Hypemasters raises $3.25M to make World War Armies mobile RTS game
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Mobile game developer Hypemasters has raised $3.25 million to make its mobile real-time strategy game World War Armies.
GEM Capital and The Games Fund (TGF) led the round, with participation from the Turkish VC fund Ludus. About $2 million came from GEM Capital, $1 million came from The Games Fund, and $250,000 came from Ludus.
Hypemasters is a video game developer founded in 2019 by Boris Kalmykov (ex-Facebook and Unity). The company has 34 people. The company’s debut game, World War Armies, is an ambitious competitive multiplayer RTS set during World War II.
The team hopes to reimagine and adapt classic multiplayer gameplay for mobile while preserving and amplifying the essence of the authentic RTS player-vs-player experience.
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“This is a breakthrough moment for Hypemasters,” said Boris Kalmykov, Hypemasters cofounder and CEO, in a statement. “Funding from new partners — GEM Capital and Ludus — together with follow-on investment from TGF will help us strengthen the team, launch World War Armies and continue growing beyond a single game.”
He added, “At this point we also part our ways with MGVC and want to thank them for a great kickstart and all the support they provided during our journey. This is a new chapter on a path of an independent global company journey, and we feel privileged to be working with professional gaming VC’s. We look
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