Dec 14, 2020
Acquisition
- Tencent
$1,300m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
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