Tabletop games are one of the big successes of the crowdfunding age with over 4,000 projects raising more than $200 million – along with video games they account for 20% of all money pledged on Kickstarter – yet it’s a category I’ve never really explored….
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The Banner Saga by Stoic Games had an absolutely phenomenal Kickstarter campaign back in 2012. Raising over $700,000, the team were able to get to work and produce a much-loved PC strategy title. We know that The Banner Saga 2 is coming, but that’s not…
The Banner Saga Reviewed by Amanda French With development for Banner Saga 2 officially announced, it’s the perfect time for a second look at the popular viking-themed tactical RPG game for the holidays. For those who have already beaten the game, there’s plenty of reasons…
Versus Evil and Gearbox Publishing, two leading independent video game publishers, in partnership with Stoic, an independent game development company, announced the launch of the physical boxed edition of the award winning, BAFTA nominated role-playing strategy indie series on Nintendo Switch. The Banner Saga Trilogy…
The Kickstarter campaign for Stoic’s epic conclusion to the Banner Saga series quickly obliterated it’s $200,000 funding goal. With nearly 6,000 backers rallying behind them, Stoic took to Reddit on last week for an “Ask Me Anything” community interview. Participants included; Stoic Founders John Watson and…
Arnie Jorgensen and John Watson took a risk leaving Bioware to found their own studio, Stoic. As indie developers, success and failure hinged on being able to fund their next project. Imagine their surprise when their studio’s debut title, The Banner Saga managed to raise over 700%…
Kotaku might not be the biggest fans of crowdfunding but they’ve been doing a commendable job the last couple days covering the rough time Stoic is having with their crowdfunded darling, The Banner Saga. The first article, published last night, details the Notice of Opposition…
If you’ve found yourself blown away by the new rogue-lite strategy RPG, Into the Breach, you’re not alone. Subset Games’ most recent title has quickly grabbed the attention of many tactical strategy fans. Into the Breach offers fast-paced gameplay, a rewarding difficulty curve, and variety of…
It’s not often a campaign launches that just has so much going for it that it’s difficult to pin down what makes it so special. And yet, developer AurumDust’s gorgeous turn-based narrative-driven RPG, Ash of Gods has managed to do just that. The project is…
We first wrote about Crash Wave’s Iron Tides back in May, and former Cliqist writer Conrad Crisman was excited for it. The Kickstarter campaign recently launched after going through the Square Enix Collective program. So we had a chat with one of the developers on the game, Carina…
The changes made by Steam to their score system on September 12th may seem fairly minor, but there are some potentially major ramifications for crowdfunded games. User scores on Steam will no longer include reviews linked to key-activated games. Which, of course, is how almost all…
It’s that time of year again, summer video game sales! GOG was first out of the gate with their sale, and they started things off strong with some amazing deals. In the interest of showing off the large number of great Kickstarter funded games available, as well…
How many Kickstarter-funded games make it to the PlayStation 4? Almost every Kickstarter campaign for a video game has PC as their target platform. It’s only an elite few who aim to bring their game to a console, and fewer still who manage it. Indeed,…
When the developers of turn-based tactics RPG Tahira : Echoes of the Astral Empire released a demo to coincide with PAX Australia, it was an opportunity too good to pass up. With a list of inspirations which includes the likes of Fire Emblem, Advance Wars,…
There aren’t many games that I’m looking forward to more than Bedlam. Sure there’s a number of must-buys coming out soon, including Dropsy, Satellite Reign, and Stasis, but Bedlam is the only one that I intend to use a sick day at work for. A post-apocalyptic…
[dropcap size=big]M[/dropcap]any Kickstarter video game campaigns enter their final 24 hours with stress an anxiety. Will they make their funding goal? Will key big dollar backers change their mind? One campaign that doesn’t need to worry about any of that, and instead just jump for…