Airnow Acquires
Airnow acquires mobile growth firm Lab Cave
CEO Luis Bertó will continue to lead
Almighty Acquisitions
Mobile games deals reached $15.5 billion in 2021, says Drake Star
Topped $85 billion in games deals across the board
Largest Gaming Acquisition
Mobile Mavens: Reactions to Take-Two's acquisition of Zynga
Industry responds to $12.7 billion acquisition
$12.7 Billion Acquisition
Take-Two makes bold move to transform its business with Zynga acquisition
How Zynga could change Take-Two’s business
Wow
Take-Two acquires Zynga at $12.7 billion valuation
Second largest games industry acquisition
Sheer Scale
The PocketGamer.biz View: Take-Two acquires Zynga
Editor Khai Trung Le shares his thoughts on Take-Two’s acquisition of Zynga
Spearheading Subscriptions
Team17 acquires What the Golf? publisher The Label for up to $40 million
Foothold in mobile games subscriptions market
Applovin Acquisition Approved
AppLovin finalises $1 billion acquisition of MoPub from Twitter
Acquired for $1 billion cash
Iron Acquisition
Stillfront acquires Netmarble’s Iron Throne: The Firstborn
Still subsidiary studio Kixeye will take charge
Done Deal
AppLovin's Daniel Tchernahovsky on its $1 billion MoPub acquisition
Daniel Tchernahovsky talks the hurdles involved and how to get acquired
2021 In Review
The mobile gaming trends of 2021
PocketGamer.biz’s take on the year’s biggest events
Ample Acquisitions
Keywords Studios acquires Waste Creative and Wicked Witch
For up to a collective $18.5 million
A Fated Acquisition
Aniplex to acquire Fate/Grand Order developer Delightworks games division
Includes the entire game development team behind Fate/Grand Order
Acquisition Agreement
Fragbite acquires outstanding shares in Dutch studio Lucky Kat for $7.9 million
Acquired for €5 million in cash and €2 million in Fragbite shares
Millions For Medal
Medal.tv has raised $60 million across its Series B and Series C funding rounds
Platform grows to almost one million daily users
Lucky Ducky
Homa Games acquires Ducky Games
Acquisition will strengthen the publisher's position as a leader in idle arcade games
Following Suit
Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business
Taking steps to solidifying blockchain presence
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