CULT Games, the independent game publisher has acquired Neonhive, the leading Scottish games marketing agency with Neonhive founder Korina Abbott becoming Chief Operating Officer of the company, alongside CEO Helen Burnhill. Neonhive, known for its innovative marketing campaigns and strong industry connections, has collaborated with a wide range of developers, from independent studios to AAA... Continue Reading →
Build A Rocket Boy, the Scottish-headquartered games studio founded by Leslie Benzies, has announced the acquisition of PlayFusion, a multi-award winning, independent, UK-based game developer and publisher. The acquisition follows the studio's largest funding raise in Scottish technology this year. The studio says the combination of the two studios will accelerate growth as BARB continues... Continue Reading →
Tag Games acquired by games giant Scopely. Dundee mobile games studio Tag Games has been acquired by 'mobile first' publisher Scopely.
Ninja Kiwi, the creator of the best-selling Bloons games, has been acquired for $142 Million by Swedish gaming giant MTG.
Take Two Interactive has acquired Dundee-based game development studio Ruffian Games and has rebranded it as Rockstar Dundee
Dundee's 'Live Ops' company has been acquired by Unity Technologies.
Scottish games technology company DeltaDNA has been bought by gaming giant Unity Technologies, for an undisclosed sum. According to Unity, DeltaDNA will continue to operate as a separate entity, providing analytics, player management tools and 'live ops' to developers on a global basis. DeltaDNA, which started life as Games Analytics, is already used by many... Continue Reading →
The Computer Games Journal. the academic paper focused on issues specific to the global video games industry, which was created and run from Scotland, has been acquired. The new owner is the prestigious, Springer Science & Business Media LLC on of the world's leading academic publishers. A purchase agreement contract was signed yesterday, by the editors-in-chief of The... Continue Reading →
New Zealand developer/publisher Ninja Kiwi, the company behind the hugely popular Bloons franchise, has acquired Dundee's Digital Goldfish. Digital Goldfish has worked with Ninja Kiwi for the last several years, creating the mobile versions of Bloons and Bloons Tower Defense, as well as their own original intellectual property. The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, was... Continue Reading →
