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Kickstarter: 2012 has been the year of the game

Over the past eight months more than $50m has been put toward game campaigns on Kickstarter. A Kickstarter blog post entitled ‘The Year of the Game’ breaks down games meteoric rise on the service since it started in 2009. The numbers count for digital games, as well as board and …

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Classic brands find new life in Kickstarter

Publishers may be investing millions in rebooting franchises such as Tomb Raider and Devil May Cry, but UK developers have found a more cost-effective route to market. More and more studios are using crowd-funding platform Kickstarter to bring back classic gaming brands. Earlier this week, Silverball Studios called for funding …

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Classic pinball series to be reborn thanks to Kickstarter campaign

Crowdfunding isn’t just being used to create new games brand – it’s bringing new life to old ones as well. UK developer Silverball Studios has kicked off a Kickstarter campaign to fund the revival of the popular Pro Pinball series. The franchise first emerged in 1995, but has not been …

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