Divinity: Original Sin has gone into alpha after a successful Kickstarter campaign. The alpha has been sent out today to the games backers as a work in progress. “Larian Studios is pleased to announce that Divinity: Original Sin--the latest in the cult-favourite series--is now in alpha for all of its…

Bugbear Entertainment has cancelled the motorsports title Next Car Game after it became obvious that it would not reach its Kickstarter funding goal. The post on their Kickstarter page read: “Although our Kickstarter campaign has attracted tremendous enthusiasm, during the last couple of weeks it’s become obvious that we are…

 It was announced yesterday that Extend Studio shall be providing indie studio support for their first Kickstarter campaign to help fund and create a all-ages puzzle platformer known as, So Many Me. The title follows a green blob known as Filo who explores a vast world to stop several villains through solving…

The guys from tested.com got together with castAR developers, Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson, to talk about how the glasses work and to test them out. To find out more on the castAR glasses, see our article on them, or go and support their Kickstarter campaign.

Jeri Ellsworth, former head of Valve’s hardware division, has launched a Kickstarter project for CastAR a "projected augmented reality system that displays holographic-like 3D projections right in front of you". Ellsworth has teamed up with ex-Raven developer Rick Johnson, are hoping to raise $400,000 and have so far got over…

The Long Dark is an explorative survival simulation set in the Northern wilderness in the aftermath of a global disaster. Brave the elements and other survivors, hunt for supplies, explore the world, uncover the mystery and find how far you will go to survive. The game is currently in development…

 The most recent update for Mighty No. 9 has brought with it more fanworks and the announcement that the fundraiser is now in its final week, currently standing at a fund total of $2,477,539. Fanwork includes the introduction of the Mighty No. 3, an electric based boss. On top of this Udon Entertainment are working on a…

 In a recent update for "River City Ransom: Underground" kickstarter project, which hopes to be a successful sequel to the 1990 original NES classic for the PC it has been announced that it may see a PS4 and PS Vita port if a $280,000 target is reached.  Originally aiming for a goal…

Project Phoenix is a Kickstarter unlike any you ever will have seen. It features talented individuals form all corners of the game industry (with credits including several Final Fantasies, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Valkyria Chronicles, L.A. Noire, Diablo III, Halo 4, Crysis 3, the list goes on) coming together to…

I am a sucker for JRPG's, I love playing them and I love the journey they take me on, so, I couldn’t be happier for Soul Saga reaching its goal. Soul Saga is a story driven RPG with environmental puzzles and turn based combat styled after other RPG games like…

"This new campaign will help support our efforts to secure the film rights to the Alice property. If the campaign is successful we’ll produce animated short films where Alice is seen traveling into the minds of others (hence “Otherlands”)." Since the OZombie Kickstarter was shut down, many Alice fans have…

In update 19 of the OZombie Kickstarter campaign page, American McGee lists two reasons why this trip back to OZ has been cut short: 1) He wants to start a campaign for the Alice film rights since the window to obtain them is very small. 2) The OZ campaign was…

American McGee's upcoming title OZombie is undergoing a name change as OZombie was "causing too much confusion" amongst the fanbase. After asking fans to submit potential names to replace OZombie, American McGee have short-listed 4 potentials to replace it: 1. Oz Adventure: Tyrant of Oz 2. Oz Adventure: Strawman's War3.…

In the recent OZombie Kickstarter updates American wanted to stress that he is listening to all of the backers and the fans: "Please try not to interpret my responses (or lack of response) as being "arrogant," "deceptive," or ignorant of what's going wrong here. Myself and Ophelea don't have our…

 On the Alice: Otherlands Facebook page, the kickstarter rewards (as well as the above concept art) have just been revealed: $5 - Access to Access to the closed forums during development and beta with unique avatar$10 - Backer Kit of wallpapers, avatars, etc.$12 - Early Bird (15,000) Digital backer-only Alice…

As we at VGU have mentioned before, American McGee has been trying to get Alice 3 (or Alice: Otherlands) off the ground fairly recently. Fans of the series were very supportive in this action and their combined enthusiasm and interest may have just paid off! A Facebook Page simply entitled "Alice:…

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