Sep 8, 2025

Investment

• Evolite Studio
• Merak Capital

$0.3m

Evolite Studio secures $300k to accelerate development of its next game Noor

Sep 5, 2025

Partnership

• Scopely

Not disclosed

Scopely partners with Nickelodeon for a Stumble Guys and Avatar crossover event

Sep 5, 2025

Investment

$0.3m

Symmetric Studio secures $300k to grow debut title Valley of Fog

Sep 4, 2025

Investment

• GDEV Inc
• Royal Ark

Not disclosed

GDEV increases stake in Zombie Miner developer Royal Ark to 57%

Sep 4, 2025

Partnership

• Supercell
• SYBO Games

Not disclosed

SYBO teams up with Supercell for Subway Surfers and Brawl Stars crossover event

Sep 4, 2025

Acquisition

• Aonic

$250m

Aonic acquires Prime Insights in $250m deal to build global rewards platform 

Sep 4, 2025

Partnership

• Activision

Not disclosed

Activision partners with Paramount to develop Call of Duty movie

Sep 3, 2025

Acquisition

Not disclosed

Qiddiya acquires Evo operator RTS to expand its role in global esports

Sep 1, 2025

Investment

• Classy Games Studios

$0.3m

Classy Games raises $300k to fuel growth and accelerate development of SillySuspects

Aug 29, 2025

Investment

$0.3m

Copa Fantasy raises $300k to scale football gaming platform in MENA

Aug 27, 2025

Investment

• Fitnot Games

$0.3m

FitNot Games secures $300k to expand development on culturally-inspired titles

Aug 27, 2025

Investment

• Superbullet Studios

$0.3m

Superbullet Studios secures $300k to scale Roblox game development

Aug 26, 2025

Investment

• DaFluffs Games

Not disclosed

DaFluffs Games raises $300k to accelerate work on debut title Dungeon Blast

Aug 26, 2025

Investment

• Merak Capital
• Sheba Joy

$293m

Sheba Joy raises $293,000 in pre-seed funding to scale operations from Saudi Arabia

Aug 25, 2025

Investment

$53m

Impact46 invests over $53m in Saudi games studio Kammelna

Aug 25, 2025

Investment

• Spoilz

Not disclosed

Spoilz raises fresh funding to expand its development and live ops capabilities

Aug 25, 2025

Investment

• Starvania Studio

$1.1m

Starvania Studios raises $1.1m to accelerate growth and fuel its gaming ambitions

Aug 25, 2025

Partnership

• Esports World Cup Foundation

Not disclosed

Esports World Cup Foundation launches Esports Nations Cup

Aug 25, 2025

Partnership

• AWS
• Savvy Games Group

Not disclosed

Savvy Games Group partners with AWS to boost Saudi Arabia’s games technology infrastructure

Aug 25, 2025

Partnership

• Unity
• Savvy Games Group

Not disclosed

Savvy Games Group signs MoU with Unity to boost opportunities for Saudi games developers

Aug 15, 2025

Investment

$8m

Fateless secures additional $8m to power Godforge toward 2026 launch

Aug 15, 2025

Acquisition

• Almedia

Not disclosed

Rewarded play platform Almedia acquires casback firm Zave.it

Aug 14, 2025

Acquisition

• AppsFlyer

$0m
4,000m

Report: AppsFlyer to be acquired in deal worth up to $4bn

Aug 14, 2025

Partnership

• Miniclip
• SYBO Games

Not disclosed

Subway Surfers and 8 Ball Pool unite for their first-ever crossover event

Aug 12, 2025

Investment

• Playrix
• Smilegate
• Play Ventures
• Bitkraft Ventures
• Appcharge

$58m

Appcharge raises $58m to scale up with growing DTC demands

Aug 13, 2025

Investment

Not disclosed

Arcanix secures funding to accelerate live ops platform growth

Aug 12, 2025

Partnership

• ZBD
• TapNation

Not disclosed

ZBD brings real-money embedded rewards to mobile games

Aug 11, 2025

Acquisition

• XD Inc.

$14m

Chinese publisher XD Inc acquires 5.3% stake in Miao for $14m

Aug 7, 2025

Investment

• Liberty Pixel

$1.1m

Liberty Pixel raises $1.1m for casual and hybridcasual games

Aug 6, 2025

Acquisition

• Duolingo
• NextBeat

Not disclosed

Duolingo acquires majority of team at London studio NextBeat

Aug 6, 2025

Acquisition

• GDEV Inc

Not disclosed

Gdev acquires Light Hour Games to expand mobile portfolio

Aug 6, 2025

Investment

• SuperGaming

$15m

SuperGaming raises $15m to fuel global expansion of Indus Battle Royale

Aug 5, 2025

Investment

$5.4m

GameRamp raises $5.4m to build AI-powered publishing tools for developers

Jul 31, 2025

Acquisition

• Atari
• Thunderful

$5.1m

Atari offers $5.1m in bid to acquire Thunderful Group

Jul 30, 2025

Investment

$1.3m

JECO secures $1.3m to streamline game development and creative workflows

Jul 28, 2025

Investment

$2.7m

Drizz raises $2.7m to reinvent mobile app testing

Jul 25, 2025

Acquisition

• Sony
• Bandai Namco

Not disclosed

Sony acquires 2.5% stake in Bandai Namco 

Jul 22, 2025

Investment

$5.2m

Delabs Games secures additional $5.2M to accelerate AI-powered web3 ambitions

Jul 21, 2025

Acquisition

• Coda Payments

Not disclosed

Coda acquires European payment provider Recharge 

Jul 17, 2025

Partnership

• Stash

Not disclosed

Stash and Adyen partner to power scalable D2C monetisation for game developers

Jul 17, 2025

Partnership

• Appcharge

Not disclosed

Appcharge and Dots.eco partner to bring real-world environmental Impact to In-game purchases

Jul 14, 2025

Partnership

• Side
• Savvy Games Group

Not disclosed

Side signs deal with Savvy Games Group to open Riyadh office

Jul 11, 2025

Acquisition

• DoubleU Games
• Azerion
• Whow Games

$65m

Azerion sells Whow Games to DoubleDown Interactive in deal worth up to $76m

Jul 11, 2025

Investment

• Circle Games

$7.3m

Turkish studio Circle Games raises $7.25m to expand puzzle portfolio

Jul 10, 2025

Investment

• Million Victories

$40m

French dev Million Victories secures almost $40m in funding from Haveli Investments

Jul 8, 2025

Investment

• Play Ventures
• Bitkraft Ventures
• Global Worldwide

Not disclosed

Global Worldwide closes funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures in mobile manoeuvre

Jul 4, 2025

Acquisition

Not disclosed

RMV IT Services acquires hit mobile game Plane Evolution from Global Champions