Satellite Reign Kickstarter ends, hitting destructible environments stretch goal
It was looking ropey for a while, but Satellite Reign eventually blew through its £450,000 ($530k-ish) crowdfunding goal and on Sunday wrapped up its main campaign. The self-declared "spiritual successor" to Syndicate Wars hit some fine stretch goals towards the end, so it'...
READ MORE >Shadow of the Eternals crowdfunding relaunched
Precursor Games has relaunched its crowdfunding campaign for Shadow of the Eternals, a "spiritual successor" to GameCube survival horror Eternal Darkness made by some of the folks behind the original at Silicon Knights. Which proved to be a bit of a problem, as many don't ha...
READ MORE >"Check this project out again guys, the updates are looking pretty good (boxed Collector's ..."
see all 7 commentsTabletop/video game hybrid Golem Arcana is next for Shadowrun Returns studio
HareBrained Schemes has debuted its next project, a hybrid tabletop/video game that uses real pieces with a mobile device for score-keeping. It will start crowd-funding in August.
READ MORE >"There's something unique about having physical play pieces that can't be expressed via an ..."
see all 13 commentsShadowrun Returns review: classic RPG reborn
Shadowrun Returns is a triumphant return to the classic days of old-school computer RPGs.
READ MORE >"Seriously? It was THAT difficult for these geniuses to include an Auto-Save? Wow."
see all 54 commentsKnights of Pen & Paper dev crowdfunding Power Rangers-y TV show sim
Knights of Pen & Paper developer Behold Studios is planning another meta-game, this time a TV sim where you make a Power Rangers-ish show, with layers of running a studio and fighting tactical battles in episodes. It's trying to crowdfund Chroma Squad, and is having a great ...
READ MORE >Giana Sisters dev crowdfunding Ravensdale
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams developer Black Forest Games was formed from remnants of Spellbound Entertainment, and is now resurrecting one of the Gothic 4 maker's old projects. It's trying to crowdfund Ravensdale, a steampunk fantasy "run&gun platformer" boasting four-play...
READ MORE >Satellite Reign trailer shows more of Syndicate Wars 'spiritual successor'
With only six days left on its crowdfunding campaign, somehow Satellite Reign may not quite hit its $530,000 (ish) goal. So, to stir up interest, here's a short new trailer of an in-engine "gameplay visualisation" showing how its cyberpunk city and squad-based tactical actio...
READ MORE >"Support agent? Now it's starting to feel gamey. Still a nice title that should make the cut."
see all 14 commentsWasteland 2 delayed due to expanded scope
inXile Entertainment had long hoped to launch Wasteland 2 in October, but has needed to push its crowdfunded RPG back a little. All those stretch goals it hit have made for a whole lot of extra work, see, so development's running about six weeks behind. inXile now plans to d...
READ MORE >"I suspect the truth is that it's way more than 6 weeks behind. This announcement is just a bid ..."
see all 7 commentsOuya launches $1 million fund to secure exclusives
Ouya has announced a $1 million pool of funds to be doled out towards promising Kickstarter Android projects that commit to 6 months of Ouya exclusivity.
READ MORE >"You guys just don't understand what is at the root of this platform. Whatever man."
see all 7 commentsPolice Quest creator crowdfunding Precinct
The folks behind Space Quest have crowdfunded a rebirth of their adventure game series, and here comes another Sierra 'Quest' classic. Police Quest creator Jim Walls is looking for $500,000 to fund his new first-person police procedural, named Precinct.
READ MORE >"The only Police Quest he did was Police Quest 4 though. After that, it quickly became SWAT, ..."
see all 17 commentsShroud of the Avatar progress video shows off 11 minutes of gameplay
Richard Garriott has released a video of the Shroud of the Avatar prototype he recently showed at the Rooster Teeth expo.
READ MORE >"Yeah, thought I hope we can stay zoomed in all the time and not have the overhead map."
see all 5 commentsWasteland 2 signs physical distribution deal with Deep Silver
One big drive in the recent crowdfunding bonanza has been a sentiment of "publishers can go rot", but publishers do also provide valuable services beyond developers' area of expertise. Wasteland 2 developer inXile today announced it's signed a distribution deal with publishe...
READ MORE >"It sounds like they would be smart to do that, considering they are the ones who stand to lose ..."
see all 6 commentsBroken Age running out of money, releasing in two halves on Steam Early Access
Raising $3.4 million may have been far beyond Broken Age's crowdfunding goal of $400,000, but Tim Schafer has said that "didn't stop me from getting excited and designing a game so big that it would need even more money." Facing running out of cash to make the adventure game...
READ MORE >"Yeah, it's not like anyone there has ever made a game before... "
see all 115 commentsDouble Fine's Massive Chalice Kickstarter ends at $1.2 million
Double Fine's Kickstarter campaign for Massive Chalice has ended, raising about $1.2 million from its initial $725,000 goal.
READ MORE >"Though yer i wouldn't mind seeing some gameplay before i backed it, does sound awesome though."
see all 4 commentsSyndicate Wars co-creator crowdfunding 'spiritual successor' Satellite Reign
Starbreeze's recent FPS reboot Syndicate did offer some jolly pleasant cyborg murder machine co-op action, but it was certainly nothing like the original. It may not matter if rights-holder EA has no interest in careful top-down tactical games, as Syndicate Wars co-creator M...
READ MORE >"Between this, Star Citizen and Shroud of the Avatar, my teenage years are coming back alive!"
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