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Shandong Honda has reportedly acquired the Runescape developer
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Acquisition of company is third in two years following purchase of Distimo and Mobidia
Read More »Big Huge Games purchased by Nexon
Civilization designer Brian Reynolds and Tim Train reacquired rights to studio name following 38 Studios collapse in 2012
Read More »Riot Games acquires Radiant Entertainment
Radiant Entertainment, the indie studio founded by fighting game vets Tom and Tony Cannon, has been purchased by League of Legends creator Riot Games. Radiant was founded in 2013, and has since been working on two titles: Free-to-play brawler Rising Thunder and crowdfunded title Stonehearth, which came to Early Access. …
Read More »Riot Games acquires Rising Thunder dev Radiant
Fighting game shut down as team transitions onto new project, but Stonehearth development will continue
Read More »Chinese ad giant Mobvista pays $25m for US mobile firm NativeX
Monetisation specialist counts Square Enix, Disney, King, Rovio and Machine Zone among its partners
Read More »Microsoft acquires cross-platform tools firm Xamarin
Xamarin’s tech integrated into Visual Studio, Microsoft Azure and more
Read More »Activision completes $5.9bn King acquisition
Call of Duty publisher claims it is now "the largest game network in the world"
Read More »Activision seals King acquisition, creating ‘the largest game network in the world’
The $5.9bn deal that sees Activision take ownership of Candy Crush creator King has been completed. The acquisition was first unveiled back in November. King CEO Riccardo Zacconi, CCO Sebastian Knutsson and COO Stephane Kurgan remain in place, with the company continuing to operate as an independent unit of Activision …
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