icemann on 14/8/2012 at 13:50
So with 6 hours to go the Shadowrun Online kickstarter campaign needs just 4.5k to reach their target of 500k. Looking pretty damn likely that it'll happen.
Being a huge fan of Shadowrun I'll likely give this game a go.
Kickstarter campaign link:
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964352341/shadowrun-online)
[edit]
5 mins after I made the above post they hit the target. So the games going to happen. Sweet :D.
Yakoob on 14/8/2012 at 17:43
Ok I just had a really disturbing, slightly off-topic-ish thought. Look at all the GameDev vets, trying to ressurect old IPs like Shadowrun or Wasteland with the help of community funding. Nothing wrong with that except... who owns the IPs? Is it big publishing studios? Because if so ...
Publisher Exec A: "So basically, we get the customers to pay for the development of the product, while still getting profits from selling the finsihed product because we own the IP. All without investing a dime of our own!"
Publisher Exec B: "Brilliant!"
please prove me horribly horribly wrong :weird:
Angel Dust on 14/8/2012 at 21:15
Generally it seems that the devs running the Kickstarters own the IP (the pitch text or video usually mention this) but I do believe that the Leisure Larry guys, for example, are only leasing the IP.
icemann on 15/8/2012 at 06:21
In the case of Shadowrun the original creator of it (Jordan Weisman) owns the rights if I remember right. He ran an earlier kickstarter campaign a few months ago for a single and multi-player rpg which well and truelly went past its target bid amount.
