Mar 19, 2019
Partnership
- Magic Leap
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
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