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Date Type Companies involved Size
Nov 4th, 2019 acquisition Unity Technologies Not disclosed
Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos
Oct 30th, 2019 partnership as NetEase
Warner Bros. 		Not disclosed
Warner Bros. and NetEase partner for card RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Oct 29th, 2019 investment Scopely $200m
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Oct 25th, 2019 acquisition Bethesda Softworks
Alpha Dog Games 		Not disclosed
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
Oct 22nd, 2019 Skillz
Big Run Studios 		Not disclosed
Big Run Studios gains funding for its partnership with Skillz
Oct 21st, 2019 investment MadBox $16.7m
Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million
Oct 17th, 2019 acquisition Tilting Point
Gondola 		Not disclosed
Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition
Oct 17th, 2019 acquisition as GREE
DECA Games 		Not disclosed
Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE
Oct 14th, 2019 acquisition Kuju Entertainment
Testronic
Curve Digital
The Catalis Group 		$113m
NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million
Oct 10th, 2019 investment Bitkraft Ventures $2m
Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round
Oct 8th, 2019 acquisition Megacool
Medal.tv 		Not disclosed
PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool
Oct 3rd, 2019 acquisition ChilliConnect
Unity 		Not disclosed
Unity continues M&A drive acquiring live ops outfit ChilliConnect
Oct 3rd, 2019 investment IronSource $400m
CVC buys minority stake in mobile game monetisation outfit IronSource for $400 million
Oct 1st, 2019 partnership as Camel Games
Firefly Games
Skydance Media 		Not disclosed
Skydance and Firefly Games partner for Terminator: Dark Fate mobile game
Sep 26th, 2019 acquisition data.ai Not applicable
App Annie acquires mobile analytics firm Libring alongside rebrand
Sep 26th, 2019 investment London Venture Partners $80m
London Venture Partners raises $80 million to fund game startups
Sep 22nd, 2019 acquisition DeltaDNA
Unity 		Not disclosed
Unity acquires DeltaDNA for undisclosed fee
Sep 19th, 2019 acquisition Twitch Interactive Not disclosed
The Internet Gaming Database joins Twitch
Sep 17th, 2019 investment Play Ventures
Starform 		$1.3m
Ex-Z2 team Starform raises $1.25 million to focus on mobile games to play with friends
Sep 10th, 2019 investment Drivetime $11m
Drivetime secures $11 million in funding to expand game audio library for users while driving
Sep 6th, 2019 investment HTC
Makers Fund
VRChat 		$10m
VRChat secures $10 million in funding to expand team
Sep 6th, 2019 investment PeopleFun
AppLovin
Firecraft Studios
Belka Games 		Not disclosed
AppLovin invests in Belka Games, Firecraft Studios and PeopleFun
Sep 5th, 2019 partnership Gameloft
Madfinger Games
Asus 		Not disclosed
Gameloft and Madfinger are teaming up with Asus for ROG Phone II exclusive content
Sep 5th, 2019 investment Next Games $8.9m
Next Games looking to raise $8.85 million by offering shares in the studio
Sep 5th, 2019 partnership as Microsoft
SK Telecom 		Not disclosed
Microsoft partners with SK Telecom on 5G-based cloud gaming in South Korea
Sep 3rd, 2019 investment Annapurna Interactive $200m
Annapurna Pictures reportedly resolves more than $200 million in debt
Sep 2nd, 2019 acquisition Not disclosed
Modus Games acquires Brazilian dev The Balance
Sep 2nd, 2019 investment as ESL
Modern Times Group (MTG)
Huya 		$30m
Huya picks up minority stake in ESL for $30m
Sep 2nd, 2019 investment Playful Studios $23m
Lucky’s Tale developer Playful Studios raises $23 million for spectator games
Aug 30th, 2019 investment Knock Knock $4m
Instant games developer Knock Knock raises $4m
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