Show Me The Money: Jam City agrees Ludia sale, Scopely's rumoured $3.5bn Niantic deal, and MTG acquires Plarium in February 2025
The mobile games industry is fast-paced and it’s easy to miss out on the big news.
To that end, we’ve put together a roundup of the big deals from the past month to help keep you on track on everything from mergers and acquisitions, investments, financing, partnerships and more.
Below you’ll find the key deals we reported in February as well as other investment news. Stay up to date with the latest investments each day with our deal tracker here.
You can learn more about M&A and investment trends at Pocket Gamer Connects. We’re heading to San Francisco on March 17th to 18th, Dubai on May 7th to 8th, and Barcelona on June 3rd to 4th.
Head on over to the PGC website to book meetings with publishers and investors, network with the industry, and gain insights from expert speakers.
M&A
Jam City agrees deal to sell Ludia (This deal has now gone through, read our full interview with Ludia's CEO here)
Niantic reportedly in talks to sell Pokémon Go and games business to Scopely for $3.5bn
Skybound Entertainment acquires Maple Media
MTG completes $620m acquisition of Raid: Shadow Legends developer Plarium
Blind Squirrel Games acquires Distributed Development
Voldex acquires hit Roblox game Brookhaven
AppLovin to sell apps business for $900m as it focuses on ads (This was since revealed to be Tripledot)
Speed Panel: Investment Restart – What Will The M&A Landscape Look Like In 2025?
In this video, our panel of experts asks looks into the world of mergers, acquisitions and invetments, and how things will shape up in the year ahead.
Investments
Turkish studio Surpass Games secures $1.5m to “redefine" the hybridcasual puzzle genre
Finnish startup Seven Stars secures seed round to build “next-gen" puzzle games
Saudi Social Development Bank backs esports and game development with $122m
Good Job Games Secures investment from Menlo Ventures (This has now been confirmed as a $23m round)
Meeple Corp secures £500,000 funding to bring tabletop games to digital platforms
Beamable secures $13.5 million for decentralised gaming infrastructure
Spoilz secures strategic investment to launch new IPs
The Game Company raises $10 million to launch cloud gaming platform
Playable Factory gets strategic investment from Ludus Ventures
Goat Gaming lands $4 million to expand AI-powered web3 games on Telegram
Developer Trends Survey: Layoffs, rising UA costs and lack of investment key concerns as industry hopes for better 2025
We delve into our Mobile Games Developer Trends Survey Winter 2024/25 report for key insights and industry sentiments
Financing
Meta launches $50 million Creator Fund as it shifts focus to mobile content
Laton Ventures lands $50 million fund to support pre-seed and seed gaming startups
Partnerships
The9 and Qing Cheng partner to dominate China’s lower-tier mobile games market
Esports World Cup Foundation partners with Tencent for China expansion
Merak Capital partners with Huawei Cloud to boost Saudi Arabia’s games industry
Savvy Games Group and Merak Capital partner to boost Saudi Arabia’s games ecosystem
KGeN and Mira Network partner to build AI agents in games
Xsolla partners with AppsFlyer for improved web shop analytics and ad tracking
Week in Mobile Games E44 - AppLovin vs. short-sellers
Is the industry seeing more investment? On the PocketGamer.biz Podcast Week in Mobile Games, we look at where the money is flowing as new startups emerge.
Other
The Pokémon Company and Niantic pledge $1m in support of LA wildfire recovery efforts
Dubai GameExpo Summit 2025 powering global investment, fueling games innovation
Jordan eyes significant investment to grow local games and tech sectors