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Victorian era, fantasy action role-playing from the lead gameplay designer of TITAN QUEST!

Grim Dawn

Victorian era, fantasy action role-playing from the lead gameplay designer of TITAN QUEST!
Victorian era, fantasy action role-playing from the lead gameplay designer of TITAN QUEST!
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Crate Entertainment
Crate Entertainment
12,457 backers pledged $537,515 to help bring this project to life.
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Grim Dawn's Survival Mode, The Crucible, is now Available!

We are pleased to announce that Grim Dawn's survival mode, now known as Crucible, has gone live!

This was the final stretch goal for the Kickstarter campaign, at the $520k... Read more

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First Batch of Physical Rewards has Shipped

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Modding Tools Now Available!

Grim Dawn's Modding Tools are now available!

With our latest game update, you can now delve into Grim Dawn's development tools and create your own content! The potential here is... Read more

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Clarification on Address Surveys

With our last update on address surveys, we noticed that there were some consistent questions, so rather than responding individually, it probably makes more sense to post the answers here:... Read more

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Urgent: Please Fill out the Address Survey

We are getting ready to ship the physical copies of the Poster and Map very soon, but noticed that some backers still have not filled out the Address Survey. If... Read more

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DLC Keys Sent Out for In-Game Rewards

(Update on physical reward below)

Have you been longing for your massively stylish powdered wig or craving a burrwitch brew? Finally the wait is over - keys are going out... Read more

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GOG game keys and DLC codes - The saga continues...

Ugh… so key distribution for the DRM-Free release and DLC has proven to be an epic fail. I’m still not even quite sure what happened. I’ve been slow to release... Read more

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Full Release Feb 25th and the Journey Continues

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are finally nearing the end of the first and longest leg of this epic journey. Thinking of all the support we received from backers on... Read more

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Grim Dawn is Content Complete!

Hail GD Backers!

At long last and with much excitement, we have released Build 29, making Grim Dawn content and feature complete! I have still not yet come to grips... Read more

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Release of Act4: Part1 and the Devotion system!

Greetings Esteemed Backers,

Today we release the first section of Act 4 and the last big gameplay feature: Devotions with Build 28!

It's taken a long time, I know, but... Read more

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Shaman Class and the Final Act

Greetings Esteemed Backers,

As many may already know, we've just released Build 27, which adds Shaman, as a sixth class, on top of the five originally planned. The build also... Read more

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Act 3 Complete - Moving on to the Finish.

Esteemed Backers,

We've just released the final segment of Act 3 with Build 26. You may now venture beyond Homestead's north gate into the heart of the Cult of Ch'thon's... Read more

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Act 3 Chapter 2 coming soon - Act 4 added!

Hello Esteemed Backers,

The release of Build 24 draws near, which will unlock the second chapter of Act 3 and what might have otherwise been the end of the game.... Read more

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Act 3 Chapter 1 has been released with Build23

We're ready to liven up your holiday season with the first segment of Act 3. This stretch of levels will take you from Smugglers Pass to Deadman's Gulch, into the... Read more

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Arcanist class and caster weapons released in Build21

Yes, that's right, the 5th class mastery has finally arrived, adding a plethora of spell-casting build options into the GD mix.

This build also includes a number of fixes and... Read more

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Multiplayer and skill transmuters live with Build20

Greetings,

It is with great excitement that we announce the release of multiplayer. I know for many this has been the most eagerly awaited feature. It is still in the... Read more

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Progress Since Act II

Grim Greetings,

I normally try to reserve sending updates through KS for big announcements, so as to spare your email too much spam but it has been long enough that... Read more

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Act II is Upon Us

Hello Grim Dawn Backers,

As promised in the last update, we have information for you this week about the status of Act II and the status is that it is... Read more

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Grim Dawn Soundtrack Available for Download!

Greetings from developmentland!

The Grim Dawn original soundtrack is now ready to download from Humble Store for everyone with the $35 or higher reward tier (excluding the $48 co-op expansion... Read more

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Bringing in the New Year B16 Style

We've just pushed out B16, which includes a ton of cool improvements and additions, including 2 new side quests, a little more environmental variation in the early areas, a couple... Read more

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Early Access Keys Sent to All Backers!

Happy holidays to everyone observing them! New Steam keys for early access should have appeared in all backers (who don't already have early access) Humble Store pages this afternoon. Check... Read more

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Development mini-update and gameplay polls

Some interesting polls have been posted by playtesters on the forum and we're curious to see the results. I wanted to make sure KS backers had a chance to share... Read more

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Early access keys now available!

In yesterday's update I mentioned that I'd be posting an update on when people with "beta" level access would be able to play and, well, that time is now!

Early... Read more

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Build 13 and Nightblade Mastery are live!

It's mid October and what has turned out to be a rather large build is ready just in time for your weekend enjoyment! It includes the long awaited Nightblade mastery... Read more

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Build 12

Greetings GD Backers!

At long last, Build 12 has finally been released into the wild. This was a huge effort due to significant rework of the pathing system that was... Read more

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"Lazy devs, where's my game?!" or "Delayed satisfaction"

I hope everyone who has alpha access is enjoying Grim Dawn so far and based on forum comments, it seems like you are. : )

We've been hard at work... Read more

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Upgrading Now Available

I just wanted to post a quick update to let anyone interested know that it is now possible to upgrade to a higher tier. We're very sorry this took so... Read more

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Clarification on Keys / Using them

It seems there is still some confusion about where to use what key, so I apologize for sending out another email but I thought it might better reach people than... Read more

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How to Claim Your Steam Key and Download the Alpha

Sorry folks, it seems I left out part of the instructions for retrieving your Steam keys.

