Tag Archives: acquisitions

CTO assures devs that tech firm intends to stay independent

Google among companies that could potentially acquire firm behind widely-used engine

Expanding services firm acquires India-based outsourcing company

Oculus, Mojang and Twitch deals account for almost half of all purchases

Microsoft’s rumoured impending deal to acquire Minecraft developer Mojang could be announced as early as Monday, according to a new report. Reuters cites a source briefed on the matter” that claims the acquisition’s formal unveiling is set for when the upcoming work week kicks off, adding that the total purchase …

Publisher brings in dev to expand its reach in war and strategy market

Google is finalizing a $1bn deal to acquire streaming video network Twitch, a new report claims. Games Beat cites sources familiar with the matter,” who state that the purchase is official. Reports from earlier this year also claimed the deal was in the works, but still at an early stage.” …

Nexon America has acquired a minority stake in Cliff Bleszinki’s freshly unveiled studio Boss Key Productions, the two companies revealed earlier this week in a joint announcement. Along with ownership of a portion of the company, the agreement terms also give Nexon exclusive worldwide publishing and marketing rights to Boss …

Player analytics firm’s tools to help solve engagement problems for Unity developers

GDC 2014: New publishing division will be run by its newly acquired studio Chunky Pig