Gamers around the world deserve a chance to play every great new game, and by waiving distribution fees on Origin we can help make that a reality for successfully crowd-funded developers.” “It’s also incredibly healthy for the gaming industry. “The public support for crowd-funding creative game ideas coming from small developers today is nothing short of phenomenal,” said David DeMartini, Senior Vice President of Origin at EA. “I have had a long relationship with EA and it is great to see them recognize and support the crowd-funded games model” Origin will provide distribution services free of charge for 90 days after the game’s launch, giving new crowd-funded games a chance to reach the growing Origin audience of more than 12 million registered users worldwide. announced today a program to waive distribution fees on Origin™ for any developer that has a successfully crowd-funded, ready-to-publish downloadable PC game. From the press release:Electronic Arts Inc. The Kickstarter call goes live next month.EA Origin is offering a special deal to crowdfunded games from Kickstarter, where it waives distribution fees for 90 days. The crucial question now is, how much does Fargo need to make Wasteland a reality? We made Fallout because we didn't have the Wasteland rights."įargo told IGN the Wasteland sequel will be a PC game first, then perhaps iOS (probably iPad) and other platforms. He added: "People forget that Wasteland was the precursor to Fallout. "I want fans to know that a new Wasteland would be complete old school vibe and made with input from gamers.
In a series of posts on Fargo's Twitter page, he emphasised his intention to create an old school experience fans of the first game will be happy with. Wasteland 2 - or whatever it ends up being called - will be a top-down, isometric, party based RPG.
Now he wants your help to revive the game. IP holder Fargo, now in charge of Hunted developer inXile, founded Interplay Productions, the studio behind Wasteland, A Bard's Tale and Fallout 1 and 2. Veteran game designer Brian Fargo is using Kickstarter to raise cash for a Wasteland sequel.ġ988 post-apocalyptic role-playing game Wasteland is considered by many to be one of the greatest western RPGs ever, and is the precursor to the Fallout series.
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