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Nacon acquires Big Ant Studios for €35m
French publisher aims to become market leader for rugby, tennis and cricket games with purchase of Australian studio
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Developers should be wary of the IPO's siren call | Opinion
As CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk woes turn legal, developers with an eye on the stock market should think carefully about doing business under that level of scrutiny
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Sagard NewGen acquires minority stake in Asobo Studio
The Flight Simulator developer opened its capital to "support its growth, while preserving its strategic and creative autonomy"
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Capcom raises forecasts thanks to growing digital sales
Solid performance for Resident Evil 3 and strong orders for Monster Hunter Rise delivering better-than-expected year
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Team17 acquires Golf With Your Friends for £12m
The UK publisher has plans for more DLC for the title, and a potential sequel
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EU fines Valve and five publishers €7.8m for geo-blocking practices
Valve alone was fined over €1.6 million, having refused to cooperate with the European Commission
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Playtech sells YoYo Games to Opera for $10m
Update: YoYo Games confirmed the acquisition, which will form the basis for new Opera Gaming division
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IPO plans value Krafton at up to $27bn
The initial public offering is reportedly scheduled for the second half of 2021
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Nintendo opens corporate and investor relations Twitter account
Social media account will be used to share financial announcements and other corporate-focused information
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Savage Game Studios raises $4.4m
Core team of new developer is formed of ex-Rockstar, Wargaming and Rovio staff
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2020 sees record US games spending at $56.9bn | US Annual Report
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was the best-selling game of the year, while the Nintendo Switch was the No.1 platform
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505 Games acquires Infinity Plus Two
Update: Digital Bros clarified that it acquired Infinite Interactive and Infinity Plus Two for $4.5 million
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Games investments reached $33.6bn in 2020
There were 219 M&A deals last year, dominated by Tencent, Embracer, Stillfront, and Zynga
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Playtika IPO raises $1.88bn
Share price exceeds expectations, mobile publisher begins trading on Nasdaq Global Select Market today
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Kuato raises £4.5m, expands to VR
Educational gaming studio's Panic Room will let one player direct the action from a PC or mobile device while another plays through a VR headset
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Playtika launches IPO, looks to raise as much as $1.6b
Proceeds planned to go toward mobile publisher's general corporate expenses and potential loan repayment
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UK competition regulator to investigate Nvidia's takeover of Arm
The Competition and Markets Authority will probe "the deal's possible effect on competition in the UK"
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Roblox to go public through direct listing, not IPO
New fundraising reportedly brings the company valuation to nearly $30 billion
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Call of Duty: Mobile makes $14m in first week in China
Activision's mobile hit has now generated $644 million worldwide
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Tencent and Huawei resolve revenue share dispute
Tencent pulled its games out of the Huawei AppGallery last week, reportedly rejecting the store's 50% cut
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Nintendo acquires Next Level Games
The Luigi's Mansion developer will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the platform holder in March
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Epic Games acquires shopping mall for new headquarters
The company will transform the 980,000-square-foot and 87-acre Cary Towne Center into its new campus by 2024
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Blackstone makes big investment in mobile ad firm Liftoff
Sources say Blackstone's investment is close to $400 million
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Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle was top video games Kickstarter of 2020
Rabbit & Bear Studios' JRPG doubled the money raised by Platinum Games' The Wonderful 101: Remastered
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TikTok owner reportedly in talks to buy stake in Chinese mobile games publisher
ByteDance said to be eyeing 27.6% stake in CMGE Technology worth $275 million