The recent announcement of a series of major acquisitions has seen Microsoft become a much bigger company in gaming, one of the biggest in the…
Microsoft have shocked the gaming world with a planned buyout of Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion. The move will retain most of the leadership…
Take-Two the parent company of the 2K sports arm, has announced a purchase of mobile giant, Zynga. The purchase was made as a full takeover,…
Turtle Rock Studios is the latest independent developer to have been snapped up by Tencent. The Chinese conglomerate has made a years-long trail through the…
Tencent has been on a real acquisition tear over the last few years. The latest buyout gives the Chinese company a controlling stake in Spec…
That massive $7.5b deal between Microsoft and Bethesda has been approved by regulators, leaving the former open to take full advantage of the latter. The…
In its biggest video game purchase ever, Microsoft has announced that it will buyout Bethesda Softworks and the reset of ZeniMax Media for $7.5 Billion….
Hong Kong-based game developer and distributor Leyou Technologies, the parent of Digital Extremes, has been acquired—Digital Extremes are the studio behind Warframe—by Chinese gaming giant…
Publisher and developer Paradox Interactive have announced the purchase of its ninth studio, Iceflake Studios today. The Finnish studio Iceflake dates back to 2007 and…
Focus Home Interactive has been working with a variety of game studios these last couple of years. Often taking to the publishing role, the company…
Embracer Group, the owner of THQ Nordic, has announced it has made a purchase of World War Z developer Saber Interactive. Both companies were pretty…
Yager Development, the developer of the cerebral and traumatizing Spec Ops: The Line has entered into a partnership with Chinese firm Tencent. Per a report…
UK publisher and developer Rebellion has announced a brand new acquisition of a classic game studio. Rebellion has announced they’ve bought the brand and the…
Shawn Layden, the current SIE Worldwide Studios chairman has an announcement for fans of Spider-Man games, as it has now been revealed that Sony has…
THQ Nordic is once again in the news this month for an acquisition they’ve made of a rival studio. The studio is the one behind…
Update: Despite previous reports from various outlets, it appears that some facts were skewed in this story and the initial wave of reporting. Psyonix has…
Chinese mega-firm NetEase has been on a buying and investment spree recently, and their newest purchase gives a clue for their future plans. NetEase Games…
Echoing the sad round of layoffs that marked the closure of adventure game developer Telltale Games, Trion Worlds has been bled for most of it’s…
The Austria-based developer THQ Nordic has been making lots of moves lately, picking up another in a string of acquisitions. The latest pickup for the…
Niantic, the company behind smash hit ARG Pokemon GO, has announced a new acquisition, Seismic Games. As part of this statement, Niantic said the following:…
Electronic Arts is one of those publishers that people love to hate. And it’s understandable why, with their propensity for shuttering beloved developers after buying…
EA is acquiring the studio for $151 million in cash and a further $140 million if they reach certain milestones outlined in the deal. There will…
Gaming industry buyouts are a common occurrence, but this one in particular is catching a lot of people by surprise. Humble Bundle, the charity-focused gaming…
Play Warframe for free Digital Extremes, the company behind online cooperative shooter Warframe is having an interesting year heading into 2016. The company has been…
