Kingdoms of Camelot

Kingdoms of Camelot is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy browser game created by Canadian studio Kabam when it was named Watercooler Inc.. It went into beta on November 2, 2009 and was released on November 6, 2009. On December 9, 2014, Kabam announced it was selling most of its web games, including Kingdoms of Camelot, to RockYou.[1] The transferred formally happened at the beginning of April 2015.[2]

Kingdoms of Camelot
Developer(s)Kabam
Publisher(s)Kabam
Platform(s)macOS
Microsoft Windows 
ReleaseNovember 2, 2009
Genre(s)Multiplayer Browser Game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Game Play

Essentially a build and warfare game, Kingdoms of Camelot relies heavily on timers and resource management. All actions take time, from a few seconds to days. The game includes a chat feature both for "global" and "alliance" conversations.

Kingdoms of Camelot includes a Tournaments feature to create competition and reduce the monotony of game-play.

Might of Winter

The "Might of Winter" event ran from Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT to Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT. Prizes ranged from 1000 gems for first place to 100 gems for fifth. Players scoring between sixth and one hundredth place received in game items.

Tournament of Crests

The "Tournament of Crests" event ran from Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT to Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT. The event served as an introduction to collecting items known as crests—named after knights in Arthurian legend—which are required to start a third city in the game. Prizes for this event were identical to the Might of Winter.

Development

The game was made for Facebook and was first released as a beta release. The wide release was November 6, 2009.

The game was transferred to RockYou and supported by RockYou as of the beginning of April 2015, though Kabam still hosted the game and Kabam Rewards still applied to the game until 2017.[2]

Reception

The game was generally rated positively by critics. IGN rated it 7.6.[3]

Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North
Kingdoms of Camelot
Developer(s)Kabam
Publisher(s)Kabam
Platform(s)macOS
Microsoft Windows 
ReleaseMarch 1, 2012
Genre(s)Multiplayer Browser Game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North is the mobile version of Kingdoms of Camelot developed for iOS and Android. It went into beta on November 21, 2011 and was released for iOS on March 1, 2012.[4]

This game was another major milestone for Kabam, being its first mobile game. It is a standalone title with no connectivity to the Facebook game, as Kabam targeted a different player base for the mobile version.[4] KoC: Battle for the North was a huge financial success and became the top grossing iPhone app of 2012.[5]

Critical reviews were generally positive. Metacritic gave it 65/100[6] and GameRankings gave it 63%.[7]

On January 7, 2016, Kabam sold a number of its older titles, including Battle for the North, to Chinese publisher GAEA Mobile. Along with The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle Earth, both games were Kabam's top-grossing titles in 2013.[8]

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References
  1. Alex Wawro (2014-12-10). "Kabam shifts focus to mobile, sells off social games to RockYou". gamasutra. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. "Welcome to RockYou!". Community.kabam.com. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  3. "Kingdoms of Camelot - Web Games". IGN. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. Tom Curtis (2012-03-01). "Kabam expands to mobile with new Kingdoms of Camelot title". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. Scott Reyburn (2012-12-13). "Apple lists top apps of 2012". SocialTimes. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. "Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North for iPhone/iPad Reviews". metacritic. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  7. "Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North for iOS (iPhone/iPad)". GameRakings. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  8. Christian Nutt (2016-01-07). "Kabam sells off Kingdoms of Camelot and other old titles to focus on big bets". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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