Lots of information about each at the link: http://kotaku.com/12-successful-kickstarters-that-never-delivered-1687019268
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The 12th one is a book so I left that off.
However, since this is also a good time to bring this back up, Stumpokapow once did a giant listing of all the Kickstarters that had over $75,000 in funding and investigated their status and risk of failure and saw that there was actually quite a good success rate among larger projects.
He left out most things below $75K because he felt those overwhelmingly represented hobbyist projects that were much more "at your own risk" deals, but does have a tab that details some of the more prominent ones.
Edit: Updated to include stump's new list.
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Kotaku said:Aura Tactics [Earned: $11,577]
Code Hero [Earned: $170,954] <- pretty well established as a scam
Shining Empire [Earned: $3,056]
Moon Rift [Earned: $8,082]
Yogventures [Earned: $567,665] <- if you clicked on this thread you probably saw this one before
H-Hour: World's Elite [Earned: $252,662] <- Several posters in the thread have disputed this being a non-updating project and mentioned that the alpha is about to release and screenshots have been shown. [Note: Kotaku has since amended the article.]
The Stomping Land [Earned: $114,060] <- also a famous controvery
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Kotaku said:LA Game Space [Earned: $335,657]
-Noted they had delivered everything but the physical space, which they say they're still working on.
Unwritten: That Which Happened [Earned: $78,017]
-Noted that his family encountered long term health problems so he had to get a job with medical insurance. Also notes he gave refunds on request and is still working on the project, though it is now different.
Clang [Earned: $526,125]
-Note: Was officially canceled last year.
Rival Threads : Last Class Heroes [Earned: $24,812]
-Developer insists it's still going and is taking so long due to scope changes.
The 12th one is a book so I left that off.
However, since this is also a good time to bring this back up, Stumpokapow once did a giant listing of all the Kickstarters that had over $75,000 in funding and investigated their status and risk of failure and saw that there was actually quite a good success rate among larger projects.
Nirolak, your listing there for my KS investigation is way out of date. Here's the up-to-date link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lFW2sjShHriYRsyuVZx4Se8Qxjw38VJk4g-7cls8cpg/edit#gid=0
It's the progress status of every 75k+ Kickstarter up to June 2014.
He left out most things below $75K because he felt those overwhelmingly represented hobbyist projects that were much more "at your own risk" deals, but does have a tab that details some of the more prominent ones.
Edit: Updated to include stump's new list.