Aug 31, 2017
Partnership
- Ilyon Dynamics
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Aug 31, 2017
Partnership
- GREE
- Crunchyroll
- Sumitomo Corporation
Not disclosed
GREE partners with Crunchyroll and Sumitomo to globally distribute games based on Japanese anime
Aug 30, 2017
Investment
- Matchmade
$1.7m
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Aug 29, 2017
Investment
- SLIVER.tv
$9.8m
360-degree VR eSports platform Sliver.tv secures $9.8 million funding round
Aug 18, 2017
Investment
- Immersv
$10.5m
Interactive advertising platform Immersv scores $10.5 million funding round
Aug 17, 2017
License
- NHN Entertainment Corp.
- FoxNext
Not disclosed
FoxNext Games and NHN Pixelcube partner for Kingsman mobile game
Aug 16, 2017
Partnership
- Atari
- LGBT Media
Not disclosed
Atari partners with LGBT Media to relaunch social game Pridefest
Aug 16, 2017
Partnership
- Meta
- Supercell
Not disclosed
Supercell partners with Facebook on Clash of Clans AR experience to celebrate the games' five-year anniversary
Aug 16, 2017
Investment
- Lightneer
$5m
Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends
Aug 15, 2017
Acquisition
- Overwolf
Not disclosed
Tel Aviv-based eSports tech firm Overwolf acquires Clash Royale statistics site StatsRoyale
Aug 14, 2017
Investment
- Nazara
- Moong Labs
Not disclosed
Indian publisher Nazara invests in mobile cricket games developer Moong Labs
Aug 11, 2017
Other
- Gamevil
- Com2uS
Not disclosed
Gamevil and Com2uS combine to create a new European joint venture
Aug 11, 2017
Investment
- Essential
$300m
Mobile start-up Essential confirms $300 million funding round
Aug 11, 2017
Acquisition
- Eden Games
- Millennial Esports
$10.5m
Millennial Esports buys majority stake in Gear.Club developer Eden Games for $10.5 million
Aug 10, 2017
Acquisition
- Plarium
$500m
Casino firm Aristocrat buys Plarium for $500 million
Aug 8, 2017
Investment
- BattleBrew
Not disclosed
Singapore-based mobile developer BattleBrew closes angel investment round
Aug 8, 2017
Investment
- Super Evil Megacorp
$19m
Super Evil Megacorp raises $19 million to bring 5v5 battles and engine improvements to Vainglory
Aug 7, 2017
Partnership
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- Signal Studios
Not disclosed
GungHo partners with Toy Soldiers developer Signal Studios on upcoming AAA mobile game
Aug 7, 2017
Acquisition
- Noodlecake Studios
- ZPLAY (Beijing) Information Technologies Co.
$4.9m
ZPlay acquires indie game developer and publisher Noodlecake Studios for $4.9 million
Aug 3, 2017
Partnership
- Unity Technologies
- Zynga
Not disclosed
Zynga makes Unity exclusive rewarded advertising partner
Aug 2, 2017
Investment
- Tencent
- Milky Tea
Not disclosed
Liverpool-based developer Milky Tea secures investment from Tencent
Aug 2, 2017
Partnership
- Nexon
- Grand Cru
Not disclosed
Finnish dev Grand Cru signs publishing deal with Nexon for new game Battlejack
Jul 31, 2017
License
- ITV
- Kuato Studios
Not disclosed
ITV Studios partners with Kuato for Thunderbirds Are Go mobile game
Jul 31, 2017
Acquisition
- Amazon
- GameSparks
$10m
Report: Amazon bought UK cloud tech firm GameSparks for $10 million
Jul 27, 2017
Investment
- Megacool
$1.5m
Tech start-up Megacool raises $1.5 million to make viral GIFs for mobile games
Jul 27, 2017
Partnership
- Marvel Entertainment
- Aftershock
Not disclosed
Kabam off-shoot Aftershock partners with Marvel on new licensed mobile game
Jul 26, 2017
Partnership
- AGTech
- Paytm
$16m
Alibaba-owned gambling firm AGTech partners with Indian e-commerce company Paytm to create mobile games
Jul 25, 2017
Investment
- SimilarWeb
$47m
Web and app market intelligence firm SimilarWeb raises $47 million
Jul 25, 2017
Acquisition
- Gfinity
- CEVO
$2.7m
Gfinity pushes into US by acquiring eSports tech firm CEVO for $2.7 million
Jul 24, 2017
Investment
- Highmark Interactive
$2m
Medtech firm Highmark raises $2 million to make games that treat brain injuries
Jul 24, 2017
Partnership
- iDreamsky
- Playrix
Not disclosed
Playrix partners with iDreamSky to bring Gardenscapes to China
Jul 21, 2017
Partnership
- Pocket Gems
Not disclosed
Pocket Gems partners with Universal Studios for new Episode story based on Pitch Perfect
Jul 20, 2017
Investment
- Plexchat
$7m
Mobile gamer-focused chat platform Plexchat secures $7 million investment
Jul 20, 2017
Investment
- Kahoot
$20m
Games learning platform Kahoot raises extra $10 million in Series A funding round
Jul 20, 2017
Acquisition
- OnlineFussbaII Manager GmbH
- Digamore Entertainment GmbH
- Stillfront Group
$0.7m
Stillfront acquires German sports management game OnlineFussballManager
Jul 19, 2017
Partnership
- Zynga
- MGM Interactive
Not disclosed
Zynga partners with MGM for new Words With Friends TV game show
Jul 19, 2017
Investment
- Hypernova Interactive
Not disclosed
Hypernova Interactive raises seed funding from first-time games investor Kae Investments
Jul 18, 2017
Acquisition
- N3TWORK
Not disclosed
N3twork buys Eric Seufert’s user acquisition tool Agamemnon
Jul 18, 2017
Investment
- Leap Motion
$50m
Motion tracking developer Leap Motion secures $50 million series C funding round
Jul 14, 2017
Investment
- Force Field
$1.1m
Term1nal developer Force Field raises $1.14 million to finish its next six games
Jul 14, 2017
Acquisition
- Next Games
Not disclosed
Next Games pushes into AR and location-based games with Lume Games acquisition
Jul 13, 2017
Investment
- nDreams
- Mercia Technologies
$3.5m
VR developer NDreams secures $3.5 million investment in second stage of funding round
Jul 10, 2017
Acquisition
- LINE Corporation
Not disclosed
Line launches games publishing division after NextFloor acquisition
Jul 10, 2017
Investment
Not disclosed
Private equity firms invest in Chinese mobile game developer Since Times
Jul 10, 2017
Acquisition
- Amazon
- GameSparks
Not disclosed
Amazon buys UK cloud development platform GameSparks
Jul 6, 2017
Partnership
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Neon Play
Not disclosed
Neon Play seals Emoji Movie deal with Sony Pictures for new game Traffic Panic Boom Town
Jul 5, 2017
Acquisition
- NetDragon Websoft
- JumpStart
Not disclosed
Chinese developer NetDragon buys LA educational games studio JumpStart
Jul 5, 2017
Investment
- Supercell
$0.3m
Supercell grants over $280,000 to Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Jul 4, 2017
Investment
- Sharkbite Games
$1.3m
Steam founder Rick Ellis raises $1.25 million for new studio Sharkbite Games
Jul 4, 2017
Acquisition
- Sumo Digital
- Atomhawk Design
Not disclosed