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"Wasteland creator Brian Fargo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund a sequel. Wasteland 2 will be a direct sequel to 1988&amp;#039;s Wasteland. It will stay true to the original&amp;#039;s style, presented as a third-person turn-based role-playing game.  Fargo, who was the executive producer for both Wasteland and the first Fallout will be joined by the original game&amp;#039;s primary designers Alan Pavlish and Mike Stackpole. The development team will also be joined by Fallout 1 and 2 composer Mark Morgan and Fallout co-creator Jason Anderson to write the game&amp;#039;s story. &amp;quot;This is probably the last chance for a Wasteland sequel,&amp;quot; Fargo wrote in the Kickstarter campaign&amp;#039;s description. &amp;quot;We have tried to pitch this game multiple times to game publishers, but they&amp;#039;ve baulked. They don&amp;#039;t think there&amp;#039;s any interest in a solid, old school type of game. &amp;quot;This is our shot at proving them wrong. And more importantly this could help bring back an entire genre of RPGs. The power of the Indie scene continues and we see this as all part of a bigger trend of bringing control back to the developers.&amp;quot; That bigger trend was spurred in large part by Double Fine, whose successful Kickstarter campaign has earned over $3 million. Meanwhile, Obsidian Entertainment has asked fans what game they would like to fund. The Wasteland 2 Kickstarter has set a goal to raise $900,000, and has already received over $200,000.  People who fund $15 (\u00A39) will receive a DRM-free downloadable PC copy of the game upon release, as well as a &amp;quot;unique and quirky&amp;quot; skill for your party at the start of the game. Other funding options include early access to the game&amp;#039;s beta on Steam, the player&amp;#039;s name in the credits, and an in-game location, weapon or character named after the player. Fargo previously stated that a Wasteland sequel would likely cost at least $1 million to develop. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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