Where game investors are putting their money
Investing in games has often been an occasional preoccupation for venture capitalists, who are wary of trying to pick the hits in a hit-driven...
GamesBeat Summit 2018: Uncovering the best opportunities in games investment
Our latest speakers for GamesBeat 2018 can look into the future of VC for games: Eric Goldberg, Nabeel Hyatt, Greg Milken, and Gordon Rubenstein....
Ahead of Rock Band 4 release, Harmonix raises $15M to innovate in music gaming
Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the upcoming Rock Band 4 music video game, has raised $15 million in equity funding. The funding is unusual...
The DeanBeat: 10 takeaways about game investments from GamesBeat 2012
We examined many investment issues at GamesBeat 2012. This week's DeanBeat distills them to the 10 most important.
Gaming investors say the iPad will be this generation’s console
Anticipating an explosion in mobile gaming in the next five years, investors say they are placing bets on what they see as the underserved...
GamesBeat 2012 analyzes the state of game investments
We’re pleased to announce that we have a panel on investing in the game business, one of the hottest investment categories of the past...
As social games boom, Spark Capital hires former Zynga exec as first venture partner
Zynga’s rise to a social gaming juggernaut traded on the public markets—which now boasts a market cap roughly equal to long-established companies like Electronic...
Zynga’s Adventure World social game goes live
Zynga just launched its Adventure World social game on Facebook, speeding the pace of its game introductions as it prepares for an initial public...
Adventure World social game is another big test for pre-IPO Zynga
Zynga‘s Adventure World launch, coming in the next few weeks, is a big test for the social game publisher. If the Indiana Jones-style title takes...