mergers and acquisitions Latest news (5)

Adrian Werner, 07 July 2020, 10:35

According to rumors, the publisher WB Games may soon change ownership. Among the companies interested in the purchase are Microsoft, Activision, EA and Take-Two Interactive.

Frozen, 04 July 2020, 20:36

Sony is considering acquisition of the Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies, which includes Digital Extremes (creators of Warframe) and Splash Damage (co-creators of Gears Tactics).

Milosz Szubert, 23 June 2020, 12:13

Bloober Team is putting itself on sale. The Polish studio has prepared the so-called „short list” of entities which are to constitute an advisory body during a potential merger or acquisition process. So far, it is not known which companies are interested in the team.

Bart Swiatek, 23 June 2020, 10:54

Facebook bought the development studio Ready At Dawn, known for its action adventure game The Order: 1886 and the VR successful title Lone Echo.

Agnes Adamus, 13 June 2020, 15:16

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment may soon find itself in the hands of a new owner. According to CNBC, AT&T, which owns the company, plans to sell it for 4 billion dollars. Among potential buyers we have Take-Two, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.

Milosz Szubert, 03 June 2020, 12:07

According to The Information, the Chinese company Tencent spent $260 million to buy a majority stake in Bohemia Interactive. Thus, the creators of DayZ or the Arma series joined such companies as Epic Games or Supercell.

Adrian Werner, 11 February 2020, 11:07

Certain documents surfaced on the web, thanks to which we learned that Sony paid 229 million dollars for the acquisition of Insomniac Games, the studio known for the Ratchet & Clank series and Marvel's Spider-Man, among others.

Bart Swiatek, 29 January 2020, 14:32

Garena has acquired Phoenix Labs, the developers of the well-received action RPG Dauntless. The entities intend to jointly develop the said title, as well as further projects.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 22 January 2020, 14:31

Chinese Tencent wants to buy out all shares of Norwegian developer Funcom. Creators of games such as Conan Exiles and Anarchy Online have nothing against that ideas. Now everything depends on the other shareholders.

Konrad Serafinski, 21 December 2019, 20:34

Swedish team at Tarsier Studios, responsible for Little Nightmares, was acquired by Koch Media and THQ Nordic's parent company, Embracer Group. However, before the studio starts developing games for the new publisher, it has to fulfill the contract with Bandai Namco.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 05 December 2019, 15:53

Human Head Studio was closed the day after the release of Rune II and immediately became part of Bethesda. However, this did not protect the team against a lawsuit. The publisher Ragnarok Game demands rights to the game and a hefty compensation.

Christian Pieniazek, 28 November 2019, 22:45

Codemasters has announced that it has purchased the Slightly Mad Studios team, the devs of the Project CARS series. The result of this undertaking is to be the creation of a „global leader in the genre of racing games”.

Agnes Adamus, 25 November 2019, 22:47

Rebellion has taken over The Bitmap Brothers and its entire portfolio. The devs of the Sniper Elite series announce that they will port their older games to new platforms and develop new titles based on freshly acquired, classic IPs.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 13 November 2019, 22:20

Today, the American studio Human Head closed its operations after 22 years of existence on the gaming market. However, all the employees quickly found employment in the newly formed Roundhouse Studios team opened by Bethesda.

Adrian Werner, 04 November 2019, 13:26

Google has announced its intention to acquire Fitbit, a company specializing in the production of fitness trackers and smartwatches.

Michael Kulakowski, 19 August 2019, 21:43

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that it has become the owner of the award-winning studio - Insomniac Games, responsible for hits such as Marvel's Spider-Man and the Ratchet & Clank and Spyro series. The acquisition of the team is the crowning achievement of over twenty years of cooperation between the two companies.

Adrian Werner, 14 August 2019, 10:42

THQ Nordic has gone shopping mad again. The publisher took over Darksiders 3 devs, Gunfire Games, and Milestone, team known from MotoGP, MXGP and RIDE racing game series.

Milosz Szubert, 09 June 2019, 23:08

At Microsoft's E3 2019 conference, Double Fine Productions has announced that it joins Xbox Game Studios. On this occasion, a new trailer for Psychonauts 2 was presented.

Adrian Werner, 22 May 2019, 10:55

THQ Nordic bought Piranha Bytes, a team of Risen and Elex fame. At the same time, the publisher also acquired the rights to the Gothic series, i.e. the first IP of the team.

Bart Swiatek, 09 May 2019, 12:24

Sega has purchased Two Point Studios, the developer of the successful economic strategy Two Point Hospital. The British company has several industry veterans who in the past have worked for Lionhead Studios and Bullfrog Productions, among others.

Adrian Werner, 02 May 2019, 09:44

Psyonix Studio has been taken over by Epic Games. So far, Rocket League hasn't disappeared from the Steam. That didn't prevent players from flooding the site with negative reviews of the game, probably just in case.

Bart Swiatek, 14 March 2019, 14:25

Bloomberg agency received confirmation from Sony – the Japanese giant does not plan on taking over the owners of Red Dead Redemption and GTA, Take-Two Interactive studio. The news was also denied by Wedbush Securities' Joel Kulina.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 March 2019, 00:22

There are rumors about the possible acquisition of Take-Two Interactive by Sony. If these rumors are confirmed, Sony may gain exclusive brands such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and Borderlands.

Bart Swiatek, 13 February 2019, 10:20

The Czech developer team at Warhorse Studios has been bought by the publisher THQ Nordic. The deal also included the developer's IP rights i.e. the Kingdom Come: Deliverance franchise.

Bart Swiatek, 04 January 2019, 13:15

NXC holding, along with Korea's biggest game developer and publisher company, is being put up for sale.

luckie, 26 April 2017, 17:17

Vivendi tightens its grip on Ubisoft and prepares for a hostile takeover - rumor has it that it is going to happen this year.

Meehow, 21 June 2016, 14:17

Offworld Trading Company, an RTS by Mohawk Games, has received a map editor as a part of a DLC called Map Toolkit.