The move is a clear attempt by EA to capitalise on the ever-increasing number of videogame projects funded by crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter by waiving its fees. While EA's revenue-sharing policy has never been disclosed, the industry standard is a 30 per cent cut for the platform holder. More >
The World Of Mass network allows players to donate anything from $5 to $100,000 towards the studio's projects with the studio offering stock stock ownership in the final game and a share of the profits. More >
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Several of the members from the DePaul University team that created Octodad, a game about an octopus trying to convince his human family that he is a regular human dad, have formed new independent development studio Young Horses and revealed that Octodad 2 is in the works. The team promises a “much more polished, full-featured and longer game” and a Kickstarter donation page has been opened in order to fund the project, offering backers t-shirts, early beta access and even a framed oil painting of the titular cephalopod. After just one day on the site, the project has already raised $7,299 of its required $20,000. "To wake up this morning and be 34% funded was simply amazing," reads a post on the Octodad blog. "It has been a single day since we launched this campaign and the unwavering support we’ve received from everyone has just been absolutely fantastic. We really want to thank everyone for helping us reach our slippery tentacles a bit closer to our dream of making games for a living."
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