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Peter Molyneux’s Godus faces a tense last two days as the Kickstarter project slowly closes in on its 450,000 target. At the time of writing Godus stands at 418,000 – just 32,000 short of its goal. But with only 56 hours to go, it’s very much squeaky bums time down …
Read More »Molyneux: Assumptions of wealth hurt Kickstarter
22Cans boss says he doesn't have enough money to run the studio and fund Project Godus
Read More »Redundancies hit Frontier Developments
14 staff have lost their jobs at David Braben’s Frontier Developments. Eurogamer reports that the studio, which until the cuts employed 233 people, told those affected of the losses at 6pm on Friday December 14th, just 11 days before Christmas. "Frontier regretfully has given a total of 14 people (from …
Read More »Kickstarter report claims rising support for big projects
Research details trends for successful video game crowdfunding campaigns
Read More »Dizzy will not return – Oliver twins concede Kickstarter defeat
The Oliver Twins have admitted defeat in their Dizzy Returns Kickstarter campaign, which is currently short of its target by 325,000. The project hasonly managed to garner 24,635from 776 backers with seven days left till the crowdfunding deadline expires -attracting a fair dose of negativity on the way. Speaking to …
Read More »Oliver Twins accept defeat in Dizzy Returns Kickstarter
Crowdfunding campaign only raises £24,635 after 21 days
Read More »‘Where did the money go?’ ask Code Hero devs
Coding tool is still in production, but former developers claim they went unpaid
Read More »Oculus Rift wouldn’t get through new Kickstarter rules
Creator of virtual reality headset unlikely to use crowdfunding site again
Read More »Development turmoil threatens Code Hero survival
Lead developer Alex Peake insists crowdfunded coding tool is still on track amid allegations that funds have run dry
Read More »Oculus Rift boss on the key VR dev challenges
Palmer Luckey warns developers of the difficulties ahead for making virtual reality games
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