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Following the failure of their Kickstarter campaign, the developers of the sequel to 2006's The Ship: Murder Party are taking on a new approach. The fundraising effort sadly only earned £18,247 of the requested £128,000, a failure that Blazing Griffin attributes to poor timing, conversion rate issues, and the community's unfamiliarity with the game's concept. (Read More)

Kickstarter has become the media darling of the games industry, of late. News is constantly (and excitedly) reported of this or that promising game launching a Kickstarter campaign, reaching its target funding, or even blowing past half a dozen stretch goals. But what of the disappointing flip side of that coin: the games that don't come anywhere near their target goals? Enter The Ship: Full Steam Ahead. (Read More)

Blazing Griffin on The Ship: Full Steam Ahead's Kickstarter failure, move to Steam Greenlight at PC Gamer. PCGamer.com is the official web counterpart to the PC Gamer print magazine. Exclusive reviews, demos, and updates and news on all your favourite PC gaming franchises. (Read More)

The people behind The Ship sequel have changed course for Steam Greenlight Concepts after its Kickstarter failed. Developer Blazing Griffin had called for £128,000 to make The Ship Full Steam Ahead, but only managed to raise £18,247. (Read More)

We're disappointed not to make out Kickstarter target and would like to say a big thank-you to all those who backed us. We've learned a lot from the experience. Have a read of the blog on our website.... (Read More)

Hey everyone just a thank you to all those that have helped us get to the point where the Ship: Full Steam ahead is the 3rd most highly rate game of all time on Steam Greenlight concepts at the moment! wonder if we'll get the top spot :) ?  Team BG... (Read More)

So we're received some great coverage from the press over the last little while and we thought we'd share :) Happy reading! Rock Paper Shotgun Joystiq New York Post Eurogamer VG 24/7 Now Gamer PC Gamer ScottishGames.Net Pixels for Breakfast FPS Guru... (Read More)

We've adapted to the Kickstarter comments and are open to more.  Now The Ship: Full Steam Ahead is on Steam Greenlight Concepts, to gather further feedback from people who want the opportunity to ask us more questions before funding. Be delighted to... (Read More)

Hello all So we got a lot of great press coverage and response to the Kickstarter launch for Full Steam Ahead. Mostly people were excited. Unfortunately a large number of the comments were also about being rather confused by what were we actually... (Read More)

The British are coming! Lock up your tea, crumpets, biscuits, mild sexual innuendo and depressing postcards of empty beaches, because the toodle-pipping rotters need all that and more to fuel their infernal game-machines. The beginning of the Britstarter era brings a great deal of tempting prospects for your perusal – for starters, we’ve got the spirit of Bullfrog, the sequel to The Ship, a martial arts masterclass, dark fantasies and a dash of tweedpunk robo-horror. Never change, fair isles of wonder, never change. (Read More)

If you've been thinking it's too long since you last hunted about a cruise ship in search of an unwilling victim then you'll be happy to know that Blazing Griffin are hard at work on a sequel to The Ship. Details are sparse - well, non-existent really - other than the plan for a Kickstarter campaign to fund the project.More on that below. (Read More)