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Warner Bros. invests $24M more into game video site Machinima

Machinima, a digital video site that is dedicated to fandom and gamer culture, has raised $24 million in funding from Warner Bros. Entertainment and existing investors.

The investors include Redpoint Ventures, MK Capital, Coffin Capital, and Allen DeBevoise, Machinima’s former chief executive. Machinima has been in transition for the past year as it continues to grow its monthly viewership.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.