Jul 18, 2018
Acquisition
- Niantic
- Seismic Games
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Jul 18, 2018
Investment
- FRVR
$3m
HTML5 and chat app games specialist FRVR secures $3 million investment
Jul 17, 2018
Acquisition
- AppLovin
$400m
Equity firm KKR & Co purchases $400m minority stake in mobile marketing platform Applovin
Jul 16, 2018
Investment
- Octi
$7.5m
Machine learning-driven AR outfit Octi raises $7.5 million
Jul 16, 2018
Investment
- Stanga Games
$0.5m
Underworld Football Manager dev Stanga Games picks up further $500k investment
Jul 16, 2018
Acquisition
- Kalypso Media
Not disclosed
Tropico dev Kalypso acquires classic Commandos IP
Jul 13, 2018
Investment
- Ubisoft Blue Byte
$1.8m
Ubisoft Berlin receives $1.84m in subsidies from city senate
Jul 12, 2018
Partnership
- Stack
- Playgendary
Not disclosed
Playgendary teams up with ad platform Appodeal to publish casual games
Jul 12, 2018
Investment
- HTC
- Animoca Brands
$4.5m
Mobile publisher Animoca Brands raises $4.5 million through over-subscribed share placement
Jul 10, 2018
Investment
- FunRock
$2.5m
Swedish mobile developer Funrock raises $2.5 million for expansion in the Middle East and North Africa
Jul 11, 2018
Acquisition
- Plexchat
- Warner Bros.
Not disclosed
Warner Bros. acquires mobile games communication platform Plexchat
Jul 11, 2018
License
- East Side Games
- FoxNext
Not disclosed
FoxNext and East Side Games team up to bring It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to mobile
Jul 10, 2018
Partnership
- Niantic
- Netflix
Not disclosed
Netflix to air Niantic’s Ingress in October 2018
Jul 10, 2018
Acquisition
- Electronic Arts
- Industrial Toys
Not disclosed
EA snags Industrial Toys
Jul 9, 2018
Acquisition
- HandyGames
- THQ Nordic
Not disclosed
THQ Nordic picks up German developer HandyGames
Jul 5, 2018
Partnership
- 505 Games
- Ovosonico
Not disclosed
505 Games taps up Ovosonico for a new and "ambitious" IP
Jul 4, 2018
Partnership
- Tencent
- Yoozoo Games
Not disclosed
Tencent snags rights to publish Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming to China
Jul 3, 2018
Investment
- Oasis Games
- Iron Mountain
$3m
Oasis Games heads up $3 million investment in Austrian indie developer Iron Mountain
Jul 3, 2018
Acquisition
- Nazara
Not disclosed
Indian publisher Nazara acquires minority stake in quiz studio Crimzoncode
Jul 1, 2018
Partnership
- KamaGames
- Unity
Not disclosed
Social casino dev KamaGames signs exclusive Unity Ads partnership
Jun 28, 2018
Acquisition
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Pokemon Go developer Niantic acquires London-based machine learning outfit Matrix Mill
Jun 22, 2018
License
- No Yetis Allowed Ltd
Not disclosed
No Yetis Allowed picks up licence for Peter Rabbit mobile game
Jun 22, 2018
Investment
- Roblox
$150m
Roblox set to raise up to $150 million
Jun 22, 2018
Acquisition
- Delusion Studio
- Bluehole Studios
Not disclosed
Report: PUBG developer Bluehole snaps up mobile studio Delusion Studio
Jun 21, 2018
Investment
- Mighty Bear Games
Not disclosed
Singapore dev Mighty Bear Games fetches several million dollars in seed funding round
Jun 20, 2018
Partnership
- Snowman
- Noodlecake Studios
Not disclosed
Snowman team up with Noodlecake to bring Alto's Odyssey to Android
Jun 19, 2018
Partnership
- Unity
Not disclosed
Unity migrating entire infrastructure to Google Cloud
Jun 15, 2018
Partnership
- Com2uS
Not disclosed
Com2us reveals Skylanders Ring of Heroes mobile game but appears to ditch toys-to-life aspect
Jun 15, 2018
Acquisition
- Tencent
- bluehole
$0m
500m
500m
Report: Tencent set to acquire 10% of PUBG developer Bluehole for $500 million
Jun 14, 2018
Partnership
- Telltale Games
- Netflix
Not disclosed
Netflix not getting into games despite commissioning Minecraft interactive TV show and Stranger Things games
Jun 11, 2018
License
- Nintendo
- Ubisoft
Not disclosed
Ubisoft deepens ties with Nintendo as Star Fox comes to Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Jun 11, 2018
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
- Blindlight
Not disclosed
Keywords Studios acquires the Hollywood talent outfit Blindlight
Jun 10, 2018
Partnership
- Microsoft
Not disclosed
Gears Pop blends Gears of War with Funko Pop for mobile
Jun 8, 2018
Partnership
- CCP
- NetEase
Not disclosed
CCP Games teams up with NetEase for new Eve Online mobile game
Jun 8, 2018
Partnership
- Tencent
- Bad Robot
Not disclosed
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot launches new games division with backing from Tencent
Jun 8, 2018
Partnership
- Rovio
Not disclosed
Rovio and Everton kick off new YouTube series with social influencer Tekkerz Kid for World Cup
Jun 7, 2018
Investment
- Supercell
- Redemption Games
$5m
Supercell invests $5 million in US mobile developer Redemption Games
Jun 7, 2018
Partnership
- Mail.Ru
- Unity
Not disclosed
Mail.Ru teams up with Unity to invest in games developers
Jun 6, 2018
Partnership
- Tencent
- Razer
- ESL
Not disclosed
Tencent makes E3 debut, partners with ESL and Razer to host Arena of Valor tournament
Jun 5, 2018
Partnership
- Taptica
- Seasun Games
Not disclosed
Chinese dev Seasun cracks South Korean market with Clans: Shadow of the Moon
Jun 5, 2018
Partnership
- Compton Technology
Not disclosed
90s fad POGs set for comeback with new AR Mobile game in the works
Jun 5, 2018
Other
- Keywords Studios
$123m
Keywords gets access to more than $120 million to fund further acquisitions
Jun 4, 2018
Investment
- Tencent
- Hero Entertainment
Not disclosed
Tencent invests in Chinese esports tournament operator VSPN
Jun 4, 2018
Acquisition
- Microsoft
- GitHub
$7.5m
Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion
Jun 4, 2018
Investment
- Bungie
- NetEase
$100m
Destiny developer Bungie could be set for mobile push following $100m investment from NetEase
Jun 1, 2018
Partnership
- Codemasters
- Eden Games
Not disclosed
Codemasters teams up with Eden Games to develop F1 Mobile Racing
May 31, 2018
Partnership
- Bethesda Game Studios
Not disclosed
Bethesda swaps The Elder Scrolls: Legends developer Dire Wolf with Sparkypants
May 31, 2018
Partnership
- Noodlecake Studios
- Hatch
Not disclosed
Hatch expands games catalogue with Noodlecake Studios partnership
May 30, 2018
Acquisition
- Keywords Studios
$6.9m
£5.2m
£5.2m
Keywords Studios purchases Fire Without Smoke for $6.9 million
May 30, 2018
Acquisition
- Zynga
- Gram Games
$250m