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Their Prestiged fund will invest in financially stable game companies with earnings before interest, taxes, and more (EBIT) ranging from $531,000 to $21.2 million.

Date Type Companies involved Size
Nov 20th, 2018 investment Tripledot Studios $8m
King and Facebook veterans raise $8 million to kickstart London and Minsk-based dev Tripledot Studios
Nov 20th, 2018 partnership as Tencent
Garena
Sea Group 		Not disclosed
Sea Entertainment seals a five-year deal to publish Tencent games in Southeast Asia
Nov 19th, 2018 acquisition Tapjoy
Tapdaq 		Not disclosed
Tapjoy acquires ad mediation and app monetisation platform Tapdaq
Nov 20th, 2018 acquisition Admix Not disclosed
Admix buys media site VRFocus and aims to rehire staff
Nov 19th, 2018 investment Mythical Games $16m
Activision Blizzard vets raise $16m for item-based blockchain gaming platform
Nov 16th, 2018 partnership as Changyou
The Tetris Company 		Not disclosed
Changyou snags licence to bring Tetris mobile games to China
Nov 15th, 2018 investment Bunch $3.8m
Bunch raises $3.8 million to develop its mobile video call app
Nov 15th, 2018 investment Admix $2.1m
Mixed reality monetisation startup Admix raises $2.1 million
Nov 15th, 2018 license Ludia
NBC Universal 		Not disclosed
Jurassic World Alive developer Ludia teams up with Universal on How to Train Your Dragon puzzler
Nov 15th, 2018 investment Supercell
Metacore 		$5.6m
Clash Royale dev Supercell invests $5.6m in smartwatch experts Everywear Games
Nov 14th, 2018 investment Drivetime $4m
Voice-based games developer Drivetime raises $4m in funds to make games for drivers
Nov 14th, 2018 acquisition Bugbear Entertainment
THQ Nordic
Coffee Stain Studios 		Not disclosed
THQ Nordic acquires Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear
Nov 14th, 2018 partnership Jam City
The Walt Disney Company 		Not disclosed
Disney taps Jam City for multi-year mobile games development partnership
Nov 7th, 2018 partnership as DeNA Co.,Ltd.
Tencent 		Not disclosed
DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan
Nov 2nd, 2018 license Digit Game Studios
Scopely 		Not disclosed
Scopely taps Star Trek IP for 4X strategy game Fleet Command
Nov 2nd, 2018 investment Dapper Labs $15m
CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs secures $15 million investment to bring blockchain to the mainstream
Nov 2nd, 2018 partnership as GREE
Bilibili 		Not disclosed
Gree partners with Chinese video sharing platform BiliBili to develop new mobile games
Nov 1st, 2018 acquisition DECA Games Not disclosed
Live ops specialist DECA Games acquires Zombie Catchers from Helsinki's Two Men and a Dog
Oct 31st, 2018 license Zynga
Warner Bros.
HBO 		Not disclosed
Zynga bags Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars mobile game licences
Oct 26th, 2018 investment Epic Games $1,250m
Fortnite developer Epic Games raises $1.25 billion in funding from over half a dozen investors
Oct 26th, 2018 acquisition $5.5m
Swedish games studio Bublar Group acquires VR/AR outfit Vobling for $5.5 million
Oct 23rd, 2018 investment Resolution Games $7.5m
Ex-King games guru Tommy Palm's VR studio Resolution Games raises $7.5m
Oct 22nd, 2018 partnership Rovio Not disclosed
Rovio partners with the Chicago Bulls NBA team to create the Angry Birds Eye View Cam
Oct 22nd, 2018 partnership Tenjin
Snap Inc. 		Not disclosed
Tenjin named Snapchat mobile measurement partner
Oct 18th, 2018 partnership NBC Universal
Endless Entertainment 		Not disclosed
Universal is the latest contender in the mobile interactive fiction space with Series Your Story Universe
Oct 17th, 2018 investment as Behaviour Interactive
GAEA Mobile 		Not disclosed
Chinese outfit GAEA snaps up 20% stake in Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour Interactive
Oct 16th, 2018 investment Cloud9 $50m
Esports outfit Cloud9 scoops up $50m Series B funding round
Oct 12th, 2018 acquisition Roblox
PacketZoom 		Not disclosed
Roblox acquires app performance start-up PacketZoom to boost output on mobile
Oct 12th, 2018 acquisition Perforce
Perfecto Mobile 		Not disclosed
Perforce snaps up Cloud-based software developer Perfecto Mobile
Oct 10th, 2018 investment Newzoo
Advance Publications 		Not disclosed
Advance snaps up majority stake in games analytics firm Newzoo
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