Apr 8, 2019
Partnership
- Dodreams Ltd.
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Apr 5, 2019
Partnership
- Samsung
- Hatch
Not disclosed
Hatch partners with Samsung to bring 5G games service to South Korea
Apr 5, 2019
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$3.3m
Animoca raises $3.3 million and acquires German developer Stryking
Apr 5, 2019
Acquisition
- Jam City
- 231 Play
Not disclosed
Jam City acquires Berlin studio 231 Play
Apr 4, 2019
Acquisition
- WildTangent
- Gamigo
Not disclosed
Gamigo acquires casual games developer WildTangent
Apr 2, 2019
Investment
- Lucid Sight, Inc
$6m
MLB Champions developer Lucid Sight raises $6 million
Apr 2, 2019
Investment
- ChilliConnect
$0.5m
Live game management platform ChillConnect raises $450,000 in funding
Apr 1, 2019
Partnership
- Gameloft
Not disclosed
Gameloft partners with humanitarian charity CARE for “Stronger Together” Dragon Mania Legends event
Mar 29, 2019
Investment
- Animoca Brands
- Talenthouse
$2m
Animoca Brands invests $2 million in creative networking platform Talenthouse
Mar 28, 2019
Investment
- Rovio
- Play Ventures
$3m
Rovio invests $3 million in games start-up fund Play Ventures
Mar 27, 2019
License
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands partners with Formula 1 on blockchain game F1 Delta Time
Mar 26, 2019
Acquisition
- Kabam
- Riposte Games & Co.
Not disclosed
Kabam snaps up Riposte Games & Co
Mar 21, 2019
Investment
- Warducks
$3.8m
€3.3m
€3.3m
Irish AR developer WarDucks raises $3.75 million
Mar 21, 2019
Partnership
- NetEase
- HeadSpin
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Mobile performance platform HeadSpin partners with NetEase
Mar 20, 2019
Partnership
- Games for Change
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry
Mar 19, 2019
Partnership
- Magic Leap
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Magic Leap teams with Weta on new AR multiplayer experience
Mar 19, 2019
Partnership
- Tencent
- Unity
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China
Mar 19, 2019
Acquisition
- Unity
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Unity acquires texture streaming tools firm Graphine
Mar 19, 2019
Partnership
- Tencent
- Activision
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Activision partners with Tencent for Call of Duty Mobile set for release in Western markets
Mar 18, 2019
Partnership
- Pipeworks
- Genvid Technologies
Not disclosed
GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming
Mar 15, 2019
Partnership
Not disclosed
Hit PC mod DOTA Auto Chess is coming to mobile minus the DOTA
Mar 14, 2019
Partnership
- Playstack
Not disclosed
PlayStack’s new mobile game Dig That Gold gives away real 24k gold bars to players
Mar 14, 2019
Acquisition
- Lightstream
Not disclosed
Lightstream acquires livestreaming analytics platform Arsenal.gg
Mar 14, 2019
Investment
- Jump Holdings
$1m
Jump Holdings raises $1 million to launch interactive choice-driven game Inventure
Mar 14, 2019
Partnership
- Fyber
- Game of Whales
Not disclosed
Fyber partners with Game of Whales to predict user lifetime value based on IAPs and ads
Mar 13, 2019
Partnership
- Tag Games
- NaturalMotion Games
Not disclosed
Tag Games partners with NaturalMotion to support CSR Racing 2
Mar 12, 2019
Investment
- 5th Planet Games
- Hugo Games
$4.9m
5th Planet Games lands $4.85 million in financing for future acquisitions
Mar 12, 2019
Partnership
- Animoca Brands
$8.9m
¥60m
¥60m
Animoca Brands agrees $8.9m deal to resell iClick advertising inventory
Mar 7, 2019
Partnership
- Yodo1
- Super Entertainment
Not disclosed
How a China partnership turned Steppy Pants into a number one chart topper in Japan
Mar 6, 2019
Other
- Ubisoft
- Vivendi
$486m
Vivendi sells off last Ubisoft shares as takeover plans come to an end
Mar 6, 2019
Investment
- Rogue Games
$1.3m
Mobile publisher Rogue Games brings in $1.25m from seed funding round
Mar 5, 2019
Investment
- Reworks
$1.5m
Helsinki start-up Reworks raises $1.5m in funding as studio looks to challenge Glu Mobile’s Design Home
Mar 5, 2019
Investment
- Kuuhubb
$1.1m
Finnish developer Kuuhubb picks up $1.1 million loan
Mar 4, 2019
Partnership
- Playdigious
- Weather Factory
Not disclosed
Cultist Simulator will make a terrifying transition to mobile this spring
Feb 28, 2019
Investment
- Flaregames
- Sviper
$2.8m
German mobile games studio Sviper raises nearly $3 million in funding
Feb 27, 2019
Partnership
- Versus Evil
Not disclosed
US publisher Versus Evil starts 2019 with five new games and an indie fund
Feb 27, 2019
Investment
- Hipfire Games
$0.2m
Helsinki start-up Hipfire Games raises $205k for debut VR and mobile cross-platform title Fail Space
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