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More and more, small indie game developers are asking for gamers to donate money or pre-order the game the team is developing well in advance in order to continue development. Gamesindustry.biz (free registration required) is reporting in a new feature article that one of the teams that has used this approach has generated quite a lot of money.

Zero Point Software, the developers of the upcoming first person shooter Interstellar Marines, claim to have raised over $125,000 from fans even before the game is completed. People who do donate money get the final version before release along with extra privileges on the game's web site. The article also looks at other developers who have used similar means to fund their games such as Hazardous Software, who offer a beta of its upcoming time travel themed RTS game Achron to people who pre-order the game.

Grim Dawn is a game we have been keeping an eye out on for some time. The action-RPG comes from indie developer Crate Entertainment, made up of team members from the now defunct studio Iron Lore, makers of Titan Quest. This week Crate Entertainment released the first combat gameplay footage from Grim Dawn.

The trailer, which you can check out after the jump, shows off some fast paced combat along with some impressive ragdoll physics, some magic spell effects and more. The game is still in pre-alpha and according to what Crate Entertainment's Arthur Bruno told Big Download today the game is still a ways away from release, saying, "We have a lot of world and quest building ahead of us."

In 2008, developer Iron Lore closed its doors, despite releasing the acclaimed fantasy action-RPG Titan Quest, its expansion pack Immortal Throne and completing work on the stand alone expansion pack Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Soulstorm, all for publisher THQ. However members from Iron Lore picked themselved up and reformed as Crate Entertainment. Licensing the rights to Iron Lore's game engine and projects, the developer has been working for some time on its first release, a new action-RPG title called Grim Dawn that will be released via digital download for the PC.

The developer is currently taking pre-orders for Grim Dawn but will it be a game worth your time and money? Big Download got Crate Entertainment's co-founder Arthur Bruno to give us more info about his company and Grim Dawn. He also gives us an inside look at the demise of Iron Lore, reveals the real sales figures for Titan Quest and more.

A while back a new game start up called Crate Entertainment revealed its presence. Made up of former members of the now defunct Iron Lore developer (makers of Titan Quest) the new company got the rights to use the technology developed by Iron Lore to make an all new action-RPG.

Now the company has revealed the first details on that game, titled Grim Dawn. The fantasy-themed game is set on the world of Cairn where two massive forces are fighting each other with the human race caught in the middle. Grim Dawn is suppose to give players access to five skill trees, a crafting system to make new item, support for multiplayer and more. The game is still early in production (there are no in-game screenshots yet) but Grim Dawn is currently set for a digital download release for early 2011.

[Via Blue's News]