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Former Lionhead Devs Bring Fable Card Game to Kickstarter

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

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Former Lionhead Devs Bring Fable Card Game to Kickstarter

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

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PayPal to end payment protection for crowdfunders

Today, PayPal has announced that as of June 26th, 2016, they would no longer be offering payment protection for crowdfunding campaigns, labeling them as "ineligible... [for] Purchase Protection..."…

May 10, 2016 | 09:01 EDT

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Arcadian Atlas Getting Bioshock Infinite Characters

With a little over a day left in their Kickstarter, Arcadian Atlas developers revealed the inclusion of cameos from Booker and Liz from Bioshock Infinite. Arcadian Atlas is sitting around $71,313 out…

May 7, 2016 | 11:15 EDT

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Blackroom kickstarter paused; Romero promises gameplay video

When you launch a crowdfunding campaign, having a big, almost legendary, name is not enough to obtain blind trust. Blackroom, the new FPS project from John Romero and Adrian Carmack, launched on…

April 30, 2016 | 12:00 EDT

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InSomnia Gets Kickstarter Campaign

InSomnia, a dystopian dieselpunk RPG, from indie developer Studio MONO, has returned to Kickstarter to secure the funds required to complete the game. You can check out the trailer for the game below…

April 30, 2016 | 09:15 EDT

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Early Access Game Nekro is, Ironically, Dead

If you're a fan of the indie action game Nekro, you may be disappointed to learn that as of now, it doesn't look like a full release of the game is coming any time soon or possibly at all. Nekro was…

April 21, 2016 | 12:07 EDT

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ENKKO Hopes To Repair N64 Controllers

We all know that controllers wear out over time. Buttons go unresponsive, joysticks stick, and the whole thing cracks in half after a particularly frustrating setback. This is normally just a…

February 29, 2016 | 06:33 EST

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SUPERHOT is Working On A VR Version

SUPERHOT has a VR version of the game in the works according to an update on the game's Kickstarter page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWJSiJsmO-A SUPERHOT is a game that combines first person…

February 28, 2016 | 08:30 EST

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Consortium: The Tower Going to FIG

As their Kickstarter failed, Interdimensional Games revealed that they had a plan to help the crowdfunding project continue and today, it has published what that plan is online. Staying away from…

February 26, 2016 | 10:52 EST

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Consortium: The Tower Has a Radical Plan

It seems the lure of a sequel to an intriguing first-person action RPG in the vein of Deus Ex, and the continuation of a planned trilogy was not quite as enticing as the developer of Consortium hoped…

February 20, 2016 | 01:52 EST

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Saloon Tycoon Kickstarter Funded in 3 Days

Saloon Tycoon, the latest tabletop game from Van Ryder Games where you try to build the best Saloon in the Wild West, has launched their Kickstarter and reached their $20,000 goal on the third day. …

February 20, 2016 | 08:46 EST

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KickStarter Spotlight - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows Of The Past

Welcome to the KickStarter Spotlight for TMNT's new board game based on IDW's comic book universe; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows Of The Past. Seeing this come past my inbox sent my heart…

February 3, 2016 | 10:08 EST

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Consortium: The Tower Kickstarter Reaches Halfway Mark

Consortium was a first-person shooter RPG released in early 2014 that uploaded the player into the brain of a security officer on-board a ship. Faced with a crippling lack of knowledge in this sci-fi…

February 3, 2016 | 03:17 EST

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Mighty No. 9 Suffers Another Mighty Delay

In a continuing tale of woe that has surrounded Keiji Inafune's kickstarter project Mighty No. 9 it has been delayed yet again. Originally marketed with a plan of April 2015 release, and then delayed…

January 25, 2016 | 08:47 EST

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Hero's Song Kickstarter Announced From Ex-SOE Developers

Hero's Song, a 'hardcore' 2D Action RPG from the new studio Pixelmage Games, has been launched as a Kickstarter for a proposed October 2016 launch. As previously stated, Hero's Song is a 2D Action…

January 19, 2016 | 02:58 EST

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Sekai Project Year End Live Stream Reveals

Beyond the announcement of signing Rabi-Ribi, Sekai Project decided to turn their year end stream into a reveal party at the end leaping around from topic to topic... a bit like a platforming bunny…

