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Wayside Creations Alleged to Pad Kickstarter, Run Out Creators

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

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Siege of the Citadel 2nd Edition

Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel holds a special place in my heart. My brother bought a copy from a big box store when I was a teenager, and despite the thin rules, we were absolutely…

September 12, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed Till 2018

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

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Crowdfunding Spotlight - Tiki Island

Typically, a board game that features hexes will be oriented towards older, more experienced tabletop gamers. Tiki Island by Great Wight Games is a light strategy game for 2-6 players that can be…

September 5, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Z Mouse

Proper tools are a dime a dozen for gamers. The selection of available hardware that aims to make whatever you're doing on a PC quicker, more convenient, and more responsive is getting larger every…

July 21, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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TechRaptor 2.0 Kickstarter - We're live!

This is a project that I personally have been alluding to for a long time in our State of TechRaptor videos, because we kept pushing it back to ensure that everything was in place and that we had …

July 19, 2016 | 01:07 EDT

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Castle Assault: The Fell Fire Forge

Castle Assault was the biggest surprise in gaming for me in 2015, and came out of nowhere to land securely in my top 5 Board Games of the Year last year. The game is an interesting, and extremely…

July 14, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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System Shock Remake Successfully Funded

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

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Crowdfunding Spotlight - Millennium Blades Reprint and New Expansions

Millennium Blades is one of the best games that I've played this year, and one of my personal favorite games ever. Level 99 Games has just launched a new Kickstarter for a reprint of the game, as…

July 2, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Nintendo DMCAs NES Visual Compendium Kickstarter

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

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Crowdfunding Spotlight - System Shock

It's hard to believe 22 years have passed since the release of the original System Shock back in 1994. Now, NightDive Studios is resurrecting this classic by creating a complete remake of the title.…

June 30, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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The Hero Trap Ceases Development

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

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InXile Delays Tides of Numenera to 2017

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

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Greedy Guns Preview - Might Be Greedy But I Want More!

Greedy Guns is a twin stick shooter with Metroidvania elements developed by Tio Atum, a team of three developers from Portugal, Greedy Guns is their first adventure into the world of PC gaming after…

June 9, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Bloodstained Going to E3, Sending Backers Copy of Demo

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

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Indie Interview – A Talk on The Turf

When you think of an RTS, it's highly likely you'll think of armies—legions of trained soldiers fighting wars with the fate of nations in the balance. The Turf is a bit different. There are no tanks…

June 5, 2016 | 01:02 EDT

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German RPG The Dark Eye Coming to North America

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

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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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Crowdfunding Spotlight - Sumer

In times long past, the gods were fickle beings that demanded tribute from their servants among man. Among the earliest known gods were those of the Sumerians, an ancient culture that sits much…

May 19, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Crowdfunding Spotlight - Plot Twist

Ever feel like telling a story with tons of twists and turns thrown into the mix? That is the name of the game with Plot Twist, a storytelling card game by independent board game designer Darrell…

May 14, 2016 | 02:32 EDT

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[Updated] Crowdfunding Spotlight - Gamester

Update: Gamester has since cancelled their Kickstarter. If you're still interested in the project, you can put in a pre-order at the service's website. Gamester is a service by Giant Fox Studios…

May 12, 2016 | 01:00 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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Crowdfunding Spotlight – Blackroom, Romero and Carmack's new FPS

If you don't recognize the names in the title, I advise you go put your nose in gaming history books for a while. The short version is that John Romero and Adrian Carmack are the grandparents of FPSs…

April 28, 2016 | 11:00 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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Crowdfunding Spotlight - Clash of the Battle Goats

Clash of the Battle Goats (developed by Studio Woe) is the second tabletop game in the battle system first displayed by Gruff. I'm in the process of looking at Gruff, and it seems like an interesting…

April 20, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Crowdfunding Spotlight - Arcadian Atlas

Arcadian Atlas, the Final Fantasy Tactics inspired 2D isometric tactical RPG by developer Twin Otters Studios, has been officially Greenlit on Steam today. Arcadian Atlas still has 23 days to go on…

April 16, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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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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This Week in Kickstarter – Animal Rave Masks

A light up music mask, a tabletop wrestling game, and a device to let blind people see through sound. All that and more This Week in Kickstarter!Refuge Two players, one survivor. Outlive. Outlast.…

December 24, 2015 | 11:00 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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This Week in Kickstarter - Getting Retro

This Week in Kickstarter, we've got retro games, controllable smells, and personal cameras with a variety of functions. Night City Assault A story-based beat 'em up combining RPG gameplay and mission…

December 9, 2015 | 09:00 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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This Week in Kickstarter – Modern Anime Ninjas

This Week in Kickstarter... Shinobigami – Modern Ninja Battle Tabletop RPG from Japan An original Japanese story-focused tabletop RPG of drama, action, tactics and frenemies, set in a modern ninja…

November 10, 2015 | 09:00 EST

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This Week in Kickstarter – Limbo Meets Silent Hill

This week in Kickstarter we have a a wearable device you can control computers with using movements in your hand, a collectible card RPG, a 3D scanner for your phone, and more!Dropfleet CommanderAn…

November 3, 2015 | 10:00 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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Indie Interview – Barry Collins on Ashen Rift

What is the future of crowd-funding in gaming?It is something we often see theories about. It is something no one is really sure on, and while this year has seen some of Kickstarters largest…

October 28, 2015 | 09:00 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