Emergent Game Technologies Lands $12.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 17, 2009 - 7:50am.

Calabasas, Calif. - Emergent Game Technologies, a provider of video game development tools, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $12.5 million in new funding, led by Hopewell Ventures.

Other investors included Worldview Technology Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Walker Ventures and Adena Ventures.

Calabasas, Calif.-based Emergent's Gamebryo development platform "allows developers to assign engineering staff, artists, designers and programmers to higher level game-specific tasks, helping the team deliver projects on time and on budget," the company said.

Gamebryo has been used in the development of more than 250 titles, from publishers including Electronic Arts, THQ, Take-Two Interactive and Disney.

http://www.emergent.net