December 28, 2015 | 11:31 EST

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Underworld Ascendant Releases Prototype to Backers

Recently, OtherSide Entertainment has been in the news for another announcement they made, that they are working on System Shock 3. However in that hoopla, what may be forgotten is that they are also…

December 26, 2015 | 12:07 EST

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Torment: Tides of Numenera Beta Delayed

For a while, Torment: Tides of Numenera was the highest funded video game kickstarter that was surrounded by a ton of hype. Promising a spiritual successor to the classic Planescape: Torment Brian…

December 20, 2015 | 09:48 EST

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Consortium Sequel Hits Kickstarter in January

Released in January 2014, Consortium was a first-person single-player shooter/RPG which involved a lot of walking about on a futuristic aircraft manned by a multi-national crew, managing…

December 17, 2015 | 10:35 EST

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Xing: The Land Beyond Brings The Afterlife to PS4 in 2016

Xing: The Land Beyond is a game that was successfully Kickstarted in March of 2013, and has been steadily keeping its fans up to date on the game's development since that day. Wednesday, in…

November 28, 2015 | 08:30 EST

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Xing: The Land Beyond Brings The Afterlife to PS4 in 2016

Xing: The Land Beyond is a game that was successfully Kickstarted in March of 2013, and has been steadily keeping its fans up to date on the game's development since that day. Wednesday, in…

November 28, 2015 | 08:30 EST

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Swedish Kickstarter Project Bypasses the Internet to Send Encrypted Communications

Malte Andersson is the creator of RATS (RAdio Transceiver System), a system that uses good old-fashioned radio waves to send encrypted messages, completely bypassing the Internet. Although the…

October 31, 2015 | 11:22 EDT

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Publisher Backs Out of Deal with Kickstarted Game Obduction

Obduction, a new adventure game from the developers of Myst,  reached more than its Kickstarter goal of $1 million back in November of 2013. Six months ago they started to look for additional funding…

October 22, 2015 | 05:20 EDT

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Rebellion picks up Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries IP, promises to fulfill backer rewards

Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries is a Kickstarter that found success with over 2,300 backers pledging $72,000 back in 2014, but ran into troubles earlier this year when the developer shut its doors…

October 22, 2015 | 01:17 EDT

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Rebellion picks up Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries IP, promises to fulfill backer rewards

Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries is a Kickstarter that found success with over 2,300 backers pledging $72,000 back in 2014, but ran into troubles earlier this year when the developer shut its doors…

October 22, 2015 | 01:17 EDT

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Valthirian Arc: Red Covenant appears on Kickstarter

A new Valthirian Arc game is going to coming to Kickstarter. For those of you who are unaware Valthirian Arc is a series of games where play as the principal of a school. It is your job to help…

October 13, 2015 | 06:00 EDT

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Orion Trail Takes Off With Full Release

Another Indie Game has done it, with a stealth launch hitting the market before everyone was expecting it. Orion Trail is the kickstarted sci-fi space adventure game that raised over $95 000 and pays…

October 13, 2015 | 02:36 EDT

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Project Phoenix Kickstarter Suffers From no Programmer

Squad-based tactical RPG Project Phoenix is suffering from major delays.The kickstarter-funded project is currently without a programmer, according to an update on their kickstarter page earlier this…

September 29, 2015 | 12:58 EDT

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Unsung Story Kickstarter Page Updates, Reveals Playdek's Plan for Development

The Kickstarter page for Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians recently updated with an apology that attempted to explain the direction and progress of the project.  The last update has not been since…

September 23, 2015 | 09:19 EDT

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Kickstarter Now a Public Benefit Corporation

The popular crowd funding platform Kickstarter announced Monday that they have officially changed from a standard corporation (specifically a B Corp) to a Public Benefit Corporation. Unlike most…

September 22, 2015 | 03:15 EDT

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Shenmue 3 Continues Crowd Funding

Shenmue 3 is back on the crowd funding market. After the vastly successful kickstarter campaign that netted over $6 million dollars from 69,000 backers, developer Ys Net is still looking for more…

September 18, 2015 | 02:20 EDT

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Mighty No. 9 Demo Delayed

Yesterday, Comcept announced a few updates for their upcoming Kickstarter game, Mighty No. 9, and one piece of news was not well received. The bulk of the announcement dealt with a robot design…

