Ex-Gearbox and Riot devs raise $5.5M for Ruckus game studio
Ruckus Games, a game studio started by former Gearbox and Riot Games developers, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. The Frisco, Texas-based company...
Stratosphere Games is kicking off a new investment round
Stratosphere Games is announcing a new investment round, which is being led by Riot Games, 1Up Ventures and Skycatcher. The cross-platform developer and online...
Lumi Interactive raises $6.75M to bring crowdhealing project to life
Lumi Interactive has announced a $6.75M seed investment, led by a16z. 1Up Ventures, Galileo Ventures, and Heracles Capital also participated in the round. Double...
Legendary Play raises $4M for esports-themed mobile games for fans
Legendary Play announced it has secured $4 million in funding for its latest project: A series of mobile games for esports fans. It has...
Ed Fries interview — From building games for the original Xbox to investing in gaming startups
Without good games, the original Xbox would have crumbled in defeat before the gaming might of Sony and Nintendo. While Microsoft is a solid...
Clockwork Labs raises $4.3M for community sandbox MMO
Clockwork Labs has raised $4.3 million as a new independent game studio making a community sandbox MMORPG. The company isn’t describing the game yet...
Blaseball interview: From backup plan to fantasy sports sensation
Blaseball’s latest era wrapped up July 26, and the credits have rolled. In that last era, the sun exploded, a black hole swallowed the...
Hiro Capital invests $6.4M in Twin Suns and FRVR game startups
Hiro Capital has led investments totaling $6.4 million in Twin Suns and FRVR. They’re both part of Hiro Capital’s push to invest in a...
Arcade sports mobile game maker Bit Fry Game Studios raises $3.5 million
Bit Fry Game Studios has raised $3.5 million to make arcade-action sports mobile and console games such as its Ultimate Rivals: The Rink. The...
The state of seed-stage investing for games
Venture capital and seed investors once stayed away from game investments because they were “hit-driven businesses.” But David Gardner, general partner of London Venture...