With the dumpster fire that was 2016 now behind us, Azalyne Studios is hoping to start the new year off right. In addition to shiny new forums, fans can now download a “super special extended demo” of Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem. The catch? The…
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Developer, Bulkhead Interactive has an updated timeline for their WW2 multiplayer-shooter, Battalion 1944. Funded on Kickstarter for £317,281 the game is quickly coming up on it’s planned 2017 completion date. Beginning in May, the team plans to move into the Alpha testing phase. Initially, players…
Following hot on the heels of last month’s highly anticipated matchmaking overhaul, indie MOBA Awesomenauts is ready for its next big update. On December 14th, Ronimo Games will release the Awesomenauts 3.4: Prime Time update. The new update will add a couple features promised in the…
Every night the world ends, but every morning Mars wakes up for his first day of school, again. Mars Underground is an apocalyptic time looping adventure currently on Kickstarter. Moloch Media is seeking $2,322 to create this mind-bending Groundhog Day-esque RPG. Each day the player…
Some people have a certain aptitude for chess. I picked up my chess skills on the streets and as such, am pretty terrible against anyone even remotely competent at the game. My husband and I have an unspoken agreement to never mention chess and our…
For years, we’ve played the hero trying to save a dying world in video games. Some games, however, decide to take a more apocalyptic approach: what can you do with a world that has already died? Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King centers around that…
Fourth time’s a charm, right? That’s what developer David Prassel is hoping after launching yet another Kickstarter campaign for his game, ORION. The first campaign was a success, titled Orion: Prelude, raising $17,686 way back in July 2011. The game was eventually finished and released…
Adventure games are a curious phenomenon on Kickstarter. For every successful campaign there seems to be one that didn’t make it. I previously looked at the success to failure ratio, but in this article I want to specifically take a look at ten Kickstarter horror…
Alright, I’ll admit it, I’m a total sucker for Halloween horror. Most of the year I can keep my urge for spooky media relatively in check, but come October, the weather changes and I need scary in my life again. Fortunately, crowdfunding platforms have a…
So, Dragon Date got funded on Kickstarter. Just in case you somehow missed this little gem, it’s a visual novel where you romance sexy anime dragon-girls. Admittingly, we were a bit skeptical in our initial coverage, but 571 backers and $15,376 (of an $8,000 goal)…
Game development is expensive, often prohibitively so. Akimbo Creations learned this lesson when they began work on their first game, Arc Continuum back in 2015. Arc was successfully pitched to and received funding from the Canadian Media Fund, but the funds were not enough to include…
At first glance, it’s hard to tell that Astro Boy: Edge of Time is a card game. If you skip the video and go straight to the page, there’s only the description calling this a “CCG” to clue you in. Judging from the rest of the…
At this very moment in Syria, a family’s home is being bombed. A sniper is gunning down a child, or maybe a journalist is getting beheaded. Innocent people are dying everywhere, and many more are losing their homes. They have nowhere to go, so they…
Our weekly dose of hot takes, occasionally well formed opinions, and fevered outbursts is back. Yup, it’s time for the Question of the Week! This week our question is all about keeping the risks of crowdfunding in mind. What’s one thing people should keep in mind before backing a…
Our weekly dose of hot takes, occasionally well formed opinions, and fevered outbursts is back. Yup, it’s time for the Question of the Week! This week our question is a two parter and deals with Kickstarter videogame regrets. Which Kickstarter videogame campaign do you regret backing? Which do you…