The Israeli company ironSource is expanding. This time, she signed an agreement to acquire the advertising and monetization platform Tapjoy. The transaction amount will be $400 million.ironSource will finance the purchase with cash from its balance sheet.

Roblox continues to fight for its reputation. This time she signed an agreement with Sony Music Entertainment, one of the largest record companies. Together they plan to attract more musicians to the Roblox platform.

Today Sony announced the acquisition of the Finnish studio Housemarque, developers of Returnal. However, the Japanese PlayStation division mistakenly mentioned Bluepoint Games, the creators of the Demon’s Souls remake, in the announcement. It seems that the Japanese company was planning to announce the purchase of this studio soon.On June 29, Herman Hulst, head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios, announced the acquisition of Housemarque on the PlayStation 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

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”.

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.

Friday turned into another deal for Tencent. The Chinese giant has bought a controlling stake in Klei Entertainment studio, known for Don’t Starve, a popular survival simulator with elements of roguelike. The amount of the transaction is not disclosed.

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia may soon become the largest shareholder of the Japanese studio SNK — developers of the Metal Slug series. He is suspected of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

Against the background of the global lockdown, people have become more interested in learning languages. So the Norwegian designer of educational tests Kahoot decided to invest in this area. The company announced the takeover of Drops, mobile developers from Estonia who make language games.

Epic Games does not stop supporting the authors of 3D packages. The company became a minority owner of SideFX developer Houdini.

Thunderful Holding continues to expand its portfolio. This time the company bought the Swedish studio Station Interactive together with all its assets and intellectual property.

British publisher Curve Digital has announced the purchase of a second studio. She became an independent team from Vancouver IronOak Games, known for the 2018 game For The King.Curve Digital announced this on its website.

Huya and DouYu companies, which are the largest players in the Chinese gaming streaming market, have announced a merger. Under the leadership of Tencent, they will create an analogue of Twitch with a total valuation of $ 10 billion.The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2021.

Korean developer and publisher Com2us has replenished its portfolio with foreign assets for the first time. The company invested in Out of the Park Developments, a studio from Germany. Under the terms of the deal, the PC franchise of the latter will turn into a mobile one.

Scottish studio Ruffian Games, known for working on Crackdown 2 and Halo: The Master Chief Collection, became part of Rockstar. As a result of the takeover and rebranding, the company received a new name — Rockstar Dundee.According to data from the UK Registration Chamber, on October 6, Ruffian Games came under the control of Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar Games.

A new deal in the Russian video game market. MY.GAMES company has announced the takeover of the Russian mobile developer Deus Craft. The maximum amount may approach $50 million.As part of the consolidation, MY.GAMES will receive a controlling stake in Deus Craft (51.6%).

The Swedish holding Thunderful Group will include the British studio Coatsink Software, which is also working on a VR project on the “Jurassic World”. The transaction amount was $29.8 million.Thunderful Group will pay $14.9 million in cash and the same amount in shares.

Bandai Namco intends to expand through the purchase of Western developers. The Japanese company announced the acquisition of the studio Reflector Entertainment, co-founded by the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed. She is currently developing her first game Unknown 9: Awakening.

Embracer Group continues to buy studios. Today, the Swedish holding company announced the acquisition of the Dutch developer of VR games Vertigo Games. The transaction amount was €50 million.The purchase was made through a subsidiary of Koch Media.