The advertising company MoPub has a new owner. In the near future, instead of Twitter, it will belong to the AppLovin technology platform. The latter will give more than a billion dollars for the purchase.

The Xbox ranks may be replenished with new companies. The network started talking that Microsoft is eyeing the purchase of three more game studios: Crystal Dynamics, IO Interactive and Avalanche Studios. All of them are currently working on projects for the corporation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Keywords Studios Group of companies continues to buy game outsourcers. This time she became the owner of the Romanian AMC Ro Studio, which made art for such games as Marvel’s Spider-Man, Call of Duty and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The size of the transaction is €2.8 million.

The developer of Angry Birds decided to go shopping again. Finnish Rovio has announced the takeover of Ruby Games, the creators of the hyper-casual hit Hunter Assassin. The exact size of the transaction is not disclosed.

Unity has announced a new purchase. The streaming service Parsec has passed into her hands. With this deal, the company intends to expand the “cloud” capabilities of its engine.

French publisher Focus Home Interactive has announced a new takeover. He was joined by Dotemu, which was one of the developers and publishers of Streets of Rage 4. The size of the deal is €53.5 million.

The Swedish Embracer Group is getting bigger. This time, eight companies joined the ranks of the holding, among them 3D Realms, CrazyLabs and Ghost Ship Games. All purchases cost the Swedes $213.8 million.

South Korean mobile publisher Netmarble has become the owner of SpinX Games. This is a social casino developer from Hong Kong, known for the games Cash Frenzy, Jackpot World and Lotsa Slots. The size of the transaction is $2.19 billion.

Unity has announced the purchase of Interactive Data Visualization. The company is best known for the SpeedTree package, with which developers can simulate plants and the environment. The size of the transaction is not disclosed.

There is a replenishment in the Epic Games family. It was joined by Sketchfab, a platform for publishing interactive 3D models. The size of the transaction is not specified.

Another major Western asset will soon come under the management of Tencent. The Chinese giant announced a deal with the British Sumo Group, known among other things for Forza Horizon 2 and Sackboy: A Big Adventure. The takeover will cost the holding company $1.27 billion.

Hyper-casual publisher Voodoo has made a new acquisition. Into his hands passed the Paris studio OHM Games, which developed, among others, Shortcut Run, Knock Balls and Push ’em All.