RPGWatch does a write up on Grim Dawn! :)

[Roland]

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=14227

Remember Crate Entertainment, the ex-Iron Lore devs working on Grim Dawn using the Titan Quest engine? They've had a website up for a couple of weeks that we've only recently noticed (thanks yerkyerk on our forums) and they're also trying fan-funding. There are three tiers - $19.85, $32 and $48 - for donations that will help keep them independent and also get you a copy of the game once released. A snip:

We have received many emails from enthusiastic fans asking if they could donate money to Crate Entertainment and Grim Dawn. After the success our friends at Unknown Worlds have had with pre-orders of their upcoming “Natural Selection 2” (Gamasutra article: Pre-Sales Completely Changed Our Financial Picture), we've decided to follow their lead.

We hope that with your donations, Crate will be able to keep Grim Dawn privately funded, develop more content for the initial release and perhaps even sneak in some of the new features most requested by our fans.

The greatest impact of pre-ordering now is that it will help save us, the developers, from having to give up the intellectual property rights to Grim Dawn in exchange for additional funding. This is not only important for us as a company but it has benefits for you, our audience, as well. It means that Crate will be able to continue interacting openly with the community and freely sharing information. Post-release we will be able to decide when to work on updates for the community and what to include in them. Most importantly, you will be giving us control over the future of our creation; allowing Crate to produce expansions and sequels without having to pitch each new project to an IP-holder that could potentially decide to discontinue the Grim Dawn franchise.
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What's that sound? Oh that's just the sound of my electronic funds rushing to confirm a pre-order!!!

[Roland]

And another snippet from GameBanshee!

http://www.gamebanshee.com/reviews/9...-launched.html

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Crate Entertainment has launched an official website for Grim Dawn, their Iron Lore engine-powered action RPG currently in development for PC. The very first details come from the website's "about" page:

Players will be thrust into the dark, war-torn world of Cairn where a once proud empire has been brought to ruin and the human race driven to the edge of extinction. Cairn has become ground zero of an eternal war between two otherworldly powers, one seeking to use human bodies as a resource, the other intent upon destroying the human race before that can happen. This cataclysmic war has not only decimated human civilization but is warping the very fabric of reality and, in its wake, giving life to new horrors.

For humankind it is the dawn of a grim new age where iron has replaced gold as currency and the importance of salt as a weapon makes it far too valuable to waste on food. Small enclaves of human survivors exist scattered throughout the world, holed up in hidden refuges. These humans have quietly watched the warring invaders destroy one another and have become wise to the strengths and vulnerabilities of their otherworldly foes. A few survivors have begun to exhibit strange new abilities after surviving possession or exposure to the warp. These unnatural powers are feared by some but give many new hope of launching a resistance to fight the "outsiders" and reclaim what's left of their world.

If you'd like to show your support for independently-developed games, you can even pre-order the game now. Shed $48 for the "Legendary Fan Edition", and you'll even gain entrance to the game's alpha and beta versions as they're made available.

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[Iconik]

I'm kind of upset that when I go to hit the "contribute" button on their website it says they aren't taking pre-orders. What the heck!

[ASYLUM101]

I'm kind of upset that when I go to hit the "contribute" button on their website it says they aren't taking pre-orders. What the heck!

Blame paypal. They don't accept payments for a preorder if the game isn't coming out within 20 days. Just wait it out, they'll set it up again with another bank shortly.

[Rhis]

I think it's worth pointing out that PayPal is not a bank, and doesn't have to play by the same strict rules that banks do when dealing with money (PayPal can pretty much do whatever they want).

It's definitely a good idea to stay informed on things like this, especially if you intend to use them for something in the future.

[Roland]

I'm kind of upset that when I go to hit the "contribute" button on their website it says they aren't taking pre-orders. What the heck!

I believe I read something that stated they are aware of the problem and are working on it

[Rhis]

We are 100% working on it, and hope to have a new payment system up as soon as possible.

[yerkyerk]

(thanks yerkyerk on our forums)

Yay, my first post that I can't even find back and I got referenced. I wish all my posts were so effective

[Sacred3]

We're eager to make our contributions to please hurry up and make it work

[Roland]

The Pre-Order functionality is up & running!!!