synopsis: Changyou.com Limited and its majority shareholder, Sohu.com Inc., jointly announced that they entered into a definitive agreement for Changyou to acquire from Sohu the business of 17173.com, a leading game information portal in China. 17173.com is widely regarded as an authoritative source of news for a wide variety of games.

synopsis: Tagged, the social network for meeting new people, announced it has completed the acquisition of hi5, another pioneering social network and one of the largest online communities in the world. Together, Tagged and hi5 create a unique social networking company that will dominate the social discovery category.

synopsis: Evolve Media Corp., an integrated digital media company, announced the acquisition of PlayStationLifeStyle, the largest PlayStation enthusiast site in the US. PlayStationLifeStyle will become a part of GameRevolution, the ultimate online destination for gamers.

synopsis: GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kongregate Inc., a leading social gaming destination and community for core gamers representing the fast-growing free-to-play gaming market.

synopsis: CBS Interactive acquired Giant Bomb, a gaming site, and Comic Vine, a comic book database, from Whiskey Media, LLC.

synopsis: News Corporation's IGN Entertainment, the leading Internet media and services provider focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets, announced the acquisition of Hearst Corporation's UGO Entertainment. UGO Entertainment creates quality lifestyle content for the coveted 18-34 male audience.

synopsis: Kenergy Scientific, Inc. has announced that the company has completed a Letter of Intent to acquire all of the assets of I Won It Live Enterprises. The website, www.iwonitlive.com is believed to be the first website to offer members instant prizes for winning on line games where players play live against other contestants.

synopsis: Richard Branson's Virgin Media group has acquired World Gaming, a leading videogame tournament website.

synopsis: Funtank, LLC, a newly formed online entertainment publisher, announced that it has acquired one of the world wide web’s most heavily trafficked online gaming destinations, Candystand.com, from the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for an undisclosed fee.

synopsis: Electronic Arts Inc. announced it has acquired ThreeSF, Inc., a social network for gamers. Financial terms were not disclosed. More information about EA’s plans for ThreeSF will be available in the weeks ahead.

synopsis: CraveOnline.com a leading lifestyle destination for men featuring video, movies, TV, music, sports, games, cars, humor and more, has acquired dominant gaming site, GameRevolution.com, continuing to support CraveOnline's position in the highly competitive online male youth market.

synopsis: Maruti Sanker from Indian 7Seas Technologies Ltd. announced that it took over the international online gaming brand Neodelight. The brand includes the portal www.neodelight.com.

synopsis: Hearst Corporation announced that it will acquire UGO Networks, Inc., a leading online entertainment company. The privately held companies will complete the deal within the next several weeks. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. Terms were not disclosed.

synopsis: Major League Gaming, the first professional video game league, has acquired GameBattles.com, the world's leading online console tournament community. Chip Kellam, GameBattles.com founder, joins Major League Gaming as its VP of Technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

synopsis: Ziff Davis Media Game Group today announced that it has acquired FileFront.com, the leading destination site for videogame downloads. The acquisition immediately adds substantial new audience and reach to the Game Group's growing online portfolio.

synopsis: China's second-largest online game company Shanda Games made its first U.S. acquisition, buying online game firm Mochi Media for $80 million, to advance its global ambition and consolidate its position in an increasingly competitive Chinese market.

synopsis: Intelimax Media Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of a merger with Cicero Resources Corp., a company quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. The resulting company is named Intelimax Media Inc. and will be engaged in the business of Internet media, content, advertising, publishing and software development.

synopsis: UGO Entertainment, a unit of Hearst Corp., announced that it will acquire 1UP.com, a premium brand and trusted site among hardcore gamers, and its associated properties including GameVideos.com, MyCheats.com and GameTab.com. The deal is structured as an asset purchase between UGO Entertainment and the Ziff Davis Games Group.

synopsis: Phantom Game Service, Inc. has completed an agreement to purchase technology and brand assets from Phantom Entertainment, Inc. the manufacturer of the Phantom Lapboard.

synopsis: Tagged, Inc., the social network for meeting new people, announced the acquisition of WeGame, a San Francisco based game discovery startup. WeGame was founded in 2007 as a new kind of social gaming application company. WeGame and its talented team make gaming experiences easier to discover and share.

synopsis: Changyou.com Limited and its majority shareholder, Sohu.com Inc., jointly announced that they entered into a definitive agreement for Changyou to acquire from Sohu the business of 17173.com, a leading game information portal in China. 17173.com is widely regarded as an authoritative source of news for a wide variety of games.

synopsis: Changyou.com Limited and its majority shareholder, Sohu.com Inc., jointly announced that they entered into a definitive agreement for Changyou to acquire from Sohu the business of 17173.com, a leading game information portal in China. 17173.com is widely regarded as an authoritative source of news for a wide variety of games.

