INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
With most new social media startups seeming to dial in on specific communities to thrive in a still Facebook-dominated sphere, some of the
more broadly focused social investments from top VCs are going into online gaming.The latest is Mainframe Industries, a Nordic game studio
building a massively multiplayer online title
mobile as it is on PC/console.Building a robust mobile game that meets console/PC gamers expectations has been one of the more tenuous
pursuits of the past decade, and one that has more often than not led to watered-down experiences
game-streaming advances lower technical barriers, his team can focus wholly on solving the user experience challenges.A big focus seems to
be leveraging cross-play with more consistent experiences on differently powered devices thanks to cloud streaming
though he is mum on details regarding what that will look like in the eventual release.The startup has some big names supporting them in
Riot Games, Maki.vc, Play Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures and Crowberry Capital also participated in the round.Andreessen Horowitz, already
Series A, a startup aiming to make shared virtual reality experiences more common by building out physical retail locations in malls and
shopping areas across the globe
may represent the future of social networks
They are also, however, platform bets that are rooted in early content plays, which can be notoriously difficult to pick winners in.While
that building a great game was the most critical
Gunnarsson plans to use this round of funding to reach a closed alpha of their title
