Nov 25, 2021
Acquisition
- Gamevil
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Nov 24, 2021
Acquisition
- Boss Bunny Games
- Waysun Inc.
Not disclosed
Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations
Nov 24, 2021
Investment
- Plug In Digital
$75m
Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing
Nov 23, 2021
Investment
- Niantic
- Coatue
$300m
Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse
Nov 19, 2021
Investment
- Sisu Game Ventures
- Pocket Burger Games
$1m
UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games
Nov 22, 2021
Partnership
- ZBD
- Viker
Not disclosed
Viker partners with Zebedee to bring Bitcoin rewards to mobile games
Nov 22, 2021
Investment
- Supercell
- Frogmind Games
$14.6m
Frogmind rebrands to HypeHype, Supercell invests $15 million
Nov 19, 2021
Acquisition
- Animoca Brands
- iCandy Interactive
$32.4m
iCandy acquires Lemon Sky Studios for $32.4 million, raises $29.1 million
Nov 18, 2021
Investment
- Makers Fund
- Hiro Capital
- March Capital
- DreamCraft Entertainment
$10m
Solo game development platform DreamCraft raises $10 million
Nov 18, 2021
Investment
- Green Grey
- Pocket Size Games
$2m
Green Grey invests $2 million in US-based indie dev Pocket Size Games
Nov 18, 2021
Acquisition
- Star Stable Entertainment
- Nordisk Games
Not disclosed
Nordisk Games acquires majority stake in Star Stable Entertainment
Nov 17, 2021
Partnership
- Candywriter
- Goodgame Studios
- Stillfront Group
Not disclosed
Stillfront devs Goodgame and Candywriter to launch German version of BitLife
Nov 16, 2021
Investment
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Overwolf
- Griffin Gaming Partners
$75m
Overwolf raises $75 million in Series D funding round
Nov 16, 2021
Investment
- Million Victories
- Griffin Gaming Partners
$3m
French startup Million Victories raises $3 million to scale Million Lords
Nov 16, 2021
Acquisition
- Thunderful
- Early Morning Studio
Not disclosed
Thunderful acquires indie mobile game dev Early Morning Studio
Nov 15, 2021
Investment
- Kabam
- Playstudios
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Huuuge Games
- Sea Group
- Griffin Gaming Partners
- Forte
$725m
Mobile game devs part of blockchain gaming platform Forte's $725 million raise
Nov 11, 2021
Investment
- Griffin Gaming Partners
- Hadi
$5.2m
Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games
Nov 10, 2021
Investment
- Playtertainment
$5m
Playtertainment announces $5 million funding round
Nov 9, 2021
Partnership
- SYBO Games
- Ecologi
Not disclosed
Sybo Games partners with Ecologi to plant 200,000 trees
Nov 9, 2021
Acquisition
- Unity
$1,625m
Unity acquires Weta Digital, its tools and 275 staff for $1.6 billion
Nov 9, 2021
Investment
- Makers Fund
- AudioMob
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
$14m
AudioMob raises $14 million at $110 million valuation
Nov 8, 2021
Investment
- Tencent
- Mod.io
- Lego Ventures
$26m
User-generated content platform Mod.io raises $26 million
Nov 8, 2021
Investment
- Voodoo
Not disclosed
Voodoo makes "significant" investment into Israeli casual games developer Teskin
Nov 4, 2021
Acquisition
- Medal.tv
- Gif Your Game
- Fuze.tv
Not disclosed
Medal.tv acquires Gif Your Game and Fuze.tv
Nov 3, 2021
Investment
- GrandBanks Capital
- Beamable
$5m
Live ops platform Beamable raises $5 million to expand service
Nov 2, 2021
Investment
- Bitkraft Ventures
- Splash
$20.8m
Splash raises $20 million for Roblox music game
Nov 2, 2021
Investment
- Com2uS
- Animoca Brands
- SoftBank
- The Sandbox
$93m
The Sandbox raises $93 million to grow open NFT Metaverse
Nov 1, 2021
Investment
- Play Ventures
- The Games Fund
- Kek Entertainment
$3m
Ex-War Robots execs launch Kek Entertainment, raise $3 million for multiplayer mobile titles
Oct 29, 2021
Acquisition
- Digital Legends Entertainment
- Activision
Not disclosed
Activision acquires Digital Legends for unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Oct 27, 2021
Acquisition
- Thunderful
- Robot Teddy
$13.7m
Thunderful Group acquires Robot Teddy for $13.7 million
Oct 25, 2021
Acquisition
- Bidalgo
- IronSource
Not disclosed
IronSource acquires mobile marketing outfit Bidalgo
Oct 21, 2021
Investment
- Garena
- Kazoo Games
$12m
Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games
Oct 21, 2021
Investment
- Makers Fund
- Lego Ventures
- Piepacker
$12m
Social gaming platform Piepacker raises $12 million for mobile expansion
Oct 20, 2021
Investment
- Ubisoft
- Com2uS
- Animoca Brands
- Summer Capital
$65m
Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation
Oct 18, 2021
Acquisition
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Scopely
- GSN Games
$1,000m
Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion
Oct 15, 2021
Acquisition
- IronSource
$400m
IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million
Oct 14, 2021
Investment
- Lucid Sight, Inc
- Galaxy Interactive
$2.6m
Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud
Oct 14, 2021
Investment
- Mobile Deluxe
- Murka
Not disclosed
Murka to acquire solitaire development company Mobile Deluxe
Oct 12, 2021
Investment
- Ludus Venture Studio
Not disclosed
Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups
Oct 11, 2021
Investment
- Northzone
- Singular
- Homa
$50m
Homa Games raises $50 million to scale hypercasual
Oct 8, 2021
Investment
- My.Games Venture Capital
$3m
My.Games Venture Capital invests into Tworogue Games and Wideview Games
Oct 8, 2021
Other
- Nazara
$42m
Nazara raises $42 million to fund growth initiatives and acquisitions
Oct 5, 2021
Investment
- Play Ventures
- Original Games
$6m
MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round
Oct 7, 2021
Acquisition
- MoPub
- AppLovin
$1,050m
AppLovin purchases MoPub from Twitter for $1 billion cash
Oct 6, 2021
Acquisition
- Niantic
- Hoss
Not disclosed
Niantic acquires developer experience firm Hoss
Oct 4, 2021
Investment
- Reliance Games
- Simteractive
Not disclosed
Reliance partners with Simteractive to publish Eden Isle: Paradise Resort
Oct 1, 2021
Investment
- Voodoo
- Beach Bum
Not disclosed
Voodoo buys Beach Bum to diversify monetisation from ads to IAPs
Sep 30, 2021
Acquisition
- Playsoft
- Product Madness
Not disclosed
Product Madness acquires Polish mobile developer Playsoft
Sep 29, 2021
Investment
- Sisu Game Ventures
- 1939 Games
- Crowberry Capital
$5.3m
1939 Games raises $5.3 million to bring Kards to mobile
Sep 30, 2021
Investment
- NetEase
- Kepler Interactive
$120m