There are not enough quality space-combat games, and hardly any of the few that do exist attempt to take it grand in an MMO. The Old Republic did little more than tease my appetite for shooting amongst the stars, and the cancellation of Jumpgate Evolution a year ago left the situation feeling hopeless. But, like we’ve seen happen to so many niche genres lately, a Kickstarter campaign has arrived to revive the space-combat MMO.
Squad Wars is being developed by END Games, a fairly new studio formed by a lot of the brains behind the original Jumpgate and Jumpgate Evolution. Their Kickstarter campaign just launched last week and has only collected a small percentage of their $250,000 total so far. You can read all about their plans for the game on the Kickstarter page, and if you like what you see, toss some money their way. The perks are fairly generous and higher donations will actually get a say in deciding what content the team builds first.
