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Korean publisher NCSoft, best known for producing a long line of online multiplayer games, announced it picked up Virtual Alchemy and Mistil Games.
Player First Games, the creator of the free-to-play multiplayer 2D fighter MultiVersus, has officially been acquired by Warner Brothers Games.Â
Daybreak Games has acquired Singularity 6, the developer of the cozy MMO Palia, according to a press release from its parent company, Enad Global 7.
Weeks after reports said that Gearbox Entertainment was close to a potential sale, Embracer Group confirmed the sale of most of the company, including key IPs like Borderlands, to Take-Two Interactive in a stock deal worth $460 million.
Monumental has acquired Kongregate, the longtime game portal and publisher specializing in web and mobile games. This marks Monumental's latest acquisition after Game Circus, and after buying Crowfall back in 2021.
Kadokawa Corporation has acquired Acquire, the studio behind the Octopath Traveler.
After reports speculated that a deal might be close for the sale of RuneScape developer Jagex from UK's Carlyle private equity group to CVC Capital, the deal is now official.
Tencent has acquired controlling ownership of Wangyuan Shengtang, the developer of the Swords of Legends series, including Swords of Legends Online.
Microsoft has been cleared to acquire Activision Blizzard by UK regulators, removing the last hurdle standing in the way of closing the deal.
According to a new report by The Verge, Microsoft's long acquisition struggle to own Activision Blizzard should be over next week.
A federal judge has okayed the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard acquisition, rejecting the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction to block the deal. As a result, the UK's CMA and Microsoft have paused the appeals process.
Microsoft and the Federal Trade Commission's day in court came with some revelations, including how Bobby Kotick wanted more money for Call of Duty on Xbox, PeteHines' relaxed reaction to the deal, and more on exclusivity.
Activision Blizzard files a motion to intervene to appeal the UK's rejection of the company's acquisition by Microsoft.
The European Commission has approved Microsoft's acqusiition of Activision Blizzard after Microsoft offered 10-year concessions to expand cloud streaming availability.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK has blocked Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard, citing competition concerns in the cloud gaming market.