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Publisher Paradox Interactive has entered a deal with developer Harebrained Schemes to publish the new BattleTech game. Harebrained Schemes raised more

In terms of notable Kickstarter projects to watch out for this week, Exo One is definitely the project to keep an eye on, and not only because it comes

When the story of Andre Kajilch was discovered by actors Greg Grunberg (Star Wars, Heroes)  and Clare Kramer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), they were so

Stoic, in partnership with Versus Evil, have opened up the Banner Saga 3 PledgeManager site where fans can continue to back development of the game and

Independent developer Poetic Studio’s Kickstarter campaign for Sacred Fire has successfully concluded by reaching its three stretch goals in the final

Black Hive's Kova is a former Steam Greenlight project that has now moved it's way over to Kickstarter. The game is a side-scrolling action RPG and

The Nerdologues, a comedy group, have launched a crowdfunding campaign for their second game, Competition Kitchen, on Kickstarter Competition Kitchen is a cooking show party game where you get to be the rockstar chefs and celebrity judges If fully funded, the game is set to release summer/fall 2017. All of the art for the game was created[...]

One of this weekend's Kickstarters to check out is Eagle Island. It's a "Super Nintendo classics-inspired game that mixes old school gameplay (Yoshi’s

Poetic Studio's Sacred Fire, the psychological RPG set in ancient Scotland and featuring the vocal talents of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt's Doug Cockle,  has hit it's Kickstarter crowdfunding goal of $50,000 USD and is working toward it's stretch goals Poetic Studio has released a number of new rewards and stretch goals for the remainder of it's campaign which[...]

Voice actor Doug Cockle is best known as the voice of The Witcher's Geralt of Rivia. He's joined the team at Poetic Studio for Sacred Fire who will bring

Casual Bit Games' Kickstarter campaign for Battle Princess Madelyn, the whimsical Ghouls N' Ghosts-but-with-a-princess indie project, has been fully

Narita Boy is kickstarter project designed to be a newer take on the arcade classics of yesteryear in which you play Narita Boy, a "legendary digital hero

In the final days of their crowdfunding campaign, Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire has hit the goal for the floating replacement for the strongholds in the original Pillars. From the announcement post on their Fig.co campaign page, "Yes, we can finally confirm what we've been keeping secret this whole time: a new and exciting feature that[...]

After the closing of Steam Greenlight and announcement of its replacement, Steam Direct, Fig the gaming crowdfunding site has announced their Fig Finishing Fund initiative The Finishing Fund will commit up to $500,000 USD to help developers "access Steam Direct and build fan awareness through paid marketing This is a counter measure to help indie[...]

Fig has a 78% campaign success rate, which is higher than most other crowdfunding platforms So, if you're sick of watching your favorite Kickstarter campaigns fizzle out, maybe you'd want to consider a switch over to Fig. Fig, the gaming crowd funding site (founded by CEO Justin Bailey) has raised $7.84M Series A funding led by Spark[...]

A campaign has been launched on Indiegogo to help P. Craig Russell restore his original hand-colored art for The Dreaming City, an adaptation of the first

But he doesn't want to go with the standard crowdfunding options… so he is offering Death Vigil up for free and if you like it and want to see more, buy the issues. So I've been sitting here thinking… we live in the age of Kickstarter and Patreon…. people are supporting all sorts of projects… NO! I'M NOT SETTING[...]

The fans didn't get to decide on a project until after someone else greenlighted it. Crowdfunding has changed that formula With crowdfunding the people themselves can greenlight a project. That's how crowdfunding goes in theory In reality, however, people like to get something for backing a project They don't generally give up their hard earned money just[...]

By Simon Berman Do you remember the feeling the first time you encountered something truly strange? Maybe it was the cover a copy of Heavy Metal Magazine

If you've been to IGN in that last few years, you've no doubt encountered Greg Miller. He has been a big part of that company's persona for several years

There was a holiday break that might have made your skin crawl a little wondering what was going to happen next in the free webcomic Crossed: Dead or Alive, written by Garth Ennis that is also the fundraiser for live-action Crossed webisodes. While the comic is free, it's there to raise awareness of the campaign that[...]

There's a brutally fresh feel to this comic as readers are bound to recognize vestiges of a life they know well, the remnants of 21st century modern morality and questioning. The crowdfunding for the the live action series written by Garth Ennis that builds on this webcomic is unusual in that it's happening directly through Avatar[...]

Phil Zoshak writes for Bleeding Cool: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about Game Changer, a new nerd nonprofit program of Page 15, a

By Olly MacNamee With the advent of such online ventures as Kickstarter and Indieogogo allowing for publicly funded projects to become reality, it is good

Joe Pangrazio writes: WARNING! ASKING FOR MONEY ARTICLE! WARNING! You have now been warned. This is usually the time when someone tries to suggest some

By James Edward Raggi IV Lamentations of the Flame Princess is running a crowdfunding campaign where you Pay What You Want for a full color hardcover physical book called No Salvation For Witches. The version for people with attention spans: 'allo. I'm James Edward Raggi IV, and I trust gamers. It's crazy, I know You go to message boards, or[...]

By Shawn Perry Mild-Mannered Aaron Haaland was the owner of A Comic Shop in Florida (and host of A Comic Show here on Bleeding Cool) before he was bitten

By Joe Glass These days, there are increasingly more and more ways to raise money for the production of comics and related merchandise. The most common, which a great many creators, both big and small, use are the various crowdfunding sites Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Crowdfunder, to name but a few; each offers its own features and benefits to[...]

By Dan Celko They say: The Dedicated Server is a YouTube news show here to keep you informed about gaming, talk about the implications for related

This is a blog post John Burman wrote during the NYCC Crowdfunding panel and he offered it to Bleeding Cool to share with our readers: The topic of crowdfunding and ways to navigate the process took centerstage Thursday evening as part of New York Comic Con's opening day at JavitsCenter during an energetic and packed panel, Crowdfunding Your Vision:[...]