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...
Game Finance Market shows strength of U.K. game industry
A total of 65 investors with £589 million, or $816 million, to invest in game startups are showing up this week at the Game...
Hiro Capital leads $15 million investments in Snowprint, Double Loop, and Happy Volcano
Hiro Capital said it has led investments totaling $15 million in Snowprint Studios, Double Loop Games, and Happy Volcano Games. That’s a pretty big...
Flavourworks raises $3.8 million to make interactive games with live-action video
Flavourworks has raised $3.8 million in funding for its interactive movie games that fuse together live-action video with interactive gameplay. Flavourworks has created a...
Eidos founder Ian Livingstone is driving the U.K. to teach games in schools
Ian Livingstone is one of the founding fathers of games in the United Kingdom. He cofounded Games Workshop in 1975 and launched Dungeons &...
Meet the 12-year-old boy who makes games instead of going to school
Sam Smith has been home-schooled for three years. He's now getting his education by making games, and Spacepants, his first published effort, has been a great success.
Tangentix raises $2.1M to make game downloads faster (exclusive)
The company's compression technology could potentially address a major problem for players.
Social-game developer Playdemic appoints ‘Fighting Fantasy’ author as new chairman
Ian Livingstone will bring his many years of gaming experience to the social-game studio.
A quick history of Batman in video games
Batman's romp through interactive games has been spotty. We cover the highlights of the Caped Crusader's pixelated and polygonal adventures.