Total Control, A European Game Developer, have secured the rights to make a brand new Jagged Alliance game - Jagged Alliance Flashback. They have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development.Unlike previous attempts to reboot the franchise, they are promising heavy fan/community involvement in the development of the game and sticking to the original JA roots to make it successful.
Total Control have partnered with Humble Bundle to give anyone who contributes $5 or more to the kickstarter campaign copies of all the original JA games -
From the press release - http://ymlp.com/zt6n1e - The classic bundle will include Jagged Alliance, Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games, Jagged Alliance 2 and Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business in English. Additionally, the Classic Pack features Windows 7 support – a first for the franchise. - Please note - you will receive these digital versions of the original games a few weeks AFTER the project is funded (25 May).
Get The Original Classic Jagged Alliance 1 & 2 + Addons Optimized for Windows 7 for $5
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Thanks for pointing that out. I have updated the description.
indiegala did a JA bundle a few weeks back didn't they?
The link says:
Upon successful completion of project funding, all backers who have contributed $5 or more will receive a collection of Jagged Alliance titles, including Jagged Alliance, Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games, Jagged Alliance 2 and Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business in English. Additionally, the Classic Pack features Windows 7 support – a first for the franchise.That means you got to wait till it reached 350K, currently still at 120K.
Donate $25 and you'll get the flashback too.
Yes, you have to wait for it to be successfully funded, but you don't get charged anything until it is.
Ok, so its a bit confusing, where do I sign up exactly.
Loved the Original and would definitely be willing to contribute specially, spending time on the Classics would be great as well as I have lost my originals.There's a link on the page.
Sends you here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2079547763/jagged-allian…
Yeah figured it out in the end, hopefully there will be a miracle and it will get required funding, have done all I can, keeping fingers crossed.
I don't think it'll take a 'miracle'. Kickstarters almost always have a strong finish, and this one is a long way away from the end atm. I don't think it'll have any problems getting funded, especially now that the classics are thrown in.
Love me some JA - worth it just for the originals!
"they are promising heavy fan/community involvement"
Appreciated, but this can also derail a project quite easily.
I seriously doubt that'll happen. A game developer promising "heavy fan/community involvement" means they'll inform the community of their decisions and look for any major backlash, but that doesn't mean they'll actually let the community lead & derail the project. You don't need to be a developer very long to work out that your users are just about the worst people to get design ideas from.
$25 required to get the new game. Not $5 which just gets you the old games. Just to make it clear once more.
Come on, granted Ozbargain is not the best place but forget the monetary value for once.
25-30 is peanuts, think nostalgia, the smell of the swamp, the sweat, the fatigue, the camo, the knifing, the sniper shot where the enemy falls off the building-No other game even comes close to that depiction of a guy falling from the roof.The team appears to be doing a good job and the promo video shows the project is headed in a good direction.
If you love the original JA series and you are not supporting the Kickstarter I urge you to take a look for the following reasons.
Sirlach's Top Ten Reasons Why you Should Back Jagged Alliance Flashback.
- Blow Stuff up! - Fully destructible environment.
- Gun Pr0n - Pimp out your M16 & AK47!
- Multiplatform - Windows, Linux & MAc.
- Space Marines are badass! - The Developer is currently developing Space Hulk!
- We put the band back together for this one - Chris C "Original JA" coding Guru joins the team
- Ready-to-Mod (tm) - Designed to be modded from the ground up!
- Pre Alpha Game concept material released.
3, Obsidian have got our back. - THE MOST BADA$$ community ever assembled! - Modders included in the Design Team.
- This game is going to to take all the greatness from JA2 and put it in a modern gaming engine (Unity 3D).
Loved JA2! Been wanting it for ages but the steam price has been too expensive. First ever kickstarter i may contribute too!
And yeah was disappointed that the remake wasn't turn based.
Thanks!
EDIT: Might want to add that you wont actually receive these digital versions of the original games until a few weeks AFTER the project is funded (25 May)