Tag Archives: crowdfunding

The creator of the first X-Com game has revealed he was so incensed by the announcement of 2K’s X-Com FPS spin-off that he almost crowdfunded a spiritual successor to the original. Take-Two announced a first person X-Com title all the way back in 2010, prior to the release of Firaxis’ …

Developer Lilith announces new partnership with indie publisher

The actors and actresses behind icons such as Luke Skywalker, Dana Scully and Gollum are among the many stars confirmed as starring in the single player portion of Star Citizen. Mark Hamill, Gillian Anderson and Andy Serkis are joined by the likes of Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight, Fifth Element) …

5th Cell impressed by success of Outer Wilds

5th Cell, the creator of Scribblenauts, is to launch a completely new franchise via the power of crowdfunding. The studio, which was also behind DS title Drawn to Life, has joined Double Fine, Harmonix, Obsidian Entertainment, inXile Entertainment and Mobius Digital on new funding service Fig. The platform was set …

Despite raising $73,000 through crowdfunding, game creator still needs more funds

The chances of Zelda-inspired 2D adventure title Midora ever making it to market now look incredibly slim. Having won over $73,000 worth of Kickstarter funding back in the summer of 2014, Midora was due to arrive in January of this year. That, clearly, did not happen. And now creator Mhyre …

Developer Yu Suzuki has said that the game’s $6,333,295 Kickstarter total is not enough for him to do everything he wanted with Shenmue 3. "I could do with a bit more money,” he told Eurogamer. The game itself doesn’t have to be gorgeous visually – a lot of the money …

Crowdfunding platform promises to continue enabling creative projects to find success

Slacker Banger funding drive runs until December 31st