Tencent Invests In Shanda
Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games
Size of stake still unknown
Hot Purchase
Hong Kong publisher Animoca Brands acquires Finnish studio Tribeflame
Deal worth up to $433,000
Where To?
Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition?
What will it get for its $990 million?
Keywords Growing
Keywords Studios expects 2017 revenues to hit $186 million following 11 acquisitions in a year
Still has $37.9 million in cash for further acquisitions
Mobile Expansion
Hong Kong-listed publisher Ourgame splashes $66 million on trio of mobile acquisitions
Buys up companies in digital card and board game spaces
Rumour Mill
Report: Microsoft considers EA acquisition
Deals for Valve and PUBG Corp also rumoured to be on the cards
Up In The Clouds
Microsoft acquires backend services provider PlayFab
Technology to complement computing giant's own Azure platform
Three’s A Charm
Animoca buys Fuel Powered and reveals Chinese CryptoKitties deal
Crazy Defense Heroes also a big hit
Big Deal
Aristocrat closes $990 million Big Fish acquisition
Company has spent $1.5 billion since August on mobile game purchases
In It To Win It
Indian games publisher Nazara acquires majority stake in esports outfit Nodwin Gaming
Picks up 55 per cent stake in local company
Google Redux
Google quietly acquires Cambridge-based mobile audio tech firm Redux
Could use its panel audio technology in upcoming Pixel phones
Across The Line
Indian publisher Nazara acquires majority stake in sports games developer Nextwave Multimedia
Picks up rights to World Cricket Championship games
From Russia With Games
Glu Mobile sells Moscow studio for $2.8 million
Publisher also sells four games to My.com
Apple Buddy
Apple acquires app development platform Buddybuild
Team to join the Xcode engineering group
Snapped Up
CCP sells Newcastle studio to Sumo as it pivots away from VR
Eve Online developer to focus on PC and mobile
Mega-deal
Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox in $52 billion deal
The house that made Mickey Mouse hordes array of IP including Avatar, X-Men and The Simpsons
Never Stop Never Stopping
Keywords picks up LATAM localisation firm LOLA just two days after its most recent acquisition
Deal worth up to $1.03 million
Keywords At It Again
Keywords Studios picks up work-for-hire developer Sperasoft for $27 million
$21 million in cash now, the rest in shares and $1 million cash next year
Nazara Minority Stake
India's 54th richest man acquires minority stake in Nazara for $27.9 million
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala invests in the major Indian developer
Stillfront Acquires Goodgame
Stillfront acquires Hamburg-based strategy game developer Goodgame Studios for $318 million
Goodgame's owners now become majority shareholders in Stillfront
Skidstorm Sale
Finnish dev Immobile sells Early Access game SkidStorm to Cheetah Mobile after pirated version goes viral in China
Publishing deal turns into an offer too good to turn down
Less Lovin
AppLovin swaps $1.4 billion sale to Orient Hontai Capital for $841 million debt investment
Orient Hontai takes a 9.98% stake for $140 million as well
Apple In Bloom
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality hardware firm Vrvana for $30 million
Could use the firm's VR/AR tech to design its own headset
Animoca Game Sale
Animoca Brands sells entire portfolio of 318 casual games to iCandy Interactive for $3.8 million
Performance-based incentives and potential profit shares also thrown in
Good Choice
Nexon acquires Choices mobile games developer Pixelberry Studios
Choices to be localised for new countries
Snapped Up
Tencent snaps up 12% stake in Snapchat owner
"We have long been inspired by the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of Tencent"
Toon Army
Niantic acquires animation platform Evertoon to add new social features to Pokemon GO
Evertoon's community services to shut down at the end of November
Mag Investment
MAG Interactive secures $9.7 million investment to close FEO Media acquistion
Swedbank Robur's Microcap fund steps in to help
Big Step
Services provider GlobalStep acquires Montreal’s Bug-Tracker
Texas firm aims to establish "major presence" in Canada
Big Deal
Keywords to acquire VMC for $66 million
Aims to raise £75 million from new shares to fund the deal
Mag Acquires Feo
MAG Interactive acquires QuizDuel developer FEO Media for an undisclosed sum
Adds two new trivia games to its portfolio
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