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Despite $1.8 billion Peak deal, Zynga isn't 'acquisition-ed out' Interview Jun 11th, 2020

Despite $1.8 billion Peak deal, Zynga isn't 'acquisition-ed out'

President of publishing Bernard Kim on a hungry beast

Twitter acquires playable ad outfit CrossInstall News May 13th, 2020

Twitter acquires playable ad outfit CrossInstall

Building a strong monetisation channel

Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million News Apr 24th, 2020

Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million

Total deal worth up to $195 million including earn-out bonuses

Disney reportedly looking to offload Marvel Strike Force developer FoxNext Games News Sep 11th, 2019

Disney reportedly looking to offload Marvel Strike Force developer FoxNext Games

House of the mouse no longer interested in game development

How Zynga used M&A and forever franchises to become the world's number one mobile games company Interview Aug 28th, 2019

How Zynga used M&A and forever franchises to become the world's number one mobile games company

"Personally, this is actually a quest that I’ve been going after since my days at EA Mobile"

Finland's transformation from games start-up capital to mobile heavyweight Special Report Aug 19th, 2019

Finland's transformation from games start-up capital to mobile heavyweight

Ahead of Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on October 1st and 2nd 2019, we take a look at the current state of the Finnish games industry and how it's changed

THQ Nordic acquires Milestone, Gunfire Games and Goodbye Kansas Game Invest News Aug 14th, 2019

THQ Nordic acquires Milestone, Gunfire Games and Goodbye Kansas Game Invest

Racing specialist Milestone, Darksiders maker Gunfire and investment firm Goodbye Kansas Game join the European publisher firm's portfolio

Update: Stillfront Group to raise $53 million from directed share issue; seeks up to $106m from bond loan News Jun 14th, 2019

Update: Stillfront Group to raise $53 million from directed share issue; seeks up to $106m from bond loan

Company wants to add cash to its M&A warchest

Stillfront Group plots further M&A as profits double in 2018 News Apr 18th, 2019

Stillfront Group plots further M&A as profits double in 2018

"We are staffing up for more M&A activity and remain as confident as ever in our screening process and post-acquisition strategies"

IronSource claims $900m run-rate for 2019 as it eyes up acquisitions and IPO News Apr 10th, 2019

IronSource claims $900m run-rate for 2019 as it eyes up acquisitions and IPO

Big year ahead for the ad tech firm

Scientific Games subsidiary SciPlay files for IPO News Apr 5th, 2019

Scientific Games subsidiary SciPlay files for IPO

Readies itself for potential acquisition spee; has entered into $150 million revolving credit facility

as Animoca raises $3.3 million and acquires German developer Stryking News Apr 5th, 2019

Animoca raises $3.3 million and acquires German developer Stryking

Picks up studio initial $1.1m deal that could rise to $3.3m

Gamigo acquires casual games developer WildTangent News Apr 4th, 2019

Gamigo acquires casual games developer WildTangent

WildTanget’s portfolio features over 4,000 games including the Fate series

Rising from the ashes: Former Flaregames CEO Klaas Kersting on why he’s founding Phoenix Games Interview Apr 4th, 2019

Rising from the ashes: Former Flaregames CEO Klaas Kersting on why he’s founding Phoenix Games

“There’s a cyclical pattern of consolidation with every new platform, and we’re at the stage now with mobile where it’s more competitive and expensive than ever"

5th Planet Games lands $4.85 million in financing for future acquisitions News Mar 12th, 2019

5th Planet Games lands $4.85 million in financing for future acquisitions

Hugo resurfaces with a new name and a renewed drive to buy, buy, buy

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