The lead designer behind the wildly popular “Sid Meier’s Civilization V” strategy game. Jon Shafer, has announced that he is founding his own game production studio. Conifer Games will be based out of Farmington, MI and has already their first project, “Jon Shafer’s At the Gates.” Set in the waning days of the Roman Empire, “Jon […]
OUYA Console Gets June Release Date
February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The OUYA gaming console that took the Kickstarter world by storm last year, is set to officially launch in June according to their site. The OUYA “A new kind of video game console,” is a gaming console for TVs that promises to bring shooters, platformers, sports, and arcade classics to your living room. The OUYA […]
How To Meet Kickstarter Goals? Make Devs Get Tattoos.
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The developers behind the game Starbattle, have launched their official campaign to get the game funded on Kickstarter today. And to reach their goals, the team have offered a…unique prize. Where most devs offer things like “founder” tags and exclusive in-game content to drive contributions Philipp Kock and Markus Haschny of Bad Habit Games have told their supporters […]
GameStick Greatly Surpasses Kickstarter Goal
February 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Seems like every week we hear about a new developer raising money on Kickstarter, but how do you gauge whether the product is going to be success or not? Well, the case of the GameStick, surpassing your target by 648% is a pretty good indication. The Kickstarter campaign began January 2, 2013 with a target goal of $100,000. […]
