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French indie studio Novaquark has secured $3.7 million in funding from private investors to push on with the development of its sci-fi MMO, Dual Universe.

Chris Kerr, News Editor

August 14, 2017

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French indie studio Novaquark has secured $3.7 million in funding from private investors to push on with the development of its sci-fi MMO, Dual Universe

That means the studio has raised a grand total of $7.4 million to create the game -- which sounds a lot like "Minecraft meets No Man's Sky" -- with a good chunk of that cash coming from various crowdfunding campaigns. 

Dual Universe has captured imaginations by promising to deliver a seamless shared universe that can be simultaneously modified and inhabited by potentially millions of people. 

The game is built on the back of Novaquark's proprietary continuous single-shard cluster (CSSC) tech, which manages the universe and supports player-driven in-game economies, trade, politics, and warfare. 

Players will also apparently be able to freely modify the voxel-based universe to create anything they want, including superstructures, spaceships, and giant orbital stations. 

"Our ambition is to become the number one platform for user-generated entertainment, all happening in the same universe, to create an ecosystemic amplification mechanism similar to that of social networks” explained Novaquark CEO, JC Baillie.

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Chris Kerr

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Game Developer news editor Chris Kerr is an award-winning journalist and reporter with over a decade of experience in the game industry. His byline has appeared in notable print and digital publications including Edge, Stuff, Wireframe, International Business Times, and PocketGamer.biz. Throughout his career, Chris has covered major industry events including GDC, PAX Australia, Gamescom, Paris Games Week, and Develop Brighton. He has featured on the judging panel at The Develop Star Awards on multiple occasions and appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss breaking news.

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