Sep 14, 2016
Investment
- Lightneer
$3.2m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
Newzoo partners with push notification service Pushwoosh to crunch more data
Jun 28, 2016
Acquisition
- Adways
- POKKT
Not disclosed
Adways opens India office and acquires POKKT's reward-based platform Pocket Money
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