Tagged: games

October 9, 2013 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Independent game developer Digitalis is having another go at crowdfunding their first person space simulator game on Kickstarter.  With a lower goal and re-invigorated project, Skyjacker hopes to raise $150,000 over the next few weeks to be able to help fund a game release date… Read More

October 7, 2013 @ 3:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is the 5th Kickstarter campaign the team at Mantic Games has run and it seems that have it down pat.  Their initial goal of crowdunding $50,000 was crushed on day one within minutes of launching.  As of today they are over $224,000 raised with… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gridiron Thunder “Awesome Indie Football Game for OUYA” started with big expectations and much fanfare but slowly devolved into controversy and question.  The game was participating in OUYA’s Free the Games Fund and set to receive additional funding. The crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter set a… Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 1:14 am By JD Alois  |  

STEM virtual reality game controller set a crowdfunding goal of raising $250,000 this past Thursday and they hit this goal on the same day.   Standing at almost $500,000 only a few days into their campaign, the STEM system has the potential to enter the… Read More

September 14, 2013 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Oculus Rift crowdfunded over $2.4 Million on Kickstarter just over a year ago and remains one of the super-stars of crowdfunding.  Oculus went on to raise $16 Million in an A round of financing with some pretty big name supporters attached. While this soon to… Read More

September 3, 2013 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Heralding from Tokyo based independent studio comcept USA, a Japanese game design and dev studio launched in 2006, is potentially the next big game crowdfunding success. Mighty No. 9 just fired up their crowdfunding project last week on August 31st.  Stated goal was to raise… Read More

September 1, 2013 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Chris Roberts Sets New Stretch Goals of $18 & $19 Million. Stands as Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Ever. We just recently covered Star Citizen and their ongoing crowdfunding campaign as they had just passed $16 Million raised and now they have surpassed the next milestone… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

The first gathering was held in 2004 – not so long ago – but PAX has grown to become one of the most important Gaming conferences in the world.  The event has doubled in size every year tapping on the ceiling of capacity until organizers… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

When we last reported on crowdfunding video game Star Citizen it stood at $14 Million.  This was back in early July.  The ongoing crowdfunding voyage now stands at over $15 Million supported by over 221,000 “Star Citizens”. For those who have not been following the… Read More

August 1, 2013 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Game developer SnowFury Studios has launched a crowdfunding campaign:  Project Snowstorm.  This  Kickstarter campaign  is an attempt to bring the kind of in-depth story and rich 3D visuals expected from a Console game or PC title – to mobile phone and tablet devices.  Watch the video,… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Successfully Crowdfunded in April 2012, First Ever Million Dollar Plus Game on Kickstarter Releases RPG Shadowrun Returns. Launching for both PC and Mac on Steam  with mobile tablets coming soon, Shadowrun Returns, is a highly anticipated, crowdfunded videogame with a long history. Created by Harebrained Schemes in… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

With less than week left on this crowdfunding campaign, the organizers cancelled the Kickstarter project.  The company behind the effort, Stompy Bot Productions located in Canada, had set a target of $800,000 but stood at only $44,981 raised via 879 backers. In a posting on… Read More

June 16, 2013 @ 1:51 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The X-Cube is the spiritual successor to the Rubik’s Cube, and the project has met its $30,000 funding goal with about three weeks left to go in the campaign. The project was launched by Illinois Institute of Technology student Dane Christianson, who launched Moving Parts… Read More

June 13, 2013 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

It was previously reported the Shadows of the Eternals had canceled their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.  The campaign had been halted standing at $128,000 raised on a goal of $1.35 Million.  The original end date was to be the 19th of June. Now there are… Read More

June 11, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Polygon  |  

Chris Roberts is feeling good. He has persuaded over 150,000 people to kick-in $10 million for a product that doesn’t exist and won’t be completed until the end of 2014. But it’s not the pile of cash that’s lighting him up, not even the opportunity… Read More

June 10, 2013 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Until just recently, the category crowdfunded films and video held the crown of the most popular projects on Kickstarter but now crowdfunding games has usurped this position.  From the Kickstarter stats page games stand as follows: Games Category: Total projects 5,584 Total Dollars $144.21 Million… Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a backers update posted on Kickstarter, organizers of the crowdfunding campaign for Shadows of the Eternals has announced they are at least temporarily pulling their campaign.  Previously there were rumblings that if the crowdfunding campaign was not successful, the game most likely would not… Read More

May 6, 2013 @ 7:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Project Awakened, a third person action adventure game, announced a refund of all funds raised in from their crowdfunding campaign which fell short of their goals.  In an announcement posted on their web site they explained they were placing their crowdfunding effort on hold; Phosphor… Read More

May 1, 2013 @ 9:18 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Camelot Unchained is an MMORPG video game made for the PC that is approaching both the end of a Kickstarter campaign and a $2 million goal. If successful it would cement a place on the ever-changing crowdfunding leaderboard as one of the biggest campaigns of… Read More

April 30, 2013 @ 7:50 am By GamesIndustry.biz  |  

BattleBlock Theater devs say chaos will keep everything moving forward, studios big and small always face the same hurdles Anyone hoping that a new generation of consoles will bring some stability to the game industry is bound to be disappointed, according to the co-founders of… Read More