Tagged: video games

May 14, 2013 @ 8:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Updated: Click here for the most recent version of this list… You may remember that we recently did this list on December 31st of last year. In just short of six months we have added 14 more campaigns to the list of Kickstarter raises that have… Read More

May 13, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

As Mashable originally reported, a product called the Mad Genius is readying a Kickstarter campaign that will seek contributions in exchange for preorders of their new motion-sensitive gaming controller. In the clip below, you can see the controller in action as it is tested playing… Read More

May 13, 2013 @ 9:11 am By Nintendo Life  |  

Kickstarter, as regular readers of Nintendo Life have no doubt noticed, is becoming increasingly visible in the gaming media. It’s not just here that the crowdfunding site is gaining a lot of web space, as increasing numbers of fundraisers begin to emerge, gain significant support… Read More

May 13, 2013 @ 7:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ouya raised over $8 million on Kickstarter last year followed by a $15 million round led by Kleiner Perkins, becoming a darling of the gaming media as an example of crowdfunding’s power to democratize a gaming industry long dominated by large publishers and manufacturers. Now… Read More

May 11, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Slashgear  |  

Carmageddon for Android has been released, hitting phones and tablets today having raised more than $625,000 in a Kickstarter campaign last year. The classic game – which requires players drive roughshod across the tracks, mowing down pedestrians and colliding with fellow drivers as they go – was a notorious… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 4:26 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

First person shooters like Call of Duty are some of the most popular video games around, and the DELTA SIX controller currently on Kickstarter aims to make the experiences of these games even more immersive and realistic than they are today. From the campaign page…… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 2:40 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The video demo of “Road Redemption” on the Oculus Rift VR headset is mind-blowing. Remember Road Rash? It was a series of video games in the 90’s that had players fighting eachother while riding motorcycles. It was not only popular but also a lot of fun…. Read More

May 6, 2013 @ 11:27 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Redwall is a hugely popular children’s fantasy book series by author Brian Jacques. Now video game developer Soma Games has taken to Kickstarter to crowdfund an officially-licensed video game based on the series.

May 6, 2013 @ 9:22 am By Neoseeker  |  

®City State Entertainment’s realm vs. realm focused MMORPG Camelot Unchained did it! They’ve successfully reached and surpassed their $2 million Kickstarter goal, despite still being more than 10% away as the project approached its final 24 hours. Due to its success, City State boss Mark Jacobs will drop his own $2… Read More

May 3, 2013 @ 8:06 am By Kotaku  |  

For the last few days, I’ve been playing Star Command, a mobile game that’s had people excited for a very long time now. Beginning life as a Kickstarter project, it’s gone through several major delays, and arrives this week on the App Store an example not just of… Read More

May 1, 2013 @ 9:18 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Camelot Unchained is an MMORPG video game made for the PC that is approaching both the end of a Kickstarter campaign and a $2 million goal. If successful it would cement a place on the ever-changing crowdfunding leaderboard as one of the biggest campaigns of… Read More

April 30, 2013 @ 7:50 am By GamesIndustry.biz  |  

BattleBlock Theater devs say chaos will keep everything moving forward, studios big and small always face the same hurdles Anyone hoping that a new generation of consoles will bring some stability to the game industry is bound to be disappointed, according to the co-founders of… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Skyrim was not originally designed for the Oculus Rift, but Chris Gallizzi ported the game to work with the virtual reality headset. He then recorded the experience and posted it to YouTube.

April 23, 2013 @ 9:59 am By Guardian.co.uk  |  

Two Lives Left says it spent $100k developing Crabitron for iPad, but has only made $3.8k back so far. Independent mobile games developer Two Lives Left is sharing sales data from its iPad game Crabitron in a spoof Kickstarter crowdfunding page. The Australian studio’s “Crabstarter” project was started as a tongue-in-cheek marketing… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 8:20 am By The Escapist  |  

The one hundred dollar Android console now has more than 10,000 developers working on games worldwide. It can be easy to be a bit skeptical of Ouya. While it impressed many when its Kickstarter campaign raised nearly 9 million dollars, it hasn’t been all sunshine and flowers… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 9:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset for 3d games that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter to the tune of $2.4 million. Yesterday Gizmodo surfaced this awesome video of a 90 year old woman trying the headset on for the first time and her reaction… Read More

April 11, 2013 @ 9:18 am By Pocket Gamer  |  

Earlier today, we went hands-on with War Balloon Games’s hotly anticipated space sim Star Command. This is the oft-delayed and long-awaited mobile game that’s enjoyed two Kickstarter campaigns and attracted almost $200,000 in crowdfunded cash. It’s kind of a big deal around here, okay. As I explained… Read More

April 7, 2013 @ 4:42 pm By Time.com  |  

The first reviews of Ouya’s $100 game console are in, and they’re pretty ugly. Here’s David Pierce at The Verge: For $99, everyone who backed Ouya’s Kickstarter has unwittingly signed up to beta-test a game console. Alpha-test, even: this is a product with some good ideas… Read More

April 3, 2013 @ 6:27 am By Neoseeker  |  

Initial Ouya shipments are being sent out to Kickstarter backers as we speak, so it makes sense that an official list of launch titles available on the platform has now been made available. With over 100 games and apps, including Final Fantasy III and Twitch.tv, there’s likely something for everyone on the $99… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 10:50 am By Wired.co.uk  |  

Can the current Kickstarter boom continue and will the presence of established businesses affect our willingness to offer up our cash? As Kickstarter‘s reputation for swiftly bankrolling projects grows, it’s no surprise that established games companies and industry veterans have been sitting up and taking note…. Read More