Wasteland™ 2 Reaches $900,000 Kickstarter Funding Goal in Just Two Days!
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- inXile Entertainment today confirmed that Wasteland™ 2 has already achieved their very ambitious funding goal of $900,000 in only two days. The Kickstarter project went live on Tuesday morning with what is believed to be the highest funding goal in the history of Kickstarter. By the end of the first day the project was closing in on the $500,000 mark and by the evening of the second day they crossed the milestone. Brian Fargo, CEO of inXile Entertainment said, "We knew we were asking for a lot of money compared to most Kickstarter projects, and that is why we made the funding period 35 days. We wanted to make sure we had enough time for the word to get out there and for the fans to find us. We thought it might eventually go viral, but we had no idea it would happen so quickly."
In a message posted to all of the backers of the project, inXile said, "This is a paradigm shift that is bigger than Wasteland 2. This is the beginning of a new era in gaming where the developer gets to work directly with the fans to build the type of product that the fans want. The games are fan funded with fan input and use digital distribution methods to bypass both publishers and retail.
The latest status of the now funded project has the number of backers at over 20,000 and the funds pledge at over 1.1 Million Dollars. With over 30 days left until the funding ends, Fargo has hopes of being able to soon announce more features that will be added to the project, saying, "The fact that our supporters are buying in at an average of over $55 each says a lot about the level of dedication the fans have towards this product. No matter how much money is raised, all of it will go into making the best game we possibly can." On the strength of this early success and in response to popular request, he has already added a Linux version to go along with the Mac version at the rapidly approaching $1.5 million milestone.
Details can be found on the Kickstarter site at:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2
or at:
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com
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 www.inxile-entertainment.com.
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