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
Time of Legends: Joan of Arc was far and away the best new game that we saw at Gen Con 2017. The game's Kickstarter started earlier this month, and it took no time for this awesome looking…
October 24, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
For those who aren’t familiar with Rooster Teeth’s popular show RWBY, it’s basically about teenaged kids fighting terrifying fairy tale-esque monsters and oh yeah, the human antagonists who are bent…
October 16, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
When it comes to character design, Joe Madureira can do no wrong. His chunky skull-encrusted warriors are a feast for the eyes, and that feast is what grabbed me about Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Based…
October 13, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Games don't always need a serious attitude. They don't need an end of the world scenario or a life-changing decision being made. Sometimes, what they need is the self-assurance to give a bit of…
October 10, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
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
We took a quick look at The Legend of Korra: Pro-bending Arena at Gen Con this year, but many of the game's details were shrouded in mystery in anticipation of the upcoming (at the time) Kickstarter…
September 14, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
I have a soft spot for story driven cooperative games, including my favorite game of all time, but most of them are either too complex, or too thematically mature to play with my kids, which is a…
September 6, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Tasty Minstrel Games were showing off their lineup of brand new releases at Gen Con 2017, but they also had a single copy the upcoming game Exodus Fleet on hand at their booth that they were…
September 5, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Daily Magic Games is back on Kickstarter with their newest game Horizons. Horizons, designed by Levi Mote, is a space themed 4x-Euro game mashup that is already, in it's prototype form, one of the…
August 30, 2017 | 12:00 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
Last year, at Gen Con 2016, we were blown away by Mythic Battles: Pantheon. The game had incredible miniatures that combined with great gameplay in such a way that it ended up being our team's…
August 26, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
I have an admission to make. I've always had an aversion to crowdfunding video games. I can't really explain why, especially considering some of the brilliant games that have been crowdfunded and…
August 25, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Sometimes through public professionalism, we grin and bear annoyance, or put on a brave face in times of extreme stress. Sometimes, we steel ourselves to from personal embarrassment or for selfish…
August 23, 2017 | 11:00 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
Renegade is a game by Victory Point Games for 1-4 players where you take on the role of one of the titular Renegades, hackers who are free from the control of the A.I. that controls the populace of…
July 31, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Cthulhu Wars is the dream of many a Lovecraft nerd: select from one of several factions and battle it out with the other old gods. The original game earned nearly $1.5 million in its first…
July 26, 2017 | 05:11 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
Mage Company, the Bulgarian tabletop publisher behind Raid and Trade and Aether Captains has launched a new Kickstarter set in their fantasy storybook world of 12 Realms. The original 12 Realms is a…
June 24, 2017 | 01:00 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
Do you have SPQR tattooed on your arm? Do you watch Ben Hur twice a year? Are you fond of racing games with a bit of violence in them? Then Chariots of Rome by Victory Point Games might be something…
May 8, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Dueling card games have been around for a while, and while Magic: The Gathering may still be king, an awful lot of competitors have entered the fray. EXCEED had a successful Kickstarter in September…
April 13, 2017 | 11:00 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
Food Truck Champion is quite good, and the Kickstarter Campaign for the game is now live, so if you are a fan of food trucks, or Glory to Rome-inspired games, then you should head over to the…
February 24, 2017 | 11:00 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
Nearly five years after Stoic Entertainment's The Banner Saga Kickstarter was launched, the Banner Saga 3's Kickstarter comes back to where it all began. Compared to the first Kickstarter, The Banner…
January 26, 2017 | 01:00 EST
The recent relaunch of Alien Frontiers on Kickstarter is the perfect jumping in point for both newcomers and longtime fans alike. If you have been a fan since the first Kickstarter, and have…
January 23, 2017 | 11:00 EST
Metroidvania. Your visceral reaction to that word is going to be the main determining factor in whether or not you are going to want to stop reading this article right now in order to go pledge for…
January 17, 2017 | 09:00 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
I've spent more time and effort on Kingdom Death: Monster since 2015 than I have on any other hobby or form of entertainment, both here on TechRaptor, and in my personal life. From assembling and…
November 28, 2016 | 02:00 EST
Is coffee metal? Some would think so. After all, it is blacker than the blackest black times infinity. In addition to international music sensations, developers Mega Cat Studios have also had their…
November 12, 2016 | 01:00 EST
Mythic Battles: Pantheon has the best dice system for a skirmish boardgame that I've experienced to date. In fact, even though I've only played a partial game at Gen Con 2016, and a bare-bones pre-…
November 9, 2016 | 11:00 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
Last week, Robert Grosso looked at Backdrop, a unique role-playing game currently seeking funding on Kickstarter with quite the premise: a 2D role-playing game based around the stage play epics of…
October 17, 2016 | 11:00 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
Shovel Knight was a one of a kind game. In a sea of 2D platformers yearning for the past, that game felt like a step forward. It captured what was amazing about NES games without being NES hard,…
October 11, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Take one part roguelike, another part hack n’ slash dungeon crawler, add a heaping helping of loot and you’ve got the beginnings of a very fun indie RPG from Spellbind Studios called Rogue Wizards.…
October 8, 2016 | 09:00 EDT