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GameCentric secures $1.5 million angel investment to fuel growth in MENA MENA MARKET Feb 20th, 2024

GameCentric secures $1.5 million angel investment to fuel growth in MENA

The gaming platform aims to add more features to extend its footprint beyond the GCC & MENA region

Digital Turbine invests $10 million into Korean app marketplace ONE Store APP STORES Feb 8th, 2024

Digital Turbine invests $10 million into Korean app marketplace ONE Store

Companies partner in South Korea, with plans to expand globally in the near future

8SEC secures €1.5 Million investment from Kwalee STRATEGIC BOOST Jan 30th, 2024

8SEC secures €1.5 Million investment from Kwalee

The move will see Kwalee’s CFO Matthew Farrow and VP of mobile publishing John Wright join the 8SEC board

Date Type Companies involved Size
Dec 16th, 2016 acquisition Babil Games
Stillfront Group 		$17m
Swedish firm Stillfront acquires MENA publisher Babil Games in deal worth up to $17 million
Dec 16th, 2016 acquisition Dhruva Interactive
Starbreeze 		$8.5m
Starbreeze acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $8.5 million
Dec 13th, 2016 partnership Niantic Not disclosed
Pokemon GO to officially launch in India following Niantic partnership with Reliance Jio
Dec 5th, 2016 other KongZhong $299m
Chinese World of Tanks publisher KongZhong set to delist itself from the US stock exchange
Nov 22nd, 2016 partnership IronSource Not disclosed
IronSource opens office in Bangalore to bring ad mediation platform to India
Nov 22nd, 2016 acquisition 37 GAMES
Mokun Technology
Zhiming Network 		$198.1m
Chinese publisher 37 Interactive snaps up one of China's most recently successful developers Mokun Technology
Nov 21st, 2016 investment SAIF Partners
IDG Ventures
PlaySimple 		Not disclosed
Ex-Zynga devs raise $4 million for new Indian studio PlaySimple Games
Nov 18th, 2016 license Netmarble Not disclosed
Netmarble soft-launches new mobile MOBA Star Wars: Force Arena
Nov 14th, 2016 acquisition Nexon
i Digital Connect Co. Ltd 		Not disclosed
Nexon acquires 49% stake in Thai games publisher iDCC as it plots Southeast Asia expansion
Nov 2nd, 2016 partnership Unity Technologies
Xiaomi 		Not disclosed
Unity wants to make publishing mobile games in China easier for developers with Xiaomi partnership
Oct 31st, 2016 investment Playsnak GmbH $1.3m
Mobile and VR start-up Playsnak raises $1.3 million funding from South Korean investor
Oct 6th, 2016 partnership NCSOFT
Alpha Group 		$10m
NCSoft signs $10 million deal to bring mobile game Lineage Red Knights to China
Oct 6th, 2016 investment Snowfall $1.1m
Finnish start-up Snowfall raises €1 million to bring Moomin mobile games to Asia
Sep 28th, 2016 investment Flixy Games Not disclosed
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Sep 26th, 2016 acquisition AppLovin $1,400m
Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin
Sep 16th, 2016 partnership Adways
TROPHiT 		Not disclosed
Trophit and Adways join forces to boost Prelaunch.me's pre-registration campaigns
Sep 15th, 2016 investment Hero Entertainment $288m
Huyai Brothers invests $288 million in major Chinese eSports developer Hero Entertainment
Sep 14th, 2016 partnership Nexon
imcGAMES Co., Ltd. 		Not disclosed
Nexon signs global publishing deal for Korean MMO Tree of Savior Mobile
Aug 23rd, 2016 partnership PlatinumGames Inc.
Cygames 		Not disclosed
Bayonetta developer Platinum Games enters mobile space with Cygames collaboration
Aug 16th, 2016 partnership Tango
June Software 		Not disclosed
Indian studio June Software signs publishing deal with Tango, soft launches Warrior Dash
Aug 2nd, 2016 investment WiSTONE Wireless Entertainment
Mirage Interactive 		$1,500,000m
Chinese Global VR Challenge runner-up Mirage Interactive raises $1.5 million
Jul 30th, 2016 acquisition Giant Interactive Group
Playtika 		$4,400m
Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion
Jul 18th, 2016 investment underDOGS Gaming Studio Not disclosed
Mumbai-based UnderDOGS Gaming Studio funded for undisclosed amount
Jul 20th, 2016 investment Sega
Fuller 		$4.2m
Japanese App Annie competitor Fuller raises $4 million from Sega and others to go international
Jul 18th, 2016 acquisition Opera
Qihoo 360 Technology Co.
Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. 		$600m
Chinese companies including Qihoo 360 and Kunlun Games buy Opera's consumer businesses for $600 million
Jul 18th, 2016 acquisition ARM
SoftBank 		$32m
Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM
Jul 15th, 2016 acquisition GameAnalytics
Mobvista 		Not disclosed
Chinese mobile ad platform Mobvista continues its westward expansion buying GameAnalytics
Jul 7th, 2016 partnership MyGamez
Koukoi Games 		Not disclosed
Koukoi Games partners with MyGamez to bring Crashing Season to China
Jul 4th, 2016 acquisition TicBits
Animoca Brands 		$3.7m
Animoca Brands splashes out $3.7 million on 9-person Finnish studio TicBits
Jul 4th, 2016 partnership Nexon
Sansho Studios 		Not disclosed
Nexon aiming to launch one game per month in Japan, starting with Sansho Studios partnership
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