Earlier this week, independent comic book artist and How Rad Comics founder Josh Howard launched a crowdfunding campaign for T-Bird & Throttle #3. Heavily influenced by the art of Bruce Timm and Batman the Animated Series, T-Bird & Throttle is a sci-fi, superhero miniseries written and illustrated by Howard himself. Here’s the pitch straight from the T-Bird & Throttle Indiegogo
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Last week, Ion Fury developer Voidpoint apologized after individuals from Reset Era criticized content in the game that they found offensive, including an image of a personal skincare bottle jokingly labeled “Ogay” (an “Olay” pun, in case you needed it spelled out). After the complaints surfaced, Voidpoint announced that they would donate $10,000 to The Trevor Project (an LGBT anti-suicide
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Update: this leak has since been confirmed by Sony. Original story follows. A PS4 listing for Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection has appeared on the Hong Kong PlayStation Store. The title had not been formally announced by Capcom. The collection includes Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3, and 4 (originally released for the GameBoy Advance) as well as Mega Man
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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for Adam Post’s new horror graphic novel College of the Dead crossed the finish line successfully, raising just over $5 thousand. Written by Stefan Petrucha (X-Files, Captain America: Dark Designs) and illustrated by Javier Sanchez Aranda (Star Trek, Dungeons & Dragons), College of the Dead is girthy a 140-page book which follows a terrified
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Over the weekend, independent comic book creator Bill Raupp launched a crowdfunding campaign for Tribulation Taskforce: Secret Files #1, a companion book to Raupp’s own Tribulation Force. Here’s a summary of the project taken from Tribulation Taskforce Indiegogo campaign page: After the great cleansing, all of the Christians were removed from the earth, and humanity was left to pick up
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Rob Liefeld is responsible for creating some of Marvel’s most enduring comic book characters from the 1990s. Deadpool, Cable, the X-Force- all of these were born of Liefeld’s brain, after which he went on to become one of the founding fathers of Image Comics. However, that hasn’t stopped Liefeld’s detractors from criticizing his work (including the often-parroted “Rob Liefeld can’t
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Earlier this week, renowned comic book creator Ethan Van Sciver announced that a crowdfunding campaign for a hardcover, collected edition of the original 1990s Cyberfrog comics would launch on Indiegogo this September. This $40 hardbound edition will not only collect the original run of Cyberfrog for Harris Comics, but Van Sciver has also indicated that the book will also include
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Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for Ardanna #0 ended successfully, crossing the fully-funded mark in the closing days of the campaign. Written by Wyatt Holliday and featuring artwork by D. Flores, colors by B. Salaberry and letters by the prolific Eric Weathers, Ardanna promises “classic sword & sorcery violence, suggestive themes, badass beautiful women, and is suggested for readers ages 13+.” Sad that
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During a Thursday livestream, Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti announced that he has indeed launched “Alterna Distribution,” an all-new way for independent creators to get their comics into comic book shops. So far, Alterna Distribution exists only as a web domain, but Simeti is planning for the venture to be fully operational in mid-2020. It’s important to note that this
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Following their reveal at the Square Enix press conference at E3 2019, the character designs from Crystal Dynamics’ upcoming Avengers game received quite a bit of ribbing and well-intentioned ridicule. The latest footage of Marvel’s The Avengers from Gamescom, however, seems to indicate that the artists at Crystal Dynamics have taken the feedback to heart. Take a look at the
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On Tuesday, comic book creator Sean Gordon Murphy held an “ask me anything” session on social media, fielding questions about his projects past, present, and yes- future. In response to a question on his upcoming plans, Murphy indicated that he will crowdfund a project via Indiegogo when he completes his work on Curse of the White Knight for DC Comics.
