GameDev musings, weekly round-up 💸 April 2nd week week

Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗

🔊 Shout out to new studios, game funds… 🕹️ April 2ndweek round-up on investments 💸

1. Epic Games raises $2B in funding from Sony and Kirkbi (Lego)

2. Cocos raises $50M to fuel open-source game engine growth

3. Shrapnel raises $7M in the private token sale and reveals plans for shooter title

4. Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games to bring blockchain to racing games

5. Animoca Brands acquires 70% of Darewise Entertainment

6. First Light Games raised a $5M seed round from Mechanism and Animoca

7. Epic Games invests in Brazilian Developer Aquiris

8. Beamdog is to be acquired by Aspyr Media

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