$35M+ Games Funding, Tools & Ecosystem Moves – Last Week
Snapshot of last week’s funding, studio moves and open-source tooling in games, 403#
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Here’s your curated look at last week’s top deals in gaming, Top Funding & M&A Headlines.
Funding & Investments
Liftoff Mobile targets a $5.17B valuation in its planned IPO, signalling a major mobile ad-tech exit.
Z League secures $21.4M from an undisclosed investor to scale its skill-based tournament platform.
Sound Games raises $6.5M to build cross-platform premium titles across mobile, PC and console.
Overworld raises $4.5M pre-seed for AI-driven tools that automate game dev workflows.
Levellr lands a $2.5M seed to build Discord AI insights for community managers and player-behaviour analytics.
Panthera Global closes a $1.5M seed to back early-stage games and adjacent verticals.
M&A & Strategic Moves
Aristocrat Leisure sells Big Fish Games assets to newly formed BGF Entertainment, offloading a legacy casual portfolio.
Mistplay to acquire Mobivity’s Connected Rewards platform, consolidating mobile player loyalty infrastructure.
Studios & Ecosystem
Coyote Time Publishing launches in Finland as a new global-focused indie publisher for PC and console.
Platform & Tooling Shifts
Godot 4.6 ships, strengthening its position as an open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal.
Netflix donates €240K to Blender, backing the open-source 3D pipeline many game teams rely on.
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