Backers of Double Fine Productions’ Broken Age: Act 2 can rejoice – it’s now available ahead of the game’s general release on April 28th, thus ending a saga which began with Double Fine taking to Kickstarter for financial backing.

Broken Age was the result of Double Fine seeking Kickstarter for new financing methods and was a massive success in terms of reception. Its original funding goal was $400,000 and the project ended up garnering more than $3.45 million from fans. Double Fine’s Kickstarter is credited with starting the trend for devs to seek funding on a public platform rather than through traditional publishers.

Of course, controversy hit the project when its development costs were re-evaluated in light of the Kickstarter funds and proceeded to skyrocket. This resulted in Broken Age being split into games, Act 1 and Act 2, with sales of the first game being used to fund the second game’s development.

Regardless, Broken Age is now complete and you can play it on Steam later today if you bought the Complete Adventure. It’s expected to go live on PS4 and PS Vita as well so keep an eye on that. What are your thoughts on the conclusion of Broken Age and what Double Fine could have in store next? Let us know in the comments.

Double Fine Productions has finally announced a release date for its crowd-funded adventure title Broken Age: Act 2. It will be out on April 28th for the PC which will also mark the day that the full game releases on PS4 and PS Vita, complete with cross-buy/save options at $25.

The developer’s adventure title rose to fame when it became the fastest crowd-funded game in Kickstarter history, raising $3.3 million in record time and opening the floodgates for other developers to crowd-fund their titles.

Broke Age was originally set to release as one complete game but due to its increased scale and the desire not to ask for more money from backers, Double Fine released its first act last year. The second act will finally wrap up events and we can’t wait to see how both parts function as a cohesive whole.

Will you be picking up Broken Age: Act 2 this April? Let us know in the comments below.

Double Fine Productions’ crowd-funded adventure title Broken Age will see its second act releasing in the coming months and according to a recent update from Tim Schafer, it could be sooner than we thought. Schafer revealed that programming for gameplay, dialogue writing and recording were finally complete and the studio is currently testing the game. Versions of Broken Age: Act 2 are already running on the PS4 and Vita, and the final box art for the physical retail version is already in printing.

Broken Age was funded through Kickstarter in 2012 and turned into a major success with more than $3.45 million in funding. Through the development cycle, Double Fine Productions broke the game into two acts keeping in mind the scale that it had achieved. No additional funding was demanded from backers but the situation had its fair share of backlash.

What are your thoughts on Broken Age: Act 2 though? Let us know in the comments whether you’ll be picking it up.

Double Fine Productions’ Broken Age: Act 2 will be out in early 2015 according to a recent announcement from the developer. This second act will conclude the story started in, well, the first act.

To make things better, the game is already in a playable state and it’s currently averaging 8 to 12 hours to complete with testers.

“The goal now is to get all the finale work done so we can hit Alpha on all of Act 2 by the end of the year. That means, as you may have guessed based on recent updates and documentary episodes, the Act 2 ship that will deliver the complete adventure is now looking like it will be early next year.”

Broken Age began as a Kickstarter project and while it required $400,000 to fund, it ended up garnering $3.3 million from backers. Further funding was required down the line which led to Double Fine splitting the game into two acts. Stay tuned for more information down the line.