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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If you’re on this site you have doubtlessly read about countless quality games that have received funding through Kickstarter and similar mediums. But for every great game that has come out of Kickstarter there’s a few not-so-great ones. There are disappointments and games that never…
It entered the crowdfunding realm on March 14, 2014. It covered its $75,000 goal in less than 24 hours. A year later, it was seen regularly on Twitch.tv’s top 10 streamed games despite only being in the infancy of its Early Access life cycle. No, this…
Despite my love and enthusiasm of a project I will have to admit that a long period of silence between updates does leave me with less than pure optimism. Even one that has me as excited as Zeebarf’s The Ballads of Reemus 2, which was…
Darkest Dungeon, one of Kickstarter’s latest darlings and a model for the Early Access game, has finally been released. That means gamers can finally “Go to Hell.” I assume the developers are referring to the games full release, and not something more nefarious. The bad news, if…
Despite not being a fan of Metroidvania style games the basic plot for Dark Flame was enough to make me at least interested in seeing exactly how the game played out. Thankfully, they provided a demo so that those like me who are on the…
Back in June the survival horror adventure game Song of Horror ran on Kickstarter and, unfortunately, failed to get funding. Now they’re back with a second attempt, this time with a longer campaign and smaller asking amount. Roughly $55k, converted from Euros, to be more…
Back in the beginning of the year The Dark Inside Me, a point and click horror game, was crowdfunding on IndieGogo. It had 78 backers and 1,117 USD raised within a month. A trailer was released, a good handful of images were shown, and Akçay…
[dropcap size=big]B[/dropcap]ack during the campaign for Fictiorama Studios’ post-apocalyptic adventure Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today they offered as a $5 add-on a text adventure prequel to the game. And those of us who decided to give to the cause got the download code before it…
James Renoir used to be a detective. Unfortunately, his work finally caught up with him one day as he is gunned down when trying to speak with an informant. But that’s not where his journey ends. Somehow, he wakes up later despite being, well, dead….
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]hree years ago Aoineko Studios launched a Kickstarter for their Cyberpunk RPG Kitaru and managed to get funding to the tune of just over $35,500. The problem with this title, though, is that it still hasn’t seen the light of day. Which isn’t that…
In just a little under two days, Tokyo Dark achieved its $40k CAD funding goal, and since then it has just been raking in the dough. So far it’s over $120k CAD (or $99k USD) and June 10th, the campaign’s end date, seems a long way…
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]urofinity and Dreamatrix are getting into the final stretch on funding their upcoming Hack n’ Slash RPG, Wave of Darkness. With roughly two weeks to go and less than half their goal amount remaining, the developer is looking to find the last of their…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]ormentum: Dark Sorrow (review / strategy guide) is unique as a casual-level adventure game because of its beautiful, dark, and surreal imagery. It explores the idea of redemption, but not just that, how we perceive morality at all. The elements of horror in Tormentum…
INTRODUCTION Tormentum: Dark Sorrow is a powerful, haunting, and surreal world that manages to create a sense of unease in the player without a whole lot of posturing. If you’d like my full thoughts on the game, see my review, but here I will endeavor…
[dropcap size=big]W[/dropcap]hat do you think when you read the following sentence about the game Moonman: In a strange, nocturnal world a moonman is summoned by an ancient mollusc. It sends him to the farthest corners of the land to search for fallen moon fragments…. Does that made sense…