At It Again
Keywords Studios adds another firm to its business by acquiring d3t for $3.9 million
Founders and team from the Runcorn-based work-for-hire studio will all stay on
Acquisition News
IGN acquires Humble Bundle
Financial terms of the deal not disclosed
Hans-on
Perforce's Hansoft acquisition: What does the technological coming together mean for mobile devs?
Perforce Chief Product Officer Tim Russell shares the reasons for the buyout
Kongregate Acquisition
Kongregate acquires Animation Throwdown and Spellstone developer Synpase Games
Will continue to operate as an indepdent studio
A New Challenger
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires EJoy and sets up new games division
One of China's richest companies formally enters the games arena
New Alliance
Plarium acquires Alliance: Heroes of the Spire developer Rumble Entertainment
Israeli developer enters the RPG space
Hot Ticket
Rovio on its $1 billion IPO and acquisition strategy
“We are stronger now than ever before"
Spyr Acquisitions
SPYR plans aggressive acquisition strategy following Pocket Starships deal
Also expecting to publish new games using Hollywood IP soon
Perforce Acquires Hansoft
Perforce acquires agile planning tools developer Hansoft
Version control tools firm adds planning tools to its portfolio
Google Htc Deal
Google picks up HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
Acquires a team of HTC staff, but takes no stake in the business
Pocket Starship Sold
SPYR Games acquires full ownership of Pocket Starships in cashless deal
Offers shares in its stock to the game's owner
A Princely Sum
Is Plarium worth $500 million?
What's Aristocrat getting for its money?
On The Warpath
Wargaming Mobile acquires Copenhagen-based casual mobile game developer Hapti.co
Former Square Enix studio rebranded as Wargaming Copenhagen
Casual Sale
Animoca Brands sells 13 of its casual games to Maple Media for up to $2.9 million
TicBits gets its non-core components sold on
Proud Partnership
Atari partners with LGBT Media to relaunch social game Pridefest
LGBT Media will rebrand and relaunch the game as its own
Stats Rule
Tel Aviv-based eSports tech firm Overwolf acquires Clash Royale statistics site StatsRoyale
Over 20 million MAUs checking all the latest card stats and more
Join The Club
Millennial Esports buys majority stake in Gear.Club developer Eden Games for $10.5 million
Deal could rise based on the studio's performance
Big Deal
Casino firm Aristocrat buys Plarium for $500 million
All-cash deal also includes earnouts for shareholders
Tapped Up
Mobile ads firm Taptica acquires Tremor Video’s demand-side platform for $50 million
Tremor Video DSP will operate as independent division of Taptica
Zplay Buys Noodlecake
ZPlay acquires indie game developer and publisher Noodlecake Studios for $4.9 million
Helps the Candian developer push further into Asia with no changes to the business
Keywords Buys More Studios
Keywords Studios acquires four Paris-based localisation studios for $8.9 million
La Marque Rose, Dune Sound, Around the Word, and Asrec will all be rolled into one
Investment Spark
Report: Amazon bought UK cloud tech firm GameSparks for $10 million
Retail and tech giant remains tight-lipped on deal
Keywords Financials H1 Fy17
Keywords posts revenues of $74.7 million so far in 2017 thanks to aggressive acquisition strategy
Profits up to $11.3 million
Ready To Rumble
Take-Two to focus on WWE and NBA mobile games following Social Point acquisition
Might move on if these games perform well
Gfinity Acquires Cevo
Gfinity pushes into US by acquiring eSports tech firm CEVO for $2.7 million
Solidifying its place on the global scene
Stillfront acquires German sports management game OnlineFussballManager
Also agrees publishing deal with Digamore Entertainment for Football Empire
Acquiring Ua
N3twork buys Eric Seufert’s user acquisition tool Agamemnon
Seufert also joins company to lead its new suite of tools and services
From Partner To Owner
Taptica cements position in Japan by acquiring marketing firm Adinnovation
Partnership leads to complete acquisition
Ar Next
Next Games pushes into AR and location-based games with Lume Games acquisition
Also sees revenues up 52% to $22.6 million
Fulfilling The Vision
InnoGames on finishing what Wooga started with Warlords
Studio Director Philip Bang on the project so far
Next In Line
Line launches games publishing division after NextFloor acquisition
NextFloor CEO Min Kyu Kim to head up new unit
Sparks Fly
Amazon buys UK cloud development platform GameSparks
Deal said to be worth "tens of millions of pounds"
Acquisition Of Dragons
Chinese developer NetDragon buys LA educational games studio JumpStart
Plans to utilise IP and partnership with Dreamworks
Swooping
UK developer Sumo acquires design studio Atomhawk
Art company to remain independent following deal
Super Space Ape
“I’ve always struggled to imagine ourselves anywhere else”: Space Ape CEO on Supercell deal
John Earner discusses why the London studio turned down other offers to partner with the most successful mobile games developer in the world
Southeast Asian Intent
Nexon completes iDCC acquisition to establish Nexon Thailand
Builds upon 49% stake and established Southeast Asian presence
Future Plans
"More growth, more platforms, broader presence": Kongregate on its post-acquisition strategy
MTG has snapped up the publisher, but what's next?
Sneaky Purchase
Samsung quietly acquires mobile VR developer VRB for a reported $5.5 million
Increasing internal Gear VR development
Mtg Acquires Kongregate
Modern Times Group to acquire casual games publisher Kongregate for $55 million
Kongregate pushing further into developing its own games by acquiring other studios
Tencent Eyeing Rovio
Report: Tencent considers Rovio acquisition in deal worth $3 billion
Either that or Rovio is going to IPO
War Chest
Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships
Comes a year after company raised $55 million in Series B financing round
Brighter Future
Silicon Studio acquires real-time global illumination tool Enlighten from ARM subsidiary Geomerics
Where does that leave Geomerics?
Lean And Learning
eRepublik Labs on its plans to innovate mobile MMOs after $8.4 million acquisition
CEO Alexis Bonte sets out his ambitions
Level Up
Level-5 acquires Keiji Inafune's studio Comcept
Currently developing mobile title Dragon Colonies
Risky Businesses
As the mouse leaves the game stage, enters a fox
Will FoxNext perform better than Disney Interactive?
Next Sale
FoxNext acquires former Kabam team at Aftershock
Aaron Loeb appointed President of Studios for FoxNext Games
Business News
Stillfront swoops for Dublin developer eRepublik Labs for €7.5 million
Deal could cost a further €13 million in earn outs
Maximum Leverage
Why Tencent’s M&A strategy is smarter than gotta buy ‘em all
Second Pocket Gems deal was beginning of the end
Out Of This World
Supercell acquires 62% stake in UK mobile games studio Space Ape for $55.8 million
New future beckons for successful London developer valued at $90 million
Hot Deal
Keywords splashes $6 million on Asian art services provider Red Hot CG
Picks up new offices in China and Indonesia