Mar 6, 2018
Acquisition
- Amazon
- GameSparks
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Mar 1, 2018
Partnership
- Unity
- DMarket
Not disclosed
Unity partners up with blockchain marketplace DMarket for in-game item trading
Mar 1, 2018
Partnership
- Skillz
Not disclosed
Esports platform Skillz partners with breast cancer organisation for $100,000 charity tournament
Mar 1, 2018
Acquisition
- Ubisoft
- 1492 Studio
Not disclosed
Ubisoft acquires 1492 Studio to get in on mobile interactive fiction craze
Feb 28, 2018
Partnership
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Wild River
Not disclosed
Games distributor EuroVideo taps Daedalic and others for new publishing label Wild River
Feb 23, 2018
Investment
- Vision Esports
$38m
Vision Esports raises $38 million to power competitive gaming investment
Feb 23, 2018
Partnership
- My.com
Not disclosed
My.com partners with Pushkin Games Studio to bring Armored Warfare to mobile
Feb 22, 2018
Partnership
- Bulbware
Not disclosed
Bulb Boy developer Bulbware partners with YouTuber PewDiePie for upcoming mobile game Poopdie
Feb 21, 2018
Partnership
- Rovio
- GSN Games
Not disclosed
Rovio partners with GSN Games for real-money tournament game Angry Birds Champions
Feb 20, 2018
Partnership
- BAFTA
- PlayFusion
Not disclosed
Lightseekers developer PlayFusion partners with BAFTA to accelerate awareness of new technologies
Feb 20, 2018
Investment
- Small Giant Games
$41m
Finnish developer Small Giant Games raises $41 million
Feb 20, 2018
Partnership
- Qualcomm
- Hatch
Not disclosed
Mobile games-on-demand service Hatch partners with Qualcomm to power cloud-based gaming
Feb 19, 2018
Partnership
- Epic Games
- Mail.Ru
Not disclosed
Epic signs Unreal deal with Mail.RU Games Ventures
Feb 16, 2018
Acquisition
- Unity
Not disclosed
Unity acquires level design and prototyping tool ProBuilder
Feb 15, 2018
Other
- Qualcomm
- Broadcom
$100,000m
Semiconductor giant Broadcom secures $100 billion for mega Qualcomm bid
Feb 15, 2018
Partnership
- Unity
- Moat
Not disclosed
Unity partners with MediaMath and Moat to bolster its Ads offerings
Feb 15, 2018
Investment
- Netmarble
- Tencent
- Kakao Corp
$131.6m
Kakao Games raises $131 million ahead of planned IPO in 2018
Feb 14, 2018
Investment
- Chatterbox Games
$0.4m
€0.3m
€0.3m
Chat app games developer Chatterbox raises $400,000 to develop for Facebook Instant Games
Feb 14, 2018
Acquisition
- Koch Media
- THQ Nordic
$195.7m
€121m
€121m
THQ Nordic snaps up Deep Silver owner Koch Media in deal worth $196 million
Feb 12, 2018
Partnership
- Gameloft
Not disclosed
Gameloft partners with Island Records to bring emo legends Fall Out Boy to Asphalt 8: Airborne
Feb 12, 2018
Acquisition
- Nazara
Not disclosed
ESL takes minority stake in Indian games publisher Nazara
Feb 12, 2018
Investment
- Intermedia Labs
$0m
15m
15m
HQ Trivia dev eyes $15 million funding round
Feb 9, 2018
Partnership
- Gameloft
Not disclosed
Gameloft partners with smartphone brand Honor for $12,000 Modern Combat Versus esports tournament
Feb 9, 2018
Partnership
- Disney Interactive
- Glu Mobile
Not disclosed
Glu Mobile partners with Disney to use its stories and characters in upcoming mobile game
Feb 7, 2018
Acquisition
- Shanda Games
- Tencent
Not disclosed
Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games
Feb 8, 2018
Partnership
- BigCode Games
- RewardMob
Not disclosed
Indian publisher BigCode partners with RewardMob for competitive mobile game competitions
Feb 7, 2018
Partnership
- RewardMob
Not disclosed
RewardMob partners with Waves to launch blockchain-based mobile gaming platform
Feb 6, 2018
Acquisition
- Tribeflame
- Animoca Brands
- Animoca Brands
$0.4m
Hong Kong publisher Animoca Brands acquires Finnish studio Tribeflame
Feb 6, 2018
Investment
- 8th Wall
$8m
Tech start-up 8th Wall raises $8 million to make augmented reality dev tools
Feb 5, 2018
Merger
- Gamevil
- Com2us U.S
Not disclosed
Gamevil and Com2us merge US offices to form Gamevil Com2us USA
Feb 5, 2018
Investment
- Tamatem Games
$2.5m
Jordanian mobile games publisher Tamatem raises $2.5 million
Feb 2, 2018
Partnership
- NetEase
- Improbable
Not disclosed
Chinese publisher Netease signs partnership with UK tech firm Improbable
Feb 1, 2018
Partnership
- Discord
- Spotify
Not disclosed
Games communication app Discord adds Spotify integration as it surpasses 90 million users
Feb 1, 2018
Acquisition
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Pokemon Go studio Niantic set to become more than just a games developer with Escher Reality acquisition
Feb 1, 2018
Investment
- Supercell
- Trailmix Games
$4.2m
Supercell invests $4.2 million in new London-based casual mobile games developer Trailmix
Feb 1, 2018
Partnership
- Behaviour Interactive
- Warner Bros.
Not disclosed
Warner Bros partners with Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour Interactive on Westworld mobile game
Feb 1, 2018
License
- Animoca Brands
- iCandy Interactive
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands working on blockchain-based MasterChef mobile game
Feb 1, 2018
Partnership
- Nintendo
- Illumination
Not disclosed
Nintendo reveals animated Super Mario movie in the works from film studio behind Minions
Jan 31, 2018
Acquisition
- Ourgame
$66m
Hong Kong-listed publisher Ourgame splashes $66 million on trio of mobile acquisitions
Jan 31, 2018
License
- Com2uS
- Funko
Not disclosed
Com2us partners with Funko for Summoners War figurines and more
Jan 30, 2018
Partnership
- NetEase
- Mattel
Not disclosed
NetEase and Mattel team up to launch game development studio Mattel163
Jan 30, 2018
Partnership
- Scopely
- NFL
Not disclosed
Scopely partners with the NFL for timed events and branded items in New Yahtzee With Buddies
Jan 29, 2018
Acquisition
- Microsoft
- PlayFab
Not disclosed
Microsoft acquires backend services provider PlayFab
Jan 29, 2018
Merger
- Game – the German Games Industry Association
Not disclosed
German games industry trade bodies BIU and GAME merge
Jan 26, 2018
Partnership
- Fireproof Games
- NetEase
Not disclosed
Fireproof Games partners with NetEase to bring The Room Three and Old Sins to Asia
Jan 26, 2018
Acquisition
- Fuel
- Animoca Brands
$0.8m
Animoca buys Fuel Powered and reveals Chinese CryptoKitties deal
Jan 23, 2018
Partnership
- Flaregames
- Sweet Nitro
Not disclosed
Flaregames unveils Sweet Nitro as first partner from $21 million accelerator program
Jan 24, 2018
Acquisition
- Big Fish
$990m
Aristocrat closes $990 million Big Fish acquisition
Jan 24, 2018
Acquisition
- Epic Games
- Cloudgine
Not disclosed
Epic Games acquires cloud computing firm Cloudgine
Jan 24, 2018
Investment
- Nazara
Not disclosed