| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
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 |
|
Mar 5th, 2020 |
|
Phoenix Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Phoenix Games makes its third acquisition with Studio Firefly |
|
Mar 5th, 2020 |
investment |
|
$1m
|
| Esports Players League secures $1m in funding |
|
Mar 4th, 2020 |
investment |
Labworks.io
|
$0.5m
|
| Voice games developer Labworks gets $640k investment |
|
Mar 4th, 2020 |
investment |
|
Not disclosed
|
| VC Jon Goldman joins Flavourworks Series A |
|
Feb 27th, 2020 |
investment |
Roblox
|
Not disclosed
|
| Roblox now valued at $4bn |
|
Feb 26th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Meta
Sanzaru Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Facebook acquires Asgard's Wrath developer Sanzaru Games |
|
Feb 25th, 2020 |
investment |
Sega
|
Not disclosed
|
| Sega has invested in an Indian music startup |
|
Feb 20th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Koch Media
THQ Nordic
Voxler
Embracer Group
|
Not disclosed
|
| Koch Media has bought Let's Sing developer Voxler |
|
Feb 19th, 2020 |
acquisition |
THQ Nordic
|
$525m
|
| THQ Nordic parent firm Embracer buys Saber |
|
Feb 14th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Australia's video game developer and publisher trade bodies to merge |
|
Feb 11th, 2020 |
investment |
Tencent
Yager Development
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent invests in Spec Ops and The Cycle studio Yager |
|
Feb 5th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Improbable
Zeuz
|
Not disclosed
|
| SpatialOS firm Improbable buys German multiplayer service company Zeuz |
|
Jan 29th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Garena
|
Not disclosed
|
| Singapore's Garena snaps up Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs |
|
Jan 7th, 2020 |
investment |
PlatinumGames Inc.
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| PlatinumGames secures investment from Chinese giant Tencent |
|
Jan 2nd, 2020 |
acquisition |
Team17
|
$1.9m
|
| Team17 snaps up Yippee Entertainment |
|
Dec 17th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Corsair Games
Scuf
|
Not disclosed
|
| Corsair is set to acquire gamepad specialist Scuf |
|
Dec 17th, 2019 |
|
Keywords Studios
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords expands translation, marketing and audio businesses with trio of acquisitions |
|
Dec 6th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Kongregate
|
Not disclosed
|
| Kongregate snaps up browser-based battle royale game Surviv.io |
|
Dec 4th, 2019 |
investment |
Mail.Ru Games
My.Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker dev Owlcat goes independent with new funding round |
|
Nov 29th, 2019 |
investment |
Bossa Studios
NetEase
|
Not disclosed
|
| Chinese games firm NetEase invests in Bossa Studios |
|
Nov 29th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Codemasters
Slightly Mad Studios
|
$30m
|
| Racing studio Codemasters intends to buy Project CARS maker Slightly Mad |
|
Nov 27th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Meta
Oculus
|
Not disclosed
|
| Facebook has acquired the maker of Beat Saber |
|
Nov 27th, 2019 |
acquisition |
|
$20.6m
|
| Sweden's Toadman buys British publisher Sold Out for $20.6m |
|
Nov 26th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Rebellion
|
Not disclosed
|
| Rebellion snaps up old-school game developers Bitmap Brothers |
|
Nov 20th, 2019 |
investment |
Ganymede
|
$550m
|
| Ganymede Games brings in $550k in angel investment |
|
Nov 11th, 2019 |
investment |
Hiro Capital
|
$3.8m
|
| London studio Flavourworks raises $3.8m in Series A round |
|
Oct 21st, 2019 |
|
Sabertooth Interactive
|
Not disclosed
|
| Saber Interactive snaps up Dakar 18 developer Bigmoon Entertainment |
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