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Gear case acquisition kills Homeworld 3 Fig investments

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Different Kickstarter and virtually unusual crowdfunding platforms, Fig enables externalise backers to actually invest in games and earn a return along them: Supporters can choose for conventional backer rewards, OR they can purchase "Fig Gimpy Shares," which whitethorn Beaver State may not pay off financial dividends based on the project's success. The system of rules seems aimed chiefly at institutional investors rather than gamers eager to spiel an apart RPG that toilet't find a conventional publisher, but it appears to work. The $4.4 million in funding raised for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, for instance, was virtually evenly Split between conventional backers and Fig Finances.

Homeworld 3 was also a Fig crowdfunding project. It was a little different from most because it actually had a publishing company, Gearbox, and a goal of just $1. The stop of the whole thing was to enable fans "to invest and participate in the succeeder of the title," Gear case said in 2019, and to help guide its development through angel-exclusive surveys and feedback. The Fig campaign paginate promises the same thing: "There's the unusual opportunity to endow in Homeworld 3's success," IT says. "You don't just get along the brave. You get a chance to profit to a fault."

Except you won't. In emails conveyed to Homeworld 3 "investiture reservation" holders (via Reddit), Ficus carica said that because of "recent changes at Gearbox," IT will not cost collecting investments.

"Rest assured deliberate that Fig ne'er charged you for your investment reservation and that this bequeath not affect Homeworld 3 pre-orders," the electronic mail says. "In addition, the spirited and all associated rewards are still coming to those who purchased them."

Information technology's not specified what those "recent changes at Gearbox" are, but the assumption is that it's the resultant role of Embracer Group's learning of Gear case earlier this year. Figure CEO Justin Bailey, who official with GamesIndustry.biz that the netmail shared connected Reddit is legitimate, implicit the same, explaining that Gearbox was bought out by Embracer before the investment process could be completed. In fact, Fig aforementioned in its email that following its own acquisition by Republic, it has changed how it handles investments and now collects investment money up front, which should keep this sort of thing from happening once more in the future.

The good news for Homeworld 3 fans amidst all of this is that the game itself is entirely unaffected: "Everything is on-track with Homeworld 3's maturation," Fig said.

We still put on't know much around Homeworld 3, only it's currently expected to be out sometime in 2022. I've reached out to Gearbox for more information on the funding modify and bequeath update if I receive a reply.

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