We've partnered with Humble Store to help handle the key distribution and future sales... Read more

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Alpha Release Tomrrow - May 15th!

And so it was on the 1385th day of development that a messenger of the Lord appeared to Crate Entertainment and said unto them, “You hath labored well and faithfully... Read more

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Alpha Status Update (Getting Closer!)

Greetings Grim Dawn backers!  For those who don't regularly follow the forum, I wanted to send out an update with links to some of the more significant / interesting posts... Read more

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The Road to Alpha (Are We There Yet?!)

Hello Grim Backers,

With "early 2013" having arrived and ticking by, I know many of you are eager for news about alpha.  I believe we are still on target for... Read more

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Environment 2 Poll, Item Art, Undergrounds and Town Improvements

Hello Grim Dawn fans!

Our first environment poll concluded with a significant 35.51% majority in favor of the Ch’thonic Void, which will become the first of two “stretch” environments. For... Read more

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State of the Game Address II

I've posted a new mega-update on the status of development covering the work being done leading up to alpha, the state of the world, equipment, enemies, etc.  Check it out... Read more

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Poll for Stretch Enviroment #1 and MOAR!

Greetings KS denizens, I bear grim news...  err, I mean news of Grim Dawn

After spending some time gathering suggestions from the environmental thread posted in the last update and... Read more

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New Environment and Underground Discussion Thread Posted

So, what has apparently been a few months in real-time for you guys has been only weeks for me with things even more crazily busy than usual.  We've hired up... Read more

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Game Keys - Round 1 and Other News

Hi Grim Dawn fans!

This update contains information about game keys going out both for those who pledged for the first time through KS and those who upgraded existing keys. ... Read more

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What happens next?

In the aftermath of Kickstarter, I wanted to talk a bit about what to expect over the next month and beyond, in terms of both development and reward fulfillment.

Game-Keys... Read more

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End of Kickstarter TRI-BEER(tm) thank-you!

This has been an epic journey, without a doubt, and at times like these, when words on virtual paper just aren't enough, there is really only one recourse, TRI-BEER(tm).  So,... Read more

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Successfully raised $537,515 with 12,457 backers

Stretch goals unlocked, new goals on the horizon with only 9 hours left! Music and Monsters!

Wow, that was an amazing last couple of days!  I wasn't sure we'd see a big surge at the end given the release of Diablo 3 and our gradual but... Read more

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Grim Dawn passes $400k + New melee combat video!

5 stretch goals unlocked!

I think congratulations are in order for everyone! We now have 5 stretch goals under our figurative belts and now at $400k you get to help... Read more

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The Grim Dawn Kickstarter ends this Friday! Check out our revised reward chart + New Music!

Entering this final week, some changes have been made to the rewards based on feedback from fans.  This includes the prior addition of Swashbuckler and Drunken mastery tiers and the... Read more

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New reward tiers, open-world design and dynamic barriers

This is just a small update to talk about level design / dynamic barriers and let anyone who hasn't seen them, know about the new $24 Swashbuckler and $28 Drunken... Read more

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THE FINAL WEEK! Detailed Stretch Goals + New Music!

Wow, I can't believe almost an entire month has gone by since we started the Grim Dawn Kickstarter!  It's been such a whirlwind of constant activity and work that time... Read more

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100% Funding achievement unlocked!

Wow, what a crazy day.  I'm writing this at 3am and I think it has taken this long for the reality to finally sink in that we actually passed our... Read more

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New music track "Lonely Moon" posted!

Another haunting melody has been released by our sound team.  Somehow it sounds filled with despair and hope all at once.  Listen to it here or check out the developer... Read more

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Daddy, where do pledges come from?

Just a little mini-update because I thought it would be interesting to share some information with you all that Kickstarter provides us about where people who pledged arrived from.

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Sound and music creation for Grim Dawn

In this update, Dan Crislip and Steve Pardo give us a behind-the-scenes peek into the sound and music work being done for Grim Dawn.  They've gone to great lengths to... Read more

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Early-access co-op tiers plus a new, limited tier with a precision mouse from Logitech®

After creating the new, lower tier co-op bundle, we started getting requests for higher tier bundles.  In response, recently we added co-op bundles for the $50 and $85 tiers, creating... Read more

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New Co-op reward tier

We've had several requests for a way to pledge for two copies of the finished game, so we've created a $32 co-op bundle tier that offers a special low-price for... Read more

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New music track "Cult of Ch'thon" posted!

Our men of music have produced a new track for Grim Dawn titled "Cult of Ch'thon."  It is a moody piece that begins with some slow ambient and then picks... Read more

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Project home updated with new images, more to come

Hello Grim Dawn fans, this is just a small update to let you know that based on feedback we've received, we spent a little time updating the main page with... Read more

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Grim Dawn is backed 50% in 4 days! New goals on the horizon!

Wow, I can’t believe it; we’ve already passed the halfway point only 4 days into our Kickstarter project!  I want to thank and congratulate all of you because this is... Read more

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Answers to questions - Do you have a publisher? How big is Crate? How far along is Grim Dawn?

Hi everyone,

First let me just say, I am amazed that we're already nearing the half-way point and I am humbled by not only the financial generosity of fans but... Read more

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