Carmageddon: Reincarnation Kickstarter Wants $400,000

77
Richard Walker

UK developer Stainless Games is back doing what it does best: making a Carmageddon game. Carmageddon: Reincarnation is set to bring back Max Damage, after the original Carmageddon and Carmageddon: Carpocalypse Now titles, but the studio behind the games, wants your help to give the project an extra boost.

Consequently, Stainless has launched what a lot of indie devs have been using to help champion their games: a Kickstarter fund that enables you to get behind the game as a financial backer. There's over 5000 backers for Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Kickstarter already, but extra support could potentially add more bells and whistles to the game.

Could that potentially include a release for Carmageddon: Reincarnation on the Xbox Live Arcade? We'd suggest pestering the living crap out of Stainless Games over on their Kickstarter page to bring the game to XBLA. There's really no excuse if they manage to raise extra funds, right? Right?! Carmageddon: Reincarnation is aiming for a February 2013 release.

[Thanks, Dennis]

Comments
77
  • Get a job and pay for it yourself you cheeky beeswax.
  • I feel like there are and have been many, many more games worthy of my money than this on kick-starter
  • So now instead of just playing them we are investing to have them made?Do I need to hire a broker?
  • So Kickstarter holds on to the money and if enough is made they give it to the Devs to make a game. If not enough is made them they return it to the original people who stuck the money in? That sounds fairly decent actually. I'd heard of it before but never read about what it actually is or how it works.
  • @4 and the whole time kick-starter gain the interest from holding the funds in suspense.
  • That much isn't nothing for a kickstarter. If the game has enough fans it could be raised in no time. The Yogscast raised over half a million in a month for Yogventures. It's all about fan base.
  • @3 usually you get some type of incentive for donating like shadow run was the game for 50 bucks to meeting the main person for a ton of money
  • Yeah I'll donate to you if you release it for free. No Just what I thought, F.U then.
  • @5 they take 10% or something from the funds.
  • @9 they ALSO take 10% of the funds.
  • Never even heard of this game
  • @11 go home
  • @2 Agreed. It was a massively one dimensional game back in the 90s, why bother bringing it back now? @5 Exactly. Even if they give the money back at the end they have still massively profited from the interest in the meantime. Very cynical. @6 Gooch. @10 That makes it even worse. Clever on their part though - they profit no matter what.
  • this is pathetic
  • one way to make the game cheaper for themselves .... part 2 was crap...probably gonna be like duke nukem. hyped up but end up being crap
  • I read an article about this yesterday that said anyone who pledged a $1000 would be featured in the game. So even game development has now gone all corporate bollocks and pandering to the rich. If the concept was good enough they wouldn't need to beg. In it's day Carmageddon was controversial but now seems very lame compared to games that followed. It was changed numerous times to please the censors, removing human pedestrians and replacing them with Zombies. The same censors would probably have had a heart attack if Saint's Row or Left 4 Dead had fallen on their desks, but each of these games should give a nod Carmageddon's way. Can't help but feel it will only be a huge disappointment, pretty much akin to the recent Syndicate rehash. Some games should just stay a fond memory.
  • Wow, alot of poor knee-jerk reaction to this (and uneducated children)...here how it is..... You pledge money in return for something (those that have bothered to read the link would know this) eg on the lowest reward tier, you donate $15 (£9.30) and when the game is released you get a copy of the game, not too shabby eh? And there are many tiers of incentives to how much you pay and the reward in return. Including featuring in the game itself as a pedestrian to be ran over, plotting parts of the environments, etc...(note that minecraft creator has himself donated to this game as he is a fan) The game is already in early developement but needs the extra funds to publish keep the high quality going. on otherwords NO EVIL PUBLISHER SUCH AS ACTIVISION ETC TELLING THE GAME COMPANY WHAT TO DO. Also, those who have never heard of Carmageddon, have a lot to thank for it. In 1996 it was a groundbreaking game that set the standard for many games to come. Especially racing games (full 3d environments, active replays). Not games to this day can match the free roam fun and carnage it has to offer. Both Carmageddon 1 (1996) and Carmageedon 2 (1998) still have one the the best damage physics to date. Even though the last game created by stainless in 1998 (console ports and TDR2000 were created by other studios but they were awful) it still has a HUGE cult following who have been praying for this. Its going to be good.
  • @17 sir text a lot. It was groundbreaking? dont make me laugh it was a complete rip off of Twisted metal. Huge cult following? Is that not an oxymoron? Are you working for these cats?
  • @13 Devin Setoguchi (born January 1, 1987), also known as The Gooch, is a Canadian ice hockey right winger for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. Just sayin'
