Ireland-based game engine developer W4 Games has raised $18.0m in a Series B led by Tencent (SEHK: 700), with existing backers OSS Capital, Lux Capital, Naval Ravikant and Tobias Lütke’s family office. Announced on Aug 25, 2026, it includes a multi-year strategic partnership with Tencent to scale W4’s ...

China-based tech company Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) is divesting its full stake in China-based mobile games developer Lingxi Games to Hong Kong-based private equity firm Trustar Capital, according to an internal staff memo from Lingxi CEO Zhou Bingshu dated Aug 17, 2026 (independently reviewed by Reuters). ...

China-based games and AI company Kunlun Wanwei (SZSE: 300418) is selling 99% of Beijing Xianlai Huyu to Beijing Xinglan Huyu for $111.2m (RMB 750m), thereby exiting the mobile card-and-board games publishing business entirely. The business being sold is F2P digital mahjong and card games, not real-money ...

US-based global storytelling platform WEBTOON Entertainment (NASDAQ: WBTN), the parent company of Naver Webtoon, is making a strategic investment in RI Games Holdings, the owner of the game studios GrayGames and Offbeat. The deal closes in two tranches: a first closing of 2,999 shares (about 20% of RI ...

UK-based mobile games developer and publisher Tripledot Studios has acquired Israel-based hybrid-casual mobile publishing label Supersonic from Unity Software (NYSE: U) for $40m in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. Unity’s Q2’26 Form 10-Q records the sale as completed on Aug 4, 2026. Supersonic ...

India-based gaming holding Nazara Technologies (NSE: NAZARA) has closed the acquisition of 100% of Spain-based mobile games developer Bluetile Games and its affiliated player-engagement platform BestPlay Systems for a fixed all-cash consideration of $303.0m. The two businesses became step-down ...

US-based tech giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Jul 6, 2026 that it is divesting four first-party Xbox game studios, Undead Labs, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, and Double Fine Productions, alongside cutting approximately 3,200 jobs, roughly 20% of its division, split between 1,600 immediate ...