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uBroker Spa acquires a 49% stake in Italian indie Memorable Games
"We found a perfect match in Cristiano and uBroker," says Memorable CEO
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Nintendo acquires remaining shares of Monolith Soft
Firm originally bought 80% of the studio's stock in 2007
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Build A Rocket Boy acquires PlayFusion
PlayFusion CEO and CTO Mark Gerhard appointed co-CEO at Build A Rocket Boy
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Reforged Studios acquires Yellow Lab Games
South African dev to continue working on its own IP, while also contributing to Reforged projects
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Tencent acquires majority stake in Kuro Games
Developer will continue to work independently as a subsidiary of the games firm
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Game investment and M&A deals pull ahead of 2023 at $10.38bn for Q1-Q3
Number of deals for first nine months up 16% compared to later year
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Modern Times Group to acquire Plarium for $620m
Acquisition of the Raid: Shadow Legends developer expected to close during Q1 2025
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Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits"
Publisher confirms sale of indie publishing label to undisclosed buyer following studio shutdowns this summer
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Incredibuild acquires dev-ops pipeline acceleration firm Garden | News-in-brief
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, goal is to take "the pain out of long development cycles"
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Atari acquires Transport Tycoon IP
Chris Saywer's classic management game added to publisher's growing portfolio of retro brands
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Supercell acquires Space Ape
The Finnish mobile studio had already been a majority investor since 2017
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Global gaming industry sees steady M&A growth, says Drake Star Q3 2024 report
These M&As are thought to have generate $2.5bn, with another $1.1bn raised in private financing
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Keywords acquires Halo co-developer Certain Affinity
Studio founded by ex-Bungie devs adds 180 staff to Keywords' development empire
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Playtika acquires SuperPlay for $700 million
Playtika says it expects mobile developer to "move the needle for [its] proforma growth"
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Flappy Bird returns after a decade as fan group acquires trademark
Update: Creator Dong Nguyen confirms he has no involvement in the re-release
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52 Entertainment acquires "casual games" studio, Blackout
"This new chapter strengthens our position as a leader in the online gaming industry," says CEO
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"Sega isn't limiting us": Rovio's first year after the €706m acquisition
VP of strategy Timo Rahkonen unpacks how the companies have been supporting each other, and what to expect from both in the future
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PTW acquires Ghostpunch Games for $13m
Acquisition aims to expand PTW's co-development services
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Slitherine acquires Combat Mission developer Battlefront | News-in-brief
Battlefront team, including co-founders Stephen Grammont and Charles Moylan, to integrate into Slitherine
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Virtuos acquires British indie game developer Third Kind Games
Virtuos says the acquisition will enhance its "AAA co-development capabilities"
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Reforged Studios acquires Ground Shatter and Extra Mile Studios
"Both teams still had a lot of potential to grow their success further with the right support," says Reforged CEO
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Keywords acquires Wushu Studios
Acquisition will enhance the Liverpool-based studio's services to long-term clients
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Krafton acquires Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi Rush IP from Xbox
Microsoft previously announced plans to close the Japanese studio in May
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Nazara Technologies acquires Fusebox Games for $27.2m
The gaming and esports firm aims to build "an IP based global gaming business"
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Amber acquires Madbricks
The Colombian studio joins the company's growing number of global work-for-hire studios