| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
Jul 20th, 2020 |
acquisition |
tinyBuild Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Indie publisher TinyBuild buys Hello Neighbor studio Dynamic Pixels |
|
Jul 10th, 2020 |
investment |
Epic Games
Sony
|
$250m
|
| Epic lands $250m investment from PlayStation maker Sony |
|
Jul 1st, 2020 |
investment |
Discord
|
$100m
|
| Discord raises $100m to expand beyond games |
|
Jun 26th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
|
$2.5m
|
| Keywords snaps up development studio Coconut Lizard |
|
Jun 3rd, 2020 |
acquisition |
Tencent
Funcom
|
$201m
|
| Funcom accepted Tencent acquisition offer earlier this year |
|
Jun 2nd, 2020 |
license |
Codemasters
|
Not disclosed
|
| Codemasters lands FIA World Rally Championship IP |
|
May 26th, 2020 |
investment |
Marvelous Europe
Tencent
|
$65m
|
| Tencent snaps up 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous |
|
May 15th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Sumo Digital
Lab42
|
Not disclosed
|
| Sumo Digital acquires work-for-hire studio Lab42 |
|
Apr 30th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Goodbye Kansas Studios
Bublar Group
|
$5.7m
|
| Bublar Group snaps up Goodbye Kansas |
|
Apr 28th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Jagex
|
$530m
|
| RuneScape maker Jagex has a brand new owner |
|
Apr 28th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Ziggurat Interactive acquires more than 30 games from Prism Entertainment |
|
Apr 27th, 2020 |
investment |
Tencent
Huya
|
$262.6m
|
| Tencent buys $263m stake in Chinese streaming firm Huya |
|
Apr 20th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Fig
|
Not disclosed
|
| Startup funding firm Republic snaps up crowdfunding platform Fig |
|
Apr 7th, 2020 |
acquisition |
SteelSeries
|
Not disclosed
|
| SteelSeries snaps up 3D sound firm A-Volute |
|
Mar 30th, 2020 |
investment |
Cloud Imperium
|
$17.3m
|
| Star Citizen developer lands another $17.25m in investment |
|
Mar 13th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic Games acquires facial animation firm Cubic Motion |
|
Mar 11th, 2020 |
merger |
Scorpius Games
Amber
|
Not disclosed
|
| Game development agency Amber is merging with independent studio Scorpius Games |
|
Mar 10th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| DDM Agency has acquired Digi-Capital's data platform |
|
Mar 6th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Australian game trade bodies merge under IGEA brand |
|
Mar 5th, 2020 |
|
Phoenix Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Phoenix Games makes its third acquisition with Studio Firefly |
|
Mar 5th, 2020 |
investment |
|
$1m
|
| Esports Players League secures $1m in funding |
|
Mar 4th, 2020 |
investment |
Labworks.io
|
$0.5m
|
| Voice games developer Labworks gets $640k investment |
|
Mar 4th, 2020 |
investment |
|
Not disclosed
|
| VC Jon Goldman joins Flavourworks Series A |
|
Feb 27th, 2020 |
investment |
Roblox
|
Not disclosed
|
| Roblox now valued at $4bn |
|
Feb 26th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Meta
Sanzaru Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Facebook acquires Asgard's Wrath developer Sanzaru Games |
|
Feb 25th, 2020 |
investment |
Sega
|
Not disclosed
|
| Sega has invested in an Indian music startup |
|
Feb 20th, 2020 |
acquisition |
Koch Media
THQ Nordic
Voxler
Embracer Group
|
Not disclosed
|
| Koch Media has bought Let's Sing developer Voxler |
|
Feb 19th, 2020 |
acquisition |
THQ Nordic
|
$525m
|
| THQ Nordic parent firm Embracer buys Saber |
|
Feb 14th, 2020 |
acquisition |
|
Not disclosed
|
| Australia's video game developer and publisher trade bodies to merge |
|
Feb 11th, 2020 |
investment |
Tencent
Yager Development
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent invests in Spec Ops and The Cycle studio Yager |
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