? Investment
Moscow-based game developer, publisher, and distributor MY.GAMES, a gaming division of Mail.ru Group, has invested in three gaming companies:
Minsk-based mobile puzzle games developer Appyfurious Studio
Cyprus-based mobile hyper-casual games developer and publisher AppLife Studio, with plans to acquiring a controlling stake
Minsk-based mobile match-3 games developer Purple Games Studio. The investment was made alongside US-based The Games Fund
The deals are performed by the participation of MGVC, the investment arm of MY.GAMES
MY.GAMES has become a minority investor of the 3 studios, but the amount of the invested proceeds is undisclosed
? Products
Best known for its puzzle game Bounceville Stories, Appyfurious Studio has created about 20 titles, with a total number of over 40m downloads
Applife Studios has several casual and hyper-casual games, including Basketball Clash, Island Adventure, Xtreme Drive, Pop Rings, and its flagship Parking Escape. After forming its own publishing division, the company released such titles, as Prey Day and Butchero and apps Better O and Happy Me, with a combined of 500k installs
Purple Games Studio is known for Greenvale — Match to Harvest! game, which is a mix of Match-3 and Farming genres. The game is now in soft launch and has a total of 16k downloads. The company plans to further expand its portfolio with the help of MY.GAMES
? MY.GAMES M&A Activity
During the past 3 years MY.GAMES closed 34 deals
In October 2020, MY.GAMES invested an undisclosed sum in Belarus-based mobile games developer and publisher Mamboo Games
In October 2020, MY.GAMES acquired the controlling stake in the mobile game development studio DeusCraft and became the owner of 51.16% shares of the Target for up to $49.1m, including:
$14.1m upfront consideration
up to $35m earn-out consideration to be paid in April 2021, if the company’s monthly revenue is about $15m as of Q1 2021
In October 2020, MY.GAMES acquired a stake in Russia-based mobile games developer Reaction Games Studio for an undisclosed sum
In September 2020, MY.GAMES invested an undisclosed sum in US-based mobile games developer Hypematers
In March 2020, MY.GAMES acquired control over mobile games developer InGame.
In 2019, the company announced 7 acquisitions, with 2 of them being games related:
In May 2019, the control in mobile games developer Panzerdog, known for tactical shooter Tacticool
In July 2019, the control in mobile games developer SWAG MASHA, known for interactive story game Love Sick
In 2018, the company announced 4 acquisitions, with 2 of them being games related:
In January 2018, MY.GAMES acquired an esport group of companies operating under the ESforce brand
In April 2018, the company acquired control in mobile games developer BitGames
In 2016, the company announced 3 acquisitions, with 1 of them being games related:
In October 2016, MY.GAMES acquired 100% of the mobile games developer Pixonic
SOURCES: MY.GAMES
