Tag Archives: Wildman
Thu, Feb 14, 2013 | 20:43 GMT
Wargaming acquires Gas Powered Games
Gas Powered Games has been snapped up by World of Tanks developer Wargaming in a suprise announcement.
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Posted in: PC
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Wargaming, Wildman
Wed, Feb 13, 2013 | 01:54 GMT
“Kickstarter is starting to wear itself out,” says Gas Powered Games boss
Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor has said Kickstarter is starting to lose the power it gained in the wake of Double Fine Adventure’s incredible campaign last year.
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Posted in: RPG, Trade
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 | 22:16 GMT
Wildman Kickstarter cancelled, GPG looks elsewhere for help
Gas Powered Games has cancelled its crowdfunding campaign for action RPG strategy hybrid Wildman, with founder Chris Taylor knuckling down to try and save the company.
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Posted in: RPG, Trade, indie
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 | 00:48 GMT
Wildman features a female protagonist, too
Wildman will allow players to choose between a male and female hero character, Gas Powered Games has confirmed, despite the single gender the title suggests. See her character concept in full through the break.
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 | 04:43 GMT
Wildman: publishers keen, but only if Kickstarter succeeds
Wildman has attracted the attention of publishers keen to back the project – but only if its crowdfunding is successful enough to demonstrate sufficient interest.
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Posted in: RPG
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Sun, Feb 03, 2013 | 22:34 GMT
Gas Powered Games makes no money from back catalogue
Gas Powered Games has a string of excellent titles to its name, but because it doesn’t earn anything from its much-loved releases, it is in dire financial straits and reliant on a very tenuous Kickstarter to remain solvent.
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Posted in: RPG, Strategy, Trade
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Tue, Jan 29, 2013 | 17:11 GMT
Wildman update: Mod tools and Project Mercury uncovered
Despite recent troubles at Gas Powered Games, boss Chris Taylor has once again returned for a Wildman video update over on Kickstarter.
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Posted in: Action, PC
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Mon, Jan 28, 2013 | 06:42 GMT
Wildman is a long shot now, says Chris Taylor
Another addition to the onslaught of updates around Chris Taylor’s poorly performing Wildman Kickstarter campaign, he goes into the future of Gas Powered Games and the dire position of the Wildman campaign in a lengthy interview.
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Posted in: RPG
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Sat, Jan 26, 2013 | 21:53 GMT
Wildman – new Kickstarter tiers added along with video update
New $5 and $10 reward tiers have been added to Gas Powered Games’ Wildman Kickstarter, along with a video detailing how to fit RTS elements into an action-RPG. The new $5 tier gives backers “immediate posting access to the Wildman forum,” when the Kickstarter has completed. Non-backers will have read-only access. The new $10 tier hands out exclusive access to the pre-release Wildman beta as well as forum access. All amounts pledged above the $5 and $10 tiers will be granted access to the rewards, obviously. With 20 days to go, 6,252 backers have pledged $326,105 towards the $1,100,000 goal.
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Posted in: Action, PC, RPG, Strategy, Videos
Tags: Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Tue, Jan 22, 2013 | 22:37 GMT
Gas Powered Games had “multiple projects” canned at the last minute
Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor has said your face will melt off if you ever see publishing contracts which were axed at the last minute, leaving the studio in financial crisis.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: Chirs Taylor, Gas Powered Games, Wildman
Tue, Jan 22, 2013 | 09:33 GMT
Gas Powered Game’s ‘interesting position’: Taylor discusses studio’s financial plight
Gas Powered Games suffered a bout of lay-offs last week following the poor initial reaction to its Wildman Kickstarter campaign. Studio boss and founder Chris Taylor has taken to a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ to discuss how the company has entered into such troubling financial times.
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Posted in: PC
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Tue, Jan 22, 2013 | 01:00 GMT
Gas Powered Games boss: some staffers feel “huge relief” over lay-offs
Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor isn’t happy about laying off arund 40 staff, but he says some of those whose positions were cut are.
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Posted in: Jobs, RPG, indie
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Mon, Jan 21, 2013 | 00:56 GMT
Gas Powered Games situation looking “much better”
Wildman and Gas Powered Games seem set to forge ahead despite the developer’s recent difficulties, at the urging of fans, backers and friends.
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Posted in: RPG, indie
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Wildman
Mon, Jan 21, 2013 | 02:45 GMT
GPG asks if Wildman Kickstarter should continue amid layoffs
Gas Powered Games has made a significant number of lay-offs at the studio, but studio head Chris Taylor has told Gamasutra the company is still operational.
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Posted in: Development, PC, RPG, Strategy
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, GPG, Project W, Wildman, Wildman Kickstarter
Fri, Jan 18, 2013 | 15:22 GMT
Gas Powered Games reveal first Wildman gameplay
Gas Powered Games has produced a second update for those following the studio’s Wildman Kickstarter efforts.
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Posted in: Action, PC
Tags: chris taylor, Gas Powered Games, Wildman
Mon, Jan 14, 2013 | 21:52 GMT
Wildman is Gas Powered Games’ “Project W”
Dungeon Siege, Age of Empires Online, Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander developed Gas Powered Games has unveiled its latest, crowd-funded action RPG, Wildman.
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Posted in: PC, RPG, Strategy
Tags: Gas Powered Games, Kickstarter, Project W, Wildman
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