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"
Acquisition
My.Games acquires a majority stake in mobile games dev Deus Craft
"We are happy to welcome Deus Craft to the My.Games family"
Terraforming
Tilting Point acquires TerraGenesis from Edgeworks Entertainment
“This acquisition is an organic next step in our progressive publishing relationship with Edgeworks"
New Acquisition
JetSynthesys acquires Real Cricket developer Nautilus Mobile
"With the online gaming industry skyrocketing, the acquisition also sets the ball rolling on our plan to deepen our foray into cricket esports"
Acquisition
Thunderful Group acquires Shadow Point developer Coatsink
”We have established a good relationship with the founders and key personnel of Coatsink"
Welcome To The Family
Zynga closes its acquisition of Turkish studio Rollic
“We’re thrilled to welcome Rollic and its incredibly talented team, along with its extensive network of developers, to Zynga"
Possible Deal
Blue Hat Interactive still intends to acquire majority stake in Fuzhou Csfctech
Through a combination of cash and shares
Welcome To The Family
Sumo Group acquires co-development specialist Pipeworks in a $100 million deal
"We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Pipeworks, the largest acquisition Sumo Group has made since IPO"
Sponsored
Jam City's John Peterson on the continued growth of the studio through M&A
"We are extremely committed to Finland and are looking forward to having a presence there soon."
Epicly Super Duper
Epic acquires kid-safe platform SuperAwesome
Expected to be integrated within Unreal Engine
Future Perfect
Post-ZeniMax, Microsoft still open to game acquisitions
"We'll always look for places where there is that commonality of purpose, mission and culture"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: How gaming's most underrated acquirer struck another incredible deal
The Master the Meta team dig into Stillfront's acquisition of Nanobit
Big Acquisition
Microsoft acquires ZeniMax Media and Bethesda for $7.5 billion
"We have enjoyed a close partnership with Microsoft for decades..."
Stillfront Acquisition
Stillfront acquires Nanobit in deal worth up to $148 million
$100 million now, up to $48 million in 2023
Welcome To The Family
Keywords acquires Heavy Iron Studios
Developer has worked on Marvel's Avengers, the Call of Duty series, and Disney Infinity in the past
Acquisition
Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys
"The unique style and the highly immersive stories make the interactive series app increasingly popular"
New Acquisition
Embracer Group picks up VR firm Vertigo Games
THQ Nordic parent company made the acquisition through its Koch Media subsidiary
Arm Acquisition
Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Preparing for the "age of AI" with the acquisition
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: How Razer is transforming its business beyond hardware
News and insights from the Master the Meta team
Acquisition
Keywords acquires creative agency Maverick Media
"Maverick is a strong brand with a 25-year body of work in servicing video games publishers and developers and has grown successfully with the industry"
Acquisition
MAG Interactive acquires Primetime developer Sventertainment
"Primetime is an excellent addition to our catalogue of smart, easily accessible word and trivia games"
Possible Acquisition
Report: Tencent closing in on Leyou Tech Holdings acquisition
Follows a long list of suitors for the Hong Kong company
Hat In The Ring
Report: Oracle is looking at acquiring TikTok
The app will be banned without a deal
Connect The Dots
Take-Two Interactive to acquire Two Dots developer Playdots for $192 million
"Diversify and strengthen"
Busy Busy
Embracer Group acquires eight new studios including DECA Games
"It is with great pleasure and excitement for the future that DECA joins Embracer today"
New Acquisition
Testronic acquires Whyttest to expand its QA capacity
"I'm delighted that Whyttest is now part of the Testronic family"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Understanding Zynga's remarkable trajectory and newest acquisition
News and insights from the Master the Meta team
Acquisition
Enthusiast Gaming acquires Omnia Media from Blue Ant Media Solutions
The deal is worth CAD$54.5 million
Question Time
Teatime Games CEO Thor Fridriksson candidly reflects on the failures of QuizUp and Plain Vanilla
"We put a lot of our eggs into one basket and then that basket was squashed"
Discussions Ongoing
EA considering acquisition strategy for WB Games
"It is very rare that we don't get a chance to look at anything that's up for sale"
Game On
Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million
Plans to invest $300 million over the next five years
New Acquisition
Huuuge Games acquires Finnish games studio Double Star
"This acquisition marks another step forward in our Build-and-Buy strategy"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Is Glu about to make its largest acquisition yet?
News and insights from the Master the Meta team
Welcome Aboard
tinyBuild acquires the development team behind Hello Neighbor
It plans to invest $15 million in the franchise
New Acquisition
Tilting Point acquires mobile games and assets from Playtech
Including the assets of FTX Games and Plamee Studios
New Acquisition
Huuuge Games acquires interactive ads firm Playable Platform
"The self-learning creative technology and data-driven playable ads will dramatically improve our marketing efforts"
New Acquisition
Animoca Brands acquires social games platform GAMEE
Deal was closed for $4.5 million
Possible Acquisition
Report: Xbox is interested in buying Warner Bros' games division
Microsoft joins Activision Blizzard, EA, and Take-Two in its interest for WBIE
The French Connection
Paradox Interactive acquires Playrion Game Studio
"Adding Playrion to our roster allows us to continue expanding our business in new areas"