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PSOne IP Fear Effect is staged for a comeback, providing it is successfully crowdfunded. Eurogamer reports that unlike the original title, the Fear Effect Sedna will be a low-budget indie affair courtesy of French developer Sushee, which got signed for the project off the back of Square Enix’s The Collective …
Read More »Harmonix cancels Rock Band 4 PC, ‘disappointed’ game missed crowdfunding goal
Developer Harmonix has ditched the PC version of Rock Band 4. The firm announced this on its Fig page for the project, observing that there isn’t a large enough audience to make developing for this platform viable. This follows Harmonix’s crowdfunding effort for Rock Band 4 and the Rock Band …
Read More »Rock Band 4’s PC crowdfunding push fails to reach target
The world of Rock Band has been hit with more bad news. Harmonix’s attempt to crowdfund a PC port of Rock Band 4 via Fig, which was to be developed by Sumo Digital, has ended in failure. The developer had looked for $1.5m. At the end of the campaign it …
Read More »Crowdfunding experts to share their secrets at Interface next month
Revolution Software, Playtonic and Edge Case to speak in 'The £6m Panel' on May 5th
Read More »Fan takes to Kickstarter to fund Life Is Strange 2
An avid fan of Dontnod’s Life Is Strange has opened a Kickstarter campaign that he hopes will pave the way to a sequel. Scott Ashby is looking for $20k. What would he do with this money? Option One: Approach Dontnod with an offer to fund Life is Strange 2,” the …
Read More »Dwarf Fortress dev: Moving from donations to Patreon doubled our income
‘Even a few steps is enough to drive everyone away,’ Tarn Adams says of previous method of funding ambitious simulation title
Read More »Site offering free accommodation for devs passes Kickstarter goal
Indiecouch.org aims to encourage game creators to open up their sofa to fellow devs during industry festivals and events
Read More »‘People still believe we play games all day’: Development’s perception problem
Kickstarters and regular blog posts are in danger of glossing over the public’s appreciation of the harsh realities involved in bringing a game to market. Develop asks leading devs at Playtonic, Cloud Imperium, Ninja Theory and Epic about potential ways to educate the masses
Read More »Dev of successful Kickstarter quits game due to ‘drama’
In 2014 Bear Simulator raised $100k on Kickstarter. The game itself was released on Steam last month. But backers and buyers have been told that future development of the title has been canned. Well the game didn’t have a great reception, has a stigma against its name and there’s plenty …
Read More »Bear Sim dev quits project, explaining: ‘It’s too hard to stay happy and productive’
John Farjay dismisses game as ‘a lost cause’ despite successfully raising $100,000 on Kickstarter and achieving positive review average on Steam
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