Carmageddon Reincarnation could soon be in the works, the sequel to the ever popular Carnageddon released back in 1997.
Stainless Steel games, the developer of the original Carmageddon, has created a Kickstarter campaign to try to fund it.
Kickstarter is rather new, but it allows a developer that may not have all the funds they need, to get a game kick started. Pun intended.
Gamers can put money towards a project, with a meter specifing how much the developer needs to get started on the game. Once this has been reached, the game gets the green light.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation
So far, the backers for Carmageddon Reincarnation have reached 9,694 as of writing, with a total sum generated of $369,594 out of the needed $400,000 goal.
They are on to a good start, with the total sum needed by June 6th 2012.
Stainless Steel games, has also partnered up with GOG.com, to offer also the original Carmageddon and the expansion pack “The Splat Pack” as a digital download.
GOG.com is a great place to buy games which are DRM free, i.e they have no copy protection as standard.
They are also great at making older games work on newer systems, and this is the plan for the original.
Later in the year, before the release of Carmageddon Reincarnation, gamers that have have pledged $25 or more will recieve the original and the expansion pack free of charge. Also with this offer, you will be entered into the beta testing of the new game.
Pledge $30 and you will get that, plus 2 copies of Carmageddon Reincarnation when it releases in February 2013.
You will also be able to buy the game and the expansion pack for $9.99 when it is released on GOG.com.
Neil Barnden, Stainless co-founder and Executive Director on Carmageddon Reincarnation said, “Since we got the rights to Carmageddon back, we’ve been hearing from the community how much they’d love to be able to play the original games again, on a modern Windows PC. We’ve been hearing this message even louder since launching our Kickstarter campaign to help fund our next title in the series, Carmageddon Reincarnation. The message from the gaming community is loud and clear: Give us something to play, while we wait for the new Carmageddon! So, that’s exactly what we’ve done.”
Trevor Longino, Head of Marketing and PR at GOG.com, said, “Many of us at GOG.com are big fans of the Carmageddon franchise, and the Carmageddon games are perfect examples of the kind of classic games that we love to bring to our gamers: great gameplay, tons of fun, and a unique experience. Being able to help support the developers by providing backers with copies of this classic game was just icing on the cake for us”. Carmageddon is currently undergoing preparation at the hands of GOG.com’s expert contentologists, and will be added to the catalog as soon as possible.
Patrick Buckland, Stainless CEO added, “Thanks to our friends at GOG.com, the streets of Bleak City will once again echo to the screams of little old ladies shrieking, “I was in the war!” as they (and their walking frames) go sailing through the air.”
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