 On October 16 , 2012 , Pillars of Eternity 's Kickstarter funding campaign concluded with a total of $ 3 @,@ 986 @,@ 929 , becoming the most highly funded video game on the Kickstarter platform at the time . Together with further funds collected via PayPal , its budget rose to $ 4 @,@ 163 @,@ 208 . In December 2013 , Obsidian announced that the official title for the game would be Pillars of Eternity , dropping the working title Project Eternity . They also launched a poll asking backers whether or not they would support further fundraising . 
