Fans can now invest in Stormgate dev Frost Giant

Frost Giant Studios, the development studio formed by ex-Blizzard employees, has officially launched its equity crowdfunding campaign. Fans can buy shares in the company to help get Stormgate , the studio’s debut title, out of the door and reap the financial rewards of its success down the line – that’s the theory and hope, anyway. It was a bit of a surprise to the community when the developer revealed its intention to run such a campaign earlier this year, especially after a more traditional crowdfunding effort on Kickstarter already blew expectations out of the water . Responding to the criticism, the developers explained in no uncertain terms that their initial funding from backers like Riot Games, Kakao Games, and Bitkraft plus the Kickstarter money would see them to the Early Access release, but didn’t leave much leeway aside from that – such as for the expensive area of marketing.  Usually, a publisher would take on that job (and its costs), but Frost Giant wanted to retain full creative control over i