Feb 19, 2015
Partnership
- InMobi
- Starcom MediaVest Group
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
APM deals brings hundreds of thousands of music tracks to Unity Asset Store
Dec 2, 2014
Investment
- HitFox Group
- ad2games
- 3TS Capital
$9m
UA platform Ad2games raises $9 million for global expansion
Nov 27, 2014
Partnership
- Adways
- beBit
Not disclosed
Adways China links with beBit to crack Chinese mobile advertising market
Nov 18, 2014
Partnership
- Yeahmobi
- VKontakte
Not disclosed
YeahMobi signs social media marketing deal with VKontakte
Nov 25, 2014
Investment
- HitFox Group
- Zeotap
$1.3m
Zeotap raises $1.3 million to analyse carrier data
Nov 25, 2014
Investment
- Naspers
- SimilarWeb
$15m
Digital insight outfit SimilarWeb raises $15 million for aggressive mobile expansion
Nov 25, 2014
Investment
- Geenapp
- Wayra
$0.3m
App discovery platform Geenapp raises $250,000
Nov 25, 2014
Acquisition
- Gamevil
- Waplesoft
Not disclosed
Gamevil levels up, acquiring Korean RPG dev Waplesoft
Nov 24, 2014
Partnership
- Adways
- Latis Global Communications
- Adways Korea
- Ncloud24
Not disclosed
Adways, Latis and Ncloud24 partner up to provide global launch pad for Korea devs
Nov 21, 2014
Investment
- Flow State Media
- SparkLabs Global
- Strong VC
$1m
Pushing synchronous multiplayer mobile gaming, Flow State raises $1 million
Nov 19, 2014
Investment
- Tencent
- Alibaba
- Huayi Brothers
$450m
Rivals collaborate: Tencent and Alibaba both invest in film/TV outfit Huayi Brothers
Nov 19, 2014
Investment
- Disruptor Beam
- Midverse Studios
- GrandBanks Capital
$3.2m
Disruptor Beam raises $3.2 million for Star Trek Timelines and other projects
Nov 19, 2014
Partnership
- Spacetime Studios
- Golden Gate Games
Not disclosed
Spacetime's MMOG Arcane Legends coming to China courtesy of Golden Gate Games
Nov 18, 2014
Investment
- Seriously
- Daher Capital
- Sunstone Capital
- Upfront Ventures
$5m
Best Fiends developer Seriously receives $5 million funding boost
Nov 17, 2014
Partnership
- Gamevil
- XL Games
Not disclosed
Gamevil and XL Games combine to release ArcheAge
Nov 13, 2014
Partnership
- Sega
- Gumi Asia
Not applicable