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Animoca Brands acquires The Sandbox dev Pixowl for $5 million News Aug 27th, 2018

Animoca Brands acquires The Sandbox dev Pixowl for $5 million

Betting on blockchain user generated content

Keywords snaps up predictive analytics outfit Yokozuna Data from Silicon Studio in $1.5m deal News Jul 23rd, 2018

Keywords snaps up predictive analytics outfit Yokozuna Data from Silicon Studio in $1.5m deal

Draws on AI and machine learning tech

China’s iQIYI acquires developer Skymoons in deal worth up to $300 million News Jul 19th, 2018

China’s iQIYI acquires developer Skymoons in deal worth up to $300 million

Online video platform hopes to utilise IP across mediums

Indian publisher Nazara acquires minority stake in quiz studio Crimzoncode News Jul 3rd, 2018

Indian publisher Nazara acquires minority stake in quiz studio Crimzoncode

Partnership will see Nazara publish the studio’s flagship quiz title in emerging markets

Report: PUBG developer Bluehole snaps up mobile studio Delusion Studio News Jun 22nd, 2018

Report: PUBG developer Bluehole snaps up mobile studio Delusion Studio

The terms of the deal are currently unknown

Report: Tencent set to acquire 10% of PUBG developer Bluehole for $500 million News Jun 15th, 2018

Report: Tencent set to acquire 10% of PUBG developer Bluehole for $500 million

Sale is not intended to raise capital for Bluehole but instead is a chance for early investors to cash out

Why Seasun and other Chinese developers are expanding their influence over South Korea's mobile market Interview Jun 14th, 2018

Why Seasun and other Chinese developers are expanding their influence over South Korea's mobile market

Seasun Games overseas business development director Zhen Li tells us why Chinese games are so popular in South Korea

Destiny developer Bungie could be set for mobile push following $100m investment from NetEase News Jun 4th, 2018

Destiny developer Bungie could be set for mobile push following $100m investment from NetEase

US studio could be set to explore the mobile games market

Alien Path publisher iCandy buys Indonesian Hollywhoot developer Joyseed News May 21st, 2018

Alien Path publisher iCandy buys Indonesian Hollywhoot developer Joyseed

Deal worth up to $263,000

Tencent leads the way in $22 billion spent on games deals in last 12 months News Apr 19th, 2018

Tencent leads the way in $22 billion spent on games deals in last 12 months

The internet giant participated in over $4 of every $10 invested in games companies and was involved in over three-quarters of all games M&A

Chinese developer NetDragon buys online learning community Edmodo for $138 million News Apr 11th, 2018

Chinese developer NetDragon buys online learning community Edmodo for $138 million

Deal paid via a combination of cash and shares of an affiliated education company

Publishing giant Netmarble picks up stake in K-pop label Big Hit Entertainment for $190m News Apr 5th, 2018

Publishing giant Netmarble picks up stake in K-pop label Big Hit Entertainment for $190m

Becomes the second largest shareholder

Outsourcing specialist Virtuos eyes acquisitions after raising $15 million News Mar 15th, 2018

Outsourcing specialist Virtuos eyes acquisitions after raising $15 million

The development studio also hopes to double in size over the next three years

ESL takes minority stake in Indian games publisher Nazara News Feb 12th, 2018

ESL takes minority stake in Indian games publisher Nazara

Also agrees mutli-year licence agreement with esports company Nodwin Gaming

Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games News Feb 9th, 2018

Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games

Size of stake still unknown

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