Fans successfully fund the cult classic's sequel.
UPDATE: In just two short days, the project has been officially backed, easily surpassing the $900,000 goal initially set by inXile. Currently the team is sitting at $980k, just short of a cool million; with 32 more days to go it's likely the project will accumulate much more. The story from 3/13/2012 can be found below.
There is no way that Tim Schafer knew what would happen when he decided to turn to Kickstarter to help fund an adventure game that most, if not all, publishers would have turned their noses up at. We all know the rest of the story, but just as we close the door on Double Fine’s project, a window is opening that may help to answer whether crowdsourcing game funding will really revolutionize the industry.
Nearly 25 years after the release of the oft-imitated game Wasteland, the folks at inXile Entertainment have announced that Wasteland 2 now has its own Kickstarter Project. “I have waited a long time to make this game,” said Brian Fargo of inXile Entertainment.
At the time of writing, the project has already raised over $150,000 of the project's $900,000 goal – a goal much loftier than Double Fine Adventure’s, but seemingly quite attainable all the same. A pledge of $15 will secure you a DRM-free digital copy of the game on PC, with other rewards for higher tiers, including being made into an NPC in the game or having the opportunity to party with the team.
It’s safe to assume that this won’t be the last Kickstarter project we see and we’ll keep you posted on information concerning Wasteland 2 and future projects.
Press Release
Wasteland™ 2 is live on Kickstarter!
After 20 years, the sequel to the godfather of post apocalyptic RPGs
and inspiration for Fallout™ is now up for fan funding
Newport Beach, CA - March 13, 2012 - inXile Entertainment today
confirmed that Wasteland™ 2 is now live on Kickstarter for fan
funding. Following in the step of the other successful crowd sourced
projects, Wasteland is looking to the fans of classic role-playing
games to realize this long awaited sequel.
"I have waited a long time to make this game, and I now have my dream
team put together to help make it a reality," said Brian Fargo of
inXile Entertainment. "I had the main storyline created by Jason
Anderson, the co-creator of Fallout™. We have Mike Stackpole and
Alan Pavlish aboard who were the main designers of the original
Wasteland™. Mark Morgan is doing the music and he composed the
score for Fallout™1 and 2. And we have the fantastic talent of
Andree Wallin helping with the concept art."
The original Wasteland, released in 1988 has been widely held as one
of the top RPGs of all time. IGN named it one of the top 25 PC games
of all time and it was short-listed for inclusion in the Smithsonian
Institution’s current “Art of the Computer Game” exhibition.
inXile has stated that Wasteland 2 will stay true to its roots. The
game promises to be a top down, turn based, tactical RPG, similar to
its predecessor. The player will be forced into moral dilemmas and
will need to deal with the consequence of their actions throughout
the game. Not all decisions are a net positive but it’s up to the
player to decide which course they take.
With Wasteland 2 being fan funded, inXile has said they will be
focused on working closely with the established Wasteland fan
community and their Kickstarter backers to create the game the fans
are asking for. To Brian Fargo, this is more than just a sequel to
Wasteland; “This is a chance to move the power back to the
developers, allowing us to make genres of games that publishers just
will no longer support.” Brian Fargo went on to say, “This
Wasteland sequel exists only because of the fans have pushed us to
make it happen. As excited as we are to make the game, it's the fans'
excitement that matters the most, and their quotes say it all."
"This is the best thing that's happened in years"- Jon Oden
"Thank you so much for doing this! Just tell me where to send my
money, you got all of it!"- Bruno Germani
"A group of 4 Desert Rangers with tactical combat it's a dream become
reality with Wasteland 2"- JMR Orange
"I am seriously about to have a nerdgasm this year! Avengers is
coming out in May, the Hobbit is in December, AND Wasteland 2 is
being made!" -No Mutants Allowed site reader TorontRayne
"WASTELAND is the game that made me a gamer. It's still my favorite
game of all time, simply because of how influential and mind-blowing
it was at the time." - Rock Paper Shotgun reader Zerosociety
Details can be found on the Kickstarter site at:
http://newsletter.sparkworkz.com/newsletter/lt.php?id=ZkoFBFVXBAUOUQFNBgJIAQICVQcB
About inXile Entertainment:
Founded by long-time industry veteran @BrianFargo
in 2002, inXile Entertainment develops interactive entertainment
software for all popular game systems, personal computers and
wireless devices. The most current projects being the Bard's Tale for
iOS and Choplifter HD. For more information about inXile Entertainment
visit
http://newsletter.sparkworkz.com/newsletter/lt.php?id=ZkoFBFVXBAUOUQNNBgJIAQICVQcB
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Wasteland is a registered trademark of inXile Entertainment. All
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