Supergiant Games have already established themselves as a developer to watch. Their previous work includes the critically acclaimed action RPGs Bastion and Transistor. Their newest title, Pyre is releasing on July 25th and features their biggest and most imaginative world to date. The new party-based…
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Two-man French development studio Dark Screen Games have gone for the crowdfunding approach for their upcoming brawler, featuring characters from a large variety of recent indie titles. The Fig campaign for Bounty Battle is seeking $30,000 and if successful will see fighters from games ranging…
Tinybuild Games CEO, Alex Nichiporchik has come forward with some damning accusations against Russian game publisher, Buka Entertainment. Accusations which he claims have lead Buka to threaten legal actions against the indie label. On June 19th, 2017, Nichiporchik published an article to tinyBuild’s website where…
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…
On January 16, 2017, White Lotus Games launched a Kickstarter campaign for Sundered. Six months later, their follow-up to Jotun would hit the grand stage of E3 2017. It’s one thing for a game to be announced at E3, like Shenmue 3, but for one…
Earlier this week we introduced the staggeringly popular Kickstarter campaign for upcoming MMORPG, Ashes of Creation. The project has won the hearts and dollars of over 7K backers. It had already raised roughly $1,296,200 when I wrote this article. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you should…
Lobster, otherwise known as Ian Kragh, is one of the most prolific miners of Kickstarter video game data around. Read almost any Kickstarter thread in a video game forum and you’ll most likely seem him chime in with a mind blowing amount of data, analysis,…
When developers K Bros Games stumbled upon YouTube success with a quirky pooping game, it wasn’t the result of impressive marketing or big budget gameplay. There’s Poop In My Soup was ridiculous and gross in a way that viewers of popular YouTube channels ate up. Hoping…
Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Games are by their own definition, massive. As such this has become one of the most challenging genres to fund through crowdfunding. For every Shroud of the Avatar that strikes it big, there are a hundred other projects that never see the…
Today we introduce our new video series: Where Are They Now? Believe it or not, the series will take a look at what happened to developers after their crowdfunding campaign. Mostly we’ll be looking into developers with failed or suspended campaigns. Every now and then…
Modding an existing game property sure is fun. Nothing beats being able to go back to a game you enjoy and spice it up with additional characters or levels. Too bad it’s not a lucrative hobby since you can’t monetize reskins of characters you don’t…
It’s good and bad news this week for PxlPlz, developers of Robo Puzzle Smash. Yes it’s been Greenlit on Steam which is a very positive step for any aspiring PC game. But with only a week left the Kickstarter campaign has so far only raised…
Apocalypse Now: The Game. Yes, that is officially a thing that wants to exist. As of January 24th a Kickstarter campaign to adapt Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 psychological Vietnam War drama into the videogame format is underway. Do we get a scene where we press…
Even if you love strategy games to death, you probably hate waiting for your turn. Sure, you can watch the enemy’s moves and calculate a solid plan to counter, but sometimes you play with one of those guys that really mulls over their every decision….
In Keen, speed is the name of the game. Unless of course, you prefer more tactical turn-based combat. Then feel free to swap out its speedy hack’n’slash gameplay for something more methodical. In Cat Nigiri’s new Indiegogo project, everyone can find something to enjoy. Seeking a flexible…
Eldritch horror often seeks to answer some dark questions. One consistent theme of such stories is learning how far people are willing to go to obtain not only knowledge, but power. Sundered, an upcoming title from the creators of Jotun, takes this concept and applies it to…