| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
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 |
|
Jun 26th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
$2.5m
|
| Keywords snaps up development studio Coconut Lizard |
|
Jun 3rd, 2020 |
acquisition |
Tencent
Funcom
|
$201m
|
| Funcom accepted Tencent acquisition offer earlier this year |
|
Jun 2nd, 2020 |
license |
Codemasters
|
Not disclosed
|
| Codemasters lands FIA World Rally Championship IP |
|
May 26th, 2020 |
investment |
Marvelous Europe
Tencent
|
$65m
|
| Tencent snaps up 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous |
|
May 15th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Sumo Digital
Lab42
|
Not disclosed
|
| Sumo Digital acquires work-for-hire studio Lab42 |
|
Apr 30th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Goodbye Kansas Studios
Bublar Group
|
$5.7m
|
| Bublar Group snaps up Goodbye Kansas |
|
Apr 28th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Jagex
|
$530m
|
| RuneScape maker Jagex has a brand new owner |
|
Apr 28th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Ziggurat Interactive acquires more than 30 games from Prism Entertainment |
|
Apr 27th, 2020 |
investment |
Tencent
Huya
|
$262.6m
|
| Tencent buys $263m stake in Chinese streaming firm Huya |
|
Apr 20th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Fig
|
Not disclosed
|
| Startup funding firm Republic snaps up crowdfunding platform Fig |
|
Apr 7th, 2020 |
acquisition |
SteelSeries
|
Not disclosed
|
| SteelSeries snaps up 3D sound firm A-Volute |
|
Mar 30th, 2020 |
investment |
Cloud Imperium
|
$17.3m
|
| Star Citizen developer lands another $17.25m in investment |
|
Mar 13th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic Games acquires facial animation firm Cubic Motion |
|
Mar 11th, 2020 |
merger |
Scorpius Games
Amber
|
Not disclosed
|
| Game development agency Amber is merging with independent studio Scorpius Games |
|
Mar 10th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| DDM Agency has acquired Digi-Capital's data platform |
|
Mar 6th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Australian game trade bodies merge under IGEA brand |
