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Kwalee moves into casual games for Text Express: Word Adventure NEW PARTNERSHIPS Apr 22nd, 2024

Kwalee moves into casual games for Text Express: Word Adventure

Kwalee has partnered with Story Giant Games to become the new publisher of the award-winning puzzle game

Multi-million funding to ignite growth for UK games studios INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 19th, 2024

Multi-million funding to ignite growth for UK games studios

The UKGF's £3 million initiative will provide grants of up to £150,000 to 22 promising games companies in the UK

Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 18th, 2024

Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies

Their Prestiged fund will invest in financially stable game companies with earnings before interest, taxes, and more (EBIT) ranging from $531,000 to $21.2 million.

Date Type Companies involved Size
Feb 14th, 2020 investment as Tamatem Games $3.5m
Middle Eastern games publishing platform Tamatem locks $3.5 million in funding
Feb 13th, 2020 investment Bit Fry Game Studios $3.5m
Bit Fry Game Studios raises additional $3.5 million in funding
Feb 12th, 2020 acquisition Spil Games
Azerion 		Not disclosed
Azerion fully acquires Spil Games
Feb 12th, 2020 investment London Venture Partners
Double Loop Games 		$2.5m
Emily Greer's new mobile game studio Double Loop raises $2.5 million seed round
Feb 12th, 2020 partnership Samsung
Microsoft 		Not disclosed
Microsoft and Samsung team up for "cloud-based game streaming"
Feb 7th, 2020 partnership as Huawei
Google
Xiaomi 		Not disclosed
Chinese mobile companies partner up to take on Google Play
Feb 6th, 2020 investment Huuuge Games Not disclosed
Huuuge Games signs publishing deal with Pakistan-based Turbo Labz for its game Chess Star
Feb 5th, 2020 acquisition Improbable
Zeuz 		Not disclosed
Improbable acquires multiplayer service company Zeuz
Feb 3rd, 2020 investment Supercell
Wild Games 		$1.1m
€1m
Supercell invests $1.1 million in new Stockholm-based developer Wild Games
Feb 3rd, 2020 acquisition Ubisoft
Kolibri Games 		Not disclosed
Ubisoft moves further into mobile with acquisition of Kolibri Games
Jan 31st, 2020 partnership as Electronic Arts
Respawn Entertainment 		Not disclosed
EA confirms partnership for Apex Legends on mobile
Jan 30th, 2020 partnership Hasbro
Scopely
Mattel 		Not disclosed
Scopely scores partnership with Mattel and Hasbro for new Scrabble mobile game
Jan 30th, 2020 acquisition GameRefinery, a Liftoff company
Reflection.io 		Not disclosed
GameRefinery acquires app developer market insight firm Reflection.io
Jan 28th, 2020 investment Com2uS
Skybound 		Not disclosed
Com2uS is working on a new The Walking Dead mobile game
Jan 29th, 2020 investment London Venture Partners
Coda Labs 		$4m
Hypercasual mobile game publishing platform Coda raises $4 million from LVP
Jan 29th, 2020 acquisition as Garena
Phoenix Labs 		Not disclosed
Free Fire studio Garena acquires Phoenix Labs for an estimated $150 million
Jan 28th, 2020 license Atari Not disclosed
Atari pens deal to launch branded hotels across the US
Jan 28th, 2020 partnership as Square Enix Not disclosed
Square Enix and Suntory partner for Dragon Quest Walk missions via Japanese vending machines
Jan 27th, 2020 partnership Activision Blizzard
Google 		Not disclosed
Activision Blizzard and Google sign up for strategic "multi-year" streaming partnership
Jan 23rd, 2020 acquisition The Walt Disney Company
Scopely
FoxNext Games 		Not disclosed
Scopely acquires Marvel Strike Force developer FoxNext Games
Jan 22nd, 2020 acquisition Storm8
Stillfront Group 		$400m
Stillfront Group acquires casual developer Storm8 in deal worth up to $400 million
Jan 17th, 2020 partnership Google
BT Group 		Not disclosed
Google and BT partner to offer customers free Stadia Premiere with broadband deal
Jan 16th, 2020 partnership as Super League Gaming
Wanda Media 		Not disclosed
Super League Gaming partners with Wanda Cinemas Games to expand esports further in China
Jan 15th, 2020 acquisition Phoenix Games Not disclosed
Phoenix Games acquires German developer Sixteen Tons Entertainment for its growing development group
Jan 14th, 2020 partnership as Sony
Kadokawa Corporation
ForwardWorks 		Not disclosed
Sony's mobile studio ForwardWorks partners with Kadokawa Games for new smartphone title
Jan 10th, 2020 investment $2.2m
€2m
Hamburg to invest $2.2 million into local games industry over next four years
Jan 10th, 2020 investment as NPIXEL $25.9m
South Korean dev Npixel raises $25.9 million in series A funding
Jan 8th, 2020 partnership as Square Enix
JSC Games
GAEA Mobile 		Not disclosed
Square Enix partners with JSC and Gaea for Final Fantasy XV on mobile
Jan 7th, 2020 investment as PlatinumGames Inc.
Tencent 		Not disclosed
Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames
Jan 6th, 2020 acquisition Miniclip
Ilyon Dynamics 		$100m
Report: Tencent-owned Miniclip purchases Ilyon Games for $100 million
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