Jul 27, 2015
Acquisition
- GREE
- Twiitch
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
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Jul 27, 2015
Acquisition
- Razer
- Ouya Inc.
Not disclosed
Razer confirms all-cash Ouya acquisition, with software and staff assimilated into Forge TV operation
Jul 22, 2015
Partnership
- Deep Silver Fishlabs
- OKAM Studio
Not disclosed
OKAM Studio signs publishing deal with Deep Silver Fishlabs
Jul 8, 2015
Investment
- Marmalade Game Studio
$2m
Marmalade scoops $2 million investment
Jul 7, 2015
Investment
- GREE
- Touchten Games
Not disclosed
GREE mines SE Asian market with Touchten investment
Jul 6, 2015
Investment
- OurPalm
- Animoca Brands
$2.3m
Garfield game maker Animoca Brands palms $2.3 million OurPalm investment
Jul 1, 2015
Investment
- FabZat
$0.8m
FabZat closes Series A funding to turn virtual items into real ones
Jun 30, 2015
Acquisition
- MAG Interactive
- Delinquent
Not disclosed
Mag Interactive acquires ex-PopCap and Relentless studio Delinquent
Jun 30, 2015
Partnership
- Motorious Entertainment
Not disclosed
Motorious Entertainment signs 3 game Top Gear deal
Jun 25, 2015
License
- Cashplay
- Games2win India Pvt Ltd
Not disclosed
Mobile eSports outfit Cashplay kicks off celebrity push with Tyga - Kingin' World Tour game
Jun 25, 2015
Partnership
- Deep Silver Fishlabs
- Chimera Entertainment
Not disclosed
Chimera and Fishlabs announce they're working together on an unannounced midcore mobile game
Jun 24, 2015
Investment
- Innospark
- Keytone VC
$6.5m
Innospark raises $6.5 million to expand into China with cross-platform midcore games
Jun 22, 2015
Partnership
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- Camouflaj
Not disclosed
GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique
Jun 19, 2015
Partnership
- Flaregames
- Limbic
Not disclosed
Flaregames signs up Limbic's F2P Zombie Gunship sequel
Jun 15, 2015
Acquisition
- Razer
- Ouya Inc.
Not disclosed
Razer acquires Ouya
Jun 15, 2015
Investment
- Cmune
$1.4m
Starbreeze invests $1.4 million in Cmune to bring FPS Payday to mobile
Jun 11, 2015
Investment
- Kibo Ventures
- Initial Capital
- London Venture Partners
- Winko Games
$1.4m
Supercell investors fund core Barcelona dev Winko Games
Jun 11, 2015
Partnership
- AdMob
- Etermax
Not disclosed
Why AdMob is now the exclusive advertising channel to access millions of Trivia Crack players
Jun 11, 2015
Partnership
- Sega
- Rovio
- Hardlight
Not disclosed
Sonic Dash celebrates 100 million downloads with playable Angry Birds characters
Jun 10, 2015
Partnership
- PlayPhone
- Cyanogen
Not disclosed
GungHo-owned Playphone signs up with Cyanogen to increase reach for its curated Game Store
Jun 3, 2015
Partnership
- Zen Studios
- NetEase
Not disclosed
NetEase to publish Zen Studio's CastleStorm in China
Jun 1, 2015
Investment
- GREE
- KLab Inc
- Yoyo Holdings
Not disclosed
SMS rewards platform Yoyo gains funding from GREE and KLab
Jun 1, 2015
Acquisition
- Supercell
- SoftBank
- Accel Partners
Not disclosed
Accel sells out, allowing SoftBank to bring its Supercell stake to 73%
Jun 1, 2015
Investment
- Hipster Whale
- Prettygreat
$0.4m
Crossy Road devs invest $380,000 in ex-Halfbrick start-up Prettygreat
May 28, 2015
Investment
- Tencent
- VC Mobile Entertainment
$4.5m
Backed with $4.5 million, PC legend Jon Van Caneghem goes mobile
May 28, 2015
Partnership
- OurPalm
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Ourpalm releasing Android version of Animoca Brands' Doraemon Gadget Rush in China
May 27, 2015
Investment
- Digit Game Studios
- Scopely
Not disclosed
Scopely invests in Dublin dev Digit Game Studios for future strategy gaming success
May 26, 2015
Partnership
- Metaps
- Hakuhodo
Not disclosed
Metaps and Hakuhodo creating UA tools for tracking power of TV commercials
May 21, 2015
Partnership
- nWay
- NetEase
Not disclosed
NetEase secure Chinese mobile publishing rights for nWay's ChronoBlade
May 22, 2015
Partnership
- Mattel
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Mattel partners with Animoca Brands to turn its IP into mobile games
May 21, 2015
Partnership
- Melesta Studio
- Wargaming
Not disclosed
Wargaming hooks up with casual dev Melesta to experiment with business models
May 20, 2015
Acquisition
- Tribe Studios Ltd.
