Game testing and localisation company Keywords Studios has acquired outsourcing services provider Babel Media.
As part of the acquisition, Keywords has said it will settle current financial obligations of Babel and pay sellers to a total of 5.3m.
Around 2.2m of the acquisition will be funded by the issue of 1.5m new shares in Keywords,which floated on the London AIM (alternative stock exchange) last year.
Head over to Develop for the full story.
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UK games charity Into Games has today opened applications for IG50 2026, its annual programme that recognises 50 of the most talented yet-to-be-hired people in UK games from working-class and low-income backgrounds. The announcement comes as Ubisoft joins as the headline sponsor and as Into Games confirms that 11 winners from the previous 2025 cohort have been placed in paid roles in the UK games industry through its Boost placement programme.
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