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British game companies are being offered up to 1,000 each to exhibit their business at the upcoming Gamescom event in Cologne. UK industry association Tiga is behind the deal, working with the UKTI’s Tradeshow Access Programme, as part of a wider scheme to promote UK businesses abroad. Developers exhibiting at …

Famed indies establish new body to aid next wave of renegade studios

The amount of money invested in the video games sector by venture capitalists in North America was down 29 per cent in 2010 according to a new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Boston.com reports that in 2008 money from venture capitalists funded the development of 35 games in North America, representing a …

Manchester and Nottingham-based developer strikes Capital for Enterprise investment

A filing with the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed that upcoming cloud gaming service Gaikai has received $5m in investment. The document also revealed that the business, backed by veteran designer Dave Perry, has former EA and Jamdat exec and current Benchmark Capital investment guru Mitch Lasky on …

Socially networked games studio bolstered in spite of recent controversy

Peggle company previously 'resisted' taking outside capital

TV giant Channel 4 has invested a multi-million pound figure in the development of its own Xbox and PC games. The broadcaster, famous for shows like Big Brother and Skins, has turned to gaming as a way to reach new audiences as part of its educational content remit, according to …

Game Republic injects funding into Tunaâ??s Cletus Clay project

Games developers to benefit from new Canadaian Emerging Technologies fund