Feb 15, 2018
Partnership
- Unity
- Moat
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
Indian games publisher Nazara acquires majority stake in esports outfit Nodwin Gaming
Jan 19, 2018
Investment
- Polka Dot Studio
$0.7m
Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot
Jan 16, 2018
Partnership
- Nazara
- Xilam
Not disclosed
Indian publisher Nazara partners with Xilam Animation on Oggy & the Cockroaches mobile games
Jan 15, 2018
Partnership
- Tencent
- LEGO
Not disclosed
Lego partners with Tencent on games and potential social network for kids in China
Jan 15, 2018
Partnership
- Ubisoft
- Tencent
- KetchApp
Not disclosed
Ubisoft and Ketchapp eye China mobile market with Tencent deal
Jan 12, 2018
Acquisition
Not disclosed
Google quietly acquires Cambridge-based mobile audio tech firm Redux
Jan 12, 2018
Investment
- G:loot
$12m
Swedish esports company G:loot picks up $12 million investment
Jan 9, 2018
Partnership
- Xiaomi
- Oculus
Not disclosed
Oculus partners with Xiaomi to manufacture upcoming standalone VR headset Oculus Go
Jan 8, 2018
Acquisition
- Nazara
- Nextwave Multimedia
Not disclosed
Indian publisher Nazara acquires majority stake in sports games developer Nextwave Multimedia
Jan 8, 2018
Acquisition
- Glu Mobile
$2.8m
Glu Mobile sells Moscow studio for $2.8 million
Jan 5, 2018
Investment
- Chushou
Not disclosed
Google invests in Chinese mobile game live streaming platform Chushou
Jan 5, 2018
Investment
- Cortopia
$2.5m
Mobile VR developer Cortopia raises $2.48 million to expand magic dueling game Wands
Jan 3, 2018
Merger
- Nexon
Not disclosed
Nexon merges development studios Ndoors and Nexon Red
Jan 3, 2018
Acquisition
- Apple
- Buddybuild
Not disclosed
Apple acquires app development platform Buddybuild
Jan 2, 2018
Partnership
- Niantic
- NetEase
Not disclosed
Niantic readies Pokemon Go for China launch
Jan 2, 2018
Acquisition
- Sumo Digital
- CCP
Not disclosed