Jun 28, 2016
Acquisition
- Adways
- POKKT
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Jun 27, 2016
Partnership
- Kongregate
- Fox Digital Entertainment
Not disclosed
Fox and Kongregate team up for CCG featuring American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama, and more
Jun 17, 2016
Acquisition
- Neon Play
- Hachette UK
Not disclosed
Traditional book publishing meets gaming as Hachette UK acquires Neon Play
Jun 13, 2016
Partnership
- Tapjoy
- IronSource
Not disclosed
Tapjoy partners with IronSource to gain more, better rewarded video inventory
Jun 7, 2016
Investment
- Dentsu
- Victorious
Not disclosed
Japanese marketing network Dentsu invests in US superfan platform Victorious
Jun 6, 2016
Other
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- SoftBank
$685m
To reduce debt, SoftBank is selling back $685 million shares to GungHo Online
Jun 3, 2016
Investment
- NetEase
- Tenjin
$2.5m
NetEase leads $2.5 million round in integrated analytics, attribution and aggregation outfit Tenjin
Jun 2, 2016
Acquisition
- Fiksu
Not disclosed
Mobile game advertising market hits maturity as Fiksu sells out for historic data
Jun 1, 2016
Partnership
- Nazara
- Stick Sports
Not disclosed
Nazara and Stick Sports team up for Stick Cricket game starring Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
May 26, 2016
Acquisition
- Kabam
- Superweapon
- Kabam Los Angeles
Not disclosed
Kabam acqui-hires Dawn of Steel dev Superweapon to boost its LA studio
May 17, 2016
Partnership
- Gamevil
- Cartoon Network
Not disclosed
Gamevil partners with Cartoon Network, bringing Adventure Time characters to Dungeon Link
May 12, 2016
Acquisition
- Spil Games
Not disclosed
Spil Games acquires male-oriented browser game portal Mousebreaker
May 11, 2016
Partnership
- Vivid Games
- EVERYDAYiPLAY
Not applicable
Vivid Games announces its first publishing deal
May 9, 2016
Investment
- Appboy
- Battery Ventures
$20m
Appboy closes $20 million funding round
May 6, 2016
Investment
- Flexion Mobile
$3m
Alternative Android distribution platform Flexion raises $3 million to expand into India, Iran and more
Apr 25, 2016
Acquisition
- CMGE
$1,000m
CMGE bought for $1 billion by a Chinese auto parts company
Apr 25, 2016
Investment
- Kamcord
$10m
Kamcord raises $10 million to expand its video streaming goal from games to all apps
Apr 21, 2016
Investment
- Nazara
- Mastermind Sports
Not disclosed
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Apr 20, 2016
Investment
- Next Games
- Index Ventures
- PROfounders
- Initial Capital
- Armada Interactive
$3m
Armada Interactive raises $3 million to give core mobile gaming a hard push
Apr 19, 2016
Investment
- Nexon
- Barunson E&A
- NAT Games
Not disclosed
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
Apr 12, 2016
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$3.5m
Animoca Brands raises $5 million for content and IP acquisitions
Apr 8, 2016
License
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- Nexon
- Turbo Studios
Not disclosed
Nexon passes on Turbo's Super Senso, leaving GungHo to sign publishing deal
Apr 7, 2016
Investment
- Nazara
- London Venture Partners
- TrulySocial
Not disclosed
TrulySocial raises investment from Nazara Games, London Venture Partners and Supercell game lead
Apr 4, 2016
License
- Disney Interactive
- Netmarble
Not disclosed
Netmarble combines Everyone's Marble with Disney characters, announcing its Disney Magical Dice virtual board game
Mar 31, 2016
Partnership
