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Square Enix Collective Release a Demo for their Latest Title Goetia

After reaching over 50% of its $30,000 intended target on KickStarter, Goetia, a point and click adventure game developed by Sushee and backed by Square Enix Collective has released a free demo of…

February 6, 2015 | 12:58 EST

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Underworld Ascendant's Kickstarter Begins

There are few RPG franchises that are both as venerated and little known to the wider gaming audience than the Ultima Underworld series. Despite it's now relative anonymity, the Ultima Underworld …

February 5, 2015 | 09:10 EST

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The Oatmeal Brings Us The Most "Backed" Kickstarter Project Yet — Exploding Kittens

UPDATE~TechRaptor has reached out to the team behind Exploding Kittens for their thoughts and comments. A new article with their responses and possibly other interesting things is on the way. Just 9…

January 29, 2015 | 01:16 EST

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A Blast From the Past: Bard's Tale IV Announced

I don't think many people were expecting this announcement. While there was a re-imagining in 2004, Brian Fargo, who has worked on games such as Wasteland 2, teased on his twitter recently that he'd…

January 27, 2015 | 01:26 EST

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Pillars of Eternity Release Date Announced

Obsidian Entertainment has announced a release date for their highly anticipated isometric, party-based, fantasy RPG. Pillars of Eternity will be releasing for PC, Mac and Linux on March 26th, 2015!…

January 15, 2015 | 07:14 EST

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Kickstarter's Back 1,980 Game Projects for 2014

Popular crowdfunding website Kickstarter has made a killing in 2014. Today the website released a ton of statistics, profiling what was no doubt a very successful year for Kickstarter. A grand total…

January 6, 2015 | 03:07 EST

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Shadowrun Returns to Kickstarter in Hong Kong

There's been talk about it for a while, and then there was that first post in the middle of December that confirmed that they would be coming with a new one but only today finally revealed the…

December 30, 2014 | 09:32 EST

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Satellite Reign Public Early Access

Coming to you soon is another game from the Kickstarter line up hitting the Steam Early Access shelves. Created by the creators of Syndicate Wars and clearly inspired by it, Satellite Reign is…

December 11, 2014 | 11:54 EST

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KickStarter Blocks Account After User Attempts to Sue Scam Artist

KickStarter can be a great thing. When Tim Schafer's Double Fine released a KickStarter for a new point and click adventure game, Broken Age, the project was one of the most successful KickStarters…

December 9, 2014 | 10:00 EST

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Kickstarted Survival RPG Dead State Released

Its December of 2014, and that means game company's are racing against the clock in attempts to meet 2014 release dates, as the time to push it off and stay in this calendar year is fading away…

December 4, 2014 | 08:42 EST

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Game Developer in debt to KickStarter Backers donates Paycheck to Non-Profit

Game developer Grace Lynn, formerly Devi Ever, has come under fire recently for donating her first big game development paycheck to the non-profit organisation Feminist Frequency, rather than paying…

December 4, 2014 | 09:15 EST

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Mighty No. 9 Beta Ending Soon

In the recent preview posted earlier today, the team revealed that the Mighty No 9 beta will be coming to an end soon. Since the game was successfully funded on October 1st 2013, the backers have…

December 1, 2014 | 11:37 EST

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Elite: Dangerous Goes Online Only

In a newsletter sent out Frontier Developments founder David Braben announced that the anticipated sci-fi game Elite: Dangerous will be online only as opposed to the online and offline capable modes…

November 17, 2014 | 02:41 EST

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Pillars of Eternity Pre-Orders Now Available

One of the biggest gaming Kickstarters of all time is closing in on its Q1 2015 release date, and with that comes an opportunity to pre-order the game. For those looking to pre-order…

November 11, 2014 | 06:33 EST

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Ex-Bioshock Dev's Game The Black Glove Fails Kickstarter by $300,000

The Black Glove, a game that was to come from Day For Night Games, made up from ex-Bioshock developers, has failed to reach it's Kickstarted goal. Raising $216,517 of the $550,000 that was needed to…

November 10, 2014 | 10:49 EST

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Blackwake - A Multiplayer Pirate FPS

Definitely one of the most intriguing Kickstarters in a while. Blackwake is a game that features ships and pirates from the Age of Sail. The recently announced Kickstarter is still in pre-alpha, but…

November 5, 2014 | 07:48 EST

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The Kickstarter You Should (And May) Know: The Flame in the Flood

The Flame in the Flood doesn’t just look like an interesting game; it’s borderline artistic, and you can tell the developers, The Molasses Flood, love this project.  The Kickstarter gaming community…

November 1, 2014 | 01:00 EDT

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This Week in Crowdfunding: 10/03/2014

Welcome to This Week in Crowdfunding: a roundup of promising and/or interesting Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects that are currently underway. Crowdfunding has exploded in recent years, drawing…

October 3, 2014 | 11:00 EDT

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Shovel Knight first month sales breakdown

Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games has announced via their website that their indie title has sold over 180,000 copies of their Action-Platforming game. Their blog has an extremely in depth…

August 6, 2014 | 08:32 EDT

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Wasteland 2 Release Window Announced

InXile Entertainment recently announced in a KickStarter update that Wasteland 2 will be released at the end of August this year. While an exact date was not mentioned, it is definitely good to see…

June 5, 2014 | 12:04 EDT

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Kickstarter Suffers Security Breach

Law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter earlier this week and alerted them that hackers had gained access to customer information and some specific data. Kickstarter, upon receiving this…

February 16, 2014 | 10:03 EST

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Gets Stretch Goals on Kickstarter

There is an up and coming RPG catching attention for its unique twist to a genre that’s flooded with fantasy. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a first-person open-world RPG set in Europe during the 15th…

January 25, 2014 | 12:13 EST

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Star Citizen Surpasses 33 Million Dollar Mark

Chris Roberts’ space sim, Star Citizen, has left another funding goal in the dust and continues to truck along quite rapidly in its endeavor to raise money. The crowdfunded campaign has reached the…

December 2, 2013 | 09:00 EST