Tag Archives: funding

Ireland developer begins recruitment drive to hire 40 new staff

RPG specialist plans to invest in new titles

AlphaDraft, a fantasy eSports betting site, has become the latest such venture to secure capital investment to the tune of $5m. The site, which launched in January of this year, also announced that they intend to pay out $5m in prizes and money throughout the course of 2015. The news …

Studio releases source code for game and VRage engine

'Things are pretty tough for developers now and there are many reasons why a good game might get overlooked by the wider industry'

Live-streaming platform DingIt.tv has secured $1.5m in seed funding. This has been raised by London-based investment firm Black Green Capital. DingIt launched in beta last October. The platform says it will be using this new wave of investment to get more broadcasters and advertisers on board. In addition, Black Green …

The unstoppable crowdfunding force that is Star Citizen has surpassed $80m in funding. Roberts Space Industries funding page shows the in development PC and Linux game is approaching $80.5m at time of publication – the latest milestone was reached thanks to a recent sale on ships and other in-game items. …

New studio wants to develop games for existing IP

Firm developing mobile app allowing users to access its store from their smartphones

TIGA survey of 100 games businesses claims developers also want National Lottery funding available to them