Jul 12, 2024
Investment
- X&Immersion
$1.1m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Jul 19, 2024
Acquisition
- Nazara
- Paper Boat Apps
$36m
Nazara completes acquisition of Paper Boat Apps
Jul 17, 2024
Investment
- Makers Fund
- byFounders
- Dusk
$8m
Dusk secures $8 million to "reimagine" social multiplayer games
Jul 16, 2024
Investment
- Echo Chunk
$1.4m
Echo Chess maker Echo Chunk raises $1.4 million in pre-seed round with a "passion" for AI
Jul 15, 2024
Investment
- Grand Games
$3m
Former Zen Match devs raise $3m in pre-seed funding round for new studio Grand Games
Jul 15, 2024
Investment
- Square Enix
- Hiro Capital
- Soccerverse
$3.1m
Square Enix leads $3.1 million investment round in Soccerverse
Jul 10, 2024
Acquisition
- Pixelberry Studios
Not disclosed
Choices: Stories You Play dev Pixelberry Games acquired by AI-based Series Entertainment
Jul 11, 2024
Acquisition
- Landvault
- Infinite Reality
$450m
Web3 does big business as Infinite Reality acquires Landvault in $450 million deal
Jul 10, 2024
Partnership
- Voodoo
- AudioMob
Not disclosed
Voodoo signs partnership with Audiomob for audio ads
Jul 10, 2024
Investment
$55m
Voice-enabled Volley secures $55 million in Series C funding round
Jul 9, 2024
Investment
- Felicity Games
$0.7m
Felicity Games raises $700K in pre-seed to test 10 games within a year
Jul 4, 2024
Acquisition
- Tower Studios
Not disclosed
Sporty Group acquires Jon Hare's Sociable Soccer
Jul 3, 2024
Investment
- Supercell
$4m
Finnish startup Bitmagic raises $4 million for AI platform able to create games from text prompts
Jul 2, 2024
Other
- Thunderful
Not disclosed
Thunderful Group sells off distribution business as it focuses on games
Jul 2, 2024
Acquisition
- Nazara
$36m
Nazara eyes full acquisition of Kiddopia in $36m deal
Jul 1, 2024
Acquisition
- Nodwin Gaming
- Freaks 4U Gaming
Not disclosed
Nodwin Gaming to build an esports "alliance" through 100% acquisition of Freaks 4U Gaming
Jun 27, 2024
Acquisition
- CyberAgent
- Nitro Plus
$104.1m
CyberAgent to acquire NitroPlus in $104 million deal
Jun 27, 2024
Partnership
- Nazara
Not disclosed
Nazara and nCore partner to publish FAU-G Domination
Jun 27, 2024
Investment
- LinQ
$2.3m
LinQ raises $2.3 million in seed funding to publish real-money games
Jun 27, 2024
Acquisition
- The OGs
- OV Entertainment Group:
Not disclosed
OV Entertainment Group acquires co-development studio Kokku and tech firm 3OGS
Jun 26, 2024
Investment
$1.5m
Scaffold secures $1.5 million to support game startups in Canada's Alberta
Jun 26, 2024
Investment
- k-ID
$45m
Tencent, Google and Meta vets raise $45 million in Series A towards online safety startup k-ID
Jun 21, 2024
Other
- Embracer Group
$300m
Embracer Group pays up $300m to clear $1.5bn debts
Jun 21, 2024
Investment
- Narwhal Accelerator
- Magify
Not disclosed
Narwhal Accelerator injects six-figure funding into game dev tool Magify
Jun 20, 2024
Investment
- Accel
- SLAY
$5m
Pengu maker SLAY raises $5 million to create a new social gaming platform
Jun 20, 2024
Acquisition
- Jun Group
- Verve Group
$185m
Verve Group acquires Jun Group for $185 million
Jun 19, 2024
Acquisition
- Tripledot Studios
- Zephyr Mobile
Not disclosed
Tripledot Studios acquires Get Color developer Zephyr Mobile
Jun 19, 2024
Partnership
- KLab
- Wanda Cinemas Games
Not disclosed
KLab resumes development of 2020 mobile game based on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Jun 19, 2024
Investment
- Brainspark Games
$1.4m
Brainspark Games raises £1.4 million towards building educational AI mobile games
Jun 19, 2024
Partnership
- Samsung
- AVOW
Not disclosed
AVOW and Samsung partner to expand advertising reach in European market
Jun 13, 2024
Investment
- iion
Not disclosed
Game ads platform iion secures seed capital to fuel global expansion
Jun 11, 2024
Acquisition
- Voodoo
$537m
Voodoo snaps up photo-sharing app BeReal in €500m deal
Jun 11, 2024
Partnership
- Flexion Mobile
- King
Not disclosed
King and Flexion partner to bring Candy Crush Saga to App Gallery and more alternative app stores
Jun 7, 2024
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$20m
The Sandbox raises $20 million to empower creators in the open metaverse
Jun 4, 2024
Partnership
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands and Everest Ventures Group partner to cross-invest in upcoming Web3 projects
May 30, 2024
Investment
- Gem Capital
$5m
GEM Capital commits $5 million investment to Weappy, VEA Games, and Game Garden
May 28, 2024
Investment
- The Games Fund
- Juicy Button Games
$3m
Juicy Button Games raises $3 million in seed round led by The Games Fund
May 28, 2024
Partnership
- Odeeo
Not disclosed
Odeeo and Evolution Media Group team up to bring in-game audio ads across MENA
May 28, 2024
Investment
$1.3m
Anomaly's AI-powered gaming platform attracts $1.45 million in funding
May 20, 2024
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
$2.5m
Keywords Studios green lights £2 billion EQT Group buyout offer
May 17, 2024
Acquisition
- ByteDance
$35.8m
ByteDance sells Red Alert Online dev C4 Games for $35.8 million
May 15, 2024
Partnership
- Tencent
- UKIE
Not disclosed
Ukie partners with Tencent Games for Video Games Growth Programme
May 14, 2024
Investment
- BeiZ
Not disclosed
Gorilla Capital invests in Lola Panda educational apps developer BeiZ
May 14, 2024
Acquisition
- Playmob
- PlanetPlay
Not disclosed
PlanetPlay's parent company acquires Playmob to battle climate change
May 13, 2024
Investment
- Subscrible
$0.3m
Subscrible raises $300,000 to launch ad-free mobile games platform
May 13, 2024
Acquisition
$0.7m
€0.7m
€0.7m
Trophy Games snaps up 20 titles from Tivola Games in acquisition deal
May 10, 2024
Partnership
- Roblox
- Netflix
Not disclosed
Netflix brings new "digital theme park" Nextworld to Roblox
May 10, 2024
Investment
- Yellow
$5m
Yellow raises $5 million to fuel AI-powered 3D modeling tool
May 1, 2024
Investment
- Supercell
- GFAL (Games for a Living)
$3.2m
Supercell invests in web3 startup GFAL led by King, EA and Activision Blizzard veterans
Apr 30, 2024
Acquisition
- PopReach
- Phoenix Games
$9.8m