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Hollywood star Will Smith just took part in $46m funding round for esports firm Gen.G THE WILD WILD WEST OF ESPORTS Apr 18th, 2019

Hollywood star Will Smith just took part in $46m funding round for esports firm Gen.G

Funding to go toward global expansion, youth development and new LA HQ

Indie label Good Shepherd snaps up majority stake in new Polish studio Artificer NEAT Apr 10th, 2019

Indie label Good Shepherd snaps up majority stake in new Polish studio Artificer

No figure placed on the deal just yet

Russian free-to-play mobile game publisher MyTona is getting into the PC market COOL Apr 9th, 2019

Russian free-to-play mobile game publisher MyTona is getting into the PC market

Has made "large" investment in new "revolutionary" survival game project from Fntastic

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Investment Acquisition Merger License Partnership Other
Date Type Companies involved Size
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
Feb 4th, 2019 investment Auroch Digital $0.2m
Miniclip among the investors pushing Auroch Digital’s move into original IP
Feb 1st, 2019 acquisition Sumo Digital
Red Kite Games 		Not disclosed
Sumo snaps up Red Kite Games
Jan 30th, 2019 acquisition Not disclosed
Player analytics firm FanAI acquires esports data experts Waypoint Media
Jan 29th, 2019 Quantic Dream
NetEase 		Not disclosed
NetEase has invested in Dave Cage's Quantic Dream
Jan 24th, 2019 Epic Games Not disclosed
Fortnite firm Epic acquires Agog Labs and 3Lateral, partners with Appodeal
Jan 10th, 2019 investment Tencent
Fatshark 		$0m
36m
Report: Tencent takes 36 per cent bite out of Warhammer Vermintide studio Fatshark
Jan 8th, 2019 acquisition Audiokinetic
Sony Interactive Entertainment 		Not disclosed
PlayStation has bought Wwise firm Audiokinetic but tech will still be available for all platforms
Jan 9th, 2019 acquisition Introversion Software
Paradox Interactive 		Not disclosed
Paradox Interactive acquires Prison Architect IP
Jan 3rd, 2019 acquisition Rebellion Not disclosed
Rebellion snaps up Yorkshire studio TickTock Games
Dec 24th, 2018 investment Discord $150m
Games chat platform Discord pulls in $150m investment
Dec 21st, 2018 acquisition Keywords Studios $4.3m
Marketing firm Sunny Side Up acquired by Keywords Studios
Dec 19th, 2018 partnership Rovio Not disclosed
Rovio partners with Resolution Games to bring Angry Birds to virtual reality
Dec 4th, 2018 acquisition Ubisoft Not disclosed
Ubisoft announces plans to acquire server firm i3D.net
Dec 4th, 2018 acquisition Stainless Games
THQ Nordic 		Not disclosed
THQ Nordic snaps up Carmageddon IP
Nov 27th, 2018 acquisition Wargaming
Edge Case Games 		Not disclosed
World of Tanks firm Wargaming snaps up Fractured Space firm Edge Case Games
Nov 20th, 2018 acquisition VR Focus
Admix 		Not disclosed
Mixed reality media outlet VRFocus snapped up by Admix
Nov 14th, 2018 acquisition Bugbear Entertainment
THQ Nordic
Coffee Stain Studios 		Not disclosed
THQ Nordic snaps up Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear
Nov 11th, 2018 acquisition inXile Entertainment
Xbox Game Studios
Obsidian Entertainment 		Not disclosed
Microsoft's studio spending spree continues: Big M to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian and inXile
Nov 7th, 2018 investment Intel Capital
Overwolf 		$16m
Overlay platform Overwolf raises $16 million in Intel Capital-led funding round
Nov 6th, 2018 investment Square Enix Not disclosed
Square Enix snaps up 20 per cent stake in Batallion 1944 dev Bulkhead Interactive
Oct 26th, 2018 investment Epic Games $1,250m
Epic Games raises $1.25 billion in funding from seven new investors
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