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
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
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
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
Final Fantasy VII is remembered for many things. Emotional character moments and turn based combat aside, one of its defining features is ridiculously sized weaponry. Cloud's buster sword is an…
October 21, 2015 | 11:45 EDT
Kickstarter is such a promising concept. Creators rich with ideas can reach out to consumers aching for something novel and interesting, seeking to fund their greatest dream—remove the middle man of…
October 21, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
A mech board game, a heads up display for your car, and Jason Voorhees. All that and more This Week in Kickstarter.Scythe Create an empire with monstrous mechs and industrious workers in this…
October 19, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
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
By pure chance, I have been playing a lot of shoot 'em up type games recently. From the combat sections of Undertale to the rockin' skies of to the complex simplicity of Vortex Attack, I've been…
October 7, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
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
I was born in October of 1989. It was the tail end of a decade of excess, filled with the type of blind celebration not seen since The Jazz Age. Before grunge took a sledgehammer to the neon lights…
September 23, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
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
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
This Week in Kickstarter we've got a new game from former Darksiders devs, a hand drawn Wild West game, and a little wooden PC box.Battle Chasers: Nightwar Classic JRPG combat and stylish…
September 14, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
TechRaptor recently interviewed Tyler Nagata of Whalebox Studios about their new game, Goliath, a Survival Mech Builder. Goliath is a third-person action-adventure survival game set in a chaotic…
August 31, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
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
Welcome back to This Week in Kickstarter! This week we’ve got pirates, self heating gloves, 3D photos for social media, and more! Bell Ringer Hack 'n' Slash platforming RPG side-scroller…
August 17, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
As part of my series of interviews with indie developers, today I'll be talking with John Krajewski from Strange Loop Games about his latest project Eco, a multiplayer game where you build, control…
August 17, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
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
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
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
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
Since I started playing video games there have been franchises and companies that I have gravitated more towards. Koei, Squaresoft and Working Designs were my bread and butter up until the end of the…
July 15, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Most of the big budget kickstarters we've seen have promoted themselves heavily as being a sequel or spiritual successor to something. Take a look at a list of the top kickstarted games and look at…
July 11, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
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
As E3 coverage is all winding down, it’s a chance to get back to the schedule of normality, and I’ve now been able to get the chance to return to To The Green by cowriting it with Alex Santa Maria.…
June 24, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
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
We live in an era of booming PC Games. While I might gripe at times with issues or flaws in the end, these gripes are only there because the whole area is doing great. Developers with some wit,…
June 14, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
Techraptor interviewed Daniel of SolarFall Games, the developer behind Umbra, to ask about their new game and Kickstarter campaign. Umbra is an RPG game being funded through Kickstarter that's gained…
June 13, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
With the gaming scene seemingly moving on from the traditional platformer to pew pew, veterans responsible for Banjo Kazooie think it's time to bring the humble platformer back. Making a game isn't…
May 25, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
We're back baby! After a hiatus, This Week In Kickstarter returns to show you the big deals and hidden gems on Kickstarter. Umbra (PC and Linux) An open world, free progression hack…
May 18, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
In this round of interviews with indie developers, TechRaptor speaks with John Choi, one of the developers behind a new project to hit KickStarter called Little Devil Inside which is a new take on…
May 5, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Despite what some people may think, I still love and admire the work of Double Fine. Their history is suitably impressive, from Psychonauts to their recent remastering of Grim Fandango; simply put,…
May 3, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
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
This Week In Kickstarter, we've got a revamped space shooter, a post apocalyptic survival game, and a "no experience needed" guitar. Descent: Underground A revamp of the vehicular first…
March 30, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
This Week In Kickstarter, we've got a ball your kids can hack, an app that creates super hero trailers, a wallet for the modern man, and much more! Hackaball - A computer you can throw …
March 24, 2015 | 12:00 EDT
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
A team made of former Rare devs is planning to bring their spiritual successor of the Banjo Kazooie franchise to Kickstarter. Playtonic Games, the studio made up by former developers of Rare Ltd.,…
March 17, 2015 | 10:00 EDT
Strategic Simulations, Inc. may be mostly unknown to those under the age of 25, but for those who grew up playing RPGs in the late 80's and early 90's, SSI's "Gold Box Engine" titles were very…
March 13, 2015 | 03:28 EDT
A lot of great stuff is coming out of the indie gaming scene at the moment and Stairs is no exception. The atmospheric, horror title is on KickStarter currently and promises to put a scare in the…
March 5, 2015 | 09:00 EST
A great week for audio lovers and games alike! We've got a wood finish turntable, a gothic sidescroller, laser headphones, and an MMO strategy game. All that and more This Week In Kickstarter! …
March 2, 2015 | 11:00 EST