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Developer Klang lands $22.3m funding for SpatialOS-powered MMO Seed $$$$ Aug 16th, 2019

Developer Klang lands $22.3m funding for SpatialOS-powered MMO Seed

Led by Novator Partners, with Lego's VC arm chipping in some cash, too

In-game ad platform Anzu.io has secured $6.5 million after funding round FUNDING Aug 8th, 2019

In-game ad platform Anzu.io has secured $6.5 million after funding round

The games industry in America made $43.4 billion in 2018

Total War comes to China following Creative Assembly and NetEase partnership GOING TO CHINA Aug 2nd, 2019

Total War comes to China following Creative Assembly and NetEase partnership

The franchise’s catalogue up to and including Total War: Three Kingdoms will be launched in the country

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Aug 1st, 2019 acquisition Slightly Mad Studios Not disclosed
Modern Pick Entertainment to acquire “substantial” stake in Project Cars dev Slightly Mad Studios
Aug 1st, 2019 acquisition Immortals $40m
Report: Real estate investor to acquire Overwatch League team Houston Outlaws
Jul 26th, 2019 investment Unity Technologies $525m
Unity Technologies makes a tender offer of up to $525 million to shareholders
Jul 25th, 2019 acquisition Big Ben Interactive Not disclosed
Bigben Interactive acquires Technomancer developer Spiders
Jul 24th, 2019 investment Doppio Games $1.1m
"The definitive voice game has not been built yet": Why Doppio raised $1.1m to make games for Alexa
Jul 19th, 2019 acquisition Kongregate Not disclosed
Kongregate snaps up developer RPG Bit Heroes
Jul 9th, 2019 partnership Studio MDHR
Netflix 		Not disclosed
Netflix working with Studio MDHR and King Features on animated Cuphead series
Jul 9th, 2019 partnership Unity Technologies
NBC Universal 		Not disclosed
Universal, Digital Platforms and Unity team to launch Universal GameDev Challenge winners on Steam
Jul 1st, 2019 acquisition Microsoft
Remedy Entertainment 		Not disclosed
Alan Wake publishing rights pass from Microsoft to Remedy
Jun 12th, 2019 acquisition Epic Games Not disclosed
Fortnite maker Epic acquires social platform Houseparty
Jun 12th, 2019 acquisition Keywords Studios $3.2m
Keywords sets up shop in Vancouver with Descriptive Video Works acquisition
May 21st, 2019 acquisition Tencent
Sharkmob 		Not disclosed
Tencent's latest games acquisition is Sweden's Sharkmob
May 16th, 2019 partnership Microsoft
Sony 		Not disclosed
Microsoft and Sony sign cloud gaming deal
May 13th, 2019 acquisition Keywords Studios $1.1m
€1m
Keywords snaps up Tokyo-based HTML5 dev Wizcorp
May 10th, 2019 acquisition Sega Publishing Europe Ltd Not disclosed
Two Point Hospital maker Two Point Studios joins Sega Europe
May 10th, 2019 investment Unity $125m
New $125m funding round for Unity values company at $6bn
May 1st, 2019 acquisition Epic Games
Psyonix 		Not disclosed
Epic buys Rocket League developer Psyonix
May 1st, 2019 investment Fnatic $17m
Fnatic expands its esports operation by raising $19 million in funding
Apr 18th, 2019 investment Gen.G $46m
46m
Hollywood star Will Smith just took part in $46m funding round for esports firm Gen.G
Apr 10th, 2019 investment Good Shepherd Not disclosed
Indie label Good Shepherd snaps up majority stake in new Polish studio Artificer
Apr 9th, 2019 investment MyTona
Fntastic 		Not disclosed
Russian free-to-play mobile game publisher MyTona is getting into the PC market
Apr 2nd, 2019 partnership Paradox Not disclosed
Paradox is building a new strategy game with Brenda and John Romero
Apr 2nd, 2019 investment Intel Capital $12m
Cloud tech startup Polystream secures $12 million to develop 3D streaming services
Mar 14th, 2019 Curve Digital
The Catalis Group
Runner Duck 		Not disclosed
Curve parent firm Catalis snaps up Bomber Crew studio Runner Duck
Feb 27th, 2019 investment $17.3m
G2 Esports raises $17.3 million for global growth and further investment
Feb 21st, 2019 acquisition Keywords Studios Not disclosed
Keywords’ latest acquisition is Dutch cloud platform GetSocial
Feb 18th, 2019 investment tinyBuild Games $15m
TinyBuild raises not-so-tiny funding as it secures $15 million investment
Feb 15th, 2019 investment Plug In Digital $2.3m
Games distributor Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push growth and publishing efforts
Feb 13th, 2019 acquisition THQ Nordic Not disclosed
THQ Nordic acquires Kingdom Come Deliverance studio Warhorse and Australian distributor 18Point2
Feb 12th, 2019 other OtherSide Entertainment
Starbreeze Studios 		$12m
Troubled Starbreeze sells System Shock 3 publishing rights back to developer Otherside
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