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Read More »Updated: Roam dev calls out 505 Games for ‘blatant’ copycat zombie game
But 505 claims its zombie title How to Survive has been under development for two years and points to early development videos that narrowly predate Roam Kickstarter
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfunding pot reaches $25m
Star Citizen, the galactic space trading game by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts has now raised $25 million in crowdfunding In aproject update, Robert’s wrote that the game had reached $24m just last week and has added another million in the week since: This milestone also means that October has …
Read More »Dark Matter dev blames failed Kickstarter for ‘unfinished’ controversy
InterWave developer says the game is complete, but the story won't be without more cash
Read More »Kickstarter expanding to Australia, New Zealand next month
Kickstarter is planning a November launch in Australia and New Zealand. The crowdfunding platform’s official site currently hosts a splash page revealing November 13th as the go ahead date for regional projects – though interested developers can start readying their campaigns immediately. The company is also hosting ‘Kickstarter Schools,’ a …
Read More »UPDATE: UK gaming’s Simon Byron is doing something brilliant on Kickstarter
Now this is what Kickstarter is really meant to be used for. Tired of millionaires taking to crowdfunding sites to launch products that they themselves are unwilling to back? Well this won’t be of any interest then because Simon Byron works in PR and we all know that’s where the …
Read More »Kickstarter heading to Australia and New Zealand next month
Crowdfunding site hosting four events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to field developer questions
Read More »AR glasses from ex-Valve staff appear on Kickstarter
The former head of Valve’s hardware division Jeri Ellsworth and ex-graphics technology dev Rick Johnson have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for augment reality glasses. The project had initially begun life while the two worked at Valve, but the duo left the company earlier this year, and took the …
Read More »James Pond Kickstarter is scrapped
The attempt to crowdfund a return for the James Pond IP has been scrapped. The project, fronted by one of the game’s original devs Chris Sorrell, was Kickstarted last month by rights holder Gameware Europe. However, with just 11 days to go it had raised just 16,000 of its 100,000 …
Read More »Star Citizen rockets past $20m in crowdfunding
Reaching milestone is a 'testament to the passion our backers have for PC gaming,' says Chris Roberts
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