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  • Gamers Have Pledged Over $100 Million To Games On Kickstarter

    It’s no secret that games are popular on Kickstarter. Games of both the video and tabletop variety have taken to Kickstarter to seek funding for their insanely creative ideas. After a stellar 2012, and a promising 2013 ahead of us, Kickstarter has shared that the games category has reached a new high on the crowdfunding site.

    Kickstarter announced that games have pulled in over $100 million over the past four years. All that money was supplied by 633,242 gamers as they pledged support to 1,476 successful projects. 2012 was the banner year for gaming on Kickstarter as the company says nearly 1,000 projects were submitted last year as many developers and game makers tried to emulate the success of the Double Fine Adventure.

    Speaking of Double Fine Adventure, that particular project really kicked off the frenzy of gamers throwing money at games they wanted to see become reality. Gamers broke $1 million in total funds pledged in 2011 with $3.8 million pledged over the course of the year, but the year of the Double Fine Adventure saw that number skyrocket with gamers pledging a total of $83.1 million over the course of the year.

    This year is looking even better for gamers as gaming projects have already raised over $22.4 million in the first three months of the year alone. If it keeps at this pace, games could easily break $100 million this year alone.

    Kickstarter will be at PAX East this weekend with the Kickstarter Arcade showing off video and board games that have been successfully funded and brought to fruition thanks to the crowdfunding platform. Some of the games at the event will include God of Blades, Strike Suit Zero and Cards Against Humanity.

  • Project Eternity Becomes Most Funded Video Game On Kickstarter

    Last month, Obsidian Entertainment tried their hand at Kickstarter with Project Eternity. It was being billed as a return to old school RPG design philosophies that would hold true to the gameplay style of classics like Baldur’s Gate. It was pretty clear that the game would meet its $1.1 million goal; but I don’t think many people expected it to break records, let alone become the most funded game on Kickstarter.

    The previous big record holder for traditional gaming was the Double Fine Adventure. It also had the distinction of kicking off the mad rush to get games funded via Kickstarter. Since then, countless projects like Wasteland 2 and an adventure based on the Web comic Homestuck have raised millions of dollars thanks to fans.

    Obsidian’s Project Eternity wrapped up its funding campaign this week and raised a total of $3,986,929. When they factor in the donations from PayPal, the game has raised over $4 million in funds. The only other gaming project on Kickstarter to raise more than that is the Ouya games console. It raised over $8.5 million in its 30 day run.

    Like many Kickstarter projects, Obsidian set forth a number of stretch goals for each funding milestone they hit. Since September 14, they have hit five stretch goals via Kickstarter and the fifth was hit thanks to pledges via PayPal. The game will now receive a number of new classes, cities, gameplay elements and enhancements to make the game better than they had ever hoped.

    Obsidian is also taking a page out of Double Fine’s handbook by allowing people to continue giving money to the project. Latecomers can contribute money via PayPal to get a copy of the game for $25 before the game is released.

    KickStarter proudly declared 2012 to be the year of the game on Kickstarter. The amount of multi-million game projects on the site seem to confirm that fact. There are a lot of gamers out there whose needs aren’t being met by the current industry. Kickstarter is the developer’s way of getting great games into the hands of gamers while being held accountable only to those same gamers.