Social Expansion
SciPlay acquires Om Nom: Run developer Koukoi Games
"Together, we can build impactful evergreen games..."
Reshuffle
Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier will step down, four months after EA acquisition
Rashid Varachia will step down at the end of July as well
100 Million Installs
Team17 acquires educational app developer StoryToys for $26.5 million
"Team17 is the perfect home for StoryToys..."
Done Deal
Jam City president Josh Yguado speaks out on Ludia acquisition and going public
"It will provide us access to a permanent source of capital…"
Jackpot
Azerion acquires social casino developer Whow Games
"We will take our game distribution platform to the next level"
Rub Of The Green
EA acquires Golf Clash developer Playdemic for $1.4 billion
Warner Bros. agrees to part with UK-based studio
Gen Z Crosshairs
Vungle acquires JetFuel to boost influencer marketing
This is the company's fourth deal in 12 months
Bid Accepted
Voodoo acquires user-acquisition expert Bidshake
Company launched in January 2020
Crushed It
Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab
Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021
Data Is Power
Skillz acquires Aarki for $150 million
First move since joining the New York Stock Exchange
Transfer Market
Take-Two scores Top Eleven developer Nordeus for $378 million
$225 million paid upfront
Deal To Die For
Dead Cells mobile publisher Playdigious acquired by Fragbite Group
100 per cent of shares purchased
Mini Tencent
Miniclip continues its own mini-rollup, acquiring Supersonic Software
Long time indie sells out
More Data
Sensor Tower acquires Pathmatics
Building out the pipeline
Spac Action
Update: Ludia confirms Jam City acquisition
Estimated offer of $175 million, Jam City merging with DPCM Capital
Alliance
Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios
Exclusively working together going forward
Done Deal
Why Ninja Kiwi co-founders Chris and Stephen Harris felt now was the right time to sell
"They understood our vision for the company"
Strategic Deal
Electronic Arts completes acquisition of Glu Mobile for $2.1 billion
Adds 800 staff and 15 games
Full Speed Ahead
Huuuge snaps up hit match-3 game Traffic Puzzle for $39 million
Social casino outfit buys hypercasual traffice
Welcome To The Family
Keywords snaps up Climax Studios for up to $60 million
The latest in a line of acquisitions
Just Fantasy?
Update: Square Enix dismisses acquisition rumours
"This report is not based on any announcement"
Welcome To The Family
ByteDance snaps up Chinese developer C4games
Via subsidiary Nuverse
Welcome To The Family
Creative Solutions snaps up streaming tech specialist Lightstream
For an undisclosed amount
Welcome To The Family
Sandbox buys Fingerprint to create Sandbox Kids
Providing subscriptions services
Done Deal
Hutch CEO Shaun Rutland - "M&A fails when people focus on money - and money alone"
Hutch's acquisition by MTG dissected
$$$$$
Report: Discord holding "exclusive" sale discussions with Microsoft
Negotiations have reached an "advanced" stage, deal could close next month
Big Banana Farm
MTG acquires Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons
The acquisition comes in at approximately $142 million
Welcome To The Family
Digital Turbine to acquire Fyber for $600 million
"Fyber has delivered impressive growth over the last quarters"
Splash The Cash
Report: Microsoft among companies looking to buy Discord
Chat platform is apparently up for sale with a $10 billion price tag
Welcome To The Family
ByteDance snaps up Shanghai-based studio Moonton Technology
Best known for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Down Under
Keywords enters the Australian market with Tanalus Media investment
"We share the same outlook on the opportunities within the video game industry"
Done Deal
"Being part of a larger company definitely brings security"
How The Chinese Room was acquired by Sumo Digital
Sitdown With Rollic
Rollic CEO talks Zynga acquisition, top-charting games, and how to dominate a fast-paced hypercasual market
Burak Vardal looks back on the last six months
Getting Competitive
Super League Gaming snaps up live streaming platform Mobcrush
"Super League and Mobcrush share a mission to empower passionate gamers and streamers"
Deal Or No Deal
Huuuge Game focusing on M&A with new job listing
Following its IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
Clear Intentions
Leaf Mobile submits letter of intent to acquire Truly Social Games
For a consideration of up to $29 million
That's Epic
Epic Games snaps up Capturing Reality
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Go Ahea
Microsoft ZeniMax acquisition gets nod in EU and US
Deal is worth $7.5 billion
Acquisition
OliveX snaps up Zombies, Run! dev Six to Start
“At OliveX we’repassionate about making fitness fun, and that’s exactly what Six to Start does"
Welcome To The Family
Zynga snaps up cross-platform studio Echtra Games
It will work on a multi-platform RPG with NaturalMotion
Join Us
Digital Turbine signs agreement to acquire AdColony
The deal is worth between $350 million and $375 million
All About The Beans
Epic Games acquires Mediatonic parent company Tonic Games
Details of the acquisition were not disclosed
Welcome To The Family
Vungle snaps up analytics specialist GameRefinery
"We couldn't be more excited to join Vungle's team"
Better Together
IronSource picks up creative management platform Luna Labs
"Our vision at ironSource is to build the most comprehensive growth platform for app developers"
Welcome To The Family
Netmarble snaps up a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory
The WWE: Champions creator will become a Netmarble US subsidiary
Welcome To The Family
Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus
It will launch a cloud-based version later this month
Welcome To The Family
EA completes its purchase of Codemasters
The pair hope to usher in "an exciting new era for racing games"
Such Discipline
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
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: What to consider with M&A
"You can think about the price on what you are acquiring by looking at its potential,"
Acquired
TinyBuild acquires three new studios
We're Five Games, Hungry Couch, and Moon Moose are the publisher's latest additions