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
Give It Up
Zordix acquires Hungarian mobile developer Invictus Games
100 per cent of shares purchased by Sweden studio
Here Comes The Boom
Facebook acquires VR and Sonic Boom developer Sanzaru Games
The studio will maintain its own independence
Monopoly
Embracer Group subsidiary Koch Media acquires Let's Sing developer Voxler
Second Embracer acquisition in 24 hours
It's Alive
HQ Trivia has seemingly risen from the dead
A new potenital acquisition appeared over the weekend
Cash And Stock
Embracer Group snaps up Saber Interactive in deal worth $525 million
"Saber has been on our radar for a very long time"
Spil It
Azerion fully acquires Spil Games
It purchased the company's mobile division last year
By Thunder
Improbable acquires multiplayer service company Zeuz
The price has not been disclosed
Ubisoft Goes Idle
Ubisoft moves further into mobile with acquisition of Kolibri Games
75 per cent stake purchased
Refining Reflections
GameRefinery acquires app developer market insight firm Reflection.io
Platforms will be integrated for better analysis
Daunting Acquisition
Free Fire studio Garena acquires Phoenix Labs for an estimated $150 million
100 developers now under "Garena family"
Marvel-ous
Scopely acquires Marvel Strike Force developer FoxNext Games
Deal includes Cold Iron Studios
Stillfront Buys Storm8
Stillfront Group acquires casual developer Storm8 in deal worth up to $400 million
$300 million upfront, with $100 million if financial targets are met
Acquisition
Tencent makes initial offer to fully acquire Funcom
All shareholders have the option to accept or reject the offer
Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Games acquires German developer Sixteen Tons Entertainment for its growing development group
Emergency series creator joins the flock
Acquire, Retain, Monetise
Learn all about acquiring, retaining, and monetising users at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Bytedance Levels Up
TikTok owner ByteDance picks up Beijing AI developer LevelupAI
Expanding its games portfolio even further
To Boldly Grow
Digit Game Studios founder Richard Barnwell on life after Scopely acquisition
"Our natural chemistry and shared vision made us feel like one powerful, international team from the outset and since the acquisition"
Big Money
Report: Tencent-owned Miniclip purchases Ilyon Games for $100 million
The Israeli-based startup has accumulated over 370 million installs
Acquisition
Team17 snaps up Yippee Entertainment for $1.85 million
"Yippee allows us to accelerate our recruitment plans in the North West"
Cut Losses
Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen
Japanese studio was purchased for approximately $470 million in 2012
Whirlwind Acquisition
Google Stadia acquires indie developer Typhoon Studios
"It will really give us a head start in making the system-defining games everyone is waiting for..."
Little Acquisition
Embracer Group acquires Little Nightmares dev Tarsier Studios
"Together with Tarsier, we want to invest in developing new projects, in the same manner they have done successfully in the past"
Making Moves
Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga for $78 million
"We are continuing our work in cloud gaming, now with a new mission"
Acquisition
N3twork picks up NBCUniversal's abandoned match-three puzzler Funko Pop Blitz
"N3twork’s expertise in creating moments through events that excite fans is a perfect match with Funko"
Three Of A Kind
Keywords Studios makes $12 million triple acquisition of Ichi, Kantan and Syllabes
"We are delighted to have made three high calibre acquisitions"
It's Acquisition Time
Animoca Brands snap ups Power Rangers: Legacy Wars developer nWay for $7.69 million
Animoca "immensely excited about the nWayPlay platform"
Acquisition
Voodoo acquires London-based Gumbug
The sum is undisclosed
Acquisition
Playrix acquires Serbian game studio Eipix Entertainment
“With over a decade of experience, the team of Eipix Entertainment has proven to be one of the most talented teams on the market”
Possible Deal
Rumours suggest iDreamsky is attempting a leveraged buyout of Leyou
Deal reported worth $1.4 billion