日前，世界最大的社交游戏开发商之一Kabam公司宣布在C轮融资中获得3000万美元，这笔资金将用于今后的企业收购、新游戏开发等业务扩展。

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据游戏邦了解，这轮融资由美国红点投资（Redpoint Ventures）和英特尔投资（Intel Capital）为主导，另外，Kabam创立之初的支持者Canaan Partners也参与了本轮融资。

Kabam成立于2006年，原名为Watercooler，总部位于加州雷德伍德城，目前在旧金山、北京和德国萨尔布吕肯市均设有工作室，企业规模已从去年的20名员工快速增长至目前的200人。

游戏邦还获知，Kabam在Facebook平台上的《Kingdoms of Camelot》、《Dragons of Atlantis》和《Glory of Rome》等游戏的月活跃用户人数将近770万，主要致力于让玩家进行互动的实时游戏。

该公司表示将在2011年初发布数款新游戏，本次融资的3000万美元将用于扩大现有工作室的规模，开发更具创新性和知名度的社交游戏，同时也将继续寻找企业收购对象（游戏邦注：该公司在去年10月收购了Wonderhill公司）。

该公司首席执行官Kevin Chou表示，Kabam采用的是不同于其他社交游戏公司的发展策略，他们的游戏并非锁定“休闲”游戏玩家，主要吸引对硬核游戏感兴趣的玩家，相信这轮融资一定会加快公司的发展步伐。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Kabam Raises $30M For Acquisitions, Studio Expansion, And More Social Games

Kabam, a developer of massively multiplayer social games, announced it raised $30 million in a series C round that will fund future acquisitions, new titles, and the firm’s further expansion.

The round was led by Redpoint Ventures and Intel Capital while Canaan Partners, a previous backer that incubated Kabam at the start-up’s seed stage, also participated. This new investment brings the developer’s total cash raised to $39.5 million.

Originally founded in late 2006 under the name Watercooler, Kabam is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. The company has studios in San Francisco, Beijng, and Saarbrucken (Germany), and rapidly grew its headcount last year from 20 employees to now 200.

Kabam has nearly 7.7 million monthly users on Facebook playing titles like Kingdoms of Camelot, Dragons of Atlantis, and Glory of Rome. It focuses on creating titles that allow people to play with and against each other in real-time and in persistent game worlds.

The company says it has several titles launching in early 2011, and that this $30 million will go toward further expanding its existing studios, producing more original and branded social games, and making “targeted acquisitions” similar to its Wonderhill purchase last October.

“Kabam has pursued a distinctly different strategy than other social game companies. Rather than target ‘casual’ players, we are focused on creating a new segment of games that appeal to a more core gamer demographic,” says Kabam CEO Kevin Chou. “This infusion of capital enables us to further our aggressive growth plans.” （source:gamasutra）