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Read More »Dark Souls board game crowdfunds £3.7m, is second-highest tabletop Kickstarter to date
Adaptation of From Software’s brutal RPG series is second only to the Exploding Kittens card game
Read More »Dark Souls Board Game passes £3.5m as it enters final stretch on Kickstarter
It was after just 50k. Now the creators of Dark Souls: The Board Game have seen their funding pass the 3.5m mark as the venture reaches the final few hours of its Kickstarter. Funding currently stands at 3,564,906 with four hours to go. And that total is raising every minute, …
Read More »System Shock: Remastered to use Unity, headed to Kickstarter
Campaign from System Shock: Enhanced Edition co-creator Night Dive Studios to launch at end of June with an as-yet unspecified target
Read More »Failed Kickstarter boss admits to spending funds on building house
As remarkable Kickstarter meltdowns go, this is probably the daddy. Back in 2013, Peachy Printer raised $651k to make what was being dubbed as the world’s first $100 3D printer. However, in a remarkable update, co-creator Rylan Grayston has claimed that partner and financial manager David Boe has spent $320k …
Read More »PayPal removes purchase protection for crowdfunding campaigns
The crowdfunding gamble has just got a little riskier with news that online payment giant PayPal will no longer offer payment protection on money pledged to crowdfunding campaigns. PayPal’s customer protection is typically pretty robust and has for some been seen as a much-needed failsafe should a Kickstarter go belly-up, …
Read More »PayPal to drop Purchase Protection for crowdfunding payments
Updated policy means payment service will no longer provide a safety net for unfulfilled campaigns
Read More »E-ink watch Kickstarter goes bankrupt, leaving backers out of pocket
A smartwatch manufacturer has declared bankruptcy, telling its backers that they are unlikely to ever get their money back. Central Standard Timing saw its CST-01, dubbed the world’s thinnest watch, successfully funded to the tune of over $1m back in 2013. The Verge reports that manufacturing problems reared their head …
Read More »Mighty No. 9 has another release date Inafune promises won’t be missed
Almost three years on from its successful Kickstarter, Mighty No. 9 might actually be on track for a release. In January the game was delayed for a third time to ‘spring 2016′. Technically it has missed that date, too – the game is currently due out on June 24th (June …
Read More »Romero and Carmack cancel Blackroom Kickstarter
The Kickstarter for a new FPS from the co-creator of Doom has been cancelled. The crowdfunding campaign for Blackroom only went live on Monday and had in the four days that followed received backing of over $130k, toward its goal of $700k. However, John Romero and Id Software co-founder Adrian …
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