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Kwalee moves into casual games for Text Express: Word Adventure

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Multi-million funding to ignite growth for UK games studios INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 19th, 2024

Multi-million funding to ignite growth for UK games studios

The UKGF's £3 million initiative will provide grants of up to £150,000 to 22 promising games companies in the UK

Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 18th, 2024

Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies

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
Jul 10th, 2017 acquisition as LINE Corporation Not disclosed
Line launches games publishing division after NextFloor acquisition
Jul 10th, 2017 investment as Not disclosed
Private equity firms invest in Chinese mobile game developer Since Times
Jul 10th, 2017 acquisition Amazon
GameSparks 		Not disclosed
Amazon buys UK cloud development platform GameSparks
Jul 6th, 2017 partnership Sony Pictures Entertainment
Neon Play 		Not disclosed
Neon Play seals Emoji Movie deal with Sony Pictures for new game Traffic Panic Boom Town
Jul 5th, 2017 acquisition as NetDragon Websoft
JumpStart 		Not disclosed
Chinese developer NetDragon buys LA educational games studio JumpStart
Jul 5th, 2017 investment Supercell $0.3m
Supercell grants over $280,000 to Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Jul 4th, 2017 investment Sharkbite Games $1.3m
Steam founder Rick Ellis raises $1.25 million for new studio Sharkbite Games
Jul 4th, 2017 acquisition Sumo Digital
Atomhawk Design 		Not disclosed
UK developer Sumo acquires design studio Atomhawk
Jun 30th, 2017 investment Wonder $14m
LA startup Wonder raises $14 million to build smartphone-console hybrid
Jun 29th, 2017 acquisition as Nexon Not disclosed
Nexon completes iDCC acquisition to establish Nexon Thailand
Jun 29th, 2017 partnership Epic Games
Wargaming 		Not disclosed
Epic Games teams up with Wargaming Mobile to support mobile developers using Unreal Engine 4
Jun 27th, 2017 license Ubisoft
Behaviour Interactive 		Not disclosed
Ubisoft teams up with Behaviour Interactive for F2P mobile RPG Assassin's Creed Rebellion
Jun 27th, 2017 investment Acquired.io $2m
New user acquisition tool Acquired.io launches with $2 million in funding
Jun 27th, 2017 merger Apsalar
Singular 		Not disclosed
Singular merges with Apsalar to offer a more nuanced marketing analytics platform
Jun 22nd, 2017 partnership Skillz
Fortafy Games 		Not disclosed
Color Switch becomes an eSport through partnership with Skillz
Jun 20th, 2017 investment Film Victoria $0.5m
Film Victoria awards $500,000 to nine Australian developers to help finish their games
Jun 20th, 2017 investment as Tencent
OurPalm 		$7.2m
¥489m
Tencent makes $72 million strategic investment in Chinese developer Ourpalm
Jun 20th, 2017 partnership as Gamevil Not disclosed
Gamevil partners with Dungeon Link developer Kong Studios to publish next game Cosmo Duel
Jun 20th, 2017 acquisition Samsung
VRB 		$5.5m
Samsung quietly acquires mobile VR developer VRB for a reported $5.5 million
Jun 20th, 2017 acquisition Kongregate
MTGx Digital Ventures
Modern Times Group (MTG) 		$55m
Modern Times Group to acquire casual games publisher Kongregate for $55 million
Jun 19th, 2017 partnership Atari
Tapjoy 		Not disclosed
Atari partners with Tapjoy to bring rewarded ads to its games starting with Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch
Jun 19th, 2017 other as Kakao Corp
NetEase 		Not disclosed
Kakao snags rights to publish hit Chinese game Onmyoji in South Korea
Jun 15th, 2017 investment Scopely $60m
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships
Jun 15th, 2017 partnership All 4 Games
eLearning Studios 		Not disclosed
All 4 Games launches its first VR game Soar: Tree of Life in partnership with eLearning Studios
Jun 15th, 2017 acquisition as Geomerics
Silicon Studio 		Not disclosed
Silicon Studio acquires real-time global illumination tool Enlighten from ARM subsidiary Geomerics
Jun 15th, 2017 partnership Next Games Not disclosed
Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game
Jun 14th, 2017 acquisition as Level-5
Comcept 		Not disclosed
Level-5 acquires Keiji Inafune's studio Comcept
Jun 13th, 2017 investment TreasureHunt $6m
TreasureHunt closes $6 million series A funding round ahead of Pet Paradise launch
Jun 9th, 2017 investment Discord $50m
Discord reportedly valued at $725 million after quietly raising $50 million funding round
Jun 9th, 2017 partnership NTT DoCoMo
Bandai Namco 		Not disclosed
Bandai Namco Europe partners with Docomo Digital to push into emerging mobile markets
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