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"
New Acquisition
Update: Zynga closes acquisition of Toon Blast creator Peak Games for $1.85 billion
Updated full-year guidance for Zynga coming in August 2020
New Acquisition
Com2uS acquires online Go service Tygem
"Go is a representative brain game that requires a high level of concentration and numeracy"
Acquisition
Keywords acquires development studio Coconut Lizard
Firm was previously owned by Epic
Join The Team
Facebook acquires Lone Echo developer Ready At Dawn for Oculus Studios
No figure placed on the deal just yet
Sensor Tower Acquisitions
Sensor Tower acquires StayFree and ActionDash apps to bolster its data offering
StayFree developers join Sensor Tower's product engineering team
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Games-related acquisitions down 45% year-on-year in Q1 2020
Declining activity in China across the period
New Subsidiary
Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team
"Becoming part of the Playrix family is a great honour for Cateia Games"
New Acquisition
Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure
It will now be known as Rovio Copenhagen
A Step Back
Double Fine Presents is "winding down" after being acquired by Microsoft last year
Its future remains uncertain
Next Steps
Apple acquires virtual reality specialist NextVR
Unwilling to discuss its reasons
Future Acquisitions
Keywords Studios is raising $122 million to purchase businesses struggling with the pandemic
"This is likely to result in an increased number of acquisition opportunities for Keywords Studios"
New Acquisition
Sumo Digital purchases Snooker 19 studio Lab42
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Lovin Zone
AppLovin acquires Game of War developer Machine Zone
Mobile marketing firm will be moving in with the developer
Better Together
Twitter acquires playable ad outfit CrossInstall
Building a strong monetisation channel
Reshuffle
Embracer Group subsidiaries THQ Nordic and Koch Media trade IPs in new deal
Red Faction, Sacred, Risen, Painkiller and more all involved
Bolt From The Blue
Unity acquires scripting tool Bolt
"Bolt becoming an official Unity product is a major and exciting leap forward for visual scripting"
Hello Bublar
Bublar Group acquires Goodbye Kansas
For around $5.7m in shares
Acquisition
Asset firm Macarthur Fortune Holding acquires Jagex for $530 million
"The combined strength of Macarthur Fortune and Jagex will both support and enhance our strategic plan"
Scrabble Success
Scopely acquires Scrabble GO developer PierPlay
Now working on an unannounced project
Acquisition
Tencent acquires majority share of Huya
It owns at least 50.1 per cent
Candy Land
Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million
Total deal worth up to $195 million including earn-out bonuses
Money Money Money
Embracer Group raises $164 million in investment
Will be used for acquisitions and expansion
Back Again
HQ Trivia makes its return a month after cancellation
The private investor is unnamed
Ar Acquisition
Niantic acquires 6D.ai to further its AR goals
No sum was disclosed
Mages;acquisition
Colopl acquires Steins;Gate creator Mages for $14.9 million
Bolstering the mobile publisher with a raft of niche IPs
Acquisition
Miniclip acquires Derby-based developer Eight Pixels Square from Outplay Entertainment
Sniper Strike: Special Ops has cleared 35 million downloads since launch
Monopoly?
Apple could purchase Disney during stock drop, says analyst
Stock fell below $100 per share
Artomatix Acquisition
Unity Technologies acquires AI specialist Artomatix
For an undisclosed sum
Data Deal
Digital Development Management acquires Digi-Capital's data platform
No value placed on the deal just yet
International Women's Week
Women in Gaming: Why Kwalee's Verónica Miñano believes awareness needs to start at schools
"When I joined Kwalee, I was one of only two women in what was approximately a 20-person office."
Growing And Growing
Playrix acquires Armenian casual games studio Plexonic
Studio has been renamed Playrix Armenia
Phoenix Firefly
Phoenix Games acquires live-ops specialist Studio Firefly
It's the third acquisition
Tilting Timelines
Tilting Point acquires Star Trek Timelines from Disruptor Beam
Forms new studio Wicked Realm Games to run it