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Netmarble invests $190m in label behind K-pop group BTS
The deal follows announcement of BTS World, a Netmarble game based on the band
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Why is early stage funding tough to find for game start-ups?
Makers Fund founding partner Jay Chi wants to solve a shortage of Series A support in the market; portfolio includes Bossa, Typhoon, Tiny Build, Superdata, and more
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Banning cryptocurrency ads is "short-sighted"
But firms preparing for token sales remain confident they will raise the funds they seek
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Record-breaking VR/AR start-ups raised over $3.6bn in last 12 months
Video games one of only two sectors to secure more than 10% of investment deals
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GameStop annual income down by $300m due to fourth quarter "asset impairment"
Sales up 7.2 per cent to $9.2 billion with net income of $34.7 million
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StarVR files for $16.4m IPO in Taiwan
Virtual reality arm of beleaguered developer Starbreeze prepares to go public
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Rovio proposes pay cuts for chairman and owner amid financial worries
Investor disappointing and sub-par game performances spell salary shake-up at Angry Birds firm
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Sadiq Khan aims to attract £30m for developers with new Games London investment
UPDATE: City mayor pledges £1.2m for London Games Festival organisers, ensuring three more years of events
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Team17 plots £200m float
The Worms creator to become the UK's biggest third-party games publisher
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Nolan Bushnell movie to be funded by cryptocurrency
New currency Bushnell Token created to help finance biopic on games industry veteran
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Tencent's Q4 profit doubles
Big jumps in mobile games and smaller PC growth boost Chinese giant as financial year closes
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Klang secures $5m investment to develop AI-driven MMO Seed
Venture capital firm Makers Fund leads investment in “genre-breaking” title
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Fig turns a profit for some investors
Crowdfunding/investment site has provided positive returns on two of three released games, and one unreleased one
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Virtuos planning $30m investment in new studios by 2020
Outsourcing firm tells GamesIndustry.biz about its plans following $15m funding round and new Singapore HQ
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President Trump blocks $117 billion Qualcomm takeover
Singaporean rival Broadcom prevented from buying US chip firm over "national security" concerns
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Tencent invests up to $1bn into streaming services within 24 hours
Chinese giant poured $632m into Douyu and led a $461m funding round into its rival Huya
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Blast seeks to gamify savings
Service's pitch to players is it will help them save money, pitch to publishers is that it will help them get more money from players
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Kixeye secures $20m funding for machine learning platform
Mobile firm claims tech optimises gameplay and monetisation to solve the 'one-hit wonder problem'
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Toys R Us planning to liquidate US operation - Report
Bankrupt retailer's already grim outlook has taken a turn for the worse, hopes fading for acquisition or debt restructuring
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V2 Games' Future Fund invests in WWE Champions dev Kung Fu Factory
Free-to-play studio is the first beneficiary of $10m fund to drive innovation in games
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Nintendo expected to overtake Microsoft in 2018
IHS Markit's 2017 full-year figures also show console market enjoyed biggest growth in six years
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Unhappy Rovio says 2017 was its 'best ever year'
Revenue and Profit rise sharply, but miss analyst expectations
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Ubisoft acquires Blue Mammoth Games
Atlanta-based developer of free-to-play fighter Brawlhalla snapped up by the French publisher
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UK enjoys record-breaking year with £5.11bn spent on video games in 2017
Valuation by trade body UKIE shows digital games market exceeded £1.5bn for the first time ever
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Toys R Us enters administration
3,000 UK jobs at risk at long-running toy retailer, although stores remain open