Tag: Acquisition

  • Embracer Group Strikes Again

    Embracer Group Strikes Again

    Embracer Group Acquires Three More Studios with a Deal Worth $300 Million. Embracer Group strikes a deal that will see the acquisition of Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal. The agreement will result in Embracer Group getting control of the IPs like Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, Legacy of Kain, and more than 50…

  • Private Equity Firms Eyeing Ubisoft

    Private Equity Firms Eyeing Ubisoft in What could Become the Next Big Gaming Acquisition. A massive gaming acquisition is on the cards as private equity firms are eyeing buying French gaming company Ubisoft. Ubisoft is one of the leading game developers in the world but is having a tough time in terms of production and…

  • Storybook Brawl Bombarded By Negative Reviews

    Storybook Brawl Bombarded By Negative Reviews

    Storybook Brawl Bombarded by Negative Reviews on Steam. The recent groundbreaking deal between FTX Gaming and Good Luck Games wasn\’t well-received by the gamers. In retaliatory and blind hate, Storybook Brawl became a victim of negative review bombardment on Steam. The negative review campaign came as a result of Storybook Brawl’s developer Good Luck Games…

  • Music Marketplace BandCamp Acquired By Epic Games

    Music Marketplace BandCamp Acquired By Epic Games

    Epic Games is Building on its User-Driven Approach and Acquires music marketplace Bandcamp. Epic Games has made headlines once again after buying a user-driven music marketplace known as Bandcamp. Bandcamp is regarded as one of the most artist-friendly music platform for modern audio consumption. It also has a great liking in the music community when…

  • Play Ventures Commits $75 Million For blockchain gaming

    Play Ventures Commits $75 Million For blockchain gaming

    Play Ventures sets up Play Future Fund and Commits $75 million for blockchain gaming. Gaming Venture Capital firm Play Ventures has raised $75 million for blockchain gaming known as Play Future Fund. The fund will invest in startup projects aimed at blockchain gaming and web3. The Singapore-based Play Ventures has made three investments; Community Gaming,…

  • Harmonix, Developer Of Rock Band, Joins Epic Games

    Harmonix, Developer Of Rock Band, Joins Epic Games

    Epic Games acquires musical game developer Harmonix and its game Rock Band. Epic Games continues expansion for its future projects related to metaverse as well as Fortnite. Harmonix announced the news on its blog post and termed the day of joining the Epic Games family as ‘monumental’. The music game genre is a popular one…

  • Unity Acquires Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital

    Unity Acquires Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital

    Unity acquires Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital to go all-in on 3D. Unity is acquiring one of the most significant players in visual effects; Weta Digital. Unity acquires Weta Digital for a whopping $1.625 billion. Weta Digital is co-founded by Peter Jackson and has a huge name in the domain of visual effects. Its footprints are…

  • The One Billion Dollar Deal Of Scopely And GSN Games

    The One Billion Dollar Deal Of Scopely And GSN Games

    Scopely Buys GSN Games over a Billion Dollar Deal. Sony Pictures Entertainment decides to sell GSN Games, a division of Games Show Network, to Scopely. The deal is valued at $1 Billion with a mix of cash and stocks where Sony will become a minority holder of the company. Moreover, GSN leadership will continue to…

  • Voodoo Buys Acquires Beach Bum

    Voodoo Buys Acquires Beach Bum

    Voodoo Acquires Israel based Casual Gaming Studio Beach Bum. Voodoo, the French hyper casual gaming startup, has bought Beach Bum to further consolidate its footing in casual mobile gaming. Beach Bum is an Israel-based gaming studio with expertise in card games and tabletop mobile games. Beach Bum has three games in the App Store at…

  • Gaming Deal Flow H1 2021

    Gaming Deal Flow H1 2021

    The first half of 2021 with plenty of gaming deal flow. There was an “unprecedented deal activity” in the gaming world during this half. These deals include mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and more which made up a total of $60 billion. Gaming Deal Flow The report of gaming deals in H1 of 2021 was…