You may have heard that Skullgirls had a remarkably successful crowd-funding campaign recently. The next step is for Lab Zero Games to actually get that money so it can start development on all the precious goodies that fans funded, and it's hit a snag on that front.
When Skullgirls started a crowd-funding campaign to create a new character, it hoped to make $150,000. It hit that goal in a single day, necessitating the formation of some stretch goals, and the campaign has now ended at a whopping $829,829. That means you're not just getting one new character, but five, and a handful of other extras as well.
The fighting game community is known to be passionate, but punching men in the face is often overshadowed by shooting men in the face. In case you needed a reminder that yes, they're out there and, goodness yes, they're loyal to games, look at how Skullgirls crowdfunded $150,000 in less than one day to create a new DLC character.
A PC port of Skullgirls was announced all the way back in May of last year, and since then we've heard nary a peep about the game. Autumn Games has now announced that it's preparing to start work on the port, thanks to a publishing arrangement with Marvelous AQL.
Skullgirls is getting a cheeky "Slightly Different Edition" patch tomorrow on the PlayStation 3. It boasts a pretty large series of new features and modes, new balance adjustments, and a few bug fixes to boot.
We know that Def Jam Rapstar developer 4mm Games is in financial and legal troubles. But the game's publishers, Konami and Autumn Games, are now facing their own court battle, as a bank has accused the companies of fraud over a loan to finance the game.
City National Bank in Los Angeles has filed a claim that it was defrauded of $14 million by Konami and Autumn. The bank accuses the companies of lying about their financial conditions to secure the credit for the game, without ever intending to pay it back as promised. The bank also points out that it hasn't been paid back at all for the loan yet.
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Indie fighting game Skullgirls is heading to PC after all. Autumn Games and Reverge Labs announced today that it will hit PC via various digital distribution services later this year, complete with a few enhancements.
Skullgirls in many ways pays homage to classic 2D fighters. Its art style and overall presentation show reverence for the heyday when numerous titles competed for the fighting game crown. Likewise, its fighting mechanics often borrow from the heroes of the genre. Once the final take is complete, however, Reverge Labs firmly establishes its new fighter as more than merely an ardent admirer of the craft. Skullgirls stakes its claim as a new star in the making.
Origin is now getting serious about being seen as a bona fide digital distribution platform, rather than a vanity project, as Electronic Arts today announced it has signed up another eleven publishers. Over "the coming months," Origin will add PC games from CD Projekt RED, 1C Company, Paradox Interactive and more, starting today with MMORPG Rift from Trion Worlds.
Reverge Labs' upcoming 2D fighter, Skullgirls, won't release in 2011, as expected. The developer is now citing a release "early in the first quarter of 2012." Reverge attributes the delay, in part, to its "gameplay first development approach," and asserts that it'll be using the extra time to polish up the game.
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