| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
May 13th, 2021 |
investment |
Dreamhaven
Lightforge Games
|
$5m
|
| Blizzard and Epic vets launch new RPG studio Lightforge Games |
|
May 6th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Electronic Arts
|
Not disclosed
|
| EA snaps up Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead |
|
May 4th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic snaps up ArtStation platform |
|
Apr 28th, 2021 |
investment |
Bonsai Collective
|
$3.5m
|
| Bonsai Collective lands $3.5m investment from Super.com |
|
Apr 27th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Phosphor Games Studios
People Can Fly
|
Not disclosed
|
| Outriders dev People Can Fly snaps up Phosphor Games |
|
Apr 23rd, 2021 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
Climax Studios
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords snaps up UK games studio Climax |
|
Apr 21st, 2021 |
acquisition |
Focus Home Interactive
|
Not disclosed
|
| Focus Home Interactive snaps up Space Hulk: Deathwing developer Streum On |
|
Apr 14th, 2021 |
investment |
Epic Games
|
$1,000m
|
| Epic closes $1bn funding round, Fortnite firm worth $28.7bn |
|
Apr 13th, 2021 |
investment |
Panivox
|
Not disclosed
|
| Oliver Twins set up new venture Panivox to work on... something? |
|
Apr 9th, 2021 |
partnership |
Microids
|
Not disclosed
|
| Microids signs publishing deal for four Smurfs games |
|
Apr 8th, 2021 |
partnership |
Don't Nod
PortaPlay
|
Not disclosed
|
| Dontnod is getting into third-party publishing |
|
Apr 1st, 2021 |
acquisition |
505 Games
3D Realms
All in! Games
|
$5.9m
|
| 505 Games buys Ghostrunner IP for $5.9m |
|
Apr 1st, 2021 |
partnership |
Microsoft
|
$21,880m
|
| Microsoft lands $21.9bn HoloLens contract with US military |
|
Mar 31st, 2021 |
acquisition |
CD Projekt Red
|
Not disclosed
|
| CD Projekt acquires Canada's Digital Scapes, tweaks development strategy |
|
Mar 29th, 2021 |
investment |
Konami
Nexon
Sega Sammy Holdings
Bandai Namco
|
Not disclosed
|
| Nexon has invested in Bandai Namco, Konami and Sega Sammy |
|
Mar 29th, 2021 |
investment |
Supermassive Games
Nordisk Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Nordisk Games snaps up 30.7% stake in Supermassive |
|
Mar 22nd, 2021 |
partnership |
Koch Media
Starbreeze
|
Not disclosed
|
| Starbreeze signs Payday 3 publishing deal with Koch Media |
|
Mar 18th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
$46.8m
|
| Keywords enters the Australian market with Tantalus Media acquisition |
|
Mar 12th, 2021 |
partnership |
Electronic Arts
Silver Rain Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Abubakar Salim's Silver Rain signs publishing deal with EA Originals |
|
Mar 10th, 2021 |
investment |
Epic Games
Omeda Studios
|
$2.2m
|
| Omeda Studios lands $2.2m in funding from investors, also scores grant from Epic |
|
Mar 4th, 2021 |
investment |
NetEase
Theorycraft Games
|
$37.5m
|
| Riot, Blizzard, Valve and Bungie vets launch new studio Theorycraft Games with backing of NetEase |
|
Mar 3rd, 2021 |
acquisition |
Mediatonic
Epic Games
Tonic Games Group
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic buys Fall Guys maker Tonic Games Group |
|
Feb 19th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Codemasters
Electronic Arts
|
$1,200m
|
| EA completes Codemasters acquisition, hails "new global powerhouse" for racing |
|
Feb 3rd, 2021 |
acquisition |
Gearbox Software
Aspyr Media
Embracer Group
|
$1,300m
|
| THQ Nordic parent Embracer snaps up Borderlands firm Gearbox |
|
Feb 1st, 2021 |
acquisition |
Sumo Digital
|
$0.3m
|
| Sumo Group snaps up Polish studio PixelAnt |
|
Jan 29th, 2021 |
investment |
Tencent
Don't Nod
|
$60.6m
|
| Tencent invests in Life is Strange maker Dontnod |
|
Jan 25th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Jagex
|
Not disclosed
|
| RuneScape firm Jagex has been acquired AGAIN, this time by The Carlyle Group |
|
Jan 22nd, 2021 |
investment |
Asobo Studio
|
Not disclosed
|
| Microsoft Flight Sim maker Asobo lands investment from Sagard NewGen |
|
Jan 22nd, 2021 |
acquisition |
Team17
|
$16.4m
|
| Team17 buys Golf With Your Friends IP for $16.4m |
|
Jan 15th, 2021 |
acquisition |
Infinite Interactive
Digital Bros
|
$4.5m
|
| 505 parent Digital Bros snaps up Infinity Plus Two |
