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"Angry Birds" Developer Rovio Buys Animation Firm Kombo

Espoo, Finland - Rovio, the game developer behind the popular "Angry Birds" franchise, on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Finnish animation studio Kombo. Financial...

RockYou Acquires Aussie Social Games Studio 3 Blokes

Redwood City, Calif. - Social games publisher RockYou announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Brisbane, Australia-based developer 3 Blokes. Financial terms of the transaction...

Portalarium Nabs Funding for Social, Mobile Games

Austin - Social and mobile games publisher Portalarium announced on Wednesday that it has closed a second round of bridge financing, bringing its total...

PunchTab Gets $850,000 for Online Loyalty Programs

Menlo Park, Calif. - PunchTab, the developer of a service that helps businesses and website owners create loyalty programs, has raised $850,000 in seed...

3M Backs German E-book Platform txtr

Berlin - txtr, a Berlin-based developer of e-reader device technology, said on Wednesday that it has received an investment from 3M New Ventures and...

Vokle Lands $767,000 for Web Video 'Talk Show' Platform

Irvine, Calif. - Vokle, the developer of a Web-based video communications platform, has raised $767,000 in new funding led by Tech Coast Angels. Launched in...

China's Perfect World Acquires Cryptic Studios for $50 Million

Beijing - Chinese multiplayer game publisher Perfect World announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Atari's Cryptic Studios for about $50 million. Cryptic Studios has...

Twitter Acquires Team Behind Search Marketer AdGrok

San Francisco - Twitter has acquired the team that developed search engine advertising firm AdGrok. The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, apparently...

Chinese Business Social Network Ushi Looks to Raise $5 Million

Shanghai - Chinese business social networking site Ushi is in the process of raising $5 million in new funding, CEO Dominic Penaloza tells Reuters. The...

European Social Games Studio wooga Raises $24 Million

Berlin - European online social games developer wooga announced on Tuesday that it has raised $24 million in its second round of venture capital...