| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
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 by Irdeto
|
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 |
|
Aug 10th, 2017 |
|
Activision Blizzard
|
Not disclosed
|
| Teams in London and LA added to Overwatch League |
|
Aug 9th, 2017 |
|
Kongregate
|
Not disclosed
|
| Kongregate reveals $10m publishing fund |
|
Aug 2nd, 2017 |
|
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent makes investment in UK indie studio Milky Tea |
|
Jul 28th, 2017 |
|
Frontier Developments
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent acquires 9% stake in Frontier Developments |
|
Jul 21st, 2017 |
other |
Razer
|
Not applicable
|
| Report: Razer sets sights on $5bn valuation for IPO |
|
Jun 9th, 2017 |
investment |
Discord
|
$50m
|
| Discord reportedly valued at $725 million after quietly raising $50 million funding round |
|
May 30th, 2017 |
merger |
Raspberry Pi Foundation
CoderDojo
|
Not disclosed
|
| Raspberry Pi merges with CoderDojo to get more children coding |
|
May 25th, 2017 |
|
Unity Technologies
|
$400m
|
| Unity Gets $400m Investment |
|
May 17th, 2017 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
GameSim
|
$4.8m
|
| Keywords Studios' acquisition spree continues with $4.8 million acquisition of GameSim |
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