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Read More »Alpha Colony Kickstarter misses funding goal – by £17.45
Developer DreamQuest Games is undoubtedly down in the dumps this morning after its Kickstarter project narrowly missed its funding target. Trading sim title Alpha Colony had a $50,000 and finished at $49,972 – just $28 dollars short! And much like in the Dragon’s Den, projects that don’t reach their full …
Read More »Former Rovio trio go it alone, get funding
Finnish startup Boomlagoon has secured financial backing and will soon launch its first game. Former Angry Birds developers Antti Stn, Tuomas Erikoinen, and Ilkka Halila formed the studio in April but have only now secured a deal with Jari Ovaskainen and London Venture Partners to make their official debut. Stn …
Read More »$4m in funding prompts Outplay expansion
Dundee studio to scale up and launch new games after cash injection
Read More »Final sessions for Evolve in London
Smart TV, VR and new ways of funding at UK conference
Read More »Start your own studio: The essential guide
All the essential tips and tricks from our start-up special in one place
Read More »Australia puts $20m into game development
Australian Interactive Games Fund to help give home-grown developers an edge
Read More »Montreal-based indie incubator raises $1.4 million
Successful developers to receive seed funding, shared office space and dev tools
Read More »Start-up Special: How to find funding
UKIE CEO Jo Twist looks at the funding options available to start-ups
Read More »Meteor gathers another $18m for Hawken
Free-to-play mech combat title Hawken has received an additional $18m in funding ahead of its December launch. VentureBeat reports publisher Meteor Entertainment has brought in the sizable amount as part of its second round of fundraising, bringing the total to $28.5m raised thus far for the game. Despite being an …
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