December 2, 2024 Acqusitions Tencent acquires majority stake in Wuthering Waves developer Kuro Games Studio claims it will remain independent following the deal
November 29, 2024 Acqusitions Nazara subsidiary Nodwin Gaming acquires Trinity Gaming for $2.8 million Games and esports firm plans to strengthen Trinity’s portfolio in emerging markets like Southeast Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East
November 20, 2024 Acqusitions Game District acquires majority stake in Türkiye’s Gleam Games Gleam Games CEO is now chief strategy officer at Game District
November 15, 2024 Week That Was Microsoft’s acquisition ambitions. Jordan's rising star, and Monster Hunter Now’s event success | Week in Views The Pocketgamer.biz team pick their highlights from the headlines this week and deliver the stories behind the stories
November 5, 2024 Acqusition Rumours Take-Two in talks to sell adtech division Chartboost AppLovin and LoopMe are potential buyers
October 8, 2024 Big Plans Ahead Scopely plans major acquisition next year “I hope that we announce at least one megadeal," said Scopely's chief revenue officer Tim O’Brien
August 14, 2024 More Acquisitions Keywords spending spree continues with the acquisition of UK dev Wushu Studios With over 20 such purchases under their belt, fuelling a £2.1 billion valuation, Keywords aren't done with their M&A strategy just yet
August 7, 2024 Big Moves Nazara’s $100m M&A war chest takes India’s largest games company global CEO Nitish Mittersain on why Nazara could invest even more in deals and his ambitions of growing the company to a $10 billion valuation
July 19, 2024 Acqusitions Nazara completes acquisition of Paper Boat Apps Since acquiring a stake in PBA in 2019, children's learning app Kiddopia has grown significantly
July 4, 2024 He Shoots. He Scores Sporty Group acquires Jon Hare's Sociable Soccer Hare's spin on the legendary Sensible Soccer is now part of the SportyBet company's portfolio of betting and gaming brands
May 20, 2024 Acqusitions Keywords Studios green lights £2 billion EQT Group buyout offer EQT Group has until Saturday, June 15th 2024 to seal the deal or walk away
May 13, 2024 Acqusitions Trophy Games snaps up 20 titles from Tivola Games in acquisition deal With 20 new games in its locker, the company are moving beyond their portfolio of real-world sims and interests
March 18, 2024 There Can Be Only One Analytics firm Sensor Tower has just bought rival, Data.ai The move essentially gives Sensor Tower a clean sweep in the app analytics space
February 9, 2024 Done Deal Jagex changes hands for the sixth time in ten years Current owners Carlyle to sell Jagex to CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments following extended negotiations
January 4, 2024 Mena Focus Savvy Games Group: “Approximately 75 percent of our capital allotment has not yet been invested” We speak to Savvy Games Group CEO Brian Ward about the accomplishments of the past year, what we can expect to see next from the MENA region and Savvy’s new games ambitions
December 22, 2023 Podcast Zynga’s Yaron Leyvand on the secret to making a “forever franchise” | Podcast In the final podcast of 2024 the PocketGamer.biz podcast team speak to Zynga's Yaron Leyvand about the company's incredible journey - from Farmville to forever franchises
June 29, 2023 New Deals Scopely acquires Dundee-based Tag Games Doubling down on 2021’s investment, the firm have now made Tag Games a Scopely Studio
May 29, 2023 Investgame Report Gaming deals cooled down significantly in Q1 2023 Despite decreases across the board, there’s reasons to be optimistic about gaming investment in the year ahead.
April 12, 2023 Rumours Could Playtika be a target for a buyout? After a strategic review last year resetting the company's course, buyers are reportedly showing interest
April 5, 2023 Acquisition Nodwin Gaming acquires a majority stake in full-service live media company Branded The acquisition brings Branded’s event IP’s and team into the Nodwin fold
March 23, 2023 Discussions Rovio halts discussions with Playtika with no deal in sight The Israeli publisher had been eager to make a cash offer to buy the Angry Birds developer
March 15, 2023 Acquisitions Plug In Digital acquires FTP developers Celsius Online The free-to-play mobile and web pioneers were acquired by the French publisher
February 21, 2023 New Report The Covid boom in numbers The pandemic resulted in massive increases in private investments and M&As
February 20, 2023 Acquisitions Abound Paul Wedgwood’s Supernova Capital acquires Mi-Clos Studio and Little Red Dog Games Ownership of IPs like Out There and Rogue State included
February 13, 2023 Mobile Future “Q5 bump” could boost M&A activity in 2023 A bump in app installs and in-app purchases over the holiday season could bolster the industry
January 26, 2023 Acquisitions Metacore acquires discontinued Supercell game Everdale The story continues… Despite being shut down by its creators, Everdale is about to start a new life as Metacore acquires the title
December 21, 2022 Lawsuits This time it's personal: 10 gamers launch a lawsuit to block Activision-Blizzard deal As if it couldn't get any worse. Now Activision-Blizzard is facing another lawsuit, this time from a small group of gamers
December 14, 2022 Commentary "The FTC is facing an uphill battle." Lifestreet CEO Levi Matkins talks Activision-Blizzard lawsuit With the FTC attempting to block the Activision-Blizzard acquisition deal with a lawsuit, our experts ponder what could happen next
December 13, 2022 Acquisitions EU Commission argues against FTC lawsuit to halt Activision-Blizzard deal The EU commission has released a statement criticising the FTC’s decision, which may open up the path in Europe at least for the acquisition
November 3, 2022 Investment GXC subsidiary Global Top Round to launch M&A department The GXC subsidiary Global Top Round will launch a mergers and acquisitions department to deal with exits, fundraising and acquisition.