  • @17 'Both Carmageddon 1 (1996) and Carmageedon 2 (1998) still have one the the best damage physics to date.' Just fuck off. Joke post.
  • @19 I was referring to the useless patch between balls and asshole. Just Sayin'
  • @21 Which isn't actually a word. I'm flattered you remember me, and still have a thing for me ;)
  • Surely this defeats the point of Kickstarter. You donate money and usually get the game but this you would need to donate to then purchase it meaning they swipe you twice for one purchase?
  • Normally I'd be against anything Kickstarter related but however, a new Carmageddon game is something I would very much LOVE to see or play, rather. I had endless amounts of fun playing it way back when, so I'd definitely donate a certain sum of money for this to happen.
  • If there was an XBLA reward tier at $15 I would back it; don't really care to play this on the PC.
  • Carmageddon was one of those games i realy loved to play, even it hadn,t much storywise or a huge difference gameplaywise, but it had something that made me wanted it to play it again and again, and it was one of the first games that had a cut version in germany, instead of driving over peasants they where removed and replaced by...robots. The insane roads and tracks you where driving on and all filled with boosters and other odd and funny stuff, back then it was something totaly new and it stired up some discussions if the game wasn,t to brutal. Nowadays we probly would laugh and there so much other games out there. But i woudn,t mind another Carmageddon just because i can relive some old gamermemories, but i def woudn,t pay for a remake i think they just have to follow the stream and do what other devs doing just making the game and advertising enough and making big money after.
  • @22 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The%20Gooch
  • @27 Urban dictionary, therefore isn't a real word and is actually slang. Good job!
  • @18 - yes, it was groundbreaking, if you can be bothered to read into it, with old game reviews etc, you will see for yourself. ps, twisted metal is a car-gun game, nothing like carmageedon. Also, the first builds of Carmagedden preceed any twisted metal game. - Get your facts right please. @20 - it is fact, i love car games, i love crashing cars and although games are much prettier these days, actual crashing physics and mechanics are hard to match with a 14 year old game. Not sure why you would choose to respond in a childish way? @23 - Depending on how much you pledge, you get at least 1 free copy via steam
  • @21 Useless?! Speak for yourself...
  • @28 Hence still a word. I know you barely write in English, I wouldn't expect you to understand the intricicies of non-standard language. Gooch.
  • @31 - You might want proofread in the future. LOL.
  • @17 best damage physics? Never play Grid huh:p
  • @29 I replied in such a manner as I could only imagine you were taking the absolute piss with that comment. The damage physics on both Carmageddon games were absurd at the time, never mind when compared with games made 10-15 years later. I understand you hold a candle for them both, but Forza? Burnout? GT5 (after the patch)? Fuck off.
  • @33 - sorry, i didnt mean THE BEST to date, as in now, but still one of the best and impressive despite its age ;) Grid is a great game with great damage physics and stuff i have to agree. I loved that game. Also Dirt 3 was really good too for that! Loved outbreak online.
  • @31 *Intricacies I hardly think you're one to talk either. Half the time it looks like someone switched the keys around on your keyboard for a laugh.
  • @34 I love how you always end your posts with some form of insult. Mother must be so proud of her little angel!
  • @unicorn carmageddon lover. Both twisted metal and carmageddon have both been quoted as taking inspiration from the film death race. Carmageddon was also 3 years after twisted metal so you would expect it to build on it. Just because you clearly get an erection for something don’t start running your mouth and forcing yourself on people like john Travolta at a massage parlour. Those factualy accurate enough for you Donkey??
  • these games are terrible bitch please
  • @38 - 2 years. Also, im not telling anyone to loke anything. Just merely setting my misinformed friends and keyboard warriors straight :) I do have to correct some dates carma 1 - 1997, carma 2 - 1999. Twisted metal 1995. But as stated carmageddon was first put in motion in 93/94 and was originally meant to be named after the old death race 2000 film.
  • Lol. Gotta love it when the comments devolve into some pointless internet bitching.
  • Hilarious!!
  • @41 and it's always the same angry people lol
  • I just backed it a few days ago actually. Been looking at Kickstarter a lot lately, some great things there.
  • I enjoyed N64 version so hell yeah bring it back for sake for long time for that franchise lol Maybe gameplay have smiliar to Twisted Metal series but with load of blood and gores and maybe have third person action on ground for some areas of story will be nice add it in. Lots of battle drives. :):)
  • Some of you need to actually READ the link. $15 donation gets you a free copy. There's not double charging -_- Someone has already taken 1 of the 3 highest donation rewards, and will be an actual character in-game. On top of getting a copy for $15, everytime the game is updated/re-released you get another free copy. If you're a fan, you should chip in $15.
