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Blizzard and Epic vets launch new RPG studio Lightforge Games $$$$

Blizzard and Epic vets launch new RPG studio Lightforge Games

Venture has attracted investment from the likes of NetEast and Dreamhaven

EA snaps up Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead $$$$

EA snaps up Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead

"We’re excited to leverage EA’s power and reach to bring our titles to a broader audience and to take some ambitious next steps in the development of our future titles"

Epic snaps up ArtStation platform $$$$

Epic snaps up ArtStation platform

Fortnite maker has already tweaked the service's revenue split to be in line with its own

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Date Type Companies involved Size
Apr 28th, 2021 investment Bonsai Collective $3.5m
Bonsai Collective lands $3.5m investment from Super.com
Apr 27th, 2021 acquisition Phosphor Games Studios
People Can Fly 		Not disclosed
Outriders dev People Can Fly snaps up Phosphor Games
Apr 23rd, 2021 acquisition Keywords Studios
Climax Studios 		Not disclosed
Keywords snaps up UK games studio Climax
Apr 21st, 2021 acquisition Focus Home Interactive Not disclosed
Focus Home Interactive snaps up Space Hulk: Deathwing developer Streum On
Apr 14th, 2021 investment Epic Games $1,000m
Epic closes $1bn funding round, Fortnite firm worth $28.7bn
Apr 13th, 2021 investment Panivox Not disclosed
Oliver Twins set up new venture Panivox to work on... something?
Apr 9th, 2021 partnership Microids Not disclosed
Microids signs publishing deal for four Smurfs games
Apr 8th, 2021 partnership DONTNOD Entertainment
PortaPlay 		Not disclosed
Dontnod is getting into third-party publishing
Apr 1st, 2021 acquisition 505 Games
3D Realms
All in! Games 		$5.9m
505 Games buys Ghostrunner IP for $5.9m
Apr 1st, 2021 partnership Microsoft $21,880m
Microsoft lands $21.9bn HoloLens contract with US military
Mar 31st, 2021 acquisition CD Projekt Red Not disclosed
CD Projekt acquires Canada's Digital Scapes, tweaks development strategy
Mar 29th, 2021 investment Konami
Nexon
Sega Sammy Holdings
Bandai Namco 		Not disclosed
Nexon has invested in Bandai Namco, Konami and Sega Sammy
Mar 29th, 2021 investment Supermassive Games
Nordisk Games 		Not disclosed
Nordisk Games snaps up 30.7% stake in Supermassive
Mar 22nd, 2021 partnership Koch Media
Starbreeze 		Not disclosed
Starbreeze signs Payday 3 publishing deal with Koch Media
Mar 18th, 2021 acquisition Keywords Studios $46.8m
Keywords enters the Australian market with Tantalus Media acquisition
Mar 12th, 2021 partnership Electronic Arts
Silver Rain Games 		Not disclosed
Abubakar Salim's Silver Rain signs publishing deal with EA Originals
Mar 10th, 2021 investment Epic Games
Omeda Studios 		$2.2m
Omeda Studios lands $2.2m in funding from investors, also scores grant from Epic
Mar 4th, 2021 investment NetEase
Theorycraft Games 		$37.5m
Riot, Blizzard, Valve and Bungie vets launch new studio Theorycraft Games with backing of NetEase
Mar 3rd, 2021 acquisition Mediatonic Ltd
Epic Games
Tonic Games Group 		Not disclosed
Epic buys Fall Guys maker Tonic Games Group
Feb 19th, 2021 acquisition Codemasters
Electronic Arts 		$1,200m
EA completes Codemasters acquisition, hails "new global powerhouse" for racing
Feb 3rd, 2021 acquisition Gearbox Software
Aspyr
Embracer Group 		$1,300m
THQ Nordic parent Embracer snaps up Borderlands firm Gearbox
Feb 1st, 2021 acquisition Sumo Digital $0.3m
Sumo Group snaps up Polish studio PixelAnt
Jan 29th, 2021 investment Tencent
DONTNOD Entertainment 		$60.6m
Tencent invests in Life is Strange maker Dontnod
Jan 25th, 2021 acquisition Jagex Not disclosed
RuneScape firm Jagex has been acquired AGAIN, this time by The Carlyle Group
Jan 22nd, 2021 investment Asobo Studio Not disclosed
Microsoft Flight Sim maker Asobo lands investment from Sagard NewGen
Jan 22nd, 2021 acquisition Team17 $16.4m
Team17 buys Golf With Your Friends IP for $16.4m
Jan 15th, 2021 acquisition Infinite Interactive
Digital Bros 		$4.5m
505 parent Digital Bros snaps up Infinity Plus Two
Jan 14th, 2021 acquisition Turtle Beach Not disclosed
Turtle Beach looking to enter growing microphone market with Neat acquisition
Jan 8th, 2021 Epic Games Not disclosed
Epic snaps up Rad Game Tools
Jan 7th, 2021 investment ROBLOX $520m
Roblox valued at $29.5bn, going public via direct listing
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