September 17, 2015 | 11:14 EDT

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Ex-Darksiders Team Brings Battle Chasers To Kickstarter

It's been well over two years since THQ's untimely demise brought an end to the hopes that we would see a timely conclusion to the epic cliffhanger at the end of the original Darksiders. Vigil Games…

September 8, 2015 | 04:14 EDT

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 Quickly Funded, Explains Gameplay

Divinity: Original Sin 2 launched its Kickstarter yesterday with a goal of $500k. It has already been funded. They don't have stretch goals on the page yet, but we should expect them soon. Also…

August 27, 2015 | 11:25 EDT

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Divinity: Original Sin II Announced

Larian Studios is heading back to Kickstarter, this time with a sequel to their last success. Divinity: Original Sin II will start its Kickstarter campaign August 26th. As of now, what features there…

August 12, 2015 | 10:48 EDT

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Tower 57 a Pixel Art Twin Stick Shooter Comes to Kickstarter

The internet is not short of game dev projects coming to KickStarter and Steam Greenlight, but there was something about Tower 57 which grabbed TechRaptor's attention. And we're not the only ones.…

August 11, 2015 | 11:06 EDT

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Developer GriN Closes its Doors, Can't Afford to Send Kickstarter Rewards

Independent developer GriN has shut its doors. The Belgian-based studio, known for their kickstarter Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries, is shutting down. A year after their kickstarter launched, GriN will…

August 10, 2015 | 02:03 EDT

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Red Ash Falls Short on Kickstarter; Getting Made Anyway

Red Ash failed to reach it's kickstarter goal. The anime-inspired project, fully titled Red Ash: The Indeniable Legend, was conceived by former Capcom employee Keiji Inafune. It was unable to hit its…

August 4, 2015 | 03:00 EDT

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The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter Funded, Raises Over $1.5mil

InXile Entertainment's The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter has come to a close and has been successfully funded, ensuring that the classic RPG franchise gets it's first official sequel in almost thirty…

July 10, 2015 | 11:47 EDT

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Comcept Kickstarts Campaigns For RED ASH Game and Anime

Yesterday, Mighty No. 9 developer Comcept launched a Kickstarter for their new game, RED ASH - The Indelible Legend.  It is described as a "3D action adventure game with third person shooter elements…

July 5, 2015 | 08:56 EDT

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We Happy Few Successfully Ends Kickstarter Campaign

We Happy Few, coming from the creators of Contrast, has successfully ended its Kickstarter campaign after reaching $334,754 pledged. This amount exceeded the original goal by enough to reach all but…

July 5, 2015 | 09:45 EDT

Rails & Riches

Railroad Tycoon II Spiritual Successor is now on Kickstarter

For those looking for a spiritual successor to Railroad Tycoon II look no further, as Rails & Riches is on Kickstarter. https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/1860286/video-547443-…

June 17, 2015 | 05:41 EDT

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Sony E3 2015 - Shenmue 3

The long awaited next installment in the Shenmue franchise, Shenmue 3, was announced for Kickstarter during Sony's E3 press conference. This is going to be a direct sequel to Shenmue 1 and 2 and is…

June 15, 2015 | 10:58 EDT

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The People's President Aims to Fix Political Process

Blind Ballot Ventures, Inc has launched a Kickstarter for their mobile game The People's President.  The game is a social experiment of sorts allowing players to participate in the, "world's biggest…

June 2, 2015 | 05:58 EDT

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[Updated] Bard's Tale IV Hits Kickstarter June 2nd

We've been hearing about InXile's plans to bring back The Bard's Tale for a little while now, knowing that it would come in the form of a Kickstarter. However, they'd kept us guessing on when they…

May 18, 2015 | 10:46 EDT

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Hipsters vs Zombies is coming to Kickstarter

In the midst of a Zombie Apocalypse, it’s hipsters who'll save the day!... Or, at least, the part of it that’s worth their while. If you thought hipster culture could not be parodied any further…

April 16, 2015 | 09:05 EDT

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Pillars of Eternity expansion is in the works

Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming PC fantasy RPG Pillars of Eternity will be getting at least one expansion, according to executive producer and lead programmer Adam Brennecke. The plans for an…

March 17, 2015 | 07:51 EDT