Gamedev was hit by a wave of mergers and acquisitions. Another of them was the purchase of the mobile Eight Pixels Square by the Swiss publisher Miniclip.
Sniper Strike: Special Ops
The seller in the transaction was a large mobile company Outplay Entertainment.
Eight Pixels Square was part of her group. Why Outplay decided to sell the authors of the mobile hit Sniper Strike: Special Ops is unknown. Exactly how much Miniclip paid for them is also unclear.
With Eight Pixels Square in its portfolio, Miniclip wants to expand its market share in mobile shooters, writes Gamesindustry.biz . Initially, the publisher worked in the Flash segment, but in the last five years it has been actively releasing products for mobile.
Let’s add that since 2015 Miniclip has been controlling Tencent. So Eight Pixels Square has actually become another European asset of the Chinese giant.
Eight Pixels Square has been operating since 2012. It is based in the UK and employs 50 people. The team is known for Sniper Strike: Special Ops, which scored 35 million installs. Her other games include RAID HQ, All Guns Blazing and Cartel Kings.
Let’s add that in recent weeks, industry players have made a lot of M&A deals. For example, recently the gaming outsourcer Amber absorbed the studio Scorpius Games; the giant Playrix bought a studio in Armenia; and Tilting Point acquired the RPG Star Trek: Timelines together with the developers.
Also on the topic:
- Playrix acquired the Armenian studio Plexonic, the authors of Panda JamGaming outsourcer Amber has absorbed the indie studio Scorpius Games
- Tilting Point bought the Star Trek: Timelines game from Disruptor Beam and 19 developers
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