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$148.5 million pumped into virtual worlds in Q3, says VWM

October 15th, 2008 @ 21:47

According to Virtual Worlds Management, $148.5 million has been invested in in 12 virtual worlds-related companies during the third quarter, says IGN.

The total investment in the virtual worlds space is now over $493 million and counting for this year alone.

The Virtual Worlds London conference takes place October 20-21.

Full thing through the link.

By Mike Bowden

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Tags: virtual worlds

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