Game stocks rebound and M&A rises while game investments drop | Drake Star Partners
Gaming stocks recovered during the second quarter of 2025 and M&A activity rose in tandem, but game investments continued to lag, according to a...
Game acquisitions and fundings make a comeback in Q1 2025 | Drake Star Partners
After some weak results in the past few years, gaming M&A hit its highest quarterly deal value in nearly two years and recovered from...
Gaming M&A and financing deals grew 39% in 2024 | Drake Star
Gaming mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and financings in 2024 grew 39% to $27.3 billion in disclosed deal value across over 967 transactions, according to...
Q3 game M&A strengthens for 4th straight quarter | Drake Star
Gaming merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity increased for the 4th straight quarter during the September period with $2.5B in disclosed deal value and...
Game M&A was up in Q2 while private game investments focus on early stage | Drake Star
Gaming acquisitions and public market deals continued to gain momentum in second quarter of 2024 as the market gradually gets better, according to Drake...
Gaming M&A activity in Q1 2024 outpaces all quarters in 2023 | Drake Star
Financing for gaming companies is on an upward trend for the first quarter of 2024 according to Drake Star Partners. Both mergers and acquisitions...
Closed game deals hit record in 2023 but deal activity mixed in Q4 | Drake Star
In 2023, the value of closed game mergers and acquisitions hit a record of $86 billion, according to the Drake Star Global Gaming Report...
Q2 gaming M&A deal value rises to $6.2B thanks to Scopely, Rovio | Drake Star
According to Drake Star’s Global Gaming Market Report for Q2 2023, the gaming industry continues to trend towards early stage funding and M&A transactions....
Hasbro at 100 — the CEO’s perspective on going digital | The DeanBeat
With a slowish week at last, I’m able to fondly look back on our GamesBeat Summit 2023 event and think about talks like the...
Public game company stock prices rise in Q1 but acquisitions fall | Drake Star
Stock prices rose for publicly traded game companies in the first quarter and could help revive a weak acquisition market, according to a report...