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Bayes raises $6m to provide esports data $$$$ Sep 17th, 2020

Bayes raises $6m to provide esports data

"This provides a great starting point for the creation of new services and products leading to greater entertainment offerings for the esports fans and community"

Keywords snaps up Heavy Iron Studios $$$$$ Sep 17th, 2020

Keywords snaps up Heavy Iron Studios

Developer has worked on Marvel's Avengers, the Call of Duty series and Disney Infinity in the past

Embracer Group snaps up VR firm Vertigo Games €€€€ Sep 16th, 2020

Embracer Group snaps up VR firm Vertigo Games

THQ Nordic parent company made the acquisition through its Koch Media subsidiary

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Date Type Companies involved Size
May 9th, 2018 investment Action Squad Studios $2m
Ex-Rovio and Supercell devs raise $2m for new studio Action Squad
Apr 24th, 2018 investment Epic Games
Tencent Games 		$0m
15m
Tencent puts $15m behind Fortnite China release
Apr 23rd, 2018 Valve
Campo Santo 		Not disclosed
Valve has bought Firewatch maker Campo Santo
Apr 10th, 2018 Keywords Studios Not disclosed
Keywords adds music services to its offering with Cord and Laced acquisitions
Mar 29th, 2018 Raw Fury Games $0.1m
Multiplay founder Craig Fletcher has invested $125,000 into indie publisher Raw Fury
Mar 27th, 2018 $1.7m
Games London secures $1.7m from Mayor of London to run LGF until 2021
Mar 15th, 2018 Curve Digital Not disclosed
Indie publisher Curve Digital is working on a Narcos video game
Mar 12th, 2018 PUBG Corp Not disclosed
PUBG Corp buys New York's MadGlory to work on community development tools
Mar 2nd, 2018 Ubisoft
Blue Mammoth Games 		Not disclosed
Ubisoft snaps up Brawlhalla maker Blue Mammoth
Feb 23rd, 2018 investment Vision Esports $38m
Vision Esports scores $38 million to invest in pro-gaming business
Feb 19th, 2018 Epic Games
Mail.Ru 		Not disclosed
Unreal developers can get funding, development and marketing support via Epic Games and Mail.ru deal
Feb 14th, 2018 acquisition Koch Media
THQ Nordic 		$195.7m
€121m
THQ Nordic snaps up Deep Silver owner Koch Media in deal worth $196 million
Jan 31st, 2018 acquisition Coffee Stain Studios Not disclosed
Coffee Stain takes majority stake in Goat Z maker Gone North Games
Jan 30th, 2018 acquisition PlayFab Not disclosed
Backend provider Playfab purchased by Microsoft
Jan 29th, 2018 merger Game – the German Games Industry Association Not disclosed
There's a new German games trade body after BIU and GAME merger
Jan 25th, 2018 Epic Games
Cloudgine 		Not disclosed
Cloud computing firm Cloudgine snapped up by Epic Games
Jan 24th, 2018 Denuvo Not disclosed
Digital security specialist Irdeto snaps up anti-tamper firm Denuvo
Jan 12th, 2018 G:loot $0m
12.1m
Swedish esports firm G:loot brings in $12.1m in investment
Dec 18th, 2017 The Walt Disney Company
21st Century Fox 		$52,000m
Disney splashes out $52bn for 21st Century Fox
Dec 14th, 2017 investment Raw Fury Games $0m
0.6m
Indie publisher Raw Fury secures $600k investment
Dec 13th, 2017 acquisition Keywords Studios
Sperasoft 		$27m
Keywords snaps up Sperasoft for $27m
Nov 28th, 2017 acquisition Multiplay
Unity 		$0m
25.2m
Unity snaps up Multiplay's digital business for £19m
Nov 17th, 2017 acquisition THQ Nordic Not disclosed
THQ Nordic acquires Biomutant studio Experiment 101
Oct 25th, 2017 acquisition Keywords Studios
VMC 		$66.4m
Keywords is acquiring American QA firm VMC for $66.4m
Oct 19th, 2017 acquisition d3t
Keywords Studios 		$3.9m
Keywords Studios has acquired d3t for £3m
Oct 16th, 2017 IGN Entertainment
Humble Bundle 		Not disclosed
IGN has bought 'pay-what-you-want' games retailer Humble Bundle
Sep 19th, 2017 investment Improbable
Automaton 		$10m
Deceit dev Automaton raises $10m, teams up with Improbable for new project
Sep 12th, 2017 investment Bossa Studios $10m
Bossa Studios raises $10m in Series A funding
Sep 5th, 2017 investment $20m
Call of Duty and Hellblade facial animation firm Cubic Motion secures £20m in funding
Aug 17th, 2017 Deep Silver Not disclosed
Deep Silver picks up Shenmue III publishing rights
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