APB Reloaded dev crowdfunding stunt-tastic FPS
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...
READ MORE >Torment Kickstarter adds Chris Avellone stretch goal
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....
READ MORE >"the original was both, isometric and combat was technically real time but D&D turns under the ..."
see all 11 commentsChant 'em up SoundSelf hits Kickstarter
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...
READ MORE >"Try the prototype. It's pretty ..."
see all 7 commentsShroud of the Avatar multiplayer options range from offline to dozens online
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...
READ MORE >"I backed it on day one but this makes me a bit leery, I like tight, focused designs and this ..."
see all 9 commentsPetroglyph concedes defeat in Victory Kickstarter
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...
READ MORE >"I think a Total War game based around WW1 could work. The ground battles would need re-doing for ..."
see all 12 commentsAmerican McGee gauging interest in crowdfunding Alice 3
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...
READ MORE >"GOD YES PLEASE I'm not sure where they'll take the story but for the audiovisual ..."
see all 27 commentsInfinity sandbox space sim to crowdfund combat spin-off
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...
READ MORE >"... Infinity, the seamless sandbox spaceship MMO which lets you go all the way down to a ..."
see all 8 commentsThe Specialists mod team Kickstarting free 'spiritual successor'
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...
READ MORE >"this is so invalid. This isin't the same TS mod team devs , not morfeo or others. It's the guy ..."
see all 7 commentsDreamfall Chapters Kickstarter ends, reaching Director's Cut stretch goal
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...
READ MORE >"The link should be in the first paragraph under "crowdfunding campaign" where it's visible, not ..."
see all 8 commentsTorment: Tides of Numenera shatters Kickstarter record
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...
READ MORE >"Frankly I don't see anything overtly special about Cook's contributions. He's a bright light in ..."
see all 5 commentsPetroglyph introduces 'Victory' Kickstarter
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.
READ MORE >"Ha, I guess that makes sense then. I dunno just assumed a big dev like that that's been around ..."
see all 14 commentsTorment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter launched
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...
READ MORE >"Was happy to see that $45 option for both Wasteland 2 and Numenera."
see all 38 commentsDreamfall Chapters trailer is pretty
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 ...
READ MORE >"What kind of game is this? Do you go around doing quests, is it 3rd person, 1st person, what do ..."
see all 6 commentsSkullgirls crowdfunding new characters
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...
READ MORE >Heavy Gear Assault announced for PC, seeking crowdfunding
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 ...
READ MORE >"Never mind - I see one of their (highest) financing milestones will provide "Single Player and ..."
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