Tagged: kickstarter

July 8, 2016 @ 8:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! Cool Mini or Not‘s 24th Kickstarter has officially closed. The gaming company took to the crowdfunding giant last month to raise $200,000 for its new board game, Massive Darkness. Within only three days, the project scored $1.1 million. The initiative capped at $3,560,642 from 22,361 backers Thursday evening…. Read More

July 6, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter is set to host its 2016 Summer Festival at the Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn later this month. The event’s description reads: Celebrate creativity at the Kickstarter Summer Festival, a free event featuring art, food, games, and more from the Kickstarter community. Join… Read More

July 5, 2016 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zungle, the Los Angeles startup behind the new innovative sunglasses Zungle Panther, has successfully secured over $1.2 million on Kickstarter. The company took to the crowdfunding giant last month to raise $50,000 for the shades but quickly gained funds (and popularity) by raising over $475,000 within the first week…. Read More

July 4, 2016 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nura, an Australia-based startup, has officially broken Kickstarter’s Aussie record. The company launched a campaign on the crowdfunding portal back in May for its self-titled in-ear and over-ear design headphones. The previous Aussie record was held by Knog’s bike bell “Oi,” which raised $1 million AUD… Read More

July 1, 2016 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of Shenmue III’s Kickstarter Launch Anniversary, creator of the highly anticipated video, Yu Suzuki offered up a progress update for backers. Shenmue III is described as the true sequel to the classic open world action RPG games, Shenmue and Shenmue II.  The game’s story reads: “Ryo Hazuki has made… Read More

July 1, 2016 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just hours before the closing of Bitmap Books’ latest Kickstarter campaign for the new book, NES/Famicom, gaming giant Nintendo has issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against the initiative. The book was to feature written content and artwork of the video games from the Nintendo’s first… Read More

June 30, 2016 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tech startup Pebble has done it again! The company secured over $12,779,843 from 66,673 backers through its third Kickstarter campaign, which launched to raise $1 million for its new products, Pebble 2, Time 2, and Pebble Core. Each device offers new ways for users to enjoy the company’s famous technology. Each… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Indiegogo and Kickstarter-funded Ghostbusters documentary, Ghostheads, announced its official premiere date. The film was featured at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, which was held in New York City in April. Ghostheads’ synopsis reads: “Ghostheads is a documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom, and… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Nightdive Studios launched a Kickstarter initiative to raise $900,000 for the remake of the 1994 PC sci-fi video game, System Shock. Less than 24 hours after its debut, the campaign has secured nearly $450,000 from over 7,000 backers. The game’s description reads: “System Shock was one… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a month after closing the highly successful Kickstarter initiative for the new game, Million Dollars, But…,  Rooster Teeth has begun the shipping process. Million Dollars, But… is described as a game that puts the player’s morals and imagination to test by posing the common… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 4:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its third Kickstarter campaign set to close on Wednesday, tech startup Pebble has successfully secured nearly $12 million from over 62,700 backers. Pebble launched the campaign on the funding portal last month to raise $1 million for its new products,  Pebble 2, Time 2, and… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cool Mini of Not‘s 24th Kickstarter is continuing to find success! The initiative, which is for the company’s newest game, Massive Darkness, has surpassed $2 million thanks to over 14,000 backers. As previously reported, Massive Darkness is described as a dungeon crawl board game without a game master and… Read More

June 26, 2016 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

In February of 2014, Munich-based Bragi Dash launched their rewards crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The concept was to create “smart” wireless headphones that combined a full set of features and technology currently unavailable in the retail market. The vision of founder Nikolaj Hviid, formerly Head… Read More

June 24, 2016 @ 4:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following Mighty No. 9’s European launch, the creators of the highly anticipated Kickstarter game, comcept USA, offered up an update for those who are struggling with product keys. Just hours after the game was released in North America and Asia, backers flooded the game’s Kickstarter page revealing that… Read More

June 24, 2016 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after Crowdcube #FundedClub member Primo Toys raised nearly $1.6 million through its Kickstarter initiative for educational toy Cubetto, Pittsburgh tech startup, Digital Dream, announced it was officially filing a lawsuit against the UK toy maker for reportedly marketing and selling an… Read More

June 24, 2016 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help prevent more assault crimes from happening, California-based Nimb has launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for its self-titled panic button ring. According to its description, Nimb is a ring with a concealed button that notifies family, friends, emergency services and the Nimb community… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 4:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just six months after Paramount and CBS announced they have filed a lawsuit against Star Trek:Axanar for copyright infringement, creators of the crowdfunding success have unleashed the film’s first two trailers. The film has raised over $1 million through Indiegogo and Kickstarter campaigns. Although it is considered a feature film,… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Los Angeles startup, Zungle, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $50,000 for its innovative sunglasses, Zungle Panther. What makes these shades stand out? Each is equipped with built-in bone conduction speakers that reportedly enables to transmit sound waves to the skull via vibrations. Zungle Panther… Read More

June 21, 2016 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Today’s the big day! Keiji Inafune and comcept USA’s Kickstarter project, Mighty No. 9, was finally delivered to North American and Asian backers after numerous delays. The game surfaced on the crowdfunding platform in summer 2013 and secured over $3.8 million from 62,000 backers. Unfortunately, there’s already been some major… Read More

June 21, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indie games developer, Flaming Fowl Studios, announced on Tuesday that it has decided to pull the plug on the Fable Fortune Kickstarter campaign. The initiative was launched last month to raise £250,000 for the Fable theme collectible card game. Fable Fortune is described as a free-to-play collectible card game (CCG) that… Read More