Aug 1st week
💡 99math raises $1M to boost edtech gaming platform
💡 Netmarble buys social casino games-maker SpinX for $2.19B
💡 Plarium buys Finland’s mobile studio Futureplay
💡 Spanish casual startup Unusuall raises $3.6 million
💡 Zynga acquires StarLark studio for $525M
💡 Embracer makes eight acquisitions totaled $315 million = 3D Realms, CrazyLabs, Digixart, Easy Trigger, Force Field, Ghost Ship Games, Grimfrost, Slipgat and Ironworks
💡 CrazyLabs acquires Firescore Interactive (a day before Embracer acquisition) (FELLOW INDIAN STUDIO :)) ♥
💡 Planetarium nabs $2.6M from Animoca Brands
💡 Embracer’s Koch Media buys Road 96 and Lost in Harmony maker DigixArt
💡 Focus Home Interactive acquires Dotemu
💡 Vertigo Games acquires VR game development studio Force Field, undisclosed
Aug 2nd week
💡 Edge Gaming raises $2m in pre-seed funding round
💡 Thunderful Group has acquired game developer To The Sky
💡 Thirdverse raises $20M, a VR game studio
💡 AviaGames raised $40M for casual real money games
💡 Ex-King and Z2 game devs raise $5M for Starform game studio
💡 Rovio (will acquire) acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games
💡 JetSynthesys has acquired Chennai-based esports company Skyesports for an undisclosed amount of deal — INDIA
💡 Kalam Labs raises $450K for its livestreaming platform for educational games
💡 PopCap alumni launch new F2P studio Electric Manta
💡 Hero Concept announced a $3M raise ahead of its first game release
August 3rd week
💡 Zombieland VR developer XR Games has raised £1.5M
💡 Starform game studio raises $5m to launch debut game
💡 Dream Sports acquires Pune-based Rolocule Games (FELLOW INDIAN STUDIO :)) ❤
💡 Kings of Games, has raised a funding round for its Chess Universe game
💡 Embracer’s next three acquisitions are Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte and SmartPhone Labs
💡 Forevr Games raises $8.5m to make VR social experiences
💡 TinyBuild to acquire Animal for $10.2M
🦈 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤, Ex-Riot Games and Stunlock Studios devs form studio Box Dragon
💡 Mountaintop raises $30m in Series A funding
💡 Nacon acquires Session developer Crea-Ture Studios
Aug 4th week
🦈 (new studio) Stunlock Studios and Riot devs form new PC game studio Box Dragon
💡 SuperGaming raises $5.5 million Series A funding (FELLOW INDIAN STUDIO :)) ❤
CARtic P, @iCartic
