Playco became the owner of Goodboy Digital, the developer of the PixiJS HTML5 engine. With its help, the startup plans to create multiplayer instant games. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Yesterday on App2Top.ru There was a live broadcast with Nexters co-founder Boris Herzovsky and Nexters Boost executive producer Max Postnikov. We talked about their new investment program, what selection criteria it has and how much money developers can get. We also discussed the situation on the gaming market in Russia and the CIS. We share a recording of the broadcast and an excerpt from it.

There is one more investment project on the market. Nexters announced the launch of Boost. The company calls the initiative “a program to search for future blockbusters in the early stages.” Within its framework, the developer is ready to invest in external teams. We are talking about amounts from $ 500 thousand to $ 2.5 million.

Netflix bought its first game studio. She became the Night School Studio, known primarily for the mystical adventure game Oxenfree. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

GEM Capital acted as an investor in the Moscow game studio VEA Games and allocated $ 2 million for the development of the game Nikoderiko: The Magical World.

The Swedish holding Embracer Group has become the owner of another Russian studio. Through a subsidiary of Saber Interactive, he acquired the Saransk company Bytex. The transaction amount is unknown.

French startup Sorare raised $680 million. He operates an eponymous NFT game about football, the results of players in which depend on the performances of real athletes. According to the results of the round, the company’s valuation amounted to $4.3 billion.Sorare announced the completion of a new round of investments in its blog.

MY.GAMES company has become bigger. She announced the takeover of Bamboo Games, a Belarusian publisher of hyper—casual games. The size of the transaction will be at least $2 million.

tinyBuild has announced the purchase of another Russian studio. Bad Pixel, the developer of the multiplayer shooter Deadside, passes into her hands. The maximum transaction amount may be $17.1 million.

The publisher of mobile games Azur Games has invested in a previously non-core asset for itself. The company acquired a 15% stake in Neosus Studio, which develops mobile applications of a wide profile (from answering machine to document scanning and wallpaper installation).

Stillfront Group has made another deal. A Swedish company has acquired a studio from the United Arab Emirates, Jawaker, which specializes in card games for mobile platforms. The transaction amount was $205 million.The Stillfront Group paid 74% of the amount in cash, and the remaining 26% in shares.

Mobile developer Jam City has announced the largest funding round in the company’s history. The studio attracted $350 million from investors. Jam City has already started spending this money — she bought Ludia, known for games in the Jurassic World universe.

MY.GAMES company has become a partner of the Spanish The Breach Studios, which was founded by veterans of Ubisoft, 4A Games and Take-Two Interactive. She invested €3.5 million in the studio, in return receiving a minority stake and a control option.

Mobile publisher Playtika makes its first purchase since entering the stock exchange. He announced an agreement with the Finnish studio Reworks, which developed a simulator of the designer Redecor. The maximum amount of the transaction may approach $600 million.

Green Grey has announced a new deal. The company invested $2.5 million in an Estonian studio with Russian roots Infusion Games. Now she is working on three titles at once — including cyberpunk shooter Cyber Wars for mobile.Nikolay Shubin and Sergey Belyaev, Infusion Games

Accelerator of MIPT “Phystech.Start” opened the GameTech direction with the support of Green Grey and 1518 Studios. Its participants — gaming startups — will receive up to $750 thousand of investments in total. The organizers are waiting for applications from projects at the MVP stage and above.It is expected that up to 25 startups will participate in GameTech in three areas: games, mental health products and educational services with gamification.

A new Unity survey found that 7 out of 10 players experience toxic behavior in multiplayer games. To combat this phenomenon, the company acquired the OTO platform. It allows you to analyze audio messages in game chats in real time and identify toxic users. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.

The Swedish Embracer Group does not stop buying up gaming companies. Today, the holding announced the acquisition of three more developers. All of them came under the control of Saber Interactive. The amount of the transaction is not called.

Raw Fury has entered into a partnership with the investment firm Altor. She acquired a majority stake in a Swedish company. The publisher will retain its autonomy. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.This became known on August 16.