Company officials have announced the formation of GCube Captial, a new venture capital firm from former THQ VP Shiraz Akmal and global investment manager Jawad Ansari, which they say will invest in "evolutionary and disruptive business models" for the games industry. Akmal (pictured) said that as what he calls "the first VC firm focusing on the global videogame industry," GCube would "help develop extraordinary ideas into world class businesses, and support much needed industry entrepreneurship and innovation." The company told VC weblog Venture Beat that it hopes to look beyond traditional investing opportunities which usually... read more...