Free-to-play developer Socialspiel announces round of funding, new CEO

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Free-to-play games developer Socialspiel has announced a six-figure funding round, as well as a change of CEO. The Austrian game developer is comprised of former RockStar Games developers, which, combined, have contributed to the development of over 50 games for console, mobile and more.

The €200,000 angel round of investment was led by German angel fun FLOOR13, and joined by Mike Borras and Clemens Beer, both industry veterans. In addition, Beer will join Socialspiel’s Board, while Borras takes the reigns as CEO.

Speaking of the announcements, Socialspiel co-founder and COO Helmut Hutterer was optimistic about the company’s future.

“We

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