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Yesterday at GamesCom, SEGA and development team Ryu Ga Gotoku revealed that The Yakuza Remastered Collection – which includes Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 – will be making the jump to Western shores soon… So soon, in fact, that Yakuza 3 is available on the PlayStation Store right now! Yakuza 4 will follow suit on 29 October, while
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Publisher IndieSelect recently announced that Ascension Dream’s visual novel title Pantsu Hunter: Back to the 90s is headed to PS4, Playstation Vita and Nintendo Switch on 28 August. Described as a point-and-click adventure with adult themes and a 90s anime aesthetic, Pantsu Hunter is the story of a young man in search of love – or in the very least
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Earlier this week, Zaid Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for its 80s throwback fantasy book Magic Cop: Drop Dead Legs on Indiegogo. Written by Phillip Diaz and featuring illustrations by Brandon Diaz and colors by Eugeniu Betivu (HIRO: Blood of a Patriots), Magic Cop is an 88-page graphic novel described as a mishmash of Miami Vice and Halloween Town. Here’s
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On Monday, independent comic book creator and Headshot Comics founder Gilbert Deltrez (Lair, Pistolera) launched his latest project via Indiegogo: Galactic Rodents of Mayhem.* Written by Deltrez and illustrated by Sebastian Navas, GROM is a girthy 110-page graphic novel inspired by old school sci-fi franchises such as Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Here’s the sales pitch straight from
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The Playstation-exclusive Predator: Hunting Grounds was given a proper gameplay trailer Monday at Gamescom 2019. Without further ado, give the multiplayer-focused shooter a look below: Predator: Hunting Grounds is developed by Illfonic, who you may recall is responsible for 2017’s Friday the 13th the Game, which turned out to be a fun, franchise-faithful multiplayer game. Here’s Sony’s official breakdown of
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Earlier today at Gamescom, SEGA unveiled the third playable character in Lizardcube’s upcoming brawler Streets of Rage 4: Cherry Hunter. You can check out Cherry’s reveal trailer below. Given her yellow top along with some of her fighting moves being similar to Streets of Rage 2‘s Skate (aka Eddie to his close friends), Cherry is almost certainly related to the
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Late last week, independent comic book creator Cody Martinez launched a crowdfunding campaign for Wisdom Comes: Chapter 1, a 64-page fantasy book written and illustrated by Martinez himself. Here’s a summary of the project taken from the Wisdom Comes Indiegogo campaign page: Witness the rise of Hera’s greatest hero, and learn what set him upon his monumental quest to eradicate
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Earlier this week, Dynamite Entertainment launched a crowdfunding campaign for a special, double-anniversary variant of Vampirella #1 featuring cover art by renowned comic book creator Billy Tucci (Zombie Sama). These limited edition covers feature Tucci’s own Shi character alongside Vampi herself. Here’s the pitch straight from the Indiegogo campaign page: It’s Vampirella’s 50th anniversary this year, and the newest comic
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Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction to get the stories that we non-fictional types just can’t get. Since the Genesis 30th anniversary is the reason for the season, and since Altered Beast was the console’s original pack-in title,
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Tired of over-complicated, genre-bending, modern first-person shooters? “Flashlights? Fuck flashlights! Gun is flashlight!” Indie publisher Digerati May have the game for you: Demon Pit. Inspired by FPS games from the 90s, Demon Pit is described as an arcade–style arena shooter featuring numerous weapons, a “soul grapple”, and constantly changing environments. Here’s a breakdown of Demon Pit from Digerati followed by
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Earlier this week, independent comic book creator Karl O’Rowe launched a crowdfunding campaign for Deathsworn, an all-new 80+ page graphic novel written, illustrated, and lettered by O’Rowe himself, Deathsworn takes quite a bit of its inspiration from the sci-fi action franchises of the 1980s such as Masters of the Universe. Here’s the breakdown of the project taken from Deathsworn Indiegogo
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Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for Douglas Ernst’s graphic novel Soulfinder: Demon’s Match came to a close, successfully raising 332% of its original goal for a total of more than $33 thousand. Written by Ernst and featuring artwork by Timothy Lim (Black Hops G.I.) and colors by Brett R. Smith (Jawbreakers), Soulfinder is a 56-page, supernatural graphic novel about a combat
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On Wednesday, the Indiegogo campaign for Micah Curtis’ Englewood #1 successfully hit its funding goal with nearly two weeks left in the crowdfunding period. Englewood is a 32-page superhero tale written by Curtis and featuring artwork by Brian Martinez and colors by Armand Strange. Here’s the pitch straight from Curtis, the “vanilla gorilla” himself: Corruption and Chicago are two words
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Glass Heart Games has unveiled Vigil: the Longest Night, a 2D action platformer with a few RPG elements, massive bosses, and a horror aesthetic similar to Bloodstained and the Castlevania series. Vigil is the first game from Taiwanese game studio Glass Heart Games, who promises “precise and technical combat as well as a rich and strong narrative.” The game itself
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Welcome back to SEGA Genesis 30th Anniversary Week here at The Splintering! We certainly hope that you’ve been enjoying some of our retro gaming content celebrating the launch of our 16-bit friend! Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction
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In an effort to inundate you with Genesis stuff on the 30th anniversary of its launch, I decided to barf up this click bait retrospective post showing some of the ads SEGA ran as part of their famous “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t” campaign. My personal favorite ad is the Golden Axe one. Sure, you can find all of this stuff
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On Tuesday, comic book writer Blake Northcott launched an Indiegogo campaign for her upcoming horror book, Everglade Angels. Sound familiar? It should. Northcott set up a crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter just last month. Now that the Kickstarter campaign is a success, Northcott has created the second campaign on Indiegogo for those who prefer Indiegogo as a crowdfunding platform. But what
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According to Gamescom host Geoff Keighley, Sony Interactive Entertainment will debut the first gameplay trailer for Predator: Hunting Grounds on opening night of Gamescom 2019, which begins on 19 August. Predator: Hunting Grounds is an online asymmetrical multiplayer shooter developed by Illfonic and scheduled to release for PS4 in 2020. You can watch the May reveal trailer below. Source: Gematsu
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WayForward has released a new trailer for River City Girls featuring Kyoko, one of the playable characters in their upcoming sequel to the classic NES brawler, River City Ransom. Here’s the official bio for Kyoko: Kyoko is ready to go in River City Girls! Compared to her BFF Misako, she’s much more cheerful and bubbly, but don’t get her angry
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