| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
Jul 22nd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Sumo Digital
Pipeworks
Jagex
|
$0m
|
| Jagex makes its first acquisition in Pipeworks |
|
Jul 21st, 2022 |
investment |
Nekcom
|
$8m
|
| China's Nekcom secures $8m in Series A round |
|
Jul 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Bungie
Sony Interactive Entertainment
|
$3,700m
|
| Sony closes Bungie acquisition |
|
Jul 14th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Unity
|
Not disclosed
|
| Unity acquires mobile firm IronSource |
|
Jul 13th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Supermassive Games
Nordisk Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Nordisk Games is buying Supermassive |
|
Jul 6th, 2022 |
investment |
NetEase Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| NetEase Games invests in Polish VR studio Something Random |
|
Jul 1st, 2022 |
investment |
Omeda Studios
|
$20m
|
| Omeda scores $20m investment to make MOBA Predecessor |
|
Jun 30th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Blizzard Entertainment
Proletariat Inc.
|
Not disclosed
|
| Blizzard plans to buy Spellbreak maker Proletariat |
|
Jun 22nd, 2022 |
investment |
Square Enix
Blacknut
|
Not disclosed
|
| Square Enix invests in cloud games firm Blacknut |
|
Jun 9th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
Forgotten Empires
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords acquires Age of Empires Definitive Editions studio Forgotten Empires |
|
Jun 9th, 2022 |
investment |
Embracer Group
|
$1,000,000,000m
|
| Saudi Arabia acquires $1bn stake in Embracer |
|
May 24th, 2022 |
investment |
Hiro Capital
|
$2.2m
|
| Indie publisher Firestoke scores $2.2m seed funding |
|
May 20th, 2022 |
investment |
Hiro Capital
Skybound Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| Hiro Capital invests in Skybound Entertainment |
|
May 19th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Virtuos
|
Not disclosed
|
| Virtuos has bought Vietnamese art studio Glass Egg |
|
May 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
CI Games
|
$5.2m
|
| CI Games makes offer to buy back publisher United Label |
|
May 17th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Improbable
|
Not disclosed
|
| Improbable continues games divestment with Midwinter sale |
|
May 3rd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Square Enix
Crystal Dynamics
Eidos-Montreal
Square Enix Montreal
Embracer Group
|
$300m
|
| Embracer Group snaps up Square Enix's Western studios and IP |
|
Apr 27th, 2022 |
investment |
Virtuos
|
Not disclosed
|
| Virtuos backs Ubisoft vets at Umanaïa Interactive |
|
Apr 21st, 2022 |
investment |
ProbablyMonsters
|
$250m
|
| ProbablyMonsters lands $250m in latest fundraising round |
|
Apr 1st, 2022 |
investment |
Novarama
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Spanish dev Novarama lands investment from Tencent |
|
Mar 29th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Room 8
|
Not disclosed
|
| Ukraine's Room 8 snaps up Massive Black |
|
Mar 29th, 2022 |
investment |
nDreams
|
$35m
|
| VR firm NDreams lands $35m investment |
|
Mar 22nd, 2022 |
investment |
|
$35m
|
| VR studio Ramen lands $35m Series B |
|
Mar 18th, 2022 |
investment |
RiffRaff Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Studio MayDay lands Tencent investment, rebrands to RiffRaff |
|
Mar 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Offworld Industries
|
Not disclosed
|
| Offworld Industries acquires Beyond the Wire dev Redstone |
|
Mar 17th, 2022 |
partnership |
Private Division
|
Not disclosed
|
| Private Division signs four new projects |
|
Mar 17th, 2022 |
investment |
Tencent
Tequila Works
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent becomes major stakeholder in Rime firm Tequila Works |
|
Mar 15th, 2022 |
investment |
Riot Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Riot invests in Arcane animation studio Fortiche |
|
Mar 11th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Atari
Antstream Arcade
|
$1.5m
|
| Atari buys MobyGames for $1.5 million |
|
Mar 9th, 2022 |
investment |
Lightforge Games
|
$15m
|
| Lightforge closes Series A with $15m |
