Getting a local investor is as hard and rare as it gets.  Miscalculating the amount of money and time taken to make a video game can tick off any investor that you might have, and it’s not anything new for me, I have seen that kind of situations many times before. For a foreign investor, you need to: Do your homework, create a good demo, prepare and document the various information an investor needs. Create a decent portfolio that shows you have experience. If wanting to pitch for a game, you should have at the very least multiple tech demos and preferably smaller games in your portfolio. Also, find…

Twitter’s latest major chunk of backing comes from the Arab world as Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal invested $300 million into the microblogging site according to Bloomberg. Twitter has not made a statement about the investment other than to confirm that it was made. As the social network attempts to improve their revenue stream and appeal to advertisers, the investment means having a little more time to lose money and perfect their business model. Depending on which numbers you believe, the site has between 100 million and 250 million users worldwide. “They are looking to give themselves…