Wander (2015 video game)

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Wander
Wander cover.jpg
Developer(s) Loki Davison
Publisher(s) Loki Davison
Designer(s) Loki Davison
Engine CryEngine
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Release
  • WW: June 4, 2015
Genre(s) MMO

Wander was a narrative-focused massively multiplayer online game developed by Loki Davison and an independent team in Australia. [1]

Set in a peaceful fantasy setting populated by shapeshifters, Wander encourages players to reveal more of the story by cooperatively exploring new areas of the game world.

Upon release, Wander was criticized for being buggy and incomplete. It got a 4/10 from Push Square. [2]

It was a short-lived MMO due to the lack of interest in the game and steadily low player base, and was quietly shut down in late 2015 after a last patch note was published in the game's website in September 2015, with an additional comment of Wander's Twitter account in December 2015 expressing the developers' interest in another update, which never came to fruition. [3]

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References

  1. Karmali, Luke (November 19, 2014). "Gorgeous Non-Combat MMO Wander Coming to PS4 and PC". IGN. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  2. Tailby, Stephen (June 5, 2015). "Wander (PlayStation 4) Review". Push Square. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  3. Davison, Loki. "Major September Patch" . Retrieved 2024-01-17.