Acquisitions
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Voldex snaps up Ultimate Football
The sports titles' development team will also join the user-generated content games firm
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Thunderful selling Headup for €500k
Headup founder and CEO to buy back studio
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Bidstack exec team acquires Bidstack
In-game advertising platform approached "upwards of 200 potential buyers" before execs acquired it back
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Update: Data.ai's staff have reportedly been reduced by 200
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Nazara Technologies to earmark $100m towards M&A activity
Company aims to acquire game studios globally as it plans to focus on the Indian and North American games market
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Accessories giant Turtle Beach acquires rival PDP in $118 million deal
Cris Keirn named new company CEO
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Reef Creative Group acquires 70% stake in Bitmap Bureau
The developer has also partnered with Reef Entertainment to work on two unannounced games
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Los Angeles-based VFX studio has worked on titles including Mortal Kombat 1 and God of War
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Behaviour Interactive snaps up Fly Studio
The multimedia company of 25 will join the games firm to create new immersive experiences
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Grom Social Enterprises to acquire Arctic7
Developer to become a division of the entertainment and tech company
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Playtika earmarks up to $1.2bn for mergers and acquisitions
CEO says "Our DNA was always M&A, and we did very well with M&As in the last 10 years"
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DDM: Gaming M&A activity reached $76.7bn in 2023
The year also saw investment transactions decrease by 69% year-over-year across 616 deals
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Monumental to acquire Game Circus
Mobile studio to expand Monumental's growing portfolio
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Monumental to acquire Kongregate
Current owner MTG will hold a 30% stake in the merger
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CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments confirm plans to buy Jagex
Developer changing ownership again as RuneScape attracts record subscribers
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FromSoftware owner acquires Octopath Traveler developer
Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa says acquisition will "strengthen [its] ability to create IP in games"
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CVC Capital Partners is poised to acquire Jagex
The deal comes months after Carlyle Group started shopping the RuneScape maker around
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Nordcurrent snaps up Cinemaware library
Starbreeze Entertainment previously owned the games portfolio after acquiring it back in 2016
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RAFA Racing Club acquires Grid Finder
The online racing community platform intends to grow its operational capabilities with the deal
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The AI-powered platform will become a subsidiary of the mobile developer
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CD Projekt Red uninterested in being acquired
Adam Kiciński says "We are passionate about what we do. We value our independence"
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Materia Music acquires video game record label Boss Battle Records
The companies had been in acquisition talks since 2019
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Keywords acquires The Multiplayer Group from Improbable for £76.5m
MPG has worked on titles including Fall Guys and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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Toge Productions acquires Mojiken Studio
Indonesian-based studios recently worked together on A Space for the Unbound
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Aonic acquires NDreams for $110m
The developer will use the funding for future investments, including studio acquisitions