In the first quarter of 2023, M&A activity in the gaming industry hit its highest point in the past three years with the value of closed deals reaching **** billion U.S. dollars — however, this blockbuster quarter was down to the final closing of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Without that mega-deal, the closed M&A activity during the most recently reported quarter amounted to about *** billion U.S. dollars. Pandemic-boosted video game M&A activity value peaked in the second quarter of 2022 with **** billion U.S. dollars worth of closed deals.
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InvestGame, & gamesindustry.biz. (April 11, 2025). Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame, und gamesindustry.biz. "Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 11, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame, gamesindustry.biz. (2025). Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame, and gamesindustry.biz. "Value of Closed Video Games Industry Mergers and Acquisitions (M&a) Worldwide as of 1st Quarter 2025 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
InvestGame & gamesindustry.biz, Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/ (last visited June 17, 2025)
Value of closed video games industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide as of 1st quarter 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], InvestGame, & gamesindustry.biz, April 11, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/259455/value-of-games-industry-mergers-and-acquisitions-worldwide/
