Oct 27, 2014
Partnership
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- 17-Bit Studios
Not disclosed
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- Type
- Companies Involved
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Oct 21, 2014
Investment
- Fiksu
- Silicon Valley Bank
$10m
Fiksu raises $10 million to supercharge global expansion
Oct 20, 2014
Investment
- YouAppi
- Glilot Capital Partners
- Flint Capital
- 2B-Angels
$3m
UA outfit YouAppi raises $3 million to move beyond installs to LTV
Oct 22, 2014
Investment
- Small Giant Games
- Creandum
- PROfounders
- Spintop Ventures
- Capital A Partners
$3.1m
Buoyant Helsinki: Small Giant Games raises $3.1 million
Oct 21, 2014
Partnership
- GREE
- KDDI Corporation
Not applicable
GREE agrees publishing partnership with carrier KDDI
Oct 16, 2014
Investment
- Accel Partners
- Osmo
- Upfront Ventures
- K9 Ventures
$12m
Education gaming outfit Osmo raises $12 million
Oct 16, 2014
Partnership
- Rovio
- GungHo Online Entertainment
Not applicable
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
Oct 15, 2014
Partnership
- Thumbstar Games
- Pixel Toys
Not applicable
Thumbstar distributing GunFinger on Android devices
Oct 13, 2014
Partnership
- Gamevil
- 8elements
Not disclosed
Gamevil partners with 8elements to open southeast Asia office in Singapore
Oct 10, 2014
Partnership
- GREE
- LINE Corporation
- Epic Voyage
Not disclosed
Passing the baton: GREE sets up a joint venture to make games for LINE
Oct 8, 2014
Investment
- Cloudcade
- IDG Capital Partners
$1.6m
IDG Capital drops $1.55 million on Cloudcade to drive F2P innovation
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Oct 7, 2014
Acquisition
- RNTS Media
- Fyber
$190m
[Updated] RNTS Media acquires monetisation outfit Fyber for $190 million
Oct 6, 2014
Partnership
- Thumbstar Games
- Bossa Studios
Not applicable
Thumbstar and Bossa join forces to bring titles including Thomas Was Alone to emerging markets
Oct 1, 2014
Investment
- Hugo Games
$4m
Hugo Games raises $4 million for marketing new Hugo the troll games
Oct 1, 2014
Partnership
- DeltaDNA
- HP Vertica
Not applicable
DeltaDNA and HP Vertica strike up strategic partnership to improve data management
Oct 1, 2014
Investment
- Remerge
- Point Nine Capital
$1m
Remerge secures $1 million funding for its adtech platform
Sep 30, 2014
Investment
- Stolen Couch Games
$0.3m
Stolen Couch Games secures $315,000 in funding for Animal Crossing-style game
Sep 26, 2014
Investment
- Atlas Venture
- Skillz
$6m
Skillz raises $6 million for an aggressive UA campaign for real-money skill-based games
Sep 26, 2014
Partnership
- Remedy Entertainment
- Flaregames
Not disclosed
Pint and publishing deal: Remedy and Flaregames sign Agents of Storm contract in London pub
Sep 24, 2014
Acquisition
- Upsight
- Science Inc.
Not disclosed
Consolidation in mobile monetisation fragments then coalesces as Science Inc buys Upsight's PlayHaven ad network
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