KickTraq

We had a long chat with co-founder Mitch Gitelman about the studio that brought Shadowrun back to life and that plans to do the same for BattleTech. (Read More)

SEATTLE, WA - Seattle punches way above its weight when it comes to Kickstarter campaigns, and that's been a big boost to that city's startup community. (Read More)

Steam is having its annual pre-Holiday sale. Lets take a look at some of the best crowdfunded games available! (Read More)

A look at the upsides, and downsides, of being famouse when running a video game Kickstarter campaign. (Read More)

Welcome back Cliqateers! If you were here last week, you already know that this is our weekly brew of all the crowdfunding news fit to print, but for those of you who missed out last time around, welcome! Here, we’ll be concocting a delicious brew or information. The ingredients? The top news stories from all of the best games now on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo! So, without further ado, let’s get started! (Read More)

A standalone version of Shadowrun Returns expansion Dragonfall is set to launch this September, developer Harebrained Schemes confirms. (Read More)

It’s time for our next game giveaway, and this time we’re going a little crazy. See, we’re in the middle of some great sales from Steam and GOG.com where gamers can get lots of games for very little money. So, why not have this week’s contest be equally dramatic? (Read More)

I hate to be the guy. I really do. You know the one, you bring up a game franchise and he’s so enamored with it that he simply goes, “Ooooh, that game…” and gushes, but I have to be at least half of that guy here. The top half, or whichever half is most readily capable of going, “Ooooh, that game…”, because my “that game” is Shadowrun, and when I heard that Jordan Weisman’s new studio, Harebrained Schemes, was making a new Shadowrun game, I was hardly able to keep my excitement from exploding out of me like an alien. (Read More)

Hairbrained Schemes announced today that they’ll be releasing the first expansion for their cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun Returns on February 27th. Shadowrun: Dragonfall will cost $14.99 to non-backers, but is free to those that backed Shadowrun at the appropriate level. Dragonfall takes place in an all new city, Berlin, a place where “…almost anything goes…” including the new ability to save anywhere. Rejoice! (Read More)

We are excited to announce that the first Shadowrun Returns expansion, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, will be released on February 27, 2014 at 10am PST. Tomorrow, we’ll release the official trailer and screenshots to the general public, but we want to... (Read More)

While crowdfunding has existed for years, in the internet age the idea has become antiquated. The world is more connected than ever before and people are no longer looking to donate to their local orchestras or theaters in light of tight economic times. But in 2009 Kickstarter took the idea of crowdfunding, dressed it up for a new generation and introduced it to the internet, changing the independent entertainment world in a profound fashion. (Read More)

That sound you've been hearing all week? Oh, it's nothing: just the collective exhale of millions of people who are all grateful that Broken Age doesn't suck. (Read More)

The numbers are in and the totals have been tallied and Kickstarter can add another impressive year to its resume. The online crowd-funding site let loose an informative and rather entertaining slide-sheet of stats and data related to their service, and all of that is to say that they managed to rack up $480 million in crowd-funding across the entire site. (Read More)

Matt takes a look back at the year that was on Kickstarter: what got funded, what missed out, what was released, and what ran out of cash. (Read More)

Happy Holidays!  As we head toward the release of Shadowrun: Dragonfall at the end of January, we also continue to improve on, add features to, and fix bugs in Shadowrun Returns and the SR Editor.  Since our last update we’ve fixed lots of bugs... (Read More)

Some small projects have made their way into player’s hands, and proven that crowdfunded games can be a hit. (Read More)

HBS is happy to announce that as of today, Shadowrun Returns is now available for Windows and Mac on GOG.com! And please let all your friends know they can purchase the game at the special release price of $11.99 through tomorrow, 12/11/2013.... (Read More)

The video game industry owes a debt to Kickstarter. Without the crowdfunding platform, many independently created games may have never made it into development. But every success story has its own bumps in the road — although when it comes to the backer community, the tools with which to make it over these bumps aren't always available. (Read More)

Kickstarter success story Shadowrun Returns came out a few months ago to mixed, but mostly positive, reviews, and we immediately looked ahead to the delayed expansion, codenamed “Berlin.” Berlin has a new name and a confirmed release date: Shadowrun: Dragonfall will arrive in January. (Read More)

Hey All!  Tomorrow, we will announce the title of the new Berlin expansion, Shadowrun: Dragonfall. Along with all the details, we’ll also be unveiling the game’s logo and a cool new illustration to go with it. As our Backers, we wanted to share... (Read More)

