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Chinese chemical firm acquires Talking Tom developer Outfit7 for €1 billion News Jan 20th, 2017

Chinese chemical firm acquires Talking Tom developer Outfit7 for €1 billion

Developer put up for sale in late 2016

GMO Cloud acquires exclusive rights to Marmalade SDK and plans further development News Jan 6th, 2017

GMO Cloud acquires exclusive rights to Marmalade SDK and plans further development

Not dead yet

Netmarble acquires Kabam’s Vancouver studio and picks up Marvel Contest of Champions News Dec 20th, 2016

Netmarble acquires Kabam’s Vancouver studio and picks up Marvel Contest of Champions

Also picks up customer support, marketing, biz dev and UA teams in Austin and San Francisco

Swedish firm Stillfront acquires MENA publisher Babil Games in deal worth up to $17 million News Dec 16th, 2016

Swedish firm Stillfront acquires MENA publisher Babil Games in deal worth up to $17 million

Stillfront aims to expand its presence in the region

Starbreeze acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $8.5 million News Dec 16th, 2016

Starbreeze acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $8.5 million

Dhruva to continue offering work-for-hire services to external studios

Deal Tracker: Big money deals in China, HTML5, chat apps and fashion games in November 2016 Comment & Opinion Dec 6th, 2016

Deal Tracker: Big money deals in China, HTML5, chat apps and fashion games in November 2016

37 Interactive splashes nearly $200 million on acquisitions

Nexon acquires 49% stake in Thai games publisher iDCC as it plots Southeast Asia expansion News Nov 14th, 2016

Nexon acquires 49% stake in Thai games publisher iDCC as it plots Southeast Asia expansion

Free-to-play gaming giant to increase marketing activity in the region following the deal

Chinese investors raise $850 million to fund Tencent's Supercell acquisition News Oct 19th, 2016

Chinese investors raise $850 million to fund Tencent's Supercell acquisition

Another big money deal to support Supercell purchase

Report: Tencent taking $3.5 billion loan for Supercell deal News Oct 14th, 2016

Report: Tencent taking $3.5 billion loan for Supercell deal

Chinese firm seeks bank support for big money deal

New Chinese games company and Jagex owner Zhongji Holding eyes acquisitions News Sep 29th, 2016

New Chinese games company and Jagex owner Zhongji Holding eyes acquisitions

Looking to acquire more developers

Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin News Sep 26th, 2016

Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin

US ad firm gets Chinese ownership

Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion News Aug 1st, 2016

Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion

Includes Giant and Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital

Chinese companies including Qihoo 360 and Kunlun Games buy Opera's consumer businesses for $600 million News Jul 18th, 2016

Chinese companies including Qihoo 360 and Kunlun Games buy Opera's consumer businesses for $600 million

Focus for a quick sale

Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM News Jul 18th, 2016

Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM

Indebted Japanese firm spends more

Chinese mobile ad platform Mobvista continues its westward expansion buying GameAnalytics News Jul 15th, 2016

Chinese mobile ad platform Mobvista continues its westward expansion buying GameAnalytics

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