Boundless (video game)

Boundless
Developer(s) Wonderstruck Games
Publisher(s) Wonderstruck Games
Platform(s)
Release September 11, 2018
Genre(s) Massively multiplayer online, Sandbox
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Boundless is a massively multiplayer online sandbox game, developed and published by Guildford-based studio Wonderstruck Games.[2] It was released through Early access on Steam for Microsoft Windows and OS X on November 13, 2014. It was fully released on September 11, 2018, and features online cross-play with PlayStation 4.[1]

Gameplay

Played in either first-person or third-person perspective, players control a golem-like avatar around procedurally generated planets, made up of various types and shapes of blocks. Players interact with these blocks and discover ancient technologies to help craft tools, weapons and machines which can then be used to shape the world around them into buildings, vast cities and guilds, and eventually allow players to open warps and portals to other worlds.[3][4]

Development

In July 2014, the game was announced as a goal-funded project under the title of Oort Online. It quickly gained traction with its online audience as a browser-based game and reached its first funding goal in early August 2014.[5] After quickly outgrowing the capabilities of the browser and the scope of the original game, it was decided that Oort Online would appeal to a wider audience under the Steam Greenlight system and was successfully greenlit in September 2014.[6]

Oort Online underwent a name change in October 2015 to the current title Boundless. Also in October 2015, it was announced that Boundless had been backed by Sony[7] to be a console exclusive on their PlayStation 4 platform, allowing both PS4 and PC players to share the same online universe and play together.[8][9]

Release

Boundless is developed and published by Wonderstruck. Boundless was released on Steam Early Access for Microsoft Windows and OS X on November 13, 2014.[10] Boundless is set for release on PlayStation 4 on September 11, 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 Shubhankar Parijat. Boundless Is Launching This September, Will Feature PC/PS4 Cross-Play, GamingBolt, 24 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Wonderstruck's Boundless impresses at Sony conference". Gamereactor. 27 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Stake Your Claim in Boundless coming to PS4". PlayStation. 15 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Boundless to merge Minecraft with Rick and Morty on PS4 and PC". Eurogamer. 27 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Oort raises $70,000, no thanks to Kickstart". Bitpulse. 21 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Devlog - Status Update: Native C++ FTW". Turbulenz. February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Huge open world sandbox universe Boundless is coming to PS4". Sony. 20 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Boundless is a cross-platform open-world game for ps4 and pc". VG24/7. 27 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Minecraft-like Boundless To Include PS4 Cross-Play". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 28 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Boundless on Steam Early Access". Steam. 13 November 2014.
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