Video Games: The Movie Launches Post-Production Kickstarter

Video Games: The Movie Launches Post-Production Kickstarter

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 14 May

As gamers, we know that it’s not always easy to talk to outsiders about our hobby. Our passionate community spends countless hours getting lost through the far reaches of the galaxy, adventuring across time and space and discovering everything in-between. It seems like no matter how hard games try to establish themselves as either a [...]

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Shadow of the Eternals Heads To Kickstarter For Remaining Funds

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, PC, Wii U On: 13 May

The internet was set ablaze last week when news of a spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness was announced. The new project, titled Shadow of the Eternals, is everything that fans of the cult classic Gamecube title could hope for. For one thing, the development studio Precursor Games is largely made up of former Silicon Knights [...]

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With Just One Day Left, Shovel Knight Approaches Final Stretch Goal

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 12 Apr

Aww, you guys, I’m so proud of you! Last week, I reported the current status of Shovel Knight‘s KickStarter campaign, which at the time had barely reached any of the team’s desired stretch goals. Now, we’re in the home stretch (no pun intended), and with just one more day left to pledge, Yacht Club Games [...]

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Legacy Creators Return with Capcom-Authorized Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist KickStarter Campaign

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 08 Apr

Street Fighter fans, lend me your ears! Joey Ansah and Tom Cruis… er, Christian Howard are back with a brand-new Street Fighter project, and they need your help. At this year’s San Diego Comic Con Ansah, writer and director of popular fan-film Street Fighter: Legacy, revealed the existence of a completed script for a feature-length [...]

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Ouya developers respond to early negative reviews

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On:

The first units of the Ouya — the crowd funded, Android powered “indie” console — were sent out to Kickstarter backers earlier this month, and critics have not been kind to the new system. Today Ouya’s developers responded to the dissatisfied first impressions that people have been posting about their console, promising that the Ouya’s [...]

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Shovel Knight Digs Deep and Earns Another Stretch Goal

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 04 Apr

For those who don’t know, Shovel Knight is a KickStarter project that launched just a couple weeks ago on March 14. I myself only first heard about the game when I caught a glimpse of it in the Indie Games Megabooth at PAX East. Combining a love of retro platformers and modern graphical touches, Shovel [...]

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Ouya gets final launch date of June 4th, ships with Twitch streaming app

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News On: 29 Mar

The crowd-funded, Android-powered Ouya game console finally has a release date: supporters who backed the Ouya project on Kickstarter should start receiving their consoles soon, while everybody else will have to wait until June 4th to get their hands on the experimental indie console.

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Lord British Pops the Lid on Ultima Successor

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News On: 11 Mar

Richard Garriott, more commonly known as Lord British to his fans, is making big plans for a spiritual successor to the Ultima series. The brand new RPG, titled Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, is the legendary developer’s first attempt back developing a new game after his 2009 trip into space. You hear that, kids? [...]

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Yu Suzuki wants to do a Shenmue 3 Kickstarter

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 04 Mar

Legendary game designer and Virtua Fighter creator Yu Suzuki retired from Sega back in 2011, but he still hasn’t given up on finishing his most ambitious project: in an interview with French journalist Sebastien-Abdelhamid, Suzuki said he’s thinking about using Kickstarter to fund development of the long awaited Shenmue 3.

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Dreamfall Chapters gets a new trailer, 2014 release date

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, PC On: 02 Mar

There’s still about a week left on Red Thread Games’ Kickstarter for Dreamfall Chapters, but the game has already surpassed its original goal of $850,000 by a wide margin. To celebrate their Kickstarter’s success, Red Thread has released a new trailer today for the long awaited sequel.

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End of the Week Wrap-Up: End of the World Blizzard Edition

Posted By: Dave Bast In: Console News, Gaming News, PC On: 08 Feb

Well if you’ve paid attention to the news in the last couple of days, those of us here in the Northeast are all about to get snowed in for the weekend; at least I hope that’s all that happens. According to them we’re in for a world-ending amount of snow that may or may not [...]

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GameStick Reveals Community-Inspired Final Design

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Handheld, Tech On: 29 Jan

For those who follow the success stories of KickStarter, the name GameStick will sound familiar to you. Having reached over 500% of the original target goal set on January 2nd, 2013, the latest stretch goal is to exceed the “$560k” mark. Upon doing so, PlayJam will introduce a red-colored console, in addition to another color [...]

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