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Torment Closes as the Best Funded Game in Kickstarter History

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I realize that saying something is the "most something" in Kickstarter history isn't all that impressive given how young the service is, but what Torment: Tides of Numenera has achieved is definitely worth highlighting.

We've been following the project for a while now, and the funds just kept pouring in as Torment beat the Ouya in the race to a million dollars in donations. I mean "pledges," or "commitments" or whatever we're calling it when you give money to Kickstarters these days.

So what's the final total? After meeting its $900,000 goal in under 24 hours, the Kickstarter has ended its run with $4,188,927 in donations, more than 450% of its goal.

This makes it the most funded game of all time, and the second most funded gaming-related project on the site besides the Ouya itself which ended up raking in $8.5M in donations. I mean pledges.

Over the past month, inXile has added Planetscape: Torment designer Chris Avellone to its roster, and has delayed the game from a 2014 release to a 2015 one. More money equals more work, after all.

I highlight recommend our own Daniel  Nye Griffiths's interview with inXile's Brian Fargo where he discusses the game in depth. I'm sure we'll see more updates over the course of the next year, and I'm really curious to see how the game will evolve with 4x as much cash as they wanted on hand.

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