Preparing for such a scenario, he outlined what inXile do with the additional funding.Īt $1.25 million, the extra cash will go toward expanding the world and adding more maps, stories and music. Executives from BioWare and Blizzard also backed the project, acknowledging Fargo's previous accomplishments in the role-playing genre.Īlthough the original goal was $900,000, Fargo acknowledged the possibility of exceeding that target with Double Fine recently receiving more than $3 million (they only asked for $400,000). 'I hope this makes up for it,' Tan tweeted. Once again I am awed by the support! A dream come true today,' Fargo said.Īs of writing, 19,000 eager fans have pledged more than $1 million, including several $10,000 donations from industry figures such as Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, who apologized for pirating the original Wasteland. 'Woot!!! We did it!!!! Fantastic! I am going to sleep like a baby tonight. Brian Fargo, founder of Interplay and inXile, launched a Kickstarter campaign earlier this week to raise $900,000 – a goal reached in only 42 hours. It's been over two decades, but a sequel to 1988's post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland is officially in the pipeline.

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