Entries in 'funding' (24)
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.
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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.
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Green Man secures more funding
Digital retailer Green Man Gaming has secured fresh funding from London-based venture capital firm, Eden.
‘There WILL be a Halo movie’
The on-off saga of a potential movie based on the Halo franchise has been reignited once again with a very firm statement from Microsoft’s Frank O’Connor: “There will be a ...
Zattikka raising more cash and targeting acquisitions
UK online-only games publisher Zattika has set out its plan to buy up rivals and raise more money.
Zattikka raises $5.5m in funding
Online and mobile games firm Zattikka has raised $5.5 million in funding through its parent company Expedite 5.
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Government scraps Change4Life funding
Over a year on from the introduction of the controversial Change4Life campaign that infuriated the UK games industry by linking the playing of video games with premature death, the ...
PSN problems plague Stimulus launch
A technical problem on the European arm of Sony’s PlayStation Network has prevented thousands of gamers from getting their hands on the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ...
Activision ‘funding Bungie development’
As part of its exclusivity agreement with Bungie, Activision will be funding the development of the new IP in question and could make as much as $65m from the ...
UKTI funding Gamescom trips
British game companies are being offered up to £1,000 each to exhibit their business at the upcoming Gamescom event in Cologne.
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VC games investment plummets
The amount of money invested in the video games sector by venture capitalists in North America was down 29 per cent in 2010 according to a new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Gaikai grabs $5m in funding
A filing with the US' Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that upcoming cloud gaming service Gaikai has received $5m in investment.
PopCap secures $22.5 million investment
PopCap Games has secured an investment of $22.5 million. The round of funding is the first in PopCap's ten-year history, and was led by late-stage investment firm Meritech Capital Partners.
Channel 4 ramps up game funding
TV giant Channel 4 has invested a multi-million pound figure in the development of its own Xbox and PC games.
Sony’s Pub Fund offers ‘invaluable assistance’
The recently-announced Pub Fund – a scheme where Sony matches development budgets of digital games in return for PlayStation exclusivity – should be a serious consideration for any independent developer.
DSGi attempting second rights issue
DSGi is reportedly looking to raise several hundred million pounds through a rights issue, which would be the second attempt this year.
$16.8m funding for PlaySpan
Californian digital payment and micro-transaction firm PlaySpan has secured $16.8 million in series B funding, bringing the total investment in the firm to $24 million.
Tories: ‘We’ll come to industry’s rescue’
The UK development industry is under ‘great’ threat from a skillset crisis and the exodus of talent abroad – and the Government simply isn’t doing enough to stop it.
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