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Show Me The Money: Scopely closes $3.5bn Niantic deal, UK gets £30m Games Growth Package, and Moshi Monsters' crowdfunding push in June 2025

Show Me The Money: The big deals from June 2025

July 15, 2025

Show Me The Money: Scopely closes $3.5bn Niantic deal, UK gets £30m Games Growth Package, and Moshi Monsters' crowdfunding push in June 2025

A round of games industry M&A, investments, partnerships and other deals in June 2025.
Supercell and Mind Candy both launched crowdfunding games for their star Clash of Clans and Moshi Monsters IPs.
TikTok is still looking for a buyer in the US, though a deal may be announced soon.

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 June 2025 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 Shanghai on July 30th, Helsinki on October 7th to 8th, and Aqaba on November 8th to 9th.

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

Sensor Tower acquires live ops data platform Playliner

Nazara acquires Smaaash for $14.7m aiming to revamp the brand with digital IPs

Siyata eyes $126bn mobile games market with Core Gaming merger

Tencent has been linked with acquiring Nexon, which it has denied following a backlash from the Korea Game Society.

Trump: Potential US TikTok buyer will be revealed in next two weeks (There is still no news on this one)

Investments

Motorica raises €5m to accelerate AI-powered character animation and expand globally

Social platform Root raises $9m in seed funding ahead of closed beta

Habby invests $2m in Istanbul studio Mavis Games

Amex Ventures invests in in-game ads firm Anzu

Candy Crush veterans secure $4.6m for Studio555’s interior design game app

Former Tacticool devs at Nice Plans Studio secure $3m for 3v3 shooter Ricochet Squad

Nice Plans Studio's ambitions to independently scale a new shooter in a challenging mobile market

Check out our full interview with Nice Plans Studio CEO Roman Malakhov on its investment and plans as a fully independent studio.

Kohort closes fundraising round to fuel expansion beyond mobile

Yarnhub Animation raises $2.1m to develop WWII title

Quranium secures Animoca Brands investment with focus on web3, AI, metaverse and games

SciPlay invests $4m to expand Cedar Falls studio amidst hiring push

Bigger Games raises $25m to fuel global expansion

Quranium secures Animoca Brands investment with focus on web3, AI, metaverse and games

Pokémon Go under new ownership as Scopely closes $3.5bn Niantic deal

Financing

UK Government launches £30 million Games Growth Package

Moshi Monsters’ comeback Kickstarter sabotaged by "malicious actor" who made multiple fake pledges

Mind Candy CEO talks Moshi Monsters comeback: New mobile game, toys and merch are "all on the table"

We caught up with Mind Candy CEO Christianne Amodio about the Kickstarter campaign to bring Moshi Monsters back and how the early fake pledges impacted its prospects.