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WayForward is taking its hair-whipping, belly-dance transforming mascot to Kickstarter for a new beginning. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is the first crowdfunded project from the creators of DuckTales Remastered and Mighty Switch Force. WayForward adopted a hand-drawn style with 3D backgrounds for its HD reboot on PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, …

Kickstarter has been good to Chris Avellone. The creative director of Obsidian Entertainment recently celebrated as Project Eternity cleared $4.1 million raised, and he’s also aiding with the design of Wasteland II, which hit almost $3 million in April. Despite the early successes, he told GamesIndustry International in an interview …

Last year we heard Austin’s Replay Games was preparing Leisure Suit Larry to recieve the HD treatment (opens in new tab). But when you’ve been a fortysomething sad-sack for some 25 years, things don’t just spring right back into action without a little time and coaxing, you know. So now …

Double Fine’s Tim Schafer is counting down the hours until the conclusion of the Kickstarter campaign that’s seen more than $3M donated toward the company’s next game. Initially launched to raise a paltry (ahem) $400,000, the campaign has, at time of writing, garnered some $3.1 million to go toward Schafer’s …