No surprises here. Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2 project, running on Fig, is already close to locking down its massive $3.3m funding goal, having secured $2.1 in a mere handful of days. I guess that’s what happens when a cult classic from a beloved developer goes…
As I mentioned back in October development on Cyan’s Myst inspired first person adventure Obduction has hit a few snags. And despite these setbacks they’re still chugging along pumping out each world into playable shape. While the game is still far from finished they have…
Cult: Awakening of the Old Ones first launched on Kickstarter on June 5, 2012. It promised a release by October that year, already an ambitious schedule. It’s been over three years and that promised release date is little more a fuzzy memory, if that, than…
Every week we take a brief look at all of the Kickstarter video game campaigns that launched in the previous week. This isn’t to say that all of these projects are worth your hard earned cash, but with any luck having all of them in…
InSomnia is a dieselpunk RPG that is currently in development over at Studio MONO. It exceeded it’s Kickstarter funding by over $20,000 in July 2014, and seems to be quite widely anticipated. The game is being created in Unreal Engine 4 and so far the screenshots…
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…
The longest journey of Zoe Castillo and Kian Alvane continue in the fourth book of Dreamfall Chapters as they work to unravel the mysteries surrounding the two worlds of Stark and Arcadia and how it all relates to the surreal border world of Dreamtime. A lot…
Good news, everybody! The Last Time is going to feature sound effects and music. Those of you who were anxious at the prospect of the game being silent need not worry – an actual sound designer has been employed and everything. Phew. What? Think I’m…
I’ll admit right now, the announcement of Psychonauts 2 at The Game Awards 2015 was a shock to me. What wasn’t a shock was that it would be coming to fruition thanks in part to crowdfunding. The minute it was announced, my immediate reaction was…
Turnover is a survival stealth game funded on Kickstarter back in August 2014. It was developed by Anthony Nichols and will be available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS upon release. In Turnover the protagonist needs to escape from a company building without being…
Spark Rising was a rather ambitious Kickstarter project that was successfully funded way back in 2013. Spark Rising is meant to be a 3rd person action-strategy type game with sandbox elements to allow you to be creative. The campaign raised over $21k, but the game…
In 2003, before the shiny plastic craze of Guitar Hero and Rock Band came upon us, Harmonix released a creative spin on music games in the form of Amplitude, which was a sequel to Frequency. At first glance it will look fairly similar to the…
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…
It’s been a while since we got a proper update for the post apocalyptic visual novel Exogenesis but the latest one is full of news, both good and bad. Unfortunately, there have been a number of setbacks, mostly related to the current fiasco with Razer’s acquisition…
Not long after I posted the announcement for A More Beautiful World I was approached by the developers thanking me for my feedback on the pitch and had made changes to the main page. They also provided more links to the demo so that those like…
Turn based RPGs are a favorite pastime of mine, ever since I first played a Final Fantasy game. And RPG Maker has proven to be a great programming tool for those wanting to develop games inspired by the greats. Which is one reason why I…
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