Descent creators launch Kickstarter for spiritual successor Overload

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Descent's original creators at Revival Productions have launched a Kickstarter for a spiritual successor to their six-degrees-of-freedom shooter called Overload.
But isn't Descent already getting a reboot, you ask? Well, it is, but that's by a different group of developers who acquired the series' rights, but didn't actually create the franchise.
"Descent: Underground is being created by a different group of developers (with experience in space games like Wing Commander and Star Citizen) who have licensed the name from Interplay and are creating a new game with a different focus," Revival stated in its FAQ. "We've talked to them a couple times and they seem pretty cool. Overload and Descent: Underground are completely different games from different groups of people, but we all love six-degree-of-freedom shooters."
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