Dec 11, 2019
Partnership
- Rovio
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Dec 10, 2019
Acquisition
- Eipix Entertainment
- Playrix
Not disclosed
Playrix acquires Serbian game studio Eipix Entertainment
Dec 9, 2019
Investment
- Bitkraft Ventures
- PatronGG
$1m
PatronGG raises $1 million for its Kokyo esports app
Dec 9, 2019
Investment
- Gismart
$0.5m
Gismart invests $500,000 in social music platform Jambl
Dec 6, 2019
Acquisition
- Kongregate
Not disclosed
Kongregate acquires battle royale game Surviv.io
Dec 6, 2019
Investment
- Benchmark Capital
- Wildlife Studios
$60m
Wildlife Studios secures $60 million investment to focus on talent acquisition
Dec 6, 2019
Partnership
- Qualcomm
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Niantic and Qualcomm sign multi-year deal for AR gaming tech
Nov 29, 2019
Partnership
- Tencent
Not disclosed
Tencent partners Chinese live streaming platform Chushou.tv
Nov 27, 2019
Investment
- Genvid Technologies
- Makers Fund
- Galaxy Interactive
$27m
Genvid Technologies raises $27 million to fund new streaming engine
Nov 22, 2019
Investment
- AirConsole by N-Dream
$3m
Cloud-based games service AirConsole raises $3 million in Series A
Nov 21, 2019
Investment
- Skillz
Not disclosed
Skillz raises funding from NFL's 32 Equity investment arm
Nov 21, 2019
Investment
- N3TWORK
$40m
N3twork raises $40 million for new games, publishing platform and community app
Nov 20, 2019
Investment
- Peak Games
- Balderton Capital
- Makers Fund
- Dream Games
$7.5m
Turkish startup Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle titles
Nov 19, 2019
Investment
- Miniclip
- Riot Games
- Supercell
- Tencent
- Bunch
$3.9m
Social video app for gaming Bunch raises $3.85 million from Supercell, Miniclip, Riot
Nov 15, 2019
Investment
- Sumo Digital
- Tencent
$30m
Tencent spends $30 million acquiring 10% of UK studio Sumo Digital
Nov 14, 2019
Investment
- Wappier
$4m
Wappier raises $4 million to enhance revenue and dataviz platform
Nov 12, 2019
Acquisition
- Epic Games
Not disclosed
Epic Games acquires Megascans outfit Quixel
Nov 7, 2019
Partnership
- Outerminds
Not disclosed
Outerminds partners with PewDiePie again for Pixelings game
Nov 6, 2019
Investment
- Super Evil Megacorp
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Rogue Games
$10.5m
Rogue Games takes Vainglory as Super Evil raises $10.5 million for cloud game Project Spellfire
Nov 4, 2019
Acquisition
- Unity Technologies
Not disclosed
Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos
Oct 30, 2019
Partnership
- NetEase
- Warner Bros.
Not disclosed
Warner Bros. and NetEase partner for card RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Oct 29, 2019
Investment
- Scopely
$200m
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Oct 25, 2019
Acquisition
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Alpha Dog Games
Not disclosed
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
Oct 21, 2019
Investment
- MadBox
$16.7m
Casual mobile game dev MadBox raises $17 million
Oct 17, 2019
Acquisition
- Tilting Point
- Gondola
Not disclosed
Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition
Oct 17, 2019
Acquisition
- GREE
- DECA Games
Not disclosed
Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE
Oct 14, 2019
Acquisition
- Kuju Entertainment
- Testronic
- Curve Digital
- The Catalis Group
$113m
NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million
Oct 10, 2019
Investment
- Bitkraft Ventures
$2m
Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round
Oct 8, 2019
Acquisition
- Megacool
- Medal.tv
Not disclosed
PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool
Oct 3, 2019
Acquisition
- ChilliConnect
- Unity
Not disclosed
Unity continues M&A drive acquiring live ops outfit ChilliConnect
Oct 3, 2019
Investment
- IronSource
$400m
CVC buys minority stake in mobile game monetisation outfit IronSource for $400 million
Oct 1, 2019
Partnership
- Camel Games
- Firefly Games
- Skydance Media
Not disclosed
Skydance and Firefly Games partner for Terminator: Dark Fate mobile game
Sep 26, 2019
Acquisition
- data.ai
Not applicable
App Annie acquires mobile analytics firm Libring alongside rebrand
Sep 26, 2019
Investment
- London Venture Partners
$80m
London Venture Partners raises $80 million to fund game startups
Sep 22, 2019
Acquisition
- DeltaDNA
- Unity
Not disclosed
Unity acquires DeltaDNA for undisclosed fee
Sep 19, 2019
Acquisition
- Twitch Interactive
Not disclosed
The Internet Gaming Database joins Twitch
Sep 17, 2019
Investment
- Play Ventures
- Starform
$1.3m
Ex-Z2 team Starform raises $1.25 million to focus on mobile games to play with friends
Sep 10, 2019
Investment
- Drivetime
$11m
Drivetime secures $11 million in funding to expand game audio library for users while driving
Sep 6, 2019
Investment
- HTC
- Makers Fund
- VRChat
$10m
VRChat secures $10 million in funding to expand team
Sep 6, 2019
Investment
- PeopleFun
- AppLovin
- Firecraft Studios
- Belka Games
Not disclosed
AppLovin invests in Belka Games, Firecraft Studios and PeopleFun
Sep 5, 2019
Partnership
- Gameloft
- Madfinger Games
- Asus
Not disclosed
Gameloft and Madfinger are teaming up with Asus for ROG Phone II exclusive content
Sep 5, 2019
Investment
- Next Games
$8.9m
Next Games looking to raise $8.85 million by offering shares in the studio
Sep 5, 2019
Partnership
- Microsoft
- SK Telecom
Not disclosed
Microsoft partners with SK Telecom on 5G-based cloud gaming in South Korea
Sep 3, 2019
Investment
- Annapurna Interactive
$200m
Annapurna Pictures reportedly resolves more than $200 million in debt
Sep 2, 2019
Acquisition
Not disclosed
Modus Games acquires Brazilian dev The Balance
Sep 2, 2019
Investment
- ESL
- Modern Times Group (MTG)
- Huya
$30m
Huya picks up minority stake in ESL for $30m
Sep 2, 2019
Investment
- Playful Studios
$23m
Lucky’s Tale developer Playful Studios raises $23 million for spectator games
Aug 30, 2019
Investment
- Knock Knock
$4m
Instant games developer Knock Knock raises $4m
Aug 29, 2019
Investment
- Cerberus Interactive, Inc.
$1.8m
Cerberus Interactive secures $1.75m for location-based augmented reality games
Aug 28, 2019
Investment
- Bitkraft Ventures
- Ready
$5m