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
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!"