Feb 27, 2019
Investment
- Hipfire Games
$0.2m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Feb 26, 2019
License
- Glu Mobile
- The Walt Disney Company
Not disclosed
Disney collaborates with Glu Mobile on new card game Disney Sorcerer’s Arena
Feb 26, 2019
Investment
- Microsoft
- Lightstream
$8m
Streaming toolkit Lightstream raises $8 million in initial funding
Feb 26, 2019
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$1m
OliveX raises $1 million to turn getting fit into a game
Feb 25, 2019
Partnership
- Sprint
- Hatch
Not disclosed
Hatch partners with network operator Sprint for 5G game streaming
Feb 22, 2019
Investment
- Cooperative Innovations
$0.7m
£0.5m
£0.5m
Mixed reality technology firm Cooperative Innovations secures $650k in funding
Feb 21, 2019
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
- GetSocial
Not disclosed
Keywords’ latest acquisition is Dutch UA tools provider GetSocial
Feb 20, 2019
Investment
- Tonk Tonk Games
$2m
Ex-Disney and Pixar animators raised $2m for new Texas mobile studio Tonk Tonk Games
Feb 18, 2019
Investment
- tinyBuild Games
$15m
TinyBuild has big plans for its newly-acquired $15 million in Series-A investment
Feb 15, 2019
Partnership
- 505 Games
- Codeglue
- Curve Digital
Not disclosed
Human: Fall Flat coming to mobile in China as 505 Games partners with X.D. Network
Feb 15, 2019
Investment
- Plug In Digital
$2.3m
Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push publishing efforts on mobile and PC
Feb 13, 2019
Partnership
- 505 Games
- Codeglue
- Curve Digital
Not disclosed
Human: Fall Flat will land feet-first on mobile with a little help from 505 Games and Codeglue
Feb 12, 2019
Investment
- SuperAwesome
$13m
‘Kid-safe’ ads platform SuperAwesome raises $13m to build YouTube rival
Feb 8, 2019
License
- Rovio
- Resolution Games
Not disclosed
Rovio and Resolution Games partner for Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs
Feb 8, 2019
Acquisition
- Miniclip
- Masomo
Not disclosed
Miniclip acquires Head Ball 2 dev Masomo
Feb 8, 2019
Investment
- Ogury
$21m
Mobile marketing tech firm Ogury picks up $21m investment
Feb 8, 2019
Partnership
- NTT DoCoMo
- Hatch
Not disclosed
Hatch partners with DOCOMO to bring cloud gaming to mobiles and TVs in Japan
Feb 7, 2019
Partnership
- Starbreeze
- NBCUniversal
Not disclosed
NBCUniversal gangs up with Starbreeze on a Payday mobile game
Feb 6, 2019
Investment
$2m
Real-money competition platform Flashbreak launches with $2 million in seed funding
Feb 5, 2019
Partnership
- pocket.watch
Not disclosed
Pocket.watch launches new games division and aims to partner with famous YouTubers
Feb 5, 2019
Acquisition
- Osmo
$120m
Indian learning platform Byju’s buys out US games firm Osmo for $120 million
Feb 4, 2019
Acquisition
- Taptica
$176m
Israel’s Taptica acquired US digital ads firm RhythmOne for $176 million
Feb 1, 2019
Partnership
- Nintendo
- NHN Entertainment Corp.
- LINE Corporation
Not disclosed
Nintendo partners with Line and NHN for Dr. Mario World mobile game this summer
Feb 1, 2019
Acquisition
- Sumo Digital
- Red Kite Games
Not disclosed
UK's Sumo Digital acquires Red Kite Games
Jan 30, 2019
Acquisition
Not disclosed
FanAI acquires esports analytics and middleware firm Waypoint Media
Jan 29, 2019
Acquisition
- Unity
- Vivox
Not disclosed
Unity acquires games chat platform Vivox
Jan 25, 2019
Acquisition
- Adobe
Not disclosed
Adobe picks up Substance Designer firm Allegorithmic
Jan 25, 2019
Partnership
- Epic Games
- Stack
Not disclosed
Appodeal brings free in-game ad monetisation plugin to Unreal Engine 4
Jan 25, 2019
Acquisition
- Epic Games
Not disclosed
Fortnite developer Epic acquires Agog Labs and 3Lateral
Jan 16, 2019
Investment
- Jam City
$145m
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery maker Jam City lands $145m
Jan 16, 2019
Investment
- Niantic
$245m
Pokemon Go dev Niantic raises $245 million at $4 billion valuation
Jan 11, 2019
License
- FTX Games
Not disclosed
New Breaking Bad game in development for mobile from Narcos: Cartel Wars studio
Jan 7, 2019
Partnership
- Rival Games
- D3 Go!
- FoxNext Games
Not disclosed
FoxNext Games reveals Alien: Blackout mobile game
Jan 4, 2019
Investment
- NetEase
$30m
Hearthstone director's Second Dinner snags $30m from NetEase and secures Marvel licence agreement
Jan 4, 2019
Investment
- Niantic
$190m
Pokemon Go dev Niantic pulls in $190 million investment
Jan 3, 2019
Acquisition
- Rebellion
Not disclosed
Rebellion acquires Yorkshire studio TickTock Games
Dec 24, 2018
Investment
- Discord
$150m
Games chat platform Discord raises $150 million at $2bn valuation
Dec 21, 2018
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
$4.3m
Keywords acquires marketing services outfit Sunny Side Up for $4.3m
Dec 20, 2018
Partnership
- Hutch Games
Not disclosed
Hutch races into a multi-year licensing partnership with Formula One
Dec 19, 2018
Acquisition
- Gameloft
- FreshPlanet
Not disclosed
Gameloft acquires SongPop trivia game maker FreshPlanet
Dec 19, 2018
Partnership
- Rovio
Not disclosed
Rovio is bringing Angry Birds to virtual reality in 2019 with Isle of Pigs
Dec 18, 2018
Investment
- Atari
- Animoca Brands
$0.3m
Atari makes strategic investment in blockchain specialist and mobile publisher Animoca Brands
Dec 7, 2018
Investment
- UKIE
Not disclosed
UK games industry receives a tasty slice of the government’s $25.5 million creative industries boost
Dec 7, 2018
Partnership
- NetEase
- Super Evil Megacorp
Not disclosed
NetEase is bringing Super Evil Megacorp’s flagship MOBA Vainglory to China
Dec 6, 2018
Acquisition
- Banana & Co.
- Maple Media
Not disclosed
Mobile acquisition and management firm Maple Media snaps up Banana & Co’s mobile games portfolio
Dec 5, 2018
Acquisition
- Adjust
- Acquired.io
Not disclosed
Mobile measurement company Adjust purchases Acquired.io
Dec 4, 2018
Investment
- SOOMLA
$2.6m
Soomla snags $2.6m in funding to boost mobile monetization measurement platform
Dec 3, 2018
Acquisition
- Wooga GmbH
- Playtika
Not disclosed
Social casino giant Playtika acquires Pearl’s Peril dev Wooga
Nov 30, 2018
Acquisition
- Rovio
- PlayRaven
Not disclosed
Angry Birds creator Rovio snaps up Finnish dev PlayRaven
Nov 29, 2018
Acquisition
- Jam City
- Uken Games
Not disclosed