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APB Reloaded dev crowdfunding stunt-tastic FPS

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 27, 2013 1:40pm PDT

If wall-running in slow-motion as a punky lady with a katana in one hand and a machine pistol in the other sounds like your bag, have a gander at APB Vendetta. The folks behind the resurrected APB Reloaded are trying to crowdfund a side-diving, dual-wielding, combo-making, f...

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"While perhaps understandable, your lack of enthusiasm or interest is disappointing."

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Torment Kickstarter adds Chris Avellone stretch goal

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 22, 2013 8:15am PDT

As Torment: Tides of Numenera's crowdfunding drive continues to make money hand over fist, developer inXile has added stretch goals to hire two notable names. If it passes $3.25 million, Patrick Rothfuss, author of fantasy series The Kingkiller Chronicle will join up. At $3....

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"the original was both, isometric and combat was technically real time but D&D turns under the ..."

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Chant 'em up SoundSelf hits Kickstarter

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 19, 2013 4:20pm PDT

Hey, you! Want to see something weird? Download the prototype of SoundSelf, turn on your microphone, and embark upon a "sensual" adventure in the "euphoric exploration game controlled by chanting." Then whip out your credit card to chip in a few bucks to its crowdfunding cam...

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"Try the prototype. It's pretty ..."

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Shroud of the Avatar multiplayer options range from offline to dozens online

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 18, 2013 11:25am PDT

It seems people are quite keen to play a new RPG from Richard Garriott, creator of the hallowed Ultima series. As Shroud of the Avatar races towards its crowdfunding goal of $1 million, his studio has dropped more information on the various multiplayer options it'll offer. T...

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"I backed it on day one but this makes me a bit leery, I like tight, focused designs and this ..."

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Petroglyph concedes defeat in Victory Kickstarter

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 18, 2013 7:00am PDT

After a woefully slow start, Petroglyph Games has cancelled its crowdfunding drive for Victory. The studio founded by Westwood veterans was looking for $700,000 to make the free-to-play game it described as what you'd get "if World of Tanks, StarCraft and League of Legends h...

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"I think a Total War game based around WW1 could work. The ground battles would need re-doing for ..."

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American McGee gauging interest in crowdfunding Alice 3

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 14, 2013 10:30am PDT

American McGee has seemed quite content frolicking in the land of free-to-play and social games with the likes of Akaneiro: Demon Hunters and BigHead Bash, but one can't resist the call of teapots and pretty dresses for long. The Spicy Horse head is mooting the idea of Kicks...

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"GOD YES PLEASE I'm not sure where they'll take the story but for the audiovisual ..."

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Infinity sandbox space sim to crowdfund combat spin-off

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 13, 2013 6:00pm PDT

With Diablo III and Duke Nukem Forever released, for better or worse, who will teach our children the meaning of "vaporware?" Fear not, for we still have Infinity, the seamless sandbox spaceship MMO which lets you go all the way down to a planets's surface. Even that's maybe...

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"... Infinity, the seamless sandbox spaceship MMO which lets you go all the way down to a ..."

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The Specialists mod team Kickstarting free 'spiritual successor'

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 12, 2013 1:30pm PDT

You, the grizzled PC gamer in the corner, you remember diving around with akimbo pistols in that Half-Life mod in The Good Old Days, don't you? No, not Action Half-Life. No, you big silly, not The Opera. You know, The Specialists! Some of the folks behind that side-diving, s...

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"this is so invalid. This isin't the same TS mod team devs , not morfeo or others. It's the guy ..."

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Dreamfall Chapters Kickstarter ends, reaching Director's Cut stretch goal

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 11, 2013 6:00am PDT

Ragnar Tørnquist and Red Thread Games were clearly getting enough money to make Dreamfall Chapters, as its crowdfunding campaign rocketed out the gate and hit its $850,000 target in about a week, but how many stretch goals could it hit? Funding wrapped up over the weekend a...

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"The link should be in the first paragraph under "crowdfunding campaign" where it's visible, not ..."

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Torment: Tides of Numenera shatters Kickstarter record

By John Keefer, Mar 07, 2013 8:30am PST

We don't often report on Kickstarter projects before they are fully funded, but the just-launched crowdfunding for Torment: Tides of Numenera is an exception. When a game blasts through its $900,000 goal, tops $1 million in record time, and blows through two stretch goals in...

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"Frankly I don't see anything overtly special about Cook's contributions. He's a bright light in ..."

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Petroglyph introduces 'Victory' Kickstarter

By Steve Watts, Mar 06, 2013 11:15am PST

Petroglyph has announced a Kickstarter project for Victory, a strategy game that mixes gameplay elements from games like World of Tanks, StarCraft, and League of Legends.

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"Ha, I guess that makes sense then. I dunno just assumed a big dev like that that's been around ..."

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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter launched

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 06, 2013 6:45am PST

Hey, you! Do you want a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment? I am, of course, only asking for rhetorical effect: you do. You'll need to pay for it, though. inXile Entertainment today launched its crowdfunding campaign to make Torment: Tides of Numenera, a thematic and...

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"Was happy to see that $45 option for both Wasteland 2 and Numenera."

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Dreamfall Chapters trailer is pretty

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 04, 2013 6:45am PST

Have you pledged money to the Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey crowdfunding campaign yet? Yes? Then you'll be thrilled by this new trailer for Ragnar Tørnquist's conclusion to the adventure game trilogy. No? Then perhaps this'll win you over. Or not. Whatever. Watch ...

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"What kind of game is this? Do you go around doing quests, is it 3rd person, 1st person, what do ..."

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Skullgirls crowdfunding new characters

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 27, 2013 6:00am PST

Shutting down the team behind a game usually spells more than a mite of trouble for a game, but Skullgirls is recovering nicely after Reverge Labs laid off its makers last June. The team reformed as Lab Zero Games, is working on a PC version, and is now receiving huge sums o...

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Heavy Gear Assault announced for PC, seeking crowdfunding

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 20, 2013 11:15am PST

Typical! You wait a decade for a giant killbot game, then three come along at once. Publisher Stompy Bot Productions today announced Heavy Gear Assault, seeking $900,000 in crowdfunding to bring the free-to-play multiplayer game to PC. It's being made by MekTek Studios, the ...

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"Never mind - I see one of their (highest) financing milestones will provide "Single Player and ..."

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