M&A and Investment

The Turkish mobile studio Ruby Games has been hit by a massive wave of layoffs. The initiator of this was its owner, Rovio Entertainment.

The Saudi Arabian Sovereign Wealth Fund (PIF) is looking for additional ways to raise capital from the companies within its portfolio, according to Reuters sources. They report that the fund aims to accomplish this without injecting its own funds into the process

JetBrains, a company known for its development tools, has extended its financial support for the Godot Foundation until 2027

LEGO Digital Play has grown larger. It announced the acquisition of ForthStar, a British mobile studio founded three years ago by Playdemic founders Paul Gouge and Alex Rigby

The European Commission is developing new restrictions for video games, reports PocketGamer. According to their sources, the new regulations are part of the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act (DFA)

The company Unity is being targeted for acquisition. According to sources from Reuters, a consortium of investors, including the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Silver Lake, has shown interest.

According to reports, Unity has entered into discussions regarding a possible acquisition with private equity company Silver Lake as well as Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF). Both entities completed the acquisition of Electronic Arts earlier this year for $55 billion.

Denmu, which earlier this year set out to raise its inaugural fund with a target of $50 million, has surpassed expectations by closing the oversubscribed fund, exceeding its original target.

Mob Entertainment studio has conducted a round of layoffs. It decided to reduce the staff working on Escape From Playtime, a cooperative horror game set in the Poppy Playtime universe

A recent analysis of more than 300 game studios acquired by large corporations since 2000 reveals that one-third of these studios have been entirely closed, with half of those closures occurring within five years post-acquisition

Xsolla announced the acquisition of the Italian platform GamePix, which is involved in the publishing and distribution of browser games

Capcom released its financial results for the six-month period ending on September 30, 2026, showing gains in all areas. Notably, the company experienced a 67.5% increase in ordinary profit, reaching ¥61.2 billion ($387.2 million)

Discord has announced that starting in mid-December, messages from certain large public servers will become available for web search. This concerns only servers in the Discoverable Servers category, which includes specific public communities with a thousand or more users.

Netflix is said to have proposed a $500 million deal to Microsoft to acquire a seven-year licensing agreement for Xbox intellectual property to create film and television adaptations.

French company DON’T NOD, known for Life is Strange and Vampyr, is trying to avoid bankruptcy. The company announced that on October 19, the Paris court granted its request to initiate a safeguard procedure, which will temporarily freeze payments on old debts and give it time to secure funding

Griffin Gaming Partners, in collaboration with the production and talent management company Entertainment 360, has established a new venture aimed at facilitating the adaptation of games into film and television formats.

The developers from Wych Elm mentioned this on social media.

Chinese giant Tencent has made another investment, reports PocketGamer, citing its sources. This time, the company has backed Flow Games, a Turkish mobile game development studio.

The Croatian studio Gamepires, primarily known for the survival game SCUM, is also conducting layoffs. They announced this on social media.

Google announced major changes to the Google Play app store. We have compiled the main announcements.

The British publisher Fireshine Games, known for releasing Core Keeper, Far Far West, and numerous other games, has grown a bit bigger. The company announced that the indie studio Fair Games has joined its ranks

Fireshine Games has announced the acquisition of Danish independent studio Fair Games, along with its open world sandbox game Necesse.

In 2020, veterans from Respawn Entertainment and Infinity Ward opened the studio Gravity Well. Six years later, the team faced the threat of closure.

A panel organized by GamesIndustry.biz is scheduled to take place during Game Republic's Investment Summit at MCM Comic Con on October 23

The fund has a total of 5 billion rubles at its disposal

The company FIRY, formerly known as Skillz and developing its platform for competitive games with real money, decided to divest its stake in Exit Games. It sold its entire shareholding in the studio for $55 million

Microsoft's gaming division will once again focus heavily on developing the console direction. According to Xbox head Asha Sharma, there is still room for growth.

The Australian government will allocate 1 million Australian dollars (698 thousand US dollars) to support local game developers. The money will be officially invested by the state corporation South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), which will transfer it to the Digital Games Fund.

The Digital Games Fund (DGF) by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has seen its funding increased to $1 million, effectively doubling its previous amount, to aid local developers.

The analytics company Newzoo conducted a study focused on the state of free-to-play games on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox in 2025. We've highlighted the main points from it

Zynga came close to acquiring Supercell for $400 million in 2012, as stated by Mark Pincus, the company's founder and former CEO.

The Finnish company Supercell, known for mobile hits like Clash of Clans and Brawl Stars, once had the opportunity to become a "subsidiary" of Zynga, but the deal fell through. This was revealed by Zynga's founder Mark Pincus in the Deconstructor of Fun podcast

Trophy Games, a Danish gaming studio, has purchased Playrion, the developer of Airport Simulator: First Class, from Paradox Interactive.

Nintendo of America has secured $4.5 million in damages from Reddit user James C. Williams, also known by the alias 'Archbox,' due to copyright infringements.

Circle Games is a young Turkish mobile studio founded in 2024 by veterans from Dream Games and Good Job Games. It received investments as part of a Series A funding round

The Swedish holding company Embracer Group continues its efforts to strengthen its financial position

On September 22, the release of Graveyard Keeper 2, a new hit in tinyBuild's publishing catalog, took place. This is a great opportunity to analyze the company's current business strategy and recall the decisions that helped it emerge from a deep financial pit

Games developed for the Engine platform have become available to third-party operators. This was announced by Stake co-founder Ed Craven on the social network X

Microsoft's gaming division is preparing to carry out another round of layoffs, according to The Information, which cites its sources. The publication reports that it will take place as soon as this week

Fifty-seven residents of the cluster are engaged in video games

The American company Nex, which created the Nex Playground console, has good news. It has succeeded in securing multi-million-dollar investments as part of its Series E funding round

Top App Games continues to report on the achievements of the mobile PvP strategy game Ludus: Merge Arena

The Finnish studio Piñata Games is no longer owned by Metacore. It has announced that it has regained its independence.

The purchase will cost Kakao Games 98 billion won or 71.5 million dollars

Bohemia Interactive has acquired a minority interest of undisclosed size in Poland's Enjoy Studio, the developer known for the co-op FPS survival RPG Everwind

The company Everplay Group (formerly Team17 Group) is very pleased with the launch of the military sandbox Wardogs. So much so that it decided to increase its shareholding in Super Media Group — the nominal owner of the Bulkhead studio, founded a year ago by Bulkhead’s own leaders.

Another deal in the video game market

Everplay Group (formerly Team17 Group) is very pleased with the launch of the military sandbox Wardogs. So much so that it has decided to increase its stake in Super Media Group — the nominal owner of Bulkhead Studio, which was founded a year ago by the leaders of Bulkhead itself.

Everplay, the proprietor of Team17, anticipates robust full-year financial outcomes. This optimism is driven by the better-than-expected performances of Wardogs from Bulkhead and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam by Expression Games.

According to Bloomberg, Saudi executives plan to transition to creating a unified structure for their expanding video game business.