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01-14-2013, 12:30 PM
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Gas Powerered Games is launching a $1.1 million Kickstarter for Wildman, an action RPG/real-time strategy game/MOBA hybrid. CEO Chris Taylor tells Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/184649/Gas_Powered_bets_it_all_on_a_new_Kickstarter_campa ign.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+Ne ws%29#.UPQ9F7aNsZF) it's not a good thing if they come up short on this.
"We spent all the last dough that we've had, and the last several months working on it. So we're betting the company on it," Taylor told the site.
Taylor says the game is a risk, but it's not the first time he's done it, noting he bet the company on Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander. He also mentions that with the normalcy of the Kickstarter (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Kickstarter/) culture, it's easier to ask people for $15 than to ask a publisher for $1.1 million. We'll update this post with a Kickstarter link when it apparently launches in a couple hours (http://projectw.gaspowered.com/).Gallery: Wildman (Concept Art) (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/wildman-concept-art/)
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Gas Powerered Games is launching a $1.1 million Kickstarter for Wildman, an action RPG/real-time strategy game/MOBA hybrid. CEO Chris Taylor tells Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/184649/Gas_Powered_bets_it_all_on_a_new_Kickstarter_campa ign.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+Ne ws%29#.UPQ9F7aNsZF) it's not a good thing if they come up short on this.
"We spent all the last dough that we've had, and the last several months working on it. So we're betting the company on it," Taylor told the site.
Taylor says the game is a risk, but it's not the first time he's done it, noting he bet the company on Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander. He also mentions that with the normalcy of the Kickstarter (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Kickstarter/) culture, it's easier to ask people for $15 than to ask a publisher for $1.1 million. We'll update this post with a Kickstarter link when it apparently launches in a couple hours (http://projectw.gaspowered.com/).Gallery: Wildman (Concept Art) (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/wildman-concept-art/)
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