Feb 8, 2019
Acquisition
- Miniclip
- Masomo
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
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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
- 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
Jam City wraps up Bingo Pop IP acquisition with new Toronto Studio
Nov 29, 2018
Investment
- Korea Investment Partners
- Matchmade
$4.8m
Matchmade reveals plans to open a US office amid $4.8m investment
Nov 28, 2018
Partnership
- Hunted Cow Studios
- Tilting Point
- Games Workshop
Not disclosed
Games Workshop taps up Tilting Point and Hunted Cow for Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest
Nov 27, 2018
Investment
- Nifty Games
$3m
New US publisher Nifty Games raises $3m for mobile-first sports games
Nov 27, 2018
Acquisition
- Wargaming
- Edge Case Games
Not disclosed
World of Tanks dev Wargaming snaps up UK's Fractured Space studio Edge Case Games
Nov 20, 2018
Investment
- Tripledot Studios
$8m
King and Facebook veterans raise $8 million to kickstart London and Minsk-based dev Tripledot Studios
Nov 20, 2018
Partnership
- Tencent
- Garena
- Sea Group
Not disclosed
Sea Entertainment seals a five-year deal to publish Tencent games in Southeast Asia
Nov 19, 2018
Acquisition
- Tapjoy
- Tapdaq
Not disclosed
Tapjoy acquires ad mediation and app monetisation platform Tapdaq
Nov 20, 2018
Acquisition
- Admix
Not disclosed
Admix buys media site VRFocus and aims to rehire staff
Nov 19, 2018
Investment
- Mythical Games
$16m
Activision Blizzard vets raise $16m for item-based blockchain gaming platform
Nov 16, 2018
Partnership
- Changyou
- The Tetris Company
Not disclosed
Changyou snags licence to bring Tetris mobile games to China
Nov 15, 2018
Investment
- Bunch
$3.8m
Bunch raises $3.8 million to develop its mobile video call app
Nov 15, 2018
Investment
- Admix
$2.1m
Mixed reality monetisation startup Admix raises $2.1 million
Nov 15, 2018
License
- Ludia
- NBC Universal
Not disclosed
Jurassic World Alive developer Ludia teams up with Universal on How to Train Your Dragon puzzler
Nov 15, 2018
Investment
- Supercell
- Metacore
$5.6m