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Epic lands $250m investment from PlayStation maker Sony $$$$$ Jul 10th, 2020

Epic lands $250m investment from PlayStation maker Sony

"Together we strive to build an even more open and accessible digital ecosystem for all consumers and content creators alike"

Discord raises $100m to expand beyond games NEWS Jul 1st, 2020

Discord raises $100m to expand beyond games

The latest change in direction for the communications platform

Keywords snaps up development studio Coconut Lizard NEWS Jun 26th, 2020

Keywords snaps up development studio Coconut Lizard

Firm was previously owned by Epic

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Date Type Companies involved Size
Jun 3rd, 2020 acquisition Tencent
Funcom 		$201m
Funcom accepted Tencent acquisition offer earlier this year
Jun 2nd, 2020 license Codemasters Not disclosed
Codemasters lands FIA World Rally Championship IP
May 26th, 2020 investment Marvelous Entertainment
Tencent 		$65m
Tencent snaps up 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous
May 15th, 2020 acquisition Sumo Digital
Lab42 		Not disclosed
Sumo Digital acquires work-for-hire studio Lab42
Apr 30th, 2020 acquisition Goodbye Kansas Studios
Bublar Group 		$5.7m
Bublar Group snaps up Goodbye Kansas
Apr 28th, 2020 acquisition Jagex $530m
RuneScape maker Jagex has a brand new owner
Apr 28th, 2020 acquisition Not disclosed
Ziggurat Interactive acquires more than 30 games from Prism Entertainment
Apr 27th, 2020 investment Tencent
Huya 		$262.6m
Tencent buys $263m stake in Chinese streaming firm Huya
Apr 20th, 2020 acquisition Fig Not disclosed
Startup funding firm Republic snaps up crowdfunding platform Fig
Apr 7th, 2020 acquisition SteelSeries Not disclosed
SteelSeries snaps up 3D sound firm A-Volute
Mar 30th, 2020 investment Cloud Imperium $17.3m
Star Citizen developer lands another $17.25m in investment
Mar 13th, 2020 acquisition Epic Games Not disclosed
Epic Games acquires facial animation firm Cubic Motion
Mar 11th, 2020 merger Scorpius Games
Amber 		Not disclosed
Game development agency Amber is merging with independent studio Scorpius Games
Mar 10th, 2020 acquisition Not disclosed
DDM Agency has acquired Digi-Capital's data platform
Mar 6th, 2020 acquisition Not disclosed
Australian game trade bodies merge under IGEA brand
Mar 5th, 2020 Phoenix Games Not disclosed
Phoenix Games makes its third acquisition with Studio Firefly
Mar 5th, 2020 investment $1m
Esports Players League secures $1m in funding
Mar 4th, 2020 investment Labworks.io $0.5m
Voice games developer Labworks gets $640k investment
Mar 4th, 2020 investment Not disclosed
VC Jon Goldman joins Flavourworks Series A
Feb 27th, 2020 investment ROBLOX Not disclosed
Roblox now valued at $4bn
Feb 26th, 2020 acquisition Facebook
Sanzaru Games 		Not disclosed
Facebook acquires Asgard's Wrath developer Sanzaru Games
Feb 25th, 2020 investment Sega Not disclosed
Sega has invested in an Indian music startup
Feb 20th, 2020 acquisition Koch Media
THQ Nordic
Voxler
Embracer Group 		Not disclosed
Koch Media has bought Let's Sing developer Voxler
Feb 19th, 2020 acquisition THQ Nordic $525m
THQ Nordic parent firm Embracer buys Saber
Feb 14th, 2020 acquisition Not disclosed
Australia's video game developer and publisher trade bodies to merge
Feb 11th, 2020 investment Tencent
Yager Development 		Not disclosed
Tencent invests in Spec Ops and The Cycle studio Yager
Feb 5th, 2020 acquisition Improbable
Zeuz 		Not disclosed
SpatialOS firm Improbable buys German multiplayer service company Zeuz
Jan 29th, 2020 acquisition Garena Not disclosed
Singapore's Garena snaps up Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs
Jan 7th, 2020 investment PlatinumGames Inc.
Tencent 		Not disclosed
PlatinumGames secures investment from Chinese giant Tencent
Jan 2nd, 2020 acquisition Team17 $1.9m
Team17 snaps up Yippee Entertainment
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