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New Canada-based team working on survival simulation to hit Kickstarter September 18th
Read More »Controversial Ouya Kickstarter game has funding suspended
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter has suspended Ouya exclusive Elementary, My Dear Holmes. Holmes was one of two games to arouse suspicions late last month after receiving a number of not only unusually high pledges, but also pledges from accounts using fake or celebrity names. Both Holmes and another title, Gridiron Thunder, …
Read More »Cross Plane controller aims to bring Wii U tablet control to Xbox 360 and PS3
A new Kickstarter project wants to bring some of the Wii U’s key functionality to owners of rival systems. The Cross Plane works by connecting an HDMI transmitter to devices such as Xbox 360, PS3 or PC. This then delivers their output directly to a Wii U tablet-like device complete …
Read More »Develop September: David Cage, Unity, photorealism, Yoshida on indies
Also inside: Next-gen photorealism, UI for VR, Autodesk talks indies, 100 tips for studio success, Wargaming, King and more
Read More »Star Citizen crowdfunding campaign tops $17m
Chris Robert’s Start Citizen crowdfunding experiment has reached new heights, crossing the $17m mark in raised funding. Incredibly, only $2.1m of that total was brought in by the project’s run on Kickstarter, meaning nearly $15m has been raised by other avenues such as direct PayPal donations. The in-development space simulator …
Read More »Uwe Boll takes to Kickstarter to fund Postal 2 – includes incredible video
You have to pay it because no-one else will pay it. You have to give me money that we do Postal 2.” That’s how director Uwe Boll is pitching his attempt to crowdfund $500,000 to make a Postal 2 movie. His pitch video can be seen below, although here’s a …
Read More »UPDATED: Suspicions surround Kickstarted Ouya exclusive Gridiron Thunder
The first two titles to qualify for Ouya’s Kickstarter funding promotion have been greenlit – although controversy has since enveloped one of the games. Both Sam Chandola’s Elementary, My Dear Holmes and MogoTXT’s Gridiron Thunder have hit their Kickstarter goals and pledged Ouya exclusivity. This means they qualify for Ouya’s …
Read More »Ouya initiative incites crowdfunding controversy
Free the Games projects draw speculation over the speed and source of funding
Read More »Precursor promises to persevere with Shadow of the Eternals
Two failed crowdfunding attempts haven’t stopped studio Precursor Games from pursuing its efforts to make and release ‘spiritual’ Eternal Darkness successor Shadow of the Eternals. The game recently saw its second Kickstarter attempt fall short of its $750k target by over $425k. But as predicted by MCV just last week, …
Read More »Kickstarter heading to Australia and New Zealand
Crowdfunding firm to hold two events in Sydney and Melbourne for developers looking to use site
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