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Six Degrees Games Raises $7 Million In Venture Capital

2008_08_01_sixdegrees.jpgSix Degrees Games, developer and publisher of the upcoming tween-orientated virtual world Action AllStars, has been revealed to have raised venture capital worth $7 million. The funding was disclosed in the the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree Q2 report from earlier this month.

No names of investors were disclosed, however Prism VentureWorks now lists Six Degrees as a portfolio firm of the company.

Six Degrees Games was founded in 2006 and includes Mark Koerner (previously of Naughty Dog) as Creative Director, and David Ortiz (previously of EA) as Vice President of Product Development.

The company has been developing Action AllStars, a sports-themed virtual world designed for ages six to 14-years-old (but open to all ages). The virtual world is currently in closed beta.

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