| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
Jul 25th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Big Ben Interactive
|
Not disclosed
|
| Bigben Interactive acquires Technomancer developer Spiders |
|
Jul 24th, 2019 |
investment |
Doppio Games
|
$1.1m
|
| "The definitive voice game has not been built yet": Why Doppio raised $1.1m to make games for Alexa |
|
Jul 19th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Kongregate
|
Not disclosed
|
| Kongregate snaps up developer RPG Bit Heroes |
|
Jul 9th, 2019 |
partnership |
Studio MDHR
Netflix
|
Not disclosed
|
| Netflix working with Studio MDHR and King Features on animated Cuphead series |
|
Jul 9th, 2019 |
partnership |
Unity Technologies
NBC Universal
|
Not disclosed
|
| Universal, Digital Platforms and Unity team to launch Universal GameDev Challenge winners on Steam |
|
Jul 1st, 2019 |
acquisition |
Microsoft
Remedy Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| Alan Wake publishing rights pass from Microsoft to Remedy |
|
Jun 12th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Fortnite maker Epic acquires social platform Houseparty |
|
Jun 12th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
$3.2m
|
| Keywords sets up shop in Vancouver with Descriptive Video Works acquisition |
|
May 21st, 2019 |
acquisition |
Tencent
Sharkmob
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent's latest games acquisition is Sweden's Sharkmob |
|
May 16th, 2019 |
partnership |
Microsoft
Sony
|
Not disclosed
|
| Microsoft and Sony sign cloud gaming deal |
|
May 13th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
$1.1m
€1m
|
| Keywords snaps up Tokyo-based HTML5 dev Wizcorp |
|
May 10th, 2019 |
acquisition |
Sega Publishing Europe Ltd
|
Not disclosed
|
| Two Point Hospital maker Two Point Studios joins Sega Europe |
|
May 10th, 2019 |
investment |
Unity
|
$125m
|
| New $125m funding round for Unity values company at $6bn |
|
May 1st, 2019 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
Psyonix
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic buys Rocket League developer Psyonix |
|
May 1st, 2019 |
investment |
Fnatic
|
$17m
|
| Fnatic expands its esports operation by raising $19 million in funding |
|
Apr 18th, 2019 |
investment |
Gen.G
|
$46m
46m
|
| Hollywood star Will Smith just took part in $46m funding round for esports firm Gen.G |
|
Apr 10th, 2019 |
investment |
Good Shepherd
|
Not disclosed
|
| Indie label Good Shepherd snaps up majority stake in new Polish studio Artificer |
|
Apr 9th, 2019 |
investment |
MyTona
Fntastic
|
Not disclosed
|
| Russian free-to-play mobile game publisher MyTona is getting into the PC market |
|
Apr 2nd, 2019 |
partnership |
Paradox
|
Not disclosed
|
| Paradox is building a new strategy game with Brenda and John Romero |
|
Apr 2nd, 2019 |
investment |
Intel Capital
|
$12m
|
| Cloud tech startup Polystream secures $12 million to develop 3D streaming services |
|
Mar 14th, 2019 |
|
Curve Digital
The Catalis Group
Runner Duck
|
Not disclosed
|
| Curve parent firm Catalis snaps up Bomber Crew studio Runner Duck |
|
Feb 27th, 2019 |
investment |
|
$17.3m
|
| G2 Esports raises $17.3 million for global growth and further investment |
|
Feb 21st, 2019 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords’ latest acquisition is Dutch cloud platform GetSocial |
|
Feb 18th, 2019 |
investment |
tinyBuild Games
|
$15m
|
| TinyBuild raises not-so-tiny funding as it secures $15 million investment |
|
Feb 15th, 2019 |
investment |
Plug In Digital
|
$2.3m
|
| Games distributor Plug In Digital raises $2.25M to push growth and publishing efforts |
|
Feb 13th, 2019 |
acquisition |
THQ Nordic
|
Not disclosed
|
| THQ Nordic acquires Kingdom Come Deliverance studio Warhorse and Australian distributor 18Point2 |
|
Feb 12th, 2019 |
other |
OtherSide Entertainment
Starbreeze Studios
|
$12m
|
| Troubled Starbreeze sells System Shock 3 publishing rights back to developer Otherside |
|
Feb 4th, 2019 |
investment |
Auroch Digital
|
$0.2m
|
| Miniclip among the investors pushing Auroch Digital’s move into original IP |
|
Feb 1st, 2019 |
acquisition |
Sumo Digital
Red Kite Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Sumo snaps up Red Kite Games |
|
Jan 30th, 2019 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Player analytics firm FanAI acquires esports data experts Waypoint Media |
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