synopsis: Sohu.com Inc. announced that its massively multi-player online role-playing game subsidiary, Changyou.com has entered into a definitive agreement with Shenzhen 7Road Technology Co., Ltd. ("7Road") under which it will acquire 68.258% of the equity of 7Road, a reputable web-based game company in China, and its affiliates.

synopsis: GamersFirst announced the acquisition of the highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic third-person action multiplayer online game (MMO) Fallen Earth from Fallen Earth, LLC, a special purpose entity born out of Icarus Studios dedicated to the production of the independently produced and published, massively MMO unlike any other.

synopsis: Perfect World Co., Ltd., a leading online game developer and operator based in China, and Atari, S.A., announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby Perfect World would acquire 100% equity interest in Cryptic Studios, Inc., a California-based online game developer from Atari, the sole shareholder of Cryptic Studios.

synopsis: Webzen Inc. announced that they acquired ‘YMIR Entertainment. With the acquisition of YMIR Entertainment, Webzen now has variety of games in its portfolio to expand further in the global market.

synopsis: Infogrames Entertainment, the parent company of Atari, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to fully acquire Cryptic Studios Inc., one of the world’s leading developers, publishers and operators of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games.

synopsis: Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, or Shanda, a leading interactive entertainment media company in China, has signed an agreement to acquire Chengdu Aurora Technology Development Co. Ltd, or Aurora Technology, a leading developer and operator of massively multiplayer online role playing games, or MMORPG, in China.

synopsis: Electronic Arts Inc., the world’s leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment, announced an equity investment in one of China’s largest online game operators, The9 Limited. Upon completion of the equity investment, EA will own approximately 15 percent of the common shares of The9. The investment is roughly US$167 million.

synopsis: Sony Online Entertainment LLC, a global leader in the online games industry, today announced that it has completed a transaction to purchase key assets of Sigil Games Online, Inc.

synopsis: Sony Online Entertainment LLC, a global leader in the online games industry, has acquired key assets of Worlds Apart Productions, a premier independent developer of online trading card games. The acquisition will strengthen SOE's position as a leader in the online gaming space by allowing the company to extend the depth of its gaming offerings.

synopsis: Shanda Games Limited, a leading online game developer, operator and publisher in China, has reached an agreement to acquire Eyedentity Games, a leading online game development studio in Korea, as part of the Company's overall growth strategy in the global market.

synopsis: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced the acquisition of Turbine, Inc., the largest privately-held online gaming studio in North America, further strengthening Warner Bros.’ position as one of the industry’s fastest growing, full-scale games publishers.

synopsis: Heatwave Interactive™ announced the acquisition of the intellectual property rights and all assets for Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, the highly anticipated Roman mythology themed Massively Multiplayer Online game. As part of the transaction with PlayGrid™, Heatwave also obtained a source code license to the PlayGrid Platform.

synopsis: KongZhong Corporation, a leading mobile Internet company in China, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shanghai Dacheng Network Technology Co., Ltd, a leading developer of three-dimensional (3D) massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) based in Beijing and Shanghai.

synopsis: CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation and pioneer of the “free-to-play, pay-for-merchandise” model for online games in China, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of OPTIC, the online games publishing division of CITIC Pacific. OPTIC has established itself as one of the leading games publishers in China.

synopsis: RealNetworks, Inc., the digital entertainment services company, announced it has acquired Canadian social games company Backstage Technologies Inc. Backstage will add valuable expertise in both engineering and monetizing games for social platforms to GameHouse, Real's digital games division.

synopsis: Playdom, a leading social gaming company, announced it has acquired Hive7.com, Inc., a privately held social gaming startup based in Palo Alto, California. Hive7 has become one of the leading companies creating original and innovative social games on facebook, bebo, myspace, and other social networks.

synopsis: Idle Media, Inc. reported that it has closed on the previously announced acquisitions of the assets of three online properties: www.prisonblock.com, www.chixr.us, and www.tweetvibe.com.

synopsis: Zynga announced that it has acquired Tokyo-based Unoh, one of Japan’s leading social games companies. Unoh will be part of the foundation of Zynga Japan’s mobile product efforts, which will be a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Zynga, accelerating Zynga Japan’s entry into the Japanese social gaming market.

synopsis: Google Inc. said it has bought social widget maker Slide Inc., a deal that gives the Internet search leader a team of developers with extensive social-networking experience. Slide develops applications and virtual goods for Facebook, MySpace and other websites.

synopsis: Walt Disney is making a big move into social games, with the purchase of social game developer Playdom for up to $763.2 million. Over the last year, Playdom has been rapidly expanding its line-up of titles through the acquisition of eight gaming startups. It now ranks as the top social game developer on MySpace and the fourth biggest on Facebook.

synopsis: MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, Inc., announced that it has acquired Social Express, Inc., a social gaming development company, marking the company's first entry into the social gaming space. MTV Networks will develop social games based on original IP, as well as shows and characters from MTV, Nickelodeon and its other brands.