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The Walking Dead TTRPG Fully Funded In 24 Hours on Kickstarter

Last November, Free League Publishing announced they were working on The Walking Dead TTRPG. This multimedia franchise began as a comic book by Robert Kirkman, emphasizing messy interpersonal…

March 14, 2023 | 02:32 EDT

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Drone Warfare Game Set in Ukraine "Death From Above" Announced, Kickstarter Launched

Publisher Lesser Evil and Finnish developer Rockodile Games announced their upcoming game "Death from Above." The game is an arcade-style drone simulator set during the ongoing Russian invasion of…

March 9, 2023 | 12:38 EST

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Veteran Japanese Developers Launch Kickstarter Campaign for Mecha Game Project MBR

Tokyo-based developer Sieg Game launched the Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming mecha game "Project MBR." The project, which was revealed a few days ago, is a  5 vs. 5 mecha combat game made in…

March 7, 2023 | 12:42 EST

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New Mecha Game Project MBR for PS5 & PC Announced by Veteran Japanese Developers

Tokyo-based developer Sieg Games announced a brand new multiplayer mecha game titled (for now) Project MBR.  The game is in development for PS5 and PC via Steam, and it's a 5 vs. 5 mecha combat game…

March 1, 2023 | 10:43 EST

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Retro-Style Shadowgate Sequel Beyond Shadowgate Announced

After more than 30 years, classic dungeon-crawler Shadowgate is finally getting a sequel. Beyond Shadowgate is a retro-style dungeon crawler with "modern conveniences", and it's getting a Kickstarter…

January 23, 2023 | 04:57 EST

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Wonderful 101 Kickstarter Update Answers Burning Questions

After six months of radio silence, Wonderful 101 backers finally received an update on the rewards from the Platinum Games Kickstarter campaign, as well as a sneak peek at the Remastered Luka's…

December 21, 2022 | 03:51 EST

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Monty Python TTRPG Kickstarter Funded In An Hour

Back in September, we reported on the announcement of an official Monty Python TTRPG. Lead designers Brian Saliba and Craig Schaffer have done interviews about how they plan to adapt the distinctly…

October 19, 2022 | 03:46 EDT

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Cool Cool Cool Board Game Now On Kickstarter

Twogether Studios' Kickstarter project, the Cool Cool Cool board game, has gone live. Described as a game about affirmative slang that literally slaps, it is a tabletop experience that brings back…

October 13, 2022 | 03:29 EDT

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CMON Summons New Cthulhu: Death May Die To Kickstarter

A third season of Cthulhu: Death May Die is coming to Kickstarter. CMON Entertainment has officially announced brand new content and support will be coming soon to their eldritch horror board game…

October 7, 2022 | 03:09 EDT

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One-Shot Wonders Funded Within 24 Minutes On Kickstarter

Today, the Kickstarter campaign for One-Shot Wonders went live. It is for a D&D 5e book that contains "over 100 unique session ideas" for gaming tables that want a single self-contained adventure…

September 16, 2022 | 03:27 EDT

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Space Quest Spiritual Successor To Launch After 10 Years

After 10 years, the Space Quest spiritual successor SpaceVenture is finally launching to backers of the project. The game launched its crowdfunding campaign all the way back in 2012, and after a…

August 26, 2022 | 08:40 EDT

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Kickstarted Pokemon-Like Crypto MMO On Hiatus After Crypto Crash

In today's installment of "Web3 is going great: gaming edition", consider the case of Untamed Isles. The Kickstarted Pokemon-style creature-catching crypto MMO has paused development indefinitely…

August 16, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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Frogwares Announces Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remake

Frogwares has revealed that its next project is a full Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened remake. The team is currently putting the finishing touches on a Kickstarter campaign for a full remake and…

July 28, 2022 | 10:19 EDT

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Old-School RuneScape Update Adds New Quest 'Beneath Cursed Sands'

A new Old-School RuneScape update has arrived, launching the "Beneath Cursed Sands" quest in advance of the Tombs of Amascut raid that's set to arrive in Summer 2022. Old-School RuneScape is a long-…

April 27, 2022 | 03:11 EDT

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Report: Kickstarter Shows Consistent Growth in Tabletop Game Projects

Those familiar with crowdfunding platforms are likely aware of Kickstarter. It is a widely popular place where many different projects can receive attention and funding. In fact, a lot of Kickstarter…

February 22, 2022 | 02:57 EST

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Meeple Rolling Board Game Rolling Heights Reaches to the Skies of Kickstarter

A brand new tabletop board game is coming soon to Kickstarter. The game is called Rolling Heights, and it is a meeple-rolling city builder where players will generate resources and push their luck to…

