Regardless if you’re a fan of Invincible because of the comic or due to Amazon’s adult animated TV series, you’re now getting a chance to help make the media property into a reality, as Skybound Entertainment has launched the crowdfunding campaign for its AAA Invincible game!
The minimum investment is $100 with the funding goal targeted at $50,000 to $5 million. As it stands now, it’s at $446,200 with 14 days remaining. Skybound (The Walking Dead) opened the campaign on the platform Republic and states this is a rare chance for fans to own a piece of Skybound’s beloved IP with the use of the proceeds he withlping to continue the in-house development of an upcoming AAA video game based on the Invincible property. The studio has a 30-person team handling development duties with industry vets from Activision Blizzard, EA, Amazon Games. Helping with development and making sure the game is faithful to the property is Robert Kirkman, the creator of Invincible.
This isn’t the first time Skybound has worked on the property, as a bunch of games featuring the IP has been released previously. The titles already released using the Invincible property include: Invincible Presents: Atom Eve (a visual novel RPG) and Invincible: Guarding the Globe (a mobile RPG). As far as we’re aware, this is the first attempt at a AAA game based on Invincible.
Would-be investors will get “perks and rewards, ranging from discounted merchandise to unparalleled behind-the-scenes access and experiences” according to Skybound. You can check the crowfunding page here, with the offering closing at April 29, 2024.
Here are the “highlights” from the crowdfunding page:
Highlights
- AAA game studio with industry vets from EA, Activision Blizzard, AMZ Games
- 30+ employees developing our first in-house AAA game based on Invincible
- Invincible games from us: Fortnite, Guarding the Globe (Ubisoft), Atom Eve
- Invincible Season 2 Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
- Skybound previously raised $18 million on Republic/Seedrs from ~6k people
- 90m fans globally; Partners include Netflix, Amazon, Universal, Epic Games
- Video games industry expected to reach $282Bn+ in 2024 and grow @ 8.76%
Hopefully, this project kicks off the ground and follows the likes of Rocksteady’s awesome Batman Arkham games, or even Insominiac’s Spider-Man franchise.
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