23 Sep
Kickstarter CEO and co-founder Yancey Strickler has announced that updates have been made to the site’s terms of service to address projects that fail to deliver the promised end product and rewards. “For the overwhelming majority of projects, it’s pretty simple: creators finish the work they planned, backers are happy, and nobody sweats the details,” […]
28 Jul
Yet another Kickstarter Cinderella story, developer Pyrodactyl Games initially required about $3000 to fund their project. When all was said and done, the independent firm headed by Arvind Yadav had managed to gather over $36,000—an astonishing 1208% of their original request. And with all that support that the project garnered, the end product can […]
18 Jul
In 2012, popular YouTube network The Yogscast began a Kickstarter campaign for a sandbox game called Yogventures. It raised $570,000 and went into development at indie studio Winterkewl Games. Now, Eurogamer reports that Winterkewl is in danger of going out of business, and the project has been cancelled. “As you may have heard, Winterkewl Games […]
01 Nov
According to a post on the Kickstarter blog, co-founder Yancey Strickler has been named the company’s new CEO. Strickler will officially begin his new role as CEO on January 1st, when the current CEO and co-founder Perry Chen switches his role to chairman. Charles Adler, the third co-founder will be moving back to Chicago with […]