Sep 24, 2014
Acquisition
- Upsight
- Science Inc.
Not disclosed
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Sep 23, 2014
Acquisition
- Nexage
- Millennial Media
$107.5m
Millennial Media acquires Nexage for $107.5 million
Sep 23, 2014
Investment
- Grantoo
- Fuel
- Rising Tide Fund
- Middle East Venture Partners
$3.5m
New company name, faces and direction as Fuel raises $3.5 million
Sep 23, 2014
Investment
- KNeoWORLD
$6m
KneoWorld receives $6 million to extend its education games to Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin
Sep 22, 2014
Partnership
- Cashplay
- Digital Melody
Not disclosed
How much money would a woodchopper game make if a woodchopper game would integrate Cashplay?
Sep 18, 2014
Investment
- Swrve
- Acero Capital
- Atlantic Bridge
- Intel Capital
$10m
Swrve raises $10 million to provide the tools enabling brands to grow the consumer relationship
Sep 16, 2014
Partnership
- SkyMobi
- China Telecom
Not disclosed
SkyMobi looks to expand its instore reach to over 100,000 operator shops in China
Sep 16, 2014
Investment
- Chobolabs
- Innovation Endeavors
$1.3m
Chobolabs raises $1.3 million to redefine competitive shooters on mobile
Sep 15, 2014
Partnership
- Harmonix Music Systems
- Tilting Point
Not disclosed
Harmonix and Tilting Point working together for multiple mobile music games
Sep 15, 2014
Acquisition
- Microsoft
- Mojang
$2,500m
Microsoft acquires Minecraft for $2.5 billion
Sep 12, 2014
Partnership
- Image & Form
- Zoink Games
Not disclosed
Conscious Coupling: Zoink and Image & Form create a publishing partnership
Sep 11, 2014
Investment
- Animoca Brands
- Crosby Capital
$10m
Chinese investment group spends $10 million to acquire Star Girl franchise for fashion retail opportunities
Sep 11, 2014
Partnership
- Adult Swim
- Game Insight
- SkyMobi
- Shiny Box Games
Not disclosed
SkyMobi brings Battle Towers, Major Mayhem and Dungeon Quest to China
Sep 10, 2014
Partnership
- Halfbrick Studios
- iDreamsky
- Tencent
Not disclosed
Halfbrick and iDreamsky bring a new version of Fruit Ninja to Tencent's mobile platform
Sep 8, 2014
Acquisition
- Jam City
- BoosterMedia
- Hallpass Media
Not disclosed
BoosterMedia gains 6 million MAUs with the purchase of HTML5 outfit Hallpass Media
Sep 8, 2014
Investment
- Iris Capital
- Adjust
- Capnamic Ventures
- Active Venture Partners
- Target Partners
$7.6m
Adjust raises $7.6 million for US and Asian expansion
Sep 2, 2014
Partnership
- Pocket Gems
- Comedy Central
Not disclosed
Comedy Central and Pocket Gems to revive Ugly Americans on mobile
Sep 4, 2014
Acquisition
- Slitherine Software
- Shenandoah Studio
Not disclosed
Slitherine makes a significant advance into mobile strategy, acquiring Shenandoah Studio
Sep 3, 2014
Partnership
- Adjust
- Upsight
Not disclosed
Upsight partners with adjust to bring better analytics to app marketing
Sep 2, 2014
Partnership
- Tencent
- Hoolai Games
Not disclosed
Hoolai tests the hardcore appetite of WeChat players with War of Immortals
Aug 28, 2014
Partnership
- FuzzyCube Software
- Flaregames
Not disclosed
Flaregames get another drop, signing Fuzzycube's Epic Loot
Jul 31, 2014
Partnership
- Qihoo 360 Technology Co.
