I missed this announcement last week, but I think it’s important enough to bring up now. Emergent Game Technologies, creator of the Gamebryo middleware, has raised $12.5 million to strengthen the product. Hopewell Ventures led the round,...

MindCandy, perhaps best known amongst the gaming community for its pioneering Alternative Reality Game Perplexcity, has been very active recently, according to TechCrunch. MindCandy is now the home of Moshi Monsters, an educational virtual world aimed at...

Facial animation middleware provider ImageMetrics has closed a $6.5 million funding round led by Saffron Hill Ventures, according to TechCrunch. Great new for the guys, but also good news for people who want to see the cost...

Two recent stories have demonstrated how the real-world economies of massively-multiplayer online games are thriving. TechCrunch reports that Playspan has raised $16.8 million to expand its virtual goods marketplace. The money came from existing investors including Easton...

Kudos to Kristian Segerstrale and the team at Playfish. Playfish has just secured $17 million in funding from Accel Partners and Index Ventures. This takes the total that the team has raised to $21 million. I have...

Last month marked the creation of a global subscription service for games when Turner injected its US-based Gametap subscription service into Metaboli, a predominantly-European service. Turner injected Gametap in return for substantial equity in the merged company....

Big Fish, the casual games company, today announced that it had raised $83 million from top tier investors including Balderton, General Catalyst and Salmon River. Balderton, of course, owns 100% of Codemasters, a stake in Habbo Hotel...