Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding headlines

• Star Citizen's single-player campaign "will be done when it's done"

  It looks like the single-player campaign for Star Citizen is still a fair way off, according to developer Cloud Imperium Games.

  5 months ago

• Epic is covering Shenmue 3 refunds, will work with other stores in future to prevent repeat of this situation

  Epic Games has revealed that it’ll shoulder the cost of Shenmue 3 refunds so it doesn’t take away from the game’s budget.

  2 years ago

• This Kickstarter campaign is trying to revive the classic shmup R-Type series

  If you’re a fan of shmup games or sidescrollers, there’s currently a Kickstarter campaign to revive the classic R-Type series with R-Type Final 2.

  2 years ago

• Shenmue 3 delayed... again

  In news that won’t shock anyone, a studio delayed a video game, again.Today it’s Shenmue 3, which publisher Deep Silver intended to launch on August 27. Instead, the company is pushing its release to Nov. 19, 2019.

  2 years ago

• Sci-fi porn RPG Subverse, which features "imp with 6 testicles", raises over £1.5 million

  If you love boning aliens in your RPGs as much as I do, Subverse is going to right up your alley.

  2 years ago

• Bloodborne board game has raised over £1.6 million on Kickstarter

  The Kickstarter for the Bloodborne board game is currently sitting at just over £1.6 million, with 14 days left of the campaign.

  2 years ago

• Watch the debut trailer for Omno, a serene puzzle adventure made by a solo developer

  Jonas Manke is the only developer behind Inkyfox, the studio responsible for Omno.

  2 years ago

• Hamsterdam is a beat 'em up brawler from the makers of Guns of Icarus

  Guns of Icarus’ developer, Muse Games, has revealed its completely bonkers next project.

  3 years ago

• Egyptian indie action RPG Knights of Light takes to Kickstarter

  Knights of Light, the action role-playing game from Egyptian studio Rumbling Games, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.

  3 years ago

• Massive scale WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose takes to Kickstarter

  Hell Let Loose is an ambitious WW2 shooter that promises 100-player battles and a strategic layer of resource management.

  3 years ago

• The next game from Deadly Premonition creator Swery65 lets you play as a cat

  Hidetaka ‘Swery65’ Suehiro, creator of Deadly Premonition and D4, recently promised that he’d soon reveal what he’s been working on.

  4 years ago

• Pillars of Eternity 2 crosses $3 million in crowd-funding

  There’s evidently a lot of people anticipating Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, as it has just climbed over $3 million in funding on crowdfunding platform Fig.

  4 years ago

• The Apocalypse Now game moves from Kickstarter to its own dedicated fundraising site

  Apocalypse Now’s videogame adaptation isn’t going to make it on Kickstarter, so the team behind it are seeking funding privately.

  4 years ago

• Psychonauts 2 signs Payday 2 publisher, new early gameplay revealed

  Psychonauts 2 has picked up a publisher.

  4 years ago

• inXile announces Wasteland 3

  Time to head into the frozen Colorado wastes, Ranger.

  4 years ago

• The art director of The Nightmare Before Christmas is crowdfunding a game called Jinko

  Deane Taylor, an award-winning animator, is seeking funding for a “mixed media fantasy adventure game for young adults”.

  5 years ago

• Star Citizen crowdfunding tally tops $10 million

  Roberts Space Industries has broken $10 million in its campaign to pay for massive space sim Star Citizen without interference from pesky traditional publishers

  8 years ago

• Godus "Late Believer" backer tier now available

  22 Cans has temporarily re-opened crowdfunding for Godus, allowing those who missed out on earlier campaigns to get in on a few special extras.

  8 years ago

• Project Eternity crowdfunding reward tiers closing today

  If you’re keen to nab some of the rewards available to those who help crowdfund Obsidian Entertainment’s Project Eternity, you need to get on it now. A PayPal donation option, the last recourse for rewards before funding ends forever, will be closed as of 6:00PM PST today – that’s just over an hour away at […]

  8 years ago