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Korean free-to-play company picks up minority share and publishing rights
Read More »GamesAnalytics raises $1.3m in series A funding
Company plans a round of investment totalling $3m
Read More »Microsoft ploughing $700m into Xbox One cloud datacentre in Iowa
Microsoft is set to investment $700 million in a new data centre in West Des Moines, Iowa. As part of the deal with the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board, the state has approved $20 million in tax credits for the computing giant for what has been termed ‘Project Mountain’. The …
Read More »Destiny gets "biggest ever new IP investment" from Activision
Bungie’s promising Destiny has been given some heavyweight financial backing from publisher Activision. In fact, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg reckons his company’s investment may be the largest ever in new video games IP. It’s a sizeable investment – probably one of the biggest investments in a new IP that’s …
Read More »Australian Govt gives $6m to boost local indies
Arts Minister pledges to support 'new generation of creative entrepreneurs'
Read More »Oculus Rift gets $16 million in funding
Virtual reality headset gets investment to speed up development
Read More »Berlin needs ‘better investment’ for games sector
Deutsche Gamestage and GameDuell call for support to expand industry in German capital
Read More »Ouya raises $15m in latest funding round
Nvidia amongst wave of new backers for Android console
Read More »Social game company Yodo1 raises $5m
Co-production outfit now has 25 million monthly active users in China
Read More »Stardock sets up new fund for start-ups
Money from Impulse sale turned into investment fund for software and game developers
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