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$125,000 + LOCAL CO-OP FUNDED  You amazing dudes & ladies did it. You broke our brains. You, collectively, have managed to pour $125,000 into this game, to help turn this dream into reality. This also means that we get to implement the one... (Read More)

Okay, okay! We hear you! Add-Ons are here!By popular demand, we're offering add-ons to the campaign, allowing you to purchase additional copies of the game, art books, t-shirts and OSTs by adding to your existing pledge. This is a little confusing to... (Read More)

Shovel Knight Game Play! As previously announced, Shovel Knight will be a playable character in Aegis Defenders! We wanted to show you some footage of our favorite dirt chuckin’ knight in the world of Elam! Huge thanks to our friends at Yacht Club... (Read More)

There are only eight days left in the Aegis Defenders Kickstarter campaign, before Guts Department begins using whatever funds it has raised to put the finishing touches on its 2D tactical-platformer, but we're happy to report Aegis Defenders has already secured enough cash for at least one console port. (Read More)

$103,000 + WE'RE COMING TO PS4! Be still my heart! No sooner did we crush $90,000 then we woke up to find ourselves at $103,000. That's nuts! But we're thrilled that you love us so. Next up- LOCAL CO-OP! This is a big one, a real reach. But if we've... (Read More)

We just crossed the $90,000 mark! Only 10k to go for our first console release! I know we say this everytime, but: Thank You. When you work on something as a small team, its just 3 or 4 of you in someone’s living room. And its so hard to tell if... (Read More)

 AEGIS DEFENDERS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON STEAM!Well, you amazing dudes and ladies sure have been good to us. Not only are we sitting on close to $87,000 dollars, we're now OFFICIALLY GREENLIT and will be available on Steam! It goes without saying that... (Read More)

$85,000 & HORDE MODE  Unlocked! We just CRUSHED $85,000 bucks, officially making all 2371 of your completely insane and also the best ever. We were talking this weekend about how blown away we’ve been by the response to the game. I think we... (Read More)

$75,000 + FIRST STRETCH GOAL SMASHED Well, you guys did it. You not only funded our little dream project, but you really put your money where your mouth is and helped us smash our first stretch goal. Achievements are now unlocked for any platforms we... (Read More)

Just $1,536 from stretch goal 1!The Aegis Defenders fund train keeps rolling along. We're super close to our first stretch goal, let's crush it by the end of the day!  Bryce's Art Livestream is TODAY at 2 PM!Today is Wednesday, which means Bryce... (Read More)

Less than two weeks after Aegis Defenders shot its way onto Kickstarter, hoping to raise $65,000 for the game's creation, developer Guts Department has already met its initial funding goal and is now eyeing a lineup of stretch goals that include support for local co-op and next-gen ports of Aegis Defenders. (Read More)

It's been a while since I've been pumped for a Kickstarter campaign. It's also been a while since I've had the chance to be happy in seeing one succeed. (Read More)

$69,940 and 107% FUNDED!With 22 days to go, we are well on our way to taking Aegis Defenders into the stratosphere! We're pushing rapidly towards our first set of stretch goals, we broke into the Top 30 on Greenlight and we learned, painfully, how... (Read More)

Just ten days into our campaign, we are FUNDED!Yes, ladies and gents, there will be Aegis Defenders. Its not secret that some of us are stats nerds and we had all these spreadsheets about how many views and how many pledges we'd need to cross 65k. We... (Read More)

Almost there- $63,111 and 96% funded! Success tastes like blueberries!We are almost to our funding goal of $65,000. So close we can taste it! And it tastes like...blueberry? Weird. Anyway- Thank you so much for your support. Rest assured we won't be... (Read More)

$56,000! Holy moly!We just finished our first week of the Kickstarter and we couldn't be more excited. In just 7 days, 1522 of you have donated $57,355. That. Is. Crazy. We never in our wildest dreams imagined we'd be so close to funding already.... (Read More)

$52,000 funded, 80% OF THE WAY THERE! In just under 5 days, we’ve managed to get 80% of our funding. It has been an amazing ride and we’re so grateful to be able to share the game with everyone. Seeing it strike a chord with players or hearing... (Read More)

Aegis Defenders, a new 16-bit tactical platformer from GUTS Department, has a chance of coming to Wii U. The game’s Kickstarter will need to hit $150,000 for this to happen. (Read More)

MORE THAN 50% FUNDED 2 days and 50% funded. You have completely destroyed our expectations and we couldn’t be more excited. The sooner we get funded, the sooner we can work on those stretch goals! The best way to grow our audience from here is... (Read More)

Hold on to your butt butts...The amazing, awesome and incredibly generous crew at Yacht Club Games have allowed us to bring a new hero into the fight against the Empire & Shem!  SHOVEL KNIGHT DIGS INTO BATTLE!As you play through the game, you'll... (Read More)

Aegis Defenders is the latest game to prove that you can pretty much just roll a pair of dice to determine two genres to slam together. The tower defense platformer is absolutely gorgeous, set on a post-ruination Earth ruled by a few remaining AIs. Most technology is viewed as dark magic so main characters Bart and his granddaughter Clu naturally have a fascination and need for it. They’re ‘Ruinhunters’ attempting to save their village, but won’t be able to without an ancient artifact (and $65,000 from the generous public). (Read More)

Aegis Defenders isn't a project that many people are going to be familiar with, yet, but developer Studio Guts is hoping that a relatively modest round of funding on Kickstarter will help them change that fact in the months leading up to the game's December 2015 launch window. (Read More)

$20,000?! YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!  A huge, huge thank you to our amazing fans- old and new- who came out to give us an AMAZING first day on Kickstarter. This morning we were like, “Man, I’d be thrilled if we got past $5000”. We never would’ve... (Read More)

Now on Kickstarter! Aegis is a 2D, exploration-focused puzzle platformer with tower defense inspired combat. By utilizing multiple characters who have special abilities, players combine powers in a fast-paced, mastery focused environment to overcome the challenges that stand between them and Aegis. (Read More)

I’m a huge fan of pixelated games that do something a little extra. Anybody can take a few pixels and call them Jimothy, but to actually create artwork at such a low resolution takes considerable skill and an eye for detail. I’ve seen some incredible 16-bit creations, but the vast majority of them pale in comparison to Aegis Defenders and its incredible anime-influenced pixel art. (Read More)