Double Fine will finally make Brutal Legend 2, but only if its new Kickstarter campaign reaches an almost impossible $100m
Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it'll finally make Brutal Legend 2… if the developer's new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about £74m).
Almost two decades on from its first heavy-metal-infused open-world game, Double Fine pinky promises it'll finally make Brutal Legend 2… if the developer's new Kickstarter campaign somehow manages to scrape together $100m (about £74m).
The short version
- Double Fine slid out from under Xbox's ownership earlier this summer, after the console maker kickstarted another round of layoffs affecting 3,200 jobs over the course of the next year.
- Four Xbox first-party studios also changed ownership, with Double Fine managing to regain both its independence and its entire gameography ( Psychonauts , Kiln, and Brutal Legend included).
- Hidden all the way down the crowdfunding campaign is a very, very short list of stretch goals.
What happened
The first is, simply, for Double Fine to reach its initial fundraising goal. Beyond that, we'll have to wait and see…" Double Fine's Brutal Legend 2 stretch goal is likely the studio holding onto its signature cheeky humor because, not to burst anyone's bubble, raising $100m on Kickstarter is almost impossible.
Why it matters
The most successful Kickstarter campaign of all time raised $46m for a 3D printer.
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