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Rare-inspired 3D platformer becomes highest crowdfunded British game of all time
Read More »Troll sabotages Kickstarter with fraudulent €7,000 pledge
2Awesome Studio nearly reaches $25,000, but payment was reversed with 30 minutes to go
Read More »Troll breaks developer’s heart on Kickstarter
What’s worse than not hitting your Kickstarter target? Thinking you have hit it, only to have that dream taken away. That’s exactly what happened to 2Awesome Studio whose shooter Dimension Drive was nearing its $25k with only minutes to spare. It seemed that success was to elude the group, only …
Read More »Yooka-laylee becomes most funded UK game Kickstarter ever
Playtonic’s crowdfunding success has just hit another milestone. The studio has announced that Yooka-Laylee, funding for which currently stands at 1.585m, has now claimed the title of the highest crowdfunded UK video game campaign ever, bypassing previous record holder Elite Dangerous. The project earlier this month hit its initial 175k …
Read More »22Cans: ‘Crowdfunding has waned, and that’s a good thing’
Kickstarter is losing its popularity and that’sgood news for the games industry, says 22cans. The developer came under fire from the media and consumers after its Kickstarter project – Godus – suffered development issues. The firm later admitted it may fail to meet some of the pledges it made to …
Read More »Castlevania designer’s spiritual successor smashes Kickstarter goal
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night raises $1m in first day
Read More »Former BioShock devs shelve The Black Glove
The surreal first-person adventure from some of the creative minds behind BioShock has been temporarily canned. The Black Glove, a new title from Day For Night Games, was being developed by a team offormer Irrational Games staff. The studio set up aKickstarter campaignto fund the title, but it wasunsuccessful. We’ve …
Read More »‘Sod ’em, we’ll do it anyway’: How Solarix survived a failed Kickstarter
PulseTense Games on releasing the horror title after four years of development and an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign
Read More »Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee meets £175k Kickstarter goal in 40 minutes
The crowdfunding campaign for Playtonic’s new 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee has already surpassed its funding goal of 175,000, less than an hour after it began. The game is developed by ex-Rare developers and is billed as the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. It stars a chameleon named Yooka and a bat called …
Read More »Star Citizen’s crowdfunding effort surpasses $80m mark
The unstoppable crowdfunding force that is Star Citizen has surpassed $80m in funding. Roberts Space Industries funding page shows the in development PC and Linux game is approaching $80.5m at time of publication – the latest milestone was reached thanks to a recent sale on ships and other in-game items. …
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