Another Owner
RuneScape dev Jagex has been acquired by The Carlyle Group
Reported to be more than the $530 million valuation
Welcome To The Family
Tencent acquires majority stake in Don't Starve dev Klei Entertainment
"This partnership helps us navigate a changing industry, and helps us focus on what we do best: making unique experiences that no one else can"
Done Deal
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"
Possible Deal
Codemasters execs approve EA's acquisition offer
Still needs the backing of other shareholders
Welcome To The Family
Opera snaps up YoYo Games for $10 million
“We are very excited to start working with the team at YoYo Games"
Welcome To The Family
Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager dev Gamebasics
"Partnering with Gamebasics was really a 'no-brainer' for us"
Possible Acquisition
Microsoft looking at more acquisition opportunities
"I've been hearing a lot of conversations behind closed doors about acquisitions in the industry. There's a lot of moving things going on right now"
Silver Anniversary
Cat Daddy Games founders discuss WWE partnership, Take-Two acquisition and 25 years in the industry
"We don’t put all the eggs into a single basket"
Money Money Money
$33.6 billion was spent on games industry investments last year
$12.6 billion came from M&As
Welcome To The Family
Digital Bros snaps up Gems of War dev Infinity Plus Two
"IP2 is a proven studio with phenomenal success over the years. Their creative vision and extensive experience will be a great addition to 505 Games"
Check Those Ads
IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA
"SOOMLA is the ideal fit to continue delivering on ironSource's commitment to create the best business infrastructure for developers"
Ask Iwata
Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon
Prior to this, its last purchase was Monolith Soft in 2007
It's A No From Me
Nintendo "laughed their asses off" when Microsoft inquired about acquisition
Xbox firm also tried to buy EA, Square and Midway
Welcome To The Family
Epic Games snaps up RAD Game Tools
"RAD and Epic combining forces will allow even more developers access to tools that make their games load and download faster"
Welcome To The Family
Niantic snaps up games community platform Mayhem
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Ninten-yay
Nintendo snaps up Luigi's Mansion 3 dev Next Level Games
The deal is expected to close on March 1st
Splash The Cash
Nordisk Games acquires 40% of MercurySteam
This is the firm's first investment outside of the Nordic region
New Acquisition
Moon Active snaps up mobile games dev Melsoft
"We were searching for a company that has the right products and at the same time shares our culture and values that will allow us to grow together in synergy"
Independent
Digital Extremes will maintain creative independence after Tencent takeover
"We will continue to create great content for Warframe, and we will remain creatively independent"
Possible Deal
ByteDance is looking to acquire mobile games publisher CMGE
Its company stake would be worth $275 million
Welcome To The Family
Voodoo acquires Paris-based studio OHM Games
"We're thrilled to be able to build on our existing relationship with OHM Games"
Acquisition
Mag Interactive snaps up Swedish studio Apprope
"We are impressed by Apprope's combination of rapid development and high quality"
Acquisition
Keywords snaps up PR agency Indigo Pearl and audio firm Jinglebell
"We are delighted to have further grown the Keywords family by adding such talented teams in Milan and London"
Looming
Roblox acquires digital avatar creator Loom.ai
The aim of the acquisition is to speed up the development of next-generation avatars within Roblox
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Reflecting on Tencent’s 2020
The MTM looks back on the publishing giant's 2020 activity
Big Money
Leyou shareholders agree to $1.3bn Tencent takeover
Firm going private on December 23rd
Competitive Offer
EA outbids Take-Two for Codemasters
Racing firm has accepted the bid, Grand Theft Auto giant "considering its position"
Acquisition
Rollic buys mobile puzzler Onnect from Chef Game Studio
"We are proud to be a part of the rapidly expanding games community in Turkey"
Podium Finish
Modern Times Group acquires mobile studio Hutch
"Hutch is a true front-runner, responsible for some of the most successful titles in the fast-growing mobile racing category"
Splash The Cash
Games acquisitions this year hit a value of $19.24 billion in November
The most expensive was the deal between Microsoft and ZeniMax
Looking Out
Imperia Online on the lookout for new games
Company CBDO Mariela Tzvetanova on the benefits of acquisition
Getting Competitive
Microsoft acquires esports events firm Smash.gg
No figure put on the deal yet
New Acquisition
Enad Global 7 acquires Mechwarrior creator Piranha
Firm says this will "significantly strengthen" its "development capacity in Canada"
New Acquisition
tinyBuild acquires majority stake in Secret Neighbor dev Hologryph for $3m
"Together with Hologryph we have learned how to expand franchises effectively"
Royalty
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince might acquire a majority stake in SNK
Through the Electronic Gaming Development Company
New Acquisition
Keywords acquires marketing services provider Gnet
"It's a great pleasure to welcome the Gnet team into the Keywords family"
Wanna Learn
Kahoot acquires language learning dev Drops
"We are thrilled to welcome Drops to the expanding Kahoot family as we advance towards our vision to become the leading learning platform in the world"
Splash The Cash
Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios
Company now operates 58 developers
New Acquisition
Epic acquires facial animation firm Hyprsense
"Joining Epic gives us the opportunity to deliver new solutions and experiences on a massive scale"
It's The Law
Media law firm Wiggin acquires digital entertainment practice Purewal & Partners
"We are very excited to welcome Jas Purewal and his team to our digital entertainment practice"
Braking Out
Why Project Cars is turning to mobile
Slightly Mad Studios' Joe Barron discusses moving to mobile, Fast & Furious and why now is the right time to find a new audience
Big Money
Codemasters agrees to sell to Take-Two
Racing firm goes to the GTA parent company for close to $1bn
Possible Acquisition
Take-Two possibly buying UK publisher Codemasters
GTA giant has until the start of December to say if it actually wants to snap up the British racing specialist
Some M&a
Acquisitions are changing up the mobile games landscape
Zynga, Scopely and AppLoving have made acquisitions this year
New Acquisition
Stillfront acquires indie dev Everguild Limited
In a deal worth $1.37 million
Welcome To The Family
Scopely snaps up match-three developer Genjoy
Will join Scopely's operations in Spain
Two Become One
Devolver picks up Serious Sam developer Croteam
No figure placed on the deal, first acquisition for the indie publisher
Flying High
Alliance Entertainment acquires US games rental service GameFly
"We're intensely focused on listening to what our customers are telling us"
Get Hyped
My.Games acquires a minority stake in hypercasual dev Mamboo Games
"The volume of the hypercasual games market continues to rise every year, reaching around $1.2 billion in 2020"
"progressive Strides"
Com2uS purchases Out of the Park Developments
"We expect OOTP to become a key part of our officially-licensed sports management product lineup"