City State Entertainment has officially rebranded to Unchained Entertainment, a development led by the video game industry veteran Mark Jacobs. Alongside its rebranding, the company is preparing for the early access launch of its new title, Final Stand: Ragnarok, and the introduction of its next-generation game development engine, the Unchained Engine.

The rebranding to Unchained Entertainment signifies the company’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of massively multiplayer online gaming experiences. The move comes on the heels of significant funding rounds from A16Z GAMES, Island Capital, The Lauder Family, and others, aiming to expand Unchained Entertainment’s development team and technological capabilities.

The Unchained Engine, developed in-house, is poised to support a wide range of gameplay scenarios, from large-scale player versus environment (PvE) battles to player versus player (PvP) engagements, boasting the ability to handle thousands of simultaneous player interactions with high performance on a broad spectrum of hardware.

Mark Jacobs, the President and CEO of Unchained Entertainment, shared his vision for the engine, emphasizing its capacity to facilitate epic battles and immersive player experiences reminiscent of large-scale cinematic productions. This technology aims to redefine the scope of multiplayer interactions in video games, allowing for real-time, large-scale battles and environments.

The funding and strategic partnerships are set to enhance the company’s publishing and development efforts, with plans to launch Final Stand: Ragnarok in early access in March and the highly anticipated Camelot Unchained at a later date.

After a decade-long development process, Camelot Unchained’s progress continues to move at a snail’s pace. The latest update from City State Entertainment (CSE), titled “Life in the Craft Lane,” introduces changes to the game’s crafting system and movement, along with bug fixes and other improvements. While the update brings some new features, it also highlights the project’s slow and steady approach to development, leaving fans waiting for the long-promised finished product.

The crafting update includes changes to how items work in Camelot Unchained, simplifying substances and altering alloys to make them heavier and require more substances for creation. Furthermore, the update introduces new interactions with usable items and entities, aiming to provide a cleaner user experience. However, these alterations and additions to the crafting system are merely a drop in the ocean for a game that has been in development for ten years.

Other improvements in the update include bug fixes, movement updates, and audio enhancements, but again, these are just incremental changes that do little to push the game closer to completion. While it’s essential to address bugs and improve gameplay, fans are becoming increasingly impatient as they wait for more substantial progress.

• Genre: PvP MMO
• PvE: Yes.
• PvP: Yes.
• Business Model: Subscription Based
• Development Stage: Beta
• Release Date: Unknown
• Platforms: PC
• How to Stay Updated: Official Website

Camelot Unchained is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in a historically-inspired fantasy world. Fans of the classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot will find the game and setting familiar, as Camelot Unchained is an unofficial spiritual successor.

The game is being developed by City State Entertainment, a small independent game studio founded by Mark Jacobs, the co-founder of Mythic Entertainment and the creator of Dark Age of Camelot.

Camelot Unchained has been in development for over 10 years, as it was first announced in December of 2012. Many fans have criticized the game’s development progress, as Camelot Unchained is still in the early Beta stage.

The Camelot Unchained website is updated every few months with development updates, but so far, it has very little to show for when taking in the time and money spent on Camelot Unchained.

Back in November of 2022, City State Entertainment secured its biggest round of funding yet for the game, adding $15M in new capital from new and original investors. The money would be spent hiring talent for the game and its engine.

The Game

Dark Age of Camelot was one of the few PvP-focuses MMOs that managed to have a somewhat successful life, at least for a while, and Camelot Unchained looks to build on that success as a spiritual successor.

The setting and gameplay look similar to Dark Age of Camelot, with Camelot Unchained being set in a fantasy setting inspired by Arthurian and Celtic legend along with Viking mythology.

Players will be able to create characters and choose from one of three realms: Arthurians, Tuatha De Danann, and Vikings. Each realm has its own style of play and unique look.

One of the key features of Camelot Unchained is its focus on player-versus-player (PvP) combat, or RvR (Realm Vs. Realm). The three realms are at war with each other, and players will be able to choose which realm they want to join and fight alongside.

Realm Vs. Realm was also the key aspect of Dark Age of Camelot, and it was the feature that made it stand out from other classic MMOs of its time, but whereas DAoC brought together hundreds of players fighting for glory on the battlefield, Camelot Unchained aims to support thousands of players in its epic realm vs. realm battles.

Players will also be able to build and defend their own castle, crafting items and building structures while they defend their stronghold from other players. Camelot Unchained utilizes a unique “C.U.B.E” system for building, allowing players to build complex structures.

The game will also have a player-driven economy, with players able to craft and trade items with each other.

Camelot Unchained is being developed using the Unchained Engine, developed in-house by City State Entertainment specifically for this game.

The engine is designed to handle large-scale battles and dynamic environments.

Release Date

There is currently no official release date for Camelot Unchained. The game has been in early beta for almost five years, with no end in sight.

The game’s development has been staggered and unpredictable, with the developers setting no clear timeline for Camelot Unchained’s eventual release.

Many fans are now calling the title vaporware, as it has been in development for over 10 years and still doesn’t have a release date.

Despite the delays, Camelot Unchained continues to receive updates from City State Entertainment every few months, giving fans hope that the game will eventually see the light of day.

Regardless of when Camelot Unchained is released, it will hopefully be a unique experience for MMO players and fans of Camelot alike.

We will continue to keep an eye on Camelot Unchained and provide updates as they become available. Stay tuned for more information on Camelot Unchained.

Camelot Unchained’s September Newsletter is out now where we get a sneak peek at the 3D model of a male Hamadryad and some concept art of the Cait Sìth.

The main topic of the newsletter though is healing and the healing classes the Stonehealer, Empath, and Physician.

Additionally the end, we also get a preview of the Frozen Tundra and its inhabitants.

City State Entertainment recently revealed some of the progress that has been made on their current 90 day plan in a blog post on the official Camelot Unchained site.

In the Top Tenish for February, it was revealed that work had been done on the Alchemy System. The Bog Fir race has also been added to the game, as well as enhancement to the projectile system and the addition of a fog system, and a bunch of other minor fixes.

Plenty of new artwork was also shared in the post with even more detailed info on the latest progress made to the game and artwork in the newsletter for those of you who really want to dig in.

City State Entertainment has posted a lengthy new newsletter containing tons of information on Camelot Unchained.

The newsletter covers the creation of some of the game’s zones and races, with plenty of new concept art to illustrate, most importantly the Verdant Forest which will be the subject of a playtest this weekend.

City State Entertainment has released two new videos of their new Pathfinding system in Camelot Unchained, which allows for NPC’s to literally hunt you down.

The videos show an NPC following a player as the player tries to escape through a keep. Even after jumping off the roof, the NPC keeps following. It’s all rather terrifying, to be honest.

Take a look below.

The devs have shared a new newsletter over at the official Camelot Unchanied site with a a pretty big update on how development is going.

It seems like the team has been hard at work. Focusing especially performance related to AMD cards, forests and large land masses.

A bunch of new artwork for the game was also included in the post.