Criminals Within is being built in New Zealand.
Criminals Within is being built in New Zealand.
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Space Rock Games raises $1.2M to develop Criminals Within

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Space Rock Games has raised $1.2 million for a video game studio working on a game called Criminals Within.

The interesting thing is that the company is based in Auckland, New Zealand, as it’s relatively rare for such companies to get venture funding. (Here’s our story on games in New Zealand).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.