Ouya gaming console smashes Kickstarter record in one day
Android-based gaming console Ouya is now the eighth Kickstarter project to earn over $1 million.
Penny Arcade starts a Kickstarter to go ad-free
Successful video game web comic Penny Arcade wants to return to the days where they did not rely on ad revenue to run its website by calling on fans to donate to a Kickstarter campaign. If the company can raise at least 1 million, Penny Arcade will go entirely add-free.
The People’s Box: Ouya launches Kickstarter for sub-$100 console
Ouya aims to create the game console that everybody wants but current vendors are afraid to make.
Origin offers 90 days of free distribution to successful Kickstarter games
By taking advantage of EA's generosity, crowd-funded games will have a chance to reach Origin's growing audience of more than 12 million users worldwide.
Carmageddon devs run over Double Fine’s Tim Schafer in the name of Kickstarter
Who says that time is a healer? Stainless Games certainly don’t think so, as they’ve demonstrated by lovingly digitizing Double Fine Production’s Tim Schafer for their Carmageddon Kickstarter campaign, then running him over. Three times.
5 Kickstarter games we may never see
Is Kickstarter the answer for would-be developers who want funding for their dream game idea? Here are five developers whose projects never launched.
Adventure game veteran Jane Jensen reaches Kickstarter goal
Gabriel Knight creator Jane Jensen’s Kickstarter reached its goal of $300,000 over the weekend, which means adventure game fans will now have two new...
Replay Games raises more than $600K on Kickstarter for Leisure Suit Larry game
Leisure Suit Larry will live again in the land of the lounge lizards. After a 30 day campaign, Replay Games has raised a total...
GamesBeat 2012 panel will feature Kickstarter crowdfunding lessons
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll have a panel on crowdfunding, one of the biggest changes to the funding of video game production that...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
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