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...
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...
Gaming M&A deal count down 60% YoY per Drake Star report
In Q3 2023, gaming companies announced 33 M&A transactions worth roughly $5 billion according to Drake Star’s latest report. While announced deal value is...
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...
Gaming sees record year for deals with $127B in value | Drake Star
Gaming saw 1,320 announced and/or closed deals for mergers and acquisitions as well as investments, with deal values hitting $127 billion, according to a...
Drake Star: Game deals picked up in Q3 despite economic headwinds
Game industry investments and acquisitions picked up in the third quarter after a slow second quarter despite economic headwinds, according to a report by...
Drake Star Partners: Gaming M&A and investments hit 651 deals worth $107B in first half
Game companies are still cutting a lot of deals. The first half of 2022 has seen more than 651 deals announced or closed with...
Krafton believes in a tailored approach to M&A
Michael Metzger, a partner in Drake Star Partners, sat down with Damian Lee from Krafton at GamesBeat Summit 2022. They discussed the company’s IPO,...