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Failed Kickstarters, take note – not fulfilling your commitments is no longer consequence free. The Federal Trade Commission in the US has for the first time taken action over a failed Kickstarter campaign – a board game called The Doom That Came to Atlantic City. In 2012 creator Erik Chevalier …
Read More »Bloodstained breaks Kickstarter records
Spiritual Castlevania successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has become the most funded video game in Kickstarter history. The project is currently sitting on $4,265,467with a day and a half to go. That puts it above the previous games record holder, InXile’s yet to be released Planescape Tormet successor Torment: …
Read More »Armature to give away UE4 Wii U and Vita base code for free
Company behind Bloodstained ports will share with all devs authorised for those platforms
Read More »Razer allegedly in talks to buy Ouya
PC hardware and peripheral firm could purchase firm but talks are "still in flux"
Read More »Razer allegedly preparing Ouya buyout
PC hardware specialist Razer is reportedly in the process” of acquiring Ouya. The Kickstarted Android console firm was revealed as being up for sale in April. Now TechCrunch says that it has heard Razer could be the buyer. Ouya took to Kickstarter in 2012 on the hunt for 41m of …
Read More »Payload Studios’ TerraTech: Lessons learned from Kickstarter
The UK studio discusses how it built a community before asking for a penny – and how it kept that community on board
Read More »Bloodstained Vita port confirmed as Kickstarter campaign nears end
Koji Igarashi’s Kickstarter sensation Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has met a stretch goal promising a PS Vita port for the upcoming title. Anupdate postfor the campaign notes the Vita port is being developed by Armature, the same studio that will be developing the Wii U port promised at the …
Read More »Game filmmaker Uwe Boll drops all the f-bombs as Rampage 3 Kickstarter fails
Director Uwe Boll has released an expletive-laden video criticising… well, everyone, for his failed attempt to Kickstart Rampage 3. Boll has previously made movie adaptations of House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Dungeon Siege, Postal, Far Cry and, perhaps most infamously, Alone in the Dark. His latest crowdfunding effort is a …
Read More »Kickstarter troll victim Dimension Drive funded at second attempt
2Awesome Studio’s second attempt at crowdfunding sci-fi shooter Dimension Drive has been met with success. Despite seemingly coming close during its previous attempt at raising funds, the studio’s hopes were snatched away from them with just 30 minutes to goafter a fraudulent donation of €7,000 was reversed. The team had …
Read More »Trolled Kickstarter achieves funding at second attempt
DImension Drive surpasses €30,000 target with 13 days to go
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