Feb 14, 2024
Acquisition
- Renaissance PR
- 1SP Agency
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Feb 12, 2024
Acquisition
- Kongregate
- Modern Times Group (MTG)
- Monumental
Not disclosed
MTG pulls the trigger on a Monumental Kongregate acquisition
Feb 9, 2024
Investment
- Matchingham Games
$1.2m
£1m
£1m
Matchingham Games' Ginger Joy spin-off secures $1.26M for Web3 gaming
Feb 8, 2024
Investment
- Digital Turbine
- One Store
$10m
Digital Turbine invests $10 million into Korean app marketplace ONE Store
Feb 7, 2024
Investment
- Epic Games
- The Walt Disney Company
$1.5m
Disney invests $1.5 billion into Epic Games as it plots new "entertainment universe" with Fortnite
Feb 6, 2024
Investment
- Nitro Games
- Digital Extremes
$3.8m
Nitro Games receives further €3.5 million to continue Warframe mobile development
Jan 31, 2024
Investment
- Roro
$1.6m
Ex-Mojang and Toca Boca devs raise €1.5m for new studio Roro
Jan 30, 2024
Investment
- Kwalee
- 8SEC
$0m
€1,500,000m
€1,500,000m
8SEC secures €1.5 Million investment from Kwalee
Jan 30, 2024
Investment
- Sony
- Carry1st
Not disclosed
Sony Innovation Fund backs Carry1st with strategic investment
Jan 30, 2024
Investment
- Order of Meta
$3.3m
Helsinki studio Order of Meta raises $3.3 million
Jan 24, 2024
Acquisition
- Pollen VC
Not disclosed
London credit asset manager Fasanara acquires majority stake in Pollen VC
Jan 22, 2024
Investment
$6.3m
Talofa Games secures $6.3 Million to build fitness-focused games
Jan 21, 2024
Investment
- Griffin Gaming Partners
$10m
Playdemic founders raise $10m for new UK mobile studio ForthStar
Jan 18, 2024
Investment
- Build A Rocket Boy
$110m
Leslie Benzies' Build A Rocket Boy studio raises $110M for "flagship" trio of projects
Jan 17, 2024
Partnership
- Steel Media Ltd
- Kwalee
Not disclosed
PocketGamer.biz named media partner for first-ever Gamemasters Summit
Jan 8, 2024
Investment
- Griffin Gaming Partners
- Second Dinner
$100m
Marvel Snap dev Second Dinner raises $100 million
Jan 4, 2024
Acquisition
- Tencent
- Huya
$81m
Tencent sells app store to Huya ahead of Chinese crackdown
Dec 20, 2023
Investment
- Marcos Gaming
Not disclosed
Marcos Gaming completes pre-seed round to bolster Indian Esports
Dec 21, 2023
Partnership
Not disclosed
Trinity Gaming India, Lenovo, Intel, and YouTube join forces to bolster the Indian creator economy
Dec 21, 2023
Partnership
- Nazara
Not disclosed
Naraza Technologies snags deals with four developers as it ramps up new publishing arm
Dec 20, 2023
Partnership
- Tilting Point
Not disclosed
Tilting Point, Hilfiger Ventures and Brandible prepare to launch AI fashion game
Dec 18, 2023
Other
- Embracer Group
Not disclosed
Embracer Group secures credit and loan extension to 2025 as it restructures to clear debt
Dec 18, 2023
Investment
- Barnyard Games
$3.4m
Barnyard Games raises $3.4m in seed round to make games for Fortnite
Dec 18, 2023
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
- Improbable
- The Multiplayer Guys
$96.8m
Keywords Studios acquires The Multiplayer Group for £76.5M
Dec 15, 2023
Investment
$15m
W4 Games raises $15 million to boost Godot engine development and services
Dec 13, 2023
Investment
- Allstar
$12m
Zynga and Activision Blizzard-backed Allstar raises another $12 million for content creation tools
Dec 13, 2023
Investment
- Supercell
- Small Giant Games
- MyGamez
$1.6m
Supercell co-founder supports $1.6M funding round in Chinese publisher MyGamez
Dec 12, 2023
Partnership
- Zynga
- Warner Bros.
Not disclosed
Chocs away! Word With Friends 2 lands Wonka movie multimedia promo
Dec 11, 2023
Acquisition
- Zach Gage
- Hearst
Not disclosed
Zach Gage and Orta Therox’s puzzle platform Puzzmo acquired by Hearst Newspapers
Dec 5, 2023
Investment
- GameTree
$1.7m
Former Activision Blizzard CEO supports GameTree's $1.7M seed round for AI app to unite gamers
Nov 29, 2023
Partnership
- NCSOFT
- Sony
Not disclosed
Sony sets sights on mobile in strategic partnership with NCSoft
Nov 23, 2023
Investment
- Korea Investment Partners
- Play Ventures
- The Games Fund
- Kek Entertainment
$8m
KEK Entertainment raises $8M in seed round to build "platform-agnostic IP"
Nov 27, 2023
Investment
- Matr1x
$10m
NFTs incoming: Matr1x doubles funding to $20M ahead of its debut Web3 mobile launch
Nov 22, 2023
Investment
- Layer AI
$1.8m
Layer AI seed round raises $1.8M to bolster generative game art production
Nov 14, 2023
Other
- SBI Holdings
$659m
SBI Holdings reveals ¥100BN fund to bolster Web3 in Japan
Nov 9, 2023
Investment
- Noice
$21m
Games livestreaming start-up Noice raises $21 million
Nov 7, 2023
Investment
Not disclosed
Following 200M downloads, Blacklight Studio Works concludes its maiden funding round
Nov 7, 2023
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$50m
Animoca Brands partners with Saudi Arabia in $50M deal to bring Web3 to NEOM
Nov 6, 2023
Investment
- TapNation
$16.1m
TapNation generates $16.1 million in latest funding round
Nov 6, 2023
Partnership
- Playrix
- Digital Turbine
- Aptoide
Not disclosed
Gardenscapes joins forces with alternative game distribution platform Catappult
Oct 31, 2023
Investment
- Playbite
$1m
Casual games hub Playbite nabs $1 million in funding
Oct 31, 2023
Investment
- Funstop
$1.5m
Developer Funstop secures $1.5 million funding from Indian investors
Oct 26, 2023
Investment
- Griffin Gaming Partners
- Harmony Games
$3m
Harmony Games raises $3M in seed round to build an AI puzzle game
Oct 19, 2023
Other
- Azur Games
- Tastypill
Not disclosed
Azur Games to acquire portfolio of US hypercasual game publisher Tastypill
Oct 19, 2023
Investment
- Animoca Brands
- Makers Fund
- Bitkraft Ventures
- Forge
$11m
Riot-backed Forge raises $11M to launch a platform rewarding gamer communities
Oct 18, 2023
Investment
- Krafton
- One Store
$14.8m
PUBG maker Krafton invests $14.8 million in alternate app store One Store
Oct 16, 2023
Partnership
- AdInMo
- ZBD
Not disclosed
AdInMo’s ZBD partnership will pay players Bitcoin in exchange for ad views
Oct 16, 2023
Acquisition
- Pole to Win
Not disclosed
Pole to Win’s SIDE acquires Star Trek: Fleet Command audio studio Vibe Avenue
Oct 13, 2023
Acquisition
- Metacore
Not disclosed
Metacore to acquire Merge Mansion and Clash of Clans animators studio Piñata
Oct 5, 2023
Acquisition
- Snowprint Studios AB
- Modern Times Group (MTG)
Not disclosed