Liquid Entertainment's Battle Realms Legends will treat gamers like shareholders, 'not cows'

Liquid Entertainment is hoping to revive an old franchise with its upcoming Battle Realms Legends. The 15-year-old Pasadena, Calif.-based game studio launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign this week to finance its new collectible card battle game.

The game comes from a studio started by Eddy del Castillo in 1999. So far, Liquid has raised $38,487 from 234 backers with 22 days to go in its campaign to raise $100,000. If it succeeds, the company hopes to introduce a new kind of business model for its players.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.