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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Acquisition confirmed, Millennial Media stock withdrawn from NYSE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
Word Up
Mag Interactive acquires ex-PopCap and Relentless studio Delinquent
Ruzzle dev gains ex-Mind Candy, EA etc talent
Unconsole No More
Razer acquires Ouya
From Kickstarter to trade sale in three years
Talking Up Chat
Palringo acquires Tribe Studios to bolster in-game chat tech
UK-based firm keeps on growing
Just Swell
App Annie gains 12th office location as it acquires usage analytics outfit Mobida
Analytics outfit grows its numbers
Us Move
TabTale nets 5 million new players with Sunstorm acquisition
Publisher makes fourth acquisition
Level Up
Nexon buys Gamevil-published RPG developer Boolean
Studio behind Dark Avenger series gets acquired
Going Global
Market Tech Holdings acquires majority stake in glispa with $77 million deal
glispa will become full service solution provider
Ad Up Funds
Cheetah Mobile acquires MobPartner for $58 million
The move to mobile ad tech
New Networks
Sega buys Demiurge Studios and invests in Space Ape and Ignited Artists
Big push into mobile
Aces High
Gambling software outfit Playtech buys GameMaker dev YoYo Games for $16.4 million
Making better gambling games
Battle Nations Saga
Expanding into new genres, King buys Z2Live for up to $150 million
Second midcore acquisition
Ads The Way
Appsfire acquired by Mobile Network Group for a rumoured $30 million
Going for scale
Light Up
Mobcast buys Lumines and Meteos for mobile reinvention
Pieces of the puzzle
Acquisitions
Kabam buys TapZen and Magic Pixel Games
Will be merged into new Los Angeles studio
Interview
Reliance Games' CEO on buying western studios and educating Indian devs at PGC Bangalore
Acting local and global
Deal
French media outfit Ankama acquires Wizcorp for its HTML5 expertise
Japanese company's smarts impress
Deal
From startup to consolidation in 2 months: Next Games buys Helsinki Gameworks
The Walking Dead dev gains talent and original IP
Animoca closes $10 million joint venture deal for Star Girl franchise
Crosby Capital becomes majority owner
Unity: We have no plans to sell
CTO Ante dismisses latest round of rumours
Opinion
An ode to Unity: Selling is inevitable, but can you just hold out a little longer?
Rummaging through the rumours
Deal
Consolidation in mobile monetisation fragments then coalesces as Science Inc buys Upsight's PlayHaven ad network
Now focusing on our individual goals
Deal
Millennial Media acquires Nexage for $107.5 million
Ad(d) cash
Mobile Maven
Microsoft's move for Minecraft: Massive mistake or masterstroke?
Our Mavens give their expert view
Deal
Microsoft acquires Minecraft for $2.5 billion
Rumour becomes reality
Deal
Chinese investment group spends $10 million to acquire Star Girl franchise for fashion retail opportunities
Animoca will continue to operate young teen franchise
Deal
Slitherine makes a significant advance into mobile strategy, acquiring Shenandoah Studio
Wargaming specialists combine
Deal
Amazon acquires Twitch for $970 million
Cash streaming
Unity acquires Tsugi to launch Unity Cloud Build
Tsugi relaunches at Unity Austin
Investment
The wild wild east: Chinese construction company spends $960 million on Family Farm publisher DianDian
FunPlus reboots for more adventures
Deal
iQU and HoneyTracks join forces to deliver next generation marketing
Analytical partnership
Deal
King expands to core gaming with $32 million acquisition of Nonstop Games
Plus $68 million available dependent on performance
Deals
West heads east: Tapjoy acquires Korean analytics platform 5Rocks
Robot rock
Golden age of video: Google confirms $1 billion Twitch purchase
Video killed the radio star
Deal
Analytics acquisition: Yahoo to acquire mobile data giant Flurry
Moving on metrics
Deal
Changyou buys 51% stake in Dolphin Browser outfit MoboTap for $91 million
Buying distribution and eyeballs
Deal
Opera buys mobile video ad platform AdColony for up to $350 million
$75 million in cash now, plus $275 million earn-out potential
Deal
Chinese app distribution heats up as Alibaba acquires rest of UCWeb in $4 billion value deal
Already owned 66 percent of browser outfit
Deal
Talkweb spends $130 million to buy 90% of Papa Three Kingdoms dev HRG Tech
M&A market heating up
Deal
Metaps buys market intelligence outfit App Data Bank
Japanese consolidation for smarts