Cellular video games maker Tremendous Evil Megacorp, creators of Vainglory a recreation for iOS and Android units, has raised US$19 million (RM81.5 million) in funding from its present traders which embody Index Ventures, Korea Funding Companions, Signia Enterprise Companions, Normal Catalyst amongst a number of others.
Vainglory is a cell recreation of the multiplayer on-line battle area (MOBA) style that’s just like video games like Dota 2 and League of Legends.
Tremendous Evil Megacorp will utilise the financing spherical to broaden its workforce and ship on its mission to construct the perfect MOBA expertise for touchscreen avid gamers.
“Already probably the most aggressive cell MOBA available on the market, with an energetic world esports scene and rising neighborhood, Vainglory is off to an incredible begin,” Tremendous Evil Megacorp chief government officer Kristian Segerstrale mentioned.
“Along with our traders we’re doubling down on our missions to construct the perfect core gaming experiences for the touchscreen era, and to create a house for gifted recreation builders who’re captivated with pushing the boundaries of the business,” he mentioned.
Segerstrale defined that the funding will likely be utilised to develop the corporate’s workforce of recreation designers, engineers and artists. Tremendous Evil Megacorp may even use the funding to proceed growing its proprietary multi-platform E.V.I.L. engine that has allowed Vainglory to ship gorgeous graphics and delightful visuals.
Presently, the studio is closely targeted on growing Vainglory’s upcoming 5v5 recreation mode, which can add to the strategic depth of the sport and provide extra to the already thriving Vainglory aggressive neighborhood.
In response to the corporate, Vainglory has made an influence on the cell recreation scene simply two years after its launch. It claims the sport is already the world’s largest cell eSports recreation with greater than 3,000 groups throughout North America and Europe alone, 1,500 groups in APAC and over 1 billion matches performed.
The corporate has additionally partnered with the likes of Apple, Samsung, Google, Amazon, ESL and others to ship competitions and eSports occasions for followers internationally.
Tremendous Evil Megacorp has not too long ago been making heavy forays into the Southeast Asian (SEA) market having held the SEA Spring Championships in Manila and took part in Singapore’s annual Youth celebrations on the Shine Pageant 2017, the place they had been a part of a line-up that featured eSports for the primary time within the pageant’s 12 yr historical past.
The corporate mentioned it plans to carry the 2017 Vainglory World Championship in Singapore bringing the sport full circle because it was examined in early beta within the island republic again in 2013.
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