Apr 1, 2015
Investment
- Bica Studios
- Portugal Ventures
Not disclosed
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- Companies Involved
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Mar 26, 2015
Partnership
- Scopely
- Kung Fu Factory
Not disclosed
Scopely forges multi-year partnership with Kung Fu Factory
Mar 26, 2015
Partnership
- Razer
- Leap Motion
Not disclosed
Leap Motion and Razer building VR headset with in-built hand tracking
Mar 23, 2015
License
- MAG Interactive
- Hutch Games
- GetSocial
Not disclosed
GetSocial 3.0 launches, powering social engagement for MMX Racing and Ruzzle Adventure
Mar 19, 2015
Investment
- Lifeline Ventures
- Sunstone Capital
- Metacore
Not disclosed
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Mar 16, 2015
Acquisition
- Glispa GmbH
- Market Tech Holdings
$77m
Market Tech Holdings acquires majority stake in glispa with $77 million deal
Mar 17, 2015
Partnership
- Nintendo
- DeNA
Not disclosed
Nintendo signs deal with DeNA to bring Mario and other IP to mobile
Mar 16, 2015
Acquisition
- MobPartner
- Cheetah Mobile
$58m
Cheetah Mobile acquires MobPartner for $58 million
Mar 12, 2015
Investment
- Sequoia Capital
- Moonfrog Labs
- Tiger Global Management
$15m
Moonfrog Labs raises $15 million to develop games for India
Mar 3, 2015
Investment
- Vserv
- Maverick Capital Ventures
Not disclosed
Vserv closes Series B round with Maverick Capital Ventures
Mar 5, 2015
Partnership
- DeNA
- Fyber
Not applicable
Following a 4 cent ARPDAU testcase boost, DeNA partners with Fyber in US
Mar 2, 2015
Partnership
- Playerize
- Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Not disclosed
U21 payment platform Oink partners with Playerize
Feb 24, 2015
Investment
- Telltale Games
- Lionsgate
Not disclosed
Lionsgate invests in The Walking Dead creators Telltale Games
Feb 18, 2015
Partnership
- Rovio
- Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd.
Not disclosed
Rovio hooks up with Kunlun to make Angry Birds for China
Feb 18, 2015
Investment
- Miniclip
- Tencent
Not disclosed
Tencent sets sights on Europe with majority investment in Miniclip
Feb 19, 2015
Partnership
- InMobi
- Starcom MediaVest Group
Not disclosed
Starcom MediaVest heads into mobile with InMobi partnership
Feb 19, 2015
Investment
- Sega Networks
- Demiurge Studios
- Space Ape Games
- Ignited Artists
Not disclosed
Sega buys Demiurge Studios and invests in Space Ape and Ignited Artists
Feb 16, 2015
Partnership
- OurPalm
- Animoca Brands
Not disclosed
Animoca Brands on its hit resistant, high volume strategy for mobile gaming success
Feb 17, 2015
Investment
- Firefly Games
- Ceyuan Ventures
- SkyOcean
- GuangZhou WinHi
$8m
Firefly Games raises $8 million to bring top Chinese games to US
Feb 16, 2015
Acquisition
- YoYo Games
- Playtech
$16.4m
Gambling software outfit Playtech buys GameMaker dev YoYo Games for $16.4 million
Feb 11, 2015
Acquisition
- Z2Live
- King
$45m
Expanding into new genres, King buys Z2Live for up to $150 million
Feb 10, 2015
Acquisition
- Appsfire
- Mobile Network Group
Not disclosed
Appsfire acquired by Mobile Network Group for a rumoured $30 million
Feb 10, 2015
Investment
- Tencent
- YouWeb
- Discord
- Benchmark Capital
Not disclosed
Tencent leads investment in Hammer & Chisel's Series B
Feb 10, 2015
Partnership
- Gamevil
- Ginno Games
- Dragonfly Games
Not disclosed
Gamevil bringing two top Korean PC games to mobile
Feb 2, 2015
Partnership
- Ustwo games
- iDreamsky
Not disclosed
iDreamSky bags exclusive Chinese Android rights for Monument Valley
Jan 30, 2015
Investment
- Ouya Inc.
