Wasteland 2 Kickstarter successful, hits $1 million

always like seeing the little guys get their chances to make something cool...

if they do it turn-based just like fallout 1& 2 i'll be happy man.

I know they are gonna try and modernise it by making it real time or something and all the old fans are gonna rage

I pray for a Turn-Based renaissance. X-Com: Enemy Unknown and Wasteland 2 with all this kickstarter attention....maybe it could happen...

AWESOME. I hope they leave the original combat system alone - seriously yet to be duplicated as the best RPG combat system of all time.

Yes one of my favorite NPCs Vax - Human Cyborg Relations Sequels I would like to see: Privateer Wing Commander (revive the franchise) Autoduel (wow I had this for my Atari 800 XL) Crusader franchise (no remorse/no regret) I would say Dues Ex but I already got that :P

@ladiesman17 they are remaking Baldur's gate 1&2 and there is going to be Diablo 3.....soooo sounds like your dreams are coming true

I hope Community could revive Troika or Black Isle Studio with this kind of kick-starter.. :D Isometric turn based RPG (Baldur's Gate / Fallout Tactic) or Hack & Slash RPG (like Diablo) could be good

Can it break the 3 Million like Double Fine did?

Just the idea, when I heard about it like a month ago, is the best news ever. Anyway, glad to see all this getting some big contributions (I hear Cliffy B is one of the $10,000+ backers).

Never played the first one, but I've played the hell out of Fallout 1, 2, 3, and New Vegas, so I'll probably give this a look.

@kkxtrouble, agreed, I don't think it will get rid of publishers, but I hope it will introduce a higher bracket than indie, where well-known devs can pitch a creative idea to fans which publishers have refused (Since it's not an FPS nor a billion $$$ franchise, ref to vid), and fans can decide whether to support (pre-order) or not.

@Stiler, lol yeah, that vid is definitely worth the watch! :-D Can't wait for this thing!

@Pyrosa on the kickstarter page there's a video where Brian Fargo says that it won't be an fps, it will an old school, top down, turn-based rpg just like the original. They even make a jab at the whole fps thing int he video.

As long as it's not an FPS-ripoff (a la Syndicate), Kinect-enabled, quick-time event-driven, or multiplayer (at all), sign me up! In other words, don't make the new game for the mass market -- make it for gamers who remember what an RPG is supposed to be!

@emperiox Well, we'll have to wait and see. As of now just smaller projects are being kickstarted, an old schoold adventure, a turn based rpg... i really don't see this ever beinggg used to fund huge games like skyrim or multiplayer powerhouses, and that is what brings the publishers their money. The great thing about this for me is that they already have the money, that is to say that they don't have to spend in advertising ( maybe just a little), and because of that they can spend more on the game and they don't feel as pressured. The people who will get their projects started are the ones we trust, there is a reason Tim got to 3,3m. The best thing about all of this is that this way smaller companys can really survive the big publishers.

a bigger world is always nice.

NOW the publishers have to be sweating a bit seeing yet another game development team get funding for a game they want to do instead of having to make something that publishers think will sell well .

If they can make it a bit like the good old Fallout, i'll prostitute myself to get them the money!

@kkxtrouble I think it's a good idea. My worry though is that EA/Activision are just going use it to make the cost of games cheaper though. Something like kickstarter funding could be very negative in terms of a reduction of quality...and THAT is something that no gamer wants to see.

One addendum to the story - at $1.5 million they will also make a Linux build in addition to OS X

I'm loving this kickstarting games thing, who know what forgotten games might get a sequel.

Amazing stuff. So nice to have a growing new way to help fund great games instead of getting the same crap on the shelf every year from the mega-developers.

cool! Maybe we can get some sequels to some other sleeper hits in this fashion.

I started backing when they had 30K. I was really worried at the time. Glad they made it.

We can thank Totalbiscuit for raising awareness of that kickstarter, yesterday it was under 800k then he made a video. Thanks TB, always lookin out for the indies.

Good for them. Need more support for small developers.