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Initiative launched in October 2015 provides new studios with grants of up to £50,000
Read More »FACEIT secures $15m to expand eSports tournament organisation service
Competitive gaming platform FACEIT has today raised $15m in Series A funding in order to expand to more games and communities. The service allows tournament organisers to easily draft brackets and initiate matches for players competing in Dota, CS:GO or other team-based eSports events, as well as distribute prizes for …
Read More »GetSocial secures $2.5m investment
Funding will be used to expand operations
Read More »Mobile devs: don’t forget to help identify the biggest funding challenges of 2016
Pollen VC survey looking into financial reality of studios and user growth takes under 10 minutes to complete
Read More »Tokyo VR Startups launches incubator for local virtual reality devs
Group led by CEO of mobile publisher Gumi aims to turn Japanese capital into a global hub for nascent platform
Read More »360 Studios targets $2.5 million in funding
MMA Federation creator has already snagged $1.5 million for development of mobile games
Read More »Applications reopen for Greenshoots
Joint venture between Microsoft and Creative England offering up to £50,000 to promising studios outside Greater London
Read More »Traplight closes second round of funding
Finland-based mobile studio Traplight Games has closed a recent round of funding totaling €1.3m. Games Industryreports the second funding round brings the Big Bang Racing developer’s lifetime total to €2m. The studio’s racing game is based around user-generated content – which has gone well enough for the studio to prioritize …
Read More »Why new VC firm Presence Capital is focused on virtual reality start-ups
$10m inaugural funding will be investing in VR and AR projects that could 'transform the world'
Read More »Double Fine crowdfunding Psychonauts 2 on Fig
Studio hoping to repeat $3.3m success of Broken Age
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