Jun 21, 2022
Investment
- Lumi Interactive
$6.8m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Jun 21, 2022
Investment
- Square Enix
- Blacknut
Not disclosed
Square Enix invests in cloud gaming company Blacknut
Jun 16, 2022
Acquisition
- Sugar
- Uncapped
Not disclosed
Uncapped acquires gaming finance provider Sugar for undisclosed amount
Jun 15, 2022
Partnership
- MSA
- Tamatem Games
Not disclosed
MSA Novo invests in Tamatem Games' Chinese expansion
Jun 14, 2022
Investment
- Play Ventures
- Odeeo
$9m
Mobile gaming audio tech startup Odeeo receives $9 million, becomes DAX’s sales partner
Jun 14, 2022
Acquisition
- King
Not disclosed
Candy Crush creator King acquires AI software company Peltarion
Jun 10, 2022
Partnership
- Ustwo games
- Netflix
Not disclosed
Desta: The Memories Between announced in Netflix partnership
Jun 8, 2022
Acquisition
- iCandy Interactive
- Flying Sheep Studios
$2.1m
iCandy sets sights on the metaverse with a 60% stake in Flying Sheep Studios
Jun 8, 2022
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
- Forgotten Empires
$32.5m
Keywords Studios enters conditional $32.5 million acquisition of Forgotten Empires
Jun 6, 2022
Investment
- Supercell
- Oxalis Games Ltd
$4.5m
Exclusive: Supercell breaks ground with first investment in NFT gaming
Jun 6, 2022
Investment
- Play Ventures
- Cypher Games
$3.2m
Turkish mobile puzzle games developer Cypher Games raises $3.2 million
Jun 6, 2022
Partnership
- Mighty Kingdom
- Lion Studios
Not disclosed
Mighty Kingdom and Lion Studios partner to develop unnamed title
Jun 6, 2022
Acquisition
- Playstack
Not disclosed
Playstack acquires Magic Fuel Games, reunites EA veterans
May 30, 2022
Investment
- Village Studio
$2.3m
€2.1m
€2.1m
Founded by Rovio and Zynga veterans, Village Studio has raised €2.1 million
May 27, 2022
Investment
- Supercell
- Trailmix Games
$60m
Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix with $60 million investment
May 27, 2022
Partnership
- Roblox
Not disclosed
Gucci forms permanent presence in Roblox with Gucci Town
May 26, 2022
Investment
- Hiro Capital
- Machinations.io
$3.3m
Game economics platform Machinations.io raises $3.3 million
May 26, 2022
Partnership
- Yield Guild Gaming
- Infinite Arcade
Not disclosed
Infinite Arcade partners with blockchain gaming community YGG SEA
May 24, 2022
Investment
- Firestoke Games
$2.2m
Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million
May 18, 2022
Investment
- Nintendo
Not disclosed
Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo
May 18, 2022
Partnership
- Flexion Mobile
- FunPlus
Not disclosed
Flexion to publish FunPlus’ King of Avalon on alternative app stores
May 17, 2022
Acquisition
- Behaviour Interactive
Not disclosed
Dead by Daylight developer acquires Midwinter Entertainment
May 16, 2022
Acquisition
- Fiddlesticks
- Curve Games
Not disclosed
Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games
May 13, 2022
Acquisition
- Exmox
- Testerheld
Not disclosed
exmox acquires Testerheld to develop new portfolio features and content
Apr 28, 2022
Acquisition
- Media and Games Invest
- AxesInMotion
$58m
Media and Games Invest acquires AxesInMotion in entirety for $58 million
Apr 28, 2022
Partnership
- Epic Games
- Aquiris Game Studio
Not disclosed
Horizon Chase devs reach publishing agreement with Epic Games
Apr 28, 2022
Partnership
- WAX
Not disclosed
Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield enters Web3 with WAX Studios partnership
Apr 26, 2022
Partnership
- Tilting Point
- IronSource
Not disclosed
ironSource extends advertising app partnership with Tilting Point
Apr 21, 2022
Investment
- Kakao Games
- Playable Worlds
$15m
Kakao Games invests $15 million in Playable Worlds to develop cloud-native Sandbox MMO
Apr 21, 2022
Partnership
- Facebook Gaming
- Code Coven
Not disclosed
Code Coven and Facebook Gaming’s Game Developer Program will guide under-represented talent
Apr 20, 2022
Investment
- Yomi Games
$2m
Yomi Games raises $2 million to become the "Zynga of Crypto"
Apr 20, 2022
Partnership
- Riot Games
- One Esports
Not disclosed
One Esports partners with Riot Games for Wild Rift Champions SEA promotional campaign
Apr 19, 2022
Investment
- Monster League Studios
$2m
Monster League Studios raises $2 million for blockchain-based esports platform
Apr 19, 2022
Investment
- GIC
- Coda
$690m
Coda Payments receives $690 million in further funding
Apr 19, 2022
Investment
- Spoilz
$0.7m
Saudi Arabian Spoilz Games raises $693,000 in pre-seed funding
Apr 14, 2022
Investment
- Coherence
- Griffin Gaming Partners
$8m
coherence raises $8 million for real-time multiplayer creation platform
Apr 11, 2022
Investment
- Epic Games
- Sony
- Lego Ventures
$2,000m
Sony and Lego invest $1 billion each in Epic Games’ metaverse development
Apr 11, 2022
Acquisition
- Animoca Brands
- Eden Games
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games to bring blockchain to racing games
Apr 11, 2022
Investment
- GGV Capital
- Cocos
- Agora
$50m
Cocos raises $50 million in Series B ahead of metaverse development project
Apr 7, 2022
Investment
- Ubisoft
- Galaxy Interactive
- Gadsme
$8m
Gadsme raises $8 million for non-intrusive ads, backed by Ubisoft
Apr 7, 2022
Investment
- Bitkraft Ventures
- MTG GAMING
- Legendary Play
$4m
Legendary Play raises $4 million to develop mobile games suite for esports fans
Apr 7, 2022
Partnership
- Gameloft
- Nodwin Gaming
Not disclosed
Gameloft and Nodwin Gaming to launch mobile esports events in India
Apr 6, 2022
Investment
- Sky Mavis
$150m
Sky Mavis raises $150 million, gears up for launch of Axie Infinity: Origin
Apr 6, 2022
Partnership
- InMobi
- Anzu
Not disclosed
Anzu and InMobi partnership brings 3D in-game ads to APAC region
Apr 6, 2022
Acquisition
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Niantic acquires New Zealand-based AR studio NZXR
Apr 5, 2022
Investment
- Bitkraft Ventures
- Superbloom
$3m
Superbloom raises $3 million to develop its first mobile game for women
Apr 5, 2022
Investment
- Nazara
- Bitkraft Ventures
$2.5m
Nazara invests $2.5 million in Bitkraft Ventures
Mar 30, 2022
Investment
- Games24x7
$75m
Games24x7 raises $75 million in latest funding round
Apr 4, 2022
Investment
- Kalaari Capital
- Bombay Play
$7m
Bombay Play quadruples valuation in latest funding round
Mar 31, 2022
Investment
- Battlebound
- a16z
$4.8m