  • Not even a week in and already at basically 200k, yup this game will be funded. And it has one hell of a fan base. Good to hear :D @46 Yeah, some people are just outright stupid when it comes to reading before posting.
  • @11 Neither have I o_O
  • fuck don't you love it when people who played the shitty port of carmageddon 3 and have played the twisted metal series come along to a thread like this....in fact it's always the case... then you get some company mentions a new feature, someone else says but our game had that first then i come along and say, bollocks, some PC game had it about 10 years before your game, now GTFO n1b! carmageddon was a great game, racing & missions, sure it was limited, but rightly so, it was mostly a racing game. and i love the fact that so many people think this is a major scam by another company just to make profit on the interest, fuck off and hide where you weer in the first place, it is a way for companies who don't want a cunt like EA / ACTI barking orders at what they can & cant do in their game to gather initial funding for production costs but as most of you clowns only buy the same game, even if they did you wouldn't buy it i'll definately consider this, have to wait til i get paid, but i loved the original, and #2....3 was a bit shit though i admit that
  • I used to love Carmaggedon when I was a kid.. And that's just it, it was ages ago, I doubt I would find as much joy in running over people in cars straight out of Death Race... Good luck to them though=)
  • I remember this game way back when I had a PS1. I had so much fun with this, and would love a remake. So long as it was done right. Bring it on!
  • Loved this game but I cannot see how it will be as good as today's racing, crashing and GTAing style games. And just to troll. Everyone from @39 and below is under 16 and has an IQ of 5. And I could not careless what you think and say. But please feel free to talk shit after my post.
  • @49 - Good post, just one thing Carma 3 (TDR 2000)and all the console ports was made by a different company, the publisher at the time, SCI, gave it to another studio and not stainless games who made the original 2 games and they , stainless, have bought the rights back for themselves. And here we are!
  • I'm pretty sick of EVERY defunct failed series turning to Kickstarted, Carmageddon hasn't been good since Carmageddon 2 mod community made it good.
  • lol, now developers are basically asking us to pre-pay for arcade games? Yeah, that'll get you far...
  • This is the new fad now? Have the public fund it then charge them for it. In few years Activition will have the public fund CoD series and EA would do the same.
  • @55 over 200 grand only ;)
  • im really getting into the spirit of this thread so here goes..... you're all shit, this game is shit, all games are shit, developers are shit, damage physics are shit, the internet is shit, people who post on the internet are shit, everything is shit, all of you fuck off. good night.
  • Wow so much hate. If you don't want to fund it, then don't but please try to make an informed decision about stuff before yelling. #58, you hit the nail on the head. I don't see how Kickstarter is anything but a positive thing. Publishers don't want to take a chance on a game, so the makers of the game ask people if they want this game. People pay, get the game (yes, $15 will get you the game). If not enough people give a shit, the game doesn't get made. How is this a bad thing?
  • Carmageddon = Awesome Graphically Violent Car Combat Game Twisted Metal = Awesome Car Combat Game Death Race 2000 = Cheesy 70's Action Cult Film Deal with it, move on, continue bitching somewhere else.
  • @11 the name kinds of gives away what the game is about. And only people who are big fans or kickstarter browsers will have heard of "this" game. I heard of the original and sequel but had not heard of "this" game until I read the headline. Good job the whole internet isn't full of people telling everyone what they haven't heard of. There'd be more pages of complex formulae than people slagging off call of duty.
  • There is no interest being made on your pledges. Your card isn't charged until the project meets its goal. If a project fails to meet its goal in the stayed time no money switches hands at any level.
  • Kickstarter is absolutely terrific for larger-scale "indie" game developers. I mean, didn't SEGA say they'd make Shenmue 3 if other people funded it? THAT's something to put on Kickstarter. And check out Double Fine. They didn't even have a name or idea, just "give us cash, we'll make a game" and we raised a million US dollars for them! The idea that we, the consumer, can play such a vital role in making sure we get the content we want and the developers can finish making a product they can be proud of is truly remarkable and a sign that e-commerce is great and indeed part of video gaming's future. That said, sadly, it's also a place for lazy companies to ask for way too much money to make games of a low caliber and possibly get away with it if we choose to be charitable. $400k for an XBLA Carmageddon? Hahaha, no way. I'm sure know a few people in Cali that'd make an XBLIG version of that and sell it for $2 a pop.
