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Kickstarter since March has poured $10m into games

Posted: 20.04.2012 by Technet2k

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The Kickstarter revolution has struck the games industry and since March 1st alone it has led to $10 million being pledged and paid to developers to crowd-fund their 'indie' projects.

This enormous figure, raised by backers, includes pledges and actual money that's gone through. Five projects dominate that $10m figure, including Double Fine and Wasteland 2.

Wasteland 2 Kickstarter ends just shy of $3 million

Posted: 17.04.2012 by Technet2k

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The Brian Fargo and inXile campaign to take our money and promise us RPG nirvana has come to a close as the Kickstarter project is officially successful a mere 40 minutes ago.

By the end it had 61, 288 backers with 32,778 of that pledging $15, 8,828 at $30, and the rest going over $50. The grand total sum pledged was $2,933,147. However there's more cash.

24 hours to go on Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, "live streaming party" to be held

Posted: 16.04.2012 by Technet2k

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Brian Fargo and inXile Entertainment have just 24 hours to go before getting to celebrate the official green light of Wasteland 2, thanks to the huge contributions from Kickstarter.

Over 56k backers have pledged over $2.6 million, clearing the original goal of $900k by a landslide. Just 24 hours remain to back a pledge. A "live streaming party" will be held today.

Wasteland 2 nears $2.5M in donations, shows off roboscorpion

Posted: 14.04.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Wasteland 2 is just shy of the $2.5M in Kickstarter donations that will bring in yet “another couple of designers” to help out and create even more areas in the game, much like passing the $2.1M mark allowed Fargo to hire fellow ex-Black Isle Studios dev Chris Avellone, currently of Obsidian Entertainment.

Brain Fargo talks Wasteland 2, 'don't want tactics too deep they disconnect'

Posted: 11.04.2012 by Technet2k

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The crazy idea of reviving the Wasteland IP by inXile Entertainment's Brian Fargo, with the help of Obsidian's Chris Avellone, looks to be unstoppable barring an apocalypse event.

Boy would our faces be red. Still many questions remain about this new fangled Wasteland like how will it play? Fargo doesn't want combat tactics "so deep that you feel disconnected".