Kickstarter
Double Fine Dangles Brütal Legend 2 Behind a $100 Million Kickstarter Dream
When Microsoft acquired Double Fine in 2019, it felt like a fairy-tale ending for one of the industry's most beloved indie studios. Tim Schafer's team would finally have the resources and security...
Chained Echoes Developer Sues First Press Games Over Undelivered Physical Copies: What Backers Need to Know
Chained Echoes , the critically acclaimed indie RPG from solo developer Matthias Linda, achieved a rare feat: a Metacritic score of 90 and widespread adoration following its 2022 digital release....
Ashes of Creation in Crisis: Unpaid Devs, Player Refunds, and the Uncertain Future of a Kickstarter MMO
In 2017, Ashes of Creation emerged as a beacon of ambition for the MMORPG genre. Promising a player-driven world with revolutionary node-based city development and a dynamic, reactive ecosystem, it...
The Ashes of Creation Collapse: Inside the Sudden Cancellation of Kickstarter's Most Funded MMO
A Promise Broken: The 48-Hour Collapse The timeline of Ashes of Creation ’s final days reads like a brutal case study in broken trust. The January 29th letter served as a public veneer of stability,...