Kickstarter campaign to support a new music-adventure game for PC, Mac and (hopefully!) Wii U Music is a key feature of most video games, but game designer siblings Matthew and Michael Taranto are taking that a step further with their project, Tadpole Treble. The game proposes to put players in control of Baton, a tadpole, who is trying to traverse some dangerous levels. The twist? Each level is b...
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Quantum Rush, the new online racer of Berlin based online game developers GameArt Studio, not only has elaborate graphics (you can watch all game videos in the Quantum Rush blog) but the gameplay and story are also well thought out and complex. Gameart studio has recently given some new information on the three companies that will be making the racers in the brand new indie game Quantum Rush. Ion ...
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A team of many talented developers have come together to bring back one of the most beloved cult classic game using Kickstarter, Mutant Football League. The original creator and lead designer of the game Michael Mendheim has started the initiative to bring back the classic with fan support and plans to release the game on Xbox Live Arcade and iOS devices. The original title was released back in 19...
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A game designer by the name of Erik Chevalier, (founder and publisher at developer The Forking Path) raised $123,000 to make a tabletop game, is now facing claims of fraud. After the announcement of money being gone, thirteen months after the project of the game started. Back in May 2012, Erik asked for $35,000 to make his tabletop game, but the project earned nearly four times that amount, closin...
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This is a call to all gamers. Videogames have become a massive part of our everyday lives. Some days you won’t play them very much, some days you will be stuck with your face on the screen, it’s something many of us have grown up with. Which is why we are launching a Kickstarter for a very unique documentary which asks the question: ‘What needs to be changed within the gaming ind...
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Penny Arcade today announced a panel called Going Back to the Future that will run at PAX East on the 24th of March. Heading the panel is Russ Bullock and Bryan Ekman, who are respectively the president and creative director for the free to play game MechWarrior Online. Also on the panel is Chris Roberts president of Cloud Imperium Games, who are responsible for Star Citizen. Todd Harris, preside...
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In an unprecedented twist on the Kickstarter scheme, Ambient Studios unveiled the world’s first ‘try before you pledge’ dynamic by releasing a free Demo for their upcoming title, Death Inc. After spending an afternoon with the demo, I found Death Inc. to be fun, innovative, and very very colorful. In Death Inc. you play as Grim T. Livingstone, a freelance Reaper who unleashes the plague onto 17th ...
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Heavy Water announced the Kickstarter campaign for Axis Game Factory, a toolkit which will allow gamers to create and share their own games. There are products similar to this in terms of giving players models and physics to play with, such as Minecraft and Garry’s Mod, but they are a bit more involved if you are trying to create a game without a lot of game design knowledge. Axis Game Factory wil...
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GameStick, a system which allows people to play Android games on their television using a USB stick and a controller, surpassed its Kickstarter goal today. They raised $100,000 in 30 hours. “We have been inundated with messages of support and suggestions on how to improve GameStick from both the gamers & developers worldwide who backed our project. Being at the pre-production phase, we h...
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Announced on November 23rd, 2012, it has been claimed that Philip and Andrew Oliver have successfully Kickstarted Dizzy’s next title named ‘Dizzy Returns.’ The Oliver twins are also the creators of the original ‘Dizzy’ and are more than thrilled to be bringing this late 1980’s classic back. The Dizzy Returns campaign gives fans old and new the chance to be a par...
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