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Kalypso has taken over Realmforge Studios $$$$ Dec 4th, 2020

Kalypso has taken over Realmforge Studios

German firm wants the developer to take over work on its Tropico series

Cross-platform mod service Mod.io raises $4m $$$$ Dec 4th, 2020

Cross-platform mod service Mod.io raises $4m

Firm plans to use this to improve its platform

Microsoft snaps up esports events firm Smash.gg $$$ Dec 3rd, 2020

Microsoft snaps up esports events firm Smash.gg

No figure put on the deal yet

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Date Type Companies involved Size
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
Oct 14th, 2020 acquisition Not disclosed
Data firm Elo Entertainment snaps up Speedrun.com
Oct 14th, 2020 acquisition Virtuos Not disclosed
Virtuos buys animation specialist CounterPunch Studios
Oct 13th, 2020 acquisition Rockstar Games
Ruffian Games 		Not disclosed
Ruffian Games is now Rockstar Dundee
Oct 6th, 2020 acquisition Coatsink Software
Thunderful 		$29.9m
Thunderful Group snaps up indie firm Coatsink
Oct 1st, 2020 investment Tencent
10 Chambers Collective 		Not disclosed
Tencent invests in GTFO maker 10 Chambers
Sep 30th, 2020 acquisition Sumo Digital
Pipeworks 		Not disclosed
Sumo Group snaps up US studio Pipeworks
Sep 28th, 2020 acquisition Epic Games
SuperAwesome 		Not disclosed
Fortnite firm Epic buys "kidtech" company SuperAwesome
Sep 22nd, 2020 acquisition id Software
Bethesda Game Studios
Microsoft
Alpha Dog Games
Tango
Arkane Studios
ZeniMax Media
Bethesda 		$7,500m
Microsoft has bought Zenimax for $7.5bn
Sep 17th, 2020 investment $6m
Bayes raises $6m to provide esports data
Sep 17th, 2020 acquisition Keywords Studios
Heavy Iron Studios 		$13.3m
Keywords snaps up Heavy Iron Studios
Sep 16th, 2020 acquisition Koch Media
Vertigo Games
Embracer Group 		$59.3m
Embracer Group snaps up VR firm Vertigo Games
Sep 14th, 2020 acquisition Nvidia
ARM 		$40,000m
Nvidia snaps up UK chip firm Arm
Aug 28th, 2020 acquisition Keywords Studios
Maverick Media 		Not disclosed
Keywords' latest purchase is creative agency Maverick Media
Aug 18th, 2020 partnership Jagex
Flying Wild Hog
Jagex Partners 		Not disclosed
Jagex Partners label signs Flying Wild Hog's next game
Aug 14th, 2020 investment PUBG Corp $10m
PUBG Corp invests $10m in VC firm 1Up
Aug 14th, 2020 Embracer Group Not disclosed
Embracer Group acquires a load of studios, including 4A and New World Interactive
Jul 29th, 2020 acquisition GAME Digital plc Not disclosed
Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME
Jul 20th, 2020 acquisition tinyBuild Games Not disclosed
Indie publisher TinyBuild buys Hello Neighbor studio Dynamic Pixels
Jul 10th, 2020 investment Epic Games
Sony 		$250m
Epic lands $250m investment from PlayStation maker Sony
Jul 1st, 2020 investment Discord $100m
Discord raises $100m to expand beyond games
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