| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
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 |
|
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 |
