UK Games Fund now accepting applications for next round of £25k grants
Government backed £5m fund opens its doors for a fourth round and includes new ‘pitch development programme’
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The Witness developer offering grants to minority game developers
Underrepresented designers can get between $3,000 - $20,000 for puzzle projects
Spanish government injecting €6.25m into games industry in reaction to worrying White Paper
Focus on funding small developers in an aim to prevent development studio extinction event in the region.
Ukie releases funding guide for UK businesses and developers
Covers financing for games projects alongside info on tax relief, equity investment and crowdfunding
Spanish government turns away €2m EU games funding
20 studios will go without cash injection, including smaller teams
Magic Leap raise more money with recent $502m investment round
The new Series D investment brings the total financing of the company up to $2bn with a product yet to launch
Fast Travel Games raises $2.1 million in funding
Series A funding round raises cash for the the new VR studio from ex-Rovio, EA and DICE devs
Discord chat app reportedly raises $50m investment
TechCrunch reports the start-up gained investment in January
Series A funding of $6 million for Wavedash Games
Oakland based studio to develop platform fighting game
Adult games platform Nutaku starts $10m fund to produce adult versions of popular video games
Nutaku looking to stump up the full cost to add mature content and adult themes into games
nDreams announces £2m funding round
Company plans to use the funding to further grows the development team and expand their range of content.
Hamburg games studio Sviper raises second funding round
Plans to use the money to staff up, market their first game and fund the second
Big Viking Games gets $21m round of funding
Plans to use cash to improve HTML5 gaming prospects
UK Games Fund returns for round 3 with £25,000 up for grabs
"“The UK is a world leader when it comes to making video games, and we’re determined to make sure this continues long into the future."
Crowdfunded Wasteland 3 reaches goal in three days
24 days still left on the Fig campaign, stretch goals added
$50,000 awarded in latest educational Unreal Dev Grants
Epic Games funds the efforts of six users helping to make UE4 even more accessible
$1m funding raised for Tacticsoft
Israel-based dev secures investment from London Venture Partners and Gigi Levy-Weiss
Ubisoft offering Canadian indies $50,000 funding and uPlay publishing deal
Contest aims to help grow region’s indie scene, devs will retain full rights and revenues from their games
Games Co London secures £600,000 investment for developers
Funding from Goldfinch Entertainment will be used to launch three new IP
Razer launches $30m Zventures fund for start-ups and new technology
$5m set aside for virtual reality inverstments, another $5m for Android publishing under Ouya label
Ex-Bungie devs' studio Polyarc Games raises $3.5m
Tam Armstrong, Danny Bulla and Chris Alderson worked on Destiny, with former pair consulting for Oculus, before founding virtual reality outlet
Mobile publisher BulkyPix begins liquidation, devs given payment recovery deadline
Partners of sinking label founded by former Vivendi staff given up to four months to secure their games and money
Applications open for Crytek's $1m Indie Development Fund
Studios have until September 9th to appy for grant, recipients will be voted for by CryEngine community
Motorious Entertainment funded $566,000 to make Top Gear games
Helsinki start-up will be developing free-to-play mobile games based on the long-running TV show
New UK publisher Playstack: 'You create the game, we'll handle the funding'
New UK publisher aims to fund and support developers with high-quality games
Firefly Games raises $10m to make mobile movie spin-offs
Developer-publisher also looking to expand into virtual reality and eSports
Bossa's Worlds Adrift backed by $1.35m investment
UK firm London Venture Partners, which previously supported Supercell and Playfish, adds funding to ambitious MMO