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
Team Up
Kongregate acquires battle royale game Surviv.io
Second acquisition of 2019
Acquisition
Epic Games acquires Megascans outfit Quixel
Company claims to have the “world's largest photogrammetry asset library."
Acquisitioon
Unity Technologies snaps up Furioos cloud engine firm Obvioos
Building out the stack
Acquisition
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
"We're excited to have them join the Bethesda family"
Less Work More Money
Tilting Point fleshes out its monetisation tools with Gondola acquisition
Machine learning does the heavy lifting
Still Game
Deca Games plays F2P’s long tail, buying 4 one-time hits from GREE
Including Knights and Dragons and Crime City
Uk Powerhouse
NorthEdge Capital acquires Curve, Kuju and Testronic for $113 million
Roll-up rolled up
Complimentary
PC game clip sharing platform Medal.tv adds mobile games, acquiring Megacool
Unitying content sharing
More Tools
Unity continues M&A drive acquiring live ops outfit ChilliConnect
The ecosystem grows
Level Up
App Annie acquires mobile analytics firm Libring alongside rebrand
“The most successful companies find a way to capitalise on mobile”
Value For Money
Company valuations in North America and Nordics are crazy, says Phoenix Games' M&A chief Mickael Bougis
Gearing up for one or two more purchases in 2019
Bigger Union
Unity acquires DeltaDNA for undisclosed fee
Adding live ops tools to the flow
Acquisition And Scale
The Chinese Room's Dan Pinchbeck on why the timing was right to move to mobile
I think it’s worth the risk
Constant Craving
Live ops and scaling are key to Stillfront’s growth, says CEO Jörgen Larsson
"We believe the winners are the ones that have the best content"
New Partnership
The Internet Gaming Database joins Twitch
The company specialises in information about games
Zynga Zooming
M&A, hyper-casual and chat app gaming: Zynga COO talks future strategy
Zynga has had a busy few years
Looking Up
Playtika's scale is inspiring to us says Wooga's Jens Begemann
Berlin-based studio CEO shares his thoughts on acquisition, streaming and privacy
Perfect Balance
Modus Games acquires Brazilian dev The Balance
The developer is the first acquisition by the publisher and will be renamed as Modus Studios Brazil as part of the deal
Top Dog
How Zynga used M&A and forever franchises to become the world's number one mobile games company
"Personally, this is actually a quest that I’ve been going after since my days at EA Mobile"
M&a
THQ Nordic acquires Milestone, Gunfire Games and Goodbye Kansas Game Invest
Racing specialist Milestone, Darksiders maker Gunfire and investment firm Goodbye Kansas Game join the European publisher firm's portfolio
Storytellers
Swag Masha on why it sold to My.Games and how it's carving out a space in the interactive fiction market
"We’ve learned that interactive story games are not a simple sell and if you are thinking about it as easy money - you better pass!"
Company Acquired
Animoca Brands acquires digital marketplace Quidd for up to $8 million
$8 million was raised in strategic capital funds
Acquisition
Ubisoft acquires majority stakes in Green Panda Games
70 per cent stake in hyper-casual mobile specialist
Business Deal
Kongregate acquires mobile and web RPG Bit Heroes
Juppiomenz-developed title has made generated $10 million in net revenue on mobile
Business Deal
Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire Vungle
Deal reported to be worth $750 million-plus
Sick Acquisition
My.Games acquires Love Sick studio Swag Masha
Companies had already worked together to launch the developer's flagship title
Strategic Investment
NetEase acquires minority stake Fallout Shelter dev Behaviour
Influence of Chinese companies increases at Canadian firm following last year's deal with GAEA
For Sale?
China's Shanghai Fukong hasn't sold Jagex just yet
Reported sale was just one option that was being explored by the Chinese entertainment giant
Woo
Azerion acquires kids MMO Woozworld
Deal comes hot off the back of purchase of Spil Games’ mobile division
Stakes Are High
Nexon acquires majority stake in Embark Studios
Former EA chief design officer and DICE founder Patrick Söderlund heads up the studio
Acquisition
Gumi Cryptos acquires $1.67 million worth of shares in Double Jump.Tokyo
As part of this acquisition deal Gumi Cryptos received 891 non-voting shares
M&a
Dutch firm Azerion acquires Spil Games’ mobile division
Also takes small minority stake in Spil's web portal business
Bebo X Twitch
Twitch acquires Bebo to expand esports platform
Bebo launched in 2005 before Facebook spearheaded the social media frenzy
Acquisition
Niantic acquires tabletop games creator Sensible Object
The office will become part of Niantic London alongside AI technology firm Matrix Mill
No Code Movement
AppOnboard acquires Buildbox game engine to power codeless development
Buildbox CEO Trey Smith has joined AppOnboard as its chief growth officer and fellow co-founder Nik Rudenko has been named VP of technology
Funding
Adjust raises $227 million in funding to grow mobile measurement and fraud prevention
“The investments we make in our product will further empower our clients to move the needle in their markets”
Epic X Houseparty
Epic Games acquires social network Houseparty
The app will still remain available as a standalone platform and data won't be shared across accounts
First Canada Office
Keywords Studios acquires Descriptive Video Works for $2.4 million
Both companies have previously collaborated with one another