Oct 26, 2016
Acquisition
- Player Research
- Keywords Studios
$1.6m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
Nexon signs global publishing deal for Korean MMO Tree of Savior Mobile
Sep 14, 2016
Investment
- Lightneer
$3.2m
Finnish educational games developer Lightneer secures €2.8 million funding as Peter Vesterbacka joins studio
Sep 6, 2016
Investment
- Polyarc
$3.5m
Seattle VR start-up Polyarc raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Sep 5, 2016
Partnership
- Flaregames
- MyGamez
Not disclosed
Flaregames partners with MyGamez to bring Nonstop Knight to Android in China
Sep 5, 2016
Partnership
- NHN Entertainment Corp.
- Critical Force Entertainment
$4.5m
Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market
Sep 1, 2016
Investment
- Team17
$21.8m
Worms developer Team17 scoops $21.8 million investment to grow business
Aug 30, 2016
Acquisition
- NPD Group
- EEDAR
Not disclosed
NPD Group acquires EEDAR to expand games market research
Aug 23, 2016
Investment
- SLIVER.tv
$6.2m
360-degree VR eSports platform SLIVER.tv raises $6.2 million in seed funding
Aug 23, 2016
Investment
- Motorious Entertainment
$0.6m
Helsinki start-up Motorious Entertainment secures $566,000 to work on Top Gear mobile games
Aug 23, 2016
Partnership
- PlatinumGames Inc.
- Cygames
Not disclosed
Bayonetta developer Platinum Games enters mobile space with Cygames collaboration
Aug 16, 2016
Partnership
- Tango
- June Software
Not disclosed
Indian studio June Software signs publishing deal with Tango, soft launches Warrior Dash
Aug 16, 2016
Investment
- European Games Group
Not disclosed
European Games Group looking to boost portfolio following several million Euro investment
Aug 12, 2016
Investment
- Firefly Games
$10m
Firefly Games closes $10 million funding round to work on Hollywood IPs
Aug 9, 2016
Investment
- Bossa Studios
- London Venture Partners
$1.4m
Bossa Studios raises $1.35 million for new multiplayer and VR games
Aug 4, 2016
Acquisition
- Rocket Games Inc.
$60m
US casino operator splashes up to $170 million on developer Rocket Games
Aug 2, 2016
Investment
- King
- Snowprint Studios AB
$5.7m
King invests big in Swedish developer Snowprint Studios
Aug 2, 2016
Acquisition
- Flaregames
- Kopla Games
Not disclosed
Flaregames acquires Nonstop Knight developer Kopla Games
Aug 2, 2016
Investment
- WiSTONE Wireless Entertainment
- Mirage Interactive
$1,500,000m
Chinese Global VR Challenge runner-up Mirage Interactive raises $1.5 million
Aug 1, 2016
License
- Hasbro
- Kabam
- Kabam Vancouver
Not disclosed
Kabam teams up with Hasbro for new Transformers mobile game
Jul 30, 2016
Acquisition
- Giant Interactive Group
- Playtika
$4,400m
Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion
Jul 26, 2016
Investment
- Scopely
- Highland Capital Partners
- Participant Media
- TPG Growth
- Evolution Media Capital
- Greycroft Partners
$55m
Scopely raises big $55 million Series B round
Jul 26, 2016
Investment
- ColorTV
- Foxconn
$1.5m
ColorTV raises $1.5 million for its connected TV marketing platform
Jul 18, 2016
Investment
- underDOGS Gaming Studio
Not disclosed
Mumbai-based UnderDOGS Gaming Studio funded for undisclosed amount
Jul 22, 2016
Investment
- Codigames
- Caixa Capital Risk
$1m
Ambitious Spanish dev Codigames raises $1 million
Jul 20, 2016
Investment
- Sega
- Fuller
$4.2m
Japanese App Annie competitor Fuller raises $4 million from Sega and others to go international
Jul 18, 2016
Acquisition
- Opera
- Qihoo 360 Technology Co.
- Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd.
$600m
Chinese companies including Qihoo 360 and Kunlun Games buy Opera's consumer businesses for $600 million
Jul 18, 2016
Acquisition
- ARM
- SoftBank
$32m
Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM
Jul 15, 2016
Acquisition
- GameAnalytics
- Mobvista
Not disclosed
Chinese mobile ad platform Mobvista continues its westward expansion buying GameAnalytics
Jul 13, 2016
Investment
- Unity Technologies
- DFJ Venture
$181m
DFJ Growth leads Unity funding round of $181 million
Jul 5, 2016
Acquisition
- Jam City
- TinyCo
Not disclosed
SGN targets big brand "gamertainment" with TinyCo acquisition
Jul 7, 2016
Partnership
- MyGamez
- Koukoi Games
Not disclosed
Koukoi Games partners with MyGamez to bring Crashing Season to China
Jul 4, 2016
Acquisition
- TicBits
- Animoca Brands
$3.7m
Animoca Brands splashes out $3.7 million on 9-person Finnish studio TicBits
Jul 4, 2016
Partnership
- Nexon
- Sansho Studios
Not disclosed
Nexon aiming to launch one game per month in Japan, starting with Sansho Studios partnership
Jun 29, 2016
Investment
- Sunstone Capital
- Fast Travel Games
Not disclosed
Former Rovio Stockholm GM Oskar Burman opens "narrative-rich" VR studio Fast Travel Games
Jun 29, 2016
Partnership
- Newzoo
- Pushwoosh
Not disclosed