Most money pledged for a Kickstarter videogame

After its surprise announcement at E3 2015 in June 2015, Shenmue 3 (Ys Net) raised a total of $6,333,296 (£4,066,048) on Kickstarter - beating the previous record set by Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which had raised $5,545,991 (£3,560,589) on 11 June 2015. Shenmue 3 had also earlier set the record for fastest $1 million pledged for a crowdfunded videogame, reaching that milestone in just 1 hour 44 minutes. Shenmue 3 was being developed for PS4 and PC, with an initial tentative release date of December 2017.