- Twitch Interactive
- Super Evil Megacorp
Not disclosed
Super Evil Megacorp and Twitch sign three-year deal to grow Vainglory's eSports presence
Mar 17, 2016
Partnership
- Locojoy
- Narvalous
Not disclosed
700-strong Chinese giant Locojoy moves west with Narvalous partnership and Palo Alto office
Mar 16, 2016
Partnership
- Disney Interactive
- Hipster Whale
Not disclosed
Disney announces Hipster Whale collaboration Disney Crossy Road
Mar 14, 2016
Acquisition
- data.ai
- AppScotch
Not disclosed
App Annie acquires app marketing tracking outfit AppScotch
Mar 10, 2016
Acquisition
- Super Evil Megacorp
Not disclosed
Leading eSports organisation Team SoloMid acquires Vainglory champions Alliance
Mar 10, 2016
Acquisition
- Nexon
- Big Huge Games
Not disclosed
Nexon Korea acquires DomiNations developer Big Huge Games
Mar 9, 2016
License
- Bigben Interactive
- Spil Games
Not disclosed
Spil Games announces Creature Family, a F2P reboot of the AI classic for 2017
Mar 9, 2016
Investment
- Webzen
- OurPalm
$170m
Ourpalm spends $170 million to become the largest shareholder in Webzen
Mar 8, 2016
Partnership
- iWin
- Skillz
Not disclosed
iWin signs a 5 game eSports deal with Skillz
Mar 3, 2016
Acquisition
- inneractive
- RNTS Media
$72m
RNTS spends up to $72 million, adding Inneractive to Heyzap and Fyber to hit $220 million in sales by 2017
Mar 2, 2016
Investment
- Kopla Games
$0.8m
Finnish startup Kopla Games raises $750,000 seed round from Klaas Kersting
Feb 29, 2016
Acquisition
- Nativex
- Mobvista
$25m
Chinese mobile ad network Mobvista buys NativeX for $25 million
Feb 26, 2016
Investment
- Niantic
$5m
Niantic Labs extends its funding for Pokemon GO and other location games to $25 million
Feb 17, 2016
Partnership
- Flaregames
- Kopla Games
Not disclosed
Flaregames partners with Finnish startup Kopla Games to publish 'accessible RPG' Project Nonstop
Feb 16, 2016
Partnership
- CMGE
- SkyVu Entertainment
Not disclosed
CMGE signs up latest Battle Bear title Overclock FPS for Asian release
Feb 15, 2016
Investment
- Newzoo
- TalkingData
Not disclosed
Chinese mobile platform TalkingData makes strategic investment in Newzoo
Feb 15, 2016
Acquisition
- Plumbee
- GSN Games
Not disclosed
Social casino consolidation continues as GSN Games acquires Plumbee
Feb 11, 2016
Acquisition
- Chartboost
- Roostr
Not disclosed
Chartboost acquires influencer network Roostr to tap into fast-growing social UA opportunity
Feb 2, 2016
Partnership
- Newzoo
- Priori Data
Not disclosed
Newzoo and Priori Data announce commercial and strategic partnership
Jan 28, 2016
Acquisition
- Fuse Powered
- Upsight
Not disclosed
Analytics platform Upsight widens its market to ad mediation with Fuse Powered acquisiton
Jan 27, 2016
Partnership
- Adways
- Quest Drop
Not disclosed
Adways partners with Singapore publisher Quest Drop to support games in Southeast Asia
Jan 27, 2016
Investment
- Lionsgate
- Next Games
- Lowercase Capital
- IDG Capital Partners
- IDG Ventures
$10m
Walking Dead dev Next Games raises $10 million
Jan 27, 2016
Partnership
- Newzoo
- DeltaDNA
Not disclosed
Data fiends Newzoo and deltaDNA combine forces to provide strategic mobile insights
Jan 27, 2016
Investment
- Icejam Games
$2.1m
Canadian startup Icejam raises $2.1 million to accelerate Playable Data vision
Jan 27, 2016
Investment
- Branch Metrics
- Founders Fund
$35m
Deep linking platform Branch Metrics raises $35 million
Jan 26, 2016
Investment
- Tencent
- YouWeb
- Discord
- Greylock IL
- Benchmark Capital
$20m