| Date |
Type |
Companies involved |
Size |
|
May 24th, 2022 |
investment |
Hiro Capital
|
$2.2m
|
| Indie publisher Firestoke scores $2.2m seed funding |
|
May 20th, 2022 |
investment |
Hiro Capital
Skybound Entertainment
|
Not disclosed
|
| Hiro Capital invests in Skybound Entertainment |
|
May 19th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Virtuos
|
Not disclosed
|
| Virtuos has bought Vietnamese art studio Glass Egg |
|
May 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
CI Games
|
$5.2m
|
| CI Games makes offer to buy back publisher United Label |
|
May 17th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Improbable
|
Not disclosed
|
| Improbable continues games divestment with Midwinter sale |
|
May 3rd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Square Enix
Crystal Dynamics
Eidos-Montreal
Square Enix Montreal
Embracer Group
|
$300m
|
| Embracer Group snaps up Square Enix's Western studios and IP |
|
Apr 27th, 2022 |
investment |
Virtuos
|
Not disclosed
|
| Virtuos backs Ubisoft vets at Umanaïa Interactive |
|
Apr 21st, 2022 |
investment |
ProbablyMonsters
|
$250m
|
| ProbablyMonsters lands $250m in latest fundraising round |
|
Apr 1st, 2022 |
investment |
Novarama
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Spanish dev Novarama lands investment from Tencent |
|
Mar 29th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Room 8
|
Not disclosed
|
| Ukraine's Room 8 snaps up Massive Black |
|
Mar 29th, 2022 |
investment |
nDreams
|
$35m
|
| VR firm NDreams lands $35m investment |
|
Mar 22nd, 2022 |
investment |
|
$35m
|
| VR studio Ramen lands $35m Series B |
|
Mar 18th, 2022 |
investment |
RiffRaff Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Studio MayDay lands Tencent investment, rebrands to RiffRaff |
|
Mar 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Offworld Industries
|
Not disclosed
|
| Offworld Industries acquires Beyond the Wire dev Redstone |
|
Mar 17th, 2022 |
partnership |
Private Division
|
Not disclosed
|
| Private Division signs four new projects |
|
Mar 17th, 2022 |
investment |
Tencent
Tequila Works
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent becomes major stakeholder in Rime firm Tequila Works |
|
Mar 15th, 2022 |
investment |
Riot Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Riot invests in Arcane animation studio Fortiche |
|
Mar 11th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Atari
Antstream Arcade
|
$1.5m
|
| Atari buys MobyGames for $1.5 million |
|
Mar 9th, 2022 |
investment |
Lightforge Games
|
$15m
|
| Lightforge closes Series A with $15m |
|
Mar 4th, 2022 |
investment |
thatgamecompany
|
$160m
|
| Journey dev Thatgamecompany attracts $160m investment |
|
Mar 3rd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Epic Games
|
Not disclosed
|
| Epic has acquired music firm Bandcamp |
|
Feb 28th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Tencent
|
Not disclosed
|
| Tencent is buying Poland's 1C Entertainment |
|
Feb 24th, 2022 |
acquisition |
THQ Nordic
|
Not disclosed
|
| THQ Nordic acquires Metricminds |
|
Feb 23rd, 2022 |
acquisition |
Tencent
Improbable
|
Not disclosed
|
| Improbable sells Inflexion Games to Tencent |
|
Feb 18th, 2022 |
partnership |
Amazon
|
Not disclosed
|
| Amazon signs deal with dj2 Entertainment |
|
Feb 18th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Daedalic Entertainment
|
$60m
|
| Nacon buys Daedalic in $60m deal |
|
Feb 14th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Focus Home Interactive
|
Not disclosed
|
| Focus acquires Metal Slug Tactics studio Leikir |
|
Feb 1st, 2022 |
acquisition |
Bungie
Sony Interactive Entertainment
|
$3,600m
|
| PlayStation maker Sony acquires Destiny firm Bungie |
|
Jan 27th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Virtuos
|
Not disclosed
|
| Virtuos acquires Kyiv-based Volmi Games |
|
Jan 19th, 2022 |
acquisition |
Activision Blizzard
Microsoft
|
$68,700m
|
| Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69bn |
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