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From A Hat in Time to Summer in Mara, cozy games tend to do very well on Kickstarter, and Outbound is the latest game in the cozy genre to have vastly exceeded its Kickstarter funding goal. With an original funding goal of $33,407, Outbound has raised nearly $200,000 so far on Kickstarter, with nearly two weeks left to raise more. With so much horror content on the indie scene, it’s not surprising that players would want to experience something lighter to balance things out. Outbound is in development for Windows PC (via Steam) and is currently in development for Xbox…
Hand Held Legend is a well-established and popular company that has been around for over 10 years, focusing on controllers, upgrades, and replacements for all kinds of retro consoles and handhelds, from older consoles like the Nintendo and Sega NES, Game Boy, and Master System, to more modern systems like the Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles.A few days ago, Hand Held Legend officially announced their latest project called “GC Ultimate Controller” and will launch a Kickstarter page on September 16th. The project aims to bring the feel of the original Gamecube controller to modern games and systems by providing…
Image courtesy of Marvel Comics Once Dark Horse Comics acquired the license to publish Alien comic books, it wasn’t long before they started doing crossovers with other properties, the first of which was the incredible, iconic and hugely influential “Alien vs Predator” back in 1989. Aliens has crossed over into many, many different series with varying degrees of success. Some of the DC crossovers, such as Batman/Alien, have, somewhat surprisingly, been very successful. When Dark Horse lost its Marvel license due to parent company Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox (which owns the rights to the Alien and Predator franchises), it…
Glacier Bay Books, a small North American manga publisher, has launched a new Kickstarter campaign to release a reprint of Imai Arata’s acclaimed alternative/underground manga “F,” as well as English versions of two new books, Imai Arata’s “Flash Point” and Andrew White’s “Spring Tides.” Following the success of their previous campaign, which announced eight new books, Glacier Bay Books has reached over 50% of their crowdfunding goal of $27,000 in the first week. You can support the Kickstarter campaign by clicking here. All three books are ready to print, and the campaign is designed to determine print runs and raise…
Having raised over $1 million on Kickstarter, the LEGACY OF KAIN: SOUL REAVER – THE DEAD SHALL RISE campaign has been a huge success. The crowdfunding campaign marks the epic return of the franchise after 25 years, and since its announcement showing off several promised merch, including collectible masks and memorabilia, it is well on its way to rekindling the passionate love for the vampire of yesteryear from the PS1 era. We spoke with LEGACY OF KAIN: SOUL REAVER – THE DEAD SHALL RISE creator and writer Joshua Viola, narrative guide Brent Friedman, and art director Daniel Kavko about Legacy…
Writer-producer Marc Bernardin returns to the director’s chair with Deepest, Darkest, in which he leads a nerdy collective of creatives of color who make a horror anthology about keeping secrets. The genre showcase, which will launch a crowdfunding campaign on Aug. 27, will feature appearances from “Ghostbusters” star Ernie Hudson, “Futurama” star Phil LaMarr, “American Gods” star Yetid Badaki, “Quantum Leap” star Raymond Lee and co-star Caitlin Bassett, among others. WGA Award winner and Eisner Award nominee Bernardin produced the project in collaboration with actress Tiffany Smith, who appeared in his directorial debut, Splinter, which was also launched on Kickstarter…
Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG has raised a whopping $11 million on crowdfunding website Kickstarter, making it the platform’s highest-funded tabletop RPG. Based on the fantasy author’s Cosmere setting (a world shared by many of his works), the game smashed through its initial $250,000 goal, setting a new record for a Kickstarter RPG in the final days of the campaign. Originally heralded as the Stormlight RPG, creator Brotherwise Games later revealed that the Stormlight content was only the first section of a larger tabletop RPG intended to encompass the entire world of Cosmere. Shortly after announcing this surprise, on August 6th,…
Fellow builders, this is not a drill. If you’ve ever seen The Office, this is the perfect moment to use Michael Scott’s “It’s happen” meme. Pathea Games has made an official announcement about their next game, “My Time at,” and it looks like we won’t have to wait long to see what the next new adventure will be. Through the developer’s official Discord, the company revealed that a Kickstarter for the next game is coming up. Get your wallets ready, this is a project many will want to back. According to the company’s official Discord, the Kickstarter for the next…
Jenny LeClue has been released on the iOS App Store. It was previously exclusive to Apple Arcade, but after a successful and popular funding campaign on Kickstarter, we hope to see this engaging detective game released on other stores. The quirky detective game Jenny LeClue – Detectivu is now available on the iOS App Store. You may remember that the Kickstarter hit first appeared on Apple Arcade after a successful campaign in 2019. However, it looks like the game will now be available elsewhere after being removed from Apple’s subscription service. The idea of a teenage detective solving mysteries may…
Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere RPG from Brotherwise Games has topped $11 million in its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.This RPG crowdfunding project follows Brotherwise’s July 2024 retail launch announcement for Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game (see “Retail Launch of Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game”). Cosmere RPG dives into the world of Brandon Sanderson’s best-selling novels, providing players with a living RPG system to use as they take on the roles of heroes across different worlds. The RPG is set to operate under these universal rules, with each world book following this release having its own unique character options and magic system.The actual Cosmere RPG…