VGames raises $30 million for game-focused investment fund in Israel
VGames has raised more than $30 million for its game-focused investment fund based in Israel. It’s one of dozens of venture capital and investment...
Startup Genome: Global VC funding dropped 20% since coronavirus crisis began in December
Global venture capital funding has dropped by 20% since the onset of the coronavirus crisis in December 2019, according to a new report by...
Rockstar cofounder Dan Houser is leaving the Grand Theft Auto studio
Rockstar Games is losing one of its cofounders. Dan Houser, who started the studio with his brother, Sam, is leaving. This is according to...
Airbnb tops list of 13 potential tech IPOs in 2020
The 2020 IPO market faces strong headwinds, including lingering disappointment over some of the biggest public tech offerings of 2019. Into this cloud of...
London Venture Partners raises $80 million game industry seed fund
London Venture Partners (LVP) has raised an $80 million seed fund to invest in a new generation of game industry startups. The seed fund...
Kongregate CEO and cofounder Emily Greer is leaving the company
Kongregate announced today that its CEO and cofounder Emily Greer will be leaving the publisher to start a new gaming venture. Greer founded the...
NPD partners with IGDA to give developers market insights
The NPD Group is one of the only firms that tracks game sales in the United States. That data shapes publishing decisions, and now...
GDC chief Katie Stern interview — What keeps game developers up at night?
Katie Stern took over as general manager of GDC Events in August 2017. Since then, she has learned more about what keeps game developers...
Blizzard Entertainment cofounder Mike Morhaime steps down
Blizzard Entertainment president and cofounder Mike Morhaime is no longer leading the gaming company he helped start in the 1990s. J. Allen Brack, the...
Arkadium buys out VC investor to focus on long-term strategy
Arkadium, which creates visual and interactive content for more than 500 online news publishers, today announced it has bought out its early-stage investor, Edison...