CivCraft – Legends of Ellaria will now be known simply as Legends of Ellaria, according to an update on the game’s official Kickstarter page. It’s a good thing, too, because ‘CivCraft‘ sounds like something a machine would come up with. Talk about generic genre titles….
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Gary Alexander Stott is a handsome young writer from Scotland absolutely brimming with talent, who feels his best feature is his modesty. When it comes to overthinking narrative and storytelling in games, his otherwise useless degree in English with Creative Writing comes in very handy indeed.
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Eco-warriors, unite! Fire With Fire, the online tower defense game with an environmentally-aware twist is coming to early access on Steam & Razer Forge TV March 29th. That’s less than a week away! Theory Georgiou has released a new trailer to celebrate the fact, which…
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Now this is how you do it. The Last Time (you know, that point & click narrative game inspired by Quantic Dream and Telltale?) recently posted an update to the game’s Kickstarter backers, and as small as the update is, it’s handled wonderfully: You guys…
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Here’s an interesting one. Quern – Undying Thoughts, the Myst-inspired first-person puzzler successfully funded through Kickstarter, has posted an update to its backers. The update, which you can read in full here, apologizes for the recent lack of communication between the game’s developers and its…
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It’s been a long journey, but Hyper Light Drifter is finally nearing its March 31st release date. Launched in September 2013, the game found massive support in the Kickstarter community, going on to raise $645,158 across 24,150 backers. The new trailer showcases the vibrant, colorful…
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2008’s Tron/Battlezone-inspired Tank Universal is getting a direct sequel, which developer Phil Jones hopes to fund through the Kickstarter community. Tank Universal was a perfectly respectable game, earning a 7/10 from IGN. The sequel plans to retain the acid-bright colors that defined its predecessor’s aesthetic,…
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It’s been a while since we covered Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander at Cliqist. Let’s change that, shall we? First, a primer for the uninitiated: Halycon 6: Starbase Commander is a successfuly-funded Kickstarter project that raised $187,706 CAD from 6,396 backers. Currently in development by Massive…
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There’s something almost cheeky about Outpost 13‘s latest update, which I absolutely adore, but for all the wrong reasons. Just read this: Spring Is Here!!! Thank you everyone for all your support through the 2015/2016 winter season! You’re awesome! Bad News: -Act 2 has been…
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It’s been two years – two years – since Lioness updated its Kickstarter backers. To put that into perspective, that’s a radio silence covering 2,255 backers and $26,735 of investment. Yikes. Pretty ironic, considering Lioness‘s themes of non-existence. That streak ends today. What’s even crazier is…
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There’s a certain irony behind developer Chimera Company’s name of choice, given that their latest Kickstarter project is clearly a hybrid of popular games that have come before. That’s not a knock on Lux. Indeed, the team behind the survival-based MMORPG appear to be passionate…
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The huge REDUX! update for BEDLAM (the post-apocalyptic roguelike strategy by Skyshine Games) is now live, and seeks to address player concerns that were raised upon the successful Kickstarter project’s launch. Well, does it? Let’s take a look at what’s new. First of all, battle…
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I’ll be the first to admit that I know next to nothing about MOBAs. The Massive Online Battle Arena genre (okay, I know some things) is hugely popular within the hardcore gaming community, but it doesn’t exactly have mainstream appeal. A Real-Time Strategy sub-genre, I…
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Yes, you read that correctly. If you follow the crowdfunded gaming scene at all, you’ve no doubt heard of Alice Dreams Tournament, a successful Kickstarter project headed for the Sega Dreamcast (no matter how many times you read that, it never gets any less intriguing)…
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Heads up: new rhythm game incoming! Old School Musical is heading to Kickstarter. The game’s official website describes it thus: “Old School Musical is retro rhythm game that will make you fall back in your childhood. Tib and Rob are the heroes of an epic…
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In the project’s first update since August last year, Darkfield VR has resurfaced with new information. Shall we unpack? The important takeaways are this: a new version of Darkfield will be available to backers in late March/early April, and will be a complete reworking of the game….
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We see a lot of visual novels in the crowdfunding scene. Many, if not most of them, are romantically-themed. That’s actually kind of strange, when you think about it, as developing a visual novel around a different theme, say, revenge, would automatically give your project…