GameDev funding, weekly round-up 💸 Feb 4th week

Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗

🔊 Shout out on new studios, game funds… 🕹️ weekly round-up on investments 💸

1. Tencent acquires Inflexion from Improbable

2. Meta, (FB) invested $40M in Tokyo-based mobile gaming company Playco

3. Backbone raises $40M to bring console and PC games to mobile

4. THQ Nordic acquires Metricminds

5. Ethlas raises $2.7M for F2P P2E mobile and PC metaverse

6. Potato Play raises $5 million, launches Merge Restaurant

Cartic P, @iCartic.com