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

Jun 30, 2026

Partnership

Not disclosed

Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha signs deal with UFL mobile game after World Cup heroics

Jun 30, 2026

Acquisition

• tinyBuild Games
• Griffin Gaming Partners

Not disclosed

Griffin Gaming Partners acquires 3.24% stake in TinyBuild

Jun 29, 2026

Partnership

• Genvid Technologies
• Savvy Games Group

Not disclosed

Savvy Games Group partners with Genvid and Massive Studios to expand AI access for Saudi developers

Jun 29, 2026

Investment

$3.5m

Spill Games raises $3.1m seed round to scale mobile games portfolio

Jun 26, 2026

Investment

• Chess.com

Not disclosed

CVC Capital Partners invests in Chess.com to support global growth

Jun 25, 2026

Investment

• Reactional Music

$2.8m

Reactional Music secures €2.5m EIC grant to scale music monetisation in games

Jun 24, 2026

Investment

$10m

Playtika veterans secure $10m for AI-powered mobile app operations platform

Jun 22, 2026

Investment

• Google
• Meta
• AppsFlyer
• Unity
• Moloco

$1,000m

AppsFlyer secures over $1bn investment from Moloco, Google, Meta and Unity

Jun 17, 2026

Acquisition

Not disclosed

Affle acquires AdColony assets to expand mobile advertising reach

Jun 12, 2026

Partnership

• Playstack

Not disclosed

Codfish Academy to host Playstack-led Game Clinic for indie studios in Portugal