Crowdfunding platform Fig will go offline on Sunday, Might twenty eighth, and all pages associated to beforehand funded campaigns will disappear together with it. That signifies that creators who have been persevering with to make use of the platform to speak and ship rewards to backers are at the moment scrambling to transition to various strategies, together with the likes of Double Tremendous and Gearbox.
Double Tremendous, who funded Psychonauts 2 via the platform in early 2016, posted an update to their Fig page earlier this week stating that they’d “been knowledgeable that the Fig web site goes to be introduced offline on Sunday.” They nonetheless must ship sure backer rewards, together with “plushies, artwork books, bodily editions”, and say that future communication about these rewards will come through electronic mail. They’ve additionally moved all of the earlier mission updates over to the Double Fine site.
Gearbox Publishing posted a similar message associated to Homeworld 3, stating that communication will come through electronic mail and mission updates will ultimately seem on the official Homeworld site.
Fig launched in 2015 as a crowdfunding platform particularly for video video games. It differed from Kickstarter in that, in addition to with the ability to again initiatives, some customers may additionally spend money on initiatives and obtain a share of potential future income. A number of well-known trade figures sat on Fig’s advisory board, together with Tim Schafer, Brian Fargo and Cliff Bleszinski. A lot of video games have been efficiently funded via the platform apart from Psychonauts 2 and Homeworld 3, together with Outer Wilds, Wasteland 3, Kingdoms and Castles, Pillars Of Eternity 2, and Phoenix Level.
In 2020, Fig was bought by Republic, a platform via which customers can spend money on “startups, crypto, actual property, artwork, music, and extra.” Republic beforehand introduced their intention to ultimately shut down Fig, however seemingly solely confirmed the precise date for going offline this week. Whereas legacy campaigns will not be being migrated to the brand new platform, dwell campaigns have already moved throughout and won’t be impacted by tomorrow’s closure.
For those who attempt to entry the outdated Fig.co homepage, you will as a substitute be redirected to a Fig category on Republic. You possibly can, on the time of writing, nonetheless discover the outdated Fig homepage at fig.co/legacy.