Independent game developer Realtime Worlds proudly announced today that it has raised $50 million in funding. The funding drive was performed by Maverick Capital, who led the new investment round with existing investor New Enterprise Associates and WPP, a world leader in marketing communications services. The investment will go into the studio’s growth and expansion as it develops its new properties as well as work on bringing MMO games to the market.

The studio was founded in 2002 by CEO and Creative Director David Jones alongside industry veterans Ian Hetherington and Tony Harman. To this date, the studio has pushed out Crackdown, a Xbox 360-exclusive title, that has won them much acclaim. They are currently working on All Points Bulletin, a massively multiplayer online game in the urban action genre.