(Reuters) — Facebook is acquiring Giphy, a popular website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, and will integrate it with its rapidly growing Instagram photo-sharing app, Facebook said in a blog post on Friday. The cost, which Facebook and Giphy declined to disclose, was placed at around $400 million by news website Axios. […]
Scopely acquires Scrabble Go developer PierPlay
Scopely has acquired game development studio PierPlay, the maker of the recently launched Scrabble Go mobile word game. The deal follows a pattern where Scopely partners with an external game studio, launches a game, and then acquires the studio if the game is particularly successful. That’s what happened in 2019 when Scopely bought Digit Game […]
ENCE acquires Jamppi to create 6-man roster, moves suNny to in-game leader
The 18-year-old last played for SJ Gaming. Popular Finnish esports organization ENCE has signed Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen to a two-year contract, the team announced today. ENCE is also moving to a six-man CS:GO roster for the foreseeable future. “Our results have been very disappointing, so changes needed to happen,” said ENCE’s general manager Niklas Ojalainen. […]
Riot acquires Hypixel Studios for the development of Hytale
Today, Riot Games officially acquired Hypixel Studios for the creation of Hytale. Hytale is an RPG sandbox block game with a wide range of opportunities for players to experience. For example, the game features block-by-block structure creating, minigame servers, dungeons with valuable loot and dangerous mobs, farming role play, in-game movie making, and much more. […]
Niantic Acquires 3D Spatial Mapping Company 6D.ai
Niantic, the company behind the world-scale mobile AR games Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is acquiring 3D spatial mapping company 6D.ai. According to Niantic CEO and Founder John Hanke, the acquisition will allow Niantic to “leverage 6D.ai’s deep expertise and significant breakthroughs in AR research and engineering” and see them build a “dynamic, […]
Amuka Esports acquires tournament organiser Incendium Gaming
Amuka Esports has announced the full acquisition of Incendium Gaming, a tournament organiser in the fighting game community (FGC). Amuka Esports, which creates localised esports hubs for casual gamers across North America, has made the acquisition as part of its mission to grow niche gaming communities. RELATED: Amuka Esports acquires Canadian esports venue Waves E-Gaming Incendium Gaming […]