Oct 10, 2022
Acquisition
- Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Sep 30, 2022
Partnership
- CareGame
- Vodafone Idea
Not disclosed
Vodafone Idea partners with CareGame for India’s first cloud gaming service
Sep 30, 2022
Acquisition
- Savvy Games Group
Not disclosed
Saudi Arabia eyes up acquisition of major publisher
Sep 29, 2022
Partnership
- Emerald City Games
- Tilting Point
- Netflix
Not disclosed
Netflix and Tilting Point team up on three new titles
Sep 29, 2022
Partnership
- Sega
- Double Jump Toyko
Not disclosed
Sega’s first blockchain game is coming from partnership with double jump.tokyo
Sep 22, 2022
Investment
- Makers Fund
- Theorycraft Games
Not disclosed
Theorycraft Games raises $50 million in funding
Sep 21, 2022
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
- Smoking Gun Interactive
Not disclosed
Keywords Studios announces conditional acquisition of Smoking Gun
Sep 21, 2022
Acquisition
- Tarboosh Games
- Voodoo
Not disclosed
Voodoo acquires Tarboosh Games after partnering on past projects
Sep 21, 2022
Investment
- Sceneri
$1.5m
Successful $1.5 million funding round for Sceneri
Sep 19, 2022
Investment
- Animoca Brands
- The Sandbox
Not disclosed
Cosmo Media Labs launches with investment from The Sandbox
Sep 16, 2022
Partnership
- Activision Blizzard
- NetEase
Not disclosed
NetEase and Shueisha Games partner up on unVEIL the world
Sep 16, 2022
Partnership
- Mixtvision
Not disclosed
Assemble Entertainment will distribute for Mixtvision Games
Sep 16, 2022
Acquisition
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands begins acquisition proceedings of WePlay Media
Sep 14, 2022
Other
- Flick
Not disclosed
Game studio Flick raises over $1 million in investments
Sep 12, 2022
Merger
- AppLovin
- IronSource
- Unity
Not disclosed
Unity announce date for stockholders vote on ironSource merger
Sep 12, 2022
Acquisition
- Zynga
- Chartboost
- Take-Two Interactive
Not disclosed
Zynga closes acquisition of Storemaven
Sep 9, 2022
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$110m
Animoca Brands raises $110 million in funding
Sep 8, 2022
Acquisition
- Scopely
- Kitka Games
Not disclosed
Scopely acquires Stumble Guys from Kitka Games
Sep 8, 2022
Investment
- Gameplay Galaxy
$12.8m
Gameplay Galaxy closes $12.8M seed funding round
Sep 7, 2022
Investment
- Jagex
- Netspeak Games
- Lakestar
$0m
12m
12m
Netspeak raises $12 million in Series A
Sep 7, 2022
Investment
- Ubisoft
- Tencent
$0m
300m
300m
Tencent now owns 49.9 per cent of Guillemot Bros
Sep 7, 2022
Other
- Gulliver's Games
Not disclosed
Gulliver’s Games Raised $750k Seed Investment Round
Sep 6, 2022
Other
- WeMade
- Metaverse Magna
Not disclosed
Metaverse Magna raises £3.2M in latest seed funding round
Sep 6, 2022
Acquisition
- Zillion Whales
- Azur Games
Not disclosed
Azur Games acquires Mushroom Wars development studio
Sep 6, 2022
Other
- FunPlus
- Xterio
Not disclosed
Xterio game publisher and developer raises $40M for mobile Web3 games
Sep 1, 2022
Investment
- Riot Games
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Bitkraft Ventures
- 1Up Ventures
$0m
5m
5m
Sprocket Games raises $5 million in funding round
Sep 1, 2022
Other
- TaleWorlds Entertainment
- Udo Games
- WePlay Ventures
Not disclosed
WePlay Ventures and Lima Ventures sell UDO Games shares to Taleworlds
Aug 31, 2022
Acquisition
- Dire Wolf Digital
Not disclosed
Dire Wolf Digital acquires Fandom tabletop business Cortex for an undisclosed amount
Aug 31, 2022
Acquisition
- Quantic Dream
- NetEase
Not disclosed
NetEase acquires French studio Quantic Dream
Aug 30, 2022
Acquisition
- Roblox
- TriplePlay
Not disclosed
Video game platform Roblox has acquired virtual gamified social events company TriplePlay
Aug 30, 2022
Acquisition
- Square Enix
- Crystal Dynamics
- Embracer Group
Not applicable
Embracer finalises acquisition of Square Enix assets
Aug 29, 2022
Acquisition
- Naughty Dog
- Insomniac Games
- Sucker Punch
- Neon Koi
- PlayStation Studios
Not disclosed
PlayStation Mobile makes its first acquisition
Aug 26, 2022
Acquisition
- Bossa Studios
- tinyBuild Games
- Konfa Games
$5.4m
TinyBuild Games acquires Konfa Games and Bossa Games IP for a total of $8.4 million
Aug 23, 2022
Investment
- Something Wicked, Inc.
- NetEase Games
$13.2m
NetEase Games invests $13.2 million in Jeff Gardiner's new studio, Something Wicked
Aug 22, 2022
Investment
- Riot Games
- Stratosphere Games
- Skycatcher LLC
- 1Up Ventures
$3m
€3m
€3m
Stratosphere Games raises $3 million in recent investment round
Aug 25, 2022
Investment
- WePlay Ventures
$0m
0.5m
0.5m
njoyKidz receives first investment round on a $5 million valuation
Aug 23, 2022
Investment
- Pinpin Team
- Azur Games
Not disclosed
Azur Games invests in French studio Pinpin Team
Aug 18, 2022
Acquisition
- Tripwire Interactive
- Embracer Group
Not disclosed
Embracer Group announces several acquisitions and new operative group
Aug 18, 2022
Acquisition
- Exmox
- Aonic
$100m
Aonic acquires exmox for nearly $100 million dollars
Aug 18, 2022
Partnership
- Adverty
- Yazle
Not disclosed
Adverty and Yazle announce in-game ad partnership
Aug 17, 2022
Partnership
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Niantic launches New Voyager apprenticeship program in partnership with Tech Elevator
Aug 15, 2022
Merger
- AppLovin
- IronSource
- Unity
Not disclosed
Unity rejects AppLovin acquisition and reaffirms its commitment to ironSource merger
Aug 15, 2022
Investment
- Alibaba
- HoYoverse
- AppLovin
- IronSource
- Unity
- ByteDance
Not disclosed
Unity attracts major, local investors as it expands into the Chinese market
Aug 11, 2022
Partnership
- Xsolla
- Adikteev
Not disclosed
Xsolla partners with Adikteev to accelerate game monetisation
Aug 2, 2022
Partnership
- Tencent
- Logitech
Not disclosed
Tencent is developing a handheld cloud gaming console
Aug 1, 2022
Partnership
- AppLovin
- Appodeal Stack
Not disclosed
Appodeal Stack’s in-app bidding solution BidMachine is officially supported by AppLovin MAX
Jul 28, 2022
Partnership
- Stardust
Not disclosed
Alternative financing for game developers from Stardust and Sanlo Partnership
Jul 26, 2022
Investment
- Mighty Bear Games
- Ancient8
$10m
Mighty Bear Games raises $10 million to launch Web3 games
Jul 26, 2022
Investment
- Embria
- 10K Riders
$0.5m
F2P publisher 10K Riders secures half-a-million dollar investment
Jul 22, 2022
Investment
- WePlay Ventures
Not disclosed