The Kinda Funny Games Showcase had a ton of trailers for small indie games, but perhaps the most ambitious spot was a live-action trailer for the currently on KickStarter game, Adams Ascending.…
December 8, 2018 | 04:40 EST
Originally Kickstarted in February 2013 for a February 2014 release, today Himalaya Studios has announced the release date for Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements, an old-school adventure/RPG…
November 28, 2018 | 06:49 EST
Claustrophobia is one of those games that I've always wanted to play but never got around to. The original game came out in 2009, a time when my core boardgame group was really just testing the…
November 1, 2018 | 06:25 EDT
Nightdive Studios' System Shock remake looks to be making great progress after a few bumps in the road this year. Last February CEO of Nightdive Studios Stephen Kick spoke about development troubles…
October 6, 2018 | 11:22 EDT
Ambitious science fiction MMO Dual Universe will enter its alpha testing stage in November. The game was originally crowdfunded via Kickstarter back in October 2016, where it met its 500,000 euro…
August 8, 2018 | 11:53 EDT
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon has reached over 100,000 sales a week after its release. Developer Inti Creates announced the milestone on Twitter, with some celebratory artwork from character…
June 6, 2018 | 01:53 EDT
Pretty much ever since the first Pocket Monsters games hit Game Boy, kids have wanted to play them online, as I can attest from first-hand experience. We went from link cables to Wi-Fi Connections to…
May 29, 2018 | 03:11 EDT
If you're keen on getting in on the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night crowdfunding campaign, you have a bit over two weeks before it's closed for good according to a backer update posted on the game'…
April 29, 2018 | 03:49 EDT
The Good Life, SWERY's latest project currently being funded via Kickstarter, has received a free demo. The demo was released after a poll undertaken by SWERY via Twitter. In the poll, which was…
April 26, 2018 | 11:30 EDT
Max and Maya, jokingly billed by its creators as a "realistic alpha-cat simulator", is coming to Steam in spring 2019. The project, which is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, describes itself…
April 18, 2018 | 10:29 EDT
Following an extremely turbulent development cycle, the Kickstarter backed Unsung Story is set to leave pre-production later on this month. Developer Little Orbit announced on April 1st (and no, it…
April 3, 2018 | 04:52 EDT
The archives of Kickstarter are full of projects that were funded but then canceled. Some of these saw issues with underestimating their needed funding. Others saw real life get in the way, breaking…
March 28, 2018 | 03:00 EDT
Iron Harvest, the upcoming "classic real-time strategy" game set in the same alternate history post-World War I universe as acclaimed 2016 board game Scythe, hit Kickstarter on Tuesday. Now, two days…
March 15, 2018 | 11:03 EDT
The Kickstarter campaign for Warhorse Studios’ Kingdom Come: Deliverance was funded at £1,106,371 from a £300,000 goal in February 2014. It included several stretch goals: Live In-Game Period Music,…
March 13, 2018 | 01:53 EDT
A Hat In Time will be receiving a host of new features for free in 2018. The game's developers Gears for Breakfast confirmed the incoming update via the game's official Twitter account. New features…
January 23, 2018 | 09:20 EST
Skateboarding fans rejoice! The campaign for street skateboarding sim Session has been funded in four days according to a campaign update on the game's Kickstarter page. There have been a few…
November 27, 2017 | 07:27 EST
Any Twin Peaks fans out there? If so, this latest Kickstarter game may be just the ticket for you. Entitled Trüberbrook, this adventure game comes from Germany and is produced by btf and will be…
November 14, 2017 | 09:45 EST
Today, Paizo Games and Ninja Division Publishing have announced a new line of high-quality resin miniatures for the new Paizo Starfinder Roleplaying Game. This Kickstarter is offering an exclusive…
September 27, 2017 | 01:30 EDT
The current-generation of consoles is currently filled with huge sprawling open-world games, but the developers behind Shenmue 3 said its game won't directly compete against those titles. Aside from…
August 28, 2017 | 11:26 EDT
Yesterday Cory Jones, gaming industry veteran, announced the launch of his Kickstarter for a Tabletop Gaming Subscription box. This box will be called QST, pronounced Quest. and will deliver a new…
August 16, 2017 | 03:48 EDT
By now, the saga behind the development of Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians is practically a mythos all its own. An infamous Kickstarter project that was originally funded in Q1 2014 and promised…
August 2, 2017 | 03:40 EDT
In a year that's rich with wonderful new releases, it might be hard to think back on a game that missed the mark from years past. However, most gamers would be hard pressed to forget Mighty No. 9,…
July 26, 2017 | 01:26 EDT
Usually, I'm not one to get anticipated for Kickstarter games, but when gothic horror and former Castlevania director Koji Igarashi is involved, it's hard hard for me to ignore it. So when I got a…
June 19, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
Better late than never. Kickstarter backers of Mighty No. 9 may finally be receiving their physical rewards, and the promised portable versions for the Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita are also in the works…
June 18, 2017 | 09:56 EDT
