Skybound has announced that they will be opening a crowdfunding campaign for a AAA Invincible game. The announcement comes over a week after the ending of Invincible Season 2.
In the last few months, the Invincible franchise has experimented more and more with the video game medium. The series initially began as a graphic novel epic written by Robert Kirkman and Image Comics in 2003. An animated adaptation premiered in 2021 on Amazon Prime Video. Recently, Skybound has released a spin-off virtual novel, a collaboration with Fortnite, and a guest character in Mortal Kombat 1. The upcoming game will mark its first AAA title.
Skybound Opens Crowdfunding Program for a AAA Invincible Game
Skybound has recently opened a crowdfunding program for a Triple-A Invincible game. The campaign is available on Republic. The program is likely meant to appeal to investors with the promise of a new game set in the beloved universe of Invincible, developed entirely in-house by Skybound. The main bullet points of the crowdfunding campaign are as follows:
- 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%
At the time of writing, the crowdfunding campaign has earned 442,500 dollars, with fourteen days left for potential investors to donate. The Invincible comic is available at most local and online retailers. Additionally, both seasons of the animated adaptation are available on Amazon Prime Video. They describe it as follows:
Lastly, Skybound will likely reveal more details about the upcoming AAA Invincible game in the coming months.
