Interplay Ex-CEO Brian Fargo Kickstarts Wasteland II [Slashdot]

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New submitter 0111 1110 writes "Attempting to emulate Double Fine's success to fund another currently dead genre of computer game, Brian Fargo of Interplay fame has started a kickstarter project for a sequel to Wasteland, his1988 post-apocalyptic RPG which inspired Fallout. It will be turn-based and party-based, with a top-down perspective and 2D graphics. Fargo has managed to attract many of the original developers, such as Alan Pavlish and Mike Stackpole, as well as Jason Anderson, who was a designer for Fallout, and Mark Morgan, who did the music for Planescape: Torment and both of the original Fallout games. Fargo's goal has been set at $900,000. Anything above that will be used for additional game content. At $1.5 million he will offer an OS X version. An interview with Fargo by Rock, Paper, Shotgun provides some additional insight into what he and his group are planning, as does a video interview with Matt Barton."

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[Bojay1997]

I went ahead and pledged. I do have to say that contributing money to a project like this that won't be released until October 2013 is a bit of a stretch.

[Shulamana]

Just when I was about to swear off "new" PC games forever.

So glad that it's DRM free, will probably chip in the $15 for a copy of the game when it's done.