January 17, 2022 | 03:28 EST

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Wreckland Run Brings Solo Thrills To The Table

Renegade Game Studios has teamed up with Scott Almes and T.C. Petty III once again for a new project coming to Kickstarter: Wreckland Run. It is a new installment in the studio's Solo Hero series, a…

January 12, 2022 | 02:29 EST

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Scorn Devs Apologize for 'Poorly Judged' Backer Update

Ebb Software has apologized for a "poorly judged" Kickstarter backer update that upset many of the game's fans and instigated a wave of refund requests from people who backed the game on the…

November 8, 2021 | 02:15 EST

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CD Projekt Red Launches The Witcher: Ronin Manga Kickstarter

CD Projekt Red's newest project based around The Witcher isn't a video game, but it does offer an interesting "what if" scenario for the franchise. Just released on Kickstarter this morning, The…

September 7, 2021 | 11:33 EDT

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Coral Island Kickstarter Makes A 700k+ Splash

Upcoming farming sim Coral Island is having a pretty great time on Kickstarter. The project was fully funded in under 36 hours, has been smashing its stretch goals one after the other, and has raised…

February 17, 2021 | 11:06 EST

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Terra Invicta Kickstarter Unites Humanity to Fight Aliens

The Terra Invicta Kickstarter has been revealed by Pavonis Interactive, the creators of The Long War mods for XCOM and XCOM 2. Terra Invicta poses a question: what if hostile aliens attempted to…

September 29, 2020 | 12:58 EDT

Stardew Valley-Like Snacko Launches Its Kickstarter Campaign
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Stardew Valley-Like Snacko Launches Its Kickstarter Campaign

Snacko, a Stardew Valley-like farming and community building game has officially launched its Kickstarter campaign during today's Wholesome Direct. Armor Games and Bluecurse has unveiled their new…

May 26, 2020 | 01:00 EDT

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You Can Play Resident Evil 3 The Board Game Online Tomorrow

Tomorrow, the Resident Evil 3: The Board Game will go live on Kickstarter, and when it does players can give it a go online if they want to test it out beforehand. To do so, players will have to go…

April 27, 2020 | 10:22 EDT

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Songs of Syx is a Huge Scale City/Kingdom Builder With a Free Prototype

Six years ago, Gamatron, a one man studio by Jakob de Laval, set out to make Songs of Syx, which is described as a mix of "retro base building with grand strategy." Now, the fruit of Gamatron's…

April 13, 2020 | 12:04 EDT

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Scott Pilgrim Miniatures The World Now on Kickstarter

Scott Pilgrim fans have something new to get excited about! Renegade Game Studios has come to Kickstarter with their brand-new tabletop game Scott Pilgrim Miniatures The World. If it isn't clear by…

October 17, 2019 | 11:08 EDT

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Enchanted Portals Draws Ire Over Cuphead Comparisons

A 2D platformer called Enchanted Portals is set to make its Kickstarter debut in a couple of weeks. However, the game is already facing backlash over similarities in art and gameplay to Cuphead.…

October 10, 2019 | 05:59 EDT

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CMON Time Machine Revisits Past Kickstarted Games

Tabletop gaming industry giant CMON is offering a new Kickstarter project. In addition to copies of past successfully-crowdfunded games, backers will fund and acquire original mood soundtracks and…

September 27, 2019 | 08:10 EDT

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Solasta: Crown of the Magister is now Based on Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1

Today, Tactical Adventures announced that Wizards of the Coast has granted them a license to use Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 content and rules for their upcoming title Solasta: Crown of the…

September 25, 2019 | 02:30 EDT

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Shenmue III Backers Might Not Get A Steam Key, According To Ys Net

There may be trouble ahead for you if you're a Shenmue III PC backer and you were hoping for a Steam key. A recent post on the game's Kickstarter campaign suggests that Shenmue III Steam keys may…

September 20, 2019 | 09:45 EDT

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Bust Out Your Neon Colored Pencils for the Hyper Light Drifter Tabletop RPG

Indie darling Hyper Light Drifter is back on Kickstarter with a new tabletop RPG! Named Drifter, the famously silent and mysterious indie action RPG is heading even further into the realm of player…

September 10, 2019 | 04:55 EDT

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Shenmue III Refunds Can Take up to 3 Months to Process

Shenmue III Refunds will take as long as 3 months to process from the date that they're filed. A recent backer update to the game's official Kickstarter campaign has finally given us the firm details…

September 5, 2019 | 03:20 EDT

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Updated: Descent Caught In Limbo As Little Orbit Allegedly Won't Publish

Descendent Studios, the studio behind Descent (2019) AKA Descent: Underground is still experiencing troubles with its publisher Little Orbit.  This is according to multiple posts over the past few…

