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DDM says financial deals are looking better in games.

Q1’s $7.8B in game investments and M&A marks largest quarter since 2023 | DDM

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 8, 2025
4 min

The game industry’s motto for all of last year was “survive til 2025.” And in some respects, that wasn’t just wishful thinking. As the...

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DDM's 2024 games investment review is out.

Game investments and M&A totaled $17.5B across 985 deals in 2024 | DDM

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 21, 2025
5 min

As the games industry moves on from “survive til 25,” 2024 games investment and M&A data revealed recovery and improvement, according to market analyst...

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DDM: 2022 was second biggest year for gaming investment

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
February 16, 2023
1 min

The games industry raised $51.5 billion over 1,182 transactions according to DDM Data and Research’s Q4 2022 Games Investment Review. This marks the year...

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ChargeUp is a joint venture of MGP and DDM.

ChargeUp Games debuts as developer-friendly mobile game publisher

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 17, 2020
3 min

ChargeUp Games is debuting today as a new mobile game publisher that will focus on a developer-friendly strategy in the ultra-competitive $100 billion mobile...

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Halo 5 veterans create First Strike Games studio

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 21, 2016
1 min

Three veterans from Halo 5 and video game agent Jeff Hilbert have teamed up to create First Strike Games, a new Seattle studio focused...

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Jeff Hilbert steps down as co-CEO at DDM video game agency he cofounded

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 3, 2015
1 min

Jeff Hilbert has stepped down as co-CEO at game-related talent agency Digital Development Management. He will continue on as a board member and active advisor,...