Tim Schafer shares 5 tips to Kickstarter success
Tim Schafer believes Double Fine’s success on Kickstarter is repeatable as long as developers deliver capable and profound pitches that speak to their audience....
Retro revival: PC games raise $6.7M and counting in Kickstarter campaigns
Kickstarter’s gone vogue. With a single, bold move by Double Fine’s Tim Schafer in early February, the crowdfunding web site propelled itself into the...
The Art of Video Games on display at the Smithsonian
People have been discussing whether video games are art for a long time. Are games merely entertainment, a diversion? Or are they an artistic...
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....
A roundup of stories from the Game Developers Conference
Our GamesBeat team is exhausted after five days of covering the biggest show for game developers in San Francisco. Here’s a day-by-day roundup of...
See what Tim Schafer is doing with all your (his) money
Remember that time game maker Tim Schafer asked for $400,000 on Kickstarter and the world gave him $2.5 million? You might be wondering what...
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...