🔊 Shout out to new studios, game funds… (April 2022)

April 4th week

1. Playmint raises $4M for web 3 MMOs
2. 5X5 Gaming raises $1.7M from a seed funding round
3. Virtuos backs Ubisoft vets at Umanaïa Interactive
4. Gearbox acquires developer Lost Boys
5. Metarun Game Announces Partnership with PlayZap
6. Venly raises $23M for blockchain-agnostic services for games and eCommerce
7. Media and Games Invest acquires AxesInMotion for $58M
8. Ola GG, a YGG subDAO for hispanic gamers, announced an $8M round from BITKRAFT and Galax

April 3rd week

1. Spoilz Games raises $693,000
2. Monster League Studios raises $2M for blockchain-based esports platform
3. One More Games raises $22m in Series A funding round
4. Yomi Games raises $2M following its first NFT launch
5. ProbablyMonsters closes fundraise with $250M for new game studios 🦈
6. Playable Worlds raises over $25M for cloud-based sandbox MMO
7. Lost Boys Interactive has been acquired by Gearbox Software
8. Kakao Games invests $15 million in Playable Worlds
9. Rario, NFT Cricket Platform raises $120M round led by Dream Capital

April 2nd week

1. Epic Games raises $2B in funding from Sony and Kirkbi (Lego)
2. Cocos raises $50M to fuel open-source game engine growth
3. Shrapnel raises $7M in the private token sale and reveals plans for shooter title
4. Animoca Brands acquires Eden Games to bring blockchain to racing games
5. Animoca Brands acquires 70% of Darewise Entertainment
6. FirstLight Games raised a $5M seed round from Mechanism and Animoca
7. Epic Games invests in Brazilian Developer Aquiris
8. Beamdog is to be acquired by Aspyr Media

April 1st week

1. India’s Bombay Play raises $7M for instant mobile games. (FELLOW INDIAN STUDIO :)) 💗
2. Superbloom raises $3M to develop its first mobile game for women 👧🏽
3. Nazara invests $2.5M in Bitkraft Ventures
4. Block Tackle raises $5M and launches skateboard NFTs
5. Niantic acquires NZXR
6. Sky Mavis raises $150M, gears up for the launch of Axie Infinity: Origin
7. Legendary Play raises $4M for esports-themed mobile games for fans
8. Improbable raises $150M to accelerate metaverse pivot
9. Ready Player DAO raised a $10M Series A led by TCG
10. Dorian announced a $14M Series A led by Raine Group

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