Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding headlines

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

  Psychonauts 2 has picked up a publisher.

• inXile announces Wasteland 3

  Time to head into the frozen Colorado wastes, Ranger.

• 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”.

• 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

• 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.

• 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 […]

• MechWarrior Online to be "a lot better" thanks to crowdfunding

  MechWarrior Online didn’t go down the Kickstarter route, but it did leverage crowdfunding to ensure Piranha could deliver a higher quality product.