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Uber's 'Planetary Annihilation' Kickstarter raises $2.2 million

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:20:00 EST

Planetary Annihilation, a new real-time strategy game to be created by Super Monday Night Combat developer Uber Entertainment, has concluded its Kickstarter founding round at $2.2 million.

"We're excited to be able to bring back a genre that wouldn't have been funded through traditional means," Uber Entertainment CEO Bob Berry told us today.

Uber hit its initial goal of $900,000 with 15 days to spare, since then it's been adding other bonus milestones, with the $2 million mark promising a full orchestral soundtrack for the game.

"Our Kickstarter page says July 2013, so we'll be shooting for that timeframe," Uber executive producer Chandana Ekanayake said when asked about a release window for the game. "We're still amazed at the reception to the Kickstarter and very thankful for all our supporters."

Kickstarter recently declared 2012 as "the year of the game" at the crowd funding site. Planetary Annhilation was the latest of seven Kickstarter projects to surpass $1 million in funding this year.

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Kickstarter declares 2012 'the year of the game'

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:00:00 EST

Seven of the eleven Kickstarter projects to surpass $1 million in funding belong to the games category. In a post entitled "The Year of the Game," the crowd funding site reveals that games have gone from the eighth most-funded category in the site's three-year history to the second.

This year has seen over $50 million pledged toward game projects on the site, with film and design several million behind at $42 million and $40 million, respectively. In 2011, games only had $3.6 million in funding and in 2010 it was at a mere $519,885.

The great change began in February, when Double Fine Adventure surpassed a million dollars in 24 hours and concluded with $3.3 million pledged. The most recent game to surpass a million was Uber Entertainment's Planetary Annihilation. Head on over to Kickstarter for "the year of the game" breakdown.

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Planetary Annihilation hits Kickstarter target, nears $1m

Richard Mitchell — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:00:00 EST

Like one of its own asteroids, Uber Entertainment's Planetary Annihilation has smashed through its $900,000 goal on Kickstarter - with 15 days to go. The space-faring RTS still has a number of stretch goals to hit, the first of which is $1.1 million which will fund water planets and naval units. At $1.3 million, Planetary Annihilation gets gas giants and enhanced orbital units.

The remaining goals have yet to be revealed. We're still holding out for Jell-O planets.

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Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter nears goal, reveals stretch goals

Richard Mitchell — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:00:00 EST

Having nearly reached its $900,000 goal on Kickstarter (over $660,000 as of this writing), Uber Entertainment has announced the first stretch goal rewards for Planetary Annihiliation. Should the project hit $1.1 million, the planet-hopping RTS will receive water planets and naval units. This is one of the most request features, according to Uber, and if the goal is reached, players can expect water-only planets, ice asteroids and several units including "subs, amphibious units, floating buildings and of course battleships."

If Planetary Annihilation amasses $1.3 million, Uber will add gas giants and new orbital units to the mix. Said units will likely include "a more expanded set of orbital recon units, space platforms" and others based on community feedback.

In addition to the stretch goals, Uber has announced several "add-ons" for the existing reward tiers, including extra copies of the finished game, extra beta keys and extra T-shirts. Three more stretch goals are in the works, though they remain "locked" at the moment. We're holding out hope that one of them is reserved for Jell-O planets.

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Planetary Annihilation, a new RTS Uber wants to get Kickstarted

David Hinkle — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:00:00 EST

Super Monday Night Combat developer Uber Entertainment is looking to branch out from its free-to-play MOBA game and create a real-time strategy title called Planetary Annihilation. Of course Uber is using Kickstarter to finance the $900,000 cost of the game, but they're also taking donations directly through its Planetary Annihilation website.

Planetary Annihilation aims to do just that: present "Total Annihilation-inspired gameplay on a planetary scale." Players will wage galactic war and conquer entire solar systems, or games can be scaled back to take place on a single planet. Like other RTS games, Planetary Annihilation will allow players to create their own maps - in this case, their own planets and systems - which players will be able to publish and share to the community.

Multiplayer skirmishes can have anywhere between two and 40 participants. And to handle the load of these intense skirmishes, Planetary Annihilation will employ a client-server model to handle the lion's share of work running multiplayer matches, so that real-time multiplayer won't be bogged down by those with lesser-quality rigs.

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