Tag Archives: games

FanDuel receives $4 m in a round led by Piton Capital

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Edinburgh based Hubdub Ltd, which is the developer and operator of FanDuel, has just closed a $4 million Series B investment round. Aside of Piton Capital, the venture capital firm which led this recent round, existing investors like the … Continue reading →

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Grey Area launches Shadow Cities in Europe

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Grey Area, the Finland based developer for smartphone games, just launched the MMO game “Shadow Cities” in 13 European countries. The new game is free and available through local iTunes-stores in Germany, UK, Italy, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, … Continue reading →

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Angry Birds creator Rovio acquired an animation studio

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Rovio, the Espoo (Finland) based developer of the famous Angry Birds-game, yesterday announced the acquisition of a Finnish animation studio named Kombo. The concrete terms of this deal are undisclosed but it has been announced that Rovio acquired Kombo with … Continue reading →

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New round of financing for virtual world “Fliplife”

Posted on February 7, 2011 by admin

Fliplife, the browser based virtual world out of Germany, just announced a further round of financing in the 7-figures. The investors are the Mountain Super Angels and previous investors like HighTech Gründerfonds. According to the Cologne based gaming startup the virtual world “Fliplife” is currently growing by about … Continue reading →

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Interview with Heiko Hubertz (Bigpoint)

Posted on December 11, 2010 by admin

For our 4th interview we just had the chance to talk to the founder and CEO of Bigpoint, wich is definetly one of the biggest Internet successes out of Germany. His company develops and operates browser games – and as a publisher, content provider and developer, Bigpoint is setting new … Continue reading →