Read Shadowrun Returns Goes DRM-Free, Heading to GOG.com and get the latest gaming news, reviews, walkthroughs and game mods at Game Front. (Read More)

Hey Everyone! We just want to send out a quick update to share some good news. Thanks to a new agreement we were able to negotiate with our partners at Microsoft, Harebrained Schemes is pleased to announce that we are now able to release fully... (Read More)

We’re pleased to announced that the Linux version of Shadowrun Returns is now available on Steam and in the Download section of your HBS account (which you’ll find here). From this point on, Linux will receive updates at the same time as the... (Read More)

Games on Kickstarter raised millions of dollars in 2012, but where are the games? We catch up with the biggest crowdfunded games of the year. (Read More)

Greetings! We thought we’d pop our heads up for just a bit and let you guys know about the latest developments for Shadowrun Returns. The big news today is about Patch 1.1, which has two major parts: early access to the code improvements that we... (Read More)

 We are in the final 2 days of our Kickstarter for Golem Arcana and heading toward the finish line! The project is now 80% funded with about 40 hours to go! We’re very excited and hopeful that we can get there but we could use your help. We know... (Read More)

The creators of Shadowrun Returns are Kickstarting a game that combines classic tabletop miniature gaming with a digital video game interface app for your mobile device. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns [$9.99 (HD)] isn't a simple rehash of the 16-Bit console games that founded the universe it lives in. It's the same brand new adventure that was scripted and coded from the ground up for PC and Mac and it is, quite simply, a masterpiece. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns is a classic turn-based top-down RPG with a deep story, a ton of items, and serious character creation. After a year of waiting, this Kickstarter hit is on iPad and Android. (Read More)

Hey Everyone!  When Jordan created the original world of Shadowrun, he didn’t predict that people would one day interact with that world on touch-screen computers more powerful than the one that took us to the moon. It is extremely gratifying... (Read More)

Hi guys! Mike McCain here – I’m the art director for SRR, and I'm also heading up creative development of the Berlin campaign so I wanted to give everyone an update on where we’re at and where we’re going. Story: We’ve completed a first... (Read More)

Jordan Weisman should be looking at his next Kickstarter campaign with all the confidence of a competitive swimmer looking down a familiar pool. After all, he raised over four times what he asked for Shadowrun Returns, collecting about $1.8 from more than 36,000 backers. Talking to him last Friday on the eve of launch for his next one, Golem Arcana, at one point he sounded more like a kid staring down a murky pond on the first day of camp. (Read More)

Nach dem erfolgreichen Abschluss des Shadowrun-Returns-Kickstarter-Projekts meldet sich Harebrained Schemes mit einer neuen Kampagne zurück. "Golem Arcana" soll ein Mix aus klassischem Tabletop-Spiel mit Figuren und Spielfläche sowie digitaler Technik werden. Ein Tablet oder Smartphone übernehmen dabei die Aufsicht über die Regeln. Dadurch soll man das Spiel beginnen können, ohne dicke Regelbücher zu wälzen oder sich mit Details wie zum Beispiel der Bestimmung von Sichtlinien zu beschäftigen. (Read More)

While we’re still waiting for Harebrained Schemes’ Shadowrun Returns to hit the iOS App Store and Android Play Store, the independent video game developer launched the crowdfunding campaign of its latest project, a hybrid between a tabletop and mobile game Golem Arcana that just hit Kickstarter yesterday (or today, if you’re in North/South America). And when we say “hit”, we really mean it, as the game already raised almost $90,000 of its $500,000 goal in less than 24 hours, with over 34 days to go. (Read More)

Harebrained Schemes, the makers of Shadowrun Returns, have announced a truly ambitious Kickstarter — a big, holy-crap-maybe-they’re-crazy Kickstarter that embodies what that platform is all about. (Read More)

Shadowrun returns from the depths of the 90s as a satisfying turn-based strategy game with great potential as a storytelling engine. (Read More)

Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun Returns was one of the first big hits on Kickstarter, racking up over $1.8 million by promising a turn-based strategy RPG inspired by the pen-and-paper game. Shadowrun Returns delivers on that promise but you should keep your expectations in check. (Read More)

The Crowdfunding explosion is a few years old now, which means we, as a society and as consumers, are finally beginning to reap the rewards. The thing about game development is that it takes a while. Backing a Kickstarter isn’t like buying something in a store, it is at times, a bit like gambling. But instead of betting on numbers or horses you are betting on ideas, or more accurately their creators. Can they deliver on what they promise? (Read More)

