synopsis: NCsoft Corporation announced that it will acquire Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd., a Korea-based online game producer and software developer, to develop casual games business.

synopsis: Zhejiang Daily Media Group Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire Shanghai Haofang Online Information Technology from Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. for approximately $56 million. Shanghai Haofang Online Information Technology Co., Ltd. operates a network personal computer game platform in China.

synopsis: Power Play Development Corp. has entered into a Share Exchange & Acquisition Agreement with NLOP, Inc., a privately held Delaware corporation based in Framingham, MA. The Boards of Directors and a majority of shareholders of both Power Play and NLOP approved the terms of the Share Exchange & Acquisition Agreement.

synopsis: GigaMedia Limited, a diversified provider of broadband and entertainment services, announced today that it has acquired Grand Virtual, a privately held software developer and application service provider based in the Boston area, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$32.5 million.

synopsis: Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. announced the acquisition of all of the assets of Infospace Inc.’s US based mobile games Studio located in San Mateo, CA. Formerly known as Atlas Mobile, Inc., the Studio will be fully integrated into Twistbox Games.

synopsis: RealNetworks, Inc. announced the final results of its tender offer to purchase all of the shares of WiderThan Co., Ltd. at a price of $17.05 per common share and per ADS, or approximately $350 million. As a result of the successful tender offer, WiderThan will become a majority-owned subsidiary of RealNetworks.

synopsis: TOM Online Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TOM Online Inc., has successfully acquired approximately 76.29% of the issued and paid-up share capital of Indiagames as at the sale completion.

synopsis: IN-FUSIO, a leading mobile games publisher and game service provider, today underlined its position as an elite publisher with the announcement of its acquisition of German mobile games publisher Mobile Scope.

synopsis: Ticketing giant StubHub, owned by eBay, has acquired local event-discovery and promotion service Zvents, according to eBay’s internal employee blog eBayInk. By providing the best in local search, Zvents intuitively connects people with their interests and favorite sources of entertainment.

synopsis: The Mobile Media Company announced the acquisition of Cee.tv Format, one of the leading suppliers of interactive content and technology for television, mass marketing, and enterprise solutions.

synopsis: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based, Tiger Telematics Inc, announced today the acquisition of a European leading games developer, Indie Studios.

synopsis: Groupon has acquired social recommendation app Ditto.me. Ditto lets consumers find out what their friends are up to, have a conversation or get a group together. Ditto makes it easy to get recommendations about restaurants, movies and things to do from any smartphone.

synopsis: GoTV Networks, Inc., the industry’s largest mobile media network, announced it has acquired the HOMBRE (Hands-On Mobile Binary Runtime Environment) division of Hands-On Mobile Inc.

synopsis: Fast Search & Transfer, the leading global provider of search technologies, today announced the acquisition of AgentArts, Inc., a leading personalization and recommendation technology company.

synopsis: RealNetworks(R), Inc., one of the world's largest developers, publishers and distributors of casual games, announced it acquired Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Atrativa, the most visited casual games site in South America for an undisclosed price at the end of last year.

synopsis: Oomba, Inc. announced the acquisition of Xeko, a collectable/tradable game about endangered animals, as well as the Gaming for Good brand. Oomba is re-tooling Xeko for the digital realm as a flagship game for showcasing the company's digital object trading platform.

synopsis: Slots.com, the second most powerful generic gaming domain, was bought at a Snapnames.com online auction by BodogBrand.com for nearly GBP4,000,000, the largest sum of money paid for a domain in 2010 and one of the top 10 ever.

synopsis: Playtech Ltd, the leading software provider to the online, mobile, TV and land based gaming sector, announces it has acquired the business and assets of Virtue Fusion, the leading developer and licensor of online bingo products.

synopsis: Social gaming company Zynga has acquired MyMiniLife, a Palo Alto-based social entertainment firm that lets users create and decorate virtual environments. The two companies first worked together on Zynga’s popular FarmVille game.

synopsis: NanoSensors, Inc. announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of The Gaming Network, A.G., a privately owned corporation.

synopsis: NCsoft Corporation announced that it will acquire Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd., a Korea-based online game producer and software developer, to develop casual games business.

synopsis: NCsoft Corporation announced that it will acquire Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd., a Korea-based online game producer and software developer, to develop casual games business.

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.