Wasteland 2 Kickstarter Ends With Nearly $3M In Funding

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Game developers continue to find success with crowd-funded titles through Kickstarter. Brian Fargo and inXile Entertainment received nearly $3 million in funding for Wasteland 2.

The pledge time for the project ended earlier this morning with a total of $2,933,252, more than triple of the original asking goal. Designer Chris Avellone of Obsidian Entertainment will help with the game, which isn't schedule for release until October 2013.

Wasteland 2 joins Double Fine Adventure as two of the most successful Kickstarter projects to date. Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe also got on board with a campaign for a remake of the first title. Additionally, Gabriel Knight creator Jane Jensen recently started a new studio to develop adventure games and is funding the projects through Kickstarter.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/04/17/wasteland-2-kickstarter-ends-with-nearly-3m-in-funding.aspx

Gamers seems to be a charitable bunch. I didn't donate. Did anyone on here chip in?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

It shows that publishers aren't always right in terms of what gamers want. They seem to think that it's all about first-person shooters with lots and lots of action. Now, we know that there are gamers out there willing to invest in previously ignored genres like tactical first-person shooters or point-and-click graphic adventure games. I'm glad that this game raised its funding goal. I'm also glad that Double Fine Adventure and Takedown raised their goals too.