Crowdfunding proves fruitful for local game studio

In just more than a month, Springfield indie video game developer Pixelscopic LLC more than doubled its Kickstarter fundraising goal for its action role-playing game “Delver’s Drop.”

Making billions in video games

It’s rare that my passion for video games crosses over into the realm of my day-to-day business reporting, but a recent bit of news involving Gabe Newell, co-founder and managing director of Bellevue, Wash-based software firm Valve Corp., has allowed me to mix it up.