- Palringo
Not disclosed
Palringo acquires Tribe Studios to bolster in-game chat tech
May 15, 2015
Investment
- Lionsgate
- Raine Ventures
- Mobcrush
$4.9m
Pure-play mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $4.9 million
May 14, 2015
Investment
- Directive Games
- Opea Holding
- GSR Ventures
$3.5m
Directive Games raises $3.5 million
May 13, 2015
Investment
- Pocket Gems
- Tencent
$60m
Tencent invests again, injecting $60 million into Pocket Gems
May 12, 2015
Investment
- GameGenetics
- Target Partners
- High-Tech Gründerfonds
Not disclosed
GameGenetics to massively enlarge R&D base thanks to major investment
May 12, 2015
Partnership
- Cashplay
- Cherrypick Games
Not disclosed
Touchdown Hero goes the extra mile with Cashplay real money tournaments
May 6, 2015
Acquisition
- data.ai
- Mobidia
Not disclosed
App Annie gains 12th office location as it acquires usage analytics outfit Mobida
Apr 30, 2015
Partnership
- Reliance Games
- Personagraph
Not disclosed
Personagraph and WWO bring private marketplace to Indian mobile ad market
Apr 29, 2015
Investment
- Glu Mobile
- Tencent
$126m
Glu Mobile gains $126 million Tencent investment and signs up Britney Spears
Apr 28, 2015
Partnership
- Kabam
- Longtu Game
Not disclosed
Longtu is publishing Kabam's Marvel Contest of Champions in China
Apr 24, 2015
Partnership
- Newzoo
Not disclosed
Newzoo and TalkingData combine brains to track Chinese games market
Apr 17, 2015
Investment
- 99Games Online Private Ltd.
- Kalaari Capital
- Ascent Capital
$5m
99Games raises $5 million to target growing Indian market
Apr 14, 2015
Partnership
- Baidu Inc.
- Sungy
- Cheetah Mobile
- LoopMe
Not disclosed
LoopMe to bring native video ads to Baidu, Cheetah Mobile and Sungy Mobile
Apr 14, 2015
Investment
- Frenzoo
- K5 Ventures
- Anshe Chung Ltd
- Fresco Capital
$1m
Frenzoo raises another $1 million to expand Me Girl franchise
Apr 14, 2015
Partnership
- Vserv
- Bee7
Not disclosed
Bee7 and Vserv forge partnership to solve emerging market monetisation
Apr 13, 2015
Acquisition
- Sunstorm Games
- CrazyLabs
Not disclosed
TabTale nets 5 million new players with Sunstorm acquisition
Apr 9, 2015
Investment
- NCSOFT
- This Game Studio
$5m
NCsoft invests $5 million in Kabam spin-out This Game Studio
Apr 8, 2015
License
- Scott Games
Not disclosed
Warner Bros. to bring Five Nights at Freddy's to the big screen
Apr 7, 2015
Acquisition
- Amazon
- Crytek
Not disclosed