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Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac dev's new game funded in four minutes News May 1st, 2020

Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac dev's new game funded in four minutes

Tapeworm has raised almost $400,000 at the time of writing

Wonderful 101 physical release delayed News May 1st, 2020

Wonderful 101 physical release delayed

Due to the COVID-coronavirus, duh

Kickstarter sees a 35% drop in live projects News Apr 21st, 2020

Kickstarter sees a 35% drop in live projects

"We must look more broadly at ways to restructure the business including potential layoffs"

Startup funding firm Republic snaps up crowdfunding platform Fig News Apr 20th, 2020

Startup funding firm Republic snaps up crowdfunding platform Fig

For an undisclosed fee

The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter raised $2.23m News Mar 9th, 2020

The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter raised $2.23m

It will come to Switch, Steam and PS4

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night bails on $5m Kickstarter stretch goal pledge News Mar 4th, 2020

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night bails on $5m Kickstarter stretch goal pledge

Roguelike mode not possible with the game's current code

Kickstarter is one of the first major tech companies in the US to unionise News Feb 19th, 2020

Kickstarter is one of the first major tech companies in the US to unionise

It has joined forces with the Office and Professional Employees International Union

1 Star Citizen broke its funding record with $47.7m raised in 2019 News Feb 12th, 2020

Star Citizen broke its funding record with $47.7m raised in 2019

Title has raised more than $251m to date

PlatinumGames' Wonderful 101 Kickstarter smashes $1.5m in funding News Feb 10th, 2020

PlatinumGames' Wonderful 101 Kickstarter smashes $1.5m in funding

Studio adding new stretch goals one week after launch

Atari's VCS console faces yet another delay News Dec 3rd, 2019

Atari's VCS console faces yet another delay

Crowdfunding backers will not be receiving hardware this month but will be shipped ahead of full release in March

1 Star Citizen has raised $251m in funding News Dec 2nd, 2019

Star Citizen has raised $251m in funding

Title has raised $50m since last November

1 Beta for Star Citizen title Squadron 42 delayed by three months News Sep 4th, 2019

Beta for Star Citizen title Squadron 42 delayed by three months

Follows transition to 'staggered development'

Epic vows to cover Kickstarter refunds for exclusive titles following Shenmue III mess News Jul 3rd, 2019

Epic vows to cover Kickstarter refunds for exclusive titles following Shenmue III mess

CEO Sweeney says it doesn't want to damage developer Ys Net

Fig has unveiled new limitless funding model Open Access News May 10th, 2019

Fig has unveiled new limitless funding model Open Access

Fig's new milestone-driven model brings crowdfunding closer to traditional investment

Kickstarter game campaigns have brought in over $1bn since 2009 News Apr 18th, 2019

Kickstarter game campaigns have brought in over $1bn since 2009

More than 17,000 games projects have received donations

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