Mena Expansion
Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations
First expansion into MENAT region
Sweet Scaling
iCandy acquires Lemon Sky Studios for $32.4 million, raises $29.1 million
Backed by Animoca Brands
Reining It In
Nordisk Games acquires majority stake in Star Stable Entertainment
Star Stable Online for mobile currently in soft launch
Mushrooming Into Mobile
Thunderful acquires indie mobile game dev Early Morning Studio
Expands reach into free-to-play mobile games publishing
Starring Role
Unity acquires Weta Digital, its tools and 275 staff for $1.6 billion
A cash plus stock deal
Social Sharing
Medal.tv acquires Gif Your Game and Fuze.tv
Solidifying presence as social network within the PC and mobile games space
Done Deal
Jam City’s Josh Yguado on why we're 'nowhere near peak mobile gaming'
Josh Yguado talks Ludia deal and the future of the mobile games industry
Activision Acquisition
Activision acquires Digital Legends for unannounced Call of Duty mobile game
Will join the company's roster of wholly-owned independent studios
Funding Fanatics
Thunderful Group acquires Robot Teddy for $13.7 million
Will lead newly established in-house investment arm, Thunderful Investment
Done Deal
Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital
Sumo commercial director Dean Trotman and Auroch studio director Tomas Rawlings talk
Marketing Magnification
IronSource acquires mobile marketing outfit Bidalgo
Second acquisition during October
News
IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million
The intention is to increase IronSource’s SDK footprint
Card Sharp
Murka to acquire solitaire development company Mobile Deluxe
Studio acquisition will diversify Murka's portfolio and provide the company with over one million daily average users
Disputed
Kixeye shareholders file lawsuit against Stillfront over $30 million earnout
The allegation is breach of earn-out agreement
Mgvc Makes Moves
My.Games Venture Capital invests into Tworogue Games and Wideview Games
Acquires minority stake with option to purchase full control in future
News
Zynga closes $525 million StarLark acquisition, expands portfolio with Golf Rival
Zynga’s international footprint expands with a studio in China
Splash Out
AppLovin purchases MoPub from Twitter for $1 billion cash
Will integrate into existing mobile ad platform
Accelerate Development
Niantic acquires developer experience firm Hoss
Will assist in accelerating development of Lightship ARDK
Pgc Digital #8
Jam City's Josh Yguado talks acquisitions, IP integration and the future of mobile games
Nowhere near peak gaming, he says
Powers Up
Product Madness acquires Polish mobile developer Playsoft
Looking to power-up its mobile games pipeline
Tapping Into Video
Tappx acquires video generation and monetisation platform PlayOn Content
Will expand operations outside of Spain and Latin America
Papa Likes Mamboo
My.Games acquires hypercasual studio Mamboo Games for $2 million
Increases stake from minority to majority
Acquisition.io
Addicting Games acquires 2D tank arena game Diep.io
Part of the site’s continued growth strategy
Diversification
Azur Games acquires minority stake in Neosus for $2.2 million
Setting sights on publishing future app development projects
Strategically Significant
Sumo Group acquires Auroch Digital for $8.3 million
A highly significant strategic acquisition
Mena Expansion
Stillfront Group acquires Jordan-based gaming startup Jawaker for $205 million
Strengthens pre-established presence in MENA region
Finally Done
Jam City raises $350 million and acquires Ludia for $165 million
Recovers from failed SPAC
Enthusiastically Acquiring
Enthusiast Gaming acquires Addicting Games for $34 million
Gains ownership of Shockwave, TypeRacer and more
Proliferating Portfolio
Qiiwi Games acquires Playright Games for $1.1 million
Initial purchase price of $540,000 for majority stake
Acquiring Ads
Azerion acquires French digital advertising company Sublime
Will integrate Sublime's "unobtrusive" ads
Entering New Markets
Playtika snap up Redecor dev Reworks for up to $600 million
Expanding into the growing design category
Deal
Azerion acquires Swedish mobile advertising firm Keymobile
Ambition to offer the most comprehensive and integrated advertising in Europe
Jackpot
Scientific Games acquires instant win developer Sideplay Entertainment
Scientific Games will merge all of Sideplay’s content into its portfolio
Three Of A Kind
More acquisitions made by Embracer with Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte and SmartPhone Labs
The trio was purchased through Embracer subsidiary Saber Interactive
Building Communities
Updated: Roblox acquires online communities platform Guilded for $90 million
Guilded will continue to operate as an independent product
Like A Dream
Dream Sports acquires Indian mobile developer Rolocule Games
"This is a well-deserved validation for mid-core games in India..."
Five-year Payout
Rovio acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games
$10 million will first be paid for 20% of shares
Scanning The Market
Pokémon GO creator Niantic acquires 3D scanning app Scaniverse
Scaniverse founder and CEO will join Niantic’s AR engineering team
"rocket Ship"
Unity picks up remote working and streaming firm Parsec for $320 million
Deal looks to close for an estimated $320 million
Casual Acquisition
Softgames sells off web business to Azerion
Azerion will be responsible for publishing all current and future web-based games released by Softgames
Welcome Home
Focus Home Interactive acquires Rayman Jungle Run developer Dotemu
"Joining the Focus Home Interactive Group was an obvious choice…"
Rivals No More
Zynga acquires Golf Rival developer StarLark for $525 million
Also completes Chartboost deal
Eager Embracer
Embracer makes eight acquisitions, including CrazyLabs
The company now operates over 60 games developers
Finding Value
Tilting Point acquires publishing rights to Hidden Hotel: Miami Mystery
WhaleApp's hidden object game has generated $40 million
Open Doors
CrazyLabs acquires Firescore Interactive to boost Indian hypercasual ecosystem
The companies launched a new hub together in July
New Skills Acquired
Skillz partners with multiplayer tech company Exit Games, invests $50 million
"Expanding into these new areas will grow our total universe of players..."
Quite The Gamble
Netmarble picks up social casino developer SpinX Games for $2.19 billion
"We expect to fortify our competitive edge…"
140 Million Players
Plarium acquires Finnish mobile studio Futureplay to grow casual presence
"We are eager to grow and learn from Plarium’s expertise…"
Animoca Acquires Aussies
Animoca Brands acquires Australian indie developer Blowfish Studios
The companies plan to "change the perception of blockchain gaming"
Beyond A Billion
Tencent buying UK studio Sumo Group for $1.3 billion
Chinese giant continues global rollup