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THQ Nordic acquires Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear News Nov 14th, 2018

THQ Nordic acquires Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear

A steady string of purchases leave the publisher in a strong end-of-quarter position

Live ops specialist DECA Games acquires Zombie Catchers from Helsinki's Two Men and a Dog News Nov 1st, 2018

Live ops specialist DECA Games acquires Zombie Catchers from Helsinki's Two Men and a Dog

The game's original Finnish developer will move on to developing new titles

Swedish games studio Bublar Group acquires VR/AR outfit Vobling for $5.5 million News Oct 26th, 2018

Swedish games studio Bublar Group acquires VR/AR outfit Vobling for $5.5 million

Stockholm-based mixed reality developer will use the increased size to push production on next year's Hello Kitty AR project

as Chinese outfit GAEA snaps up 20% stake in Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour Interactive News Oct 17th, 2018

Chinese outfit GAEA snaps up 20% stake in Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour Interactive

The pair are currently co-developing a Game of Thrones game for mobile

Roblox acquires app performance start-up PacketZoom to boost output on mobile News Oct 12th, 2018

Roblox acquires app performance start-up PacketZoom to boost output on mobile

PacketZoom Co-founder and CTO Chetan Ahuja will join Roblox at part of the deal

Perforce snaps up Cloud-based software developer Perfecto Mobile News Oct 12th, 2018

Perforce snaps up Cloud-based software developer Perfecto Mobile

The acquisition is expected to close this year

Report: Zynga attracts takeover interest News Oct 10th, 2018

Report: Zynga attracts takeover interest

Developer has received preliminary approaches but no formal talks have taken place, sources claim

Truly Social Games acquires Vancouver AR studio Cooper’s New Reality Garage News Oct 9th, 2018

Truly Social Games acquires Vancouver AR studio Cooper’s New Reality Garage

Augmented reality specialist will rebrand as Truly Social Games Vancouver

Epic Games acquires security and service provider Kamu News Oct 8th, 2018

Epic Games acquires security and service provider Kamu

Kamu brings its speciality in game security and community building to Fortnite and Unreal developers

Advantage Solutions acquires HyprMX owner Jun Group in deal that brings brands and mobile games closer together News Oct 8th, 2018

Advantage Solutions acquires HyprMX owner Jun Group in deal that brings brands and mobile games closer together

HyprMX general manager and senior vice president Dan Laughlin tells us what the deal means for the company and the mobile games industry at large

Digital marketing outfit Jellyfish knuckles down on app space with ASO Co purchase News Oct 4th, 2018

Digital marketing outfit Jellyfish knuckles down on app space with ASO Co purchase

Among ASO Co’s clientele are Spotify, eBay and Twitter

as Tencent invests $318 million in Chinese video-sharing company Bilibili News Oct 4th, 2018

Tencent invests $318 million in Chinese video-sharing company Bilibili

Publisher acquires 12.3 per cent of shares in a company that dabbles in running League of Legends and Overwatch esports teams

as Animoca Brands picks up majority stake in AI accelerator Zeroth for $1m News Oct 2nd, 2018

Animoca Brands picks up majority stake in AI accelerator Zeroth for $1m

Publisher underwrites $2m worth of investment into Zeroth SPC

Hugo Games picks up Dawn of the Dragons dev 5th Planet for $737,000 News Oct 1st, 2018

Hugo Games picks up Dawn of the Dragons dev 5th Planet for $737,000

An extra $160,000 will go towards funding a sequel to the studio's Dawn of the Dragons sequel.

Liquid Media snaps up 65 retro game IPs from Throwback for $1 million News Oct 1st, 2018

Liquid Media snaps up 65 retro game IPs from Throwback for $1 million

Titles include All Star Baseball, NFL Quarterback Club, NHL Breakaway and College Slam

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