Tagged: gaming

October 21, 2013 @ 10:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Oculus VR is a crowdfunding darling, having raised a $16 million Series A round on top of another $2.4 million on Kickstarter. Now the virtual reality gaming headset manufacturer is gearing up for primetime in the form of a new, consumer-spec headset that the team… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 10:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Elemental-Labs Inc. turned to Kickstarter to fund a video game entitled Reborn. The game was aiming for a launch that would have included support for the latest and greatest gaming platforms, the Xbox One and Playstation 4. The project creators have cancelled the campaign early after… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The second campaign for Reaper Miniature Bones is just a week in at the time of writing, but already the campaign has raised almost $1.5 million on Kickstarter. This is especially remarkable when considering the first campaign for these small gaming miniatures raised over $3.4… Read More

October 4, 2013 @ 11:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Polygon recently did an installment of Polygon Live where Polygon staffers Chris Plante and Russ Pitts discussed whether Kickstarter has been a success or failure by video gamers until now. If you’re interested in watching their segment, it is embedded to the right. However, I… Read More

October 2, 2013 @ 9:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

$3,845,170. That is how much cash Mighty No. 9 was able to raise from 67,226 backers in just 31 days on Kickstarter. That is about $125,000 a day. The average contribution: $57.20. When combined with funds raised off of Kickstarter through PayPal contributions, the total actually stretched… Read More

October 1, 2013 @ 10:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9 is in its final hours. With a fitting 9 hours to go at the time of writing, the campaign has raised over $3.4 million. This puts it about $800,000 short of the second all-time game-related Kickstarter campaign, Torment: Tides… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

While the crowdfunding world was busy celebrating the lifting of the ban on general solicitation, Valve Corporation made a big announcement in the gaming world. The announcement has the potential to provide a boon to an increasingly robust crowdfunded indie game scene. First, a bit… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Ouya FreeTheGames fund has been a debacle of sorts. First Gridiron Thunder came under fire for a set of large donations early in the campaign. Then Elementary, My Dear Holmes was suspended by Kickstarter for another collection of seemingly dubious contributors. Finally, a campaign for Dungeons the… Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 10:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Funding velocity for Mighty No. 9 has flattened out considerably after hitting Kickstarter like a ton of bricks on August 31st. The game raised over a million dollars within a few days and just hit two million a week ago. Now the game has hit… Read More

September 13, 2013 @ 11:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Since the last time we compiled this list some interesting trends are emerging, not the least of which is the sheer dominance of gaming-related campaigns on the Kickstarter platform – both tabletop games and video games. Interestingly enough, none of the top 10 have changed,… Read More

September 12, 2013 @ 10:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9 has hit $2 million with 19 days left. The campaign will spend the remainder of it’s lifecycle trying to ascend the all-time Kickstarter charts. It was only 9 days ago that we were covering the $1 million milestone,… Read More

September 11, 2013 @ 9:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The campaign for Project Phoenix on Kickstarter has come to an end, but not before crossing $1 million in funding. The team also raised over $30,000 via PayPal donations in a separate effort. Project Phoenix is described as a “fantasy themed squad-based real-time strategy game combined… Read More

September 11, 2013 @ 9:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In a rather scathing piece in Kotaku yesterday, Owen Good takes issue with Ouya’s #FreeTheGames fund, which has certainly resulted in some unintended consequences for the fledgeling indie console. In examining campaigns for Elementary, My Dear Holmes and Gridiron Thunder, Good wonders how Ouya still has any… Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 3:57 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Now that we’re all collectively celebrating the launch of Kickstarter support for projects seeking funding in Canadian dollars, let’s take a look at six projects that have taken advantage of this new aspect of Kickstarter’s service. (As always, caveat emptor!) Nix Color Sensor [Toronto] The… Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 11:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Project Phoenix has raised almost $850,000 on a goal of $100,000 with just under two days left in what can only be called a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Now developer Creative Intelligence Arts, Inc. has announced that their game will be released on the Playstation 4… Read More

September 6, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Firefly Studios has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Gambitious for a third major installment of their popular real-time simulator series Stronghold. The game allows players to create and defend their kingdoms in real-time. Stronghold Crusader 2 is the game we have been wanting to make for… Read More

August 30, 2013 @ 10:36 am By Charles Luzar  |  

NOTE: two updates appear below the original article MogoTXT has taken issue with a backer comment on the Kickstarter campaign page for Gridiron Thunder. We first reported on Gridiron Thunder earlier this week. The game is taking part in Ouya’s #FreeTheGames fund, which promises to… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We wrote about Gridiron Thunder yesterday. The game is already fully-funded on Kickstarter and is participating in Ouya’s #FreeTheGames fund, so the game is eligible for a funding match from Ouya. VG 24/7 provides the following explanation regarding the more dubious aspects of the campaign… Unfortunately, questions… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 10:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Gridiron Thunder is crowdfunding on Kickstarter in order to build an arcade-style football game for the Ouya. Ouya famously raised over $8 million on Kickstarter for a cheap, Android-powered gaming console for the masses. Early gameplay footage of Gridiron Thunder invokes memories of NFL Blitz, albeit… Read More

August 26, 2013 @ 9:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Star Citizen has raised over $15 million in a crowdfunding campaign that has been operating for the better part of the last year. Now Chris Roberts and the rest of the team charged with bringing the video game to reality are beginning delivery to backers…. Read More