Ice-Pick Kickstarting monstrous hide-and-seek
Ice-Pick Lodge, the Russian developer behind Pathologic and The Void, has turned to Kickstarter to raise $30,000 for Knock-Knock, a gruesome game of hide-and-seek in a house overrun with ghosts, ghoulies and monsters.
READ MORE >Planescape Kickstarter being considered by Obsidian dev
Obsidian's Chris Avellone talks about the possibility of a Planescape Kickstarter, how he'd do the project differently, and how Kickstarter projects in general might be running out of steam.
READ MORE >"Oh god, please yes! Of all the Kickstarter projects, this is the one I've hoped for the most. ..."
see all 14 comments11th hour Kickstarter push makes Clang a reality
Author Neal Stephenson will get his swordfighting game Clang after a late funding push on Kickstarter helps Subutai Corporation meet its funding goal.
READ MORE >In Ground Branch, infantry authenticity is key
John Sonedecker was a long-time part of a few Tom Clancy gaming franchises. A member of Red Storm Entertainment since its inception, Sonedecker...
READ MORE >"I guess for anyone still a fan of Rogue Spear / SWAT 4 this might do the trick."
see all 5 commentsIn Dead State, zombies aren't the real story
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Brian Mitsoda and his wife Annie go into detail about their upcoming RPG Dead State, which recently passed its $150,000 Kickstarter goal.
READ MORE >Super Retro Squad Kickstarter already hits goal
The development team behind Super Mario Bros Crossover has started a new indie project titled Super Retro Squad. It's already hit its Kickstarter goal of $10,000.
READ MORE >"That probably wasn't worth doing since you misspelled "Professor," but it amused me at the time."
see all 15 commentsDead State passes Kickstarter goal
Zombie survival RPG Dead State has hit its Kickstarter. Developer DoubleBear, co-founded by Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines writer Brian Mitsoda and former Obsidian writer Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda, has revealed the stretch goals.
READ MORE >"How come I´m learning about it so late?!? But there is still time pledge so no harm done."
see all 4 commentsTwo Guys SpaceVenture hits Kickstarter goal
Two Guys SpaceVenture, a new adventure game from Space Quest creators Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy, has hit its Kickstarter goal of $500,000.
READ MORE >Author Neal Stephenson opens Kickstarter for swordfighting game
Author Neal Stephenson has teamed up with an indie developer to make a one-to-one, motion-controlled dueling game.
READ MORE >"Well, yeah, but guns do most of the work in real life, too. A sword is truly and extension of ..."
see all 16 commentsCarmageddon: Reincarnation co-op confirmed, Kickstarter ends
The Kickstarter campaign to fund Carmageddon: Reincarnation for PC ended last night at $625,143, having passed its $400k goal last week. Stainless confirmed there'll also be Mac and Linux versions, as well as co-op and split-screen play.
READ MORE >"If you read the article they said everything but the city is placeholder. That said I think it ..."
see all 8 commentsZombie RPG Dead State launches Kickstarter
I know, I know, you're sick of zombies and you're tired of Kickstarter, but there are good reasons to be interested in turn-based zombie survival RPG Dead State.
READ MORE >"That's the point of the kickstarter: to get the game out of alpha."
see all 18 commentsReplay Games sets legal sights on Sam Suede project
A new Sam Suede Kickstarter has been launched and it is already getting the some unwanted publicity.
READ MORE >"yeah they are skating on the edge of the truth. He was involved in creating the character (Sam) ..."
see all 5 commentsCarmageddon: Reincarnation passes Kickstarter goal
Ultraviolence fans, rejoice! Stainless Games has passed the $400,000 Kickstarter goal for Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Sunday, so its splatfest of a racer shall indeed be made.
READ MORE >"Threw $25 at it. I played the hell out of it when I was a kid and learned MS-DOS just to play ..."
see all 21 commentsCarmageddon ploughing into GOG
The original Carmageddon is due to screech onto GOG "in the coming months," ploughing through pedestrians and leaving bloody skidmarks. It'll cost $10, but has been added as a perk for the Carmageddon: Reincarnation Kickstarter too.
READ MORE >"I played it again a few years back and found the graphics to be so bad they hindered my ..."
see all 13 commentsOrigin offers free 90-day distribution for crowd-funded games
Origin is offering to waive the first 90 days of distribution fees for any crowd-funded project, EA announced today.
READ MORE >"it's probably on a per-game basis. I imagine some devs probably get better deals than others ..."
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"Heh. Even their pledges are nonstandard. And $5 a copy, what is there to lose?"
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