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Epic Games has revealed the first three Unreal Dev Grant recipients, with each developer gaining at least $15,000 in funding. Last month, Epic announced a new scheme that would have it handing out up to $5m in grants for developers using Unreal Engine 4, and this week the studio made …
Read More »Epic issues first Unreal Dev Grants
More than $50,000 given to UE4 users with innovative projects
Read More »PlayFab raises $7.4m in funding
Series A round led by Benchmark, whose general partner Mitch Lasky is joining the PlayFab board
Read More »GamesLab opens regional funds for devs in South West and West Midlands
Grants introduced as Creative England receives £8m to invest in emerging businesses across the country
Read More »Superhot dev receives a further $250,000 in funding
Polish indie says additional finance removes worry about production budget
Read More »Lionsgate makes ‘significant’ investment in Telltale Games
Studio working on 'super show' that combines TV and games
Read More »Machinima gets $24m from Warner Bros, cuts staff
Machinima has landed another round of funding led by Warner Bros, though it hasn’t stopped the multi-channel network from cutting a chunk of its staff along with a few programs. A total of $24m has been raised for the network by Warner Bros, Redpoint Ventures, MK Capital, Coffin Capital and …
Read More »Epic launches $5m Unreal grants
Studios can claim from $5,000 to $50,000 for their projects
Read More »Epic offers up $5m in grants for Unreal devs
Epic Games has announced it has put together $5m for no strings attached” funding of indie devs who create games using Unreal Engine 4. Games Beat reports Epic will be awarding participating developers between $5,000 and $50,000 each, and interested parties can send their project info to unrealgrants@epicgames.com – the …
Read More »Creative England secures £8m in government funding
Money will be used to boost creative industries and generate jobs across games, TV, film and more
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