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Here’s your two-week curated look at the deals that moved the needle in gaming.
Funding & M&A:
$150M → Nex raises debt + equity to take Nex Playground global
$71.5M → Kakao Games acquires 39.56% of Me2on
$12M → ex-Plarium leaders raise for a new venture
$2.7M → Everplay lifts its Super Media (Bulkhead) stake, 20% to 28%
$1.7M → Kalank closes first round for international expansion (EUR 1.5M)
$1M → 1312 Interactive seed
$0.5M → Arcustin Games pre-seed (Turkey)
LEGO Digital Play acquires Offroad Games, a Space Ape spinout - undisclosed
Pocket Worlds acquires Hotel Hideaway from Sulake - undisclosed
NEXUS acquires ~3.52% of One Store from KT - undisclosed
Bohemia Interactive takes a minority stake in Enjoy Studio - undisclosed
Gamigion acquires HIT Games Conference - undisclosed
13. UA Financing: $12M → Burlingame Studios UA financing, from PvX Partners
14. Hardware: $1.1M → ARC pre-seed, gaming hardware (Rs 10.5 Cr)
15. Adjacent Capital: $445M → Tripo, GenAI 3D-asset tooling, gaming adjacent
16. Developing Story: PIF mulls an EA + Savvy merger, with Savvy reportedly short on cash
17. New Studio Launches & Spinouts: Ex-Epic devs launch The Drop Circuit, a music-games studio
7 buyouts, 1 fortnight.
The money is consolidating studios, not seeding new ones.
Stay ahead. Curated weekly at iCartic.com
tCARe, CARtic P