Entries in 'funding' (41)
MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
The categories for the 2013 MCV Pacific Awards have been announced this week, while distributor Tuff Kat goes into administration.
Carmageddon: Reincarnation is next-gen bound after Stainless secures more funds
Stainless Games has confirmed intentions to bring Carmageddon: Reincarnation to next-gen consoles.
MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
There are stirrings about the newly implemented R18+ rating this week, with the first titles to merit the new age rating being classified.
GameStick smashes Kickstarter target on second day
Android console newcomer GameStick is off to a flying start after hitting its Kickstarter funding target on just its second day.
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Elite: Dangerous gets Kickstarter green light
David Braben’s Elite: Dangerous has hit its £1.25m Kickstarter funding goal.
Godus faces nail-biting Kickstarter close as it nears £450k target
Peter Molyneux’s Godus faces a tense last two days as the Kickstarter project slowly closes in on its £450,000 target.
Suppliers pledge £40m worth of support for HMV
Music labels and other entertainment suppliers are backing HMV with more than £40m of funding in the run-up to Christmas.
Is the end nigh for consoles? Green Throttle thinks so as it raises $6m in funding
A company that believes it has the answer to a console-less gaming future has announced the successful capture of $6m in series A funding.
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Alpha Colony Kickstarter misses funding goal - by £17.45
Developer DreamQuest Games is undoubtedly down in the dumps this morning after its Kickstarter project narrowly missed its funding target.
Former Rovio trio go it alone, get funding
Finnish startup Boomlagoon has secured financial backing and will soon launch its first game.
MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
NineMSN is getting into gaming a dedicated gaming channel and future plans to e-tail, while Call of Duty goes large and Aussie devs get a federal gaming fund.
Meteor gathers another $18m for Hawken
Free-to-play mech combat title Hawken has received an additional $18m in funding ahead of its December launch.
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MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
GCAP happened this week with some big news, while it appears Video Ezy might be grey importing games and Mindscape scores Tecmo.
Gaming crowdfunding platform Gambitious is live
A new crowdfunding platform built specifically for games developers is now live.
Gaymercon smashes Kickstarter target
The organisers of a gay-focused gaming and geek convention have easily hit their funding target on crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter.
Ouya nears $6m with one week to go
Console newcomer Ouya is getting perilously close to hitting the $6m figure on crowd-funding portal Kickstarter.
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Ouya looking for addition funding outside Kickstarter
The $4,876,890 of money raised from Kickstarter is just the start of the funding goals for console upstart Ouya.
Gamefly funding mobile game development
Gamefly has invested themselves into mobile gaming development and publishing.
Fight My Monster reaches 1m boys
Fight My Monster has become the UK’s fastest-growing online game for boys after reaching 1m players.
MCV Pacific Wrap-Up
Down under this week, MCV looks at grey imports, GAME Australia seeks its own investors and R18+ passes the house of reps.
GAME Australia seeking its own funding
With the UK and Spanish GAME operation looking for investors / buyers to keep the chain alive, Australia is taking similar steps.
UKIE plans to make UK crowd funding legal
Industry trade body UKIE will publish a report next week outlining how to make crowd funding legal for UK games firms.
£1.8m boost turns Newcastle studio into digital publisher
Ferrari Challenge developer Eutechnyx will start publishing games after securing £1.8m in Government funding.
Eutechnyx secures £1.8m funding
UK developer Eutechnyx has received a regional growth fund of £1.8m from the Government to fund an online racing game.
Auckland developer Outsmart scores $1.8 million
Gameplanet is reporting that Outsmart, developer of browser-based Small Worlds, has received NZD$1.8 million in government funding.
