The report says the game industry has invested more than 1 billion dollars in innovation this year.

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According to foreign media reports, VentureBeat released the latest research report, the 2010 game industry to get the total amount of venture capital has exceeded the 1 billion dollar mark, compared with a sharp increase of 58% last year. And just a few years ago, venture capitalists were less likely to dabble in the game industry, but as social and mobile gaming began to disrupt the traditional gaming landscape, more and more risky investors were venturing into the field.  The report said that in 2008, a total of 112 game companies received 936.8 million U.S. dollars in total investment, 2009, a total of 115 game companies received 663.1 million dollars in total investment, 2010 gaming industry to obtain the total venture capital of 1.05 billion U.S. dollars. There are many world-renowned institutions and companies such as Sequoia Capital, Kleiner venture capital, Andriessen Horowitz Fund, Providence Equity partner company, Singapore Temasek Holdings.  Investment partner John Doerr, the Kleiner Perkins Investment Agency, which manages the venture capital of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, said this year that they are the best investment option for the social gaming business, Zynga. Zynga is no doubt the best investor in the minds of risk investors this year, and after a successful 180 million trillion dollars last year, they have reaped a whopping $150 million trillion in Japanese SoftBank investment this year.  There are also rumours that Google intends to spend 100 million to 200 million dollars on strategic investments in Zynga. In addition, such as Disney spent 763.2 million of dollars to buy Playdom,dena 403 million U.S. dollars to buy Ngmoco, such as the big investment this year can not afford to ignore.
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