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GEM Capital commits $5 million investment to Weappy, VEA Games, and Game Garden FUNDING NEWS May 30th, 2024

GEM Capital commits $5 million investment to Weappy, VEA Games, and Game Garden

All three game development studios are based in Cyprus

Juicy Button Games raises $3 million in seed round led by The Games Fund SPROUTING SEEDS May 30th, 2024

Juicy Button Games raises $3 million in seed round led by The Games Fund

Total Battle, Pixel Gun 3D and Mighty Party creators co-found new studio developing a 4X strategy game

Odeeo and Evolution Media Group team up to bring in-game audio ads across MENA NEW PARTNERSHIPS May 28th, 2024

Odeeo and Evolution Media Group team up to bring in-game audio ads across MENA

Games account for 50% of app downloads in MENA, which is 10% higher than the global average

Date Type Companies involved Size
May 31st, 2019 acquisition Leap Motion
Ultrahaptics 		$30m
Report: VR and AR developer Leap Motion acquired by Ultrahaptics for $30 million
May 29th, 2019 partnership as Tencent
Roblox 		Not disclosed
Tencent and Roblox form strategic partnership in China
May 28th, 2019 acquisition Zynga $600m
Zynga sells off San Francisco headquarters for $600 million
May 24th, 2019 investment as $14.4m
Chinese studio Code View raises over $14m for sandbox game Reworld
May 23rd, 2019 investment as Pixowl
Animoca Brands
Kakao Corp 		$2.5m
Animoca Brands raises $2.5 million for blockchain games platform The Sandbox
May 22nd, 2019 license Gameloft
The Walt Disney Company 		Not disclosed
Gameloft reveals two new Disney games for mobile
May 22nd, 2019 acquisition as Tencent
Sharkmob 		Not disclosed
Tencent acquires Malmo developer Sharkmob
May 21st, 2019 partnership Sony
Gismart 		Not disclosed
Gismart partners with Sony to license music for its Karaoke app
May 20th, 2019 acquisition Magic Leap Not disclosed
Magic Leap snaps up holographic teleconferencing start-up Mimesys
May 20th, 2019 partnership as Marvel Entertainment
NetEase 		Not disclosed
Publisher NetEase is bringing new original Marvel content to China and beyond
May 20th, 2019 partnership as Game Freak
The Pokemon Company
NetEase 		Not disclosed
NetEase to launch first Pokemon mobile game in China
May 17th, 2019 partnership Gameloft Not disclosed
Gameloft launches esports tournament series for Asphalt 9: Legends
May 17th, 2019 investment MainStreaming $6m
MainStreaming raises $6 million to stream games in Europe and the US
May 16th, 2019 partnership as Microsoft
Sony 		Not disclosed
Microsoft and Sony set aside rivalry to team up on cloud gaming
May 16th, 2019 acquisition Kahoot Not disclosed
Kahoot acquires learn-to-read app Poio
May 14th, 2019 partnership as Supercell Not disclosed
Supercell partners with South Korean TV network OGN for Clash Royale League
May 13th, 2019 acquisition as Rockstar Games
Dhruva Interactive
Starbreeze 		$7.9m
Rockstar acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $7.9m
May 13th, 2019 partnership as Microsoft
SK Telecom 		Not disclosed
SK Telecom partners with Microsoft on 5G, AI and cloud technologies
May 10th, 2019 partnership as DeNA Co.,Ltd.
The Pokemon Company 		Not disclosed
The Pokemon Company partners with DeNA for new mobile game
May 10th, 2019 investment Unity $125m
Unity chases further $125 million funding round at $6 billion valuation
May 9th, 2019 acquisition Kahoot $18m
Educational games provider Kahoot snaps up DragonBox for $18m
May 9th, 2019 acquisition Digit Game Studios
Scopely 		Not disclosed
Scopely acquires Star Trek Fleet Command dev Digit Game Studios
May 6th, 2019 acquisition Supercell
Luau Games 		$3.8m
Brawl Stars dev Supercell invests $3.8m in Malmo start-up Luau Games
May 3rd, 2019 acquisition Well Played Games
Phoenix Games 		Not disclosed
Phoenix Games makes UK studio Well Played its first acquisition
May 2nd, 2019 investment GameClub $2.5m
GameClub raises $2.5 million to bring old premium games into the modern marketplace
May 2nd, 2019 investment Immortals $30m
Esports organisation Immortals raises $30 million in funding
May 1st, 2019 acquisition Epic Games
Psyonix 		Not disclosed
Epic acquires Rocket League developer Psyonix
May 1st, 2019 partnership as Animoca Brands $0.8m
Animoca Brands is partnering up with global venture accelerator Brinc
May 1st, 2019 investment Fnatic $19m
Fnatic expands its esports operation by raising $19 million in funding
Apr 29th, 2019 investment as NTT DoCoMo
Magic Leap 		$280m
Japanese mobile operator DOCOMO invests $280 million in Magic Leap
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