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Horror title to live on as open source project, claims creator Dakan
Read More »Shattering records: Obsidian’s Kickstarter
CEO Feargus Urquhart on crowdfunding, publishers and failed projects
Read More »Braithwaite and Hall abandon Kickstarter RPG
An ambitious RPG project by genre stalwarts Brenda Braithwaite and Tim Hall has been abandoned. The project was headed by Loot Drop, a studio that houses John Romero, Brenda Braithwaite and Tom Hall, and kicked off its Kickstarter drive earlier this month. The studio was after $1m to fund an …
Read More »Brathwaite and Hall drop Kickstarter project
Project Shaker pitch 'wasn't strong enough', says pair
Read More »Successful Kickstarter outing Haunts: The Manse Macabre faces uncertain future
What happens when a successful Kickstarter project goes wrong? We may well be about to find out. Developer Rick Dakan’s promised multiplayer horror romp Hanuts: The Manse Macabre successfully passed its Kickstarter project, raising a total of $28k+ from 1,214 backers last July. However, having already missed its proposed release …
Read More »Backers left in cold as devs quit Kickstarter project
Haunts: The Manse Macabre developers leave despite unfinished work on horror title
Read More »Educational games company Mango Learning launches Kickstarter campaign
Mango Learning has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its development projects aimed at bringing educational games to mobile devices. Comprised of game developers and education experts, Mango is looking to raise at least $100,000 through crowd funding. Mango will use funds from the Kickstarter campaign to create the first …
Read More »Project Eternity closes at over $4m pledged
Obsidian’s incredible Kickstarter push for Project Eternity has finally come to a close, amassing over $4m in the process. While the Kickstarter page itself lists the total at just under the final stretch goal at $3,986,929, Obsidian revealed that combined with the $176,279 pledged from PayPal the final total comes …
Read More »Obsidian Kickstarter closes just shy of $4m
Project Eternity sets new standard for crowdfunding
Read More »Obsidian’s Project Eternity breaks Kickstarter records
Project Eternity, the isometric party-based RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, has become the most successful game ever on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Obsidian is best known for RPG hits such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas and the upcoming South Park: …
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