Apr 25, 2016
Investment
- Kamcord
$10m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
Hammer & Chisel raises $20 million for gamer messaging app Discord
Jan 26, 2016
Investment
- GetSocial
- Astor Participaties
- Enabling Technology Fund
- Slingshot Capital
- Novamedia
$2.5m
GetSocial raises $2.5 million to fulfill demand and expand operations
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