Kickstarter launched for The Banner Saga 3
We always knew there would be a third game in the Banner Saga series. In fact, there was a tier where you could get all three games in the original Kickstarter. Now, it's been made official and unlike the second game there will be a Kickstarter campaign once again.
"We're going full circle and returning to Kickstarter where it all began. In 2012, the backers were instrumental in bringing the saga to life, smashing our initial funding target that led us to increase the scope, fidelity and production values of Banner Saga", said John Watson, co-founder and Technical Director at Stoic. "We're proud to be indie, and despite the stellar support we get from our publisher, Versus Evil, we're not taking any outside funding to bring this series home, we'd love Kickstarter support to add additional features that are simply beyond our current budget".
The campaign on Kickstarter only mentions PC and Mac versions of the game, but there is every reason to assume that the game will make its way onto consoles as well as the previous two titles did. The campaign is mainly aimed to help fund outside assistance and further the budgets for the composer (Austin Wintory), animation, sound design, and voice recording. And for fans it's a great way to pre-order the game, while also ensuring the quality in these fields is higher than it would have otherwise been.
It's not surprising Stoic took to Kickstarter again given what a mistake they felt it was not doing one for the second game. The campaign targets a release date in December, 2018.
Update: We have since posting the news learned that "Kickstarter pledges will be fulfilled by December 2018 - the Banner Saga 3 launch date has yet to be confirmed". It does give us an idea of when Stoic hopes to have it ready at the earliest though.
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