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What Keywords Studios' acquisition strategy looks like for the coming year Industry Icon Apr 25th, 2019

What Keywords Studios' acquisition strategy looks like for the coming year

CEO Andrew Day opens up about what the firm is looking for moving forward and what lessons he learnt from taking Keywords public

GDC 2019 - Keywords has around $114m in the bank for acquisitions News Mar 21st, 2019

GDC 2019 - Keywords has around $114m in the bank for acquisitions

CEO Andrew Day says he isn't in a rush to spend this sum this year, saying most of the company's deals are around $10m.

Microsoft's studio spending spree continues: Big M to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian and inXile News Nov 11th, 2018

Microsoft's studio spending spree continues: Big M to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian and inXile

Both role-playing game giants founded by former Interplay developers who have turned to crowdfunding for recent releases the latest firm to join the Xbox family

Half year revenue up 72 per cent for Keywords as firm makes two acquisitions in Sound Lab and Trailer Farm News Sep 18th, 2018

Half year revenue up 72 per cent for Keywords as firm makes two acquisitions in Sound Lab and Trailer Farm

Firm made $128.6m for the six months ending June 30th

Keywords: "The acquisitions make the headlines but we are actually most proud of our organic growth" Interviews & Opinion Aug 14th, 2018

Keywords: "The acquisitions make the headlines but we are actually most proud of our organic growth"

CEO Andrew Day talks about the games giant's current strategy

Behind the scenes on Microsoft's E3 2018 spending spree - Matt Booty on why the Big M splashed so much cash on its first-party line-up Industry Icon Jul 17th, 2018

Behind the scenes on Microsoft's E3 2018 spending spree - Matt Booty on why the Big M splashed so much cash on its first-party line-up

The recently-appointed CVP of Microsoft Studios shares why it bought the four developers it did and what the plan is for its new outfit The Initiative

1 Microsoft says it is very interested in mid-tier game developers at the moment News Jul 17th, 2018

Microsoft says it is very interested in mid-tier game developers at the moment

Follows a spending spree that saw the firm buy the sector's poster child, Ninja Theory, along with three other studios

Paradox is on the hunt for mergers and acquisitions News Jul 2nd, 2018

Paradox is on the hunt for mergers and acquisitions

Asia - in particular China - an area that the Swedish firm wants to expand into

Keywords has sourced more than $120 million to enable further acquisitions News Jun 5th, 2018

Keywords has sourced more than $120 million to enable further acquisitions

Services provider has bought four companies in 2018 so far

Keywords adds music services to its offering with Cord and Laced acquisitions News Apr 10th, 2018

Keywords adds music services to its offering with Cord and Laced acquisitions

Money and music to someone's ears

Report: Microsoft has looked into buying EA, Valve and PUBG Corp News Jan 30th, 2018

Report: Microsoft has looked into buying EA, Valve and PUBG Corp

The Xbox giant would seem to be making some pretty big plans

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