Jul 29, 2020
Investment
- Polyarc
$9m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Jul 28, 2020
Partnership
- Konami
Not disclosed
Konami is teaming with Shengqu Games for a new Castlevania mobile title
Jul 27, 2020
Acquisition
- Huuuge Games
Not disclosed
Huuuge Games acquires Finnish games studio Double Star
Jul 24, 2020
Partnership
Not disclosed
Games publisher Leaf teams up with Cypress Hill rapper B Real for musician's first game
Jul 20, 2020
Merger
- Amber
Not disclosed
Games development agency Amber is merging with studio KaraOkulta
Jul 20, 2020
Partnership
- Com2uS
Not disclosed
Com2us partners with Skybound and Image Comics for Summoners War comic book
Jul 17, 2020
Acquisition
- tinyBuild Games
Not disclosed
tinyBuild acquires the development team behind Hello Neighbor
Jul 16, 2020
Investment
- Carbonated Games
$8.5m
Carbonated Games closes $8.5 million seed funding round
Jul 15, 2020
Acquisition
- Tilting Point
- Playtech
Not disclosed
Tilting Point acquires mobile games and assets from Playtech
Jul 15, 2020
Acquisition
- Huuuge Games
- Playable Platform
Not disclosed
Huuuge Games acquires interactive ads firm Playable Platform
Jul 14, 2020
Partnership
- Nintendo
- Ustwo games
- LEGO
Not disclosed
LEGO partners with Monument Valley developer Ustwo for LEGO Super Mario app
Jul 13, 2020
Acquisition
- Animoca Brands
$4.5m
Animoca Brands acquires social games platform GAMEE
Jul 10, 2020
Partnership
- Jagex
- Sperasoft
Not disclosed
Sperasoft partners with RuneScape developer Jagex
Jul 10, 2020
Investment
- Epic Games
- Sony
$250m
Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite creator Epic Games
Jul 9, 2020
Investment
- Traplight Games
$9m
€8m
€8m
Traplight secures $9 million in funding as it launches Battle Legion worldwide
Jul 7, 2020
Partnership
- Lab Cave
Not disclosed
Lab Cave teams up with Zinkia Entertainment for Pocoyo mobile games
Jul 6, 2020
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$4.1m
Animoca Brands secures $4.1 million through strategic investors
Jul 3, 2020
Partnership
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Amazon
Not disclosed
Bethesda teams with Amazon Studios and Kilter Films on Fallout TV series
Jul 2, 2020
Acquisition
- Paradox Interactive
Not disclosed
Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Game Studio
Jun 1, 2020
Acquisition
- Zynga
- Peak Games
$1,800m
Update: Zynga closes acquisition of Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.85 billion
Jul 2, 2020
Partnership
- Capstone
Not disclosed
Manchester City Football Club teams up with Capstone Games for its own official mobile game
Jul 1, 2020
Partnership
- Anzu
Not disclosed
Anzu teams up with League-M to bring its in-game ads platform to European brands
Jul 1, 2020
Acquisition
- Com2uS
Not disclosed
Com2uS acquires online Go service Tygem
Jul 1, 2020
Investment
- Discord
$100m
Discord raises $100 million to expand beyond games
Jun 29, 2020
Partnership
- SNK Playmore
- Tencent
Not disclosed
Tencent Games teams up with SNK for a Metal Slug mobile title
Jun 26, 2020
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
$2.5m
Keywords acquires development studio Coconut Lizard
Jun 25, 2020
Partnership
- Amazon
- Pearl Abyss
Not disclosed
Pearl Abyss renews its partnership with Amazon for free Black Desert Mobile content
Jun 25, 2020
Partnership
- Lockwood Publishing
Not disclosed
Lockwood Publishing partners with World of Dance for Avakin Life content
Jun 24, 2020
Partnership
- Tencent
- The Pokemon Company
Not disclosed
Tencent and The Pokémon Company debut Pokémon Unite
Jun 23, 2020
Acquisition
- Ready At Dawn
- Meta
- Oculus
Not disclosed
Facebook acquires Lone Echo developer Ready At Dawn for Oculus Studios
Jun 22, 2020
Acquisition
- Sensor Tower
Not disclosed
Sensor Tower acquires StayFree and ActionDash apps to bolster its data offering
Jun 15, 2020
Investment
- SockMonkey Studios
$0.3m
SockMonkey Studios secures a £250,000 investment to launch its first game
Jun 15, 2020
Partnership
- NetEase
- Warner Bros.
Not disclosed
NetEase teams up with Warner Bros for The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War
Jun 15, 2020
Partnership
- Huuuge Games
Not disclosed
Huuuge Games teams up with Universal Games for a Trolls game
Jun 8, 2020
Partnership
- Riot Games
Not disclosed
Riot Games forms partnership with Crisis Text Line to battle mental health
Jun 5, 2020
Acquisition
- Animoca Brands
- iCandy Interactive
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands finalises the sale of its mobile games library to iCandy
Jun 4, 2020
Acquisition
- Playrix
- Cateia Games
Not disclosed
Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team
Jun 3, 2020
Acquisition
- Rovio
Not disclosed
Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure
Jun 2, 2020
Investment
- LootLocker
$0.3m
Swedish firm LootLocker raises $250,000 in seed funding
Jun 2, 2020
Merger
- Homa
Not disclosed
Homa Games absorbs free-to-play mobile games specialist IRL Team
May 29, 2020
Partnership
- Sega
- Paramount Digital Entertainment
Not disclosed
Sega and Paramount Pictures reteam for Sonic the Hedgehog film sequel
May 29, 2020
Partnership
- Electronic Arts
- NFL
Not disclosed
Update: EA secures NFL license for Madden games until May 2026
May 28, 2020
Investment
- Carry1st
$4m
Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa
May 26, 2020
Investment
- Marvelous Europe
- Tencent
$65m
Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous
May 21, 2020
Partnership
- N3TWORK
- SuperGaming
- MeeWow Games
Not disclosed
MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership
May 21, 2020
Investment
- Small Giant Games
- MyGamez
Not disclosed
MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch
May 20, 2020
Investment
- AdInMo
$500,000m
Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding
May 15, 2020
Acquisition
- Apple
Not disclosed
Apple acquires virtual reality specialist NextVR
May 15, 2020
Partnership
- Rooster Teeth
- The Yogscast
Not disclosed
Rooster Teeth forms strategic partnership with The Yogscast
May 15, 2020
Acquisition
- Sumo Digital
- Lab42
Not disclosed