Sep 17, 2026

Investment

• Kalank

$1.7m

Kalank secures €1.5m funding round to accelerate international expansion

Sep 16, 2026

Acquisition

• Kakao Games

$71.5m

Kakao Games to acquire 39.56% of Me2on for $71.5m

Sep 15, 2026

Investment

$0.5m

Arcustin Games raises $500,000 in pre-seed funding

Sep 11, 2026

Investment

Not disclosed

Andrew Stalbow-led investor group completes Bath City FC acquisition

Sep 10, 2026

Acquisition

• Sulake
• Pocket Worlds

Not disclosed

Pocket Worlds acquires Hotel Hideaway and expands social-world portfolio to 80m users

Sep 9, 2026

Investment

• Tripo AI

$445m

GenAI firm Tripo raises $445m two months after Series A3 round

Sep 7, 2026

Acquisition

• LEGO
• Offroad Games

Not disclosed

LEGO Digital Play acquires Space Ape spinout Offroad Games

Sep 4, 2026

Partnership

• Savvy Games Group

Not disclosed

Savvy Games Group signs new MoUs with Gosu Academy and Warpzone AI Labs

Sep 3, 2026

Acquisition

• Sony Music Entertainment
• GungHo Online Entertainment

$182m

Sony Music Japan to acquire 23.29% stake in Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo Online Entertainment

Sep 3, 2026

Acquisition

Not disclosed

Seriously founder Andrew Stalbow fronts investor group set to acquire Bath City Football Club

Sep 3, 2026

Partnership

• DMCC Gaming Centre

Not disclosed

DMCC and Epiphany launch gaming mentorship programme

Sep 3, 2026

Investment

• Impact46

$1.5m

Saudi gaming startup Takahouse raises $1.5m from Impact46

Sep 2, 2026

Partnership

• Global Game Jam

Not disclosed

Global Game Jam and Zoud launch financial literacy jam with $140K prize pool

Sep 2, 2026

Partnership

• Xsolla

Not disclosed

Dubai and Xsolla to launch new game accelerator in October 

Sep 1, 2026

Partnership

• Savvy Games Group

Not disclosed

Savvy Games Group and MCIT sign MoU to support Saudi games talent and startups

Sep 1, 2026

Acquisition

• Supercell
• Metacore

Not disclosed

Supercell signs deal to acquire Metacore and Merge Mansion

Aug 24, 2026

Investment

• Tencent
• W4 Games

$18m

W4 Games raises $18m to expand Godot enterprise push

Aug 25, 2026

Investment

$3m

Surge Games raises $3m pre-seed to build AI-native mobile games

Aug 25, 2026

Investment

• Entity

$5.8m

Entity raises $5.8m to bring console-quality games to the ‘new web’

Aug 21, 2026

Investment

• Makers Fund

$250m

Makers Fund closes $250m Fund IV to back next generation of interactive entertainment

Aug 20, 2026

Partnership

• SYBO Games
• InnerSloth

Not disclosed

Subway Surfers revives Among Us collab with Cosmic Crossroads update

Aug 20, 2026

Investment

• Square Enix

Not disclosed

Square Enix-backed Magic Potion Games completes Series A after Imagine Island tops one million players

Aug 17, 2026

Acquisition

• Alibaba

$2,000m

Report: Alibaba to sell Lingxi Games in $2bn deal

Aug 13, 2026

Partnership

Not disclosed

IPNation and Influence Media launch MENA music and entertainment platform targeting $100m investment

Aug 13, 2026

Investment

• Laton Ventures
• Arcadia Gaming Partners
• Rotatelab

Not disclosed

Türkiye studio Rotatelab secures seed investment from Arcadia Gaming Partners and Laton Ventures

Aug 12, 2026

Partnership

• Roblox

Not disclosed

Roblox and Digital Schoolhouse partner to bring game development into UK classrooms

Aug 10, 2026

Investment

• Copa Fantasy

$0.8m

Copa Fantasy finalising $750,000 seed round to accelerate growth

Aug 7, 2026

Investment

• FunVenture

$1m

FunVenture secures $1m seed financing

Aug 7, 2026

Investment

• Majestic Mind Games

$1.5m

Saudi studio Majestic Mind Games raises $1.45m

Aug 6, 2026

Investment

• Supersonic Studios
• Unity
• Tripledot Studios

$40m

Tripledot acquires Supersonic from Unity for $40m

Aug 4, 2026

Acquisition

• Nazara
• Bluetile Games

$224.6m

Nazara revises terms to acquire Bluetile and Bestplay in all-cash deals

Aug 3, 2026

Acquisition

• Razer
• StreamElements

Not disclosed

Razer acquires StreamElements assets to expand creator ecosystem

Jul 31, 2026

Partnership

• Adidas
• Esports World Cup Foundation

Not disclosed

Esports Foundation partners with adidas for Esports Nations Cup

Jul 30, 2026

Partnership

• Scopely

Not disclosed

Monopoly Go teams up with Looney Tunes for Happy Harvest Season

Jul 1, 2026

Partnership

• Ubisoft
• SEGA
• Capcom
• Square Enix
• Epic Games
• Supercell
• Tencent
• Scopely
• HoYoverse
• Activision
• Moonton
• NetEase Games
• Krafton
• AviaGames
• Bluepoch

Not disclosed

July's Collabs Corner: Spider-Man in PUBG Mobile, David Beckham in Fortnite, and more

Jul 24, 2026

Investment

• Merak Capital

$1.5m

Ash Games Studio secures $1.5m seed funding for Saudi-inspired games

Jul 22, 2026

Investment

• Neon

$13m

Neon raises $13m Series A to expand direct-to-consumer commerce platform for game publishers

Jul 22, 2026

Acquisition

• Embrace

Not disclosed

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Embrace to expand observability platform

Jul 16, 2026

Investment

• VGAMES

$500m

Vgames raises $500m to launch growth financing platform for gaming companies

Jul 15, 2026

Acquisition

• WeMade

$593m

Wemade founder sells controlling stake to NeoPulse in $593m deal

Jul 13, 2026

Partnership

• Xsolla

Not disclosed

Xsolla partners with Sabah.hub to support Azerbaijan's games ecosystem

Jul 2, 2026

Investment

• Makers Fund
• Arcadia Gaming Partners
• Bold Games

$6m

Exclusive: Türkiye studio Bold Games raises $6m

Jul 6, 2026

Investment

• Scopely

Not disclosed

Scopely invests in ex-Umamusume Pretty Derby director's startup Studio AuKnow

Jul 6, 2026

Investment

• Tripo AI

$150m

Tripo AI raises $150m in Series A3 funding round

Jul 2, 2026

Acquisition

• Kepler Interactive

Not disclosed

Kepler Interactive acquires minority stake in Oro Interactive

Jul 2, 2026

Partnership

• Xsolla

Not disclosed

Xsolla partners with Pley to expand browser game monetisation for mobile studios

Jul 1, 2026

Investment

• PvX Partners

$5m

PvX Partners secures $5m investment from MIT to expand user acquisition financing