Shadowrun Hong Kong Announced & Backed Ridiculously Fast

 

Now I may not be the biggest fan of Shadowrun, but there is no denying that it is one of the most played and well received games within the gaming industry over the years, in fact one only has to look at the ridiculously fast time the newly announced Shadowrun: Hong Kong was funded in via its Kickstarter campaign. At around two hours of its campaign kicking off, it had already reached its Kickstarter target, which is mighty impressive to say the least.

According to the Kickstarter page,

The critically acclaimed, Cyberpunk-Meets-Magic world of Shadowrun is coming to Hong Kong!

Set in the magically awakened city of Hong Kong in 2056, players will find themselves exploring the underworld of triads, tongs, wild magic, and bleeding edge cybertech with a crew of flawed, dangerous runners each with their own backstory and special abilities.

“We’ve already begun development of the Hong Kong game,” said Mitch Gitelman, co-founder of Harebrained Schemes and Executive Producer of Shadowrun. “We’re self-funding the first 12 hours of gameplay at the quality level of Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut. But we have plenty of ideas for features and runs that didn’t fit into our budget. We love Kickstarter and we think there’s no better co-funding partner than our fans to help us take our game to the next level.”

“We couldn’t be more excited to bring our fans an all new, full length standalone tactical cRPG set in Hong Kong,” said Jordan Weisman, co-founder of Harebrained Schemes and creator of the Shadowrun world. “Every time we release a new Shadowrun campaign, we set out to improve on the art, the gameplay and, especially, the storytelling.”

 

 

If you want to pledge your support and find more out, be sure to check out the Kickstarter page. Since I am from Hong Kong myself (and there on holiday at the time of writing this), I can’t wait to see if it is as authentic as Sleeping Dogs was. For now, colour me interested.