| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
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
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 Media
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
Don't Nod
|
$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 |