Fan Play
Japanese marketing network Dentsu invests in US superfan platform Victorious
The new way to engage
Cash In
NetEase leads $2.5 million round in integrated analytics, attribution and aggregation outfit Tenjin
Integrated approach
Burst The Bubble
Chinese government cracks down on game and VR investments
Market forces quashed
New Funding
GREE announces new $65 million investment fund for startups
B2B and B2B2C companies being targeted
It's A Wrap
Alternative Android distribution platform Flexion raises $3 million to expand into India, Iran and more
Going global
Pure Gold
Video: The golden rules for raising funding from institutional investors
Inside track for cash
Stream Everything
Kamcord raises $10 million to expand its video streaming goal from games to all apps
All the world's a stream
Betting Made Legal
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Nazara takes 26% stake in London firm
A Who's Who
Armada Interactive raises $3 million to give core mobile gaming a hard push
Remedy, BioWare, Crytek vets reboot
Hitting Big
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
From Korea to the world
Looking Ahead
Part funded by Mixi and COLOPL, GREE announces its $12 million VR investment fund
Western focus for Japanese outfit
Bigger Brands
Animoca Brands raises $5 million for content and IP acquisitions
In expansion mode
Live Pitches
Video: PGC London 2016 live investor pitching
There's plenty of advice and criticism, but will anyone get any investment?
Something New
TrulySocial raises investment from Nazara Games, London Venture Partners and Supercell game lead
Games for women
Venture Concerns
Video: Shelley Lau on what VCs look for for when investing
They're not just there to bail you out
Going Global
Ourpalm spends $170 million to become the largest shareholder in Webzen
Chinese publisher expands Koreanwards
First Round
Finnish startup Kopla Games raises $750,000 seed round from Klaas Kersting
Klaas Kersting invests
Go Pokemon Go
Niantic Labs extends its funding for Pokemon GO and other location games to $25 million
Still working on Ingress and new titles
French Fancies
Vivendi makes a formal takeover offer for troubled Gameloft
30% shareholding triggers move
Virtual Investment
Jurgen Goeldner on raising money for VR gaming
Turning virtual reality into real money
Investor Insights
NetEase's Tom van Dam on the key things investors are looking for
It's not all about the return
East Meets West
Chinese mobile platform TalkingData makes strategic investment in Newzoo
Newzoo granulates with new Newzoo Mobile division
Investment Investigation
Video: Ignited Artists on the 6 types of funding
Six ways to get funded
Smart Money For Zombies
Walking Dead dev Next Games raises $10 million
Existing investors double down
Real-time Approach
Canadian startup Icejam raises $2.1 million to accelerate Playable Data vision
Opening Toronto office
Deeper Pockets
Deep linking platform Branch Metrics raises $35 million
Fixing UA
Social Scene
Hammer & Chisel raises $20 million for gamer messaging app Discord
Everybody talking
Social Glue
GetSocial raises $2.5 million to fulfill demand and expand operations
Creating in-game community
Phone A Friend
Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works)
Last roll of the dice
Europe Winning
Europe creates 4 times more mobile gaming value than the US, says Supercell investor Paul Heydon
LVP's Paul Heydon bursting the VC bubble
Live Pitching
Investment experts and developers collide in a live pitching event
Five pitches, three experts, and a conference audience
Cash In
App Annie closes $63 million funding round to go more global
Gearing for IPO?
"laser-focused On Vr"
Leading Japanese developer COLOPL launches $50m VR fund
Tokyo firm investing in hardware and software
Making Tracks
King, DICE, Rovio, and Zynga vets form midcore focused Snowprint Studios
Working on Nordic-themed RPG
Ndreams Investment
VR developer NDreams closes $3m funding round, bolsters staff with senior talent
Investment to help finish development on upcoming game The Assembly
Future's Perfect
Presence Capital launches $10 million early-stage VR and AR investment fund
Investing in the vision thing
Cash Up
Finnish dev Traplight raises $1.4 million for its user-generated-focused debut Big Bang Racing
Second round closed
On The Up
Animoca Brands raises $3.5 million to expand portfolio and enter ebooks market
Brands the way
Amusing Cash
Ex-Sega president Hayao Nakayama invests in UK super startup The Secret Police
London studio is up and running
Cue Smilies
Futurefly gains more investors, taking its seed round to $3 million
Hope to shake up messaging apps
Ccp Vr Investment
EVE Online dev CCP Games raises $30 million to target VR
Venture capital and private equity firms ponying up
Measured Ambition
We invest in culture not games, says Supercell investor Index Ventures
Longterm focus
Derby Promise
UK super angel Chris Lee invests in UK studio Eight Pixels Square
Dev on the up
Big Boots
Nexon and Respawn unite to bring Titanfall to mobile in 2016
Both invest in US startup Particle City
Netease Invest
NetEase continues aggressive western expansion, investing $2.5 million in core start-up Reforged Studios
Industry veterans working on a fantasy army battler
Ready For Asia
High-profile Finns lead Koukoi Games' $1 million funding round
Frontier Accelerator leads the funding
Rocket Fuel
Mobile data outfit Adjust takes funding to $30m as it closes $17 million D round
Data at scale
Series B Success
Playlab lands $5m funding in first external investment
Monk's Hill Ventures expands Playlab's ambitions
Evolving
Mino Games closes $2.2 million funding round and launches casual-core sequel Mino Monsters 2
All systems go again
Walking With Giants
Futurefly bags $2.5 million seed funding from Facebook, Snapchat, Whatsapp investors
Finnish startup gets big bucks, and big experience