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Lightheart Entertainment在种子基金中为其称之为“超核级”（Hyper Core）的手机游戏募集了140万美元，该公司宣称该游戏足以愉悦硬核派玩家的同时仍具有易使用性。
Galaxy Interactive利用Galaxy EOS VC 基金引领该轮投资。资金将被用以发展该公司的首款游戏Mr.Autofire，同时执行其产品战略。
位于赫尔辛基的Lightheart Entertainment始于2019年，最初由Sisu Game Venture以及游戏行业的天使投资人领衔投资。该公司希望将游戏深植玩家心中，成为其习惯，但又能接触到广泛的用户。在2019年末历经三个月的研发后，该公司推出了Mr.Autofire。相似的游戏为Moniker Midcore，但Lightheart却称此款游戏为“超核”（Hyper Core）。
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受到游戏早期基准优势的启发，该团队计划发展Mr.Autofire并推出更多的产品，以探索新型的手机游戏领域。
Lightheart Entertainment 的CEO Kalle Kaivola在一次声明中提及，该公司尝试尽可能缩短摸索市场的时间。这需要团队拥有强大的决策能力，并确保每位员工都能够各尽所长。他同时提到与Galaxy Interactive的首次会谈展现出其对现代游戏发展动态的了解，在这个领域内，数据与匠心之作相互碰撞。
Mr.Autofire在美国的试运营成为了话题，该游戏表现得不错。它的名字在今年稍晚些时候将燃炸全球。
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Galaxy Interactive的总监Sam Englebardt（他稍后将在我们的GamesBeat 数字峰会中演讲）在一次谈话中提及公司文化表明Lightheart 团队将在首款游戏中大获全胜。
Galaxy Interactive管理并获得Galaxy EOS VC 基金（软件开发公司Block.one的合作企业）的3250万美元的投资，专攻视频游戏、电子竞技、数字对象、虚拟现实及增强现实（VR/AR），以及其他技术。
其他近期投资包括Mythical Games、Genvid、N3twork、High Fidelity、Immutable、Current、Good Money等。
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Lightheart Entertainment has raised $1.4 million in seed funding for what it calls “hyper core” mobile games, which it says are deep enough to entertain hardcore gamers while still having accessible features.
Galaxy Interactive, using the Galaxy EOS VC Fund, led the investment round. The money will be used to grow the company’s first game, Mr. Autofire, and execute on its product strategy.
The Helsinki-based Lightheart Entertainment started in 2019, with the investment initially led by Sisu Game Ventures and game industry angel investors. Conceived with a vision of building games that are deep enough to turn into hobbies but approachable enough to have a wide audience, the company shipped Mr. Autofire after three months of development in late 2019. Similar games go by the moniker midcore, but Lightheart calls them “hyper core.”
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Encouraged by the strength of the game’s early metrics, the team plans to grow Mr. Autofire and explore the emerging mobile gaming space with more products.
Lightheart Entertainment CEO Kalle Kaivola said in a statement that the company tries to minimize the time it takes to learn something from the key source: the market. That requires a culture of enabling powerful decision-making within teams and making sure every employee can bring their skills to bear, Kaviola said. He said that the first talks with Galaxy Interactive showed it understood the dynamics of modern game development, where data meets craftsmanship.
Mr. Autofire debuted as a test launch in the U.S., and it has performed well. The title will debut globally later this year.
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Galaxy Interactive head Sam Englebardt (who will be speaking at our GamesBeat Summit Digital event) said in a statement that early conversations about company culture showed that the team at Lightheart would go well beyond the success of the first game.
Galaxy Interactive manages and invests from the $325 million Galaxy EOS VC Fund (a partnership with software development company, Block.one) with a particular focus on videogames, esports, digital objects, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), and lifestyle applications that leverage blockchain and other technologies.
Other recent investments include Mythical Games, Genvid, N3twork, High Fidelity, Immutable, Current, Good Money, and others.
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