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Asian companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and acquisitions

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Disclosure: The Dutch government paid my way to Amsterdam, where I moderated a session. Our coverage remains objective.

AMSTERDAM — Asia once again topped the list of the top acquirers of game companies. Nine of the top 10 deals in the game industry involved Asian acquirers, according to research by the Corum Group, an acquisitions advisory firm.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.