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UK creative types will from this autumn have the option of Kickstarting their ideas. That’s because one of the biggest success stories of 2012, crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, is to launch in the UK this autumn. As reported last month, Kickstarter has to date led to the successful bankrolling of over …
Read More »Kickstarter successfully funds 700 games
More than 30 potential games have raised more than $100k through crowd-funding site
Read More »Former Inside Xbox crew smash crowd-funding targets
Explosive Alan Productions, the new venture from former members of the Inside Xbox team, has received more than $16,000 through crowd-funding. Dan Maher, Ashley Denton and Gareth Wild have put together a video calling to their loyal viewers for donations that will go towards Explosive Alan’s new multi-format show, codenamed …
Read More »Game-only crowdfunding platform revealed
A new games-specific equity-based crowdfunding platform has made a call for developers to submit proposals. Gambitious is pitched as the first professional crowd funding platform exclusively dedicated to the games industry, and has been set up by a group of developers and publisher Mastertronic. The platform, hailing from Holland, offers …
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Stainless and GOG team up, providing original game free to backers of $25 or more
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Less than 16 hours to raise $60,000 for Ryan Payton's AAA iOS experiment
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Read More »Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter ends on $670k
Latest crowdfunding success garners more than 14,000 backers
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Read More »Avellone reccommends new talents for Kickstarter
Obsidian developer urges crowdfunders to consider 'interns or juniors'
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