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Developer Ys Net has embarked on yet another crowdfunding campaign for RPG sequel Shenmue 3. The game has already raised $6,333,295 Kickstarter, but the studio has opened what it calls a ‘Slacker Backer’ period designed to encourage those who didn’t pledge first time around to add their cash to the …
Read More »US court punishes Kickstarted card game for ‘crowdfunding theft’
The creators of a successfully Kickstarted card game have been fined $54,851 after backers were left without the product they had successfully funded. Asylum Playing Cards received over $35k back in October 2012, easily beating its $15k funding goal. However, backers have in the time since not received their product, …
Read More »How The Escapists broke out
Debbie Bestwick explains the process of taking a $10,000 Kickstarter to a $10m global indie hit
Read More »Ron Gilbert’s budget breakdown: Where does all that Kickstarter money go?
Monkey Island creator demonstrates budgeting for indie developers with his own plans for Thimbleweed Park
Read More »Rock Band dev Harmonix chooses Fig crowdfunding platform
Studio’s Alex Rigopulos to join funding site’s advisory board
Read More »Harmonix partners with Fig to crowdfund mystery title
Fig has announced a new partnership with Harmonix, with the developer planning to bring an unannounced title to the crowdfunding platform later this year. Harmonix CCO Alex Rigopulos will join the company’s advisory board as part of the deal – currently run by former Double Fine COO and Fig founder …
Read More »Caged Element cancels Rollcage successor’s Kickstarter campaign
Grip raised just over a quarter of its target, but plans for Early Access on course for November
Read More »Kickstarter for Rollcage successor Grip abandoned
Developer Caged Element have abandoned their attempt to Kickstart a successor to 1999 PlayStation racer Rollcage. Grip had been seeking CAD $657k ($500k/320k) but the studio decided to call it a day after raising just CAD $154k. We apologise for the lack of updates on our Kickstarter page; it’s hard …
Read More »Divinity: Original Sin II Kickstarted in under 12 hours
Developer Larian has admitted it was totally surprised by the speed at which its RPG sequel Divinity: Original Sin II was successfully funded on Kickstarter. The game hit its $500k target in under 12 hours and currently stands at $673 with 33 days to go. Who would’ve predicted that a …
Read More »Crowdfunding site Fig launched by Double Fine, Obsidian and inXile heads
Former Double Fine COO Justin Bailey has teamed up with industry veterans Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart and Tim Schafer to launch Fig – a crowdfunding platform with investment options for backers. Funded by venture capital firm Spark Capital, Fig will focus solely on video game projects. The platform aims to …
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