Here’s something that we don’t actually see funded a whole lot via Kickstarter – First person shooters. For whatever reason this incredibly popular genre hasn’t yet taken hold on crowdfunding sites. Perhaps STRAFE will be the one to usher them into the fold. This FPS…
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Marcus is a fellow with a love for video games, horror, and Japanese food. When he’s not writing about games for a multitude of sites, he’s usually still playing one. Writing about video games is something he hopes to continue doing for many years to come.
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Beast’s Fury is one of the few crowdfunding campaigns out there which has experienced both Indiegogo and Kickstarter. In 2013 they ran a successful campaign for $20,000 via Indiegogo but, as with many projects, underestimated their costs and found that even this “extra” money wasn’t…
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In the latest update from Sekai Project we now have word that all three games in The Grisaia Trilogy have been Greenlit. This should come as no surprise as everything the publisher brings to Steam Greenlight goes through easily. They’ve seemingly got the Midas touch…
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As a fan of visual novels it’s hard for me to pass up on any new ones that crop up on Kickstarter and IndieGogo. This week a visual novel and RPG hybrid by the name of Vampire Quest popped up on Kickstarter. Although it seems to…
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So, the ridiculous modern-retro FPS game STRAFE just launched its Kickstarter campaign in a climate where very few FPSes ever dared trudge. Now we’ve got word of another retro-inspired shooter on the crowdfunding site! RetroBlazer takes things in a different direction though, providing something that…
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The Bergson family were living a great life in Morta. For generations they had lived off the land, watching over it and enjoying its serenity. One day this changed as they noticed an evil corrupting effect on Mount Morta. Suddenly, monsters were now infiltrating the…
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The crowdfunded video game Last Year has been making waves here at Cliqist, but not purely because of its awesome slasher concepts. Shortly after its incredibly surprising late campaign success an official Friday the 13th game was announced to be in the works by a big…
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Nova Cry is a game with a storied history. In 2012 the exciting-looking card game came to Kickstarter and was a resounding success, raising over $13,000 in all. However due to rights issues and other complications, the game was never able to be delivered to…
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[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]hen it comes to tile-matching games people are not starved for choice. Quite the opposite, in fact! With that said, the genre has seen many tweaks over the years thanks to game developers exploring beyond the safe confines of their progenitors. One such game…
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[dropcap size=big]K[/dropcap]ickstarter launched back in April of 2009, but at that time nobody could have predicted how popular it would become. Crowdfunding was still a very unknown thing to most at the time, but game developers were testing the waters. After small successes such as…
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Are you tired of 4X board games which take up way too much room on your dinner table and far longer than any of your friends want to sit around playing? That’s where a title like Pocket Imperium comes in handy. As the name suggests,…
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Have you felt that there really haven’t been any standout campaigns on Kickstarter thus far in 2015? Sure, there’s a few, but things aren’t picking up to speed just yet. A possible front runner in this category is Elventales: A Path Foreseen. This hack and…
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Are you in the mood for a 2D pixelated action game? If you’re looking for a game that fits the bill and is brand new then perhaps Slain! will be up your alley (and yes, the exclamation point appears to be a necessary part of…
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[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]ho would have guessed that after years and years of video game designers chasing after increasingly realistic graphics that we’d be in the middle of another pixelated game boom? It seems all those fine folks who grew up playing classic consoles are out there…
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Unless you play a lot of flight sims, there’s a surprising dearth of games which allow players to experience flight. In Igneos: The Last Phoenix you play as Pharos, a mythological bird. Of course, this means there’s a ton of flying to be had in…
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Music is a wonderful thing but have you ever considered it to be powerful? In the world of Maestros of the Anthymn it actually confers power onto the realm of Chora and its many inhabitants. Unfortunately, Chora is split into different sections, with each group…
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