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Read More »Toejam & Earl game is successfully Kickstarted
The creators of a new entry in the Toejam & Earl series have seen their game successfully funded Kickstarter. The project has reached its lofty $400k funding goal with over a day to go, currently standing at $430,581 with 31 hours remaining. Almost 7,700 backers have pledged to the project …
Read More »Kickstarted Pillars of Eternity saved Obsidian from closure
Obsidian Entertainment was on the brink of closure before its crowdfunded RPG Pillars of Eternity gave the studio new hope. The revelation was made in the first entry in a new video documentary series, Road to Eternity, with the studio even admitting that a date for closure had been penned …
Read More »Pillars of Eternity prevented Obsidian closure
RPG studio even had a potential date for shut down before Kickstarter success
Read More »Team17: ‘Crowdfunding still the best route for developers’
UK firm signs Ivent to its growing indie publishing business
Read More »HumaNature Studios turns to Kickstarter for new Toejam & Earl
Founder Greg Johnson promises "to go old school with this one"
Read More »New Toejam and Earl arrives on Kickstarter
The promised return of retro franchise Toejam and Earl has arrived on Kickstarter. The game, teased earlier this month, is called Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove and is being made by one of the original game’s creators and current IP owners Greg Johnson and his studio Humanature. Johnson …
Read More »Exploding Kittens claims Kickstarter funding record from Ouya
Exploding Kittens crowdfunding campaign has taken over the Kickstarter record from Ouya for the highest-funded games-related project. The Kickstarter run concluded last week having raised $8,782,571 – $186,097 more than Ouya’s final total. Exploding Kittens continues to hold Kickstarter’s backer record as well, which swelled to 219,382 individuals by the …
Read More »The Stomping Land on the brink as designer quits
Kickstarter success in trouble as communication breaks down within the team
Read More »The Stomping Land designer quits as Kickstarter game looks dead and buried
Kickstarter has received another PR blow with what appears to be the abandonment of another successfully funded game. Vlad Konstantinov, who was responsible for the game’s dinosaur models, has quit work on the game after lead developer Alex ‘Jig’ Fundora stopped communicating with him. I’m sad to say this but …
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