Mergers and acquisitions: Behind game industry deals during a pandemic

2020 needs no introduction. While it was a horror show for many people all over the world. The world stood still and suddenly there weren’t any concerts to go to, any movies to watch at the theater, no Broadway, no live performance at all … instead, we were tucked away in our homes in an attempt to keep ourselves, our families, and our communities as safe as we could manage.

Gaming was the great connector in 2020 and the market agreed. During the “Mergers and Acquisitions: Behind The Deal During a Pandemic” panel for GamesBeat’s Driving Game Growth & Into the Metaverse in partnership with Facebook, a number of business development and private investment experts weighed in on what M&A looked like 2020, pandemic and all.