Big Fish Games swallows Grubby Games

Big Fish Games swallows Grubby Games

Big Fish Games has acquired game development studio Grubby Games as it makes its first big spend from the whopping $83.3 million war chest it raised last year September to fuel expansion. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the Big Fish Games blog… Continue Reading

Casual games are growing but have a mixed outlook

Casual games are growing but have a mixed outlook

Paul Thelen, chairman and chief strategy officer of casual game distributor Big Fish Games, said his company grew faster in the fourth quarter than it did at any time in the past two years. That raises the question: Just how is the recession affecting casual… Continue Reading

Updated: Game and virtual world fundings top $885 million in 2008

Updated: Game and virtual world fundings top $885 million in 2008

See our updated post on this data.

We’ve updated to include data from Virtual World Management’s list, so the number is much bigger than we reported earlier]. In 2008, VentureBeat chronicled lots of game and virtual world fundings. Our updated list shows 93 game companies that… Continue Reading

Big Fish Games raises $83 million venture round for downloadable games

Big Fish Games raises $83 million venture round for downloadable games

The party is on for video game entrepreneurs. Big Fish Games just raised the bar for the industry by reeling in a huge venture round by video game standards.

The Seattle-based casual downloadable games company raised $83 million in a first round of financing from Balderton… Continue Reading