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10 votes
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Supercell acquires Space Ape – the Finnish mobile studio had already been a majority investor since 2017
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Krafton acquires Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi Rush IP from Xbox
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IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more
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The story of The Oregon Trail
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Take Two buys Gearbox and confirms development on new Borderlands game
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Remedy Entertainment has announced it's acquired the full rights to its Control series from publisher 505 Games for €17m
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Microsoft closes deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard
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Epic hasn’t paid Hatoful Boyfriend creator for two years
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Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email
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Rockstar Games acquires modding team that it previously banned
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Microsoft wins US FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard
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Microsoft has been temporarily restrained from buying Activision Blizzard, US judge rules
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Microsoft's $68.7bn (£55bn) deal to buy US video game company Activision Blizzard has been blocked in the UK by the Competition and Markets Authority
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Netflix establishes an internal games studio in Helsinki, led by former Zynga GM Marko Lastikka
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Embracer Group, parent company for a vast and expanding roster of studios and publishers, goes on a spending spree buying up Middle-earth Enterprises and more
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The New York Times buys Wordle
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PlayStation has acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion USD
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Harmonix acquired by Epic Games
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Sony Interactive Entertainment and new esports venture RTS have jointly acquired the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting game tournament
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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
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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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Klei Entertainment has agreed to a deal for Tencent to purchase a majority stake in the company
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Electronic Arts reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for approximately $1.2 billion
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EverQuest studio Daybreak Games acquired by EG7
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Take-Two Interactive reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for almost $1 billion
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What happened to twelve of gaming's biggest studios after they were sold
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Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda, id Software, Arkane Studios, and more
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Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios
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RuneScape developer Jagex acquired for $530 million by Macarthur Fortune Holding
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Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has been acquired by Garena for $150 million
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Tencent announces offer to acquire full ownership of Funcom
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Codemasters has acquired Project CARS developer Slightly Mad Studios for $30 million
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Beat Saber developer Beat Games has been acquired by Facebook
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Epic buys Rocket League developer Psyonix, strongly hints it will stop selling the game on Steam
62 votes -
Entire Machinima YouTube channel set to private
11 votes -
Fandom (Wikia) is acquiring Curse Media from Twitch, which will include combining Gamepedia into Fandom
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Advance (Reddit and Condé Nast owner) acquires majority stake in games and E-sports analytics firm Newzoo
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Koch Media acquires Timesplitters and Second Sight IP
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NetEase buys $100m stake in Bungie
4 votes