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Playtika deal drives game acquisitions to record $25 billion this year

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The total value of game industry acquisition deals has exceeded $25 billion so far this year, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital.

The $4.4 billion acquisition of Playtika by a consortium led by China’s Giant on Saturday has helped push the numbers to a record so far this year.

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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.