Sometime this fall
Harmonix is going back to the crowdfunding well after its successful Amplitude campaign, but it’s not going the Kickstarter route. It’s going with something far more trendy right now.
The music game developer plans to launch a campaign on Fig — the new games-only crowdfunding platform where investors can also make money back. Details are sparse at the moment. All that’s known is that it’ll take place sometime this fall; after the release of high-profile Rock Band 4 is a good bet.
Harmonix will be a bit more involved than just putting a game on the platform. Its chief creative officer Alex Rigopulos is joining the board of Fig. He joins CEO Justin Bailey, Tim Schafer (Double Fine), Brian Fargo (inXile Entertainment), and Feargus Urquhart (Obsidian).
For now, Harmonix has a fair amount on its plate. Rock Band 4‘s launch and post-release support will likely require sizable resources. And, Amplitude has been delayed into 2016, so that still needs to be finished. But, it also has its eyes trained on the future, and we’ll learn more about that in the months to come.
