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March 7, 2015 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Orlando based video game and simulation company, GameSim, is developing and publishing a mobile version of the successful Kickstarter project by Gamelyn Games, Tiny Epic Kingdoms. In Tiny Epic Kingdoms, a turn-based fantasy game, each player starts with a faction and a small territory. Throughout… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding more hype towards the upcoming release of Indiegogo alum Lazer Team, YouTube Channel Rooster Teeth unveiled the film’s first teaser over the weekend. According to its synopsis, Lazer Team begins decades ago when the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence project received a onetime signal from outer space, which was never decoded…. Read More

February 14, 2015 @ 2:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to create a third installment of the popular board game series, Arizona-based Eagle Games has launched a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for Age of Empires III. Sharing the history of the board game, the Eagle Games team stated, “Age of Empires III (2007, Tropical… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The streams have been crossed and the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper have come together! Cryptozoic Entertainment, creators of board and collectible card games, is bringing the world’s most highly respected group of paranormal investigators/exterminators to the table top with Ghostbusters: The Board Game. The game’s creators launched… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  With less than two weeks left until its Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, Exploding Kittens is gearing up to hit another milestone in its successful crowdfunding experience. The project has raised $5,463,316 from 138,284 backers (as of this morning). Exploding Kittens captured over a million the first… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off the Sundance Film Festival 2015 panel series on a financial note, The Hollywood Reporter and YouTube sat down to discuss the ins and outs of crowdfunding on Thursday (January 22nd). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the panel, Financing Through the Power of Fans,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 5:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 20th), Matthew Inman, the creator of the popular website The Oatmeal, teamed up with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise only $10,000 for his card game, Exploding Kittens. Within only a few hours,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ready to bring an old fan favorite, Conan the Barbarian, back to the market, Las Vegas-based Monolith Board Games debuted a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last week to raise $80,000 for its new board game Conan. Within only a few days, the project surpassed… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd founder and CEO Jon Medved practically has a regular gig at Bloomberg.  He recently did several sessions at the financial news network tackling a diverse group of topics such as the price of oil and self-driving cars.  In this discussion with Trish Regan on… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The wait is ALMOST over! Keiji Inafune, the creator behind Mega Man and now Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, announced he and his team are nearing the end of the game’s development. Mighty No. 9’s campaign was launched in 2013 and ended its run with a total of $3,845,170 from 67,226 backers, making it one… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 5:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Las Vegas-based Funforge, LLC. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $80,000 for its new cooperative survival boardgames called ZNA. According to its campaign, ZNA takes place in Boston. The year is 2015 and the city has been struck by a storm of… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As Star Citizen’s crowdfunding campaign continues to climb towards $65 million, founder and creator, Chris Roberts, announced he and the studio Imperium Games will be adding a new spaceship, MISC Reliant, along with a “virtual pet” system to the already highly anticipated video game. During his recent update… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Wednesday (November 12th),  video game developers, Josh Larson and Ryan Green, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $85,000 to bring their game, That Dragon, Cancer, to PC, Mac and Steam. The new adventure was originally a OUYA console exclusive and is dedicated to… Read More

November 5, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

gamesGRABR, a social network for gaming, is launching a new round of investment to fund its critical next phase of growth. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign in late 2013 where it quickly achieved its £150,000 target and over funded by 20%, gamesGRABR is now looking to… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Oculus Rift is one of the most well known rewards crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The VR headset that is a gamers dream raised over $2.4 million on Kickstarter as thousands backed the campaign.  Oculus went on to raise many millions from VCs – only to… Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring battling robot competitions back to television and laptop screens everywhere, the creators of the RobotGames have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a brand new video series about fighting robots.  The new series will not only feature crashing robots, metal carnage, fire and… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to continue its crowdfunding-success streak, video game developer Uber Entertainment has turned to Kickstarter with a campaign for its new game Human Resources.  Seeking $1.4 million, the project has received 7% of its goal during the first day thanks to over 2,500 backers. Human… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, developer Piranha Games announced the $1 million crowdfunding campaign for its new video game Transverse was officially canceled. The project failed to attract as many attention as the company had hoped and now the company is planning to refund all backers with the game. Piranha Games’… Read More

September 21, 2014 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In July of 2012, award-winning author Neal Stephenson teamed up with Seattle’s Subutai Corporation and launched a campaign on Kickstarter to raise $500,000 to “revolutionize” sword fighting video games by bringing his game CLANG to life. Within its 30-day run, the project easily passed its goal, raising $526,125… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Old School star, Will Ferrell, is staking his claim on the gaming world, for a cause. After successfully proving his “world dominance” in activities ranging from drum battles to anchoring the news, the actor is now ready to challenge video gamers far and wide, to raise… Read More