March 13, 2023 Finance Silicon Valley Bank - What happened and how does it affect mobile? One of America’s biggest venture capital and startup banks failed over the weekend. Here’s what it could mean for mobile
August 30, 2022 Sharing The Same Vision Video game platform Roblox has acquired virtual gamified social events company TriplePlay "From the beginning, Roblox was an inspiration,"
January 17, 2022 Built To Win CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round UA is a bloody competition
December 2, 2021 Gotiva’s Got It Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games Debut title scheduled for Q2 2022
October 14, 2021 Thinking Differently Supercell-invested startup Papukaya decloak, talks about making games for non-gamers Now hiring too
October 8, 2021 Ballistic For Blockchain OP Games raises $8.6 million to combine blockchain, NFTs and DAOs Plans to support 500 games by end of 2022
September 28, 2021 Plain Speaking Panivox decloaks its RichCast voice-driven interactive platform Next generation of narrative audio experiences
August 31, 2021 Midcore Makers Studio Sirah raises $830,000 for India-first midcore mobile games Now developing Kurukshetra: Ascension
August 31, 2021 Pretty Nifty Nifty Games gains $38 million in new funding for its mobile sports games The larger opportunity
August 30, 2021 Leading The Way Indian midcore dev SuperGaming raises $5.5 million Series A funding Well-positioned to capture growth in India and globally
August 18, 2021 Checkmate Kings of Games secures funding for Chess Universe The studio was created by two chess Grand Masters
June 30, 2021 Levelling Up Wildlife unveils third US studio partnership in Foxbear Games Headed by Marvel Strike Force director
June 2, 2021 Discord+ Taking social networks multiplayer: How Noice raised $5 million for its vision Jussi Laakkonen is back
May 27, 2021 Big Social Beasts New social gaming platform Noice raises $5 million from Supercell, Unity and Remedy founders Come on feel the...
May 6, 2021 Exit Strategy Stadia sees talent exodus as multiple executives join Jade Raymond's Haven Jumping ship
April 30, 2021 Ready Portal One? PortalOne raises $15 million for its mobile game-TV show mash-ups Launching with reimagined Atari arcade games
April 13, 2021 Start Up Oliver twins team with Neil Campbell to form Panivox Working on undisclosed digital media
February 6, 2020 To The Future AI solution startup Modl.ai secures $1.7 in seed funding It will be used to expand on an international level
August 22, 2019 Start-up Fund Play Ventures closes $40m fund to back games start-ups $10m more than the planned $30m raise
May 2, 2019 Launch GameClub raises $2.5 million to bring old premium games into the modern marketplace Mobile startup is already working on making over 50 games compatible with current and future devices
March 28, 2019 Venture Gained Rovio invests $3 million in games start-up fund Play Ventures Play Ventures was founded in 2018 by video game entrepreneurs Harri Manninen and Henric Suuronen
November 23, 2018 Start-up Seven games start-ups kickstart new Northern Irish co-working and business support space The Pixel Mill Belfast hot-housing location will also provide funding and business support for game developers
July 12, 2018 Page Turner First UK Games Fund Awards set for November Comic and newspaper publisher teams up to showcase fresh talent in the UK games scene
May 4, 2018 New Studio Google spins up mobile social games start-up Arcade Developing a new kind of social network
April 20, 2018 Innovation Ubisoft start-up programme backs blockchain and augmented reality devs Initiative aims to support entrepreneurs working on exciting games-related technology
October 4, 2017 One Billion Downloads Later From Kabam SVP to DOD Media CEO: Mike DeLaet on sharing his smarts One door shuts, open another
May 19, 2017 Fewer, Better Why Indian mobile startup BigCode is gunning for strategy games and IAP monetisation CEO Ahmed Mohammed sets out the new studio's strategy
May 17, 2017 Fresh Start Timuz MD leaves to set up new Indian mobile developer BigCode Games Ahmed Mohammed focusing on quality and IAP monetisation
May 4, 2017 Jackpot Aligns Henric Suuronen on Huuuge Games’ $1 billion opportunity in social casino games Early investor joins the board
April 20, 2017 Super Startups Why Supercell built a company of startups, and how it works Ilkka Paananen shares his philosophy for mobile games development, and why it might not work for everyone
April 4, 2017 Health Through Play Therapeutic mobile game developer Tilak Healthcare raises $2.7 million French digital healthcare startup get big investment
April 3, 2017 Gumi Nordic Vr Gumi and Nordisk Film partner for €100,000 incubation program Nordic VR Startups Offering seed funding and advice to Nordic VR developers
March 21, 2017 Going It Alone "Starting a games studio is idiotic, brutal and you should totally do it" TreasureHunt CEO Kyle Smith shares advice on starting a company
March 8, 2017 Flew The Coop Rovio sells TV animation studio to former CEO Mikael Hed Will remain as partners on future books and animation
January 31, 2017 Building Your Studio Moving beyond your network: How to avoid recruitment chaos in the early days of studio life Wooga Senior Talent Acquisition Manager Matt Hood offers practical advice for employing staff at your new studio
October 6, 2016 First Investment LA VR start-up First Contact Entertainment closes $5 million investment round Brings on two new senior hires
September 28, 2016 Flixy Funding Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC Launches first game, Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar
July 13, 2016 "craft Games Studio" Monument Valley lead designer founds Mountains, a new Melbourne games studio Three-person team focused on premium mobile games
June 30, 2016 Coming Soon How GameFounders helped Malaysian startup OY Games hone its forthcoming RPG Tap Summoner The only way is up
June 21, 2016 Spreading His Wings Rovio's Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka flies the nest to pursue startup Retains shares with Angry Birds developer
May 24, 2016 Easy Peasy As devs drift towards midcore, is there an opportunity for super casual experiences? 231 Play founder Matthias Hoechsmann thinks so
May 17, 2016 Classics Digitised Gamedoctors founders aim to "casualize" analogue classics with new Berlin studio 231 Play Debut game will be Peppy Pairs Paradise
May 13, 2016 New Funding GREE announces new $65 million investment fund for startups B2B and B2B2C companies being targeted
May 10, 2016 The Anti Ces In search of mobile gaming at Collision 2016 Hot new tech conference shows promise for gaming startups
April 19, 2016 Ua Or Bust Words of Gold dev Cupcake Entertainment on risking it all in the pursuit of F2P success Brazilian startup on some hard lessons
April 7, 2016 Something New TrulySocial raises investment from Nazara Games, London Venture Partners and Supercell game lead Games for women