Diversion raises $12M in funding for its version control platform for creatives
Diversion, a Y Combinator-backed platform touting itself as the “GitHub for game development” announced today that it has raised $12 million in total funding....
Gamelynx raises $1.2 million to make esports games on mobile (updated)
Gamelynx is creating team-based competitive games on mobile, so esports can become more accessible and global. And it has raised $1.2 million to accomplish...
Who is investing in esports startups?
As I’ve written about before in The Birth of a Venture Capital Investment Thesis and Why Invest in Esports, the esports market is huge, has intense user...
Dropleaf has a dual-goal: Making it easier to find indie games and lift diversity
Dropleaf is a new subscription platform that wants to help people discover more indie PC games. The service will offer a hand-picked collection of...
Heroic Labs’s quest makes building mobile, HTML5, and Unity games easier and more social
Years ago, it was probably easier for a developer to create a game: you just had to worry about building for game consoles —...
GameFounders accelerator helps game startups take wing in both the East and the West
GameFounders hopes to put Malaysia and other Asian nations on the map of the game industry.
Silicon Valley heavyweights are helping underprivileged teens make iOS games
"I am very excited to sponsor a woman of color for this year’s program. The tech industry needs makers from all backgrounds and experiences!" said Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian.
Apportable raises $5M for native cross-platform iOS and Android games
Apportable makes it easy to get iOS games to run at full performance on Android.
Apportable’s SpriteBuilder lets developers run their iOS games on Android
SpriteBuilder is based on open-source software and compiles Objective-C game code so that it runs on Android.
Canadian gaming incubator offers $150K ‘loan’ program to help studios launch
The Canadian company is teaming up with a venture-capital firm to offer convertible notes to startups.