| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
Oct 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Riot Games
Wargaming
|
Not disclosed
|
| Riot buys Wargaming's Sydney studio |
|
Oct 12th, 2022 |
investment |
Shiro Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Shiro Games attracts $48.5m investment |
|
Oct 10th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Fourth Floor Creative
|
Not disclosed
|
| Fourth Floor has bought creative studio Explosive Alan |
|
Oct 6th, 2022 |
investment |
Limbic Software
Bandai Namco
|
Not disclosed
|
| Bandai Namco acquires majority stake in Limbic Entertainment |
|
Oct 5th, 2022 |
investment |
Tencent
Gruby Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent acquires minority stake in Gruby Entertainment |
|
Oct 4th, 2022 |
investment |
Amber
|
$20m
|
| Dev services firm Amber lands $20m investment |
|
Sep 22nd, 2022 |
investment |
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Dread Hunger studio Digital Confectioners receives Tencent investment |
|
Sep 22nd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
Smoking Gun Interactive
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords acquires developer Smoking Gun |
|
Sep 21st, 2022 |
partnership |
Electronic Arts
Marvel Entertainment
EA Motive
|
Not disclosed
|
| EA Motive is working on an Iron Man game |
|
Sep 16th, 2022 |
investment |
Tencent
Triternion
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent invests in Slovenia's Triternion |
|
Sep 15th, 2022 |
partnership |
Electronic Arts
Koei Tecmo
|
Not disclosed
|
| EA signs publishing and development deal with Koei Tecmo |
|
Sep 7th, 2022 |
investment |
Ubisoft
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent now owns slightly more of Ubisoft |
|
Aug 31st, 2022 |
investment |
From Software
Tencent
Sony Interactive Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| Sony and Tencent increase stakes in FromSoftware |
|
Aug 31st, 2022 |
acquisition |
Quantic Dream
NetEase
|
Not disclosed
|
| NetEase has bought Quantic Dream |
|
Aug 26th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Bossa Studios
tinyBuild Games
|
$3m
|
| TinyBuild buys Bossa's IPs for $3m |
|
Aug 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Embracer Group
|
Not disclosed
|
| Embracer announces acquisitions including Lord of the Rings IP |
|
Aug 16th, 2022 |
partnership |
Private Division
|
Not disclosed
|
| Private Division signs Lord of the Rings publishing agreement with Weta Workshop |
|
Aug 10th, 2022 |
merger |
AppLovin
Unity
|
Not disclosed
|
| AppLovin is trying to merge with Unity |
|
Aug 4th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
Mighty Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords acquires AI testing outfit Mighty Games |
|
Jul 22nd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Sumo Digital
Pipeworks
Jagex
|
$0m
|
| Jagex makes its first acquisition in Pipeworks |
|
Jul 21st, 2022 |
investment |
Nekcom
|
$8m
|
| China's Nekcom secures $8m in Series A round |
|
Jul 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Bungie
Sony Interactive Entertainment
|
$3,700m
|
| Sony closes Bungie acquisition |
|
Jul 14th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Unity
|
Not disclosed
|
| Unity acquires mobile firm IronSource |
|
Jul 13th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Supermassive Games
Nordisk Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Nordisk Games is buying Supermassive |
|
Jul 6th, 2022 |
investment |
NetEase Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| NetEase Games invests in Polish VR studio Something Random |
|
Jul 1st, 2022 |
investment |
Omeda Studios
|
$20m
|
| Omeda scores $20m investment to make MOBA Predecessor |
|
Jun 30th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Blizzard Entertainment
Proletariat Inc.
|
Not disclosed
|
| Blizzard plans to buy Spellbreak maker Proletariat |
|
Jun 22nd, 2022 |
investment |
Square Enix
Blacknut
|
Not disclosed
|
| Square Enix invests in cloud games firm Blacknut |
|
Jun 9th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Keywords Studios
Forgotten Empires
|
Not disclosed
|
| Keywords acquires Age of Empires Definitive Editions studio Forgotten Empires |
|
Jun 9th, 2022 |
investment |
Embracer Group
|
$1,000,000,000m
|
| Saudi Arabia acquires $1bn stake in Embracer |
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