Unity became the owner of Pixyz Software. The main specialization of the French company is tools for optimizing and integrating 3D objects into engines. With this deal, Unity also intends to expand opportunities for gaming and industrial companies.Unity announced the deal, the amount of which was not disclosed, in its official blog.

Tencent remains the most active company in the gaming investment market. This time, the Chinese giant has acquired a majority stake in the Berlin studio Yager. The developers are known for Spec Ops shooters: The Line and The Cycle.Spec Ops: The Line

Nazara has invested in the mobile publishing agency Publishme, which is the largest in the Middle East and Turkey. The Indian gaming company paid $3 million for 69.8% of the shares.With the help of the deal, Nazara plans to strengthen itself in the international market of mobile free-play games.

The Philippine startup Yield Guild Games (YGG) has closed a Series A funding round. The company has received $4 million, which it is going to invest in the development of the “play to earn” model in mobile blockchain games.

Another VR developer has come under the control of Facebook. This time, the American BigBox VR, which developed the battle royale Population: One, became part of Oculus Studios.

The Chinese giant Tencent decided to support the local indie studio GSQ Games and bought 10% of its shares. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The studio Mythical Games, which developed the online game Blankos Block Party, has raised $ 75 million for the development of its business and the development of new projects. The company relies on so-called “playable NFTs”, allowing players to buy and sell characters created by them.Blankos Block Party

A group of Chinese companies led by the Internet giant Sina, which owns the microblogging service Weibo, plan to buy a stake in the studio Yoozoo Games (League of Angels). The estimated volume of the transaction is $447 million.

LEGO is open to investing in game studios that would reflect the core values of the company. The Danish manufacturer of designers intends to help enter the market for projects that help users learn and receive new information. To do this, the games must meet five key criteria.Rob Lowe, managing director of Lego Ventures, spoke about the company’s priorities in the field of video games during a speech at GI Live.

The Estonian Clickwork Games are sure that mobile developers underestimate the potential of idle games. The company decided to “update” the genre, making it more attractive, and it has already received $ 1.2 million.

TikTok‘s parent company continues to invest in game studios. This time, ByteDance acquired 36.2% of the Chinese Umi Game, developers of the yet-to-be-released MMO Code: Odyssey. How much the deal cost the giant is not specified.

The Buchman brothers, the founders of Playrix, invested money in the publishing house “Committee”. In total, the company, which includes the publications TJournal, DTF, vc.ru and the Coub service, received $ 2 million for the development of its platform.Information about this appeared on June 3 on the websites of the “Committee”.

Take-Two has successfully gained a foothold in the genre of sports games on PC and consoles. Now the company has decided to extend its influence to mobile by announcing the purchase of the Serbian studio Nordeus — the authors of the mobile simulator of the football coach Top Eleven. The transaction amount may reach $378 million.The official announcement says that Take-Two will immediately pay Nordeus $225 million.

Indie publisher Playdigious, which at one time released mobile versions of Dead Cells and Evoland, has now become part of the Swedish game company Fragbite Group (formerly FunRock). The takeover cost €5 million.

Swedish publisher with Russian roots G5 Games decided to take up M&A. The plans were announced by the co-founder and CEO of the company Vlad Suglobov.

Sony has announced plans to significantly expand the audience of its online and mobile services. To do this, the Japanese company will allocate over $18 billion, which will be used for strategic investments. They plan to develop gaming services, among other things.According to Reuters, Sony will allocate 2 trillion rubles (about $18.39 billion) for these purposes within three years.

Miniclip, which is majority owned by the Chinese giant Tencent, has announced an expansion. The company acquired the British developer Supersonic Software, known for games like Puzzle Page and Picture Cross, and its subsidiary studio Appynation.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sensor Tower announced the purchase of the analytical marketing platform Pathmatics, which was the first transaction of its kind for the company. Its amount is disclosed. It is known that Sensor Tower will now be able to provide its users with more tools and sources for mobile analytics.Pathmatics confirmed this information on May 24 on its official website.

Mobile publisher and developer Jam City will become a public company. The SPAC firm DPCM Capital will help him in this. Thanks to the deal, the capitalization of the authors of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery will reach $ 1.2 billion.