Drawing on Aream & Co.’s financial advisory experience and InvestGame’s data intelligence, the Video Game Market Update Q3 2026 breaks down where deals closed, capital concentrated, and platform growth persisted in the global gaming market. Here’s what defined Q3 2026: M&A deal count stayed ...

US-based social role-playing game developer Gardens Interactive has raised more than $35m in a Series B round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with further closes expected before the end of October. This funding round brought Gardens’ total funds raised to $70.8m, according to InvestGame ...

Germany-based game tech company Exit Games, the developer of the Photon multiplayer engine, has bought back the ~10.5% stake held by Firy (NYSE: FIRY), formerly Skillz, for $55m in cash. The sale closed on Oct 2, 2026. Skillz invested $50m in Jul’21 to use Photon in its mobile tournaments. With the ...

US-based frontier AI lab General Intuition has raised $220m at a $6.2B valuation, backed by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Seven Seven Six, Point72, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst. The valuation nearly tripled from $2.3B at its June announcement (Series A, $320m round). With the $133.7m Seed of ...

South Korea-based mobile games developer and publisher Kakao Games (KOSDAQ: 293490) is acquiring 39.56% of South Korea-based social casino and casual games developer ME2ON (KOSDAQ: 201490) for $72.1m (KRW 98.0B) through two transactions its board approved on Sep 15. It is buying 7,011,390 existing ...

US-based indie games publisher Devolver Digital (AIM: DEVO) is leaving the London stock market. Shareholders voted 90% in favor of canceling the AIM listing from Sep 16, 2026. Alongside the vote, Devolver bought back 4.71% of its shares for $5.0m (GBP 3.7m). The founders, CEO Harry Miller, COO Graeme ...

China-based generative 3D AI company VAST, developer of the 3D asset generator Tripo AI, has raised ~$446m (~RMB 3B) in a Series B and Series B+ round led by Matrix Partners China, announced on Sep 1, 2026. The strategic investors are games publishers Perfect World (SZSE: 002624), 37 Interactive ...