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New studio KnightMayor seeks $400,000 for fantasy title with Dark Souls combat
Read More »Kickstarter title Mooncrest features ‘Souls-style’ combat, made by former BioWare devs
Four former BioWare staffers have got together to try and crowdfund a story-driven RPG with combat inspired by the Dark Souls series. Mooncrest is hoping to raise $400k, of which it has currently had $18k pledged. The single-player adventure promises branching dialogue and character development and real-time combat that studio …
Read More »Amplitude slips to the end of 2015
Harmonix has confirmed that Amplitude won’t now arrive until the end of the year, and even then only for some backers. The rhythm action reboot was supposed to be with us this summer but will now not arrive until the end of 2015. Kickstarter backers who bought in to the …
Read More »Fuze to publish Mega Man Legends successor Red Ash, console ports confirmed
Mega Man Legends spiritual successor Red Ash has been funded and confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One in addition to PC, thanks to a new publishing deal with Fuze Entertainment. VG247 reports on the news, which was announced by developer Comcept in an updated on the game’s in-progress Kickstarter campaign. …
Read More »Devolver is publishing Dropsy the Clown in September
It’s a pretty safe bet to say that the trailer for Dropsy: A Point & Click Hugventure is the most bizarre thing you’ll have seen today. Or maybe ever. Devolver has announced plans to publish the game, which was Kickstarted back in 2013, on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android …
Read More »Retailers push Mighty No.9 release date back to 2016
Question marks hang over Mighty No.9’s September release date. Videogamer reports that retailers including Amazon, GameStop and Walmart have all changed their release date for the physical version of the game from September 2015 to 2016. When questioned, publisher Deep Silver chose not to comment on the news. Mighty No.9 …
Read More »Shenmue 3 Kickstarter closes on $6.3m
$6,333,295 – that’s how much was successfully raised by Shenmue 3 on Kickstarter. The campaign came to a close over the weekend, with the final total raised from 69,320 backers. The number makes it the highest ever funded video game and the third highest funded ‘games’ project behind card game …
Read More »Broken Age will break even, Schafer predicts
The first major crowdfunding success for the games industry is now on course to break even. In a new video documentary, studio founder and veteran developer Tim Schafer explains that the adventure game’s development costs were actually more than the total raised via crowdfunding, according toGames Industry. My expectation with …
Read More »Schafer expects to break even with Broken Age
Double Fine founder says games sales have surpassed total raised via Kickstarter
Read More »Shenmue 3 shatters Kickstarter records for video games
Hotly anticipated sequel is most funded game of all time on leading crowdfunding platform
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