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Hiro Capital Leads $6.4m Investment in Game Innovators Twin Suns Corp and FRVR Twin Suns Corp is a new AAA-game studio, founded by >20-year industry veterans Tim Longo Jr. ( Star Wars: Republic Commando, Halo, Tomb Raider), Forest Swartout Large ( Hitman and Tomb Raider), and Jeff Morris ( Gears of War and Unreal Tournament). Twin Suns Corp is building a next-gen AAA cross-platform title that will launch an exciting new IP franchise; with additional team members that have worked on Star Wars, ...

PC World New Zealand GeForce NOW is coming soon to Australia A cloud gaming system that will turn your devices into a powerful gaming rig. Credit: Dominic Bayley PC gamers besotted with the idea of accessing their games on any device at any time will soon be in for a treat when GeForce NOW beta releases in Australia. GeForce NOW is Nvidias much anticipated cloud-based game streaming service supporting cloud-based streaming on what Nvidia has promised to be just about any device you m...

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: three of the UK’s top watchdogs have joined forces to tighten digital and online services regulation; streaming platform Twitch is believed to be trialling a new tool to help match advertisers with suitable partners; and the eSports and games streaming industry is expected to grow to USD $3.5bn in value by 2025.   UK regulators join forces against Big Tech Three of the UK’s biggest consumer and industry authorities have joined forces to take on Big Te...

Venture Capital fund Hiro Capital has made investments in three international game studios. The three mobile and cross-platform studios – Snowprint in Stockholm/Berlin, Double Loop Games in San Francisco, and Happy Volcano in Belgium – will use Hiro’s investment to expand their development pipelines and accelerate global growth. They join UK and US Games studios Flavourworks, Polyarc and Lightfox in the Hiro Capital portfolio, alongside pioneers in the gamification of Games Streaming and ...

Ian Livingstone, co-founding partner at Hiro Capital, said, “We are excited to begin 2021 by announcing Hiro’s investment in three amazing games studios, Snowprint, Double Loop and Happy Volcano. Each studio has demonstrated innovation and expertise in developing fun to play games which resonate with today’s audiences. I’m especially pleased that one of the studios came through our first Dark Star™ event for emerging indies looking to scale their businesses. If only venture capital h...