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Date Type Companies involved Size
Apr 4th, 2017 partnership as Rakuten
Blackstorm Labs 		Not disclosed
Rakuten and Blackstorm want to disrupt Japan's mobile industry with launch of HTML5 social game platform RGames
Apr 3rd, 2017 investment as Nordisk Film
Gumi Inc. 		$0.1m
Gumi and Nordisk Film partner for €100,000 incubation program Nordic VR Startups
Mar 31st, 2017 investment as iDreamsky $30m
China's iDreamSky establishes $30 million fund to publish indie games globally
Mar 30th, 2017 license Koukoi Games Not disclosed
Finnish developer Koukoi seals partnership with Fox to develop Ferdinand mobile game
Mar 29th, 2017 investment Gamee $2.2m
Social gaming platform Gamee raises $2.15 million
Mar 27th, 2017 partnership as Colopl
Animoca Brands 		Not disclosed
Garfield game publisher Animoca partners with COLOPL to push Tokyo Casino Project globally
Mar 23rd, 2017 investment Traplight Games $2.7m
Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation
Mar 21st, 2017 partnership as Elex Technology Co. Ltd
Activision 		Not disclosed
Activision partners with Elex on unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Mar 21st, 2017 investment Kingston University $0.1m
Kingston University invests $66,000 in new educational AR and VR facility
Mar 20th, 2017 other as HTC $90m
HTC to sell Shanghai smartphone factory for $90 million as it expands VR operations
Mar 20th, 2017 partnership as SK Telecom
The Pokemon Company 		Not disclosed
SK Telecom signs deal with The Pokemon Company offering free data to Pokemon GO players in South Korea
Mar 20th, 2017 license Scopely Not disclosed
Scopely snags Temple Run license for soft-launched match-3 title Treasure Hunters
Mar 17th, 2017 investment as Alibaba $145m
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba invests $145 million in new global mobile game distribution venture
Mar 17th, 2017 acquisition Corona Labs
Stack 		Not disclosed
Appodeal snaps up 2D game engine developer Corona Labs
Mar 14th, 2017 investment Index Ventures
Roblox 		$92m
Roblox closes $92 million funding round to support its 48 million MAUs
Mar 14th, 2017 acquisition Zynga
Harpan LLC 		$42.5m
Zynga acquires four Solitaire games from little-known developer for $42.5 million
Mar 13th, 2017 partnership Harmonix Music Systems
Hasbro 		Not disclosed
Harmonix partners with Hasbro for mobile and card game DropMix
Mar 13th, 2017 investment as Animoca Brands $5m
Animoca Brands raises $5 million to expand into mobile VR and eBooks
Mar 9th, 2017 investment Small Giant Games $5.7m
Small Giant Games closes $5.7 million funding round to grow new game Empires & Puzzles
Mar 8th, 2017 acquisition as ARM
SoftBank 		$8m
Softbank to sell 25% stake in recently acquired ARM
Mar 7th, 2017 partnership as Google
Baidu Inc. 		Not disclosed
Google pushes Accelerated Mobile Pages to Asia through Baidu and Sogou partnerships
Mar 7th, 2017 acquisition as Outfit7 $1,000m
Chinese chemical firm back in for $1 billion Talking Tom developer Outfit7 after missing out first time around
Mar 7th, 2017 acquisition Ubisoft Not disclosed
Ubisoft acquires massively-multiplayer sandbox game Growtopia
Mar 7th, 2017 investment LoopMe $10m
AI-driven mobile video marketer LoopMe closes $10 million funding round
Mar 6th, 2017 acquisition Creative Assembly
Crytek 		Not disclosed
Sega buys Crytek Black Sea and renames it Creative Assembly Sofia
Mar 2nd, 2017 partnership AdMob
IronSource 		Not disclosed
IronSource expands partnership with Google AdMob to gain access to more rewarded video ads
Mar 2nd, 2017 partnership Twitter
ESL 		Not disclosed
Twitter partners with ESL and DreamHack to bring eSports streaming to its social network
Mar 1st, 2017 partnership Nexon
PlayFusion 		Not disclosed
Toys-to-life developer PlayFusion enters strategic partnership with Nexon Korea
Mar 1st, 2017 partnership as Zhaomi Group
Kee Ever Bright Design Technology 		$360m
China's Zhaomi Group and Kee establish $360 million video game M&A fund
Feb 28th, 2017 investment as TotallyAwesome $2m
Kid-friendly ad platform TotallyAwesome raises $2 million
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