- Goodgame Studios
Not disclosed
Qihoo 360 signs up Goodgames' Empire: Four Kingdom for China release
Aug 25, 2014
Acquisition
- Amazon
- Twitch Interactive
$970m
Amazon acquires Twitch for $970 million
Aug 22, 2014
Partnership
- Tencent
- King
Not disclosed
Peak Candy Crush delayed as Tencent releases King's top grosser in China
Aug 21, 2014
Acquisition
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- Supercell
- SoftBank
$344m
GungHo makes $74 million selling its share of Supercell back to SoftBank
Aug 20, 2014
Acquisition
- Unity Technologies
Not disclosed
Unity acquires Tsugi to launch Unity Cloud Build
Aug 19, 2014
Acquisition
- FunPlus
- Zhongji Holding
$960m
The wild wild east: Chinese construction company spends $960 million on Family Farm publisher DianDian
Aug 13, 2014
Acquisition
- iQU
- HoneyTracks
Not disclosed
iQU and HoneyTracks join forces to deliver next generation marketing
Aug 13, 2014
Acquisition
- King
- Nonstop Games
$100m
King expands to core gaming with $32 million acquisition of Nonstop Games
Aug 12, 2014
Partnership
- Flaregames
- Superweapon
Not disclosed
Flaregames signs F2P strategy title from ex-Empires & Allies start-up Superweapon
Aug 11, 2014
Partnership
- Microsoft
- YoYo Games
Not disclosed
GameMaker: Studio beefs up support for Microsoft hardware, adding Xbox One
Aug 8, 2014
Investment
- Gumi Inc.
- LINE Corporation
Not disclosed
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Aug 7, 2014
Partnership
- Nexon
- Envision Entertainment
Not disclosed
Nexon signs again; grabs rights to ex-Phenomic devs first mobile strategy title
Aug 6, 2014
Acquisition
- Tapjoy
- 5Rocks. Inc.
Not disclosed
West heads east: Tapjoy acquires Korean analytics platform 5Rocks
Aug 6, 2014
Investment
- Kiwi
- Sequoia Capital
- Northgate Capital
- DFJ Venture
$15m
Android F2P specialist Kiwi raises $15 million
Aug 5, 2014
Investment
- Smaato
- Singapore Press Holdings
$25m
Smaato closes $25 million investment; expanding in Indonesia and Singapore
Aug 4, 2014
Partnership
- Kabam
- Undead Labs
Not disclosed
Kabam partners with Undead Labs for original mobile RPG Moonrise
Aug 1, 2014
Investment
- Kabam
- Alibaba
$120m
China in its hands: Kabam signs $120 million publishing deal with Alibaba
Jul 31, 2014
Investment
- JuiceBox Games
$2.5m
Going it alone: Former Zynga devs raise $2.5 million following successful solo debut
Jul 30, 2014
Partnership
- Chukong Technologies
- Chartboost
Not disclosed
Chartboost makes China move with Chukong
Jul 28, 2014
Investment
- Leanplum, a CleverTap company
- Shasta Ventures
$4.8m
Leanplum raises $4.8 million and rolls out new marketing automation feature
Jul 25, 2014
Acquisition
- Twitch Interactive
$1,000m
Golden age of video: Google confirms $1 billion Twitch purchase
Jul 23, 2014
Investment
- Lionsgate
- Next Games
Not disclosed
Next Games adds to $6 million funding thanks to strategic deal with Lionsgate
Jul 23, 2014
Investment
- BlueStacks
$13m
GamePop primes for the big time with $13 million round led by Samsung Ventures
Jul 22, 2014
Acquisition
- Flurry
- Yahoo
Not disclosed
Analytics acquisition: Yahoo to acquire mobile data giant Flurry
Jul 22, 2014
Investment
- SupersonicAds
- Supersonic Studios
- Greylock IL
- SAIF Partners
$15m
Supersonic raises $15 million to open offices in China, India and Japan and boost headcount to 250
Jul 17, 2014
Investment
- Changyou
- MoboTap
$91m
Changyou buys 51% stake in Dolphin Browser outfit MoboTap for $91 million
Jul 16, 2014
Investment
- Bad Seed Entertainment
- United Ventures
$0.3m
Italian start-up BadSeed raises $330,000 early stage investment
Jul 9, 2014
License
- Actoz Europe Soft
- Gamblit Gaming
- Flexball
- Gamiker
Not disclosed
Real-money mobile gaming gets a boost with 3 companies integrating Gamblit’s platform
Jul 9, 2014
Investment
- mNectar
- New Enterprise Associates
$7m