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Lumari is a new social sandbox game with cute creatures, building capabilities and more

Gaming startup Proxima emerged from stealth earlier this week, announcing its funding round as well as its inaugural game, Lumari, a social sandbox adventure game that appears to be a cross between An

Dorian’s no-code, interactive storytelling app turns fiction writers into game developers

As an interactive storytelling platform, Dorian is building a new way for writers to make money off of their fiction by turning their tales into choose-your-own-adventure mobile games. As users naviga

Role’s video role-playing platform makes a $2.75M charm attempt on the burgeoning tabletop world

Tabletop gaming is in the middle of a historic boom, despite recent restrictions imposed on in-person gatherings by COVID. The tools adopted by game masters and casual players to play remotely are pow

VCs hunt for platform opportunities in ‘hyper-casual’ gaming

There are billions of gamers on the planet, and even as gaming consoles and devices grow more powerful, there’s a good deal of investor attention being paid to so-called “hyper-casual&#822

Brain Training App Peak Scores $7 Million Series A Round

Late last year I declared a penchant for so-called brain training games, which claim to be able to help you improve your cognitive ability, while also cleverly tapping into the casual mobile gaming ph

Finnish Game Studio PlayRaven Raises $4.1M To Bring Strategy Games To Touchscreens

Norwegian VC Northzone seems to have a penchant for investing in mobile gaming companies right now. After leading Space Ape Games’ recent $7 million Series C round, the venture capital firm has

Europe’s Game Sector Gets New Seed Fund Raised By LVP, Backed By Nexon, Zynga CEO, Wargaming

London Venture Partners (LVP) has announce a new early stage seed fund focused primarily on the European games sector. The eponymously named 'LVP Seed Fund I' is LVP's first fund raised from third par