Top 8 Game Industry Investments and Partnerships – week of May 19th, 2025
Investment round-up details from the third week of May 2025, 337#
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗
Investment news update from the third week of May:
1. Voya Games raises $5m to build player-owned economies
2. Astar Network raises funding to take blockchain content to Japan
3. PlaySafe ID raises $1.1m to fight cheating and toxicity in online games
4. WARP Acquires NitroDome: Strengthening Web3 Gaming Infrastructure
5. New games accelerator Spawn Point launches to support Norwegian indie devs
6. Gamecity Hamburg supports six digital games in its seventh Prototype Funding round.
7. Nazara Technologies acquires UK’s console gaming publisher Curve Games for Rs 247 crore ($28.8M)
8. Studio 42 raises $3.6M to reimagine puzzle games, backed by Play Ventures, GEM Capital, and Arcadia Gaming Partners
Top Trends:
» Fortnite finally returns to the Apple App Store
» A Clash of Clans Netflix show is now in pre-production
» Activision pulls the plug on Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile3
» FTC drops case against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
» Wooga struck by around 50 layoffs as Claire’s Chronicles: Solitaire cancelled
» Embracer is spinning off Coffee Stain Group and rebranding its remaining business
» Aidian Network announces a strategic partnership with Big Fish Games' EverMerge.
» Banijay Asia and Nodwin Gaming form a strategic partnership for esports, games, and youth entertainment in India.
Have a great start to the week.
tCARe, CARtic P
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