Tag Archives: crowdfunding

Introversion strikes indie gold with 'lock 'em up' roguelike

But 505 claims its zombie title How to Survive has been under development for two years and points to early development videos that narrowly predate Roam Kickstarter

Star Citizen, the galactic space trading game by Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts has now raised $25 million in crowdfunding In aproject update, Robert’s wrote that the game had reached $24m just last week and has added another million in the week since: This milestone also means that October has …

Low-cost 3D toolkit for entry-level game makers gets its first beta on October 31

Now this is what Kickstarter is really meant to be used for. Tired of millionaires taking to crowdfunding sites to launch products that they themselves are unwilling to back? Well this won’t be of any interest then because Simon Byron works in PR and we all know that’s where the …

The former head of Valve’s hardware division Jeri Ellsworth and ex-graphics technology dev Rick Johnson have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for augment reality glasses. The project had initially begun life while the two worked at Valve, but the duo left the company earlier this year, and took the …

Publisher offers devs a community driven vetting process before launching a campaign

The attempt to crowdfund a return for the James Pond IP has been scrapped. The project, fronted by one of the game’s original devs Chris Sorrell, was Kickstarted last month by rights holder Gameware Europe. However, with just 11 days to go it had raised just 16,000 of its 100,000 …

The long and rocky road trodden by Shadow of the Eternals seems to have finally come to an end. After two failed attempts to crowdfund the game, Precursor Games’ Denis Dyack has stated in the game’s forums that the project has been taken offline. It is with a heavy heart …

Reaching milestone is a 'testament to the passion our backers have for PC gaming,' says Chris Roberts