Sony Interactive Entertainment and Endeavor jointly acquired the Evolution Championship Series. The Roblox Corporation held its direct public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. TinyBuild offered its initial public offering on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios completed its acquisition of ZeniMax Media and its subsidiary studios. Įpic Games acquired Tonic Games Group, including developer Mediatonic. īlizzard Entertainment held its virtual BlizzCon event. Įlectronic Arts completed its estimated $1.2 billion acquisition of Codemasters. Įmbracer Group acquired Gearbox Software, Aspyr Media, and Easybrain.
Google shuttered its internal Stadia Games and Entertainment division, with plans to refocus the service as a publisher for third-party games. Vicarious Visions was merged into Blizzard Entertainment with its staff of over 200 becoming employees of Blizzard. YoYo Games, the developers of the GameMaker software, were acquired by Opera to help establish an Opera Gaming division. Lucasfilm revived the Lucasfilm Games brand and announced a new Star Wars game from Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment, terminating the exclusive license held by Electronic Arts for the property. Nintendo purchased Canadian video game developer Next Level Games, with the finalizations of the deal being done by March 1.
