key for the EQL beta MMORPG.com has had keys sitting there collecting dust for a while now: << LINK REMOVED >>


Why GS bothered to make this into some nice PR post is beyond me, just be truthful like you should and tell people how stupid this really is.

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Landmark -is- free.

Having unlimited alpha/beta access to a game isn't really something people should be ecstatic about.

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Whatever happened to The Point ?? I learned my lesson from Everquest 2 btw

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<< LINK REMOVED >> When they cancelled all those GS weekly shows, they didn't completely cancel The Point but said it would no longer be weekly.

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Hahaha I seriously laugh at anyone that thought a bunch of Youtubers could make anything worth playing. I never heard of the game until I saw all these articles and when they showed off early footage of it, it was one of the worst looking games I have ever seen. It wasn't even a good Minecraft clone. There are many Minecraft clones out there being made by a single person, yet these guys need half a million dollar to shi.t.e on the computer screen and get a bunch of re.t.arded 13 years excited....LMAO!


Youtube game player does not mean businessmen or anything else. Stop buying into their stupid ideas kids.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> They weren't making it. They were promoting it.

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so they're giving away free things to make up for the half a million they stole from people? Seems fair.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> No, it's not free. Read the article. Besides, this isn't the first thing they've given away and it won't be the last.

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I still find it ridiculous that anyone thought Danny's episode of The Point about Yogventures was "jumping on the bandwagon" in some way.

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"Yogbentures"

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But isn't Landmark going to be free anyway?? I mean I bought the $20 backer thing but I thought it was going to be free on launch. It's like giving someone air.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> It will be free, but what they're giving you is a founders packs with a lot of starter and premium in game content. Not a great compensation, but better than nothing.

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@hoyholyhoy the government owns air i am afraid.. they have it patented.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I guess that's one of the reasons "air" travel isn't cheap lol

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Seeing that video reminded me, is Danny still doing The Point or is it cancelled?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> From what I understand he won't be doing it weekly anymore. He wants to do longer projects.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I believe he is, but it's always hard around the summer. E3, Gamescon and PAX make a merry hell out of trying to do a regular show.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Oh yeah, I guess that's understandable. Fair enough. I was just kind of concerned it was cancelled since Danny's probably my favourite GS member.

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Still waiting for someone to sue them for this scam.

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Isn't that just a risk of kick starter?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Depends, if they misused the funds they received from the dev there's room for a lawsuit.

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Well do they use the money they get as they get it and try and finish the product, or do they get to a certain point where they think they can make the game successfully and then they get the investment? What are the stipulations, does anyone know?

If you need to get to a certain point that they say they can make the game with, then they could, and should have a lawsuit on their hands. They just got the money. Didn't make the game and are trying to shrug off a lesser investment on people and keep the difference. That's like ponzey or something.

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perhaps that is why the kickstarter failed? paid by sony to make it fail then promote you Everquest Landmark.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Or maybe the game was a stupid idea in the first place....ooh we're a Minecraft channel, I know let's make a game like Minecraft but not Minecraft then slap our name on it....and hope people back it.....and let's get a lazy developer to make it.....

yeah, surefire plan for success for sure......

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> no they were worse than "lazy" they were incompetent developers...

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LOL I've been in the closed Next beta for a while now, definitely not a big deal for those who got screwed by Yogventures, I hope they plan on doing a bit more than this.

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trading one failed game for another. great.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> landmark is failed ? how often each year do you open your eyes i wonder ?

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Because another crappy F2P MMO will be a great success.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> well they were open when I tried to play the absolute trash that was Landmark. Unplayable really. How many times a year to you pull your head our of your a$s? Oh wait, I already know the answer. Zero.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> for a start you most likely played it when i did by the sounds which was very early alpha so you kinda knew to expect a near broken mess.. secondly why would i leave my own rectum cavity. its warm up there and there's plenty for me to eat.

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old news and landmark is nothing but a building game..

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Worthless news.

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So they get Everquest Landmark a F2p game for Free, so you mean they get what everyone else can get once it goes into open beta and release.


Why is that even news?


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