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In a sizable databurst broadcast across cyberspace, Harebrained Schemes has revealed that Shadowrun Returns will launch in June on Steam, using the Steam Workshop to share what deckers make in its editor. The developer also shared a few plans for potential DLC, the state of the Linux edition, deadlines for pre-ordering the Collector's Edition, and what using Steam means for the promised DRM-free edition.
The first gameplay footage of Shadowrun Returns does look awfully nice, doesn't it? That may be because HareBrained Schemes has "spent every penny" of the $1.9 million it raised from crowdfunding--"and more." It's a gamble because, as head honcho Jordan Weisman told us last year, "if [crowdfunded] games don't reach a larger audience than the people we've pre-sold to, then they don't become self-sustaining."
Ten months after receiving a whopping $1.9 million from fans to make Shadowrun Returns, Jordan Weisman's HareBrained Schemes has revealed the cyberpunk-fantasy RPG in a twenty-minute alpha gameplay walkthrough. Weisman and co-founder Mitch Gitelman show off a squad of shadowrunners talking, shooting and summoning their way through one mission and gosh, it's good to see.
When Kickstarter campaigns go well and stretch goals are met, everyone is thrilled. But occasionally lost in the shuffle is what that feature creep does to a planned release date. Harebrained Schemes has found that out, pushing the release date back from January to sometime in May or June.
HareBrained Schemes has shown off the first pieces of character renders and environmental concept art for Shadowrun Returns.
After Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter hit its original fan-funding goal of $400,000 within 28 hours, it was clear the cyberpunk RPG had cybernetic legs. Funding finally wrapped up yesterday with a whopping great grand total of $1,895,772.
Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes would be stretched too thin if it tried to squeeze multiplayer in for launch, Shadowrun creator Jordan Weisman has told us, but the engine's being built in a way that could support adding it later.
After hitting its Kickstarter goal in just 28 hours, Harebrained Schemes has added to what it originally planned for the game and has added additional incentives.
A new version of Shadowrun obviously resonated with fans, reaching its $400,000 goal in slightly more than 24 hours.
Widely-adored cyberpunk pen & paper RPG Shadowrun is coming back as a turn-based 2D video game RPG, or at least that's the plan creator Jordan Weisman's new Kickstarter campaign. Shadowrun Returns is planned to hit PC, and iOS and Android tablets.
