Beyond Helsinki
Supercell looking at ways to bring its company culture to "teams in other locations"
Ilkka Paananen thinks big on company culture
Cash Flock
Worms developer Team17 scoops $21.8 million investment to grow business
Investment from now minority stake holder Lloyds Development Capital
Eedar Acquisition
NPD Group acquires EEDAR to expand games market research
Sum undisclosed
Price Is Right
The smart executive's guide to valuing and selling your mobile games company
Torulf Jernström is thinking ahead
High Rollers
US casino operator splashes up to $170 million on developer Rocket Games
Management could earn extra $110m from acquisition
M&a For Days
Games industry M&A reaches record smashing $25 billion in July 2016
Playtika, King, and Supercell deals lead the way
Long-term Partnership
Flaregames acquires Nonstop Knight developer Kopla Games
Locks down its most successful partnership to date
From China To Israel
Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion
Includes Giant and Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital
Bits & Pieces
Chinese companies including Qihoo 360 and Kunlun Games buy Opera's consumer businesses for $600 million
Focus for a quick sale
Look At Me
Worth 3 Supercells: SoftBank gets back into the expansion game with $32 billion acquisition of ARM
Indebted Japanese firm spends more
Buying Data
Chinese mobile ad platform Mobvista continues its westward expansion buying GameAnalytics
Deal #2
Games Meet Movies
SGN targets big brand "gamertainment" with TinyCo acquisition
Gateway to new genres and working with IP
Poker Face
Netmarble reportedly eyeing social casino with a $4.3 billion Playtika acquisition
New markets
"a Solid Platform"
Animoca Brands splashes out $3.7 million on 9-person Finnish studio TicBits
Hong Kong brand-focused publisher looks west
Big Winner
Tencent deal sees Supercell-funded charitable foundation raise $225 million
Value of shares
More Players, More Taxes
Supercell CEO explains thinking behind "very long term" Tencent deal
Ilkka Paananen on his second strategic investor in as many years
A New Chapter
Traditional book publishing meets gaming as Hachette UK acquires Neon Play
UK's second largest publishing group diversifies
Consolidation
Mobile Mavens discuss Vivendi's risky Gameloft acquisition
And will it be a good thing for either party?
Consolidation
Mobile game advertising market hits maturity as Fiksu sells out for historic data
Facebook ate their lunch
French Fancy
Has Vivendi just bought an over-staffed, under-skilled company, which is failing to compete in a rapidly maturing market?
Buyer beware
Gallic Quest
Vivendi promises Gameloft staff a "great collective adventure" as its takeover bid gains majority
Bid has gained 56% of voting rights
Forced Marriage?
Would a Tencent acquisition of Supercell benefit it or the mobile game industry?
Mobile Mavens discuss a potential giant
Loft Conversion
Vivendi gains backing of Gameloft shareholders for takeover bid
Paying €8 a share
Neat Strategy
Kabam acqui-hires Dawn of Steel dev Superweapon to boost its LA studio
Consolidation move
Tencell?
Tencent might be looking to buy SoftBank's stake in Supercell
The biggest to get bigger?
Lads Lads Lads
Spil Games acquires male-oriented browser game portal Mousebreaker
1.5 million 18-35 male players now at their disposal
Empire Builder
Vainglory eSports team acquisitions continue as Rebirth of Empire bought by mousesports
German organisation snaps up local young team
Expanding
Updated: Innogames acquires Funatics to create a mobile-focused Dusseldorf studio
40-strong studio is ready to roll
Taping Up The Market
App Annie acquires app marketing tracking outfit AppScotch
Third deal in three years
Alliance Acquisition
Leading eSports organisation Team SoloMid acquires Vainglory champions Alliance
Yet more interest in the growing mobile eSports world
Big Huge Acquisition
Nexon Korea acquires DomiNations developer Big Huge Games
Working together to add new content and create engaging experiences
Going West
Chinese mobile ad network Mobvista buys NativeX for $25 million
Rolled up
King Acquired
Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King for $5.9 billion
Creates the "largest game network in the world"
Jackpot
Social casino consolidation continues as GSN Games acquires Plumbee
London dev snapped up
Extended Play
Chartboost acquires influencer network Roostr to tap into fast-growing social UA opportunity
Watch this now
Upsight Acquisition
Analytics platform Upsight widens its market to ad mediation with Fuse Powered acquisiton
Terms of the deal not disclosed
Diversification And Consolidation
#PGCLondon 2016 speaker IPC Ventures' Shelley Lau on why we can expect more M&A in 2016
What to expect at PG Connects London
Ua Roll Up
UA consolidation gathers pace as Fyber buys Heyzap for up to $45 million
Total reach tops 500 million MAUs
Widening The Network
SGN acquires Fat Rascal and hires Kiwi veterans as part of aggressive expansion
New studios in Seattle and Palo Alto
Best Available Deal
Why Activision Blizzard bought King, not Zynga, Glu or Kabam
Big bucks
Takes The Crown
Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion
All cash deal will close in Spring 2016
Deal Closed
AOL acquires Millennial Media in $248 million deal
Acquisition confirmed, Millennial Media stock withdrawn from NYSE
Ubisoft Acquisition
Ubisoft expands its mobile presence with acquisition of Longtail Studios
Now simply Ubisoft Halifax
Jam Today
Qualcomm gets out of AR, selling Vuforia platform for $65 million
Uncertainty principle
Moves
Tools consolidation continues as Microsoft snaps up Havok
Intel tags out
Back To The Fold
Zynga acquires ex-exec's new company Rising Tide Games
Zynga is looking to expand its casino portfolio
Nio Beginnings
N3TWORK acquires Swedish studio Nio Games to produce a new breed of mobile games
Euro Vision
All-in
iQU buys discovery outfit Tinyloot, rolls it into new integrated mobile game launch platform Mobilize
Oliver Kern takes new role
The End For Ouya
Razer confirms all-cash Ouya acquisition, with software and staff assimilated into Forge TV operation
All-cash deal sees Razer strengthen its Android TV business
Long Tail Wags
RockYou recycles MavenHut's Solitaire classics
RockYou swipes Solitaire Arena and Solitaire 3