Whenever I go to a convention, I tend to find one indie game that makes me stand up and take notice. Past titles like Enter The Gungeon and Flinthook have instantly gone from curiosities to highly…
June 17, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
Kickstarter has funded 10,000 Games projects since its inception according to a post on the company's website. The very first gaming project posted on the platform was for a series of crossword…
March 24, 2017 | 01:23 EDT
Dutch Indie game developer Twirlbound officially launches Pine on Kickstarter. The ambitious action-adventure title was recently released on Steam Greenlight, and is described as a combination…
March 9, 2017 | 01:15 EST
UPDATE: An ESRB representative has emailed TechRaptor stating that Fur Fun's E rating was indeed not legitimate and it has been removed from the Steam store page as of February 23rd. The original…
February 23, 2017 | 09:00 EST
InXile has announced that they will not be honoring several stretch goals for their Kickstarter title Torment: Tides of Numenera. According to a detailed post on the InXile forums, developer Eric…
January 29, 2017 | 02:00 EST
Apocalypse Now, the 1979 movie about the Vietnam War, has just gotten a Kickstarter campaign in order to adapt the film into a video game. The Kickstarter comes from famed director Francis Ford…
January 25, 2017 | 05:46 EST
TechRaptor favorite Kingdom Death: Monster hit Kickstarter for the second time on Black Friday, November 24th 2016, and it did so with a bang. The campaign, which offered an updated version of the…
January 9, 2017 | 05:38 EST
In a move that is distinctly saddening for the time of year, Pixelmage Games has announced that they are shutting down and ceasing development on Hero's Song. It's too bad because even though there…
December 26, 2016 | 07:50 EST
The highly anticipated 3D platformer, Yooka-Laylee, has got its release date. Playtonic, the developers of Yooka-Laylee had initially aimed to have the game be out this year before pushing it back to…
December 13, 2016 | 12:47 EST
Update:In just a short amount of time people have already cleared the level. It will be interesting to see what else this Kickstarter campaign has in store. It's already been a roller coaster ride.…
December 6, 2016 | 04:18 EST
Earlier today we wrote about the new Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 Kickstarter in a crowdfunding spotlight article, looking at the project and short mini-interview with the developer of the game Adam…
November 28, 2016 | 06:11 EST
Backers of the original Kingdom Death: Monster Kickstarter campaign received news on November 5th via the campaign's 100th update that the final undelivered expansion, the Lantern Festival, that was…
November 7, 2016 | 04:13 EST
The video game community is never one to back down from a righteous cause and the opportunity to help others. That is the philosophy of Gamers for Good, a gaming centered charity who just launched an…
October 19, 2016 | 08:35 EDT
Highly anticipated horror game Friday the 13th: The Game was slated for release during the Halloween season this year but a recent announcement from developers Gun Media informs gamers that the game…
October 14, 2016 | 03:24 EDT
Wayside Creations is a film production company that specializes in video game-based content. Recently it's had a few successes with Kickstarter projects, including a second season of its Fallout:…
September 12, 2016 | 10:21 EDT
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the highly successful Kickstarter title, has been delayed. In a recent Kickstarter update, video game assistant director Koji Igarashi provided a short video…
September 10, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
Stylish indie action title Hyper Light Drifter will be available July 26, 2016 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The entire campaign will have the option of couch co-op, which is perfectly suited to the…
July 25, 2016 | 08:05 EDT
Following our coverage surrounding the System Shock Remake, today Nightdive Studios has successfully reached the funds needed for their Kickstarter project. With the pledge goal of $900,000, the…
July 12, 2016 | 09:28 EDT
Nintendo has shut down a Kickstarter for a project which was making a compendium book of NES/Famicom-era art as reported by Game Informer.The Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom: a visual…
July 1, 2016 | 10:30 EDT
The Hero Trap, a roguelike dungeon crawler by SMASHWORX, has ceased development according to a post on Reddit's /r/Games subreddit, which shared a backers-only Kickstarter post. Here's the trailer…
June 28, 2016 | 08:30 EDT
InXile's Torment: Tides of Numenera has officially been delayed to 2017. According to a Kickstarter update, InXile has noted the RPG will be released in Q1 2017, to provide extra time for…
June 10, 2016 | 01:41 EDT
Crowdfunded games present challenges that other titles don't have, like when you do industry events many backers are wanting to see what will be showed off for the game without necessarily having the…
June 8, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
World famous Tabletop RPG The Dark Eye is coming to North America.Recently funded by a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $147,000, The Dark Eye will get an English translation and a release in…
June 4, 2016 | 11:16 EDT
Update: Fable Fortune's Kickstarter has launched, with a much more detailed breakdown of what the game is, and how it will be played. The campaign has a number of tiers and stretch goals, and the…
May 30, 2016 | 03:59 EDT