Jan 26, 2016
Investment
- GetSocial
- Astor Participaties
- Enabling Technology Fund
- Slingshot Capital
- Novamedia
$2.5m
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- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Jan 21, 2016
Investment
- Glu Mobile
- Plain Vanilla
$7.5m
Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works)
Jan 14, 2016
Investment
- data.ai
- Greenspring Associates
$63m
App Annie closes $63 million funding round to go more global
Jan 7, 2016
Acquisition
- Heyzap
- RNTS Media
- Fyber
$20m
UA consolidation gathers pace as Fyber buys Heyzap for up to $45 million
Dec 14, 2015
Investment
- nDreams
- Mercia Technologies
$3m
VR developer NDreams closes $3m funding round, bolsters staff with senior talent
Dec 9, 2015
Acquisition
- Jam City
- Kiwi
- Fat Rascal Games
Not disclosed
SGN acquires Fat Rascal and hires Kiwi veterans as part of aggressive expansion
Dec 2, 2015
Investment
- Traplight Games
- Sunstone Capital
- Finnvera Ventures Capital
- Initial Capital
$1.4m
€1.3m
€1.3m
Finnish dev Traplight raises $1.4 million for its user-generated-focused debut Big Bang Racing
Nov 23, 2015
Partnership
- Wooga
- Fox Digital Entertainment
Not disclosed
Wooga gets into the IP game with the announcement of Futurama: Game of Drones
Nov 12, 2015
Investment
- CCP
- New Enterprise Associates
$30m
EVE Online dev CCP Games raises $30 million to target VR
Nov 12, 2015
Partnership
- Scopely
- Redemption Games
Not disclosed
Scopely partners with Redemption Games to publish its first two titles
Nov 3, 2015
Acquisition
- Activision Blizzard
- King
$5.9m
Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion
Oct 28, 2015
Partnership
- Tilting Point
- Klang Games
Not disclosed
Klang Games partners with Tilting Point to publish ReRunners
Oct 27, 2015
Investment
- NetEase
- Reforged Studios
$2.5m
NetEase continues aggressive western expansion, investing $2.5 million in core start-up Reforged Studios
Oct 26, 2015
Investment
- Koukoi Games
$1m
High-profile Finns lead Koukoi Games' $1 million funding round
Oct 22, 2015
Acquisition
- AOL
- Millennial Media
$248m
AOL acquires Millennial Media in $248 million deal
Oct 21, 2015
Partnership
- Deep Silver Fishlabs
- Hibernum Creations
Not disclosed
Fishlabs to publish yet-to-be-announced game from Canadian dev Hibernum Creations
Oct 21, 2015
Investment
- Adjust
- Highland Capital Partners Europe
$17m
Mobile data outfit Adjust takes funding to $30m as it closes $17 million D round
Oct 15, 2015
Acquisition
- Ubisoft
- Longtail Studios
Not disclosed
Ubisoft expands its mobile presence with acquisition of Longtail Studios
Oct 14, 2015
Investment
- Pocket PlayLab
- Monk's Hill Ventures
$5m
Playlab lands $5m funding in first external investment
Oct 8, 2015
Investment
- Mino Games
- Andreessen Horowitz
$2.2m
Mino Games closes $2.2 million funding round and launches casual-core sequel Mino Monsters 2
Oct 5, 2015
Acquisition
- Microsoft
- Havok
- Intel
Not disclosed
Tools consolidation continues as Microsoft snaps up Havok
Sep 11, 2015
Investment
- Vision plus
- Futurefly
$2.5m
Futurefly bags $2.5 million seed funding from Facebook, Snapchat, Whatsapp investors
Sep 10, 2015
Merger
- Supersonic Studios
- IronSource
Not disclosed
IronSource and Supersonic merge to generate a company with $450 million annual sales
Sep 2, 2015
Investment
- Vision plus
- MyGamez
Not disclosed
West-to-China publisher MyGamez announces 9 million MAUs and new funding round
Sep 1, 2015
Investment
- Raine Ventures
- Mobcrush
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
$11m
Mobcrush bags $11 million investment for mobile-first streaming
Sep 1, 2015
Investment
- Metacore
- True Ventures
$2.3m
Smartwatch specialist Everywear Games raises $2.25 million
Aug 25, 2015
Investment
- Creandum
- Initial Capital
- Google Ventures
- Resolution Games
$6m
Resolution closes largest VR game development Series A funding round at $6 million
Aug 20, 2015
Acquisition
- N3TWORK
- Nio Games
Not disclosed
N3TWORK acquires Swedish studio Nio Games to produce a new breed of mobile games
Aug 17, 2015
Investment
- iDreamsky
- Rumble Entertainment
$10m
iDreamSky invests $10 million into US core dev Rumble Entertainment
Aug 13, 2015
License
- iDreamsky
- Peak Games
Not disclosed
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Aug 10, 2015
Investment
- Giant Interactive Group
- Super Evil Megacorp
- Index Ventures
$28m
$26 million investment turns Super Evil's attentions to eSports in Asia
Aug 4, 2015
Investment
- Northzone
- Seriously
$18m
Best Fiends developer Seriously raises $18 million
Aug 3, 2015
Acquisition
- iQU
- TinyLoot
Not disclosed
iQU buys discovery outfit Tinyloot, rolls it into new integrated mobile game launch platform Mobilize
Jul 30, 2015
Investment
- HyprMX
- Halyard Capital
- Bridge Bank
$28m
HyprMX parent Jun Group raises $28 million
Jul 30, 2015
Partnership
- 22Cans
- Longtu Game
Not disclosed
Godus heads to China thanks to LongTu publishing deal
Jul 27, 2015
Acquisition
- GREE
- Twiitch
Not disclosed
Following hard reset in SF, GREE expands with new offices in Berlin and Melbourne
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