August 15, 2019 | 09:28 EDT

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Shenmue 3 Backer Trial Version Details Announced

Yesterday on the Shenmue 3 website a blog post was released announcing information about the upcoming Shenmue 3 Trial Version announcement. This trial version is the version available on some of the…

August 14, 2019 | 10:15 EDT

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Dog Shelter Sim To The Rescue Clears Kickstarter Goal in Two Days

One of Kickstarter's new favorite games is a game about caring for dogs in a dog shelter. The game, To the Rescue!, hopes to have an impact on real-life animal shelters by raising awareness of their…

August 10, 2019 | 04:02 EDT

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Epic Games Store Will Allegedly Not Sell SkateBIRD Because It Isn't Exclusive

The Epic Games Store contains its fair share of non-exclusive games such as Darksiders III and a plethora of Ubisoft titles. Yet, according to a developer for the upcoming skating title SkateBIRD,…

July 31, 2019 | 01:43 EDT

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Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels Kickstarter Canceled, Relaunches In August

The Kickstarter campaign for tabletop game Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels has been canceled. The game's creator, Panda Cult Games, says it plans to relaunch the campaign in August. Panda Cult says the…

July 23, 2019 | 09:30 EDT

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New Table Top Game Announced From Cyanide and Happiness Creators; Trial by Trolley

A Kickstarter for Trial by Trolley was recently launched, a game that is being created in a partnership between Cyanide and Happiness and Skybound. Skybound Games has previously created games such as…

July 9, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Mighty Lords Miniatures Kickstarter Enters Final Stretch

Mighty Lords, the miniatures Kickstarter from the UK based development company Room 17, is currently in its last week on Kickstarter. It's already surpassed its funding goal of £10,000 and the…

July 6, 2019 | 09:54 EDT

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Targeting Mid-July For Switch Fixes

Artplay and 505 Games are targeting mid-July for the upcoming Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Nintendo Switch fix. The game has run into its fair share of problems on Nintendo's console including…

July 5, 2019 | 09:40 EDT

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Epic is Footing the Bill for Shenmue 3 Refunds Following Epic Games Store Exclusivity

Following an outcry from players over Shenmue 3 PC recent Epic Games Store exclusivity announcement, developer YSNET Inc, publisher Deep Silver, and Epic Games announced today that there will be…

July 2, 2019 | 07:13 EDT

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Court of the Dead: Mourners Call Hits Retail Stores This Fall

Your chance to end the war between Heaven and Hell has come. Sideshow's Court of the Dead: Mourners Call will land in retail stores this fall with a recommended retail price of $99.99. The war…

June 24, 2019 | 09:00 EDT

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Board To Death Games Announces World's 1st Dice Tower Miniatures Game

Board to Death Games, creators of cyberpunk racing board game Neon Knights: 2086, has announced a new game which is claiming the title of the world's first dice tower miniatures game. Tah Wars is a…

June 16, 2019 | 10:51 EDT

Shenmue III Release Date Delayed To November 19
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Shenmue III Release Date Delayed Three Months to November

Shenmue III Director Yu Suzuki and publisher Deep Silver have posted an update on Kickstarter to announce a delay for the highly anticipated open-world action-adventure game. As we reported last…

June 3, 2019 | 06:51 EDT

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Mödiphiüs Entertainment Announce Three New Books For Legacy: Life Among The Ruins

Mödiphiüs Entertainment, publishers of Legacy: Life Among The Ruins, have announced three brand new books to bring some massive sweeping changes to the world of the original game. The three new…

May 14, 2019 | 06:05 EDT

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Chinese Censors Burn Cthulhu RPG Sourcebook The Sassoon Files

File this one under "stranger than fiction": Chinese censors have reportedly burned the entire print run of an RPG called The Sassoon Files. Consequently, developers Sons of the Singularity have had…

March 27, 2019 | 06:03 EDT

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IDW Drops Ninja Division From All Projects

IDW Games, renowned publishers of many licensed board games, have dropped Ninja Division from all their current and future projects, citing complains from concerned customers. Ninja Division is a…

February 25, 2019 | 10:08 EST

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Bubsy: Paws on Fire Delayed to April; Accolade Launching Kickstarter for DLC

Bubsy: Paws on Fire is the next entry in the cult platformer, releasing this April. While it's still a few months out, Accolade is launching a Kickstarter for a DLC campaign for this upcoming,…

February 4, 2019 | 08:48 EST

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Abandoned N64 Game Dragon Sword May be Completed by Piko Interactive

The Nintendo 64 has had several games that have been famously abandoned. One such game was Dragon Sword, a hack and slash RPG by the now-defunct publisher Interactive Studios. Now, nearly twenty…

January 30, 2019 | 08:41 EST