Redwood City's Trion Worlds Raises $85m for Online Gaming
Trion had previously raised $100 million, including a $70 million round in 2009. Also participating in the latest round was prior Trion investor Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, the German media conglomerate.
After years spent developing a sophisticated platform for delivering multimedia online games that can be played by many people at once, Trion last March launched its first game, "Rift," and more than a million people signed up for accounts in less than four months.
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