Tagged: games

February 11, 2013 @ 1:01 am By Forbes  |  

With just under $50,000 raised, these next two days could be nail-biters. The game is a turn-based strategy game in which you guide a nomadic tribe across randomly generated maps to reach “God Mountain.” Death is permanent, and choices made along the way impact your… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 10:45 am By VentureBeat  |  

Brian Fargo. Tim Schafer. Chris Roberts. Chris Taylor. These designers are responsible for a number of noteworthy video games. And all four also have another thing in common — they’ve gone to Kickstarter to fund their latest projects. Path of Exile recently went into open… Read More

January 30, 2013 @ 7:00 am By MCV  |  

Andy Schatz, developer of the upcoming award-winning indie Monaco, has expressed his concern with Kickstarter stretch goals – calling the idea “total bullshit” when going about designing a game. Speaking to Penny Arcade Report, Schatz stated that while happy for the people that have found success… Read More

January 29, 2013 @ 7:39 am By NowGamer  |  

Kickstarted games might not have millions of sales, but it’s perfect for the games that are being made says Artizens dev. Kickstarter doesn’t look like it’s about to go away any time soon, but despite the millions of dollars collected through the crowdfunding service it’s… Read More

January 22, 2013 @ 6:17 pm By Develop  |  

Are crowdfunded projects being given a free ride away from criticism? Before I get into this, let me start by saying that Kickstarter has been a revelation for the game industry, and a positive one. Developers are able to get their niche projects off the… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 3:13 pm By SmithsonianMag  |  

In 2009, a crowd-funding website called Kickstarter opened its doors to creatives who wanted to find funding for their projects. Since then, thousands of projects have been funded, and some clear trends have emerged. Games are clear winners, but so are, it seems, dance projects?… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 1:03 am By ABC.net  |  

Kickstarter has become one of the main hubs on the internet for crowdfunding, raising almost US$320 million last year from over 2.2 million people around the world. The United States-based website recently published figures showing that 18,109 projects have been successfully funded, with supporters giving… Read More

January 12, 2013 @ 5:31 am By BBC  |  

Power-up! PC gaming giant Valve confirms plans to make its own “Steam Box” console, and invests in hardware-maker Xi3. Special attack! The boss of Ouya, the crowdfunded Android console, meets games developers and accessory partners in Las Vegas just weeks before revealing her device’s launch… Read More

January 3, 2013 @ 11:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming from the pages of VentureBeat, Crowdfunding Game Pixel Academy was their number 2 Gaming Story for 2012, which was Crowdfunding on Fundable: #2.Educational outreach program Pixel Academy looking for a place to call home. Offering workshops on topics like video game design, 3D printing, film making,… Read More

January 1, 2013 @ 3:58 am By Joystiq  |  

If 38 Studios was the mainstream game industry story of the year, then crowdfunding site Kickstarter is indisputably the industry watcher’s story of the year. Kickstarter has changed the way developers fund and market games into the foreseeable future. It altered the industry so radically this year that we… Read More

December 29, 2012 @ 2:08 am By VentureBeat  |  

As we punch the clock on 2012, we can safely call it the year of Kickstarter … at least for games. After developer Double Fine (The Cave, Psychonauts) broke the crowdfunding concept wide open with its hugely successful campaign that raised over $3.45 million to produce a… Read More

December 15, 2012 @ 4:27 am By Statesmen.com  |  

A few years ago, Chris Roberts felt the itch to return to his old stomping grounds – making video games. The veteran Austin designer responsible for the iconic “Wing Commander” franchise had been making movies for most of the past decade. Meanwhile, the gaming universe… Read More

December 4, 2012 @ 5:10 pm By The New Zealand Herald  |  

Shem Phillips has his own game publishing label, Garphill Games. His most recent, game Plethora, was funded through PledgeMe. Another of his designs, Saqqara got picked up by a European publisher and was released at SPIEL in Essen this year, the largest board gaming convention… Read More