Games Industry Biz reports: “Hypersonic Laboratories has raised $7 million in a series A round led by Play Ventures. AppWorks, WTIC, KB Investment, and Alex Ekvall also contributed to the round, with the funding going towards further development of Helix. The sandbox platform aims at facilitating the creation of role-playing mods and servers. Helix is due to launch in a closed alpha later this year.”