Finland-based mobile games company Supercell, a subsidiary of China-based tech giant Tencent (SEHK: 700), announced its plan to fully acquire Finland-based mobile games developer Metacore and integrate Merge Mansion into its live games portfolio. Supercell was already Metacore’s largest shareholder. ...

South Korea-based Pearl Abyss (KOSDAQ: 263750) has agreed to sell its Iceland-based subsidiary CCP Games, developer of the long-running space MMORPG EVE Online, to CCP’s own management team for $120m (₩177.1B) in an MBO led by CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson. The consideration comprises $100m in ...

Singapore-based user acquisition financing platform PvX Partners has raised a $10.5m Series A round, led by T-Accelerate Capital alongside Z Venture Capital and Drive by DraftKings, and follow-on investments from existing backers Play Ventures and General Catalyst. Proceeds will fund headcount expansion ...

Malta-based gaming holding Reforged Studios has secured an initial $30m growth investment from MEP Capital Management, a private investment firm specializing in media and entertainment. The capital will accelerate Reforged’s strategy of acquiring, enhancing, and extending the lifecycle of gaming ...

Drawing on Aream & Co.’s advisory work and InvestGame’s transaction intelligence, the Q1 2026 Gaming Market Update breaks down where deals closed, capital concentrated, and platform growth persisted in the global gaming market. Here’s what defined Q1 2026: M&A surged to its ...

Japan-based technology group LY Corporation (TYO: 4689), owner of the LINE messaging platform and Yahoo! Japan, is acquiring management control of South Korea-based multi-platform game publisher Kakao Games Corp. (KOSDAQ: 293490) through a capital injection of ~$201m (KRW 300B) in new equity and debt ...

Canada-based Behaviour Interactive has acquired The Fun Pimp, a US-based PC & Console game developer best known for the title 7 Days to Die, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is Behaviour’s sixth studio acquisition since May’22 and its first purchase of a scaled, revenue-generating ...