Crowdfunding
Collection of finance from backers to fund an initiative
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| 2025 | Pink Peacock announced their plans to re-open in Brooklyn, NY via their Facebook page. |
| April 15 2025 | Filming of Season 6 began. |
| 2025 | U.S. Copyright Office ruled that artists including Trevor Baylis were joint authors of the original Iron Sky film under U.S. copyright law. |
| April 4 2025 | Released 'The Chosen Last Supper: Part 2', which grossed $2,834,629 at the box office. |
| March 2025 | The film grossed $11.49 million on its opening weekend, marking the franchise's biggest opening since the third season's theatrical release in November 2022. |
| 2025 | The Season 5 trailer reached No. 1 on YouTube's trending list and gained over 1 million views in less than 24 hours. |
| March 2025 | The theatrical release of The Chosen: Last Supper (Season 5) begins in March. |
| 2025 | Crowdfunding is expected to reach US$1 trillion in total global fundraising. |
| March 6 2025 | A Kickstarter campaign was launched to help fund the game and its additional features, with CEO Wael Amr explaining the financial necessity due to previous challenges with electrical infrastructure and team relocations. |
| February 2025 | Stream will be released on VHS by Witter Entertainment. |
| February 2025 | Jenkins announced a distribution deal with Amazon MGM Studios for theatrical releases of season 5 of The Chosen, branded as 'The Chosen: Last Supper', with Amazon acquiring 90-day exclusive streaming rights on Amazon Prime Video. |
| February 2025 | The studio announced registration for the game's playtest, indicating the game is in its final development stages. |
| February 11 2025 | Steve Bannon pleaded guilty to the New York state charges related to the We Build the Wall fundraising scheme. |
| January 2025 | Hidden Variable filed a lawsuit against Autumn Games, claiming approximately $1.2 million in unpaid fees for work on Skullgirls Mobile. |
| January 1 2025 | Star Citizen has raised over $800 million through crowdfunding, becoming the most financially successful crowdfunded project to date, despite ongoing criticism and debates about potential scam allegations. |
| 2024 |
Equity crowdfunding
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission updates legislation to regulate Crowdfunding firms, introducing CSP (Crowdfunding Service Provider) licenses for Cyprus Investment Firms.
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| December 2024 |
GPD Win Max
GPD released the Win Max 2 2025 version, featuring an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor, AMD Radeon 890M graphics, up to 64GB LPDDR5X memory, and a 10.1-inch 2.5K display with touch and stylus support.
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| December 2024 | Coast Runner Industries filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Kickstarter following the suspension of their desktop CNC campaign, alleging monopolistic practices by the crowdfunding platform. |
| November 2024 | 1.13 patch released, including Act 1 in a playable state and preview areas from Act 2. Developers publicly stated the game is in 'development hell' and currently 'paused', advising consumers not to purchase the game. |
| November 2024 | Hidden Variable began work on Skullgirls Mobile, which later led to a dispute over unpaid fees. |
| October 15 2024 | Stream was released digitally after its initial theatrical run. |
| October 15 2024 | Stream was released digitally on Video on Demand (VOD) platforms. |
| September 7 2024 |
No Sleep Till
Alexandra Simpson received recognition at the Venice Film Festival, being nominated for the Venice International Critics' Week – Grand Prize and winning the Jury Special Mention.
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| September 2 2024 |
No Sleep Till
The film 'No Sleep Till' had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in the International Critics Week section, receiving a Special Mention from the jury.
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| August 2024 |
XOXO
The final XOXO festival is scheduled to take place, marking the end of the event series after multiple years of operation.
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| August 21 2024 | Stream was released theatrically in cinemas, marking its first public screening for audiences. |
| August 21 2024 | Tim Curry's involvement in the film was publicly revealed, coinciding with the film's release date. |
| July 2024 | A companion app for the game was launched. |
| June 2024 | Two episodes per week released on the show's app every Sunday and Thursday throughout June. |
| June 2024 | The CW picked up The Chosen for its fourth season. |
| June 2 2024 | First episode of season four released through the show's app following legal arbitration resolution. |
| May 2024 | A new 1.12 patch was released for the game. |
| April 2024 |
The Sports Bra
The Sports Bra announced plans to franchise after receiving an investment from the 776 Foundation, founded by Alexis Ohanian, with returns to be reinvested in advancing girls' and women's sports.
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| April 2024 | Theatrical release date of August 21, 2024, was officially announced for Stream. |
| April 11 2024 | Filming of season 5 began in Utah, with production to be completed at the Midlothian, Texas facility. |
| March 2024 |
XOXO
XOXO festival organizers announced via blog post that the August 2024 festival would be their final event, citing challenges including decreased sponsor budgets, financial struggles of independent artists, and COVID-19 related risks.
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| March 2024 | Jenkins announced a delay in the streaming release of season 4 due to legal disputes between The Chosen, LLC and Angel Studios, citing unsustainable crowdfunding methods. |
| March 8 2024 | Minnesota Attorney General files a lawsuit against Mosaic Inc. and three other lending companies, alleging they charged Minnesotans $35 million in hidden fees on nearly 5,000 solar panel financing loans, violating state laws against deceptive trade practices, deceptive lending, and illegally high interest rates. |
| February 2024 | Final DLC characters Baihe and Nidra released, accompanied by numerous bugs. |
| February 2024 | CR-1 desktop CNC Kickstarter campaign by Coast Runner Industries was cancelled after raising over $500,000, leading to a lawsuit against Kickstarter. |
| February 29 2024 | Release of 'The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 7–8', which grossed $7,768,191 at the box office. |
| February 15 2024 | Release of 'The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 4–6', which earned $9,482,744 at the box office. |
| February 2 2024 | The Skullgirls webcomic concluded its first season, completing 26 episodes since its launch. |
| February 1 2024 | Release of 'The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 1–3', which grossed $14,873,918 at the box office. |
| 2023 | Ryan O'Neal passes away after his retirement from acting. |
| 2023 |
The Sports Bra
Kaylene Nguyen was recognized as one of 18 Portland industry professionals designated as 'rising stars' by StarChefs, a prominent restaurant resource and trade publication.
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| 2023 | 'Phase Two' of development on The Tower commenced. |
| 2023 | Sims confirms that every book in the store is by Black, Indigenous, or other people of color. |
| 2023 |
XOXO
XOXO festival was canceled for the fourth consecutive year, with co-founder Andy Baio suggesting the event may have permanently concluded.
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