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Square Enix folds in Forspoken studio Luminous News Mar 1st, 2023

Square Enix folds in Forspoken studio Luminous

The developer was set up in 2018

UK competition body calls on public views on Microsoft Activision deal News Oct 21st, 2022

UK competition body calls on public views on Microsoft Activision deal

Follows the CMA laying out its concerns about the merger last week

Bandai Namco says M&A boom is impacting its business News Aug 26th, 2022

Bandai Namco says M&A boom is impacting its business

The company says smaller publishers are having a harder time accessing studios

Unity rejects AppLovin merger proposal News Aug 16th, 2022

Unity rejects AppLovin merger proposal

The engine giant says it would not be in the best interest of its shareholders

AppLovin is trying to merge with Unity News Aug 10th, 2022

AppLovin is trying to merge with Unity

Though the engine firm would have to terminate its proposed deal with IronSource

EA merges Codemasters Cheshire into Criterion News May 13th, 2022

EA merges Codemasters Cheshire into Criterion

Footprint of the Need for Speed studio has doubled as a result

Vicarious Visions loses name as part of Blizzard merger News Oct 28th, 2021

Vicarious Visions loses name as part of Blizzard merger

Unclear what the studio's branding will be moving forwards

Tencent joins list of companies interested in buying Leyou News Jul 10th, 2020

Tencent joins list of companies interested in buying Leyou

Firm's shares put on hold in Hong Kong due to takeover and merger legislation

Game development agency Amber is merging with independent studio Scorpius Games News Mar 11th, 2020

Game development agency Amber is merging with independent studio Scorpius Games

It wants to further its PC and console expertise

Australian game trade bodies merge under IGEA brand News Mar 6th, 2020

Australian game trade bodies merge under IGEA brand

Has acquired assets of the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA).

Phantom Brigade creator Tetragon Works has merged with Brace Yourself Games Job News Sep 3rd, 2018

Phantom Brigade creator Tetragon Works has merged with Brace Yourself Games

Canadian company behind Crypt of the Necrodancer takes ownership of mech tactics studio

Raspberry Pi merges with CoderDojo to get more children coding News May 30th, 2017

Raspberry Pi merges with CoderDojo to get more children coding

Aims to quadruple number of CoderDojo clubs around the world to 5,000 by the end of 2020

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