The DeanBeat: The top 12 trends from the GDC
Too often, I flit from one conference to another like a wayward butterfly, trying to catch up with all the news. But the Game...
Wasteland 2 raises $903K, hitting its Kickstarter target in just two days
Crowdfunding triumphs again. In just two days, Brian Fargo has raised more than $903,000 on Kickstarter to fund Wasteland 2, a sequel to a...
Last chance to be a part of Kickstarter history: Double Fine campaign ends today
With less than six hours left on the clock, Double Fine is already celebrating more than $3M in Kickstarter funding for its Double Fine...
Brian Fargo begins raising $900K for Wasteland 2 on Kickstarter
Brian Fargo, chief executive of InXile Entertainment and a veteran game-maker, is following through with plans to raise money for Wasteland 2 on Kickstarter....
The high cost of being indie (infographic)
Being indie ain’t easy. Without the safety blanket of a publisher or the wallet of an angel investor, many indie devs rely on personal...
Gunning for another Kickstarter success Minecraft-style
Curious how a first-person shooter with crafting elements and “total environmental destruction” would play? For a modest $15 you can pre-purchase indie game Guncraft...
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer on Kickstarter success: It can happen again (interview)
Double Fine Production’s Tim Schafer misses point-and-click graphic adventures from the early days of video games. “I miss making them and I miss playing...
The DeanBeat: Crowd-funding gives hope to mid-size game developers
Double Fine Productions turned video game funding practices upside down last week when it raised more than $1.75 million through the crowd-funding site Kickstarter...
Thanks to $1.8 million in crowd-funding, Double Fine Adventure is heading to five platforms
Tim Schafer has changed the rules for funding major game projects. Now he is making good on his promise to communicate status updates directly...
Double Fine Adventure shatters Kickstarter record with $1M raised in first 24 hours (updated)
Updated at 4:30pm PST for record $1 million amount. Earlier this week, crowd-funding site Kickstarter set a new record when the Elevation iPhone Dock...