Feb 4, 2021
Acquisition
- Phoenix Games
- SmileyGamer
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Feb 3, 2021
Acquisition
- Com2uS
- AllM
Not disclosed
Com2uS acquires majority stake in Kritika developer AllM
Feb 3, 2021
Acquisition
- Embracer Group
Not disclosed
Embracer Group picks up Aspyr Media for potential $450m
Jul 2, 2021
Merger
- Playstudios
- Acies Acquisition Corp
Not disclosed
Playstudios to go public after merging with Acies Acquisition Corp
Feb 1, 2021
Acquisition
- Sumo Digital
Not applicable
Sumo Group snaps up indie outfit PixelAnt Games for £250k
May 12, 2021
Investment
- Tencent
- Don't Nod
$36.4m
€30m
€30m
Tencent backs Life is Strange maker Dontnod
Jan 25, 2021
Acquisition
- Sulake
- Azerion
Not disclosed
Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel dev Sulake
Jan 25, 2021
Investment
- Together Labs
$35m
IMVU Inc. secures $35 million in funding
Jan 25, 2021
Acquisition
- Jagex
- The Carlyle Group
Not disclosed
RuneScape dev Jagex has been acquired by The Carlyle Group
Jan 21, 2021
Acquisition
- Team17
$0m
£12m
£12m
Team17 secures Golf With Your Friends in £12m acquisition
Jan 21, 2021
Acquisition
- Opera
- YoYo Games
$10m
Opera snaps up YoYo Games for $10 million
Jan 20, 2021
Acquisition
- Miniclip
- Gamebasics
Not disclosed
Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager dev Gamebasics
Jan 14, 2021
Acquisition
- 505 Games
Not disclosed
Digital Bros snaps up Gems of War dev Infinity Plus Two
Jan 14, 2021
Investment
- Kuato Studios
Not disclosed
Kuato Studios raises $6 million as it launches VR title Panic Room
Jan 13, 2021
Partnership
- Tilting Point
Not disclosed
Tilting Point forms live-publishing partnership with South Korean firm Storytaco
Jan 11, 2021
Acquisition
- IronSource
Not disclosed
IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA
Jan 8, 2021
Acquisition
- Epic Games
Not disclosed
Epic Games snaps up RAD Game Tools
Jan 5, 2021
Acquisition
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Niantic snaps up games community platform Mayhem
Jan 5, 2021
Acquisition
- Nintendo
- Next Level Games
Not disclosed
Nintendo snaps up Luigi's Mansion 3 dev Next Level Games
Jan 4, 2021
Investment
- Nordisk
- MercurySteam
Not disclosed
Nordisk Games acquires 40% of MercurySteam
Dec 24, 2020
Acquisition
- Moon Active
Not disclosed
Moon Active snaps up mobile games dev Melsoft
Dec 21, 2020
Acquisition
- Voodoo
- OHM Games
Not disclosed
Voodoo acquires Paris-based studio OHM Games
Dec 21, 2020
Acquisition
- MAG Interactive
- Apprope
$5.9m
Mag Interactive snaps up Swedish studio Apprope
Dec 18, 2020
Investment
- Discord
$100m
Discord valuation has doubled to $7 billion
Dec 17, 2020
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
Not disclosed
Keywords snaps up PR agency Indigo Pearl and audio firm Jinglebell
Dec 16, 2020
Investment
- Tilting Point
- JoyCity
$40m
Tilting Point enters funding partnership with Joycity, invests $40 million in Gunship Battle: Total Warfare
Dec 15, 2020
Acquisition
- Roblox
Not disclosed
Roblox acquires digital avatar creator Loom.ai
Jun 8, 2021
Acquisition
- Stillfront Group
$447m
Stillfront Group secures revolving credit facility of $447 million
Dec 14, 2020
Acquisition
- Tencent
$1,300m
Leyou shareholders agree to $1.3bn Tencent takeover
Dec 14, 2020
Acquisition
- Codemasters
- Electronic Arts
- Take-Two Interactive
$1,200m
EA outbids Take-Two for Codemasters
Dec 4, 2020
Investment
- Mod.io
$4m
Cross-platform modding service Mod.io raises $4m
Dec 2, 2020
Acquisition
- salesforce.com
$27,700m
Salesforce picks up Slack for $27.7 billion
Dec 1, 2020
Acquisition
$24.2m
Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha
Nov 23, 2020
Investment
- Bandai Namco
$3m
Bandai Namco backs Genies with $3 million investment
Nov 18, 2020
Acquisition
- Zen Studios
- A Thinking Ape
- THQ Nordic
- Mad Head Games
- Quantic Lab
- Embracer Group
Not disclosed
Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios
Nov 17, 2020
Acquisition
- Wiggin LLP
Not disclosed
Media law firm Wiggin acquires digital entertainment practice Purewal & Partners
Nov 10, 2020
Acquisition
- Codemasters
- Take-Two Interactive
$994m
Codemasters agrees to sell to Take-Two
Nov 4, 2020
Investment
- Aptoide
$1.5m
Aptoide receives $1.5 million investment from 200M
Nov 4, 2020
Investment
- Tencent
- Lockwood Publishing
$25m
Lockwood Publishing secures $25 million in Series A funding round
Nov 3, 2020
Investment
- Sugar
$1.9m
Sugar raises $1.9 million in pre-seed funding
Oct 29, 2020
Acquisition
- Stillfront Group
$1.4m
Stillfront acquires indie dev Everguild Limited
Oct 26, 2020
Investment
- Tencent
- Hero Entertainment
$100m
VSPN raises $100 million in funding round led by Tencent
Oct 23, 2020
Acquisition
- Scopely
Not disclosed
Scopely snaps up match-three developer Genjoy
Oct 22, 2020
Acquisition
- Devolver Digital
- Croteam
Not disclosed
Devolver picks up Serious Sam developer Croteam
Oct 21, 2020
Investment
- Frost Giant
$4.7m
Blizzard veterans raise $4.7m to fund new studio Frost Giant
Oct 19, 2020
Acquisition
- GameFly
Not disclosed
Alliance Entertainment acquires US games rental service GameFly
Oct 13, 2020
Partnership
- MyTona
- Netflix
Not disclosed
MyTona teams with Netflix to bring Stranger Things to Cooking Diaries
Oct 13, 2020
Merger
- Tencent
- Huya
- Douyu
Not disclosed
Streaming platforms Huya and DouYu are merging
Oct 13, 2020
Acquisition
- Vungle
- AlgoLift
Not disclosed
Vungle adapts to post-IDFA era with acquisition of automated UA platform AlgoLift
Oct 13, 2020
Acquisition
- Com2uS
- Out of the Park Developments
Not disclosed