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9 votes
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Amazon is acquiring iRobot
21 votes -
Axios agrees to sell to Cox for $525 million in cash
11 votes -
Elon Musk says he’s terminating $44bn Twitter buyout deal
26 votes -
RadioShack would like to clarify that its Twitter account wasn’t hacked. It just sells crypto now.
18 votes -
Universal Music Group becomes the permanent home of Frank Zappa estate
3 votes -
Rumors abound that Netflix will buy Roku
6 votes -
Broadcom announces plans to buy VMware in $61 billion deal
16 votes -
Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company
51 votes -
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter outright for $41 billion
21 votes -
Discovery closes acquisition of AT&T’s WarnerMedia
2 votes -
MGM’s Amazon era begins with big, unanswered questions
5 votes -
Bandcamp has been acquired by Epic Games
36 votes -
The New York Times buys Wordle
37 votes -
PlayStation has acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion
20 votes -
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion USD
46 votes -
AMC Networks to buy Sentai Holdings and HIDIVE
2 votes -
Harmonix acquired by Epic Games
4 votes -
Swedish streaming company Storytel has signed a deal to acquire Audiobooks.com from owner KKR for $135m, extending its reach into the English language audio market
9 votes -
Peter Jackson sells visual effects firm for $1.6bn to Unity
4 votes -
A secretive hedge fund is gutting newsrooms
8 votes -
Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab (owner of Whisper, Kik, WorldStarHipHop, Amino, Genius, etc.)
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Sony’s Funimation Global Group completes acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T
15 votes -
Hyundai completes deal for controlling interest in Boston Dynamics
1 vote -
Stack Overflow has been acquired by Prosus for $1.8 billion
20 votes -
Etsy is buying Depop, a UK-based second-hand fashion app, for $1.6bn in a bid to target younger Gen-Z shoppers
4 votes -
Amazon is acquiring MGM for $8.45 billion
15 votes -
Scroll has been acquired by Twitter
4 votes -
AT&T may spin off WarnerMedia assets to Discovery
3 votes -
Amazon said to make $9 billion offer for MGM
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Twitter has acquired Scroll, a subscription for news sites, and intends to integrate it into their own upcoming subscription service
11 votes -
ArtStation has been acquired by Epic Games, and is reducing its fees by 60%
11 votes -
Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion
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Sony Interactive Entertainment and new esports venture RTS have jointly acquired the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting game tournament
10 votes -
Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda (ZeniMax) is now officially complete - Some games coming to Xbox Game Pass this week, confirmation of plans for future Xbox/PC exclusives
8 votes -
Brave has acquired Cliqz and their Tailcat search engine, plans to offer a privacy-oriented search engine
9 votes -
Epic Games acquires Fall Guys developer Mediatonic
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Embracer Group acquires Gearbox Entertainment (Borderlands), Aspyr Media (Civilization VI), and Easybrain (mobile puzzle games)
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot: The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders,...
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot:
The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders, Metro, MX vs ATV, Kingdoms of Amalur, TimeSplitters, Satisfactory, Wreckfest, Insurgency and World War Z amongst many others.
With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its six operative groups: THQ Nordic GmbH, Koch Media GmbH/Deep Silver, Coffee Stain AB, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive and DECA Games. The Group has 57 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 5,500 employees and contracted employers in more than 40 countries.
Articles about each of the new acquisitions on GamesIndustry.biz:
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Twitter has acquired the Revue editorial newsletter service, made Pro features free and reduced the fee for paid newsletters to 5%, and will start integrating it into Twitter
7 votes -
Klei Entertainment has agreed to a deal for Tencent to purchase a majority stake in the company
9 votes -
Visa and Plaid abandon merger after US Justice Department Antitrust Division’s suit to block
10 votes -
Elon Musk says Apple CEO Tim Cook refused talks to buy Tesla at $60 billion valuation during 2017
9 votes -
Google acquires Neverware, a company that turns old PCs into Chromebooks
13 votes -
Electronic Arts reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for approximately $1.2 billion
8 votes -
Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash
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Sony is buying anime streaming service Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion.
13 votes -
Hyundai Motor acquires Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for approximately $920 million
4 votes -
EverQuest studio Daybreak Games acquired by EG7
4 votes -
Salesforce signs definitive agreement to acquire Slack for approximately $27.7 billion
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Visa wants to buy Plaid, and with it, transaction data for millions of people
12 votes