City of Titans has launched its Kickstarter and has been fully funded. Although it offers an attractive dream of brining City of Heroes back, it isn’t going to get anywhere near what it is promising. Continue reading
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Kickstander: CLANG Loses Its Edge
Another high profile Kickstarter has run out of money. CLANG hasn’t been able to find investors and is now scaling back its development. Continue reading
Kickstander: The Doom That Came To Kickstarter, And The Transference of Risk
Board game Kickstarter success The Doom That Came To Atlantic City raised nearly four times its financial goal, but has been cancelled after all the money was spent. It certainly seems that a lot of backers don’t recognise how crowdfunding transfers around the financial risk inherent with developing a game. Continue reading
Kickstander: A Bad Week for Kickstarter
Kickstarter / crowdfunding has had a bad few days, with fraud, sexism and lack of delivery on very public display. Continue reading
Kickstander: Kickstarter Isn’t A Store Unless You Are An American (McGee)
Kickstarter isn’t a store, or so the site tells you. But that doesn’t stop it being used as one, as this odd example shows. Continue reading
Kickstander: What is Kickstarter Really?
This seems like a stupid question, but a lot of people seem not to really know. Continue reading
Kickstander: Why Kickstarter Is A Terrible Platform for Video Game Innovation
Kickstarter is a terrible platform for video game innovation. Here’s why. Continue reading
Kickstander: Wildman Is An Example Why Accountability on Kickstarter Is A Joke
This isn’t about wanting Gas Powered Games to close, but here’s a studio seeking crowdfunding for a new project while running low on capital and elects to not mention that as a problem in its pitch, despite it being a clear project risk. Continue reading
Kickstander: From Code Hero to Zero
The Escapist is reporting a story of a Kickstarter video game project where the project leader may have spent all the raised money and halted the project. Unfortunately, that’s part of the nature of crowdfunding. Continue reading
Kickstander: Path Finding and Kick Starting, Round 2
I remember the mass objection years ago to pay-for-betas, where players refused to consider having to pay money to access an unfinished title, but now it seems almost accepted that Kickstarter MMOs like Pathfinder Online bundle up beta access as a backer reward years before beta actually starts. Continue reading
