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Silver Lake Invests $400 Million In Unity
Silver Lake, a private equity firm has agreed to invest $400 million in Unity Technologies, revealed John Riccitiello, the CEO of Unity. This investment values the game development software based in San Francisco at $2.6 billion. The deal still needs to be approved by the regulators, Riccitiello said. He also mentioned that about half of the money will allow some of the employees and early shareholders to cash out. “A big chunk of it is secondary and that’s because it makes sense to let employees buy cars,” he said. “In terms of primary capital we don’t ultimately need all that primary capital—the capital is safety when we’re investing to grow as fast as we are.” Unity Technologies was founded back in 2004, has become of the most popular game engines, with titles de...
GDC2015: Go Gaga as a Game Developer
Game Developers Conference (GDC) is termed as “An event designed to inform and educate game industry professionals on online multiplayer games, mobile and next generation game technologies.” This year it honed its roots for game developers. It’s an event which every game dev will cherish for years at least for a year from now. Let’s jump right into all the key announcements for Game devs from GDC 2015. I am sure this will make you as a Game Developer Happy, Very Happy :). Marmalade’s Google Chromecast Extension Marmalade, a cross platform tools firm demonstrated its Google Chromecast extension at GDC. The new software will help developers explore some of the new game mechanics and experiences made possible by Google’s Chromecast device, which enables users to stream content from a sm...