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Kickstarter is one of the first major tech companies in the US to unionise News Feb 19th, 2020

Kickstarter is one of the first major tech companies in the US to unionise

It has joined forces with the Office and Professional Employees International Union

Star Citizen broke its funding record with $47.7m raised in 2019 News Feb 12th, 2020

Star Citizen broke its funding record with $47.7m raised in 2019

Title has raised more than $251m to date

PlatinumGames' Wonderful 101 Kickstarter smashes $1.5m in funding News Feb 10th, 2020

PlatinumGames' Wonderful 101 Kickstarter smashes $1.5m in funding

Studio adding new stretch goals one week after launch

Atari's VCS console faces yet another delay News Dec 3rd, 2019

Atari's VCS console faces yet another delay

Crowdfunding backers will not be receiving hardware this month but will be shipped ahead of full release in March

Star Citizen has raised $251m in funding News Dec 2nd, 2019

Star Citizen has raised $251m in funding

Title has raised $50m since last November

Beta for Star Citizen title Squadron 42 delayed by three months News Sep 4th, 2019

Beta for Star Citizen title Squadron 42 delayed by three months

Follows transition to 'staggered development'

Epic vows to cover Kickstarter refunds for exclusive titles following Shenmue III mess News Jul 3rd, 2019

Epic vows to cover Kickstarter refunds for exclusive titles following Shenmue III mess

CEO Sweeney says it doesn't want to damage developer Ys Net

Fig has unveiled new limitless funding model Open Access News May 10th, 2019

Fig has unveiled new limitless funding model Open Access

Fig's new milestone-driven model brings crowdfunding closer to traditional investment

Kickstarter game campaigns have brought in over $1bn since 2009 News Apr 18th, 2019

Kickstarter game campaigns have brought in over $1bn since 2009

More than 17,000 games projects have received donations

Amount pledged to video and board games on Kickstarter approaching $1bn News Apr 8th, 2019

Amount pledged to video and board games on Kickstarter approaching $1bn

3.2 million people have donated to games across tabletop and video gaming categories

Here are five videos from PC Connects London 2019's State of Play track List Mar 4th, 2019

Here are five videos from PC Connects London 2019's State of Play track

What to know when securing investment, kicking off a crowdfunding campaign, signing a publishing deal, build an IP and deciding on a business model

Star Citizen raised around $39m in 2018 News Jan 25th, 2019

Star Citizen raised around $39m in 2018

Funding up 12 per cent year-on-year, sci-fi title still outstripping Kickstarter totals by a huge margin

Ico Partners: Successful video game Kickstarters raised $16m in 2018 News Jan 15th, 2019

Ico Partners: Successful video game Kickstarters raised $16m in 2018

Dip of eight per cent year-on-year

Star Citizen attracts $46 million investment to get single-player component out by late-2020 News Dec 21st, 2018

Star Citizen attracts $46 million investment to get single-player component out by late-2020

Beta testing for Squadron 42 is set to begin in just under two years time

Shenmue 3 has raised over $7 million in total through crowdfunding News Nov 26th, 2018

Shenmue 3 has raised over $7 million in total through crowdfunding

Ys Net revealed the crowdfunding total to backers this week

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