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Read More »Winterkewl explains where Yogventures’ Kickstarter funds went
Lead developer Kris Vale details how the Yogscast project broke down
Read More »Yogscast Kickstarter game cancelled; backers ‘unlikely’ to be refunded
A Kickstarter campaign for an adventure game based on popular YouTube channel Yogscast has been scrapped, with backers likely to lose out on a refund. The Yogventures project raised $570,000 on the crowd-funding site back in 2012, with indie developer Winterkewl Games set to create the title in time for …
Read More »Yogscast cancels Kickstarter-funded game
YouTube stars planning alternate rewards for backers
Read More »Bandai Namco to distribute Slightly Mad Studios’ Project Cars
Bandai Namco is to distribute racing title Project Cars worldwide. The crowd-funded game, which will hit Xbox One, PS4, Wii U and PC in November, is being developed by Need For Speed and Test Drive creators Slightly Mad Studios. Project Cars has been partially designed in collaboration with the game’s …
Read More »Harmonix insists Kickstarter is Amplitude’s only hope
Time is ticking on Harmonix’s Amplitude Kickstarter, and the studio has insisted that should it fail that will be that for the planned retro remake. The pitch currently stands at $250k – that’s over half a million dollars short of its funding goal – with just eight days left. You …
Read More »Star Citizen receives $4m in two months
Chris Roberts' Space sim MMO has now raised a total of $37m
Read More »Another $1m raised for Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar
New RPG from creator of Ultima has now received more than $3m in donations
Read More »Neal Stephenson’s Clang out of money
Crowdfunded medieval sword combat game is latest Kickstarter to come up short
Read More »Ouya initiative incites crowdfunding controversy
Free the Games projects draw speculation over the speed and source of funding
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