UK Games Fund gets $9.78m (£8m) from the UK government. The program said the money will be used to support small lo developers developing new video games in the UK. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/uk-games-… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #ukgamesfund

Hello from GamesRound, and welcome to our weekly news roundup. Here’s a look at what is making headlines in the gaming industry over the past two weeks. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/gamesroun… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #gamesroundweekly

Clockwork Labs has secured $22 million in a funding round led by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz to develop its first community sandbox MMORPG BitCraft. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/clockwork… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #clockworklabs #bitcraft

Earth From Another Sun (EFAS) has secured $4.5m to develop its sandbox space conquest game. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/earth-fro… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #earthfromanothersun

Melbourne-based Lumi Interactive has raised $6.75 million to further develop and launch its upcoming mobile game, Kinder World. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/lumi-inte… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #luminteractive #kinderworld

Hypemasters has raised $3.25m to create World War Armies, a mobile RTS game. The game is now in open beta and is expected to be released globally this summer. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/hypemaste… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #hypemasters

Miniclip has agreed to buy Subway Surfers mobile game developer Sybo for an undisclosed sum. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/miniclip-… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #miniclip #sybo #subwaysurfers

505 Games' parent company, Digital Bros, has acquired the publisher of the Marvel Puzzle Quest and Puzzle Quest: The Legend Returns—D3 Go! for an undisclosed amount. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/505-games… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #505games #d3go

Helsinki-based new studio Bit Odd has raised €5m ($5.24m) in funding. The company plans to use the funds to create 'a sense of wonder and weirdness in gaming.' Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/new-studi… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #bitodd

Private equity firm Joffre Capital has bought a minority stake in Playtika for $2.2 billion. Playtika was previously owned by Caesars Interactive Entertainment. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/joffre-ca… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #playtika

Omeda Studios has raised $20m in Series A funding. The studio will use the funds to expand hiring in preparation for the launch of its debut title, Predecessor. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/omeda-stu… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #omedastudios

Hello from GamesRound, and welcome to our weekly news roundup. Here’s a look at what is making headlines in the gaming industry over the past two weeks. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/gamesroun… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #gamesroundweekly

Blizzard has acquired fantasy battle royale game Spellbreak developer Proletariat for an unknown sum. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/blizzard-… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #blizzard #proletariat

Chinese video games giant NetEase has invested 'millions' into Polish VR studio Something Random. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/netease-i… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #netease #somethingrandom

Resolution Games has acquired Swedish VR studio Zenz VR for an unknown sum. The company also reported its fifth consecutive year of profitability for 2021. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/resolutio… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #resolutiongames #zenzvr

Games platform Dorian has acquired otome games developer Nix Hydra. With this acquisition—Dorian continues on its plans to expand its portfolio of story-driven games. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/games-pla… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #dorian #nixhydra

Supercell has invested an additional $37m in Beatstar maker Space Ape Games increasing its stake in the studio has increased to 75% from 62.6%. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/beatstar-… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #supercell #spaceapegames

Nordisk Games has acquired 100% of Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games. Previously, Nordisk Games owned a 30.7% stake in Supermassive Games. Read more on GamesRound news: gamesround.com/blog/nordisk-g… #gamesroundnews #gamedev #gamenews #nordiskgames #supermassivegames

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