Tencent continues to spend money. This time, together with the investment fund Hiro Capital, she invested in independent developers from Germany Keen Games — they are known for the Portal Knights role-playing sandbox.

Tilting Point participated in the first funding round in its history. The publisher raised $235 million. The funds received will be used for the development of the publishing direction, M&A transactions and access to new markets and platforms.The main investor was General Atlantic with the participation of strategic investors Red Ventures and Kamerra.

Another deal with Tencent. The Chinese giant has bought a controlling stake in Stunlock Studios, which is known for the isometric desktop MOBA Battlerite. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

Mobile publisher Scopely decided to support three game studios at once. The company announced an investment of $50 million.

Resolution Games studio, which creates VR games, received $25 million from investors. The company plans to spend the collected money on creating games-services in virtual reality.

The video game industry has set a new record for deals. Investment banking company Drake Star Partners estimated that by July 2021, the amount spent on investments and M&A transactions turned out to be almost twice as much as in the whole of 2020.

Finnish studio Boom Corp has attracted $1.8 million from investors. She is going to spend the money on the development of mobile social games. The company itself is still known for one tile Boom Slingers — the ideological heir of Worms and Angry Birds.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

Publisher Focus Home Interactive continues to search for new studios for acquisition and investment. For these purposes, the company raised €70.35 million through the sale of its own shares.Curse of the Dead Gods

Bad Robot Games, the gaming division of the J. J. Abrams film company, has closed a Series B funding round. The studio received more than $40 million from investors, including Tencent.

Accendo Capital, one of Remedy‘s investors, has sold 500,000 shares of the Finnish hits forge to Tencent. This is 3.8% of Remedy’s outstanding shares and votes.

Czech studio MADFINGER Games, known for the Shadowgun and Dead Trigger mobile shooters, has received investments worth €5 million ($6.08 million). The money was provided by Nuverse, the gaming division of the Chinese giant ByteDance.