Dec 19, 2016
Acquisition
- Kabam Vancouver
- Netmarble
Not disclosed
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Dec 16, 2016
Acquisition
- Babil Games
- Stillfront Group
$17m
Swedish firm Stillfront acquires MENA publisher Babil Games in deal worth up to $17 million
Dec 16, 2016
Acquisition
- Dhruva Interactive
- Starbreeze
$8.5m
Starbreeze acquires Indian developer Dhruva Interactive for $8.5 million
Dec 15, 2016
Investment
- Boom.tv
$3.5m
VR eSports streaming platform Boom.tv raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Dec 13, 2016
Partnership
- Big Viking Games
Not disclosed
Big Viking partners with indie comic publisher Valiant Entertainment on five-year HTML5 game deal
Dec 13, 2016
Partnership
- Niantic
Not disclosed
Pokemon GO to officially launch in India following Niantic partnership with Reliance Jio
Dec 13, 2016
Partnership
- Tapjoy
- LINE Corporation
Not disclosed
Tapjoy partners with LINE to bring rewarded Interplay ads to 220 million chat app users
Dec 13, 2016
Acquisition
Not disclosed
Google acquires smartwatch platform developer founded by ex-Google staff Cronologics
Dec 12, 2016
Acquisition
- Outplay Entertainment Ltd
- Eight Pixels Square
Not disclosed
UK's largest independent mobile developer Outplay acquires Raid HQ studio Eight Pixels Square
Dec 12, 2016
Merger
- Majesco
Not disclosed
Majesco exits games industry after merging with medical firm
Dec 12, 2016
Investment
- Gunslinger Studios
$1.4m
Industrial Toys spin-off Gunslinger Studios raises $1.4 million
Dec 9, 2016
Investment
- Osmo
- Mattel
$24m
Children's AR games dev Osmo raises $24 million funding round from Mattel and Sesame Street
Dec 7, 2016
Acquisition
- MobilityWare
Not disclosed
MobilityWare picks up casual developer Critical Hit Software for its Jigsaw Puzzle and ColorArt titles
Dec 5, 2016
Other
- KongZhong
$299m
Chinese World of Tanks publisher KongZhong set to delist itself from the US stock exchange
Dec 1, 2016
Acquisition
- Wargaming Helsinki
- Wargaming
Not disclosed
Wargaming acquires Finnish studio Boomlagoon to fuel its ambitions of being a "dominant" force in mobile games
Nov 29, 2016
Investment
- Lifeline Ventures
- Sunstone Capital
- MojiWorks Limited
Not disclosed
New UK start-up MojiWorks goes all in on iMessage games
Nov 29, 2016
Partnership
- Critical Force Entertainment
- Reforged Studios
Not disclosed
Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports
Nov 22, 2016
Partnership
- IronSource
Not disclosed
IronSource opens office in Bangalore to bring ad mediation platform to India
Nov 22, 2016
Acquisition
- 37 GAMES
- Mokun Technology
- Zhiming Network
$198.1m
Chinese publisher 37 Interactive snaps up one of China's most recently successful developers Mokun Technology
Nov 21, 2016
Investment
- SAIF Partners
- IDG Ventures
- PlaySimple
Not disclosed
Ex-Zynga devs raise $4 million for new Indian studio PlaySimple Games
Nov 21, 2016
Acquisition
- Seapine Software
- Perforce
Not disclosed
Perforce acquires application lifecycle management tool provider Seapine Software
Nov 18, 2016
License
- Netmarble
Not disclosed
Netmarble soft-launches new mobile MOBA Star Wars: Force Arena
Nov 17, 2016
Acquisition
- Enzyme Labs/ Binari sonori
- Keywords Studios
$3.7m
Keywords Studios continues acquisition streak by snapping up Enzyme Testings Labs for $3.65 million
Nov 16, 2016
Investment
- nDreams
- Mercia Technologies
$2.5m
VR developer NDreams raises £2 million in investment as part of two-stage investment round
Nov 14, 2016
Investment
- Sviper
