Tag Archives: acquisition

‘While epic total conversions that push boundaries like Counter-Strike and DotA once did are not as common, mods like these remain as important as ever in making new and old games great’

PC modding specialist ModDB has acquired doomed former rival GameFront. GameFront closed its doors in April, taking with it any files that had not been preserved by the community. When we first heard the news of GameFront’s closure we were incredibly sad and disappointed, but we understood the many challenges …

US charts provider NPD has agreed to acquire research specialist EEDAR. The combined forces of the pair hope to offer a more rounded suite of services for members of the global video games market. A fundamental goal of EEDAR has always been to improve the quality and speed by which …

Streaming platform Twitch has announced its intention to acquire online tech company Curse. Curse was founded ten years ago and provides a number of services such as game-specific online community tools, a PC mod manager and secure VOIP. In all it attracts around 30m users per month across its network. …

Dev and publisher previously worked together to launch mobile action RPG

Visual development studio adds to services empire’s art outsourcing offering

Leading Asian mobile ad firm expands international reach with analytics firm

SoftBank Group has agreed to purchase UK processor firm ARM in a bid to grow its presence in the mobile and ‘Internet of Things’ spaces. The 24.3bn deal will see the Japanese firm take over the Cambridge-based ARM, which provides mobile processor and graphics technology to major manufacturers such as …

Acquisition is Japanese tech group’s largest to date

Chinese investors have completed the acquisition of UK studio Jagex. The deal, first revealed in March, sees a new board of directors put in place and is described as the first move in creating a dedicated, highly focused Chinese-owned games company within a newly created structure of a highly respected …