Emergent Game Tech gobbles up $14M for game development platform
Emergent Game Technologies, builder of applications for video-game development, has snapped up $14.4 million in equity, amending a filing from February reporting that the company raised more than $12.5 million, according to VentureWire.
Based in Calabasa, Calif., the company says it can slash game development costs by eliminating some need for back-end support. Its platform is used by high-profile clients like Disney and Electronic Arts and is capable of building games for the Playstation 3, Xbox… Continue Reading
Vicious Cycle releases new tool to make it easier to do cheaper cross-platform games
Game engines may not be sexy to talk about, but they are useful tools. They provide developers with a platform upon which they can make multiple games. So it’s no small matter that Vicious Cycle Software is announcing a new version of its game engine, the Vicious Engine 2, today.
This new game-making tool will be available at the Game Developers Conference in March, and will enable game developers to create games for the PC, PlayStation… Continue Reading
Emergent racks up $12.5M for game-development software
Emergent Game Technologies, a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of applications used to develop video games more cost-efficiently, just raised $12.5 million in fifth-round funding to support the commercialization of a new product, slated to launch during the Game Developers Conference in late March. The company claims its technology minimizes cost and development time by cutting down on the required back-end of game software. Right now, its Gamebryo platform is used by Disney, Electronic Arts, and others… Continue Reading
Nvidia encourages new generation of visual computing startups
I can remember the first interview I did with Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, back when the company was coming out of stealth in 1995. Since 3-D games didn’t exist back then, Huang described his graphics chip as the ideal “Windows accelerator.” And if you remember those days, Windows needed a lot of help. Then came no less than 50 3-D graphics startups. They all came and went. Nvidia remains.
The company’s newest cell phone… Continue Reading
Emergent Game Technologies raises $12M more for game applications
Emergent Game Technologies, a Calabasas, Calif. company that makes applications to help with game development, said it has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding.
The round was led by Jerusalem Venture Partners and Worldview Technology Partners, with some help from Adena Ventures, Walker Ventures, Copan, and Cisco Systems. Emergent says its its technology has been used in more than 200 gaming titles.
Here’s a story about the funding.
The company has so far raised… Continue Reading