  • Good luck to them. It's not coming to xbla. The original story gives false hope. I'd love to see this come to xbla. I might pledge $15 to at least get the game. Ill have to download steam first.
  • All these post saying it was in production before twisted metal, They still had 2-3 years to add stuff that twisted metal thought about and they didn't. So really both are really stealing from each other as everything in world is. Everything is an idea and everyone uses ideas from others to make stuff better. Who really cares?
  • @65 the point is, it is nothing like twisted metal. Both car combat yes, but different styles. It would be like comparing football to basketball.
  • Point is, the series died for a reason: The games began to really suck. No amount of pre-consumer dollars will fix an outdated formula.
  • Sigh, another one...... ......if you can actually read, like some others are struggling with....the original games with high ratings and high sales (multi millions sales) were made by stainless, who are making the new one. The ones that were rubbish, were made by other developers after the publisher took it away from stainless.
  • Arron114 must be a very bitter person. On topic- I still haven't formed an opinion on the whole Kickstarter craze. I see the advantages of it allowing smaller games that get made that otherwise wouldn't. The problem I see is what happens when a game get a lot of money from this and then is canceled? Do the people at that point get their money back or are they sol?
  • The money only gets taken if the cash target is met :)
  • You know donkey , you're almost selling it to me !
  • @69 not bitter at all , I just don't like it like others have expressed . I know it's a crazy concept not to like something!
  • @69 not bitter at all , I just don't like it like others have expressed . I know it's a crazy concept not to like something!
  • You know you want to pledge Arron, £9.30 and it is yours in Feb ;) Also i missed this off on th FAQ....XBLA is a target for Carmageddon.... What are your plans for other platforms if you exceed your goal? We plan to produce a Mac OSX version shortly after the PC release, with Xbox 360 and PS3 following as soon as possible afterwards. (And on to even more platforms, as funds and time allow...)
  • Aaron said "It was groundbreaking? dont make me laugh it was a complete rip off of Twisted metal. Huge cult following? Is that not an oxymoron? Are you working for these cats? + Both twisted metal and carmageddon have both been quoted as taking inspiration from the film death race. Carmageddon was also 3 years after twisted metal so you would expect it to build on it. " Ok let's ridicule this ignorant and arrogant being. First of, Carmageddon was released 2 years after the first Twisted Metal. Twisted Metal was released in 1995, Carmageddon was released in 1997. Yes it "builded on it". As far as the destructive enviroment goes especially. You could even play Twisted Metal 3 and 4 and you still wouldn't see the cars getting realistic damage. Cars were just moving rocks that if given a certain amount of damage they would get destroyed, and the only indication was a few black spots on the car. Those games were released in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Where as Carmageddon 2, had awesome physics, and you could practically dismember the whole enemy car, given that it's consitency provided that priviledge (you could cut a car in two, you could smash it, you could smash glasses or tires, you could SHAPE IT THE WAY YOU WANTED IT. Hell, you can even cut a bus on 3 dimensions.) Yes, both games took inspiration from Movies, and real life derbies and other games. By the way you forgot to mention Destruction Derby. And it WAS groundbreaking because you could run over people and dismember human parts. This was FUN! No other game had that, and that's what it made it groundbreaking. Paved the way for every future game that had humans in it (including GTA). And i only speak for myself by saying that : I don't work for these "cats". I just saw your posts (full of half-truths and dirt) and i chose to set things straight. Now, i'm certain those that haven't played the game will be skeptic and say that it's too immature. Maybe it is, but i haven't had more fun playing a racing game ever. Hell, it's in my top 3 list of best games. Back in the day, when media were raging towards the game (being too violent etc), a cousin came to visit me and i asked if she ever played the game. She said that she knew about the game from the news and didn't like the idea. I asked her to try it for one turn, and she was BLOWN AWAY by the gameplay. "You can't judge a game by some news report.You have to play it" were her exact words. Which is true, eh?
  • Few more things. "So now instead of just playing them we are investing to have them made?Do I need to hire a broker? " With 15$, you fund the game, help it come alive, get a digital copy when it is released and get EVERY update/patch/dlc. Kickstarter backers of $15 and above will receive Release #1 plus all subsequent releases. It writes it on the site. "lol, now developers are basically asking us to pre-pay for arcade games? Yeah, that'll get you far..." Arcade games?
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIRcz8X_HZo
  • You need to register before being able to post comments

Game navigation