- Alibaba
$10m
Ouya leverages its library to earn $10 million investment from Alibaba
Jan 29, 2015
Investment
- Tencent
- Changyou
$1,000m
Tencent rumoured to have bought China's #1 gaming website for $1 billion
Jan 27, 2015
Acquisition
- Q Entertainment
- Mobcast Global
Not disclosed
Mobcast buys Lumines and Meteos for mobile reinvention
Jan 26, 2015
Partnership
- Com2uS
- Baidu Inc.
- Qihoo 360 Technology Co.
Not disclosed
Summoners War to launch in China with Baidu and 360
Jan 20, 2015
Investment
- AppsFlyer
- Pitango Venture Capital
- Fidelity Growth Partners Europe
- Magma Venture Partners
$20m
After B funding round, AppsFlyer is $20 million stronger
Jan 19, 2015
Investment
- MAG Interactive
- Delinquent
Not disclosed
Mag Interactive invests in upcoming UK studio Delinquent
Jan 19, 2015
Investment
- nDreams
- Mercia Technologies
$2.8m
NDreams raises $2.75 million to build VR games portfolio
Jan 16, 2015
Partnership
- TT Games
- Nexon
Not disclosed
Nexon set to develop Asia-first LEGO game for iOS and Android
Jan 13, 2015
Acquisition
- Kabam
- Magic Pixel Games
- TapZen
- Kabam Los Angeles
Not disclosed
Kabam buys TapZen and Magic Pixel Games
Dec 30, 2014
Investment
- KongZhong
- Forgame
$16m
KongZhong spends $16 million on a 7% stake in Forgame
Dec 18, 2014
Investment
- GameAnalytics
- Sunstone Capital
- Beta Angels
$5.5m
GameAnalytics get a C-Level talent injection and raises $5.5 million
Dec 16, 2014
Partnership
- Game Insight
- Toyze
Not disclosed
Game Insight supports 3D printing via Toyze
Dec 16, 2014
Investment
- Tencent
- Northzone
- Dots
- Greycroft Partners
$10m
Tencent co-leads $10 million investment into Dots developer
Dec 15, 2014
Partnership
- Tencent
- Aiming Inc.
- Aiming Inc.
Not disclosed
Tencent and Aiming sign mutual game distribution deal in China and Japan
Dec 12, 2014
Investment
- Qualcomm
- Chukong Technologies
Not disclosed
Qualcomm invests in Chukong as part of its strategic Chinese fund
Dec 11, 2014
Investment
- Jolla
Not disclosed
Off the back of $1.8 million Indiegogo tablet campaign, Jolla total funding reaches $42 million
Dec 11, 2014
Partnership
- Storm8
- Hasbro
Not disclosed
Storm8 partners with Hasbro for Monopoly Bingo! social casino game
Dec 11, 2014
Investment
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- Kamcord
$15m
Video & Dragons: GungHo leads $15 million funding for Kamcord
Dec 10, 2014
Investment
- PlayRaven
- Northzone
$4.1m
Promising to shake up F2P grossing stasis, PlayRaven raises $4 million
Dec 10, 2014
Partnership
- RockYou Inc
- Kabam
Not disclosed
With the $4 billion Chinese mobile game market its big play for 2015, Kabam ditches web games
Dec 10, 2014
Investment
- Yodo1
- Alibaba
- KTplay
Not disclosed
Alibaba invests in Chinese mobile social platform KTplay as it builds out gaming network
Dec 5, 2014
Partnership
- Namco Bandai Games
- Roadhouse Interactive
Not disclosed
Bandai Namco partners with Roadhouse for new western-focused mobile RPG
Dec 3, 2014
Investment
- A Crowd of Monsters
- Inveready
- Caixa Capital Risk
- The Crowd Angel
$0m
A Crowd of Monsters raises $550,000
Dec 3, 2014
Investment
- Space Ape Games
- Accel Partners
- Northzone
- Initial Capital
- Connect Ventures
$7m
Mobile strategy dev Space Ape raises $7 million for Samuari Siege follow up
Dec 2, 2014
Partnership
- Unity Technologies
- APM Music
Not disclosed