Xsolla has acquired Lightstream, Rainmaker and API.stream.
Xsolla has acquired Lightstream, Rainmaker and API.stream.
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Xsolla acquires 3 content creation and distribution companies

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Xsolla, a global game commerce company, has acquired Lightstream, Rainmaker, and API.stream from Videndum, the parent company. These toolmakers are helping to change the landscape of content creation and distribution.

These deals underscores Xsolla’s recognition of the value creators bring to the gaming ecosystem and is dedicated to building and strengthening relationships with talent agencies, creators, and their audiences. This is heady stuff for a company that started in 2005 as a payments firm.

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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.