After their successful Kickstarter project garnered $1,836,447 early last year, developer Jordan Weisman and the team at Hairbrained Schemes have finally revealed the launch date for their 2D tactical title Shadowrun Returns, now slated for release on July 25. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns is soon to launch in the App Store. Heres a new trailer to help you get excited for the apps forthcoming release. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes won big on Kickstarter, amassing $1,836,447 in crowd-funding. Based on its positive experience the studio is planning on using Kickstarter again. (Read More)

Harebrained Schemes is pleased with its crowdfunding experience (Read More)

Mitch Gitelman talks about the evolution of the crowd-funding platform. (Read More)

Thousands of backers gave money to Double Fine Adventure for their latest point-and-click game, only to be demoralized by a two-year setback on their game. Kickstarter gamers, it’s time to expect the pain of delayed games. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns has received the let’s play treatment online, and in the following alpha video from June, the player checks out some custom levels and talks about the game’s many mechanics. (Read More)

Kickstarter-funded RPG Shadowrun Returns is going to be a little late. Originally slated for a June launch, it’s been pushed back to July 25 on Mac and PC, Harebrained Games has announced, with the Linux version to follow a little later. (Read More)

Sure Shadowrun is going to return, but it’s a bit tardy, like. While we originally reported a June-ish release date for the Kickstarter-approved tactical RPG, Harebrained Schemes have apparently since changed things a little, yesterday announcing a new release date of July 25. But hey—the latecomer its own party is at least bringing some extra party favors, in the form of game-editing tools. (Read More)

Develoment studio Harebrained Schemes announced that they won't be releasing their RPG Shadowrun Returns this month June, as originally planned. They have now officially changed the release window to July 25th. (Read More)

A shadowrun rarely goes exactly according to plan. Originally planned for release this month, Harebrained Schemes' Kickstarter-backed Shadowrun Returns is bringing its classic single-player isometric role-playing action to PC and tablets on July 25. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns is a game with a lot of expectations. First, it has to meet the expectations of fans and Kickstarter backers donated money to the project with no promise of a return on investment. Second, they have to meet the expectations of the greater gaming community who sits wondering just how this Kickstarter development process will work out. Third, they have to meet Kickstarter's expectations, because if Shadowrun Returns fails it's Kickstarter who may face the biggest backlash. It's tough being one of the first big Kickstarter projects to approach launch. (Read More)

During last year's Kickstarter campaign for Shadownrun Returns, developer Harebrained Schemes was dutiful in noting that every pledge level included a DRM-free version of the game. While that technically remains true, Harebrained Schemes has recently announced a slight caveat: All post-Berlin Campaign DLC will have DRM, and will require Steam. It shakes out like this: Backers will receive both a DRM-free version and the Steam version of Shadowrun Returns (which does have DRM) when the game launches in June. (Read More)

Harebrained Schemes have posted a new Kickstarter update to better clarify some matters. For one thing, the DRM-free version of Shadowrun Returns is only available to Kickstarter backers. They get both the DRM-free and Steam versions, while anyone who buys the game after just gets a Steam copy. The DRM-free version also includes the editor and everything else promised in the Kickstarter. (Read More)

Shadowrun Returns is bringing back an old-school fan favourite with the help of Kickstarter, but just how hard has it been? (Read More)

Last year's $1 million-plus video game Kickstarters share common reasons for their success. Plus, the developers share their campaign tips for 2013. (Read More)

What a year Kickstarter had in 2012. Tim Schafer's Double Fine kicked the crowd-funding website into orbit back in March, raising more than $3 million to make an old-school adventure game. (Read More)

Kickstarter is a place where entrepreneurs and artists can post ideas and raise money from other users. (Read More)

Remember when games were made and then sold? Some people don't, and it's changing the future of game publishing for the future. Complex.com: The original buyer's guide for men. (Read More)

Update : Our regularly revised feature keeps you up to date on the Kickstarter games worth watching, and helps you track projects both before and after they’re funded. New this week is a horror game set underground, a space-based strategy game for iOS, and an open-source console/controller. (Read More)

I’m seeing a couple of recurring questions in various discussions or project comments. As soon as a new, popular project shows up on Kicktraq that looks (at that moment) like it’s trending to do millions of dollars, one of 2 people show up: (Read More)