Vainglory mobile game developers have raised $ 26 million in the development of the project

Company Super Evil Megacorp, developer of the popular mobile game Vainglory, attracted investments totaling $ 26 million. One of the investors was the Russian capitalist Yuri Milner.

The game Vainglory - a mobile analogue popular worldwide Dota 2, but with an adaptation of the capabilities of tablets and smartphones. Immediately after the release of MOBA-strategy gained wide popularity among gamers. According to statistics, the daily audience of the game is over 1 million gamers who play more than 60 minutes a day.

Company Super Evil Megacorp (SEM) will spend the funds on the expansion of staff, involvement of partners and marketing. The company's mission - to promote the game among a larger number of users. To date, small-Vainglory competitions already held, but the purpose of SEM - to bring the game to the level of full-fledged cyber disciplines. South Korea has already been a great championship with the prize fund of $ 70,000.

In addition to a number of funds, part of the funds invested in the round, and Russian investor Yuri Milner, whom Forbes magazine has included in the list of the most influential IT business world with the assessment of capital of $ 3.3 billion. The potential of Super Evil Megacorp estimated highly enough investors. Cause? Huge sales of mobile gadgets (1.5 billion devices vs. PC 300 million for the previous year), for which Vainglory just designed.