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Former pizza delivery driver Thomas Finch crowdfunding Ethereal to help finish development and make something 'my dad would be proud of'
Read More »VIDEO: Star Citizen planetside gameplay shown off for the first time
A video showing some on-planet action in crowdfunded mega-hit Star Citizen has been released. The game – whose total funding currently stands at over $58m – promises an ambitious reach far in excess of its many market rivals, and visiting bustling metropolises is one such example. Unlike other titles in …
Read More »PlayStation Home vets want to make PS4 virtual world Neotopia
A Kickstarter for a PlayStation Home-style virtual world on PS4 is now underway. It’s called Neotopia and has a number of developers that have previously worked on Sony’s surprisingly profitable PS3 venture, which is scheduled for termination next year. Features include customisable avatars and apartments, public spaces, voice and text …
Read More »Star Citizen to enter Guinness Book of World Records
In-development space sim Star Citizen will enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest crowdfunded effort ever, lead developer Chris Roberts has announced. Roberts stated in a new post on Roberts Space Industries that the title will go into the record books "not as the largest crowdfunded game …
Read More »‘The honeymoon is over’ as Kickstarter video game pledges are on track to halve in 2014
Has the crowd-funding bubble burst? Obviously the $54m raised by Star Citizen may seem to suggest not, but the story is different across the wider sector. Thomas Bidaux of consultancy firm ICO Partners told an audience at the Ludicious Festival in Zurich recently that Kickstarter funded video game success is …
Read More »Kickstarter updates T&Cs to warn that creators may face ‘legal action’ for unfinished projects
An alteration to Kickstarter’s terms and conditions has warned project creators that they may face legal action should they fail to delivery on successfully funded projects. When a project is successfully funded, the creator must complete the project and fulfil each reward. Once a creator has done so, they’ve satisfied …
Read More »Kickstarter clarifies what happens when a project is canned
Crowdfunding platform says creators "must make every reasonable effort" to appease backers
Read More »Successfully Kickstarted sword fighting game Clang is scrapped
Sword fighting game Clang will now not be released, despite being successfully Kickstarted in 2012. Creator Neal Stephenson hit the pause button” on development a year ago, despite the fact the game had long passed its $500k Kickstarter goal, raising $526,125. Now the project has been cancelled outright. Last year, …
Read More »Neil Stephenson ends development on $500,000 Kickstarter Clang
Game not 'sufficiently fun to attract additional investment'
Read More »Revolution’s Noirin Carmody joins Develop Live line-up
Broken Sword's funding model explained at October 2nd conference – Book your place now
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