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Game Developer Realtime Worlds Raises $31 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 8, 2006 - 2:17pm.
Dundee, Scotland - Independent video game developer Realtime Worlds announced on Friday that it has raised $31 million in financing from New Enterprise Associates.
tags: Games | Deals | VC | Tech | NEA | Game Developers | Realtime Worlds |

3D Graphics Patent Suit Expanded from Game Developers to 19 PC Makers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2004 - 8:56am.
Dallas, Texas -- A Texas law firm that earlier this week sued 12 video game publishers for allegedly infringing a 3D graphics patent has extended its litigation to include 19 PC manufacturers, including HP, IBM, Dell, Sony, Sharp and Toshiba. The Dallas-based law firm of McKool Smith said that in addition to the 3D graphics display patent, it believes the PC makers may be infringing on six other patents, all of which were originally purchased by the firm itself from Oregon-based Tektronix. The firm will likely seek to settle the lawsuits out of court, forcing the defendants to consider paying a license fee rather than pay for patent experts to investigate the firm's claims and lawyers to defend them.
tags: Game Developers | 3D Graphics | PC Makers | Expanded |

U.K. to Help Russian Nuclear Scientists Become Game Developers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2004 - 8:49am.
London -- The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced on Friday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Russia to launch a multi-million-dollar program to help former nuclear weapon scientists become video game designers. The U.K.-Russia Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership program (CNCP) is part of the U.K.'s contribution to a $20 million pledge by G8 countries to counter the proliferation of nuclear material and promote nuclear safety in the former Soviet Union. One of the projects that received grant investment arranges for former Soviet software designers from three Russian cities to participate in this year's European Games Network Event. "With outsourcing of software programming gaining popularity among U.K. companies in order to maintain their competitive edge, the CNCP is working to promote Russian technical capabilities and to develop some long-term commercial partnerships," the DTI said.
tags: Game Developers | U.K | Russian | Nuclear Scientists |

U.K. Program to Turn Russian Nuclear Scientists into Game Developers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 2, 2004 - 5:39am.
London -- The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry unveiled a new program called the U.K.-Russia Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership (CNCP) that aims to turn former Russian nuclear scientists into video game designers. "Games software designers today are looking for increasingly sophisticated programmers with backgrounds in physics and advanced maths," said Trade and Industry Minister Nigel Griffiths, speaking at the European Games Network exhibition in London this week. "These are exactly the skills that these former nuclear weapons scientists have who need to find ways to use their skills in peaceful pursuits." The 6-million-pound ($10.7 million) program is part of a wider $20 billion plan spearheaded by the G8 countries to counter proliferation of nuclear material in the former Soviet Union.
tags: Game Developers | U.K. Program | Russian Nuclear Scientists |

AOL, Cartoon Network Launch Contest for Online Game Developers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2004 - 7:45am.
Atlanta -- Time Warner subsidiaries AOL and Cartoon Network on Thursday announced a contest that will let a video game developer create an online game for CartoonNetwork.com. The "Project Goldmaster" contest will be offered in conjunction with the Independent Games Festival, which will determine ten finalists from which Cartoon Network will choose a winner. The winner will then develop a game based on a Cartoon Network property such as "Codename: Kids Next Door," "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" or "Samurai Jack." Development of the title will be chronicled in an online AOL Journal, which will post video vignettes, early storyboards, screen images and interviews with the game-makers for AOL members.
tags: Internet | AOL | Cartoon Network | Game Developers | Contest |