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Istanbul’s Dream Games snaps up $50M and launches its first game, the puzzle-based Royal Match On the back of Zynga acquiring Turkey’s Peak Games for $1.8 billion last year and then following it up with another gaming acquisition in the country, Turkey has been making a name for itself as a hub for mobile gaming startups, and specifically those building casual puzzle games, the wildly popular and very sticky format that takes players through successive graphic challenges that test their logic, memory and ability to think under time pressure. Today, one of the more promising of those start...

Dream will use the cash to expand its audience following the full launch of its debut title, Royal Match.

Article content (Bloomberg) — Istanbul-based mobile gaming startup Dream Games, founded by veterans of Turkey’s first gaming unicorn Peak, has raised $50 million to develop casual puzzle games and help build a following for its first title. The Series A round brings Dream’s total capital raised to $57.5 million, and was led by Index Ventures with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital and Makers Fund, according to a statement. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Veterans of First Turkish Gaming Unicorn Raise Funds for Startu...

Team17 CEO Debbie Bestwick, UKIE boss Dr Jo Twist and NDreams' Nadine Oehmcke also set for April show

Two major roundtables and a new speaker have been added to the GI Live: Online schedule. GI Live: Online is the new indie developer business event from the teams behind GamesIndustry.biz and EGX Rezzed. It takes place via Discord and MeetToMatch over Wednesday, April 14th and Friday, April 16th between 9:30am - 8pm UK time. Valve will be speaking with a group of indie devs at the event to offer advice on how to make the most of Steam. Meanwhile, industry legend Ian Livingstone CBE has joined the line-up with Hiro Capital, and will offer guidance and information for studios on investment.