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Brian Chadwick joins Agnitio Capital as managing director Job News Mar 3rd, 2021

Brian Chadwick joins Agnitio Capital as managing director

"I have long admired Agnitio Capital and Shum Singh"

Take-Two says it lost Codemasters to EA due to its "disciplined approach" News Feb 10th, 2021

Take-Two says it lost Codemasters to EA due to its "disciplined approach"

CEO and chair Zelnick admits that it was "disappointing" to not snap up the UK racing specialist

Tencent secured 31 games-based deals in 2020 News Jan 22nd, 2021

Tencent secured 31 games-based deals in 2020

"Tencent is in no danger of losing its No.1 position in the games market, but it is beginning to feel some pressure"

$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year News Jan 15th, 2021

$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year

$12.6 billion came from M&As

Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios News Nov 18th, 2020

Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios

Company now operates 58 developers

Codemasters agrees to sell to Take-Two News Nov 10th, 2020

Codemasters agrees to sell to Take-Two

Racing firm goes to the GTA parent company for close to $1bn

Zynga buys hypercasual outfit Rollic for $168 million News Aug 5th, 2020

Zynga buys hypercasual outfit Rollic for $168 million

All-cash deal gains 80% equity

Disney enters social gaming battle with $763 million Playdom deal News Jul 28th, 2020

Disney enters social gaming battle with $763 million Playdom deal

The Mouse is in sharing mode

Master the Meta: China's crackdown, new EU rules, and $7.8 billion of deals Comment & Opinion Jul 20th, 2020

Master the Meta: China's crackdown, new EU rules, and $7.8 billion of deals

News and insights from the Master the Meta team

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

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