Vehicular multiplayer game cancelled on Kickstarter after donations fall short.

MotorGun, a multiplayer-focused vehicular combat game with Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe signed up as creative advisor, has cancelled its Kickstarter campaign after a week.

The game's funding drive had been running for a little over a week, with developer Pixelbionic raising just over $63,000 of the game's $650,000 goal.

"Kickstarter is a harsh mistress," said Pixelbionic heads Michael Kaufman and Mike Arkin in a statement.

"Lots of projects are pitched to the community and sometimes they resonate and sometimes they don’t," continued Arkin and Kaufman. "In this case, what we were pitching wasn’t exactly what you guys wanted. So, as a result we're making the tough decision to not drag it out, and we're going to cancel the campaign and start working to reformulate it."

Despite the setback, the duo says they're still "reformulating" the design of MotorGun.

"In the next few weeks we'll be reformulating our design and Kickstarter plan and we encourage all of you to head over to our website at www.pixelbionic.com and sign up for the forums. Tell us what you liked and what you didn't and you can help shape the next phase of this wild adventure."

"Kickstarter isn't just a new way to fund games, it's a grassroots revolution and you, the community are the new leaders. Games are being made now that could never be made in the old system, and it's because you are voting with your dollars and your comments and your feedback. Keep it up, you're changing the world one game at a time," concluded the duo.

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