Playdemic secures new funding round, $3 million from IBM's founders
UK social game developer Playdemic announced today that it completed a major funding round to support its efforts of leading the charge on “second-generation social gaming.”
The exact amount of the fundraising round wasn’t revealed in Playdemic’s announcement, but it did disclose that $3 million came from the Watson family (the grandchildren of Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM). The company is also bringing David Watson onto its board, as a non-executive director. The studio also says it’s planning to use the money to expand both development and publishing efforts and launch a minimum of four new games by the end of the year.
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