Crowdfunded toys-to-life title to be granted ‘Yogscast Edition’ starring Duncan Jones of YouTube network
Read More »Game Kickstarters raise $43,000 on average
But more failed in 2015 than ever before
Read More »Parallax founders get back together for Descent successor
Volition and Outrage creators Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog crowdfunding $300,000 for Overload
Read More »Schafer reasserts dedication to crowdfunding: ‘It should be more than a stunt’
‘I want it to be a big part of how we make games in the future,’ says Double Fine founder following $3.3m campaign for Psychonauts 2
Read More »Development halted on Kickstarted Unsung Story
Having raised $660k over two years ago, the future of Yasumi Matsuno’s successfully Kickstarted RPG Unsung Hero looks incredibly uncertain. The game was originally due to be released in July 2015. A delay until late 2016 – and a change of direction for the gamplay – caused much consternation last …
Read More »Financial trouble forces Playdek to freeze Unsung Story development
RPG from Final Fantasy and Vagrant Story director Yasumi Matsuno crowdfunded $660,000 in 2014
Read More »Bulkhead’s WWII shooter revival Battalion 1944 passes Kickstarter goal in under three days
Project aimed at bringing back the glory days of Medal of Honor and Call of Duty 2 exceeds £100,000 goal
Read More »Ratchet & Clank, Tearaway and LittleBigPlanet devs announce first game
Foam Sword seeking £100,000 on Kickstarter to create Knights and Bikes
Read More »Ant Simulator cancelled after devs spend Kickstarter money on ‘booze and strippers’
Lead coder Eric Tereshinski quits project and pulls YouTube tutorial videos after long-term friends threaten to sue
Read More »Smedley scraps Hero’s Song Kickstarter
Pixelmage Games, the studio headed up by John Smedley, has pulled its Kickstarter campaign for debut title Hero’s Song. The campaign had only been running for one week and was attempting to raise $800,000. After seven days, 3,037 backers had only managed to pledge $136,849 towards this ambitious target. We’ve …
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