Tagged: games

April 29, 2013 @ 9:04 pm By GameZone  |  

After reaching more than $2 million in crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the Star Citizen developer kept donations open via its Roberts Space Industries website. It now has a pool of $9 million from both sources combined. That’s an increase of $1 million since mid-February. Star Citizen… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 11:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

MERCS Miniatures in Indianapolis, Indiana has a lot to celebrate as the campaign for their new board game ends. The campaign for “MYTH” is set to finish at over $900,000 of funding, completely destroying their original goal of $40,000. UPDATE: The final tally was $924,876… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:04 am By The Escapist  |  

Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen Kickstarter has raised over $8 million, and fans continue to jump in, despite the game being over a year away from release. “I can make the same game for a fifth of the revenue [of a AAA title], a fifth of… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

GameLaunched, a crowdfunding platform for gaming which launched on March 21st, reported a significant increase in user registration.  GameLaunched, is a US based –  international crowdfunding website for gaming.  It is presently the only US crowdfunding site exclusive to gaming.  Gamelaunched successfully launched on March,… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 9:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Divinity: Original Sin, a role playing game crowdfunding on Kickstarter, has surpassed their $400,000 goal and have set up new stretch goals to keep the momentum and funding going.  Reward tiers start at $5 and scale up to $10,000. Divinity was recognized as one of… Read More

April 14, 2013 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Shovel Knight, a multi-platform game, has crowdfunded $311,502 on Kickstarter far surpassing their $75,000 goal.  The crowdfunding campaign was supported by 14,749 backers.  Shovel Knight is a product of LA based Yacht Club Games. Stretch goals were incorporated into the crowdfunding effort to help boost… Read More

April 9, 2013 @ 4:25 am By Gamasutra  |  

It was a small story we ran just before GDC that kind of flew under the radar, so you’d all be forgiven (minus Kris, who authored the thing) for missing that a game just got funded through equity crowdfunding. That is to say, rather than through… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, has surpassed their stated $1 Million goal on Kickstarter by raising just shy of $2 Million via support from over 22,000 backers.  This comes soon after the most money raised by a video game was announced as Torment: Tides of… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Most Funded Video Game Ever Crowdfunded on Kickstarter Surpassing the success of Double Fine Adventure,  the game Torment: Tides of Numenera crowdfunded a total of $4,188,927 which closed this past weekend.  The initial target was $900,000.  Over 74,000 backers supported this crowdfunding home run on… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 5:39 am By Forbes  |  

Camelot Unchained, the upcoming RvR-centric MMORPG from Mark Jacobs and City State Entertainment, could be the spiritual successor to the classic Dark Age of Camelot.  We had a chance to talk to CSE co-founder Mark Jacobs and ask a few questions regarding the game and… Read More

April 3, 2013 @ 6:26 am By Gaston Gazette  |  

Robert Burke looks for players. … The Belmont family man spends office hours as a banker. On nights and weekends, he combines artistic talent with an interest in board games — a recipe that’s paying off. To scope potential interest and investors, Burke turned to… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 6:36 pm By VentureBeat  |  

With three days left, developer InXile Entertainment’s Torment Kickstarter surpasses Double Fine Adventure’s crowdfunding total. Is Obsidian Entertainment’s Project Eternity next? Torment: Tides of Numenera has more than 61,000 backers for a total pledge amount just short of $3,370,000. That’s more than Double Fine’s $3,336,371… Read More

March 29, 2013 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunded game console Ouya has revealed their pricing and ship date on their site.  The price is set at $99.99 with an additional controller priced at $49.99.  Along with selling their product directly, several national retailers have signed up to push the product.  Ouya raised… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 8:07 pm By AllThingsD  |  

Just over a year after the videogame Double Fine Adventure set records on Kickstarter, talk about the crowdfunding leader is in the air at GDC, the Game Developers Conference being held this week in San Francisco. On the conference’s first day, ICO Partners CEO Thomas… Read More

March 24, 2013 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has done some internal polling and they have delivered a list of favorite games from their staff which were crowdfunded on their platform.  The list for video games and table top games – all available now – are below.  The list was compiled in… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 11:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Richard Garriott, the award winning designer and creator of the Ultima franchise, makes his triumphant return to the genre that earned him a place in the Hall of Fame and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Shroud of the Avatar is the first installment of Richard’s new… Read More

March 1, 2013 @ 7:39 pm By Gamasutra  |  

Crowdfunding is in vogue among game developers this year, if the results of a recent survey are any indication. The organizers of Gamasutra’s sister show the Game Developers Conference recently surveyed 2,500 game developers — all of whom either attended last year’s show or plan on attending… Read More

February 26, 2013 @ 6:15 am By PocketGamer  |  

Not content with merely funding its latest project on Kickstarter, one developer has announced it is to use the crowdfunding platform for a world record attempt. Supersonic Software – previously behind entries in the Micro Machines series – has taken to Kickstarter with World’s Biggest Wordsearch, which (as… Read More

February 24, 2013 @ 10:23 am By CinemaBlend  |  

Adventure game Dreamfall Chapters‘s Kickstarter campaign is still going strong. Earlier today, crowd-funding for the Longest Journey and Dreamfallsequel passed the $1 million mark. “Thanks, everyone! We are SO happy and grateful for your continued support. Onwards & upwards!” said Red Thread on Kickstarter. Chapters continues the storyline of the previous… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 6:18 am By Develop Online  |  

Introversion’s Prison Architect has raised an impressive $1 million through crowdfunding. The title is based around the concept of building a prison while at the same time attempting to keep the inmates from running riot and escaping.  More than 30,000 people have pledged funds to… Read More