Weekly News Digest #1
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first InvestGame digest of the year!
This week, we saw a lack of significant transactions across the market. During quieter periods like this, we are focusing on preparing a new launch that would support gaming market professionals. More to share soon!
In the meantime, we invite you to explore our Features section, where we analyze key market shifts and long-term strategic trends.
- The Rise and Reset of Sweden’s $19B Gaming Capital Machine
- Beyond the Game: How Gamification is Becoming Mainstream
- The Take-Two Diaspora: Why Alumni Win Big in Mobile, Not AAA
- Where the UGC Dollars Flow: Mapping $9B Investments in Creator Economy
- The Great Mobile Reversal: Why Buyers Pay Billions for What VCs Abandoned
- The Rise of the Financial Kingmakers: Private Equity’s $21B+ Bet on Gaming
- AI’s Ever-Growing Presence in Gaming: $1.8B in VC Investments
- Public Mobile Gaming Publishers: Resilience & Adaptation in a Shifting Landscape
- Corporate Overhaul: Why does CVC play a bigger role than ever?
And to start the year, here are our top 5 favorite digests of 2025 — handpicked by the InvestGame team.
- The $108B Fight for Warner Bros.: A Turning Point for Streaming, IP, and Games
- EA Exits the Public Arena in Record $55B Private Buyout
- $560M in Play: Sony Backs Bandai Namco, Krafton Buys Last Epoch Studio
- It’s official: Tripledot Acquires AppLovin’s Games Portfolio for $800m
- Largest Mobile Gaming Round Ever — Dream Games partnering with CVC & Blackstone
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Poland-based game distribution platform GOG has been acquired for $25.2m by its original co-founder, Michał Kiciński, from Poland-based games developer CD Projekt (WA: CDR). Following the transaction, GOG will operate as an independent company and continue to distribute CD Projekt titles. CD Projekt Red’s games will remain available on GOG, with user libraries, previously purchased titles, and the platform’s DRM-free guarantees remaining unchanged. Founded in 2008 as Good Old Games, GOG is best known for its DRM-free PC game distribution model.
