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The Broken Sword franchise is set to return – provided it wins sufficient support on Kickstarter. Original series creator Charles Cecil has taken to the crowd funding platform and hopes to emulate the success of Tim Schafer’s successfully funded new Double Fine project. Broken Sword: The Serpent’s Curse Adventure will, …

Virtual reality Kickstarter breaks past $1.8m

Montreal-based indie looking for $75,000 to fund 2D action title Mercenary Kings

Brendan Iribe takes charge of virtual reality start-up

Julie Uhrman, the CEO of Ouya, has told MCV that her company feels a burden of responsibility to deliver on all of its promises for its thousands of backers. The Ouya Kickstarter closed last week having raised an astonishing total of $8,596,475 from 63,416 separate backers. We’ve been stunned by …

Having embarked on its Kickstarter journey with a lofty target of $950k, Ouya Kickstarter dream has reached a spectacular conclusion. Having gone live on July 10th, the project closed last night with total funding of $8,596,475 from 63,416 backers. In addition, Kickstarter has revealed that 12 backers pledged a total …

More than 60,000 backers pledge support for new platform

The organisers of a gay-focused gaming and geek convention have easily hit their funding target on crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter. The project had sought $25k in funding but at the time of writing stands at $31,301 with 24 days still to go. To date it has attracted 634 backers. Community is …

Crowdfunding campaign gathers momentum for headset and devkit

Ouya’s Kickstarter has surpassed the $6m mark entering the homestretch, and the creators aren’t about to let it finish with a whisper. The company has announced a new Kickstarter-exclusive edition Ouya console for those who plunk down $140 or higher for the campaign. The console comes in a darker colour …