8 Video Games Fans SAVED From Annihilation

8. Skullgirls

Skullgirls was always going to be an ambitious project. Creating a fighting game on its own in a market pretty much ruled by two or three literal big hitters is a huge risk, as there's every chance that your fists and fury is going to just be a flop and a face-plant.

However, Skullgirls then added on meticulous hand-drawn aesthetics on top to really put the dev team under pressure.

Yet the never say never attitude of the team meant that Skullgirls not only made it to retail but also made a sizeable dent in the market, drawing fans in with those wonderful graphics and backing it up with solid mechanics. However, it wasn't all good news as unfortunately the original dev team was let go while developing the first DLC for the game due to monetary issues.

Detailing the events on social media and news outlets, it seemed that both production on the DLC and indeed online support for the title was as good as KO'd, however, that's when the fans stepped in.

With a huge showing of support via Kickstarter and other funding events, over eight times the cost of development for the DLC was raised, meaning that not only did fans get to play as a new character, but also got their hands on four more fighters, as well as Story Modes for each of them!

What could have been a sad kazoo moment turned out to be a big band march the whole world was singing along with.