Mar 31, 2021
Acquisition
- Fingerprint Digital
- Sandbox & Co
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
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Mar 30, 2021
Investment
- Dapper Labs
$305m
NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs secures $305 million in funding
Mar 29, 2021
Investment
- 4J Studios
- Blippar
$5m
AR outfit Blippar secures $5 million in pre-Series A funding
May 5, 2021
Partnership
- Ninja Kiwi
- Modern Times Group (MTG)
Not disclosed
MTG acquires Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons
Mar 23, 2021
Acquisition
- Fyber
- Digital Turbine
$600m
Digital Turbine to acquire Fyber for $600 million
Mar 22, 2021
Acquisition
- ByteDance
Not disclosed
ByteDance snaps up Shanghai-based studio Moonton Technology
Mar 18, 2021
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
$46.8m
Keywords enters the Australian market with Tanalus Media investment
Mar 12, 2021
Acquisition
- Super League Gaming
Not disclosed
Super League Gaming snaps up live streaming platform Mobcrush
Mar 10, 2021
Acquisition
- LEAF Mobile
$29m
Leaf Mobile submits letter of intent to acquire Truly Social Games
Mar 9, 2021
Acquisition
- Epic Games
Not disclosed
Epic Games snaps up Capturing Reality
Mar 5, 2021
Investment
- NetEase
- Theorycraft Games
$37.5m
Riot, Blizzard, Valve and Bungie veterans launch new studio Theorycraft Games with backing of NetEase
Mar 3, 2021
Acquisition
- Zynga
Not disclosed
Zynga snaps up cross-platform studio Echtra Games
Mar 3, 2021
Acquisition
- AdColony
- Digital Turbine
$375m
Digital Turbine signs agreement to acquire AdColony
Mar 2, 2021
Acquisition
- Vungle
- GameRefinery, a Liftoff company
Not disclosed
Vungle snaps up analytics specialist GameRefinery
Feb 23, 2021
Acquisition
- IronSource
- Luna Labs
Not disclosed
IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs
Feb 23, 2021
Investment
- Miniclip
Not disclosed
Miniclip makes strategic investment in Green Horse Games
Feb 22, 2021
Acquisition
- Netmarble
- Kung Fu Factory
Not disclosed
Netmarble snaps up a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory
Feb 19, 2021
Acquisition
- Lucid Sight, Inc
Not disclosed
Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus
Feb 18, 2021
Acquisition
- Codemasters
- Electronic Arts
$1,200m
EA completes its purchase of Codemasters
Feb 9, 2021
Investment
- My.Games
$1.5m
My.Games invests $1.5 million in Pizza Club Games
Feb 9, 2021
Acquisition
- Electronic Arts
- Glu Mobile
$2,100m
EA snaps up Design Home creator Glu Mobile
Feb 8, 2021
Acquisition
- East Side Games
- LEAF Mobile
$125m
Leaf Mobile snaps up East Side Games for $125 million
Feb 4, 2021
Acquisition
- Phoenix Games
- SmileyGamer
Not disclosed
Phoenix Games acquires match-three mobile studio SmileyGamer
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