Kartuga – Alpha Challenge: InnoGames is looking for the ruler of Seven Seas!

Buccaneers take note! You’ve probably already read one of the many previous Kartuga blogs. After hearing about the intense naval battles, amazing graphics and challenging quests,  what do you think about testing the game exclusively, before the official launch gets started? Continue reading

Kartuga – Episodes of an Office Battle II

As you read in my previous blog, my last Kartuga experience was quite bitter. Here is the continuation of our office battle and my attempt to take revenge on Fabio.

The countdown has begun. There are only a few seconds until I can engage in the battle. Of course now self-doubt is plaguing me – How can it be that I was the first to sink?  What went wrong? The answer should be obvious. I played in the truest sense of the word unskilled. Continue reading

Kartuga – Episodes of an Office Battle I

In our upcoming Action MMOG Kartuga, you will fight intensive naval battles for domination on the Seven Seas – in an astonishing 3D environment. In order to prepare the game as well as possible, we are currently testing various aspects. So today, I would like to share my experience about an epic battle in the InnoGames office with you.

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We’re on a boat – Kartuga entering Gamescom pirate-style!

Pheew…gamescom week is over, and assuming from the amounts of people running around, half of cologne was there…and of course everybody from the games industry. For us, it was especially exciting: First of all, as you might have read in my colleague’s Sarah’s Blog post, InnoGames was all over the place, with several booths, speakers and so on. Secondly, because at the biggest games expo for consumers, it is of course all about games – and we had our very own packed and ready: Kartuga, the PvP-heavy pirate MMO which is being developed by our buddies from Ticking Bomb Games. Continue reading

E3 Adventures: Presenting Kartuga for the first time

Last week, I and four of my colleagues took on the long travel from our Hamburg headquarters to the sunny state of California – But not to dwell on the magnificent beaches of the pacific coast, but to visit the mecca for every game enthusiast: The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles. Of course we didn’t go there empty-handed, but we had something very special in our heavy bags: Kartuga, a pirate-themed live-action MMO with lots of PvP and some RPG-aspects, developed by our colleagues from Ticking Bomb Games. We chose the E3 to announce the game, and it was the first time we presented it to people outside of our offices, which was pretty exciting for all of us…But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start at the beginning: Continue reading

Welcome Aboard Captain – Kartuga Officially Announced at the E3

Listen up pirates! Prepare to set sails and conquer the seas! Today we officially announced our upcoming 3D browser title at the E3 in Los Angeles: Kartuga. The game is an action packed-MMOG with a gritty pirate backdrop, featuring a cooperative PvP gameplay with several role-playing elements. Continue reading