Outplay Eyes Acquisitions as Profits Rise
Outplay has reported an increase in pre-tax profits of £8.9 million and may be looking for new development studios for acquisition.
PlayTech Sells YoYo Games For $10M
Playtech the online gambling company which owns YoYo Games, the Dundee-based creator of Game Maker Studio, has sold the company to an unnamed buyer, for $10 million, six years after it purchased the company for $16.4 million.
Hutch Games Shares £375 Million With Staff
Hutch Games, which has a Dundee studio, has been purchased by Modern Times Group (MTG) for £375 million, with proceeds being shared with staff.
Please Welcome Rockstar Dundee
Take Two Interactive has acquired Dundee-based game development studio Ruffian Games and has rebranded it as Rockstar Dundee
Miniclip Acquires Eight Pixels Square From Outplay
Miniclip, the Swiss-based online games portal, has acquired mobile games studio Eight Pixels Square, from Outplay for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2012 and acquired by Outplay in 2016, Eight Pixels Square is the developer …
Chilli Connect Acquired By Unity Technologies
Dundee’s ‘Live Ops’ company has been acquired by Unity Technologies.
Unity Acquires Delta DNA
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 …
YoYo Games Acquired For $16.4M
Dundee’s YoYo Games, the creator of the popular Gamer Maker: Studio software has been acquired by PlayTech one of the world’s leading creators of gambling software. In addition to online gambling, PlayTech also offers a …
Scotland’s Computer Games Journal Acquired By Springer
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 & …
Ninja Kiwi Acquires Scottish Development Studio Digital Goldfish
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 …