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Epic buys Fall Guys maker Tonic Games Group $$$$$

Epic buys Fall Guys maker Tonic Games Group

No figure has been put on this deal just yet

EA completes Codemasters acquisition, hails "new global powerhouse" for racing $$$$

EA completes Codemasters acquisition, hails "new global powerhouse" for racing

“This is the beginning of an exciting new era for racing games"

THQ Nordic parent Embracer snaps up Borderlands firm Gearbox $$$$

THQ Nordic parent Embracer snaps up Borderlands firm Gearbox

Deal worth $1.3 billion

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Date Type Companies involved Size
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
Jan 5th, 2021 acquisition Epic Games $95m
Fortnite maker Epic's new headquarters are in North Carolina mall
Dec 22nd, 2020 investment Nordisk
MercurySteam 		Not disclosed
Nordisk Games now owns 40% of MercurySteam
Dec 18th, 2020 investment Discord $100m
Discord valuation has doubled to $7bn
Dec 17th, 2020 investment $25m
Streaming tech firm Parsec lands $25m Series B funding
Dec 17th, 2020 Indigo Pearl
Keywords Studios 		Not disclosed
Keywords acquires PR agency Indigo Pearl and audio firm Jinglebell
Dec 15th, 2020 acquisition High Voltage Software
Keywords Studios 		$50m
Danger, danger: Keywords snaps up High Voltage Software
Dec 14th, 2020 acquisition Tencent
Leyou Technologies Holdings 		$1,500m
Leyou shareholders give nod for $1.3bn Tencent takeover
Dec 14th, 2020 acquisition Codemasters
Electronic Arts
Take-Two Interactive 		$1,200m
EA has outbid Take-Two for Codemasters
Dec 4th, 2020 acquisition Kalypso Media
Realmforge Studios 		Not disclosed
Kalypso has taken over Realmforge Studios
Dec 4th, 2020 investment Mod.io $4m
Cross-platform mod service Mod.io raises $4m
Dec 3rd, 2020 acquisition Microsoft Not disclosed
Microsoft snaps up esports events firm Smash.gg
Dec 2nd, 2020 acquisition salesforce.com $27,700m
Salesforce snaps up Slack for $27.7bn
Dec 2nd, 2020 acquisition Daybreak Game Company
Enad Global 7 		$300m
Sweden's Enad Global 7 buys Daybreak Game Company
Nov 30th, 2020 acquisition $24.2m
Mechwarrior maker Piranha bought by Enad Global 7
Nov 25th, 2020 acquisition Keywords Studios Not disclosed
Keywords is buying LA-based marketing firm Gnet
Nov 18th, 2020 acquisition Epic Games Not disclosed
Epic has bought facial animation firm Hyprsense
Nov 18th, 2020 acquisition Zen Studios
THQ Nordic
Mad Head Games
Quantic Lab
Embracer Group 		Not disclosed
THQ Nordic parent Embracer just bought 12 games studios and a PR firm
Nov 10th, 2020 acquisition Codemasters
Take-Two Interactive 		$994m
Codemasters has agreed to sell to Take-Two
Nov 2nd, 2020 acquisition Everguild Ltd
Stillfront Group 		$1.4m
Stillfront Group snaps up Everguild for $1.37m
Oct 22nd, 2020 acquisition Devolver Digital
Croteam 		Not disclosed
Devolver snaps up Serious Sam developer Croteam
Oct 20th, 2020 investment $4.7m
Blizzard vets raise $4.7m to fund new studio Frost Giant
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