LOS ANGELES, CA – August 28, 2012 — Magic Pixel Games, an independent developer of video games, today announced its new KickAssist initiative, designed to help fund aspiring game projects. The KickAssist program, which selects independent game Kickstarter projects and provides them with a vehicle to campaign for awareness, support and funding, will be run from www.mpgkickassist.com, launching today.

Over April Fools weekend, about 1,000 game developers, students, and hobbyists from all over the world participated in the first ever “What Would Molydeux?” game jam. Together, they produced over 250 games in under 48 hours based on the works of Peter Molydeux, a doppleganger Twitter account with parody game designs in the style of British game designer Peter Molyneux.