Have you heard of the Square Enix Collective? If you’ve got an interest in crowdfunded videogames there’s a good chance you’re at least aware of it, but if you’re reading this article it’s likely you’re a bit fuzzy on the details – and you wouldn’t be…
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Dan’s gaming habit began in the 1980s with the NES and since joining Kickstarter in 2014 he’s backed over 100 crowdfunded projects - more than half of which were for video games. Hailing from the UK, he also writes for BrashGames.co.uk
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In a first for me, I’ve had the opportunity to explore the draft of a Kickstarter project before it goes live. The aforementioned project is Dragon of Legends, an online action role-playing title from Canadian developer Thrive Games featuring 2D pixel graphics and a suitably…
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At first glance Savage: The Shard of Gosen just seems to be another attempt to cash in on the retro platformer nostalgia stirred up by Shovel Knight. Plenty of other Kickstarters went for the same route and it’s not hard to see why – making…
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Popup Dungeon originally promised backers above certain pledge levels the chance to vote on which additional tilesets would be introduced in addition to the standard dungeons. However unlike a number of other projects that made ambitious claims, developer Triple B Titles did let backers influence development…
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Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom, the action RPG from developer Enigami, has a new teaser trailer ahead of its 2016 release. At just over a minute long it’s actually shorter than the trailer shown at Gamescom 2015 a few months ago, but despite the short length…
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Colonial India of the late nineteenth century is an unusual setting for an RPG, as most games of a similar ilk feature Toklienesqe fantasy worlds or futuristic sci-fi environments. The fact that Kim, inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s novel of the same name, from British developer…
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Ambition may usually be a virtue but when it comes to Kickstarter projects an overabundance of ambition is one of the traits that most concerns me. Futuristic racer Formula Fusion was one such project as it set itself up to be a spiritual successor to…
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Updates for the SNES-era RPG Dormant Sky have been few and far between – it’s been ten months since the last one. So while it was good to see developer EdgeEntertainment checking in with backers, the bad news is that like with all the previous…
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The release of open world RPG title Balrum is imminent – on 14th December 2015 it will be available to purchase on Steam (having opted out of having an Early Access release). It may be over a year after the planned release date but that extra…
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After reporting on several Kickstarter projects that have experienced numerous delays it’s a nice surprise to see one that seems to be running right on schedule. Defect from developer Phase Three Interactive is due for a final release in May 2016 and as of 1st…
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The latest update for Jon Shafer’s At the Gates is pretty immense, coming in at over 5000 words. And while it covers a great many topics the point that clearly stands out is the revised release date – the originally scheduled date of June 2014…
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Well that’s that then, the Sociable Soccer Kickstarter campaign has been cancelled after only two weeks. The news doesn’t come as too much of a surprise given the ‘spiritual successor to Sensible Soccer’ had only raised just over 10% of its £300,000 ($453,000) target and…
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Tabletop games are one of the big successes of the crowdfunding age with over 4,000 projects raising more than $200 million – along with video games they account for 20% of all money pledged on Kickstarter – yet it’s a category I’ve never really explored….
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Following the positive news that refunds would be issued for the cancelled Rocket Ranger Reloaded game, developer Cinemaware has announced details of how backers can apply to be reimbursed. Crucially Kickstarter itself doesn’t have the facilities to arrange refunds so the process has to be…
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Yooka-Laylee developers Playtonic Games have unveiled an image of one of the more unique rewards I’ve seen on Kickstarter – a 64GB Yooka-Laylee flash drive fashioned from an actual Nintendo N64 cartridge. These N64 flash drives were available to backers who pledged $340 for the…
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It was only last month that we had an update on Scraps – Story of a Dog which explained the game was being put on hold but would still be made and another update has swiftly followed, even though the message is generally still the…