Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry’s trajectory
After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, investors and startups alike faced a “VR winter.” This...
How Unity convinced investors it’s worth $2.6 billion
From what we hear, a lot of investors in Silicon Valley wanted to get in on Unity Technologies’ $400 million funding round. Unity received...
Tencent poured $90 million into Pocket Gems because of two shiny jewels
Mobile game publisher Pocket Gems announced today that it has raised $90 million in new funding from Chinese Internet company Tencent, which is also the...
Tencent reportedly in talks with Sequoia-backed game streaming service Douyu TV
The video and game streaming space in China is starting to attract a fair bit of attention of late. Earlier this month, we reported...
QuizUp developer raises $22 million in latest funding round
Plain Vanilla Games has now raised a total of $27 million, and it plans to use the funds to pay for its future growth.
QuizUp trivia game maker Plain Vanilla raises $2M
The funding comes less than a couple weeks after the company's trivia game hit No. 1 among free apps in the app store.
The DeanBeat: After Zynga’s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in 2012
Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga's sinking market value crushed valuations.
Mobile-ad platform Chartboost raises $19 million to fund further product development
Sequoia Capital led this round of funding for the mobile-ad network.
Mobile game startup Pocket Gems appoints No. 2 exec as CEO
Co-founder Daniel Terry steps into a creative role as Ben Liu takes over.
DeanBeat: Game companies raised a record-breaking $1.54B in 2011
Game fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial public...