Descent: Underground
Descent: Underground is an upcoming first-person shooter video game being developed by Descendent Studios. On April 10, 2015, a prequel to the 1994 video game Descent to this game was successfully funded on crowdfunding website Kickstarter, raising over US$600,000. It is expected to be released in full for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in March 2016.
Development
In November 2014, several former developers for the game Star Citizen, led by Eric "Wingman" Peterson announced that they were forming Descendent Studios to work on a multiplayer game similar to Descent in play style, and with the working title "Ships That Fight Underground". The company was approached by an Interplay shareholder in December who set up a meeting with the CEO of Interplay and Descendent Studios. A deal was then struck to license the Descent name to Descendent Studios.
In March 2015, Descendent Studios announced a Kickstarter campaign for Descent: Underground, a new prequel using Interplay's existing IP rights to the Descent franchise (with Volition owning the remaining properties, such as the original "Pyro GX" ship and music). It is powered by Unreal Engine 4 and has a planned release date of March 2016.