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The promised return of retro franchise Toejam and Earl has arrived on Kickstarter. The game, teased earlier this month, is called Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove and is being made by one of the original game’s creators and current IP owners Greg Johnson and his studio Humanature. Johnson …
Read More »Why are some of the games media’s biggest names turning to Patreon?
In the first week of 2015, IGN veterans Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty left the gaming site. For some time the duo – along with producers Tim Gettys and Nick Scarpino – had been working on their side project, Kinda Funny. It was essentially the four of them talking to …
Read More »The Stomping Land designer quits as Kickstarter game looks dead and buried
Kickstarter has received another PR blow with what appears to be the abandonment of another successfully funded game. Vlad Konstantinov, who was responsible for the game’s dinosaur models, has quit work on the game after lead developer Alex ‘Jig’ Fundora stopped communicating with him. I’m sad to say this but …
Read More »GSC Game World: West Games incapable of making full STALKER title
"Who is so stupid as to give them money?" asks series creators
Read More »Godus designer can’t see game delivering on Kickstarter promises
Peter Molyneux’s Godus may never grow to be the game that was promised when it launched on Kickstarter. As reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, designer Konrad Naszynski has in a series of posts on the Godus message boards expressed his frustration – and indeed, his cautious optimism – about what …
Read More »Warren Spector working on new Underworld game
Epic Mickey designer reunites with Looking Glass co-founder Paul Neurath on Kickstarter project
Read More »Xbox designers’ card game Kickstarted in less than 20 minutes
Exploding Kittens raises more funding than Oculus Rift
Read More »Xbox designers enjoy record Kickstarter success with card game Exploding Kittens
A new card game created by two Xbox designers has set the world of crowdfunding alight. Exploding Kittens is co-created by former Xbox chief design officer Elan Lee, former Xbox Entertainment principle art director Shane Small and The Oatmeal creator Matt Inman. Having sought just $10k in funding the game …
Read More »Kickstarter: We’re not in decline for games
Funding platform Kickstarter has hit back against critics that claim crowdfunded video games are on the decline. The firm announced on January 6th that $89.1m was pledged towards successful ‘games’ projects, a drop of 15 per cent year-on-year. In fact, this number also includes board games and other such products …
Read More »Chris Roberts: Crowdfunding ‘isn’t really about the money’
Star Citizen funds expected to reach $100m this year
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