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Show Me The Money: Scopely acquires Niantic's games business for $3.5bn, and Tencent invests $1.25bn in Ubisoft in March 2025

Our deal tracker highlights the key acquisitions, investments, and partnerships from the last month

April 9, 2025

Show Me The Money: Scopely acquires Niantic's games business for $3.5bn, and Tencent invests $1.25bn in Ubisoft in March 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 Dubai on May 7th to 8th – where we'll be hosting a special Investment Summit – Barcelona on June 3rd to 4th and Shanghai on July 30th.

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

Krafton acquires controlling stake in Nautilus Mobile for $14 million

DoubleU completes $30m Paxie Games acquisition

Perforce acquires Snowtrack with closed beta launch for digital artists

Sensor Tower acquires Video Game Insights to expand into PC and console data

Scopely acquires Pokémon Go developer Niantic's games business in $3.5bn deal

Tencent increases stake in From Software parent company Kadokawa

Secret Mode breaks away from Sumo with buyout

Report: Tripledot to buy AppLovin’s games business (You can see more details on the potential makeup of the deal here).

Investments

Tencent invests $1.25bn in new Ubisoft subsidiary focused on top IP

Türkiye's Feraset secures $4.5m to expand AI-powered consumer apps

Planetarium Labs secures $3m funding to expand Immortal Rising 2

Uthana raises $4.3m with open beta for AI-powered animation platform

Qila Games raises $1m to develop hybridcasual games tailored to Indian players

SekGames Secures Pre-Seed Investment from Qatar Development Bank

PhilosopherKing raises $3m in seed funding to bolster AI-driven storytelling

PlaysOut raises $7 million to boost mini-game ecosystem

Nunu.ai secures $6m to scale AI Agents for game QA

Niantic Spatial spin-off nets $250m funding after Scopely acquisition

Felicity Games raises $3m to boost Indian game publishing and global expansion

Good Job Games secures $23m investment round

PvX Partners secures $3.8m seed funding to scale games and consumer apps

Monopoly World developer Reality Games raises $4.7m

App distribution platform Applivery secures strategic investment from Supercell

Liminal raises $5.8 million to empower player creativity using AI

Military history animation studio Yarnhub plots games expansion with community-led investment

Saudi Arabia's Lobah Game Studio secures $12 million investment (You can read our interview with Lobah head of product and partnerships Ibrahim El Kawam on raising the funds and its ambitions here).

Triple Tap Games secures $1.2m for hybridcasual puzzle games

Panel: Gaming M&A & Financings – Outlook For 2025 & Beyond

In this video from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco, our panel of experts asks looks into the state of games industry M&A and investments.

Financing

Kameha Ventures launches $27m fund to support game tech startups

Tilting Point launches $150m UA fund to support game developers

Ex-Tripledot president forms Arcadia Gaming Advisors with $100m fund for mobile game companies

European Investment Fund pledges over $20m to boost Nordic game development

Empowering MENA: Unlocking the Investment Opportunities in the Fastest Growing Games Market

Our panel of experts, speaking at the Dubai GameExpo Summit powered by Pocket Gamer Connects in 2024, discuss the investment space in the MENA region and beyond.