Square Enix does crowdfunding with Ruffian's new game

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Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games is making a new PC game called Game of Glens - a charmingly styled compilation of competitive Scottish highland games.
It's one of three games hoping to find popularity on Square Enix's curious new crowdfuding platform Collective, where games have to go through a preliminary voting round before they even stand a chance at getting your dosh.
The idea, Collective's boss Phil Elliott told me in an email, is to build awareness for games ahead of their money gathering phase - use a bit of Square Enix's heft to give these games a better shot at success.
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