Not disclosed
Ex-InnoGames staff get funding for new mobile studio Sviper
Nov 14, 2016
Acquisition
- Nexon
- i Digital Connect Co. Ltd
Not disclosed
Nexon acquires 49% stake in Thai games publisher iDCC as it plots Southeast Asia expansion
Nov 11, 2016
Partnership
- Starbreeze
- Lion Game Lion
$0.3m
Starbreeze open to partnering with mobile developers under new IndieLabs publishing label
Nov 8, 2016
Partnership
- Square Enix
- Machine Zone
Not disclosed
Mobile Strike dev MZ partners with Square Enix for Final Fantasy XV mobile MMO
Nov 4, 2016
Acquisition
- Glu Mobile
- CrowdStar
$45.5m
Glu Mobile appoints new CEO and acquires control of Covet: Fashion dev Crowdstar for $45 million
Nov 3, 2016
Investment
- Big Viking Games
$21.8m
HTML5 developer Big Viking Games seeks further $60 million funding after raising $21.75 million
Nov 2, 2016
Partnership
- Unity Technologies
- Xiaomi
Not disclosed
Unity wants to make publishing mobile games in China easier for developers with Xiaomi partnership
Nov 2, 2016
Partnership
- WildTangent
- AerServ
Not disclosed
WildTangent reports 33% fill rate increase after signing up with AerServ
Oct 31, 2016
Investment
- Playsnak GmbH
$1.3m
Mobile and VR start-up Playsnak raises $1.3 million funding from South Korean investor
Oct 28, 2016
Investment
- Mobcrush
$20m
Mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $20 million
Oct 26, 2016
Acquisition
- Player Research
- Keywords Studios
$1.6m
Keywords Studios acquires user testing firm Player Research for up to $1.6 million
Oct 13, 2016
Acquisition
- InnoGames
- MTGx Digital Ventures
- Modern Times Group (MTG)
$100m
ESL owner acquires 35% stake in German developer InnoGames valuing studio at €260 million
Oct 12, 2016
License
- Spil Games
- EuropaCorp
Not disclosed
Spil Games bags mobile game licence for upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Oct 11, 2016
Investment
- Tekes
- Koukoi Games
$1m
Koukoi Games raises $1 million to work on licensed Hollywood IP games
Oct 6, 2016
Partnership
- NCSOFT
- Alpha Group
$10m
NCSoft signs $10 million deal to bring mobile game Lineage Red Knights to China
Oct 6, 2016
Investment
- First Contact Entertainment
$5m
LA VR start-up First Contact Entertainment closes $5 million investment round
Oct 6, 2016
Investment
- Snowfall
$1.1m
Finnish start-up Snowfall raises €1 million to bring Moomin mobile games to Asia
Oct 4, 2016
Acquisition
- Pixonic
- Mail.Ru
$30m
Mail.ru acquires War Robots developer Pixonic for up to $30 million
Sep 28, 2016
Investment
- Tacticsoft
- London Venture Partners
$1m
Israeli hardcore strategy developer Tacticsoft raises $1 million to work on ambitious new game
Sep 28, 2016
Investment
- Flixy Games
Not disclosed
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Sep 27, 2016
Acquisition
- Ubisoft
- KetchApp
Not disclosed
Ubisoft acquires prolific mobile games publisher Ketchapp
Sep 26, 2016
Acquisition
- AppLovin
$1,400m
Chinese investor splashes $1.4 billion on mobile marketing platform AppLovin
Sep 21, 2016
Partnership
- Supercell
- Frogmind Games
Not disclosed
Supercell acquires 51% of Badland developer Frogmind as the two studios enter a long-term partnership
Sep 16, 2016
Partnership
- Adways
- TROPHiT
Not disclosed
Trophit and Adways join forces to boost Prelaunch.me's pre-registration campaigns
Sep 15, 2016
Investment
- Hero Entertainment
$288m
Huyai Brothers invests $288 million in major Chinese eSports developer Hero Entertainment
Sep 14, 2016
Partnership
- Nexon
- imcGAMES Co., Ltd.
Not disclosed