Friday, April 11, 2014

Outcast Reboot HD Kickstarter campaign launches to avoid publisher headaches


Former core members of Outcast developer Appeal launched a Kickstarter campaign this week to raise $600,000 for the development of the HD reboot of 1999's Windows PC adventure game Outcast, deliberately shunning the avenue of partnering with a publisher.


Yann Robert, Franck Sauer and Yves Grolet established Fresh3D Inc. last year following their announcement that they bought the Outcast IP from Atari with intentions to revive the franchise.


Sauer explained to Polygon that the team considered a Kickstarter campaign when they purchased the Outcast IP last year, but thought it would be interesting to show it to publishers and gauge their interest.


"I'll be honest and say that some were downright not interested in the project," Sauer ...


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