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• Fans can invest in Fig's next crowdfunding campaign which kicks off in early December

  Fig, the crowdfunding site formed by former Double Fine COO Justin Bailey, will soon allow fans to share in the financial success of a published video game as an unaccredited investor.

• Are people sick of Kickstarter? Not according to Wasteland 2 dev

  Wasteland 2 developer inXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo doesn’t believe people are sick of Kickstarter, and has attributed the smaller chance of success compared to what it was previously to “Kickstarter doing its job.”

• Wasteland 2's latest beta build will go live on February 24

  Wasteland 2 will be ready for release “when it’s done,” says inXile Entertainment head Brian Fargo; however, until it releases, those involved in the beta have much to look forward to.

• Wasteland 2 "in the final stretch", OS-X build to release day-and-date with PC

  Wasteland 2 isn’t far enough along for inXile to slap a release date on it, but the developer has confirmed the crowdfunded RPG is pretty close to finishing. Plus: new screens.

• Wasteland 2 doing solid numbers on Steam Early Access, Fargo discusses £34.99 price-point

  Wasteland 2 is doing solid numbers via Steam Early Access, according to inXile Entertainment co-founder Brian Fargo. While it’s not quite raking in DayZ numbers, it’s still doing well despite its high price of entry. Fargo has now touched on the beta’s performance and pricing in a new interview.

• Wasteland 2 beta to get tactical combat improvements

  Special attacks and destructible cover to be tweaked in latest round of improvements for Wasteland 2.

• Wasteland 2 beta now available to backers, coming to Steam Early Access

  Wasteland 2 can be yours – assuming you helped crowdfund the classic RPG revival, and don’t mind playing a beta version which inXile is very keen for you to help shape.

• Wasteland 2 beta: serving up 'odd' until the very end - interview

  Wasteland 2 is gearing up for beta. VG247’s Dave Cook speaks with inXile CEO Brian Fargo about what the test involves, how final development is going and why the game could kill you in its first five seconds.

• Wasteland 2 backers should be able to try the beta "within two and a half weeks," according to Fargo

  Wasteland 2 should go into beta within the next two and a half weeks, according to tweets from inXile boss Brian Fargo.

• inXile CEO: Microsoft is walking the walk with new indie-friendly stance

  Speaking with the [a] List Daily, the CEO of Wasteland 2 developer inXile Entertainment Brian Fargo spoke about the changes he is already starting to see in how Microsoft treats independent developers in the wake of their policy shift on self-publishing we learned about a few weeks ago. And he says they’re being way nicer […]

• Wasteland 2 duplicate playthroughs a "virtual impossibility"

  It’s extremely unlikely that two players will have the same experience in Wasteland 2, inXile has claimed.

• Wasteland 2 beta coming in October, release delayed

  Wasteland 2, which was originally slated for a northern autumn release, as been delayed, with word from inXile Entertainment that the beta will now occur in October.

• Wasteland 2 to be distributed at retail by publisher Deep Silver

  Wasteland 2’s retail version will be distributed by Deep Silver, it has been announced on the project’s Kickstarter page.

• InXile head talks crowdfunding and audience focus

  CEO of InXile, Brian Fargo, not only successfully Kickstarted Wasteland II but also a second project, the Planescape: Torment based RPG, Torment: Tides of Numenera. He discusses why it makes sense to run the projects this way, focusing game development on the audience, crowdfunding and more.

• "I could not be happier": Fargo on fans as publishers

  Free from the dictates of tradition-bound publishers, inXile boss Brian Fargo is answerable to at least 74,00 bosses, and as our huge GDC 2013 interview reveals, he wouldn’t have it any other way.

• Torment: Numenera stretch goal adds Chris Avellone

  Chris Avellone will join the Torment: Tides of Numenera team if inXile’s Kickstarter campaign hits $3.5 million. inXiles Brian Fargo speaks with VG247 about his involvement.

• Torment game set in Numenera universe to be developed by inXile

  inXile’s Brian Fargo has announced a new Torment game is in the works with Planescape Torment designer Monte Cook and other members of the original team.

• Wasteland 2's Fargo wants to return to Kickstarter for round two

  InXile’s Brian Fargo has stated that – regardless of whether or not Wasteland 2 is a success – he will return to Kickstarter again with future projects. Fargo also believes that the potential rewards of crowd-funding are too great to pass up.

• Wasteland 2 interview: Fargo's wonderful apocalypse

  Wasteland 2 has been a dream of InXile’s Brian Fargo for over 20 years, and Kickstarter made it possible. VG247’s Dave Cook speaks with Fargo about the game’s development, combat & design.