Oct 29, 2020
Acquisition
- Stillfront Group
$1.4m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
Com2uS purchases Out of the Park Developments
Oct 8, 2020
Acquisition
- Deus Craft
- My.Games
$49.1m
My.Games acquires a majority stake in mobile games dev Deus Craft
Oct 5, 2020
Acquisition
- Coatsink
- Thunderful
$29.8m
Thunderful Group acquires Shadow Point developer Coatsink
Oct 2, 2020
Acquisition
- Zynga
- Rollic
$180m
Zynga closes its acquisition of Turkish studio Rollic
Oct 1, 2020
Acquisition
- Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology
Not disclosed
Blue Hat Interactive still intends to acquire majority stake in Fuzhou Csfctech
Oct 1, 2020
Partnership
- Nintendo
- Microsoft
- Mojang
Not disclosed
Microsoft and Nintendo team up to bring Minecraft to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Sep 30, 2020
Acquisition
- Sumo Digital
- Pipeworks
$100m
Sumo Group acquires co-development specialist Pipeworks in a $100 million deal
Sep 28, 2020
Merger
- PUBG Corp
- Krafton
Not disclosed
Krafton to merge with PUBG Corp later this year
Sep 25, 2020
Acquisition
- Epic Games
- SuperAwesome
Not disclosed
Epic acquires kid-safe platform SuperAwesome
Sep 24, 2020
Partnership
- Nautilus Mobile
- Bidstack
Not disclosed
Bidstack teams up with Nautilus Mobile for Real Cricket 20 ads
Sep 23, 2020
Investment
- Admix
$1.5m
Admix raises a further $1.5 million in Series A funding extension
Sep 21, 2020
Acquisition
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Microsoft
- ZeniMax Media
$7,500m
Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media and Bethesda for $7.5 billion
Sep 21, 2020
Investment
- Mobile Premier League
$90m
Mobile Premier League raises $90 million in Series C funding
Sep 17, 2020
Investment
- Supercell
- Metacore
$29.6m
€25m
€25m
Metacore secures $29.6 million from Supercell as it rebrands from Everywear Games
Sep 17, 2020
Acquisition
- Stillfront Group
- Nanobit d.o.o.
$148m
Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million
Sep 17, 2020
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
- Heavy Iron Studios
$13.3m
Keywords acquires Heavy Iron Studios
Sep 16, 2020
Acquisition
- Gameloft
Not disclosed
Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys
Sep 16, 2020
Acquisition
- Koch Media
- Vertigo Games
- Embracer Group
$59.3m
Embracer Group picks up VR firm Vertigo Games
Sep 14, 2020
Acquisition
- Nvidia
- ARM
- SoftBank
$40,000m
Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Sep 10, 2020
Partnership
- SYBO Games
Not disclosed
Sybo Games partners with NFLPA to bring NFL players to Subway Surfers
Aug 28, 2020
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
Not disclosed
Keywords acquires creative agency Maverick Media
Aug 28, 2020
Acquisition
- MAG Interactive
$2.3m
MAG Interactive acquires Primetime developer Sventertainment
Aug 21, 2020
Partnership
- Amazon Games
- Smilegate
Not disclosed
Smilegate teams with Amazon to bring one of its games to the West next year
Jul 1, 2021
Investment
- Hiber
$2.3m
Hiber raises $2.25 million in a seed funding round for its creative platform
Aug 19, 2020
Partnership
- Zynga
- NASCAR
Not disclosed
Zynga teams with NASCAR to bring "iconic" Chevrolet Camaro to CSR Racing 2
Aug 18, 2020
Acquisition
- Take-Two Interactive
$192m
Take-Two Interactive to acquire Two Dots developer Playdots for $192 million
Aug 18, 2020
Partnership
- East Side Games
Not disclosed
East Side Games teams with FX Networks for Archer: Danger Phone
Aug 18, 2020
Investment
- Tencent
- Voodoo
Not disclosed
Tencent makes minor investment in hypercasual specialist Voodoo
Aug 17, 2020
Investment
- Wildlife Studios
$120m
Wildlife raises $120 million with a company valuation of $3 billion
Aug 13, 2020
Acquisition
- DECA Games
- Embracer Group
Not disclosed
Embracer Group acquires eight new studios including DECA Games
Aug 12, 2020
Acquisition
- Testronic
Not disclosed
Testronic acquires Whyttest to expand its QA capacity
Aug 6, 2020
Investment
- Epic Games
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
$1,178m
Epic Games secures $1.78 billion in new funding round
Aug 6, 2020
Acquisition
- Enthusiast Gaming
$15m
Enthusiast Gaming acquires Omnia Media from Blue Ant Media Solutions
Aug 5, 2020
Acquisition
- Zynga
- Rollic
$168m
Zynga buys hypercasual outfit Rollic for $168 million
Aug 5, 2020
Investment
- Big Run Studios
- Transcend Fund
- Galaxy Interactive
$5.3m
Transcend Fund leads $5.25 million investment into Big Run Studios
Aug 5, 2020
Partnership
- Venatus
Not disclosed
Venatus teams up with Frameplay for in-game advertising
Aug 4, 2020
Partnership
- Atari
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands extends its partnership with Atari
Jul 31, 2020
Partnership
- 2K
- NFL
Not disclosed
2K forms partnership with OneTeam Partners and the NFLPA
Jul 30, 2020
Partnership
- Lab Cave
- Sunnyside Studios
Not disclosed
Lab Cave partners with Sunnyside Studios to develop Groovy The Martian games
Jul 30, 2020
Acquisition
- GAME Digital plc
Not disclosed
Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million
Jul 29, 2020
Partnership
- Verizon
Not disclosed