
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.
