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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…
On September 10, 2024, Virtuix, the Austin-based developer of the Omni multi-directional VR treadmill, will launch the long-awaited Omni One. This is the culmination of a decade of work that began with a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, but it also marks a big step for home VR. No one has ever been able to do what Wade Watts did in Ready Player One: move freely in a virtual world just as you would in real life. Omni One makes that science fiction a reality. Virtuix was founded in 2013 by Jan Göttgerk, a mechanical engineer turned investment banker who believed…
A silly, family-friendly RPGI’ll say this right away: I’ve known James Spahn for over 10 years. I consider him a brother and he was my confirmation witness in the Catholic Church. James is, for better or worse, my family. So be grateful for that ;)Halfjinks is James’ current Kickstarter. If you’re a Halfling/Hobbit fan, it’s James. Totally unstoppable. This is literally his passion and his expertise. I’m buying ;)”Half-Jinx,” a teenage halfling prank known to local panicky folk, is a role-playing game that’s fun for the whole family. Halfjinks is a game inspired by and built around the Mausritter rules,…
The new graphic novel in the “Legacy of Kain” series, “Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise,” which we recently introduced for its gorgeous soundtrack, a collaboration between Celldweller and Trivium’s Matthew Heaphy, will be released as scheduled on the 21st of this month. The Kickstarter campaign cleared its initial goal of $25,000 in just 24 hours, and has now raised about $1.04 million, more than four times the goal. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver – The Dead Shall Rise is a prequel to Soul Reaver, focusing on the events that took place between the first Blood…
Welcome to this week’s The Beat’s Comics Crowdfunding Roundup! We’ve got a fan-made comic, a supernatural time travel story, a cyberpunk thriller from a game developer, and two more projects to share! Pink Kryptonite – Supercorp Fan Comic Book – Volume 2Creators: Sara Amorim (creator/writer), Ana Patricia Ramos (artist)Goal: $1,671End Date: September 20Bonuses: You can get the PDF version for $17, a PDF bundle with volumes 1 and 2 for $28, or the physical version and bonuses for $51. With the Birds of Prey teaming up with Supergirl, Lena and Kara must put their differences aside to get home safely.…