MMO legend's "spiritual sequel to Ultima Online and to Star Wars Galaxies" is getting a Kickstarter campaign "because the climate for games investment is terrible"

A screenshot from the pre-alpha of Stars Reach, showing a buff, masculine character with large horns stood in front of a blue sky with pink clouds.

MMO legend Raph Koster has announced a Kickstarter campaign for his next game – "a living galaxy sandbox MMORPG" that he describes as the "spiritual sequel to Ultima Online and to Star Wars Galaxies."

Koster certainly knows his stuff when it comes to MMORPGs. Beyond serving as the creative director of Star Wars Galaxies – an open world Star Wars MMO that existed long before Star Wars Outlaws, and survived for a solid eight years before its shutdown in 2011 – he was also the original creative lead of the fantasy MMORPG Ultima Online. However, when he first announced his new game, Stars Reach, he said: "This is the game I have wanted to make for nearly thirty years."